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I don't trust pep that hate eponinee😭 also lovedd drawing Frances Rufelle in her era as the og eponine ❤️

She had the perfect gamine feature to play an endearing oddball with voice of a young edith piaf ❤️

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Montparnasse is kind of cunt

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Leader in red

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I was suddenly reminded of that scene in Les Mis where Cosette cries for like two hours and Marius stands banging his head a tree because she’s going to England

anyway more people should really read the brick

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Hehheheh

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I'm a horrible person I know

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It is interesting that in the musical both Fantine’s sacking from the factory and her arrest are partially caused by sexual predation from men when in the book this is not so. In the book the former is caused by Madame Victurnien, and the latter is caused more by Bamatabois making fun of her than him sexually harassing her. The musical made Fantine into more of a “sexual object”.

I prefer the book’s version. Sexual predation is not the only vile thing that can happen to a working-class woman.

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Wow this Madeleine guy sounds really good at making Jet Beads 😍😍. Hope he’s not problematic

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L’Alouette

Being a total bird nerd, I had to do a little dive into this somewhat bird-themed chapter of Les Mis.

What is an “alouette”? Many have heard this bird’s name through the children’s song “Alouette, gentille alouette” which is popular even in non-French speaking countries. An “alouette” is a “lark”, the common name for the avian family Alaudidae (which contains 100 species).

What type of lark is Hugo referring to in 1.4.3? It is almost certainly the Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis) or “Alouette des champs” in French.

[Image ID: A small brown and white bird (Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)) on a wooden fence post.] [Credit: Natural England/Allan Drewitt, 2015. https://flic.kr/p/vDvojm]

This species has been referenced in literature throughout history, likely due to its proximity to humans and its distinctive song. The Eurasian Skylark lives in open habitats such as fields and pastures and has an incredibly long song which it sings persistently while in flight.

So why did the townspeople choose to call Cosette an alouette? The text tells us that Cosette is a:

“…trembling, frightened, and shivering little creature, no bigger than a bird, who was awake every morning before any one else in the house or the village, and was always in the street or the fields before daybreak.” (Hapgood translation)

The Eurasian Skylark is a relatively small bird around the size of a sparrow (17.5-19.0 cm). They forage on the ground where their plumage can make them nearly invisible. They are also said to be the first bird to sing in the morning. I couldn’t find any scientific evidence that this is true, besides learning that their “ground song” (sung by both males and females from the ground) is mostly sung in the morning. However, I did find some cultural allusions to this idea.

“Au chant de l’alouette” (literally translated as “at the singing of the lark”) means “very early in the morning” or “at the crack of dawn” [wiktionnaire]. (Though I don’t know anything about the usage of this phrase, i.e. how much it’s used or when it’s from.) From wikipedia: “Ethnomusicologist Conrad LaForte points out that, in song, the lark (l'alouette) is the bird of the morning, and that it is the first bird to sing in the morning, hence waking up lovers and causing them to part, and waking up others as well, something that is not always appreciated.”

My guess is that since the skylark is a small, drab bird that is often found flittering on the ground and is generally considered to be the first bird to sing in the morning, Cosette was dubbed “l’alouette” by the neighbors.

[Image ID: A color drawing of a small brown and white bird (Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)) on a background of yellowed paper.] [Plate XCIV Skylark Alauda arvensis. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs. London: G.W. Nickisson,1842-1850. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40246756]

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Javert and Enjolras

"Your future is bleak. Your fate is sealed. The stars do not lie."

"Yeah, but you sure do."

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grantaire would defo drag enjolras to A&E/ER for an injury even tho enj would insist he was fine. and he’d sit there—all night if he had to—with snacks, energy drinks, chargers, spare clothes etc. just to make sure enjolras is okay.

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Bro I'm working on like 3 hrs of sleep and my fucking uterus is trynna kill me but I came up with a thought and now I can't stop laughing. Ya'll knos the Enjolras + Cosette sibling aus? What if it was Marius and Enjolras instead??? Like Enjolras is trying to lead and revolution and just tells Marius, his own brother, "Who cares about your lonely soul?" Bro idk I'm tired and waiting for the tylenol to kick in-

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Whether you interpret Enjolras as a raging homosexual or a proud aroace lad, I find it a little funny that everyone collectively agrees that man does NOT like women. Sure, it’s explicitly in the text, but usually you’d get at least a few people desperately trying to cope otherwise.

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Marius when Cosette said she was leaving for England

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If Grantaire didnt believe in anything dose that also include gender. Would that make him agender

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Les Mis the book is so much better than the musical, sorry not sorry