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thatisntverycombefair · 5 months ago
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Les mis characters as random stock images I've found pt1(?):
bossuet
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combeferre
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M. Mabeuf
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valjean during 'a tempest within' + who am i
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valjean (+ Cosette) "and none will ever harm Cosette as long as I am living"
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fantine dreaming a dream
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javert when the Les Amis find out he's a spy
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discolras when lamarque est mort
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grantaire (self explanatory)
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sister simplice lying to javert
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bernard-the-rabbit · 10 months ago
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not me changing eponine design everytime i draw her :P
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expired-applejuice · 1 year ago
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Based on:
Dark paradise by Lana Del Rey
Grantaire takes the bullets.
Enjolras pretends to be shot but he was spared. No words were spoken. None could be. Grantaire was choking on his own blood, while Enjolras was trying to keep his sobs quiet. Still they had a conversation. Grantaire smiled, holding Enjolras hand. Enjolras kissed his head while squeezing his hand tightly. He felt useless as Grantaire slowly died in pain.
When the women came to clean, one, who resembled Grantire, found him still clinging on his hand whispering a tearful apology. She too started to weep and helped the young leader up, pulling him into a silent hug. Enjolras apologized for getting blood on her dress, but she said not to mention it.
Days later Marius found the leader in the abandoned Cafe setting in a chair. The place was empty besides the furniture and two school boys. Marius sat across from him. He took note of Enjolras's bloodshot eyes, and his tear stained face. He held a tight grip on his handkerchief as he stared off into the room. He no longer wore his red coat, nor was his hair at his shoulders. No, he wore a black trench coat that was buttoned, with his hair pulled back into a low ponytail.
Marius looked no better with his bullet wound, broken bones, and shattered heart. Cosette, who took care of him, said he had gain some color back but was still awfully pale. His hair seemed to darkened, and he felt like he aged 20 years. He wasn't sure if he was alive without a soul, or just lost.
"What are we to do now?" Enjolras's weak voice broke Marius from his thoughts. He looked back at the blonde, who was still staring into space.
"I'm not sure, brother," Marius answered as they fell back into their silence.
After a sad sigh, Marius turned to the door. He haft expected their friends to walking into the door laughing. He waited for it, but they never came.
Enjolras found that he missed their laugher the most. The roar of it after one of Combeferre's remarks. The not so hidden chuckles when Bossuet trips. The gleeful victory "haha"s when Bahorel or Grantaire won a sparing match. The sneaky snickers that accured when a prank was being played. Their smiles. Their voices. Their presence. Them.
Feuilly always worked hard. Harder than any other in Paris. Joly was so compassionate and helpful to everyone. Jehan Prouvaire was simply a bright star that always helped them get through rough patches. Bahorel would always have your back in the best and worse way. Courfeyrac could influence anyone to do anything, but was still respectable. Combeferre, with his smarts could outwit a sly fox. Bossuet could give some of the best hugs. Grantaire, as much as he hid it, would have done anything for the group. Oh and how could he forget Gavroche? The little guy had more spirit in him than any of them. And poor Eponine, she was tougher than any of the national guards' men.
Enjolras spent so much time on the revolution that he had no idea who or what he was without his friends and movement. Really he didn't want to remember who he was, because it wasn't. It was not him. Not anymore.
"Their funeral is tomorrow," Marius reminded him still looking at the door.
Enjolras finally pulled his eyes towards Marius, "Yeah. Musichetta promised to help cook the food."
"That's nice."
"Yes, and Montparnasse promised to help Bury them."
"I'm thankful for him," Marius looked at him, "How's Grantaire's sister?"
Enjolras looked down at the table, "She saying it wasn't my fault. I'm just glad she agreed to move in with me, you know? With out Grantaire she probably wouldn't be able to make rent."
Marius nodded.
A few months later, Enjolras walked to the graveyard. He said hi to each of his friends, and even Javert, placing a flower on each stone. He stopped at Grantaire, sitting by his headstone in the snow. The blonde, who wore a green heavy coat, pulled out a bottle of wine and placed it by his stone.
