#cosette core

[allherfaeriesmeetinjuly]

reading this scrumptious delicious, very angsty but comedic fanfic rn and the main couple makes me want to projectile throw myself off a cliff or smth hahahha i see me and her in them.

#this is me projecting crying screaming #it’s kusuo and aren btw #likeeee #i never read that pairing but this one got me kicking my feet twirling my hair tbh #cosette core #saiki k #aren kuboyasu #dear diary #her #lovesick #i’m delusional #like aren is very like protective?? and like loyal and uses dude but like platonically and also he’s a punk obvi #and saiki is very emotionally worn down after heavy emotional tolls and realisations after another #and he’s also very much an arrogant prick (not really) #saiki’s ace #and they’re so perfect for each other. kinda want aren as my bf kinda like he’s so !!! #i adore kokomi’s and kusuo’s friendship like that is so true??? #kokomi is in love with chiyo btw!! #it’s just so perfect this fanfic #i’m on chapter 6/10 so…. #wait for updates?? #they just got together. #girl.

[musicalbracket]

FINAL ROUND

#theater kid #broadway #broadway musicals #musical theater #tumblr tournament #tumblr polls #musical theatre #Theater kid core #Musical bracket #les mis #les miserables #fantine les mis #cosette #cosette x marius #jean valjean #inspector javert #newsies #newsies musical #west endsies #livesies #jack kelly #davey jacobs #les jacobs #crutchie morris #crutchie newsies #spot conlon #jojo newsies #elmer kasprzak #musicals #theatre

[the-great-kraken]

one thing that really annoys me about a lot of les mis productions is their insistence on making the les amis de l'abc older than they are. i know it's partly a schematics thing with hiring younger actors, but to me so much of the tragedy behind the barricade comes from the fact they were kids. they were college students staring at a future they despised, desperate to change it, and they - and the hope they had for a kinder future - were slaughtered. i mean, hell, the musical talks about it! all the time! javert calls them schoolboys, turning is the mothers of paris staring at corpses of boys who could have been their sons, cosette eponine and marius are kids lost in their first loves. idk it seems like such a minor thing but to me it's so core to what makes this story so devastating

#when i saw it live we had a marius who was pretty baby-faced #and bring him home hit me so much harder than in any other version i've seen #i wish it was more common because god it was so fucking good #almost brought me to tears in a way songs like that never seem to #anyway #rhi rambles #les mis #les miserables #the barricade boys #les amis de l'abc

[very-serendipitous]

Les Miserables is, at it's very core, a love story.

Sure there's Cosette and Marius but there are so many more stories of love being told with theirs.

Jean Valjean loved his sister and her child so much, he risked his life and freedom to feed them. Then risked it again and again trying to get back to them.

The bishop Myriel loved humanity so much he gave up every penny he could for his people. He gave up his big house to use for hospital beds. He risked his safety to show Jean love. He gave him everything he could to show him the good in the world because Myriel had so much love and compassion for people. He didn't try to convince Jean to stay. He knew he needed his freedom to become a better man.

Fantine loved her child so much that she gave away pieces of herself (hair, teeth, comfort, safety) to keep her alive.

Jean turned his entire life into protecting Cosette when he couldn't save Fantine. That's love.

Even Thenardier's love of himself, fame, money, & power and Javerts love of the law count for something.

Gavroche cared for his younger brothers and for the Amis de l'abc. His died for them and for freedom and for his love of tomfoolery.

Eponine loved Marius enough to give him Cosette's letter, knowing that that piece of paper meant more to him than she did. She died protecting him. It's a tragic, one-sided, unhealthy love but it's still love.

And Grantaire??? He is described as a man who believed in nothing. He didn't believe in the revolution, he believed in Enjolras. He stumbled out of a drunken slumber to die hand-in-hand with Enjolras. He died for the revolution, he died for his friends, and he died for Enjolras.

All of the barricade boys did, really. They loved the future they could see for France. They loved hope. They loved the future generations. That's what revolution is. Loving a future that isn't yet visible and doing all that you can to care for and create that dream.

