#Court of Miracles

[atarahderek]

Inktober day 19: Plump

Yeah, I'm several days behind. Hoping to catch up this week. But I was on a hunting trip over the weekend and didn't have the time or energy to get caught up then.

I singled out this background character from HoND and named him Xavier. He's Clopin's second-in-command, and the highest ranking member of the Court of Miracles' kris (council). He's a few years older than Clopin and is his most trusted advisor and friend. He eventually succeeds Clopin as Rom baro ("big man"; chief).

In canon, he's the Rom who helps Esmeralda bring a wounded Phoebus to Notre Dame. He later helps capture Phoebus and Quasi when they enter the Court of Miracles, accusing them of trespassing. I believe he stopped Esmeralda from bringing Phoebus straight to the Court, as even though Phoebus was no longer captain of the guard, he was still not someone Xavier felt could be trusted with the knowledge of the Court's location. As Clopin's second, it's as much Xavier's job to protect the Court as it is Clopin's.

Xavier is normally a very friendly guy. He's fond of kids and has a bit of a sweet tooth. He always has a funny story for every situation. He helps keep Clopin grounded and acts as the voice of reason when Clopin's temper gets the better of him. He's a jungle gym for several of the children in the Court. He has his own family, and his children are mostly grown by the events of HoND. He has a few grandkids by the time of the sequel (which I rewrote and in which he now features prominently). When Esmeralda was young, Xavier was one of a handful of people she felt safe venting her frustrations to. He was always a good listener and had some good advice and nuggets of wisdom for her. When she's in trouble, Xavier is one of the people she feels safest falling back on. Which is why she went to him for help bringing Phoebus to a safe location.

I've made his hair a bit curlier than in canon. Romani hair types tend to have more curl than average. More Roma have hair like Esmeralda's than like Clopin's.

#Inktober 2023 #the Hunchback of Notre Dame #Court of Miracles #background character #Rom #Romani #Roma #HoND #Hunchback #hunchback of notre dame #Disney #the prompt for this one was “plump”

[lawisnotmocked]

omg spotted in the wild 👀

#court of miracles #I thought the sequel was out already but apparently not??

[poetic-gays]

Book haul from Shakespeare and Company in Paris 🤌😭

#book #books #bookblr #book tumblr #readers of tumblr #reader #readers #thecourtofmiracles #court of miracles #bookhaul #julybookhaul #kester grant #dean atta #kathleen glasgow #liz lawson #the agathas #agathas #only on the weekends #shakespeare and company #indiebooks #indie bookstore

[adarkermiserablecrow]

Ok so. The Court of Miracles by Kester Grant. (Spoilers for book 1)

I started reading that book on Barricade Day, because of course I did, and finished it today, and alright.

It's a solid YA book with an antiheroic protagonist. Alright, I'm game, I always eat that shit right up.

But. BUT. It's also a Les Mis retelling. And I have a few things to say about that.

It's in an alternative timeline where the french revolution got curbstomped, granted, but it's still full of Les Mis characters.

Valjean being a member of the Guild of Letters was a meh decision for me. I get how it cropped up, but the entire Court are supposed to be criminals, and I feel like it kind of spits in the face of Valjean's character as a good man who commited a minor crime in his youth and gets lifelong punishment.

Javert being a woman in this was also meh for me. If the sole reason behind this was for that romantic past with Valjean to exist, then I'm also disappointed.

Nina was just perfect. She can rob me anytime. Ettie as well.

Enjolras, or St. Juste, was fine, though I'm still not sure what his deal is. Is he in love with Nina? Is everyone in love with Nina? I kind of wanted more interactions with Grantaire. Fingers crossed for Enjoltaire in the sequels, though Javert's genderbending does not give me high hopes. (Also, the lack of Courf and Ferre annoyed me a bit tbh).

There is no Marius. If the prince is supposed to be a stand-in for him (another innocent Eponine/Nina falls for), then I thought the execution was a bit poor, since Marius never really gave a thought to Eponine, and the prince seems in love with Nina.

Montparnasse pls murder me. And I'm rooting for him and Nina to end up together. I mean, his little speech at the end of the book? I want what they have. Gimme Master of Knives x Master of Beasts, or whatever Nina will be by the next book.

And I want to see more of this history! We're talking 40 years of diverging from our own timeline! How was the last Guild War? Have there been any other minor revolutions, such as the July revolution of 1830? How did Napoleon get his foot in the door if there was no grand revolution to replace familial ties with merit? And who was the man who died in Marat/Orso's stead? Will this play into the plot somehow, either with descendants of the man who took his place joining the MCs, or with the prolonged survival of one of the icons of the failed revolution becoming relevant?

I really want the sequel guys.

#les mis #the court of miracles #court of miracles #kester grant

[greencheekconure27]

#the hunchback of notre dame 1939 #court of miracles #the hunchback of notre dame #notre dame de paris #esmeralda #pierre gringoire #Youtube

[granhairdo]

WHY AM I PUTTING OFF READING COURT OF MIRACLES I JUST NEED TO DO IT

#court of miracles #a les mis fantasy ya retelling focused on eponine? #spit it down my throat like im a baby bird

[that-sad-guy]

hey. feels like its been a while 🥺

#mine #ace attorney #pheonix wright #morgan fey #dahlia hawthorne #iris hawthorne #apollo justice #trucy wright #klavier gavin #athena cykes #constance courte #hugh o'conner #tyrell badd #kay faraday #oh good lord #thats a lotta names #no simon or bobby? a christmas miracle #dont expect it to last <3

[scholliski]

Progress is being made people

#as you can tell I have absolutely no colour palette skills #it’s truly a miracle we’ve gotten this far #all for the game #aftg #neil josten #andrew minyard #the foxhole court #andreil #tfc #all for the gay #aftg shitpost #aftg fanart #fanart #shitpost #kevin day #all for the idiots #digital art #art #work in progress #wip

[myed89]

Day 16: Red

Someone is not used to romantic gestures

#Myed89 #Suptober22 #Suptober #Needless to say I had no time at all it's a miracle I managed to do a sketch every day til now #Destiel #Destiel fanart #Dean being courted by Cas must be a sight

[artbyfuji]

Sweet Treats [ Happy Valentine's Day!! ]

#rwby #rosebird #raven branwen #summer rose #strq #my art #yes my court order to draw them madly in love is still active #thanks for asking #i am shocked i managed to finish this in time #but these two always got me working miracles #collective

[chirp-a-chirp]

Me: There is no way I can hate Idina or King Gilbert more than I already do.

