Honestly, Bishop Myriel saying “we should have free education” and “sin is not caused by the sinner but rather the lack of opportunity given by the privileged” and Hugo commenting on that with “he had strange opinions. must have gotten it from the Bible or something” is the biggest power move
jean valjean: he gave me the most precious gift you could ever imagine
marius: love?
jean valjean: 10 pounds of pure silver, actually
one modern au les mis headcanon that you will never take away from me is that the bishop smokes weed. he’s an old man and it helps with his arthritis pains. he grows it himself in a cute little windowsill garden.
I fucking love the end of the bishop forgiveness scene because he’s like “don’t forget you promised to be good” and jean valjean’s like “I did what now?”
The bishop went up to him and said quietly, “Don’t forget, never forget, you promised to use this money to become an honest man.”
Jean Valjean, who had no recollection of having made any promise, remained dumbfounded.
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