Les mis is a love story. From the ugliest, most rotten forms of love to the most pure and beautiful.

#im just really emotional #les mis #les mierables #every few months i hyperfocus on this fucking book

[omni--unicorn]

#les amis de l'abc #les amis #les mis #les miserables #les mis poll #tumblr polls #my polls #polls #poll #i love polls #gavroche #marius pontmercy #eponine thenardier #cosette fauchelevent #montparnasse #barricade boys #musichetta

[unicorngunter]

So I'm fresh out lesmis production in Łódź and I have to make some notes in hope to draw them later :D

-This time instead of giving Javert a baton, they gave him little leather gay whip. What can I say. Slay queen

-Marius and Enjolras are the smallest of all amis. They are just little dudes just some guys. Eponine is actually taller then Marius and I love this.

-While taking Cosette from Thenardiers, Valjean clean her hands and blow up her nose with his handkerchief. Its like super super cute. Also in the end he does this little dance with her, my heart was melted ;;

-Fantine actresses are always a top tier in this production. I guess this Fantine at some point began to cry or just acted it really well. Wow. It was powerful.

-Big Grantaire guy is here again! Extra as always. This time on his "I never heard him oooh and aaah" line he actually smacked Marius on his butt at the "aaah" part". That was very Grantaire coded. During the "Red and Black" he hides behind other amis backs to actually drink (yes hes huge amd hes hiding behind them bent in a half its hilarious i love it). At the end someone presented him with a flower. Well deserved! But I have one "but". The actor like THE MOST EAGER of them all for all the revolution thing. He's always here for everything. And while it still valid, I can't stop thinking about how cool would it be for the biggest strongest guy to actually contribute nothing to the whole thing. He sure is fit for fighting, but he just won't do it. Because it's the core of the character, isn't it?

-I think I saw at least two enjoltaire hugs during the show. One while building a barricade, and one during the Drink with me, if I remember correctly. And it's hilarious because Grantaire guy is the tallest (you don't understand he's actually huge, mounting above all others). While Enjolras is the smallest. So Grantaire have to bend to hug him properly xD

-When Gavroche is shot, Valjean hands him to Grantaire and his actor put like his whole grantussy into tenderly hugging this small body. Then, like in the previous production, Grantaire leaves the stage with this small body in his hands and never actually comes back. So... Not everybody dies au?

- but what i want to say all actors are so cool! They have such strong voices and they didn't shy away from showing them. Every time I go to this production, at least one lady near me starts crying. Today a lady near me started on "Empty chairs" and weep until the end.

I'm so glad I had a chance to see this. All day on the road was totally worth it. But I regretted my choices when I got here and there was all this fair ladies standing in their fine dresses and cute makeup. And then there was me. In my fucking jeans and pink shirt x)

[motions1ckn3ss]

i am a lesbian cosette truther to my CORE

#we are both victims of comphet i swear it #rip cosette you would have loved good luck babe! by chappell roan #les mis #les miserables #cosette #headcanon

[avampyone]

Our Separate Paths

Characters: Hemlocke, Tataru Taru and Inamorata Rillemont. Mentions of Mithus Greystone and Cosette Durendaire.

Synopsis: Hemlocke insists on helping Tataru and ends up in a chance encounter with a old friend from his past.

Setting: Ishgard during the events of Heavensward.

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All words and thoughts failed Hemlocke to describe the feeling that weighed on him to return to Ishgard too soon. The city was as ever a cold beautiful monument that never seemed to change since that fateful day of the calamity. A chilly breeze crept out in an uncanny manner like tendrils that sought to entwine itself around the duskwight’s tall form- to squeeze and suffocate. Such was a feeling he couldn’t shake off no matter how many layers he wore.

There was a time when he was much like the cold ice that engulfed this city, untouchable at the core and seemingly unfeeling, ignoring everything in pursuit of a singular goal. Late at night when the work was finished, he allowed himself to ponder over if that ice had left him completely. All that mattered naught now. The only goal Hemlocke focused on now was to keep out of any trouble. The Scions had more than enough on their hands right now after the events of the Bloody Banquet.

