#mention of Jehan Joly and Bossuet

[crispyflowerblaze]

Enjolras and Grantaire edition:

(finally I get to talk in depth about far and away my favorite part of this whole thing lmao, like it's a problem, I keep giving them the spotlight whenever I'm talking about anything, like right now I'm on this whole section where I'm going through everybody's friendships in the whole group and doing a little something about their dynamic and like whenever it's Grantaire with someone or Enjolras with someone, it'll inevitably be taken over by Enjolras and Grantaire at some point lmao. and even when it's two entirely different people's dynamic sometimes lol. but yeah I've come to the conclusion that it's actually not my fault, I simply can't help it, they're already my favorite ship ever by an incredible margin and here in this au they're absolutely fucking perfect. and hopefully this will be a good explanation why)

- see Grantaire's part for the time Grantaire lied to Enjolras about a scar he has on his hand, which was actually from a mishap during Dance Dance Revolution, but he said it was from climbing a tree. This actually happened on Enjolras' ninth birthday, pretty early into third grade, when his birthday party was cancelled but the guys hung out with him after school. Enjolras' family is just him and his mom, and he actually doesn't know what the deal is with his dad, just that clearly it affected his mom to the extent that she can't really talk about it. So during this hangout, Jehan asks about this (not trying to be rude, just out of genuine curiosity), and clearly Enjolras is uncomfortable cus his dad's a touchy subject. Grantaire understands this (his parents are divorced and his dad is not a great guy), so he told Jehan that it just seems like a touchy subject and maybe they shouldn't press him. Enjolras thanks him later and Grantaire doesn't know what to do with his hands so he fiddles with the scar, and Enjolras asks about it and all that happens. This was the day they officially became friends (and, in a later conversation about everybody's worst and best birthdays, Enjolras says this was his best birthday

- see Combeferre's part for how he and Grantaire used to have a dynamic where Grantaire would sarcastically mess with him and Combeferre would take it very seriously, but then Courfeyrac told him Grantaire was messing with him, so Combeferre started playing along and Grantaire decided it wasn't fun anymore. He then started having that dynamic with Enjolras, who he figured wouldn't ever start playing along (he's wrong about this, but that's a while in the future from when this started lol). This brings us to what Grantaire and Enjolras' dynamic is like when Cosette first meets the guys at the pool, the summer before sixth grade (Cosette is the main character of this au, if that wasn't clear, so the beginning especially is following her, so it's like her early life and then it's the first summer at the pool, which is when the story really actually starts, because not only are we meeting all these other awesome characters, but Cosette tells the lie that she doesn't know Éponine, and she learns about and develops a crush on Marius, which are really the two big plot things going on long-term). They argue and roughhouse/play-fight a lot, stuff like Grantaire getting on him for the time he dropped his ice pop in the pool and Enjolras telling him to shut up, Enjolras joking that they've found the one thing they agree on when they're both on the ketchup side of the ketchup/mustard debate/tournament/rivalry thing Cosette and Jehan create and then Grantaire's like I didn't know you told jokes so Enjolras pushes him in the pool and gets time out and Grantaire laughs, and Grantaire telling him fake Disney facts when they show Tangled at the pool and Enjolras knowing he's just trying to annoy him and they get into a water splash fight. Basically, stuff that like sure you could look at it and be like hmm maybe something's going on there, but you wouldn't say either of them necessarily has a crush on the other

- some stuff I write about much later on in the actual au about their dynamic in elementary school: in third grade for Halloween nobody discussed costumes and so, coincidentally, Grantaire was WALL-E and Enjolras was Eve, everybody made fun of them; one time in dodgeball in fifth grade, like whatever type of dodgeball where people are like actually eliminated and one person wins, it got down to just Enjolras and Grantaire and it was really intense but then Enjolras did his kitten sneeze, distracting himself because he's sneezing and Grantaire because (unconsciously at this point) he thinks the kitten sneeze it cute, and they lose in some way at the same time so they tie; Grantaire went through a poking phase in third grade and would just poke Enjolras' shoulder and not say anything when Enjolras asked why, then Grantaire cracks up laughing and Enjolras would either laugh at how weird this was or complain to the teacher; in fourth grade they got the whole class on like a twenty minute tangent about grape vs green apple flavor; Grantaire's fourth grade Halloween costume is a grape because he jokes he can't think of anything scarier, Enjolras is a green apple next year as retaliation, and Enjolras always wants them to go as grape and green apple at the same time but Grantaire's always like dude I don't repeat costumes

- they sit next to each other in English class in sixth grade and do their whole play-fighting thing a lot. This is all I really put for them about sixth grade when I was actually writing that part of the au, but I go back and add stuff that happened earlier all the time, so later I came up with (see Enjolras' section) how in sixth grade Enjolras gets really into coin rolling and starts rolling coins for his friends' parents. At Joly's house, they watch Jeopardy while he rolls coins and it's him against Joly's whole family for answering the Jeopardy questions. One time, Grantaire's at Joly's house while this is happening. Enjolras is totally dominating, and Grantaire feels all weirdly nervous and fluttery but can't understand why. The next time he thinks about the girl he currently had a crush on, he realizes he doesn't feel all nervous and fluttery about her anymore, but you know who he did recently feel that way about--he's like oh no no no no no no no that is not happening. So he's in denial mode for the rest of the school year

- the next summer, it's still their dynamic to like argue and roughhouse over stuff like grape vs green apple flavor, but things are kinda different. One time they have a moment that's like Grantaire brings up Enjolras dropping his ice pop in the pool, and Enjolras laughs instead of getting mad which is really weird, Enjolras does his kitten sneeze and Grantaire's like you sneeze a lot, Enjolras is like wow thanks, Grantaire's like you sound like a kitten when you sneeze. He doesn't say it like an insult though, it's more thoughtful, and Enjolras doesn't know what to say so he says he's never heard Grantaire sneeze, which leads to Grantaire revealing he can make himself sneeze and Enjolras thinking this is the coolest thing ever. That's another key part of their dynamic this summer, Grantaire being so confused about that

