#jean valjean & cosette

[marzipaint]

speak no evil, see no evil

[mycurrentobsessionis]

Writer's today out here searching baby name meanings on google, meanwhile Victor Hugo straight up said "here's my protagonist, John Johnson, and his daughter, Little Thing"

[lesbian-thesbian]

father daughter nose boops

🎥 @medium-observation

[kim-the-miserable-rat]

SOME PHOTOS OF THE FUTURE "LES MISÉRABLES" PRODUCTION IN PARIS

(the actual cast of the production was the one that appeared at the Olympics opening ceremony)

Concept art of the scenography (I love that it seems really different to the ones in Broadway and West End, can't wait to see it in action)

Costume designs (IM SCREAMING, LOOK AT THE REVOLUTIONARIES ALL WEARING THEIR BELOVED PATRIA's COLOR PALETTE -we all know who took that fashion choice-)

THERE WILL BE ONLY 50 PERFORMANCES IF I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY, I FEEL SO LUCKY TO BE ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE THAT WILL BE ABLE TO WATCH IT LIVE.

[dmitryanya]

okay so i know i missed barricade day by several days but please accept this belated les miserables offering anyways.

[nadjasolace]

loosing my mind rn

POOR

[mithykster]

I saw this line in the book and it actually made me giggle so hard. "Sublime stupidity', 'a host of ambushes' 'he ingenously answered 'yes'".

(See:

https://hiis.isti.cnr.it/demo/eread/Libri/sad/LesMiserables.pdf

page 1041).

So I thought to myself "What if Jean Valjean laid a bunch of Looney Tunes traps for Marius, I think he has the right to!"

and then, being in a silly mood myself I decided to sketch it...

MONSIEUR PONTMERCY WATCH OUT!!!!

[stars278]

Just drawing your attention to the cutest Cosette and Valjean father-daughter video ever! 🥰

[determinedowl23]

Matt and Victoria’s lmaoooooo

[24601orwhatever]

DELANEY GUYER as COSETTE

a night bright as day 📷 : @medium-observation

[meringuehearts]

the closet isnt even glass, theres just no closet. he isnt thinking about a closet. hes busy.

📷 : @/bikinibottomdayz

[safrev]

more les mis doodles

[ueinra]

That’s it. that’s the post <3

[cliozaur]

Cosette and kittens

art by willowwaves_art Source: instagram

[sirgawainofgalifrey]

The REAL reason Les Mis is a great book is because it has the duality of you being able to randomly open it to any page and find the most beautiful-soul-crushing-poetic-timeless-eye-opening sentence ever

but also Victor Hugo consciously chose to make every single character is the lamest most socially inept mess and awkward crazy dork you've ever seen and it's great.

[i-dreamed-i-had-a-son]

Another Les Mis musical connection that's making me feral: Jean Valjean uses the same melody with which he sings to Cosette, "Believe me, / Were it within my power, / I'd fill each passing hour-- / How quiet it must be, I can see, / With only me for company"...

When he sings "You are free, / And there are no conditions. / No bargains or petitions! / There's nothing that I blame you for. / You've done your duty--nothing more" to Javert.

In my journey to map out the various leitmotifs in the show, this one really flung me for a loop because what does it meannnn?? This is the only time we hear the melody in the show, and it's applied in two very different circumstances, where the relationship Valjean has to the characters involved could not be more opposite. What connects them?? But I think I have it.

It's a reluctant release. Not of the people, but of his own desires regarding them. Let me explain.

Valjean very distinctly wants things from both Cosette and Javert, which he sings about on the rising part of the melody. With Cosette, he wants to be the center of her life: "Were it within my power, I'd fill each passing hour;" on the other hand, he desperately wants Javert to leave him alone. When he has Javert at his mercy, he absolutely does want to trade lives, which is why he sings it on the rising part: "And there are no conditions, no bargains or petitions." He does want these things--but he's letting them go.

And that's where the falling part of the melody comes in. In both situations, Valjean knows he can't have what he wants. So he gives up that desire. He accepts that Cosette wants someone else, and doesn't blame her for it ("How quiet it must be, I can see, with only me for company,"), the same way he accepts the situation between him and Javert ("There's nothing that I blame you for. You've done your duty, nothing more."). That's why immediately afterwards, he tells Javert his address, and why shortly after that, he prays that Marius be brought home to Cosette.

Cosette is his biggest security, and Javert is the biggest threat to his security. But in this little melody, he sets them free (Cosette metaphorically, and Javert literally). He acknowledges what he wants, and accepts that he can't have it, even though it hurts.

And if that ain't the most Jean Valjean thing, I don't know what is.