secretmellowblog:

Interesting Les Mis parallel:

Patron-Minette captures Valjean and threatens to torture him with a flaming hot poker. Instead of running/fighting back like a Normal Person, Valjean grabs the poker and stabs himself with it while calmly telling the gang “Go ahead– your weapons don’t work on me.” Patron-Minette fREAKS OUT out and gives up on torturing him

Then Javert bursts onto the scene. Thenardier holds a gun to Javert’s head at like point-blank range. Instead of running/fighting back like a Normal Person, Javert calmly tells him that his gun will misfire. For some inexplicable reason it doES misfire, Patron-Minette fREAKS OUT, and they all surrender

Valjean and Javert’s response to vicious gangs pointing deadly weapons at them is “lol sure like thAT thing will hurt me, go ahead, see if I care.” And that strategy somehow works