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i love that jean valjeans alter ego is monsieur madeleine. madeleine is a french muffin. he is called mister muffin. how could this man possibly be a crook. why would javert ever suspect this man of any crime.
au where les mis was actually a book written by grantaire to convince les amis to not Do the revolution
“hey grantaire if this is supposed to be to convince us that the revolution will end badly, uh… why is only a small fraction of it about us”
“i got inspired”
I'm bored so, comment on this post if you want a song based on your blog
Musicals I've Seen/Heard
Les Mis: we're all sad
Phantom: sing, bitch. WAIT NO I DIDN'T MEAN THAT I LO-
Hamilton: fITE ME
Annie: I CONVINCED THE GOVERNMENT TO BE NICE BECAUSE I'M ****THAT**** OPTIMISTIC
21 Chump Street: u fucked up naomi
Heathers: we're all dead
Legally Blonde: FUCK YOU, WARNER (but thanks for making me hate u now im the best lawyer)
Dear Evan Hansen: we WERE TOTALLY friends, me and that dead, gay kid. Buddy, pal, chum, friend, no homo,,,,,
Be More Chill: i wanna be cool and i fucked up trying to do that
Les Mis but instead of being set in the June Rebellion its set in the 60s and instead of having hot people it has french intellectuals from the 60s.
Foucault is Jean Valjean and Charles DeGaulle is Javert, I wanna see these bitchs sing.
No one is allowed to write another Les Mis fic ever again
cant believe my pooks got deleted what a loser (joke)
they were THE rebstella enthusiast
Their OG acc v @gregoryzer
guess whos account got terminated you guys (FOR ANYONE WHO DOESNT KNOW I WAS GREGORYZER) heres some other art ive made on my.old account
It seems there will be new Japanese Les Mis Manga focusing on ABC👀 It says that it started in 2024 spring on Comic Growl👀
Information from Manga artist:
Source https://x.com/a_k_i_511/status/1737787538407039244?s=46&t=Amij9UDgAWYXA31k1YslMA
Information from Comic company:
Rough Translation:
“To the friends of Eve of Revolution (Rule blue) -from Les Miserables-“
In the story of Les Miserables, young students from ABC rose up in the June riots, together with Marius. How did they meet, come together and meet the day of the revolution? Original interpretation of their unknown youth!
Source https://x.com/comic_growl/status/1737749629813641419?s=46&t=Amij9UDgAWYXA31k1YslMA
The Importance Of Enjolras’ Softness
and why i’m iffy abt most adaptions of les mis i’ve encountered so far
the great leaders of our world have virtually always been men. leadership is manly. to rule and guide and order other people around is manly.
anger is manly, too. rage. shouting, yelling, beating people up, fist fights. exerting power with violence, exposing muscles as a sign of strength, not showing fear or pain or tears. bracing oneself up, never asking for help, showing no emotions. all this is what we’re taught to think is manly.
what we’re taught to think real leaders are supposed to be.
try applying for a job in a leadership position. try doing it with smiles and kindness and devotion. now try doing it with ruthlessness, with fierceness, with your mind ruling over the heart, killing the heart, mocking everyone else’s hearts. the second one looks like a leader in your head now, no? the first one is, at best, a hufflepuff.
now was happens in les misérables? in this story about compassion, love and hope, where the protagonist is a protagonist because he is so good that he changes other people’s lives for the best - nothing else. he’s no action hero. no speech-giver (at least officially, cough cough), no soldier or king. his plot revolves solely around the people he encounters, and his life ensues by where his kindness leads him. this is jean valjean. this is who victor hugo decided to have as a protagonist.
what else did victor hugo write? a group of revolutionaries. and a leader.
but his leader isn’t abrasive. his leader isn’t cold. his leader doesn’t lack emotion or thinks himself perfect or faultless or high above his group. no. his leader, my beautiful, beautiful enjolras, is soft.
he is soft and so, so full of love.
he grouped those people around him not because he uses their abilities, their deaths, or because he wants power. he grouped the amis around himself because he loves them. he admires them. he trusts them. they’re his friends, not his minions.
enjolras sits by their discussions and listens, learning from their wisdom, their jokes. in the famous marius-loves-napoleon scene, enjolras doesn’t scoff or towers over marius to scold him, not at all, he crouches down by his side, makes himself smaller than his friend, and teaches him with patience and smiles. later on, he gives him a second chance. enjolras always gives second chances. he wants to send the fathers in his group home when he learns that they are all going to die, that there is no way out, because he can’t bear the idea that there will be children growing up without their fathers. enjolras is so full of compassion. an angel, who turns terrible, not because he can, but because he must - because the intruder poses danger to his friends. and even then he doesn’t rage. he’s calm and composed, even allows the intruder a last prayer.
every person is flawed, that is what victor hugo tells us. but every person also has the ability to be good with the good influence of others. enjolras’ influence is not on others, but them on him. he’s the leader not because he is loud and people group around him mindlessly. he’s the leader because he groups people together who are already so full of light, and he merely shows them the way.
there’s a reason he’s described to look like a girl, why victor is so careful to subvert expectations. by making enjolras cold and heartless - manly -, every adaption proves that they’d never be a jean valjean, but a javert. a victim of society who doesn’t question what they’re taught, who doesn’t listen to others, who are blinded by their ideas of how certain aspects of society simply have to be.
enjolras is soft. he is full of love. he leads because he hopes, not because he fears. please, i beg you, write him as such.