- one time Grantaire is assisting Cosette with trying to draw Enjolras while he's swimming, Enjolras is weirdly self-conscious and aware of them looking at him, he ends up slamming his foot against the side of the pool and is pain. Grantaire is kinda worriedly looking at the ground and Enjolras doesn't know what to think about this. Everyone is kinda treating him with kid-gloves, so he's like is it really Jehan's birthday in two days? Cus you guys are acting like it's my funeral. Everyone laughs and relaxes. Grantaire's like wow, your second joke ever. Enjolras is like I learned for the best, and Grantaire is dramatically thanking him but he's like I meant Bahorel, and everyone laughs again, and Grantaire is actually embarrassed. This causes some tension in their dynamic for a while. Basically this is the first time Enjolras has been like sarcastic back and actually making jokes and messing with him, and not like really lame jokes but actually making everyone else laugh. Grantaire doesn't take to this very well, for two reasons: one, the same mindset that made him rudely stop having the sarcasm/bickering dynamic with Combeferre once he started playing along because he just thinks it's more fun when the other person isn't playing along, and two, Enjolras being like this is attractive but already the crush on Enjolras is kinda annoying and hard to deal with and this is just weird because of the previous reason, so Grantaire just isn't mature enough to deal with this in a mature way basically. But things aren't really bad between them, just a little tense sometimes. At one point Cosette sees Grantaire glance over at Enjolras while Enjolras is laughing, and she starts kinda suspecting Grantaire likes him. Also, another random little moment I just think is cute, one time Grantaire's sketching at the pool and one of his sketches is a little scribbly Enjolras he hides right when he's done with it

- also, Enjolras comes up with his debate club idea over the summer, and a few times will try to convince Grantaire he should join. Once the school year starts, it's tricky because it's on the most convenient day for Grantaire and his mom to do errands after school. Enjolras says they'll try to change the day of the meeting then, and Grantaire is kinda like I don't know why it matters to you so much, but Grantaire finds a way for errands to work on a different day of the week

- then you get to the first semester of seventh grade, the low point of their dynamic. Basically, they get over the weirdness that happened during the summer, but then things go sour again. Enjolras' Spanish class with Bossuet is really hard and his ego is bruised when he gets answers wrong, so he kinda compensates for this by being more cocky when he gets things right, and this spills over to being more controlling and annoying in debate club, which makes Grantaire goof off more in debate club in order to annoy him. This is what leads to (see Marius' part) Marius calming Grantaire down and Grantaire coining the best nickname ever, Mr. Therapy Man, and (see Enjolras' part and maybe another part too? heck if I know) Éponine calming Enjolras down and coining Our Fearless Dictator. That makes Enjolras realize he really needs to be better to Grantaire, so it's progress from there on, and they're definitely on better terms in the future. But all this makes Grantaire feel super iffy about his crush on Enjolras, so he starts trying to get over him

- another thing that happens is that one day at lunch, they were arguing with each other and you could tell there was some tension, like tension that makes it seem like there's something going on there. So one day in gym, Courfeyrac brings this up to Enjolras and is like yeah sometimes it just kinda seems like there's something going on between you two, is that what it's like for you? Enjolras is like psh no. Internally he's freaking out because did Courfeyrac mean that kind of something going on? And why would anyone think that? And why is he still thinking about this, thinking about things like this is dumb, this is not going on and it means nothing. So Enjolras convinces himself of that lol, but more and more as the school year goes on he's forced to think about how maybe he's kinda just suppressing and avoiding stuff in a cowardly way. He doesn't make any significant progress in that, though. And basically, the way I think about it, is that this reaction definitely isn't all because just the thought of liking Grantaire is really crazy, it's because he just has some issues with the concept of having a crush in general

- then Grantaire and Cosette have art camp, where they meet Zoe (hair girl, see Enjolras' part, also I'm not bothering putting the little thing over the e cus it's already a hassle for Éponine lol) and her friend (she really isn't important so whatever). Zoe thinks Grantaire is cute and they have a good banter dynamic. She tells Cosette she thinks Grantaire is cute, which is weird for her because she never knew for sure if Grantaire liked Enjolras, just suspected. So basically, all the beans are spilled between them, not only about Cosette liking Marius (and about the thing that I'm still not revealing yet, probably next time I promise) but about how Grantaire did have a crush on Enjolras but is getting over him and about how Zoe thinks Grantaire is cute. Grantaire doesn't ever fully have a crush on her, but kinda maybe sorta likes her for a little while, and definitely enjoys their banter dynamic

- still over winter break, Jehan breaks his leg, and one day when Grantaire is already over visiting him, Enjolras comes over too. They haven't really seen each other over break. Enjolras got his hat over winter break, so Grantaire points this out, and then Jehan wants to try it on. Grantaire's like I can't believe it, you chose a good clothing combination for the first time in your life! Jehan's like hey! Enjolras laughs and Jehan's like hey!! Then Grantaire glances over at Enjolras and is like oh my God, you have hat hair. Enjolras is embarrassed and then Jehan's like it's really cute, don't you think? so now Grantaire's embarrassed. He changes the subject and talks about art camp, like his comedic timing on point and he's just really great at storytelling, charismatic basically. The cleanup song (cleanup, cleanup, everybody everywhere) became an inside joke during art camp, and when he mentions this Enjolras is like I loved that song during kindergarten, Grantaire's like yeah I bet you did, Enjolras is like what does that even mean. When Grantaire mentions Zoe, he gets a little rambley and puts his hand in his hair a few times (this was always my little thing that indicated Grantaire liking Enjolras, putting a hand in his hair) and has a rapid-fire debate in his mind that ends with him staring at Jehan and assuring him she's just a friend. Jehan's like I don't know why you're telling me that but okay. Enjolras doesn't know what to think about this

- so then you have the second semester of seventh grade. Zoe and her friend join debate club, and when she and Grantaire kinda have a vibe going on sometimes it makes Enjolras a little jealous (he doesn't understand that's what's happening though, or at least if he does it's only really in the back of his mind and he denies it). Enjolras also kinda picks up on the fact that Grantaire's bicker/banter dynamic with Zoe kinda resembles his bicker/banter dynamic with Enjolras. This is obviously distressing so he doesn't think about it. Meanwhile, Grantaire is kinda unintentionally letting on that he's more into Zoe than he is, mostly because the bantering is super fun for him so he's letting himself get a little carried away, but he's kinda maturing this semester and realizes he shouldn't be possibly leading her on. So they have less banter, or more like when they have banter there isn't like romantic tension or anything, and she kinda picks up on this and is sorta embarrassed. But she'll end up getting over him and actually becoming invested in him and Enjolras lmao

