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I’m upset about the lack of ugly yellow coat in the new BBC Les Mis trailer

barricadebastard:

okay but marius was shot and then immediately dragged through a sewer,,,,,,,,, how did he not die from the infection alone

Not for lack of trying on Valjean’s part, to be sure.

marius-new-hat-and-coat:

If I see one more post about people being mad because the BBC adaptation focuses on love instead of social justice because “Les Mis isn’t about love!” I am going to lose my mind because that is so fundamentally untrue

Valjean loves his family, so he steals to feed them

Bishop Myriel’s love for his fellow man is what allows Valjean to start life anew

Fantine loves Cosette, so she gives up her own life and happiness to provide for her

Enjolras and Les Amis love the poor of France and are willing to die to make life better for them

Marius’ father loves his son so much that he gives him up to ensure he has a good future

Gillenormand loves Marius enough to put aside their political differences to see him happy

The brotherly love between Les Amis is strong enough that they’ll die for each other

Valjean loves Cosette, so he saves Marius, even though he knows he’s giving up his own happiness by doing so- and later, he cuts himself out of Cosette’s life to shield her from the minuscule possibility that he will be rearrested after all these years

Valjean learning to love is literally the key focus of the plot how can you not acknowledge that

And as for the social justice bit, yes! It’s important. But even then, what does social justice come down to? Love and respect for your fellow human beings? I don’t even need to talk about romantic love! There are other types of love that are equally, or arguably more, important! And that’s what Les Mis is about! Brotherly love! Familial love! Sacrificial love! Love for mankind!

So okay! Maybe the BBC adaptation focuses too much on romantic love. I get it. But you cannot make the blanket statement that “Les Mis isn’t about love!” It’s not about romance but it IS about love!!!!

capable-of-being-terrible:

If they make the amis Straight and Boring I’ll fucking kill em

If they make Cosette the one dimensional lovestruck girl I’ll fucking kill em

If they make Javert the Bad Guy I’ll fucking kill em

mycravatundone:

stephantom replied to your photo “1. they look like mean girls on a stroll 2. why he make that face”

i think that’s marius behind them, following at what he thinks is an non-suspicious distance

IM FUCKING CRYING IT IS

YOURE WALKING IN THE JARDIN DE LUXEMBOURG

THERE’S NO ONE AROUND AND PHONES HAVEN’T BEEN INVENTED YET

OUT OF THE CORNER OF YOUR EYE YOU SPOT HIM

MARIUS PONTMERCY

pilferingapples:

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fyvaljean:

“…he told himself that he really had not suffered sufficiently to merit so radiant a bliss, and he thanked God, in the depths of his soul, for having permitted him to be loved thus, he, a wretch, by that innocent being.”

battlemalecs:

honestly the best part about bbc les mis is the whole les mis fandom dragging them for not making enjolras blonde

barricadeboyys:

so, i’m in a production of les mis: school edition with my local community theatre (playing jean provauire/jehan) we open 2 weeks from today. here are some of my favorite stories/random things from rehearsal (so far!)

– my friend (playing cosette) is a lesbian. my other friend (playing marius) is gay. “a heart full of love” is pretty funny because they have NO chemistry aT ALL

– during the wedding scene, my friend said that marius and cosette aren’t good together because “he’s a lesbian, she’s gay” and now everyone says that

– we didn’t have choreography for the wedding scene so everyone did fortnite dances

– the barricade boys (myself included) stood in a circle t-posing during one of the battles

– our Javert has a very unique voice. its very low and he doesn’t enunciate that well so it kinda sounds like he has a cold all the time. (when i first saw him in a production of little shop I thought it was an accent) the cast likes to sing the entirety of “one day more” in this voice a lot

– one time marius came on late during “red and black” he said he was backstage but someone misheard him and said “you came from cosette’s hoT TUB????”

– this is now a cast joke

– out of the barricade boys, there are only three actual boys. enjolras is played by a girl who’s 5’9

– my friend and I made up a subplot where our characters are gay lovers and die holding hands on the barricade

– my friend (same friend who I’m gay lovers with) and I both have a crush on the girl playing cosette

– we both lowkey wanted to be Marius

– one time the whole cast started singing “sincerely me” and our music director said “THIS IS LES MIS, YOU SING LES MIS”

– we don’t have the set yet, and we won’t till the day before the show. this is very fun during the barricade scenes

– we also don’t have props (other than chairs and music stands) during “master of the house” i’m supposed to fall asleep on a table, but i had to use a music stand which promptly collapsed when i put my head on it.

– our Valjean has a crush on fantine and eVERYBODY knows about it. she doesn’t like him back which makes things kinda awkward

– also: cosette hates Valjean and she tries not to touch him during their scenes together, which… complicates things

– at least half the cast is gay

– everyone lowkey thinks our marius sucks and doesn’t sing with emotion. during “empty chairs at empty tables” i was backstage bitching about him with at least a third of the cast

i’ll update y’all as the show gets closer! more shenanigans are sure to come