‘He was truly a good and honorable man – General Raubahn did not deserve that.’ Hemlocke thought wistfully to himself with a sigh of impatience to follow. All the while, he trailed closely on the heels of Tataru whom he had been tasked to aid. She fervently rushed around the Jeweled Crozier with the pitter patter of her boots hitting in quick succession against the stone streets below, skillfully dodging the legs of passerby’s that gave her no notice. With a squint of concern and frown lining his expression, Hemlocke took several quick paces forward with the languid wave of his arm to flag her down, coming to stand to block her path in his desperation.

Naturally, Tataru easily bounded off around him, “Miss Tataru, please allow me to escort you through here – It would be imprudent for a young lady to be seen walking alone..” To that, she turned to him with a light furrow to her brows and her small hands waving in the air in a frantic gesture “Look, Hemlocke..You must stop with all of these formalities! We’ll get nowhere just standing about all day. We must hurry and see what we can do to help out our comrades!”

Tataru wasted no time at all in hurrying off to the next stall to make arrangements with another Ishgardian merchant to order more supplies. Heaving out another sigh, Hemlocke threw his hands up to acquiesce to the persistent lalafell in the humbling knowledge he would fail if he tried to go toe to toe with her. Hemlocke took one small step forward in her general direction, but found himself frozen to the spot to hear the delicate rasp of a voice he knew very well.

“I-I cannot believe if. I would know your eyes from anywhere! It’s really you..Serap-“

“*Don’t* say it!” There was a timbre lined with the rise of hot anger that came uncharacteristically from Hemlocke in a growl of warning, those crimson eyes narrowing upon figure of the lithe elezen woman with fair hair. Such an outburst drew the glances of wary onlookers. He straightened himself to full height, adjusting the lapels of his jacket to regain his composure. The gleam of his eyes descending into a somber haze in their half-lidded guarded state, “My.. apologies, madam. Please if you would call me Hemlocke now- The man you knew before died in that fire. It is as simple as that, Lady Rillemont.” The directness of his tone would stand for no argument in this.

Despite the initial shock, Inamorata beelined towards him to press her gloved laced hands against the front of his chest. Her lovely eyes shone out pleadingly upward at him, like pale jewels of blue with the sheen of unshed tears, “You would treat us like strangers now?..We cried for you. Even, Mithus..! You had everything you sought for. Your engagement to Lady Durendaire, earning her love after so long and freedom from Gloucent... Why did you throw it all away..”

Those frail eyes searched over him, brimming in a concern that came naturally to Inamorata. She always been far too sweet for the likes of Ishgardian society having been married off to a drunkard of a man. Her along with the rugged Mithus, a former lancer turned gardener, he'd become close with the long years after his tutor had been dismissed. His only consistent lovers and confidants. There was nothing particularly remarkable about the either of them that would garner the attention of those that sought perfection- but to him, they exuded nothing but the pure honesty of themselves. Such a trait he had always admired and envied.

Ultimately, a love blossomed between Inamorata and Mithus that he stepped back from to see cultivate, not feeling the same even if he was grateful for the trust he had in them. Thinking on this, Hemlocke brought his hands up to cover her own in a light squeeze. He brought the lady’s knuckles close, bowing his head to press kisses against most affectionately. His thumbs grazed over after to urge warmth back against the chill he felt in her lacy hands, “..She loved my striking looks and the idea of me. It’s always been about appearances, love. But, never mind about me. I trust you are both well..?”

Hemlocke’s question ended with him bringing those hands back in her own space with a steady nod. She offered a smile even if it weighed heavy with emotion, “Yes, very well – My husband drank himself to death not long after the fire. With my new fortune, Mithus and I were able to marry. We have a little one of our own and another on the way..” The merry way of which she spoke of all these pleasant events with a maternal press to her abdomen eased something in Hemlocke. How could he look upon this return to Ishgard with such discomfort now? To know his old friends were in good health and well taken care of.