*Reads Toa’s book 2

Me: Oh, never mind.

#court of darkness #voltage games #otome game #otome #toa qelsum #cod Idina #the fact that Toa came out of this obsequious petty royal hellhole sane and as secretly sweet as he is = an absolute miracle #I would have a bit of empathy for idina for clearly being a pawn in her father’s life as well BUT… #the fact that Idina is gleeful at Toa’s misery destroys any sympathy Id have for her. she is miserable and she thinks Toa should be too

[celestiall0tus]

Court of Miracles, Juleka

Hehehehe, I love this bitch. Also, I still say it's weird as all hell seeing Juleka with the turquoise instead of purple. Shre really gives me Ember vibes from Danny Phantom.

Nevertheless, here is her court attire as per, what was it? Chapter 4? That sounds right.

#miraculous #miraculous ladybug #miraculoustalesofladybugandcatnoir #au #miraculous au #alternate universe #fanart #miraculous fanart #design #digital art #juleka miraculous #juleka #miraculous juleka #mlb juleka #juleka couffaine #court of miracles au #snake miraculous #kwami swap #mlb design

[imthebentley]

°。°。Fun Facts with the Bentley °。°。

Did you know that I am probably the best car you could possibly crash into?

I mean, sure, you would have to face the wrath of a furious car-proud demon shooting hellfire at you through his nostrils...

... but also you'd probably keep the no claims bonus on your insurance!

Winner!

#I just get miracle fixed! #we can settle this out of court #with violence? #Crowley told me about no claims bonuses #we have NEVER CLAIMED #and our insurance is very cheap #good omens bentley #good omens #the bentley #imthebentley #good omens rp

[feuillant]

LES MIS RETELLING — “THE COURT OF MIRACLES ” by Kester Grant

Here's the cover of the Polish edition of TCoM, which I spotted in the books sale tent (@jediskijumper , thank you for helping me decide whether I wanted to buy it, even though my miserable heart was almost certain).

Tbh, I like the original cover much better, the Polish one let me down this time (although the map of Paris and the drawings with descriptions of the various Guilds are superb!)

Author, Kester "Kit" Grant commented on this cover by saying that Eponine is jumping like "a tiny angry Batman" lmao (BECAUSE, YES, IT'S EPONINE!!)

I was confused and it wasn't until I glanced at the wrapper at the end of the book that I realised it was actually.... fanfic for Les Mis?

On the back cover there is the name Nina Thénardier (ofc Éponine, our beloved main character) and Ettie (Cosette!). Cute nicknames, but Éponine seems dangerous and menacing, I think? I'll write about it in the next post. She could punch Marius in his face and eat him alive.

This book is so good that I will keep sharing excerpts of it, or rather my impressions.

I will write more about the plot (without spoilers, of course), so stay tuned!!

#les mis #les miserables #enjolras #grantaire #les amis de l'abc #feuilly #kester grant #the court of miracles #les mis ff #eponine #cosette

[evilcatrat]

JEAN-YVES MOREAU

in "The Sunshine Court" by Nora Sakavic

or a messy webweave on jean and healing. i didn't get eveyrthing i wanted in there, and it might be not great but by god did the small miracles hit me like a train

??? // Herakles - Euripides (tr. Anne Carson) // Rien ne va plus - Margarita Karapanou (tr. Karen Emmerich) // ??? // The Art of Drowning - Billy Collins // Seeing a Dog in the Rain - Laura Gilpin // The Cow - Ariana Reines // Cosmos - Carl Sagan // Sunrise - Louise Glück //

#aftg #tsc #the sunshine court #jean moreau #jean yves moreau #webweave #mine #something about the small miracles #and about jean and renee #and jean and kevin #just a little bit #because it's still banging around in my head after days #i have so much more to say #but i think this is some of the more important stuff #jean finding his little miracles despite despite despite #finding people who care despite despite despite #about soulmates and missed chances and twin souls #just idk idk idk idk #jean moreau you make me SICK #also the drowning. i wanted to touch on the drowning more but. it is not a little miracle

[misfit-god]

It wrecks me to think about how Jean realized how easy it was to slip into Kevin's bystander role. Think about how much it probably hurt to have the beautiful boy he was teaching French to in privacy just stand by while Riko took him apart. Even holding him down. Even though Jean knew it had to be that way couldn't have made it any easier to bear. And now here's Neil and Jean can only keep piecing him together after Riko is done with him. How badly he must've missed Kevin when he left. How badly it hurt to have no one there to piece him back together. Rikos cruelty increased in Kevin's absence but what little kindness there had been was completely gone.

#tsc #the sunshine court #and to make matters worse neil comes in and swipes the number from zane (not that zane was ever going to get it) #so what little protection jean had left in the nest was fully removed after neils stay #not only was jean abandoned by kevin (and betrayed when kevin let the french slip) #his life was made worse because of neil #the fact jean doesnt hate either of them is a miracle