Javert, Pre-barricades: Jean Valjean is the most fiendishly resourceful, cunning, wily escape-artist I’ve ever had the displeasure of dealing with, and he vexes me greatly.
Javert, Post-Seine and having gotten to know Valjean personally: Oh, my god. This man is an idiot.
Jean Valjean on a date:
Them:
Jean Valjean:
Them:
Jean Valjean: *shoves breadsticks into purse* bye
Javert: *Bursts in through the window* NOW PRISONER 24601
Commissaire of M-sur-M: (showing Javert around) Yeah things are pretty chill here overall. Just watch out for Father Madeleine, the tackling existentialist
Javert: What
Jean Valjean: (tackling Javert) WHO AM I
Update NOW or update LATER every schoolboy to his sport, death to EACH AND EVERY TRAITOR I renounce your people’s court.
Javert: now prisoner 24601 your time is up and your parole’s begun. you know what that means
Valjean: yes it means i’m free
Javert, an intellectual: no