A genuine smile uplifted his features, murmuring silent gratitude to the Fury for watching over them so, “That’s wonderful to hear and I’m truly happy for you both.. For me, there is much that has changed..much I cannot tell you without risking you all. This is the last you will see of me.” Good byes had never been easy for Hemlocke even as easily he made the motion to turn away from Inamorata to head back towards Tataru.

The voice called out to him one last time giving Hemlocke a pause in his step, “Did you find happiness..?” It came out quiet but hopeful.

It would have been easier to lie. Yet, he had made the promise to try to live as honestly as he could in his new life even if he found the truths of the world outside weren’t always so easy to face, “I am content enough..I have the opportunity to see the world and hone the abilities I found I have as not to be a detriment to others. You have your own paths to follow now, so take care of one another, mm? It is all I wish.”

Hemlocke found his way back to Tataru, drifting along through the thrums of merchants and customers with none of the rush he had before and a noticeable droop to his shoulders. Even with his best efforts, the lalafell noticed this change in him with a press of hands to her hips and waggled her finger at him, “Oh, come on, no need to worry so for the others..We have to do our best in the meantime, right? And maybe we can stop for some Ishgardian tea on the way back!”

Hemlocke couldn’t help but to perk up a little to that, coming to kneel to reach and grab a few of the bags she had to carry. If he were to be honest with himself, perhaps there was more he missed about Ishgard than he had realized now that the heavy feeling in his chest had eased to some degree, “Aye, I would like that very much.”

#hemlockeffxiv #ffxiv elezen #ffxiv oc lore #ffxiv oc #hemlocke #ffxiv writing #oc backstory #exploring hemi's past connections #will do more story tid bits when time allows!

[princesssarisa]

The Most Common Types of Cinderella in "Cinderella" Adaptations

After reading @ariel-seagull-wings's great post about the most common portrayals of Cinderella's Prince, I thought I'd take a similar look at the different versions of Cinderella herself. As with the Prince, we've seen very different portrayals over the years to suit each time and place's ideals of what a fairy tale heroine should be like, and while each one is unique, certain patterns do reappear. These are the six most common Cinderellas in my experience.

The Waif

This is the most traditional Cinderella – the type seen in virtually every adaptation until the 1950s. She's a very young, innocent, fragile girl, and her rags are especially ragged and smudged with ashes. In effect, she's like an older version of little Cosette from Les Misérables. She lives in terror of her Stepmother, quaking at any sign of anger from her, and is often implied to not just be insulted and forced to serve, but physically abused. And though she tries to be content with only her dreams and accept her hard life without complaining, she's still a deeply melancholy little figure. She can often be found sitting by the fire and singing a wistful folk tune. The audience wants to rescue her, and so does the Prince after her innocent, artless demeanor, her instinctive kindness, and her natural grace and beauty win his heart. Standout Cinderellas of this type include those from the two classic opera adaptations, Rossini's La Cenerentola and Massenet's Cendrillon, as well as those from the two Russian film versions (the 1947 live-action film and its 1979 animated remake), and Lesley Ann Warren in the 1965 version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical.

The Girl Next Door

Like "the Waif," this Cinderella is very young, sweet, innocent, and vulnerable, but she's less battered and melancholy. She's capable of quietly standing up to her stepfamily, or at least trying to, and capable in lighter moments of being playful and clever, with a gentle sense of humor. Her Prince tends to be as much of a friend as a lover to her, bonding with her over shared dreams and longings, and seeing her as a someone he can "really talk to" as an equal. She's also more likely than other Cinderellas to have a real character arc, struggling with fears and self-doubt at first, but ultimately growing in self-respect and inner strength, and realizing that even in rags she's worthy of her Prince's love. She's clearly not just meant to be touching, or just a role model, but a person whom the average young viewer can identify with. Brandy Norwood's 1997 Rodgers and Hammerstein Cinderella is of this type; so is the heroine of the 1996 anime Cinderella Monogatari, Jennifer Beals in the Cinderella episode of Faerie Tale Theatre, and Emilia Schüle in the the German anthology Märchenperlen.

