raoul-daae:

You know, I’ve spent all this time thinking about how dumb it is that Erik is calling Raoul a “slave of fashion” when he’s wearing a sparkly cape and feathered fedora. Then, I realized that he’s actually complaining that Raoul just wears what everyone else is wearing. He’s complaining that Raoul doesn’t dress more ridiculously. That’s his pitch to Christine about why she should pick him and not Raoul.