Can I just quickly say that I love and adore how much the Les Mis (and specifically les Amis) fandom has adopted diverse headcanons about all the characters?
As a half-Chinese guy who’s like…really short and isn’t a master of fung fu, I don’t expect to see myself in any kind of media. It’s just a fact I’d come to accept about life.
So when I got here and looked through the various amis tags, I expected every piece of fanart to look like the characters from the 2012 movie. It was what I was seeking out, even. But instead, I got this cast of wonderful kids who are diverse in race and gender. I fell in love. And? I don’t think I can describe the feeling I got when I found all the Asian Joly art and saw myself represented in a character that I already adored (small boy!! Fluffy hair!! Sometimes even big round glasses!!).
What I’m getting at is that I’m so, so grateful to this fandom for being so open to it all. You’ve given this particular small Asian boy one of his first tastes of good representation. And I’m sure I’m not the only one.