The Idealist

This Cinderella comes across as more mature than the first two: a young woman, not a girl. Even in her rags, she's as neat, clean, and well-put-together as her hard work allows, and from the start she has an air of dignity, clearly having been taught to be a proper lady by her parents before they died. She usually has a sunny, cheerful disposition too, although like every other Cinderella she has moments of despair. At the core of all this is a profound idealism, just as staunch as Don Quixote's: a vision of who she wants to be and what she wants to believe, which she follows like a graceful lady knight on a quest. The word that best describes what she does is "maintaining": in the face of all hardship, maintaining her cheerfulness, her dignity, her kindness, and her faith in her dreams of future happiness. The classic idealist Cinderella is the Disney Cinderella, both in her 1950 animated form and in Lily James's 2015 portrayal, while another example is Julie Andrews in the Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical's original 1957 version.

The Tomboy

This Cinderella is more of a gamine than a waif; more of an Éponine than a Cosette. She puts up with her stepfamily's abuse because otherwise she would be homeless, but she handles it with a feisty attitude, sassing back when they insult her and standing up to them with real rage when they push her too far. When she's not working, her preferred escape is into a forest or some other wild place, where she can ride a horse, climb trees, swim in a river, or just be free. The Prince is usually drawn more to her strength of will, her passion, and/or her sarcastic wit than he is to her beauty. A subtype of this Cinderella is the gritty outcast: an angry, unsociable girl who wears her grimy, unfeminine looks with pride and masks her pain with rudeness, until a kind, perceptive Prince sees the princess within her. Cinderellas of that subtype are Leslie Caron's Ella in 1955's The Glass Slipper and the anti-heroine of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 2021 musical. Meanwhile, more conventionally charming tomboy Cinderellas are Libuše Šafránková in the Czech cult classic Three Wishes for Cinderella, Christianne Tisdale in the lesser-known musical A Tale of Cinderella, Aylin Tezel in the German anthology Sechs auf einen Streich (who skirts the edge between "the Tomboy" and "the Girl Next Door"), and Drew Barrymore's Danielle in the 1998 classic Ever After: A Cinderella Story... although she combines this with a different variation of the character, outlined below.

The Activist

This Cinderella's hard life has made her an advocate for others who are abused or oppressed. Whether these others are the kingdom's ordinary poor and working classes or magical creatures who face discrimination from humans, she'll do all she can to help them, even if it means getting into trouble with authorities. You can expect her to be more intellectual than other Cinderellas, to be a lover of socio-political books, and to be close friends with fellow servants, beggars, or even revolutionaries. She also tends to have a low opinion of the Prince at first, as he starts out as either a bit of a snob or else too sheltered and blind to social injustice; their romance arc revolves largely around her teaching him to be a better future king. Without a doubt, this Cinderella will be a an outstanding queen who improves her subjects' lives. As far as I know, this characterization first appeared in Ever After: A Cinderella Story, where Drew Barrymore's Danielle combines it with "the Tomboy"; in her footsteps followed Anne Hathaway's Ella in the 2004 film version of Ella Enchanted, and the Cinderella of the 2013 Broadway version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical.

The Artist

This version of Cinderella has a special talent that she wants to share with the world. Maybe it's fashion design, like in the 2021 Sony/Amazon film; maybe it's composing music, like in Alma Deutscher's opera; or maybe she's an inventor, like in Betsy Cornwell's YA novel Mechanica. Hardly anyone knows or appreciates her work, but every moment she can spare from housework is spent pouring her heart and soul into her talent. Her dream is to use it to earn an independent living, free from her Stepmother, who will stop at nothing to thwart that dream. The Prince in this version helps to support Cinderella's work, either at the ball or beforehand, and her main reason for going to the ball is to showcase her artistry. Of all the Cinderellas, this one most typically doesn't become the future queen in the end, because her ideal ending is to gain fame and fortune from her talent. If the responsibilities of the crown would interfere with her goals, then either the Prince abdicates his throne to be with her, or else they decide they're better as friends than as a couple.

Which type of Cinderella is your favorite? Or what do you like best about each one?

