bossuet is canonically from the south meaning that if any of you write aus where les amis are in the united states you are now LEGALLY required to give bossuet a louisiana accent
Bossuet is NOT canonically from the South though? he’s from Meaux, he’s the only one who ISN’T from the South. “
These young men formed a sort of family, through the bond of friendship. All, with the exception of Laigle, were from the South.
Which is all to say that the Real Truth is Bossuet going “ how are you making that noise” as Joly and Grantaire talk about what y’all’d’ve’f’y’could’ve
since it’s national coming out day how about some les amis coming out hc
enjolras came out as trans when he was 16, and though his parents weren’t 100% open minded, as he got older they began to accept him more. as a teen he used to hate them, but now he calls his mom every sunday
combeferre came out at bi at 16 too, and like enj his parents were a little confused but ultimately accepting
courf never had a choice to stay in the closet. “the sky is blue, water is wet. i like dudes” his flamboyance outed him a long time coming, but thankfully his parents welcomed him lovingly
grantaire wanted to come out when he was a teen but his parents, mostly his dad, are not the most accepting. he came out while at college just before he graduated. he doesn’t care that his parents are hateful though. his friends are all the family he needs.
jehan coming out as nonbinary to their parents was…complicated. they didn’t understand, and really they didn’t try to. jehan has a distant relationship with them, but like grantaire, being themselves with their friends is all they need
for feuilly growing up in various foster homes, he never had anyone to come out to. and for that reason, he’s always felt independent. he knew he was trans, he knew he was gay, and so he was.
bahorel came out loud and proud, with a dance routine. he’s dramatic like that.
bossuet coming out as bi was really successful, but he didn’t come out to his parents until he was 19
joly’s family was shocked to know he was queer and, like boss, also put it off. he actually didn’t come out until he introduced him as his boyfriend…awkward
musichetta came out after college via text, not caring about her distant family and not giving a shit.
eponine also, did not give a shit. she never came out to her parents, because she never talked to them at all. she sort of came out to azelma, but really she raised her and she knew her little sis would always love her
cosette struggled with her coming out. she knew valjean would always love her and was a gentle soul, but still. he was mysterious. when she told him she liked girls, he wept because of how brave she was. cosette also cried. their family is an emotional mess
and finally, marius. marius didn’t realize he was bi until well into his 20s, after her started hanging around les amis. so it wasn’t his family he had to come out to— it was them. he sat them all down, announcement style, and told them. there was much applause, many hugs, and a few tears. mostly from marius. he felt so happy to have a family that loved him so much and felt so accepted
headcanon that joly’s only skill at musical instruments is playing the guitar with a baguette and will never fail to serenade muschietta and lesgle with it
How flattering! While I’m nowhere near the ranks of the most well informed, I am ALWAYS willing to talk about Les Amis and I love Joly and Bossuet a lot, so let’s go!
It seems to be a term that’s fallen out of use; the closest I was able to come when I looked for it myself was binitarianism, which, well, take it away Wikipedia:
“Binitarianism is a Christian theology of two personae, two individuals, or two aspects in one Godhead (or God). Classically, binitarianism is understood as strict monotheism — that is, that God is an absolutely single being; and yet with binitarianism there is a “twoness” in God.“
Which to me says that Joly and Bossuet are operating as an absolute unit, but also as two separate entities. Notice how in that chapter Grantaire tends to speak like he’s addressing one person– and all right, that’s Grantaire, but also notice Enjolras only sends the message about the gathering to Bossuet (who is certainly the more physically distinct of the pair). Grantaire in his sulk assumes it’s because Enjolras was dismissing Joly, but in context it seems more likely that Enjolras just knew/assumed that a message to one was a message to the other.
The Joly/ Lesgles partnership is really underexamined; on the most obvious level, if Joly can be seen as the science of the revolution and Bossuet its optimism, then that’s quite a statement on the link between hope and progress and one I think holds up well. But there’s all sorts of comments on interdependence and social contracts and character studies to be had there too, and DON’T THINK I WON’T TALK ABOUT IT I will but it’s not what you asked! So, uh, there. "Bini” is probably just a short way of saying “one entity but divided” in that religiously allusiony Hugo way.
Marking time until one of fandom’s actually knowledgeable people corrects me. Please…?
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