#Brick Reread

[jolys-cane]

currently trying to figure out what the Zero in grantaire's "Zero not wishing to go stark naked, clothed himself in vanity" refers to. like who the fuck is Zero

first i scoured gutenberg for Zero like hey maybe victor hugo mentions this guy again . and i got a senator from the bishop chapters going "Down with that great All, which torments me! Hurrah for Zero which leaves me in peace!" so im like ok maybe it's a turn of phrase and Zero means . you know. no one. the absense of people. but if that's the case then what point is Grantaire even making? no one doesn't want to be naked??

the original french says "Zéro, ne voulant pas aller tout nu, s'est vêtu de vanité" which doesn't quite help. im losing my mind over this

[ofthesepulchre]

"Montparnasse, who had no reason to be on his guard, and who was engaged in thought for the first time in his life, perceived nothing."

no thoughts just vibes, xoxo parnasse

[gizkasparadise]

i cant believe im going to try and pick up a game of thrones fic in the year 2025 after a 3-year hiatus

still faster than george at least if i manage to finish this thing

[wishchip106]

finally watched speak no evil 🤩🤩 i really enjoyed it despite being stressed out the whole time

anyway i looked back at my cherik pics after watching AND HOW IS THIS THE SAME MAN???

i get that it’s a 13 year difference but honestly the comparison always shocks me

James Mcavoy can shapeshift…. 🤯

[souenkun]

Sometimes I wonder why, exactly, did natori return to urihime, even though (1) she's a youkai, (2) it's confirmed early on during his first meetings with natsume (supposedly ~5 years after "a hand extended" took place in canon) that he still hated youkai at that point, and (3) he has no obligation to, especially after his arm was no longer cursed. Like, was there another factor contributing to it, aside from the kindness that natori actually inherently have (but had sadly not realized yet in his teenage years), and also him weighing on getting his own shiki?

These 4 panels might be the answer to that. Yes, urihime is born as the very same being that ruined natori's life, but she is also possibly the only one in his life back then who fully understood the weight of being hated so much for their presence and forsaken by everyone else because of it, to the point that one began to question why they were still alive after all that.

We also know that hiiragi was found in a similar situation (also a youkai who was forced to endure a life isolated in her own suffering, ready to let death take her when the chance was so near) until natori "saved" her again years later, even though natsume was the one who did the literal rescuing this time around. With this recurring theme, I wonder if natori had "saved" sasago too the same way, which would explain why his three shiki are so protective of him, even giving their all in doing so seemingly more out of love (judging from how they never want to leave him alone without at least one of them standing guard, or how they would jump to reassure him any chance they got), than because it was just their "duty" towards their master?

[la-pheacienne]

I’m not fully in the Les mis fandom so sorry if this is a dumb question but I noticed most people hc grantaire as bisexual. I was just wondering if there’s a reason based on text or if it’s just vibes 

Cause obviously he has romantic implications w/ enjolras but does he have any references to liking women too? I haven’t read the brick and I’m truly just curious

so you're not doubting grantaire's sexual attraction to Enjolras, you're just doubting his attraction to women. normally it's the other way round, humanity has truly come so far

[td-brick]

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Rewatching dr strangelove right now and it reminded me that i was drawing this. I'm posting it because i fear i'm probably never going to finish it 😓😓 full metal drama if it was good or whatever

[ID: 5 separate drawings of total drama characters in place of dr strangelove characters in certain scenes. the first is of beth and lindsay. beth is looking up and lindsay and lindsay is looking forward and has a very sad expression on her face, her hands clasped in front of her chest. she's saying, "He'll see everything. He'll see the big board!" there is a marked-up map behind her. the second drawing is of jo and brick as jack ripper and lionel mandrake. the third drawing is chris mclean as dr strangelove. the fourth is of heather and duncan getting into a fight on the ground. they both look angry. harold is standing in front of them, also looking angry, and saying, "gentlemen, you can't fight in here! this is the war room!" the fifth and biggest drawing is of izzy sitting on the bomb like at the end of the movie. End ID]

[mariusslonelysoul]

read some les mis fic for the first time in over a year and honestly it's probably a little sad just how happy it made me

[delawaredetroit]

Really?

Bakugou should be reevaluating his entire relationship with Izuku since Izuku just directly spelled it out that of course he knew he didn't have anything and that he never looked down on Bakugou. But somehow all Bakugou got out of Izuku's speech was "he thinks he's better than me" still.

[its-alittleobsessed]

No i get christians ok. Bc if loving God feels as good as reading a life changing fanfic does. Then i get it.

[galalaland]

yes i'm a twenty year old woman who rereads percy jackson and heroes of olympus for comfort idc what you say i love those books they are like ambrosia they remind me of good times so leave me tf alone

[saints-who-never-existed]

Oh God, you guys, I forgot Bridgens had his own journals...!!!

In the book, Bridgens had his own journals, kept throughout the Expedition and possibly beforehand. There's one purposefully left behind in his tent when he goes for his final walk, and five even longer ones purposefully left far behind on Terror!!!

Just consider that for a single goddamn second!

John Bridgens, a man who loves literature and stories, and has defined his entire life by them, specifically destroys his own story, deliberately leaves it all behind to rot, in order to carry Peglar's forward with him instead...!!!

[literarypigeon]

I’m a small blog and idk if I’ll get responses for this, but let’s see.

For context, I read the Brick ten years ago and I still own the physical copy. I usually prefer physical books because it’s easier for me to focus when it’s not on a screen, but I like that LM Letters breaks it down into small manageable chunks that maybe I could focus on.

I’ve also been wanting for a long time to plan my own Les Mis tour and go to Paris, and I need to reread or sift through the Brick anyway to plan that (yes I must plan it by myself for the customized experience, I do not want to use google, I work hard not smart and it’s possible this is a character flaw of mine). Being able to ctrl + F location names on a screen might make it easier for me to do that.

However, if I subscribe to LM Letters and miss a couple days I might just mass delete my emails and not end up rereading some chapters.

Is it worth it??

[hood-ex]

Have you read The 70 Days After Groundhog Day by Ptelea? Very Good, long, plotty, and Dick-centric. Ptelea has other good ones too.

I have indeed. The story where Dick throws a brick at Jason lmao. Will have to check their profile for other fics. Thanks for the rec!

[mothmage]

Dear Chabouillet,

Is it gay to be so obsessed with a man that you recognize him by the strength of his shoulders alone?

Asking for a friend.

Sincerely, Javert.

[la-pheacienne]

How many times do you have to read a book to remember details? Like honestly. I admire you guys so.much. I have read the Silmarillion and the Unfinished Tails once in highschool and I don't remember shit and everwhere I see Silmarillion posting and I feel so sad that I don't remember absolutely anything apart from like the Gondolin storyline and Beren and Luthien and the fall of Numemor but very very vaguely. And I loved that book so much I used to obsessively draw the maps during class for two years straight, and now there is nothing left in my memory anymore. I'm not even talking about asoiaf where I don't remember shit apart from the chapters that I love and even there I forget details. I'm rereading les Mis right now and I it's like I'm reading a new book. How do you guys manage?? Because the books I loved, I want to read them again since I forgot everything about them and then there are so many new books I wanna read it genuinely stresses me out. So much to do, so little time. Is it my ADHD that prevents me from remembering or is this normal? At least I definitely remember how I felt while reading these.