*ooh* I love the whole idea with this cover! What wonderful use of Hugo’s rampant animal symbolism! (and Bear!Valjean curled around Marius and Cosette there, in what could be a gesture of sleep and not noticing them right in front of him, or protectiveness, especially with the other animals, including Tiger-Javert , looming behind them–it’s so so so good!)
“stop drawing enjolras as black, enjolras isn’t bla-”
mmmmkay hun whatever u say
I don’t know if it’s still there (or if Les Mis even still plays in the same theatre) but when I went to see the show in 2013, the picture advertising the whole production on the front of the building was a black actor as Enjolras, waving his flag.
If you are so committed to being perfectly lawful that you cannot see the value of breaking a law to defend yourself or others, you’re not good, you’re obedient.
tfw you don’t know if it’s social commentary or d&d meta
type 1: #college au, #mutually oblivious pining, #enjolras works at a coffee shop, #fake dating!, #fluff, #they love each other sooo much, #a cameo by george blagden, #a reference to icarus at one point :), #kink negotiation
type 2: #1831, #Actually Unrequited Pining, #Artfully Marinated In Intentionally Iffy Power Dynamics, #Artistic References Foreshadowing Their Imminent Death, #Opium, #A Brief Digression About The History Of The Printing Press, #Classical Reference You Will Have To Spend Hours Looking Up, #The Historical Annotations Are In A Second Chapter Because They Do Not Fit In The Notes, #A Brief Cameo By One Of The More Obscure French Romantics, #Inappropriate Uses Of Cravats, #Inappropriate Uses Of 19-c Boots, #Inappropriate Occasions To Quote The Declaration Of The Rights Of Man And The Citizen
