Why is that the les mis fandom likes to think “big and dark-skinned=ugly” and “small and pale=beautiful” when in respect to grantaire and enjolras? why is enjolras this dainty little flower with white as fuck features while grantaire is a big, hulking man with features common to people of color? thats chock full of racist connotations that needs to be broken down and instead, indulge in the idea that enjolras is a muscular body builder (hey, the cars arent gonna turn themselves over in a riot) and can only shop exclusively in the big in tall section, and gives his tiny boyfriend grantaire piggyback rides too and from his work.
I’ve noticed that a lot of people will do the whole ‘everyone is beautiful, ugliness doesn’t exist!!! Enjolras loves him the way he is!’ type thing but then, without fail, all talk about how Grantaire is ugly because he has a large nose, deep-set eyes and large lips. I’m totally cool with small feminine Enj (white, albino or Melanesian because he’s a natural blond) because of all the canon ‘he looks like a girl’ stuff but like… Maybe don’t say Grantaire is ugly because he has typical Jewish or black features, you know? No, saying his nose has been broken before doesn’t somehow negate the racism. I saw one person say he was ugly because of his dark body hair and olive skin tone and that sure was a thing I had to read with my actual eyes :)) you totally aren’t implying that the native populations of several European countries are ugly because they don’t have the whole Nordic thing going on.
Y’all, if this post makes you uncomfortable, it is even more important to reblog it. I almost didn’t because I was like “o shit… I’ve done that in fic” but you know what? Discomfort about something you’ve done in the past/are still doing is a good thing because it means you’re ready for growth. No one is attacking anyone else here, no one has to pretend to be blameless. Admit to your mistakes because you can’t fix them if you aren’t aware of them. We’re all growing together
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