- also, skipping back to the very beginning of this semester. Éponine got everyone presents on her trip over winter break, including another hat for Enjolras. He first puts it on over his hat he was already wearing, but then takes that one off, and everyone tries it on. When it gets to Grantaire, he's like nah no thanks, I don't want cooties. Everyone laughs and Enjolras tries to have a good comeback but pretty much fails. So, Grantaire did this mainly just because he thought about it and figured it'd be funny, but also because he's been doing so good overall in getting over Enjolras, and feels like it would definitely send him back a few pegs if he tried on Enjolras' hat (of course, if trying on his hat would really have that much of an effect, is he really over him? but Grantaire doesn't think about this, or if he does he denies it). He maintains this whole thing about cooties and not wanting to try on his hat mainly because of his commitment to the bit (and the natural fact that the longer you commit to the bit, the more important it becomes to keep committing to the bit), but also he really just feels like he would not survive trying Enjolras' hat on, especially as it becomes kinda undeniable that the crush is back. But yeah this is a very enduring development lol, so many times of Grantaire messing with Enjolras about cooties or Enjolras nonchalantly trying to get Grantaire to try on his hat and Grantaire being immediately suspicious and questioning why he wants him to try on his hat so bad and Enjolras lying that he doesn't actually care

- another development is Enjolras wanting to try to sleuth out what the whole deal with his dad is. He tells Grantaire about this because Grantaire understands the whole "dad is a touchy subject" thing. They have some productive conversations about it. But it leads to another little rift, they get into an argument during a week when Enjolras is particularly stressed about this whole thing. They don't really talk about it, and eventually neither are mad at each other cus they realized what was going on, but it's just awkward. They're hanging out with Joly at debate club one day and Enjolras talks about being stressed, Joly suggests maybe letting the dad thing go for a while, and Enjolras and Grantaire kinda silently acknowledge their fight and silently forgive each other and stuff, and they end up kinda bumping each other with their feet cus that's just the kind of weird thing they do sometimes (the conversation where they first discussed the thing with Enjolras' dad involved bonking each other on the head with a balloon and throwing fruit snacks at each other)

- last important seventh grade development is the capybara thing (see Grantaire's part), where Grantaire convinces him to also not like capybaras. It leads to them fairly often having very animated conversations about this, in which they're each kinda a little obvious with all the touchiness with each other and just the fact that it's such a fun conversation and they keep smiling. Basically, everyone else can tell what's going on, and it's pretty funny cus earlier in the school year Grantaire and Enjolras were having those serious problems, but now apparently the other end of the extreme there is them just totally vibing with each other and being in their own little weird chaotic world. This is because the thing about these two has always been that they just can't ignore each other or ever be neutral about each other, like they can't resist always being affected by each other and always paying attention to each other basically, most of the time this is really just expressed in them being awkward around each other but sometimes it's them not getting along with each other and now sometimes it's them really really really getting along to the extent that they're disruptive to everyone else lmao, I guess it's just them getting under each other's skin but it feels a bit more complex than that to me lol

- so then you have the summer. Enjolras is still totally in denial, but basically over the summer transitions from it being unconscious denial most of the time to being conscious denial most of the time. At first, Grantaire is still kinda annoying he's back to liking Enjolras, but eventually just accepts it

- I just have to mention this moment lol. So the group's project/challenge thing over the summer is like kinda replicating Total Drama Island, and at the start of this they talk about who would be who in that show. Grantaire messes with Enjolras by saying he's like Courtney, but without think Enjolras messes with him back by saying he's like Duncan. Everyone realizes the coincidence there and laughs because Courtney and Duncan were a thing, Enjolras and Grantaire are very embarrassed

- they have more of the capybara conversations over the summer. Also, they keep ending up like making each other fall into the pool, whether intentionally or not, through their antics, and eventually the lifeguards are just like why does stuff like this always happen with you two? Grantaire also sneezes along to songs for Enjolras a lot this summer. The hat/cooties thing is also brought up a lot, with Enjolras getting annoyed and glaring at Grantaire in a tension-y way, which makes Grantaire flustered

- one specific moment is during one challenge for the Total Drama Island thing. They replicate the treasure hunting episode through everybody bringing some little thing they're fine giving away, then it all goes in a little plastic Easter egg (Courfeyrac just has a huge collection of these for some reason), Valjean hides them, and they all have to find one and they get whatever's in that one. Grantaire puts an old cootie catcher in his and Enjolras is the one who finds it. He's like this is so cool, and everyone else has noticed the coincidence here. Enjolras is like what are these things called again? Grantaire makes the realization right as he's about to say it, so he kinda facepalms and says it's a cootie catcher. Everyone laughs. Enjolras is like oh, so if I use this then my alleged cooties will be caught, huh? Grantaire's like no, it's defective so it won't work against your very real cooties