I just watched the BBC adaptation of Les Miserables literally because Joseph Quinn is in it. And just ONCE would I love to see him play a character that doesn't get killed or emotionally WRECKED in the end. He is a gem and deserves everything the world has to offer. He does amazing in these roles, I just hate seeing him in such tragedies.
According to my friends I have unknowingly collected a series of Unlovable French Men, which inlcude:
- The Phantom from Phantom of the Opera
- Javert from Les Miserables
- Hawk Moth from Miraculous Ladybug
Look I just want to see angry, evil(or law-abiding to the point that it becomes evil) people in long black coats(and/or capes) okay, it’s not my fault if they’re all Frenchmen
If I had a dollar for everytime this has happened, I could visit broadway
I think there is something wrong with me
Someone: My name is
My brain: ELDER PRICE AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THE MOST AMAZING BOOK
Anyone: I'm
My brain: WAVING THROUGH A WINDOWWWWW
A person: I am
One half of my brain: ALEXANDER HAMILTON HAMILTON JUST YOU WAIIIITTTTT
The other half: USNAVI AND YOU PROLLY NEVER HEARD MY NAME
A living being: Sorry
My brain: NOT SORRY BOUT WHAT I SAID I'M JUST TRYNA HAVE SOME FUN
Question: How many minutes in a year?
Me:FIVEHUNDREDTWENTYFIVETHOUSANDSIX HUNDRED MINUTES FIVEHUNDREDTWENTYFIVETHOUSAND MOMENTS SO DEAR
Verb: Live
Me: *tearing up* LIVE IN MY HOUSE, I'LL BE YOUR SHELTER
Random person: Do you
Me: HEAR THE PEOPLE SING SINGING THE SONG OF ANGRY MEN
Movie poster: IT
Me: WAS JUNE I WAS TEN I STILL THINK OF THAT DAY NOW AND THEN
Friends: Look!
One half of my brain: AT ME I'M SANDRA DEEEEEE
The other half: AT ME I'M THE KING OF NEW YOOOOORK.
Someone: What the heck?!
My brain: I GOTTA DOOO TO BE WITH YOU
Person: I love
Me: PLAY REHEARSAL
THESE ARE SO COOL, ILOVETHEM
Broadway musicals and the books they were based on
Is Your Theatre Friend Okay?
How to Tell if Your Theatre Person is Okay
(based on the musical they’re listening to on repeat)
From Least to Most Concerning:
Tuck Everlasting: Probably fine. Your friend might be yearning, though.
Heathers: Probably just routine ennui or angst, but if they’re only listening to “I Am Damaged,” “Lifeboat,” and/or “Kindergarten Boyfriend,” then they’re going through it.
Beetlejuice: If they’re only listening to “Dead Mom” on repeat, then you might want to worry. This is an “I am misunderstood” musical.
Waitress: Typically a chill one, but might be nostalgic and/or feeling stuck. Worth asking if they want to talk about it.
Dear Evan Hansen: Also in the safe zone, but if you hear too much of “Words Fail,” their self esteem is probably in the gutter.
Into the Woods: They’re either genuinely fine and just enjoying Sondheim, or actively having an existential crisis. Very little in between.
Cabaret: They’re either having a fresh and sexy time listening to Alan Cumming sing “Willkommen,” or you need to ask them if they’re all right.
Fun Home: Is your friend a tortured theatre gay? Because this is a tortured theatre gay musical. Just FYI.
Next to Normal: If Next To Normal is on repeat, like honestly on repeat, you might have cause for concern. This is a very high caliber depression musical.
Les Miserables: Your friend is wallowing. They’re probably crying about Gavroche because it’s easier to cry about French revolutionaries than process whatever they’re actually going through.
Spring Awakening: Please worry if someone you know is listening to any part of Spring Awakening on repeat. This is a peak depression musical.
I think the correct words would be,
"Musicals are so sad, there is never any happiness in them"
some moron: musicals are too happy there is never any angst or realism
dear evan hansen:
falsettos:
west side story:
into the woods:
spring awakening:
les mis:
rent:
fun home:
next to normal:
come from away:
miss saigon:
a chorus line:
me: yeah okay bitch lol
Someone who hasn't seen Godspell, please explain this picture.
Here: someone who hasn't seen Jesus Christ Superstar, please explain this photo
