Now I'm even more interested in your POTO fic. (I keep seeing POTO and trying to attach it in my mind to a school of theory like poco or pomo...post...topographical?) I already knew that Leroux's novel was much less romantic than Hart and Stilgoe's libretto, and that the Phantom was rather fouler, but I couldn't have listed any of the secondary characters -- even the ones in the musical.

As a general rule, I am more interested in thinky, not-so-whitewashed fanfic (though you'd hardly know it from the fluff I've been writing lately!). The Persian sounds like an awesome focus character. I will try to read, and see how far I can get on your summaries.