- then another moment, context behind it is that back during seventh grade Enjolras helped Bahorel make a homework schedule and then wanted to make more schedule things for him, and then just like he rolls coins for his friends' parents he starts making schedules or just time management things for whoever will let him. Grantaire is avoiding giving him something to make a schedule with just to annoy him, and it works. But over the summer at one point, Enjolras asks about any schedule things, and Grantaire's like yeah I do actually have something you can help me with. Enjolras is surprised, but then skeptical because quite a few times Grantaire has like pretended to want to try on his hat but then it turned out to be a trick, so he's thinking this is the same. Grantaire goes on this whole BS spiel about how he's so busy, like he has to fly on a private jet to Paris every morning and feed his pet camels and make sure they get enough exercise, he has to get lunch with the Pope and it's such a hassle, he has to be CEO of Cartoon Network and it's so annoying but they swear the place would fall apart without him, and he has to work on art cus every gallery in the country wants stuff from him. Everyone's laughing throughout this whole thing, obviously. He's like so how am I supposed to do all that and still have time to walk the dog every day? and everyone laughs even more. Enjolras is actually pretty sharp with the comeback, he's like okay first of all private jets are so bad for the environment so you can just get rid of that altogether, also the Pope actually loves camels so you can feed them together while having lunch which saves time, and you can walk the camels and the dog at the same time too, and if that doesn't free up enough time you can come up with cartoon ideas from your art, oh and I added something else because it seems like you aren't taking enough time for yourself, so I just listed some relaxing activities such as yelling about capybaras, having green apple ice pops, and trying on your friend's hat (everyone bursts out laughing; I mean they've been laughing this whole time too lol)... for example. So there was a very big vibe between them here, and it's kind of the opposite of the previous summer, when he really didn't like Enjolras kinda being sarcastic and messing with him back. Through the ways they've both matured over the school year, and also because the capybara conversations have gotten them to a place where they're like actively getting along more than ever, it doesn't have that reaction for him this time. Instead he's just even more into Enjolras after already being super into him lol. And for Enjolras, it's just like when these moments are happening he's very nervous but really enjoying it, but when he thinks about it that's when his denial is becoming conscious denial, because with all these moments he's constantly having to think about things and be like no it doesn't mean anything actually. In the back of his mind he knows that's a lie, but he just can't really do anything about that at this point

- there's more moments I could mention but maybe another time lol. One thing I do want to mention is going technically into the future from the current time in the au (basically, I go through things linearly but often jump back or forward on tangents, but still consider that linear timeline the canon present moment in the au), but who cares. Basically, in eighth grade, capybara conversations become capybara and Scientology conversations, because Enjolras has learned a lot about Scientology and absolutely hates it, but just as originally Grantaire went on a very disruptive rant about capybaras and it became that they got into that together and everyone else was kinda annoyed and very confused by it, the same happens about Scientology. This just makes the vibe between them even more obvious. Also, Enjolras gradually accepts his crush on Grantaire this school year, through Zoe's help. That's all I want to include for now

random out of context details from my very long les mis modern au

- Grantaire can make himself sneeze (I really doubt this is actually possible in real life but who cares? not me) and Enjolras is very impressed by this. Enjolras has a kitten sneeze

- in fourth grade Jehan briefly developed a crush on Feuilly because Feuilly convinced him to start flossing regularly and Feuilly is good at gardening and taking care of plants

- (in middle school) in debate club Éponine and Montparnasse debated alligators vs crocodiles

- Combeferre has a bunch of commercial jingles memorized from all the TV he and his family watch, and if he hears part of a jingle he’ll sing all the jingles he knows under his breath

- Marius eats hot sauce with his eggs every single time he eats eggs

- Valjean and Cosette come up with the meal of French Italian fusion chicken soup

- Valentine’s Day (which is also Bossuet’s birthday) fifth grade, Musichetta gave Bossuet a blue raspberry fun dip (that means business) and when he tried to share it with Joly they spilled it all over the carpet

- Courfeyrac calls everyone bro, he calls his dog bro, he calls his parents bro, he calls his teachers bro (but Jehan doesn’t want to be called bro so Courfeyrac calls him captain, Jehan loves this)

- Bahorel really loves rap and musicals, then when Hamilton came out it was his new favorite thing

- in third grade on field day Musichetta, Joly, and Bossuet did the three-legged race together (four-legged race I guess lol, well that makes it sound like a normal race, but it’s four legs between three people lmao)

[alenaphale]

so guys a little while ago i came up with a les mis artistic au that I think would be interesting for you to acknowledge! so basically the idea of it is this:

everything takes place in modern france. les amis + cosette + eponine (basically the youngsters mentioned in the second volume (maybe even montparnasse)) are studying in the académie des beaux-arts on two different faculties, visual arts and music. i am yet to figure out who studies what, but some things are already obvious to me, so I would like to share some of them with you

• first of all the dean of the faculty of visual arts is valjean, the dean of the one of music — javert. their approaches to what is art and how one should give a proper education on it are quite different — opposite, even, because where valjean strives for freedom in self-expression and his students’ own unique understanding, javert is equally devoted to precision (which is, for every performer who I have a misfortune to be myself, is as beneficial as it is painful, sometimes even destructive to the very purpose of performing music)

of course it would be silly to expect such a confrontation would not affect their students.

• so, very vaguely: enjolras, combeferre, courfeyrac (because i couldn’t force myself to separate the great trio of The leader, The guide and The centre™), jehan, marius and cosette are all in the orchestra.

- enjolras is a conductor, of course

- combeferre is the first violin. sometimes when enjolras by some miracle is not present at the rehearsal, he fulfills his duties — and, believe me, his tolerating attitude really is a blessing to the musicians

- courfeyrac is either a timpanist or a pianist-accompaniator (both options make perfect sense in my mind and I cannot decide)

- jehan is a harpist (feel free to make your own suggestions, but I tried to express his passion for middle ages, romantism and his poetical nature with this choice)

- marius is a violinist because I thought it would be hilarious for him to play soppy melodies whenever he’s pining on cosette

- cosette herself is a cellist. at first, i was going to make her an opera singer (soprano), then i was contemplating on her being a violinist as well, but then I thought — goddamn it, i love women who play cello, and it would reflect her character so well (which i of course am planning to develop a bit from what monsieur hugo provided us with), and I just don’t want to see her as something high-pitched! the solemn and a bit sorrowful, yet so noble and beautiful timbre of cello seems to suit her image in my mind.

• as for the artists, here we have OBVIOUSLY my man grantaire, eponine, joly + bossuet, feuilly and bahorel. most of them are painters, with few exceptions: for example, joly is a sculptor in my mind, and feuilly does decorative art (also I am sorry he is also a student here and joly is not a medic it is all only for the sake of the composition)

i don’t want to make this post too long so I shall continue in the next ones! i hope this idea is entertaining enough for you my fellow readers. also i think it is pretty obvious that i have little to no knowledge at all about visual arts so please be free to comment your own thoughts

(also i am new to the fandom (although I’ve been into les mis for quite some time now) and I would really appreciate any sort of communication) :)

[expired-applejuice]

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."

