Tag: les mis

No One Loves the Light Like the Blind Man

just-french-me-up:

Now, I know the blind man is supposed to be Grantaire and the Light is Enjolras, Hugo has weaved enough light/darkness symbolism into his hell hole of a novel for that to be clear

but consider

Enjolras keeps dismissing Grantaire. All the time. He never realises the extent of Grantaire’s feelings and faith for him. Not until the very dusk of his life, when darkness is closing in around him, when Grantaire manages to make him smile.

Then, truly, no one loves the light like the blind man

13000accuratelydepictedcowboys:

for a tragedy, les miserables is too fucking funny. i mean this is where ive gotten to so far

  • that time jvj was sent back to prison for steal the equivalent of $5 from a child
  • anytime a charitable strong man shows up and vicky hugo pretends it could be some other than jvj
  • when jvj went to tell the court that he was man who broke parole and everything on the trip went wrong, but he still showed up just in time to get a life sentence in prison
  • jvj faking his death, finding a kid in the woods and saying, well this kid is probably the one i need
  • jvj going to dig up his woods money and someone recognizing it and not saying anything
  • when fauchelevent took in jvj, his logic was, this guy is looking real shady and he’s probably a murder but he saved my life so its probably cool
  • that weird nun that slept in a coffin
  • fauchelevent almost burying jvj alive
  • marius trying to be a baron and a lawyer, apparently you can’t
  • also marius buying flowers and weeping over the grave of his father, a man he never met
  • really any part with marius
  • especially when javert gave him a gun

alluringwaters:

alluringwaters:

Leaving the shipping wars behind for a moment, I’d like to talk about people who headcanon Enjolras as asexual for being “chaste” and “virgin” (two things that are not even close to what asexuality means so is very disrespectful to a lot of people in the ace spectrum) but then mistake it with being aromantic and say rude things about Enjoltaire shippers shaming NSFW fan works and being homophobic. If you headcanon Enjolras as asexual and/or aromantic, aknowledge that:

  • asexual people can still show affection/love, enjoy physical contact and even have sex/enjoy sex with their partners (it all depends on the person, remember, there’s a whole spectrum with different people and experiences);
  • sexual relationships with mutual consent aren’t dirty and being gay isn’t dirty;
  • romantic love isn’t a bad thing or a disgusting feeling and not experiencing romantic love isn’t a bad thing either;
  • love and sexual attraction are different things!
  • being asexual and being aromantic are different things, sometimes you’re both, sometimes you’re just one of them and sometimes you’re neither!

When you shame NSFW/romantic fan works, you’re telling your fellow romantic aces, other romantic people in general and aro people who enjoy sex that they’re doing something wrong and that’s prejudice and totally a bad attitude to keep in a fandom. So, be careful what you say when you make your own headcanons about a character. 

“But my headcanon is that he’s aro ace”

It’s ok, valid, BUT it’s still rude to come at people who you know that headcanon him as mlm to tell them they’re wrong or that they “have no proof he’s gay”, just… Don’t. Do. That. And just a friendly reminder that being aro ace isn’t a virtue or something that would make him superior to others, like I’ve seen some people trying to imply. Can’t you see that not only you’re being homophobic but you’re also offending aro ace people in the fandom with this ridiculous behavior? This character is important for aro aces, for romantic aces and for lots of gay people in general, we can all have our headcanons and still respect other people for having different ones that also make sense.