"Marius' wedding is today," He said out loud, "I just got back from the tailors. I'm honored to be his best man."
The wind blew into his face making a roar in his ears. It was freezing, but Enjolras didn't leave, "We've helped each other a lot in these past few months, Marius, your sister, Musichetta, Montparnasse, and I. Talked a lot about old times. It's been hard."
Snow started to float softly down around him. It was beautiful and peaceful. "People say we should move on, past the revolution, love, and friendship. They tell us to forget the songs and memories."
Enjolras laid down in the snow, feeling as numb as his legs. He looked at the sky, "Sometimes I close my eyes, you lot are still here. You're drinking your wine. Courf' and 'ferre are talking about something Courfeyrac said to get Combeferre heated up. Joly and Bossuet are talking about Bossuet's soup he made for him. Jehan, Feuilly and Bahorel are singing a song. And 'Poni and Gavroche are happy. I feel save in this place behind my close eyes."
"That's when it scares me. It scares me because when I go to join you one day, will I see you? Will I be punished for causing this to happen? Will you guys want to see me?" Tears fell from the corners of his eyes making his face colder.
He closed his eyes and he was still there, everything was the same. The only difference was Grantaire laying beside him, holding his hand, "Red, you say the stupidest things. We're waiting for you guys."
"Are you really here?"
Grantaire smiled sadly, "I love you Apollo."
Enjolras opened his eyes and he was alone.
"I love you too, Icarus."
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redandgreenpoll · 2 years ago
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Round 1
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fangirlingplatypusinafez · 2 years ago
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The current touring production of Les Miserables has absolutely BROKEN me with the bond between Grantaire and Gavroche.
-Grantaire trying to pull him away from ‘Do you hear the people sing’ because he doesn’t want this kid putting himself in danger
-Putting Gavroche on his shoulders during “One Day More”
-Holding onto Gavroche during “Rain will make the flowers grow”. I suspect he might have been the only one who made the connection that Eponine was Gav’s sister.
-After Grantaire’s verse in “Drink with me” he storms off to the side and Gavroche just…hugs him. Hugs him with all his lil arms can manage.
-Even from where I was in the balcony you could see Grantaire visibly softening when Gav hugged him.
-Then he turns around and hugs Gavroche, and the two of them sleep next to each other.
-Grantaire kneels by Gav’s body right up until the moment he climbs the barricade to be shot.
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thatrandombystander · 1 year ago
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Just got back from watching a production of Les Mis and yeah man to love another person really is to see the face of God 😭😭😭
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deaths-true-mortal-enemy · 2 years ago
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The Weird Dream Saga: part ✨️20✨️
So...20.
(To be honest, I didn't think that there were going to be 20 of these.)
Now, at this point in my dream notes with which I am formally writing these, we actually have a break in the regularly scheduled program.
I'm still on my dream shift, but this one's different--today is bring your sister to work day.
[A/N: for the sake of my sister's privacy, we shall call her Shana.]
So for that reason, I brought Shana in with me. From there, it kinda just is the regular fare.
The care and maintenance of the piranha tank, dealing with fussy customers, chatting with Gordon the Jackrabbit on my break, and making sure that my arch-nemesis Grantaire behaves. Y'know-etc, etc.
Now, while I was working, Shana was hitting it off with a moody-looking, leather clad bad boy called Jaime.
Until: at almost the end of my shift, I am doing a last little bit of cleaning up when Shana says to me, "I'll see you at home, S."
Now, I was naturally suspicious, but by the time I came to question them, she was already on the back of his motorcycle, halfway out the parking lot.
Now, dream me didn’t see the red flags, so I finished up and went home. But Shana wasn't there.
Nor did she return within the next couple days. In fact, she didn't come back at all--I got a letter from her, and apparently Jaime is a Clown for Bavarian Circus,
(...a moody, edgy, Bavarian Clown.)
And apparently they were leaving with the Circus for a tour through Europe.
She also casually mentions that after she left the DG, she and Jaime actually went to the courthouse and eloped.
(And there may or may not have been an epilogue where she sent me another letter a few years down the line.)