[secretmellowblog]

I love the @lesmisletters email subscription thing, so I decided to track when major characters will appear for the first time! : D If I did my math right— feel free to correct me— the dates should be:

January 1st: Bishop Myriel

January 15th: Jean Valjean

January 29th: Fantine

February 6th: Cosette, Madame Thenardier, Monsieur Thenardier, Eponine, and Azelma

February 13th: Inspector Javert

February 14th: Pere Fauchelevent

April 3rd: Gavroche

June 9th: Gillenormand

June 14th: the Momes

June 16th: Marius Pontmercy, Mademoiselle Gillenormand, Theodule Gillenormand, Georges Pontmercy (by implication—he is mentioned in more detail in the following chapter)

June 18th: Father Mabeuf

June 25th: Enjolras, Grantaire, Combeferre, Courfeyrac, Bahorel, Feuilly, Bossuet, Joly, Jehan Prouvaire (yeah it’s That Chapter(tm))

One interesting thing I noticed is that— I’d always felt that Les Mis kept introducing major characters all the way through the novel, but that’s not true? All the major players have been introduced by the midpoint of the book (with Les Amis’s intro chapter coming as chapter 176 out of 365). From that point on many bit characters are introduced, but the primary drama of the story is the complex changing relationships between the core cast introduced in the first half.

[sharkemojis]

i've been thinking about this a lot because i truly have nothing better to do with my time so heres the les amis + extras and what i think their star signs would be

Enjolras: SCORPIO

Combeferre: sagittarius <3

Courfeyrac: Aquarius with a capital A

Bahorel: aries

Feuilly: virgo

Joly: gemini

Bossuet: capricorn

Jehan: libra

Grantaire: pisces

Marius: sagittarius (i headcanon that he has the same birthday as 'ferre just bc its funny to imagine)

Cosette: pisces

Éponine: aries

Musichetta: libra

Gavroche: scorpio

i should also mention that i don't remember if any of them have canon birthdays and also that i do not give a f*ck about canon <3

[windmilltothestars]

Mankind Was My Business and/or Finrod Does Not Regret for the WIP Ask Game?

Thanks for asking!! "Finrod Does Not Regret" I actually answered here for Illyrin, so I'll focus on "Mankind Was My Business" for this ask!! Marie, are you a Les Miserables fan? We know each other from the Tolkien fandom, so I'm sorry if the fact that this title ended up being for one of my Les Mis WIPs is a disappointment to you :/ Anyway, "Mankind Was My Business" I also refer to as the Joly Lives Ghost AU and the Christmas Carol Fic. "Mankind was my business" is actually taken from a line of Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol; when Scrooge tries to tell Marley's ghost that he was at least "a good man of business" - Marley has this retort - basically, that it was not enough to just labor in life for your own business and workplace. One must labor for the good of mankind as well!! Basically, the premise of the fic is that not ALL the revolutionaries die at the barricade - my blorbo, Joly, managed to survive with only injuries because he was such a small, nondescript fellow he was easy to overlook in the choas. This is also sort of based on the fact that even one of the English translators for Les Mis literally FORGOT TO TRANSLATE his death. So his death is not even mentioned in that version of the book - leaving the possibility that he didn't die? Anyway, he survives with Injuries and INTENSE Survivor's Guilt, and thinks he's the only survivor (he didn't know about Marius). He marries his canonical girlfriend, Musichetta, but is still really struggling with his physical and mental recovery at Christmas! CUE -- visits from GHOSTS!! And they're the ghosts of his friends who died at the Barricade - his best friend Bossuet representing Marley's Ghost, Jehan representing the Ghost of Christmas Past, Courfeyrac representing the Ghost of Christmas Present, and Enjolras representing the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come. And they show him - the man he is and how he became that man, what good he can do in the present, and to have hope for the future . . . In the end, he has a good cry and starts moving toward his recovery, starting with going and telling Marius he's alive and (possibly) who saved him . . . I could go on for a LONG TIME about this one, but I think I'd better leave it there. XD I hope I can get to it THIS Christmas season, finally!

[a-heart-full-of-dumb]

I just need to talk about the dynamic between Grantaire and Enjolras in the Dutch tour I saw yesterday cause holy shit it was good

I saw an understudy for Grantaire (Leon de Graaf) and the main actor for Enjolras (Mark Roy Luykx) so I am not sure if this dynamic is different with the main actor for Grantaire.

The moment we get introduced to Grantaire in red and black he's sitting at a table in the corner, already very clearly very drunk. He's joking with Bossuet, already making a mockery of the whole revolution while also desperately glancing at Enjolras.

The moment Marius comes in and starts rambling about love, Grantaire perks up, sensing there's something he can go along with to maybe get Enjolras's attention (but also cause 'finally something interesting happens' as he's definitely still a bit of an asshole at this point) and full on throws himself into Marius's arms and plants himself on his lap while Enjolras is staring daggers into his back. During the end of Grantaire's solo as his bottle gets thrown around the backroom, Enjolras catches it and Grantaire nearly stumbles over his feet coming to a stop in front of him. The look on Grantaire's face omg. I genuinely expected cartoon heart eyes to pop out if his. The man definitely admired, loved, and venerated Enjolras. During Enjolras's scolding speech to Marius, Grantaire makes a very big mockery of it, jokingly marching around the room, making funny faces, etc. But when he notices Enjolras doesn't notice it, he sits back down.

He keeps drinking and mocking and laughing loudly at everything during the remainder of the song until the point where Gavroche comes in with the news that General Lamarque had died. The moment Enjolras starts about how they will rise on the funeral day, Grantaire drops his mockery and just panics. The fear and sadness in his eyes as he looked at Enjolras omg. Enjolras, again, doesn't notice.

From this point on, Grantaire seemingly only uses his mockery as a mask and a way to get Enjolras's attention.

At the start of act 2, after the dogs will bark flees will bite part, Enjolras hands Grantaire a rifle. Grantaire gives Enjolras a surprised look and then looks at the rifle like he had never seen one before. He shakes his head, hands the rifle to one of the woman on the barricade and storms off stage. (Immediately followed by a worried looking Bossuet.) Enjolras doesn't see this either. Nor does he notice Grantaire's spiraling from that point on. All he sees is the mockery, the laughing, the pointing, he just hears how loud Grantaire will laugh at his statements. This is what Grantaire seemingly wanted him to see too.

