les mis characters + latin mottos → fauchelevent (for vouksen)“Fauchelevent was an old man who … found it sweet to be grateful, and perceiving a generous action to be performed, flung himself upon it like a man, who at the moment when he is dying, should find close to his hand a glass of good wine which he had never tasted, and should swallow it with avidity.”
(II.VIII.i.)
les miserables
Then no one can stop me to kiss him.
SCREAMS WITH SO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS COMIC RIGHT HERE OH MY GOD SO MUCH YES YES YES
I can never decide whether it’s amazing to identify with Grantaire simply because I’ve never found any other fictional character that I identified so strongly so that’s kind of crazy or if it’s shit because, well, Grantaire’s not the most happy or put-together person and neither am I and that’s just not great either.
The way I look at it is, Grantaire’s story is about how people who aren’t happy or put-together can still be brave and loving and heroic and important. (There was even a thread a while back where someone translated some old old notes of Victor Hugo’s, and Grantaire’s story ended with “Grantaire, happy and heroic”…) So I think it is absolutely 100% amazing to identify with him, because everyone’s got a Long live the Republic! I am one of them! inside them somewhere, even if they don’t know it.
omg im finally done i give you rapunzeljolras!! i dont really think i have an excuse for this hahaha other than wanting to draw enjolras with super long hair aahh
also i did this poll thing, where i asked people whether they wanted grantaire or combeferre as the prince. personally i wanted combeferre bcos i dont grantaire would want to be a prince??? hed rather live life as a commoner and such, but here it is nonetheless ヽ(；▽；)ノ
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.]
Lesser-fancasted Les Miserables characters:
╘ Natalie Dormer as Zephine & Ruth Wilson as Dahlia
“It was having rosy nails that were too pretty which had drawn Dahlia to Listolier, to others perhaps, to idleness. How could she make such nails work? She who wishes to remain virtuous must not have pity on her hands. As for Zephine, she had conquered Fameuil by her roguish and caressing little way of saying ‘Yes, sir.’”
vh described cosette as being ugly bc she was unhappy and that if she were happy perhaps she would be beautiful and now i cannot stop thinking of grantaire and vh describing him as “impossible” and “particularly ugly” and his crippling depression and selfhatred and i’m really upset
#This is where my brain goes #when we talk about #Grantaire #being ugly #In my head I don’t think he was hideous #I think he was probably remarkably plain #with probably crooked teeth #and the marks of hard living #but it’s his self-inflicted cynicism #and self-hatred #that pushes him over the line into ugly #were he happy #I think he would be transformed #in my experience #there are very few people in this world #who are truly physically ugly #everyone has something #about them that makes them beautiful #even if you can’t see it right away #love transforms you #when it’s returned #I think in his last moments #Grantaire would have been unbearably lovelyi’m gonna have to ask you to stop„„„,