(Just talking about how her and Jaime live in Belgium with their manservent named Footsie and their adopted son who they named after our mother.)
(who we will refer to as Krystal--again, for the sake of privacy.)
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granhairdo · 10 months ago
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I WHEEZED
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kjack89 · 2 years ago
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Maybe the mom referenced is (somehow) conflating OFPD with a rather literal reading of that part where Enjolras is about to shoot a soldier and Combeferre’s like, “That could be your brother” and Enjolras is like, “It is” while a single tear rolls beautifully down his cheek (I may have added that last part, I don’t remember, but Hugo’s dramatic enough that I do not put it past him)?
I can’t not relate because my mom watched one (1) performance of “Castle on a Cloud” on some tv show once back in the 90s and somehow got it in her head that Les Mis is a version of Cinderella! And boy was she surprised when she watched the musical the whole way through the first time!!
cute date idea for valentines!!!
die holding hands with the only person you believe in.
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comfortablynumb · 1 year ago
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There’s something about how Victor Hugo assures us that Monseigneur Bienvenue died peacefully by telling us his older sister stayed by his side until the very end. That, even after he went completely blind, she spent every night sleeping in the bedroom next to his, and spent every day taking care of him. And under his sister’s care, the blind bishop was more happy than he’d ever been in his entire life because “to be blind and to be loved is one of the most strangely exquisite forms of happiness . . . the supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves— say rather, loved in spite of ourselves— this conviction the blind have. In their calamity, to be served is to be caressed . . . light is not lost where love enters . . . the soul gropes in search of a soul, and finds it.”
And then when first describing Grantaire, Hugo writes that the only thing the skeptic had ever dared to love was Enjolras, because “[n]o one loves the light like the blind man.”
And then Grantaire spends his final moments by Enjolras’ side, just like the bishop died by his sister’s side.
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random-ikea-drawer · 4 months ago
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ok so i love les miserables
AND I JUST GOT TO SEE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE NORTH AMERICA TOUR (more specifically Montreal! (yes i flew to an entirely different country to see it)) and i am incredibly attached to enjolras and grantaire so here are just things i saw that made my nails dig into my thighs <3 (not just enjoltaire)
oh my dear months old source of no big sad
this is 90% incoherent rambling (SPOILERS)
- Grantaire had long hair and a long coat i think that deserves its own point
- During Red and Black, Grantaire did the old “Don Juan” with the bottle right in Enjolras’ face (he was not impressed)
- In this same song, Enjolras got really close to R’s face during “don’t let the wine go to your brain”
- Again, in Red and Black, when they tossed Grantaire’s bottle to Enj, teasing him, Grantaire grabbed the bottle in a… way… when he was giving it back to him
- Same song 😭 Grantaire was bouncing on a guy’s lap during the first few verses
- In DYHTPS, Grantaire pulled Gavroche aside away from the students crowding Enjolras (this broke my heart, he clearly loves him and doesn’t want him to be in a war)
- “Glad to do a friend a favor” with a very suggestive hand gesture
- In the “dogs will bark flees will bite”, Grantaire pointed a finger at Enjolras, the former getting real close putting his weapon between them. They got REALLY close
- Gavroche pulled the middle finger at Javert lmao
-Eponine fucking died (i knew that already, seen every bootleg and version available, still hit hard)
- During Eponine’s death Gavroche ran onto the stage, closely followed by Grantaire being held onto by Enjolras
- Gavroche tried approaching Eponine (that’s his sister bro :()) but was stopped and held onto by Grantaire. When she died however, Grantaire quickly bent to hug Gavroche, man the grief was so clear with them both.
- After she died, everyone cleared to their positions but Enjolras and Grantaire, seemingly for Enjolras to try and comfort him, but decided against it quickly and pushed past him. Grantaire placed his hand on his chest in mock offense 😭
- When the attack was about to start, Grantaire mocked and toyed with tied up Javert. When Enjolras called for hold, Grantaire threw his arms around Javert with a “yep!” and cue the battle starting immediately when that happened
- During Grantaire’s verse during Drink With Me, it’s back to Enjolras and Grantaire being center stage. Enjolras approached him, held onto his arm and with the same hand moved up to brush R’s hair, which lead to him breaking off the contact and rushing to the other corner of the stage.
