“He sleeps. Although his fate was very strange, he lived. He died when he had no longer his angel. The thing came to pass simply, of itself, as the night comes when day is gone.” – Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
I know I said this the last time I read the book, but it gets me, every time, that Hugo takes the time to show us how scared Cosette is, how everything around her is utterly terrifying, how she fears the shadows of the wood, and she fears the hand of Madame Thénardier, and then, then –
“Il y a des instincts pour toutes les rencontres de la vie. L’enfant n’eut pas peur.”
Look. It’s so important. It’s not like Valjean isn’t scary, that huge dark man, suddenly here besides her when she was alone a moment ago. But Cosette isn’t scared of him a single moment. It takes one question of him, one hint of interest, for her to babble about her home life, eager for more sympathy.
hufflepuff javert and slytherin valjean is the only thing i care about
Please explain, as an Hufflepuff you piqued my curiousity
ok so these are just my personal interpretations but
hufflepuff values hard work, dedication, patience, and loyalty, which is. pretty much javert in a nutshell. he’s so dedicated to the law and his own morals that he’d rather kill himself than break them. he respects authority and is incredibly honest which are also hufflepuff traits
slytherin valjean i like mostly bc of how cunning and resourceful he is like? one of the unofficial mottos for slytherin is “whatever means to an end” which is absolutely valjean. ruin your life to save some guy you’ve never met? burn your arm with a hot poker to intimidate your kidnappers? he’s obviously willing to go to extreme lengths to achieve his goals. he’s also a good leader and always thinks every action through completely he’s such a slytherin
@kohsette this is the post that convinced me but obviously opinions can differ
this is … fucking valid & I didn’t think abt it that way
what’s interesting about the song Bring Him Home from Les Mis (which I was listening to for the 509348th time don’t judge me) is that essentially…. it’s all about Cosette?
which is weird to think about?? but this is Jean Valjean PRAYING, with every fiber of his being, for Marius to be safe and survive the war. It’s such an intense emotional song but it’s for… this boy he doesn’t really know?
all he knows about Marius is that Cosette loves him, more than anything in this world. The only reason Jean Valjean even goes to the barricades in the first place is to find this boy and bring him home to Cosette because Cosette means more to him than the entire world
he wants God to protect Marius, even at the cost of his own life, so that Cosette will be happy
so like when I say that Cosette is the heart of Les Mis I’m being so literal you guys. she IS the show. there’s a reason she’s on the poster. Fantine gives up her whole life, quite literally, for her daughter. Fantine’s sacrifice affects Valjean so much that he HAS to find this little girl, and oh boy, little Cosette completely changes Valjean’s life. From the moment he takes her away from the Thenardiers she becomes his joy.
The bishop gave Valjean his soul back, and Cosette gave him back his heart.
And that is why Bring Him Home holds so much emotional weight. Valjean knows he’s growing old. He knows he may not survive this. But Cosette is his heart, his everything, and he needs Marius to survive for her. Even though it’s never spoken in the song, that’s what it means to him.
So I have no source on this but apparently in France it’s illegal to mix red wine with white wine so now picture a les mis adaption where Valjean puts red wine and white wine in one glass because there’s not enough in either of them and either way it’s better than stolen bread and then Javert just bursts through the door just
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