Then drink with me happens. At the end of their solo's, Feuilly, Jehan and Joly are standing next to each other as Grantaire pushes himself through them, laughing and exclaiming loudly "drink with me!" The others laugh as well, being used to this behaviour from Grantaire. At first Enjolras just shoots a glance into his direction, but the moment Grantaire goes onto his next line, Enjolras keeps an eye on him as if intrigued by what might happen. The moment Grantaire mentions death he nearly starts a fight and sends Joly into another panic attack. Enjolras decides that that's his que to come in and climbs down the barricade.

He stops maybe a few metres in front of Grantaire, but he doesn't look mad. The expression on Enjolras's face was kind and soft and concerned. This seems to be the first time Enjolras really sees Grantaire without the mockery. He's now standing in front of an emotional and terrified man. Enjolras starts to say something (the audience doesn't hear what) but Grantaire cuts him off. Enjolras goes to pull Grantaire into a hug, but Grantaire pushes him away. Enjolras tries again, Grantaire pushes him away again and storms past him. He leans against a wall at the side of the stage, his back turned to the others and sobs. Enjolras stares at his back for a few seconds, looking sad himself before going back to the barricade. Gavroche had run after Grantaire and pulled the man into a hug as Grantaire kept sobbing.

Grantaire continues to spiral even harder from that moment on. Completely collapsing after the death of Gavroche and I genuinely thought he was gonna drink himself to oblivion.

Then the final battle happens. Grantaire starts it the same way he went trough all the battles so far, slumped in a corner, drinking heavily. When Marius gets shot however and falls to the ground both Grantaire and Enjolras run over to him. After checking Marius's pulse Enjolras stands up to go back to the barricade, but Grantaire just clutches and clings to him and pulls him back down. Enjolras frees himself from Grantaire's grasp and holds Grantaire's face with both hands. Grantaire says something to him we can't hear as an audience, looking completely desperate. Enjolras says something back. Again we don't hear what.

Enjolras goes back to the barricade but instead of following him, Grantaire does the only thing he can think of. He reaches for his bottle. Looking determined to drink himself to death. After one sip however, he changes his mind and rushes back to the barricade, ready to follow Enjolras this time. But he gets pushed back by the other amis. They won't allow him onto the barricade and its as if they're trying to get him to leave this place and safe himself. So Grantaire has to helplessly watch how Enjolras gets shot and killed. Grantaire is looking completely overwhelmed and desperate and sad and like he doesnt know what to do with himself anymore. However something changes in Grantaire as he sees Enjolras die. He freezes up for a few seconds, before standing up straighter than he'd done before, determined he pushes back the last remaining amis, who are still trying to get him to leave and starts climbing the barricade as the last of the students get shot. Looking more steady, determined and sober than he had done the entire musical, he reaches the top of the barricade, spreads his arms and gets shot.

[aaronstveit]

🎀 sorry i’m actually obligated to send the cococore emojis xoxo

"sorry" you say as if i expected anything less! i love youuuuu

How many named characters are in this WIP? How many do get a POV?

okay well the only POVs are enjolras, grantaire, and cosette, but i have so many named characters who make appearances. let's see we've got: enjolras, cosette, grantaire, marius, courfeyrac, combeferre, éponine, jehan, montparnasse, feuilly, bahorel, bossuet, joly, musichetta, irma, floreal, jean valjean.... is that all of them? i feel like that's all of them. OH gavroche is mentioned but he doesn't feature i don't think. and um there's a cat who makes an extremely brief appearance but his name is currently redacted. it's not a plot point or anything it's just silly.

random wip ask game!

[grandpermitsof82]

Les Amis as Taylor Swift Albums (Ha yeah I am going to justify my reasons actually)

has this been done before idk but I want to put my own two sense into this because I think this is crucial also doing it before ttpd releases.

Enjolras would absolutely be reputation, i mean come on, this is why we can't have nice things? look what you made me do? i did something bad?! this is HIS album.

Courfeyrac is absolutely 1989, this is sunshine in song form and all of the beautiful love songs on this album fit his vibe like how you get the girl? yes. this love? absolutely. you are in love? this is his song.

Midnights is Combeferre, it's like the sort of? titular album that kicked off the era's tour, and guides the other eras in a way (so many different vibes), also the sort of mellow like chill pack-a-punch album is him. he is a mastermind.

why was it so hard to decide for Jehan, they are absolutely like folklore/evermore so why even decide. The poetry, the lyricism from the queen herself. Jehan would adore the lakes, seriously 'take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die...' Jehan my beloved this is YOUR SONG!

Is this slightly controversial, maybe oh well but Grantaire is absolutely Red, seriously there is no other option 'loving him was red'!!! and then all the sad pining love songs this album has, not to mention the cluck the patriarchy keychain.

Bossuet for speak now, not too sure why the vibes just kind of match. sparks fly, mine and ours are absolutely very bossuet coded. All the lovely dovey vault tracks for our fav (it's basically canon let's face it) couple

This would mean that Joly would have to be lover. Again, some super lovey dovey songs for our fav jolly bean with crazy emotional whiplash coming through with soon you'll get better, the archer, cornelia st. just like our boy.

Bahorel has got to be fearless, it's fun it's basically almost kinda country still and honestly the fearless vibes given at the eras tour is definitely bahorel vibes and yes he would love love story.

Fueilly for the album that started it all debut. It's underappreciated by the general populace, but omg it shouldn't cause it's amazing and the songs are so amazing just like fueilly. i'm only me when i'm with you fueilly.

[whatchuwaitinfor]

Musicals Put On By Night Raven College

Drama Teacher: Ratton (OC based off of Ratigan from the Great Mouse Detective):

SIX:

(The first names are the singers, the second names are their dance partners as creative liberties for this musical playing Henry VIII or just the men mentioned in the songs).

Catherine of Aragon - Vil + Juna (1/8 MCs).