-He was followed by Gavroche, who hugged him from behind and then they both fell asleep next to each other :((
- Gavroche fucking died (i knew he did still heartbreaking) and was caught by Enj, who handed him to Grantaire
- During the Gavroche solo, Grantaire stood center stage looking to the crowd, not even flinching when the gun sounded, only turning around when Gavroche was already at the top of the barricade
- He tried shaking him awake :(( then set him down and stared at him :((
- That was until Marius fell, Enjolras rushing to check on him, making Grantaire rush to his side
- R grabbed onto Enj and they both held the back of each other’s necks,, from my angle it looked like their foreheads touched but idk if they would do that but MANNN
-Enjolras fucking died first (no wtf :(( )
- Grantaire fucking died last (BRO.)
- Everyone fucking died bro
- Except Marius and JVJ of course
- Mr Thenardier, instead of singing “This one’s a queer but what can you do”, sang “This one’s a queer, I’ll try it to!” and dipped a guy in the wedding 😭
- The “to love another person is to see the face of god” line always makes me emotional just :((
that’s it haha hopefully y’all enjoy the ramblings, ty for reading this far, i seriously recommend going to watch it if you can it’s truly the most amazing thing i’ve ever seen man 😭 may be biased but i’m serious
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peggy24601 · 5 months ago
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here are my notes from last night's Les Mis performance on West End (mostly Grantaire related whoopsie)
i have way too much shit to say I still haven't processed my emotions so bear with me
Gavroche saying “Aye aye governor” to Javert right before Stars! This kid is d( ̄◇ ̄)b💯ᵖᵉʳᶠᵉᶜ��
Grantaire staying carefully away from Enjolras during Red and Black… before slapping the ever living hell out of Enjolras’ butt??? Sir??? Where did that confidence come from??? 
Gavroche being Grantaire's son, and Enjolras trying to also be a figurehead for him (does he want to be included? Is he doubtful of R's capacity as a parent? You decide!) 
Everyone roasting Marius (even someone shouting “Shut up Marius”)! Beautiful! Applauded!!! 
Cosette rushing to help Éponine off the floor after Thénardier slaps her.. Then holding her hands as they stare in each other's eyes **lesbians intensifies**
Grantaire being drunk af during One Day More, but taking a step to be seen by Enjolras, then Enjolras giving him a smile and a pat on the shoulder before going in front of him!!! I can't!!! 🥺
Grantaire trying to help but also keeping himself clearly separated from the rest of the boys during Here Upon These Stones
Gavroche being a little shit™
GAVROCHE EXPOSING JAVERT, GRANTAIRE GIVING HIM HIS BOTTLE SO HE CAN PUT THE KID ON A TABLE AND GAVROCHE DOWNING IT'S CONTENT AND R JUST RUFFLING HIS HAT
Gavroche and Grantaire being the first ones to find Éponine and Marius in A Little Fall of Rain, and Grantaire holding him the whole time
Enjolras going to comfort Marius when Éponine dies and Grantaire keeping him from doing it so Gavroche can go instead
Gavroche giving Marius Éponine's hat 😭😭
Enjolras trying to go and comfort Grantaire during his existential crisis in Drink with Me, but him running away from Enjolras before Gavroche practically tackles him in a back hug on the wall!!! 
Everyone looking at Grantaire when Gavroche rushes over the barricade
Enjolras running to catch Gavroche when he's shot then giving him to Grantaire and looking absolutely destroyed
Grantaire yelling “You bastards” during the barricade call
Even after the final battle begins, Grantaire still stays back, he's not ready to start fighting yet. But then he sees Enjolras and he be running to be shot too
Grantaire’s actor's sleeve got caught on a piece of the set so his arms were in the most awkward position for the Bring Him Home reprise
Enjolras being brought out in a cart, Javert blessing Gavroche’s dead body before signaling to a police man to put him on a cart with Enjolras
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables! Enjolras and Grantaire being next to each other, then face to face, THEY'RE NARRATIVE FOILS
Valjean saying “must-a” in an almost Italian accent in Who Am I reprise…  twice
May I present M. Thénardier “I wish I would've married your sister” and his wife “I wish you were dead”
Enjolras and Grantaire holding Gavroche between them at the end of the show, Enjolras was accepted as a figurehead and Grantaire gets his man they're in paradise I'm not sobbing you are
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somuchbetterthanthat · 1 year ago
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Possibly some other french person will have already answered, but yes, can confirmed, "Fils/fille unique" means only child in French!
