Feuilly: I like orange and I do quite enjoy fighting for freedom and acceptance
Valjean: I love cooler colors, according to Cosette. I’m still not entirely sure what that means. And what I enjoy most about the revolution is helping to ensure that everyone gets a fair shot at life.
Babet: Not to be too predictable, but black. And I’m not joining a revolution, I have much better things to do with my life.
Bahorel: I like maroon. And it’s great, you get to punch assholes in the face.
Courfeyrac: I love yellow! It’s such a happy color! As for the revolution, I love the feeling of actually helping people and making a real change in their lives!
Eponine: My favourite colour is probably purple. Being in the revolution makes me feel like I’m actually doing something to combat the awful state of the world today, so it’s good. You have to at least try to improve the world.
Combeferre: Blue. It is incredibly rewarding, despite setbacks, and even if it weren’t rewarding, someone has to be on hand to look after these reprobates good friends.
Claquesous: Black and white; such a stark difference and still pleasing to the eye. I wouldn’t know anything about what the social justice group gets up to.
Enjolras: Red! What’s it like to be in the Revolution? Join2 us and you’ll learn! It’s great knowing that we are helping to make a difference in the world. Exhilarating, really. It takes hard work and a lot of dedication, but it is worth it. It will always be worth it.
Musichetta: Yellow, the shade of a blooming daffodil, or the reflection of the early morning sun. As for being in the revoltion, it’s … inspiring. This world can be really disheartening. There’s bad news everywhere and anxiety is so insidious. But the best way to change that is to make a difference for yourself. Even if you feel like just one person, you can help, and you won’t be alone while doing it. Other people will feel the same. Small acts of kindness and courage can be just as revolutionary as grand gestures, in the right place.
Enjolras and Grantaire: Enjolras is neither a dog nor a cat nor a houseplant nor a cactus person, but Grantaire brought home a sodden kitten one night, and he accepted to keep it until they found it a suitable home. Meownet is still there 2 years later because it turns out he was in a suitable home.
Combeferre and Courfeyrac: They have a big goofy golden retriever that insists is a lap dog, and Courfeyrac is positively in love with his good boy. Combeferre definitely read a dozen books about dog training and keeps teaching the doggo new tricks. Courfeyrac has one of those instagram accounts dedicated to cute pics of his dog, because everyone need a good boy in their life.
Joly, Bossuet and Musichetta: Between Joly’s and Bossuet’s allergies, the couple finally settled on a beautiful parrot. She’s kind of a diva, loves jazz and pop music. Grantaire teaches her new swear words everytime he comes around, and Musichetta is left wondering why her parrot keeps saying “Eat shit”
Jehan and Montparnasse: Montparnasse is a true cat dad. Armani is a black british long hair, she’s lush and stunning and she knows it. She and Parnasse are one and the same. Jehan keeps knitting her little socks and coats, but she never fails to destroy them while Jehan watches in adoration.
Feuilly and Bahorel: Okay so they either have the tiniest dog or the BIGGEST FUCKING DOG. Either way, it’s dog brain tells it it’s a lap dog. It’s the kind of dog who brings Feuilly toys when he’s sad or stressed because “!!! Look hooman!! Toys make me happy so they’ll make you happy!!” It also goes everywhere with its blanket, for emergency naps.
Eponine and Cosette: Cosette has a white fluffy bunny Valjean bought her one day. Eponine doesn’t really get it, bunnies don’t do anything, they just kinda exist, but she’s nice to pet. Cosette talks to her constantly, and when asked what she tells the bunny, she says: “D’you know why her fur is so fluffy? It’s because it’s full of secrets.”
Maybe the reason for Jehan and Marius being the only ones known by first and second name is that they are the only ones who get the “misbehave and I will call you by your full name” treatment.
As in “Marius Pontmercy step away from that tree right now!”
I am not saying they are the only ones who deserve it.
This is brilliant and I adore it. You can never have enough of exasperated friends trying to deal with their r/Romantic friends’ nonsense.
“Jehan Prouvaire, get out of my garden, there are better things for you to be summoning spirits at half-past midnight!”
“Jehan Prouvaire why are my medical skulls covered in flowers? No, I don’t care that it’s asphodel, you’re going to break them.”
“Jehan Prouvaire, stop looking at the sky! No, I do not care that the clouds are the image of a lobster, you’re going to walk into a lamppost!”
“Marius Pontmercy, you have not slept for three days reading Goethe; go to bed! No roommate of mine will look so dishevelled in public!”
“Marius Pontmercy if you spend any more time sighing wistfully over Napoleon you shall run out of air all together!”
Feuilly definitely deserves this sort of thing (see, the sword), he’s not the most responsible of people, but he seems to kind and wise to be upset with (also everyone fears Enjolras’ wrath). Also, they’re all a bit awkward about the class difference so they’re not too fast to criticise him.
Bahorel would deserve it too, but he’s charming and hilarious so everyone forgives him, although he tends to some Jehan’s chaotic romanticism.
Courfeyrac and Enjolras only need a particular glance from Combeferre for the desired effect (before he turns away grabs another book on the minutiae of honeybees).
Combeferre doesn’t need to be told he’s a mess. He knows. But did you read the journal on ancient surgerical practise, Joly, my the Egyptians sure were advanced, did you know they performed eye surgeries using….
Bossuet has too many names to begin with – which would you use ? Bossuet Lesgles de Meaux is already a mouthful, and if you dared try there’s no way he wouldn’t have you both on the floor laughing about it within the minute. Dangerous.
Joly is sweet and a bit of a catastrophe and if you use his name he’ll either panic about whatever you’re saying – oh, but I heard onions had been used as a blister treatment, you don’t think it works? No, no, that’s not good; what if they spread to my brain, I’d die!
Grantaire is messy enough a soul that there can be little attempt to stop him; only to try and reduce the damage.
Courfeyrac: The cute funny guy that gets most of the leads and everyone has had a crush on at some point
Grantaire: he likes to act but always ends up on tech because no one is as good as him and the drama teacher totally depends on his tech skill
Marius: only signed up because his friends made him but ended up really liking it
Feuilly: thinks acting is really cool but doesn’t have enough time because of all his jobs so he always asks to be a small part
Bahorel: wanted to join since forever but always chose sports over theatre, but decided to finally do a show senior year
Combeferre: The best stage manager anyone could ask for. The cast will circle him and chant “combeferre’s in charge” before every performance and write #combeferreisincharge on everything
Bossuet: always gets the character roles and needs extra supervision with his props because he will probably break them
Joly: hes the kid who always has tea and cough drops and he makes sure everyone is drinking lots of water
Jehan: plans the cast parties and also helps out with costumes
Enjolras: turns out to be an amazing dancer and is dance captain and helps out the teacher with choreo. At first everyone thinks he’s full of himself and then they realize nope he’s just confident- he really is better than all of us
Cosette: has the voice of an angel and gets most of the lead roles but she’s so nice that no one can be too jealous
Eponine: started doing tech because of grantaire, stayed because she has a huge crush on cosette
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