@ariel-seagull-wings, @faintingheroine, @superkingofpriderock, @the-blue-fairie, @themousefromfantasyland, @storytellergirl

#cinderella #fairy tale #adaptations #characterization #comparison #character types #patterns #fictional characters

[secretmellowblog]

I love the @lesmisletters email subscription thing, so I decided to track when major characters will appear for the first time! : D If I did my math right— feel free to correct me— the dates should be:

January 1st: Bishop Myriel

January 15th: Jean Valjean

January 29th: Fantine

February 6th: Cosette, Madame Thenardier, Monsieur Thenardier, Eponine, and Azelma

February 13th: Inspector Javert

February 14th: Pere Fauchelevent

April 3rd: Gavroche

June 9th: Gillenormand

June 14th: the Momes

June 16th: Marius Pontmercy, Mademoiselle Gillenormand, Theodule Gillenormand, Georges Pontmercy (by implication—he is mentioned in more detail in the following chapter)

June 18th: Father Mabeuf

June 25th: Enjolras, Grantaire, Combeferre, Courfeyrac, Bahorel, Feuilly, Bossuet, Joly, Jehan Prouvaire (yeah it’s That Chapter(tm))

One interesting thing I noticed is that— I’d always felt that Les Mis kept introducing major characters all the way through the novel, but that’s not true? All the major players have been introduced by the midpoint of the book (with Les Amis’s intro chapter coming as chapter 176 out of 365). From that point on many bit characters are introduced, but the primary drama of the story is the complex changing relationships between the core cast introduced in the first half.

#Les mis #les mis letters #feel free to add more! #I skipped most of patron-minette in this post #you can tell my ear infection painkillers are working because I can now Do Math #I’m going to try to catch up on what I missed XD #les mis daily

[ueinra]

Les Misérables | Lebanese Series (1974)

This scene pissed me off so much and the way Cosette silently watched them broke my heart..

Definitely this adaptation has one of the best Thénardiers, They're despicable to the core as they should be.

#les miserables #les mis #cosette #the thenardiers #eponine #azelma #Lebanese Series #arabic

[allherfaeriesmeetinjuly]

“oh there she is, listening to how to disappear again”

#how to disappear #i love this song so much #it sings true to my soul #<3 #cosette core #ldr #💗

[kingedmundsroyalmurder]

Blue Castle chapter 27

"Already, since the houses along the road were becoming numerous, she was conscious that curious eyes were looking at her from every window."

The theme of social shaming is really core to this story. Deerwood is a community that operates entirely on largely unwritten but universally understood social rules, and it is absolutely social suicide to deviate from them. Valancy hasn't just deviated, she has torn the social contract to pieces and set it on fire.

But what has she actually done? She went to live with Cissy -- another woman who broke the rules and was basically killed for it -- and now she's gotten married. She hasn't hurt anyone, she hasn't even been rude to anyone. She has upheld Christian values in providing care to the sick and she has fulfilled the understood role of a woman in getting married. But because she did the "correct" things in the incorrect way, she is now half a curiosity half a pariah in her own right.

(Thesis: Valancy's story serves as a counterbalance to a character like Javert in Les Mis. Javert's whole thing is that he fiercely upholds the rules of a society that deems him disposable and inherently lesser. He spends almost his whole life bowing to and supporting that system, and all he gets out of it is disrespect and, ultimately, destruction. There is no winning in a rigged system. Valancy also spent almost 30 years trying to live up to what her society expected of her, and she too was in the process of being destroyed by it. When the story opens, Valancy has lost the keys to her Blue Castle entirely. The only way to win in a system that has already decided you aren't valuable is to stop playing completely.)

(Consideration for the like three people who overlap in the blue castle and lm fandoms: Valancy and Cosette -- would they be friends? I'm thinking yes, although it might take them a while to understand each other.)

“To marry a man you know nothing about,” thought Cousin Georgiana aloud.

“I know more about him than I know of Edward Beck,” said Valancy.

“Edward Beck goes to church,” said Cousin Georgiana.