Les Amis family mentions:
Enjolras and Prouvaire: only son (or only child?) and "rich/wealthy" , with no exact mention of what means
Combeferre: ....well he has a mother, since he forgets her at the barricade? no other solid info
Feuilly: an orphan, with no mother or father , and apparently no knowledge of any extended family
Courfeyrac: his family name is de Courfeyrac and he drops the particle, so perhaps some tension with his family? however we know nothing else about them...
Bahorel- son of peasants, who "respect" him; it seems to be mutual
Bossuet: amazing amount of family info really?? his dad was a postmaster, but has died; one of his ancestors was a servant in the palace, who minded the royal dogs; but we still don't know if he's got any surviving family
Joly: somehow we know nothing?? at all???? Grantaire : well he has a dad, anyway, who's disappointed in his failure to do Maths well...if you believe Grantaire's interpretation, which you probably never should
Conclusion: Joly is a Being of Mystery
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thealmightea · 5 months ago
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🔁 reblog if you ship this couples like me...
[ come back for more to check for the newest because believe me when I said this will continue til the end of time ^^ because apparently I like collecting ships like collecting stamps or coins or cards. ]
[ there's canon and non-canon here, so if you don't like them as a couple/don't ship them/your ship is not here, don't come at me pls T.T ]
in alphabetical order
9-1-1 - Eddie and Buck (Buddie)
9-1-1 Lone Star - Carlos and T.K (Tarlos)
Addicted - Gu Hai and Bai Luoyin (Heroin)
Addicted - You Qi and Yang Meng
Alles was zählt - Deniz and Roman (Dero)
All of Us Strangers - Adam and Harry
Arrêstes avec tes mensonges - Thomas and Stéphane
Animal Kingdom - Deran and Adrian (Derdrian)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Aristotle and Dante (Aridante)
As The World Turn - Noah and Luke (Nuke)
Brothers & Sisters - Kevin and Scotty
Call Me By Your Name - Oliver and Elio (Olio)
Casualty - Jez and Mickey
Class - Matteusz and Charlie
Cuffs - Simon and Jake
Days Of Our Own - Sonny and Will (Wilson)
Dead Boy Detective - Charles and Edwin (Charwin)
Degrassi - Dylan and Marco
Degrassi - Miles and Tristan
Degrassi - Riley and Zane (Ziley)
Demain Nous Appartient - Rayane and Jack (Jayane)
EastEnders - Christian and Syed (Chryed)
El Cor De La Ciutat - Iago and Max (Maxiago)
El juego de las llaves - Valentin and Daniel
Emmerdale - Robert and Aaron (Robron)
Eu Não Quero Voltar Sozinho and Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho - Gabriel and Leonardo
Élite - Omar and Ander (Omander)
Eyewitness - Lukas and Phillip (Philkas)
Fellow Travelers - Hawk and Tim
Fisica O Quimica - Fernando and David
Free! - Makoto and Haru (Makoharu)
Free! - Rei and Nagisa (Nagirei)
Free! - Sōsuke and Rin
Freier Fall - Kay and Marc
Glee - Blaine and Kurt (Klaine)
Goede tijden, slechte tijden - Lucas and Edwin (Ludwin)
Grey's Anatomy - Nico and Levi (Schmico)
Hannibal - Hannibal and Will (Hannigram)
Hawaii Five O - Steve and Danno (McDanno)
Heartstopper - Nick and Charlie (Narlie)
