Courfeyrac: Do you ever want to talk about your emotions?
Enjolras: No.
Marius: I do!
Courfeyrac: I know, Marius.
Marius: I’m sad.
Courfeyrac: I know, Marius.
Tag: les mis
hey, i was wondering how you feel about exr being unrequited/requited? there seems to be some debate on what is actual canon text but i, personally, do think its requited
It’s a tricky one. Do I think Enjolras returns Grantaires feelings when we are first introduced to Les Amis? No. It says in the text that he disdains him, and that Grantaire is an ‘unaccepted Pylades’ – something that obviously will come up later in the text.
Do I think Enjolras hates Grantaire? Absolutely not. Disdain is far from hate, and he never sends him away even though it’s clear he has the unspoken authority in the group to do so. The fact he decides (grudgingly) to trust Grantaire with Barriere Du Maine speaks volumes about the fact that maybe he has hope for him, and would like Grantaire to prove himself to the group – and to him.
Do I think it’s still unrequited by the time we get to their death scene? No. The transformation in Grantaire and the title of the chapter referencing Orestes and Pylades says everything – Grantaire is no longer an ‘unaccepted Pylades’. Enjolras has accepted him for that role; ergo, he returns his affections, even if sadly only briefly and even if in a way that’s up to debate. Because really, it’s not a sudden revolutionary passion that has transfigured Grantaire, it’s his love for Enjolras.
So yeah. I personally think it’s a bit of both.
What doesn’t kill you gets you dragged through the sewers by an ex-con
“On sunny afternoons when he’s in the apartment, he gets a pillow from the couch and follows the sunlight across the living room floor, perfectly on the path of the carpet, sprawling and smiling and lazy, usually ending up right in Grantaire’s path on his way to the kitchen by the time the sun starts going down.”
even if smoo hadn’t nagged me to do this i couldn’t have resisted doing fanart for this ficlet of lady_ragnell’s, it was just a really really lovely image and gave me a chance to play with lighting and posing and drawing enjolras consistently.
what I really want is combeferre “affirmed nothing, not even miracles; denied nothing, not even ghosts” and grantaire “took great care not to believe in anything” getting into long, increasingly weird philosophical debates
HELLO, FOLKS. I SAW LES MIS TODAY, AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT I AM A JEAN VALJEAN STAN.
Petition to start using Grantaire and Enjolras as the example of a love story instead of Romeo and Juliet
“Lord let me find him,” sighed Inspector Javert, eyes searching the stars above with sorrow and longing. “That I may see him,”
“…Safe behind bars,” he added quickly. Phew. Wouldn’t want those stars to get the wrong idea.
Good Evening Friends I Am Crying Over Jean Valjean Again
I’ve seen some people talking about the way Hugo describes Baptistine as “almost without gender” and the whole “must be a mother to be venerable” line and just…Hugo and his weird attitudes towards Gender and Motherhood and Virgins and general, and while that is a whole college degree worth of Commentary, I’d like to add a little bit of relevant info here (and before we come to Simplice!)
(warnings for necessary oversimplification of a century of Gender Discourse incoming):
#AH#THIS EXPLAINS A LOT#I MEAN#IT ALSO RAISES A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS#BUT SENSE IS VERY NEARLY MADE
This is exactly how I felt researching the topic XD
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