Anne Boelyn - Jinsuke (7/8 MCs) + Silver

Jane Seymour - Lilia + Idia

Anne of Cleeves - Riddle + Floyd

Katherine Howard - Norito (5/8 MCs) + Sebek

Catherine Parr - Rinsay (2/8 MCs) + Rook

Heathers:

Veronica - Rinsay (2/8 MCs)

J. D. - Rook

Heather Chandler - Vil

Heather Duke - Jinsuke (7/8 MCs)

Heather McNamara - Cater

Ram - Ace

Kurt - Deuce

Ram’s Dad - Trey

Kurt’s Dad - Arthur (An oc, big brother of Riddle)

Martha Dunnstock - Kalim

Ms. Fleming - Epel (imagine him saying “And Steve, I’m ending our affair” in his actual voice).

Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street:

Sweeney Todd - Malleus

Mrs. Lovett - Isara (8/8 MCs)

Anthony Hope - Silver

Johanna - Jinsuke (7/8 MCs)

Judge Turpin - Leona

Beadle - Ruggie

Toby - Ortho

Pirelli - Floyd

‘Old Woman’ / Lucy - Vil

Les Misérables:

Valjean - Dante (oc based off of Drizella; Prof. Trien’s oldest child)

Javert - Sebek

Fantine - Vil

Child / Adult Cosette - Epel

Monsieur Thénardier - Floyd

Madame Thénardier - Jinsuke (7/8 MCs)

Éponine - Cater

Gavroche - Ortho

Enjolras - Ace

Grantaire - Deuce

Marius - Hiraku (3/8 MCs)

Courfeyrac - Rook

Combeferre - Trey

Joly - Pippa (strong oc based off of Panic from Hercules)

Bahorel - Jack

Feuilly - Ruggie

Bossuet - Isara (8/8 mcs)

Jehan - Riddle

The Forman - Althea (oc based off of Pain)

The Bishop - Kalim

Hamilton:

Alexander Hamilton - Ace

Aaron Burr - Leona

George Washington - Malleus

Thomas Jefferson - Arthur (oc; Riddle’s older brother)

James Madison - Azul

John Laurens - Deuce

Hercules Mulligan - Dante (OC based off of Drizella)

Marquis de Lafayette - Rook

Angelica Schuyler - Vil

Eliza Schuyler - Anteros (OC based off of Meg from Hercules)

Peggy Schuyler - Polkus (OC based off of Iago from Aladdin)

Philip Hamilton - Ruggie

King George III - Floyd

Samuel Seabury - Pippa (Panic from Hercules)

Charles Lee - Kalim

George 1 Eaker - Jack

Maria Reynolds - Norito (5/8 mcs)

James Reynolds - Jamil

Hadestown:

Orpheus - Hiraku (3/8 mcs)

Eurydice - Epel

Hermes - Ace

Hades - Idia

Persephone - Lilia

Fate 1 - Kiza (6/8 mcs)

Fate 2 - Norito (5/8 mcs)

Fate 3 - Rinsay (2/8 mcs)

Beetlejuice:

Beetlejuice - Floyd

Lydia - Norito (5/8 mcs)

Lydia’s Dad - Juna (1/8 mcs)

Lydia’s Step Mother, Delia - Vil

Barbara - Cater

Barbara’s Husband, Adam - Trey

The Landlord - Azul

The Dead Woman, Ms. Argentina - Jinsuke (7/8 mcs)

Girl Scout, Sky - Ortho

EPIC:

ODYSSEUS - SEBEK

ODYSSEUS’ MOM - RINSAY (2/8 MCs)

POLITES - KALIM

EURYLOCHUS - SILVER

ZEUS - HIRAKU (3/8 MCs)

ATHENA - RIDDLE

HERMES - LILIA

POSEIDON - FLOYD

CERCI - VIL

SCYLLA - AZUL

CYCLOPS - JADE

WIND GOD - ORTHO

PROPHET - KONSTANTIN (OC)

PENELOPE - NORI (5/8 MCs)

TELEMACHUS - LAVERNE (OC)

ASSHOLE SUITOR - TIGRIS (OC)

CALYPSO - MER (OC)

APOLLO - CATER

HEPHAESTUS - JACK

APHRODITE - ANTEROS (OC)

ARES - ALTHEA (OC)

HERA - EPEL

ENSEMBLE - EVERYONE ELSE

Below is where my fiancé and I don’t have any ideas but if you guys do, they will be appreciated! ☺️🫰

Dear Evan Hansen:

Evan Hansen -

Evan’s Mom -

Connor -

Connor’s Sister -

Connor’s Mother -

Connor’s Father -

Evan’s Friend -

Be More Chill:

Jeremy - Idia

Michael -

Christine -

Rich -

Jake -

Popular Girl 1 -

Popular Girl 2 -

Popular Girl 3 -

The S.q.u.i.b -

The Greatest Showman:

B. T. Barnum -

B. T. Barnum’s Wife -

B. T. Barnum’s Children -

The Right Hand Man -

The Acrobat -

The Bearded Lady -

The Opera Singer -

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Part 1:

Percy -

Percy’s Mom -

Grover -

Annabeth -

Luke -

Clarice -

Chiron -

Dionysus -

Ares -

Poseidon -

Hades - Idia

Zeus -

Hermes -

Chronos -

Alecto -

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog:

Dr. Horrible - Idia

Penny - Lilia

In The Heights:

Usnavy -

Vanessa -

Sonny -

Nina -

Benny -

Nina’s Mom -

Nina’s Dad -

Abuela Claudia -

Hairdresser Woman -

Teenage Girl -

1776:

John Adams -

Benjamin Franklin -

Richard Henry Lee -

John Dickinson -

James Wilson -

Edward Rutledge -

John Hancock -

Charles Thomson -

Robert Livingston -

Roger Sherman -

Dr. Lyman Hall -

Reverend John Witherspoon -

Lewis Morris -

Stephen Hopkins -

Andrew McNair -

Charley McNair -

Billy Hartford -

Abigail Adams -

Martha Jefferson -

The Book of Mormon:

[wheresurboytonighthelookslikeenj]

shit shit ok. ok. my time on ao3 can be separated into eras and qvma era is so formative because i was 12 and on tumblr and thriving. ghhh qvma stands for quiet village my ass. btw. that fic series is obscure knowledge i think only my irl friends know about it and like. one friend on here. he's relevant later.