Hit The Floor - Zero and Jude (Zude)
How To Get Away With Murder - Connor and Oliver (Coliver)
Hunter X Hunter - Leorio and Kurapika
In The Flesh - Simon and Kieren (Siren)
Interview with The Vampire - Lestat and Louis (Loustat)
Julie and The Phantoms - Alex and Willie
Kuroko no Basket - Aomine and Kise (Aokise)
Kuroko no Basket - Kagami and Kuroko (Kagakuro)
Kuroko no Basket - Kiyoshi and Hyūga
Kuroko no Basket - Midorima and Takao
Kuroko no Basket - Murasakibara and Himuro
Legacies - Ben and Jed
Les Misérables - Enjolras and Grantaire (Enjoltaire)
Love and Deepspace - Sylus and Xavier (Crowstar)
Love and Deepspace - Zayne and Rafayel (Snowfish)
Love Simon - Simon and Bram
Love Victor - Victor and Benji (Venji)
Man In An Orange Shirt - Steve and Adam
Man In An Orange Shirt - Michael and Thomas (Berrymarch)
Mario - Mario and Leon
Matthias & Maxime - Matthias and Maxime
MCU - Steve and Bucky (Stucky)
MCU - Spiderman and Deadpool (Spideypool)
MCU - Wolverine and Deadpool (Poolverine)
Merlí - Pol and Bruno (Brunol)
Merlin - Arthur and Merlin (Merthur)
Merlin - Percival and Gwaine (Perwaine)
Mo Dao Zu Shi / The Untamed - Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian (Wangxian)
Nadie Nos Va A Extrañar - Alex and Rafa
O Beijo do Escorpião - Paulo and Miguel
One Live To Life - Oliver and Kyle
Oz - Chris and Tobias
Please Like Me - Arnold and Josh
Please Like Me - Geoffrey and Josh
Prisma - Daniele and Andrea
Queer As Folk - Ben and Michael
Queer As Folk - Brian and Justin (Britin)
Queer As Folk - Drew and Emmett
Queer As Folk - Ted and Blake
Raw - Geoff and Pavel
Rebelde -Luka and Okane
Red White And Royal Blue - Alex and Henry (Firstprince)
Roswell New Mexico - Michael and Alex (Malex)
Rykter - Mathias and Erik
Salatut Elämät - Lari and Elias (Larias)
Sala Samobójców - Aleksander and Dominik
Schloss Einstein - Noah and Colin (Nolin)
School 2013 - Heungsoo and Namsoon (Heungsoon)
Sense8 - Lito and Hernando
Sex Education - Adam and Eric
Shadowhunters - Magnus and Alec (Malec)
Shadowhunters - Raphael and Simon
Shameless - Ian and Mickey (Gallavich)
Skam - Even and Isak (Evak)
Skam Belgium (Wtfock) - Sander and Robbe (Sobbe)
Skam France - Eliott and Lucas (Elu)
Skam Germany (Druck) - David and Matteo (Datteo)
Skam Italia - Niccolo and Martino (Martinico)
Solo - Oskar and Milo
Spartacus - Agron and Nasir (Nagron)
Spartacus - Barca and Pietros (Bietros)
Station 19 - Travis and Emmett
Suits - Harvey and Mike
Supernatural - Dean and Castiel (Destiel)
Tatort Saarbrücken - Adam Schürk and Leo Hölzer (Hörk)
Teen Wolf - Danny and Ethan
Teen Wolf - Derek and Stiles (Sterek)
The Eagle - Marcus and Esca
The Halcyon - Toby and Adil
The Magicians - Quentin and Eliot (Queliot)
The Maze Runner - Newt and Thomas (Newtmas)
The Night Shift - Drew and Rick
The Old Guard - Joe and Nicky (Joenicky)
The Silmarillion - Melkor and Mairon (Angbang)
The Society - Sam and Grizz
The Walking Dead - Aaron and Eric
Torchwood - Jack and Ianto (Janto)
Verbotene Liebe - Oliver and Christian (Chrolli)
Voltron Legendary Defender - Keith and Lance (Klance)
Waterloo Road - Preston and Kai
Young Royal - Wilhelm and Simon (Wilmon)
Yuri! On Ice - Victor and Yuuri (Victuuri)
... to be continued ...
