Tag: les mis

dadvaljean:

I was thinking about what Valjean’s perspective on his crime was and if he would do the same thing again (ie he and Cosette are starving and he’s tempted to steal food) and what he considers moral

and there’s a discussion to be had there but I realized that it doesn’t really matter what he believes. if cosette was starving, he would steal the food. even if he fully believed that would damn him to hell. he’d do it in an instant for his daughter.

saltedpin:

the thing that really gets my back up about when adaptations make Valjean romantically attracted to Fantine is entirely because it points to such a dearth of imagination in scriptwriters and producers that they can’t possibly conceive of why a man might want to help a woman in distress for any reason other than because he wants to fuck her

cestbrulercesnuits:

pilferingapples:

the-thrill-be-damned:

pilferingapples:

like not only did Hugo NOT get paid by the word 

NOT ONLY did Hugo’s editors beg him to please shut up

NOT ONLY do all the digressions carry core messages to the larger point of the book 

there is  ALSO a nonzero chance Hugo came up with some of the core ideas for  Les Mis under the guidance of ghosts , and sometimes comets

WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO ADVANCE THE MOST BORING POSSIBLE THEORY FOR WHY IT’S A LONG BOOK WHEN YOU COULD HAVE GHOSTS

what’s this about space rock ghosts

omg you’re gonna love this

while Victor Hugo was in exile–this started around 1853– the family’s friend Delphine Girardin introduced them all to table-tapping. Peak Spiritualism time, right?

Hugo totally fell in love with the idea, at first hoping to make contact with his dead daughter Leopoldine. Which he started to think he had! I would not laugh about that. 

But then  he started to get “messages” from all manner of ghosts and spirits, including:

-Shakespeare, now, as a spirit, finally able to access the Truest Language of Humanity (French)
-A Comet
-Andre Chenier, who dictated the ending of an “unfinished” poem that just happened to be one in a collection Hugo hadn’t finished 
– The Spirit of the Sepulchre 
– Napoleon III, From The Future, When He Was Dead 
– Jesus 
-Plato
-A Lion , Like,A Four-Legged Animal That Goes Roar, But Now Dead and Speaking French , GOD’S OWN LANGUAGE, because of course
-Aliens from Mercury
– AND MANY MANY MORE 

all speaking French and frequently speaking in RHYMED ALEXANDRINES 

all sounding remarkably like Victor Hugo, though without him apparently realizing this, given that he frequently scared himself into near-faints at these Revelations
and telling him, among other things, that he was going to be hailed as a PROPHET OF THE NEW AGE but had to accept not being Known as such for a while yet

and I will ABSOLUTELY laugh at all that, because OH HUGO  

I SWEAR I am not making this up , there are books collecting the records of the sessions, because of course he was recording these WORLD CHANGING REVELATIONS 

anyway then he got back to writing and among other things finished up Les Mis in the years to come , so SPACE ROCK GHOSTS may have had a hand in the novel! Or not!  Who can say what voices move the soul of an author?  Except that whatever they are, they speak in French.

I feel like I need to bring up the post about heavenly judgement zone he personally designed for his deathbed-room which he never used but modelled it off a church complete with burning bush and labelled chairs at the other end of the room labelled specifically for God, Mary, and Jesus cause…. this dude…

Spooky reads for Halloween

fixaidea:

fixaidea:

…By Yours Truly.

So we’re halfway through October, we might as well start to gear up to Halloween… Here are all my fics that are either spooky or creepy in some way, or have to do with ghosts, or both, to help set the mood. 

To quote my favourite Youtuber (Top5s, excellent for Halloween mood): Hit those lights, sit back and enjoy! 🙂

(Mood goes from funny to legit attempts at being scary, individual warnings in the links. No gore.)

Les Misérables:

  • Shadows – 

    While returning from a meeting with possible allies, Grantaire loses sight of Enjolras. In a forest. At nightfall.

  • Á travers la cité des morts – At this point Feuilly is done wondering how they got into this terrifying mess – all he knows is that Enjolras promised to get them out of it.

  • Prouvaire’s Ghosts – Five times Jehan went ghost-hunting, and one time he didn’t.

  • Of campfires and ghosts – 

    Les Amis are entertaining themselves with ghost stories around the campfire. Enjolras isn’t amused.

  • Ont the edge of consciousness – 

    No matter how he tries, Marius can’t sleep. A late night visit from a fried doesn’t exactly help matters.

Star Wars (because Force Ghosts totally count, you guys!)

  • Revenge – 

    Even after his death, Luke Skywalker finds a way to avenge himself. (ToTTTallly serious high drama, proceed with caution!!!)

Death Note (and assorted fandoms for crossover)

  • Guest – Detective L gets a strange if not entirely unexpected visitor in the dead of the night.

  • Message from beyond – 

    Light may be the God of the New World, but an eerie message from an old friend leaves even him a bit shaken.

Bringing this back, with an additional Les Mis fic:

  • All hallows eve – 

    All Feuilly wanted was to spend a quiet night in. This nice plan flies right out the window when a terrified Bahorel bursts through his door.

broona:

September 29 marked the day women across the world stood together against Bolsonaro, the fascist candidate in the presidential run in Brazil. He is racist, homophobic, sexist and a threat to brazilian democracy. Knowing the amis would stand up against him gives me peace of mind, so here is Musichetta, Cosette and Eponine showing their support to brazilian women #Elenão