You know, I kind of sympathize with Cousin Georgiana here. Because Valancy is quite correct that she knows nothing about Edward Beck, but others in the community do. Georgiana was a friend of Edward Beck's first wife, which implies that she knows at least something of his character, and going to church means that the community sees someone regularly and has at least a vague sense of what they're like. Of course that doesn't mean he can't have secrets, or be disagreeable in private, or any number of other things, but you at least have some basic facts to work with. Whereas no one knows anything at all about Barney. Yes, the rumors about him are wildly overblown, but it is true that he just sort of showed up one day. And honestly? If he was secretly a murderer luring Valancy in to have his wicked ways with her? She's screwed. "Nothing mattered but Barney and the Blue Castle up back in Mistawis." Valancy's very lucky that she's in a fairy tale and not a horror story.

But of course this is a fairy tale, and both the reader and Valancy have quite a bit more information about Barney than Cousin Georgiana. We know that he's not a murderer, just kind of a recluse who just lost his best friend to illness. So there's no teeth in Georgiana's fears.

#blue castle book club #blue castle chapter 27

[annachum]

I think a reason why there are nonsensical Cosette hate

Is a similar reason with nonsensical Cinderella and Aurora hate

All 3 are criticized with being ' too soft ' by a number of haters

Yet here is a thing

Some of the seemingly softest people are the strongest

Soft does not mean weak

And FYI, Cosette literally helped Marius recover from the June Rebellion

And is literally a reason why Marius' life is saved in the June Rebellion

Cosette rlly is an MVP right there

Alongside with being a symbol of hope, and a number of other things

And it's baffling to see some people think Raoul is ' too vanilla '

Yeah yeah, he may be more ' vanilla ' in the POTO musical, but he is defo NOT weak or pathetic

And in the POTO book, Raoul is WAY more hard core than he is in the POTO musical

And a number of Christine haters stem from them being Phantom x Christine shippers ( like.....why?! )

Some people also think Christine is ' too soft '

Um

Considering what happened to Christine, no wonder Christine wants to get away from Phantom ASAP and wants him dead or gone as much as Raoul does

It's just that Christine does whatever she can to maintain Raoul's safety and help keep Raoul's darker side in check, and Raoul learns to not be lost in the deep throes of vengeance

And Christine became an icon in Sweden and France AND an emblem of abuse survivors rising above darkness FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS

🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

#stop cosette hate!!!! #and srsly stop christine and raoul hate #justice for raoul #justice for christine daae #justice for cosette #all 3 did whatever they can in tough situations they are in #and considering the kind of household raoul is raised in #no wonder raoul turns out the way he is #and Christine gave him extra pushes to better himself #and raoul works to improve himself for his and christine's sakes #poto #les mis #rant #defend christine daae #defend raoul #defend cosette #marius and cosette are soulmates #so are raoul and christine #DEAL WITH IT #soft does not mean weak!

[mlwritersguild]

MARCH RECAP POST

Hi, all!

It’s the start of spring, and we at the MWG are excited to share with you all what our members have been up to over the past month. 

March Monthly Event - Roll for your Fate

Our event this past month asked our members to try their luck in a randomized event. We rolled (virtual) dice to assign them a universe, trope and line of dialogue! The characters, ships and general content were completely left to them. March event fics in the list below will be highlighted in green and denoted with an asterisk!

March Published Fic List

Our writers are always cooking up something, so here's a quick list of everything our members published this month! (Tags included to help you pick out your next read)

square modified brilliant by @alexseanchai

lovesquare // ladybug and chat noir’s wedding // post-reveal // post hm defeat // disabled adrien and marinette // mwg feb event

these are times that can't be weathered (and we have never been back there since then) by @queer-cosette

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What are your thoughts on Eponine? (I haven’t read the novel, I have only watched the Liam Neeson movie (which didn’t have Eponine) and a recording of the musical).

Thank you for the ask I love getting Les Mis asks 💖

So keep in mind that I have read this book 13 years ago so I don't remember a lot of details. I remember the core idea of her character though and she was one of the most badass characters in the book, I loved her.