❣ Give me some recs pls ❣
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Round One: A1: Poll Five
Grantaire's One Chair Contribution can be found in: LM2012
Valjean being asked what his Profession is and immediately saying “Potter” can be found in: LM1952
PROPAGANDA:
Grantaire's One Chair:
So funny George Blagden’s sister roasted him for it on twitter. Good times.
Valjean being asked what his Profession is and immediately saying “Potter”:
Valjean, this is not a profession you can do without any prior training. And the pottery shop is RIGHT THERE, so they can easily ask you to make something and see that you're definitely not a potter
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dannypuro · 12 hours ago
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how was the show yesterday! Did you see anything from the cheap seat?
Les Misérables at Le Théâtre du Châtelet was great! And yeah, I could see pretty much the whole stage (when I was leaning up against the railing) so I was happy with it! I'd only seen the musical once and it was over ten years ago, so I really loved getting to see this version. A couple of things I really enjoyed, in no particular order:
-Fantine was played by a replacement cast member that day, Myriana Hatchi. I haven't seen the show with the regular Fantine, Claire Pérot, but I absolutely loved Myriana's performance. She was the real highlight of the show for me. I believe she normally plays one of the nuns, but her interpretation of Fantine was so emotional and well performed. Her Fantine was heartbreakingly believable. At times I take issue with some Fantine's performances in the musical, but she brought so much spirit and personality to the role. I hope she gets the chance to play the role more often. No diss at all to Claire Pérot--again, I haven't seen her in the role, and I'm sure she is amazing as well! But I was pleasantly surprised to see Myriana's interpretation.
-More nuns: when Valjean is in the hospital hiding from Javert in act I, one of the nuns takes Javert's rifle and hides it in a patient's bed, while she's still lying in it. A funny little staging decision that I loved. Very Sister Simplice-y.
-Assorted amis: Grantaire (played by Ryan Malcolm) was a refreshingly suave, stylish, yet undeniably Grantaire-y Grantaire. I loved him in the part. Fashionable Grantaire representation. Enjolras (Stanley Kassa) was also a brilliantly convincing Enjolras--inspiring, beautiful, makes you want to sacrifice your life for a just cause .
-On a related note, Grantaire, Enjolras, and Gavroche: Enjolras picks Gavroche up on his shoulders, carries him, and then passes him off to Grantaire, who carries him on his shoulders. Gavroche has two gay dads.
-THEN, when Gavroche is shot, Grantaire mourns for him so emotionally. Everyone knows to let Grantaire hold his body, and he won't let anyone else touch him. Enjolras takes his hat. He lies next to his corpse for much of the latter half of the barricade, which I thought was a great call-back to the brick (where Grantaire is asleep for much of it) and yet much more sympathetic to his character.
-Among les amis was a waiter from the Musain, who (from what I could interpret) begins the work as a waiter who is friendly with les amis, and then becomes engaged in the cause. I thought it was a lovely decision to show the engagement of the people. We see him and his wife/lover (?) throughout, who is also there at the barricades, and when Enjolras sends the women and children home, the wife is the one to convince him to stay. I was thoroughly charmed. Don't know who played either of them, would love to find out.
-At Cosette and Marius's wedding, the actors who play the wedding guests are the same ones who play les amis, including the parts of Enjolras and Grantaire. Obviously the characters themselves do not attend (being dead) but the fact that they are so recognizable made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. It's like what should have been, if everything hadn't gone wrong. We see the waiter and his wife dancing together as well.
-Javert (Sébastien Duchange) played his role very, very well. I like a Javert that's got a bit of mean dog in him, and this Javert was very believable as a frightening, dangerous figure, who also delivered on the more reflective moments, like in "Sous les étoiles."
Anyways, that is only a short list, but those are the the things that stood out to me the most, and that I can think of off the top of my head. Very strong performances all around, and great staging! If anyone has any other questions, I'd be happy to answer them! (Or if anyone has seen it and wants to scream about it a bit with me lmao)
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