#Valvert

[sisyphean-thirst]

This makes me feel too many things

valjean x javert smile comic so true

[to23623ken]

I'm genuinely fascinated by the existence of "Javert, t'es amoureux", because its creator—Jean Vallée—wasn’t just any singer or actor; he was the very first Javert in the musical adaptation of Les Misérables. And out of everything he could have taken from playing the role, what stuck with him enough to turn into a song? The idea that Javert was in love. That’s incredible.

It completely shatters the notion that Valvert is just a modern, fandom-driven interpretation cooked up by chronically online shippers or queer theatre kids projecting onto the material. No—this reading of Javert, this underlying tension, has existed since the beginning. Before Tumblr, before AO3, before any of that discourse, the original musical Javert himself saw something there. And not just saw it—he felt it so deeply that he wrote and recorded a song about it.

"Valvert" isn’t just a modern fandom invention. The very people who have embodied these characters—actors, writers, and directors—have seen and acknowledged these dynamics. Whether it’s Jean Vallée writing "Javert, t’es amoureux", Andrew Davies (screenwriter of the BBC adaptation) stating that "One can even see a twisted kind of love in Javert’s obsession with Valjean," or countless performers playing these characters with that subtext in mind, the interpretation holds weight.

Never let anyone tell you that your queer reading isn’t valid. The idea that there’s only one “correct” way to read a story is a lie—a lie that has been used for centuries to erase, silence, and delegitimize voices like ours.

Queer readings don’t need to be “proven” to be valid. They don’t require a writer’s approval or an actor’s acknowledgment. They are valid because queer people exist, and when we see ourselves in a story, that means something. That matters. And no one can take that away.

And this isn’t just about Les Mis. It’s about the truth that queer readings of stories are valid, full stop. Literature and theatre have always contained queerness, whether hidden in subtext or woven directly into the narrative. And when actors, directors, and audiences pick up on those themes—when they lean into them, embrace them, and bring them to life—it’s because those layers were always there to be discovered.

So if someone tells you that your interpretation is "just a ship" or "not what the author intended," remind them that stories do not belong solely to their creators. They belong to the people who experience them, who see themselves in them, who bring new life to them. And if queer people have seen themselves in Les Misérables—and we have, over and over again—then that queerness is real, it is valid, and it is part of the story, no matter what anyone else says.

Yes, I want everything to be queer, because I am queer, and I love me.

[ham-tuitui]

hp au

[secretmellowblog]

Me when @valvertweek is in three days and I haven’t finished all my projects:

[stars278]

If you haven’t watched Severance (AppleTV) and you love old man yearning and incredibly beautiful slow-burn forbidden feelings between two old men coworkers… please go and watch it now. It’s an incredible series and it also some of the most emotional portrayals of this kind of love and secret romance. If you love Valvert, you might be a fan of Burt and Irving’s story…

valvert severance au?

[jeena-says-hi]

Cringe is dead

*throws this into the wild

[lucy-verse]

Madeleine and Javert’s friendship developing to the point where they greet each other with la bise AHHHHHHHHHHHH

[little-linda]

Hello Les Mis gang! Let's build the ideal mix of Brick and Musical canon for fanfictions

Of course everyone is gay, happy and survives.

[specificpollsaboutbooks]

M/M Couples

Round 2

Propaganda and spoilers under the cut

Nico and Will :

"So solangelo are yin and yang, too sides of the same coin. They met long, long before they both got together. At the very start of both of their journeys when both of them where 10 yrs old. So happy and full of wonder and life.

"I love them your honor"

Nico's path goes down the darkest of rodes, for reasons outside of his control. Nico was born in the 30s Venice Italy, but because of the Lotus Hotel, he's able to appear in modern day. Because of this he has extreme catholic guilt and internalisation. His big sister (the only he's ever known because his memory got wiped pretty much as soon as his mother died) died shortly on her first quest, so he was left alone. That's his main characterisation, he's alone. He's always alone. His mom died, his sister died, no one likes him and they ostrosaize him for being a son of hades. It isn't until he properly meets will for the first in blood of olympus that he feels wanted, that he feels like people actually like him and want him around. Before this he was planning on running away, from both camps and the underworld. Which is pretty much suicide in that world, especially for him.

Will was the last piece of the puzzle he needed to stay, to feel wanted, to be loved. Will changed him in a way no one else had. Will was able to put up with his anger and darkness and not even flinch. Which no one had been able to do at that point, even Jason. He Screamed at him at to stay, to not leave because he knew the consequences of it and pleaded with him to stay. No one had ever fought for him to stay before, no one! Will was able to (metaphorically and a little litcherally) take nicos hand away from that ledge and save him, to take him to get help and be there every step of the way in his healing journey. Will pretty much saved him, and afterwards when they do get together, it fits perfectly. They both care about eachother deeply and want nothing more than the other to be ok, to be happy

Now what about Will? What has he been up to? Well when we first actually meet him, he's a background character and we don't get to know him until TOA & TSATS. But from the background information we know, will is pretty much a perfect parallel to nico, because he too has lost so much. Because of what comes from being a demigod, almost all of his half-siblings died by TOA. The apollo cabin started with 10, maybe more, but witled down to just 3. He never got time to grieve though, because as soon as Michael died he took up his role of healing, and basically became a doctor for the whole camp. Which is so much stress to put on a 12 year old. Over the years he never had time to grieve, so insted, he would lock it away deep inside of himself. Forget. He needs to heal and help people, if he can't he's useless and everyone will hate him. That's how he thinks... until nico. Nico gives him so much unconditional love, brakes his idea that he needs to light and happy all the time, that he has to help him. He learns that he has darkness within him, and that's not a bad thing. Soon he starts to actually address that darkness within him. Nico helped him, even if he'll never know. They both make eachother better, they both gave the other what they didn't think they'd ever get or deserve. Full, unconditional, love. And it's beautiful.

Solangelo are 2 sides of the same coin. They are yin and yang, one darkness with light, the other light with darkness. They are the sun, and the star. They both make eachother better and work together. Even when they seem like they'll never understand eachother, they make it work. For isn't it more to romantic for 2 soulmates to be soulmates not because of fate or an outside force, but because they choose to be together. They make that choice every day, and neither regrets for a minute. Even when they argue, they apologise to eachother and make it work. That's why I love them, that's why their so beautiful together."

Valjean and Javert :

"Javert recognizes Valjean in M-sur-M after decades of not seeing him by "the strength of his loins" among other things. Unlike in the musical Javert isn't actually completely obsessed with Valjean, but he consistently recognizes him throughout the years almost solely by his strength. Javert has the line "You annoy me. Kill me, rather." Valjean spares his life when he had every reason to end it. They're old man yaoi what else could you want."

[bestoldmanyaoi]

Old Man Yaoi Tournament Round 1

[sosooley]

like a dog called to heel

the metaphor of overpowering duty and guilt. AU where Javert survived the Seine and decided to turn Valjean in. I’m sorry

[to23623ken]

The biggest Valvert shippers are always the grown men playing them on stage

[maggie44paint]

"I wish to write bl about parisian sewer system," victor hugo (1862), probably

[littledozerdraws]

1978 Valvert 💐

[secretmellowblog]

Hooray, it’s “punish me Monsieur le Maire” day in @lesmisletters ! The scene that has its own ao3 tag