So Hugo initially had another named planned for her but changed it after Baudelaire dedicated a poem to him (Les petites vieilles from Les Fleurs du mal) that goes like this:

These dislocated wrecks were women once,

Were Eponine or Lais! hunchbacked freaks,

Though broken let us love them! they are souls.

And that is a very good introduction to her character.

Her first trait that needs to be mentioned is hunger. Eponine was a hungry, very hungry young teen, starved, to be more exact, she had a horrendous appearance, some teeth missing, she was extremely dirty, her clothes had huge wholes, she walked barefoot I think. Hunger was so absolute and omnipotent in Eponine, as in a lot of characters from the book, that it seemed to completely erase any hint of personality, or agency, or personhood really. She seemed to not even be a human being at all, she was just a starved girl who resembled a starved animal more than a person. And that's the thing with hunger, it's so catastrophic and definite that it completely annihilates a person. You can't have free will, you can't have spiritual autonomy, you're just that, hungry. Hunger in Les Mis is the ultimate and most substantial form of violence, and Eponine embodies that.

"The grace of her youth was struggling against the hideous old age brought on by debauchery and poverty".

What hunger also does is it gives birth to the lowest, most debased, most inhuman form of monster. That's Eponine's parents, les Thenardiers, and I honestly cannot recall a single literary character that is more appalling than them. They were appalling people before they became so poor, but poverty turned them into actual vultures. So in this "cocktail Molotov" of moral depravity plus extreme poverty and hunger, what chance does Eponine have of becoming something more than a vulture herself? A vulture, or a living, lifeless, soulless corpse, like her sister.

Yet that's not Eponine's arc. Eponine starts as a bully to Cosette while she was a kid, then becomes this hungry street smart kid, then an accomplice in a gang of criminals (burglars, thieves etc) then she goes to prison for a short time. She is in love with Marius, and so she's torn between her jealousy and the desire to make him happy, that is why she helps Marius find Cosette's house and leads him there, then she observes them every night they meet in the garden. She even prevents her gang from entering Cosette's house, because she knows that Marius would be destroyed if anything happened to Cosette. That's the part of the book where she stops them :

"Please yourself, you won't get in. I can't be the daughter of a dog seeing as I am the daughter of a wolf! There are six of you. What's that to me? You're men. Well, I'm a woman. You don't frighten me, that's for sure. I'm telling you, you won't get inside this house because I don't want you to. If you come any nearer I'll bark. I told you, I'm the 'cab'. I couldn't care less about you. Now be on your way, I've had enough of you! Go anywhere you like, but don't come here, I won't let you! You use your knives, I'll use my feet, it's all the same to me. So come on, then!"

And then, after this very selfless act, she actively manages to separate Cosette and Marius. She scares Valjean so he decides to move, and takes Cosette's letter for Marius with no intention of giving it to him, then leads Marius to the barricades so that they can die together there. And then, she dies for him after giving him Cosette's letter :

“She let her head fall back upon Marius' knees and her eyelids closed. He thought that poor soul had gone. Eponine lay motionless; but just when Marius supposed her for ever asleep, she slowly opened her eyes in which the gloomy deepness of death appeared, and said to him with an accent the sweetness on which already seemed to come from another world:

"And then, do you know, Monsieur Marius, I believe I was a little in love with you."

She essayed to smile again and expired.”

So Eponine was a morally ambiguous person but an exceptional character, moving from debauchery, spite and depravity to bravery and love. She doesn't believe in the Cause, but she loves Marius and she dies for him in the barricades, thus her death is as honorable as any other person that gave their lifes in the barriades. I think Eponine's function in the narrative is to show that it is in fact, possible, for an exceptional character to be born out of total material, moral and spiritual decay. It is possible for a human being to preserve the quality of a person, even an exceptional person, and rise above theIr horrendous circomstances. She's a tragic character but the underlying message is ultimately optimistic, in a way.

Of course she was not presented accurately in the musical, she was sexualised in a way that the supposed "conflict" between her and Cosette looks like the conflict of a the popular high school girl vs the high school underdog which is SO not the case in the book.

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