While rewatching Les Mis the other night, I noticed something. It’s not exactly bothering me, more kind of what?????how
So, in the scene where they hold a parade in honor of Général Lamarque – AK when everything goes to shit – all the Amis are in the scene somewhere. Grantaire, too.
Just after they got up
He is right at the front. Probably screamed “Shot-gun!”, while getting on.
The carriage turning the corner, with the boy in flag-waving glory
Grantaire is still sitting there.
Just as the guards stop them after – Combeferre is just super cool here, shush – Graintaire is still there, eyes on the fearless leader instead of on the guns
and then?
????
There is some Chaos and all scatter
It’s a two-minute affair, though
And Marius is on a horse and Enjolras is sprinting like a madman to get to the Musain as fast as possible.
And R just
?????
How is he already there and comfortable?
How did he get there so fast? When? Is there a shortcut? And he lost his jacket and cap, too (thank god)
And Marius is like “Come on! The Revolution has started!” but I mean… he was There? Shouldn’t he KNOW????
Did he just decide that he was way to sobber for that shit, while in the middle of the chaotic face-off, and wandered off, or what?
Maybe something along the line of: “Was that part of the plan? What do I do? E?? Oh, you are occupied with shooting at people – badass. What was the next part of the plan…? AH! Regroup at the Musain! Alright then.” And then he just left.
He definitely knew he was too sober for what was about to go down
everyone talks about how Grantaire’s name is literally the french way to say ‘R’, but why does no one ever mention the significance of Enjolras’ name???
i mean, the verb ‘enjôler’ literally fucking means to seduce with fine words why does no one talk about that
*Grantaire screams in the distance*
Ah, but see, the very real last name Enjolras doesn’t come from French – it comes from the more local language Occitan, from a word meaning “to terrify.” And “enjôler,” less florally, means to flatter or “to charm.” Oh, and the first syllable is pronounced the same way as “ange” – angel. Now what was his introduction again?
“Enjolras was a charming young man capable of being terrible. He was angelically handsome.”
Grantaire: So I congratulate Gavroche on catching Javert
Enjolras: Yes, good
Grantaire: And then I yeet Gavroche into the pit-
Enjolras: Grantaire! That is our SON!
honestly any grantaire and gavroche friendship is the purest thing
my entire heart and soul belongs to the west end staging where – whilst they don’t have a drink with me hug (grantaire and enjolras do instead and you can tear it from my cold dead hands) – not only is there a bit where grantaire gives gav a piggy back, and a part where grantaire begs gavroche to leave the barricade but you get cute lil moments like this::
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