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thegreatvalstachio:

If someone ever decides to add a song featuring Tholomyès to Les Mis it should be to the tune of the Thenardiers’ “Waltz of Treachery” … that’s the part where they sing, “what to do? What to say? Shall you carry our treasure away? …”

[THOLOMYES and his friends BLACHEVILLE, LISTOLIER and FAMEUIL discuss what to do with the mistresses they plan to abandon, while FANTINE waits in the cafe oblivious.]

THOLOMYES
What to do? What to say?
There simply isn’t, another way-
Barely had – a taste of life-
Thinks she’d make me a suitable wife!
No, not me
Have no doubt
Once they’ve got their claws in there’s no getting out!
It’s for the best, don’t we know,
Those lovely ladies- they come and they go!

LISTOLIER
Poor Fantine, so naive-

THOLOMYES
Come, she hasn’t the spirit to grieve!
Come on boys, let’s go home,
They’ll be glad there to see us alone
[takes a letter from his pocket]
We’ve had it now, our boyhood fun
We’ll leave and there’s been no harm done!

[He gives a letter to a waiter who gives it to Fantine. She reads it with her expression growing more and more distraught as the men leave, continuing the song.]

BLACHEVELLE
Ah, my friend, one thing more-
I-I just want to see if you’re sure–
That baby girl you rocked to sleep-
[spoken] Should you not pay for her upkeep?

[THOLOMYES pauses for one long, silent moment, then laughs. When he sings again, it’s to the tune of ‘Lovely Ladies’, fast and angry-]

THOLOMYES
Oh my, Blacheville, taken for a fool-
You’ve seen the child, you must know, she isn’t mine at all
Little brat, some little rat, taken from some house
You must know all women know the way to trap a spouse!
Come on, let’s go, I can’t take any more-
She always seemed so innocent…but I’ll bet that she’s a whore!

[The men hurry away. Fantine cries in the cafe.]

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Les Miserables deleted scenes masterpost
(you know, so we can see what we’re missing and all…)

1. Javert hunting Valjean- from the first trailer and the international one.

2 . dancetaire asked George Blagden this! He also tweeted once about how he wished they hadn’t cut that line.

3. Javert on yet another high ledge – from the first trailer

4. Father Mabeuf! An actor called Michael Sarne is credited as playing him. A brief clip of him waving the flag can be found on the ‘Battle at the Barricade’ DVD extra.

5. “I know who you are. You’re Jean Valjean.” From the international trailer

6. Fantine by a candle (???) – the first trailer

7. Valjean in the sewers- or possibly hiding from Javert’s men as seen in #1? These two scenes were right next to each other in the international trailer, so I wonder – also in the first trailer

8. Eponine saying Cosette’s name with utter bitterness – the international trailer

9. Ghost Eponine. I have no idea what the source is for that image, sorry. And it’s the only image I can find of her in that scene. But look! They did film it!

10. Javert dramatically opens a window – from the international trailer

11. Brother and sister – from this featurette about Sam Barks

12 & 13. Two little snippets of Cosette in her room and in the carriage at her wedding – from the international trailer

14. The beginning of The ABC Cafe, found on the ‘Creating The Perfect Paris’ DVD extra.

15. Anne Hathaway’s stunt that she begged to do and then it got deleted! (I know IMDB isn’t a reliable source, but it’s also referenced here.)

16. The alternate ending! If you’ve read the script you’ll remember it. Here’s a bigger picture of Cosette and Marius at the front of the barricade- they’re tiny but I’m sure it’s them. I am also SURE I once saw set photos of the Thenardiers in this scene, wearing old-age makeup, but I’ve looked for ages and can’t find them anywhere. If anyone knows what I’m talking about, tell me and I’ll add it to this!

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You know what someone needs to write about? Modern AU Fantine.

If she was abandoned as a child she’d probably have grown up in the care system. She falls into a relationship with Tholomyes before she’s out of her teens, getting pregnant and giving birth.

When Tholomyes leaves her, though, she’s completely out to sea and doesn’t know what to do with herself, let alone a child. She has a small flat somewhere and (even though she doesn’t really know them) she leaves her two-year-old daughter with her next-door neighbours, the Thenardiers, because they have kids too. She finds it very very hard to get a job with no qualifications, and she finds it had making friends because life is so unkind to her and she’d rather spend every spare hour with her daughter. She does things like waitressing but the men hit on her (and worse) so she hates it.

The Thenardiers start charging her more and more money to look after Cosette and tell her they’ll report her to social services if she can’t pay, and so her child will be taken off her. She’s desperate for that not to happen so she pays them even when their demands get ridiculous. She loses her job as a waitress when an obnoxious rebuffed customer grabs her outside and stuffs snow down her top, and she kicks and punches him in retaliation. Really really desperate now, she turns to sex work, not suspecting that the Thenardiers are abusing Cosette on the days and nights they look after her. She manages to pay them, and she’s able to provide for Cosette, but she’s very very miserable.

…I kind of want to write this now.

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jehans:

She walked bending forward, her head down, like an old woman; the weight of the bucket strained and stiffened her thin arms. The iron handle was numbing and freezing her little wet hands; from time to time she had to stop, and every time she stopped, the cold water that sloshed out of the bucket splashed onto her bare knees. This took place in the depth of the woods, at night, in the winter, far from all human sight; she was a child of eight. At that moment only the Eternal Father saw this sad thing.

And undoubtedly her mother, alas!

For there are things that open the eyes of the dead in their grave.

Victor Hugo | Les Misérables

 

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There’s so much Les Mis fanart I want to see, but I can’t draw to save my life. So, er…if you want, take these ideas and run with them? Seriously, you don’t even have to tell me.

–This!

-Enjolras and Grantaire as old men who survived the barricade

–Any of the Amis as old men who survived the barricade

-More Enjolras drawn as a person of colour (You could still keep his hair light if you wanted)

-Fantine leading Gavroche and Eponine to the afterlife

-All five Thenardier kids HAPPY in a modern AU (I imagine like, a snapshot of them all messing around. Don’t you want those poor kids to be happy I want those poor kids to be happy)

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