so i had recently realized the ship imbalance in the fandom (exr dominates by so much?) and i was like well i dont think thats very cool. so i decided to write something out of my comfort zone and somehow decided on les mis beauty and the beasts au. so it began

so montparnasse shows up to the thénardier's in the middle of the night and tells ponine that her father is missing, and ponine reluctantly agrees to go out to help

but what is this? a moth! a silver moth! ponine follows the moth towards a gate surrounding a castle! and she meets the beast, who drags her towards the dungeons of the castle and lo and behold, it's thénardier, who tells the beast that she is his daughter and she is to be his prisoner instead. woop. sadge. ponine is thrown in the cell while her father leaves. end chapter 1. begin story.

in the following chapters we meet the various furniture and appliances:

gavroche is chip and also a long lost brother. or smth.

courfeyrac lumiere pog. his nickname is wax head :)

FLOWER POT JEHAN WOOOOOOOOOO

bahorel is a KNIFE

so soft about wardrobe musichetta handkerchief joly and cracked mirror bossuet

and cogsworth ferre <3

anyways a bunch of stuff happens, as stories go, ponine gets invited to a be our guest style dinner but catches sight of the moth again, following it out into the garden, encountering the beast and being frightened into fleeing the grounds back into the forest, where she runs into fucking. montparnasse again, and this happens

so ponine returns the beast to the tower and collapses. she's given her own room where she meets jbm as mentioned above and explores the castle, making it to a hall of paintings

hmmmmm

the hall leads to a library, where she often spends her time with combeferre the mantel clock, whom she bonds with over books. and one day courfeyrac invites her to another dinner, but this time with the beast himself, and this?? is so funny??

courf and bahorel chaotic neutral

aro éponine foreshadowing (not in this fic but in my irl arc)

but anyways they're decidedly chill now, dining with each other frequently, and after ponine has a fight with gavroche one day because gavroche has been confronted with the idea of mortality, ponine and the beast actually start talking, and ponine learns that the moth is basically the rose, in which, when it dies, the curse is permanent. but they become fwiends, talking openly at dinner.

and ponine is sitting in the library one day and ferre comes in sulking because courfeyrac has a whole romantic dance for ponine and the beast planned.

i have never gotten over the decision to make ponine fall in love with a clock its so funny hnnnngh. end chapter 5?

anyways ponine and the beast do a fun little dance that is not romantic because the beast pulled some strings to change the music and as they're talking ponine suddenly remembers how she fucking left azelma alone with their dad and as she's panicking the beast yells for bossuet so bossuet (as established, broken mirror) shows up and.

bossuet magic mirror bossuet magic mirror

lmao

anyways ponine and gavroche soon make up after clearing up the fact that they are indeed long lost siblings and ponine agrees to teach gav how to read. so it's four people in the library now, ponine, gav, ferre, and bossuet so ponine can check in on her sister and make sure she is ok.

SDFGHJK

but then one night ponine checks and. well azelma isn't looking too good.

🥺

so ponine takes bossuet and joly with her as they set off for town and find azelma to nurse her wounds, but when they wake up

all this happens in chapter 6 fgfhdsjk

they go back to the castle, and as they run joly and bossuet's voices grow fainter until they're only objects, and ponine returns them to where musichetta the wardrobe is, also already inanimate. the castle is quiet. they go to the gardens and find the beast presumably dead on the ground.

and ponine pulls off a cheesy love speech to save the day

so much to process. anyways flash of light yada yada yda

the beast is a guy now! whoa!

more specifically the only guy ever :)

🥺🥺🥺

theyre all good now!!!!!!!! whoooooooo

it is. very cheesy. r says sorry, they all eat food and are happy, and ferre (not a clock anymore) asks ponine out, and its very cute

and ponine finds herself back in the hall of paintings, identifying that the portraits are those of the now human friemds. and she finds the painting of the young man whom she had still not encountered.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

and grantaire and bossuet find her, and grantaire tells her that she and azelma can stay and work in the castle! whoaaa

and then. well.

marius is fucking dead /j

1 - bossuet magic mirror now magic human woooooooooooo

2 - MOTHRIUS PONTMOTHCY MY BEST FRIEND

3 - they have no idea how to change this bitch back, but they'll be together when they do it <3333333

end part 1. part 2 will be recounted soon. lmao.

do you want to learn about my beloved les mis beauty and the beast-turned-fantasy au from 2020

more than anything

[aromantic-enjolras]

The Amis as women facing police/neonazis

Enjolras (Santiago de Chile, Chile):

Courfeyrac (Skopje, Macedonia):

Combeferre (Borlangue, Sweden):

Bahorel (Birmingham, UK):

Jehan (Baton Rouge, US):

Feuilly (Moskow, Russia):

Bossuet (Antwerp, Belgium):

Joly (San José, US):

Bonus content!

Gavroche (Brno, Czech Republic; Santiago de Chile, Chile):

M. Mabeuf (Hong Kong):

[milynya]

The mage rebells the les mis-fandom (doesn't) need...

Grantaire's heart was racing and his hands were shaking. Every shadow was a templar lurking in the dark, every flash of metall was a reflection of a blade. He was terrified beyond clear thinking, just stumbled forwards. He knew the punishment for leaving the tower and it was his fourth time breaking out. He would be made a tranquil, a complete extraction of his magic abilities, along with every feeling he ever felt and would have felt. Maybe it would make everything easier. But no, he made a promise. He promised his mother he would care for himself and although he struggled daily with this promise, this once he wanted to keep it. His clothing was still leaving a track of dripping water from his swim through the lake and he was so very cold. Maker, he longed after fire dancing on his fingertips, warming and bright, even though the elements never were his strengths. Whatever, it wasn't possible. His only chance was to be quiet und to cross the city unnoticed. With a shudder, Grantaire pressed his back to a brick wall. A shady-looking man walked by, the look in his eyes far too interested in his situation. Grantaire walked faster through the little alley, when suddenly a hand closed around the sleeve of his robe. “Follow me if you want to live“, a voice hissed. Grantaire only saw a hint of blond locks, before he was pulled between two houses and into a backdoor. Shock was paralysing his body, he couldn't even remember a single spell out of everything he learned (and frankly, it wasn't very much.) But well, one could say that his instincts still worked pretty well. As the blond man turned towards him, Grantaire's fist connected with his nose, before he could stop himself. A nasty cracking noise was heard, blondie gave an undignified yelp and some blood trickled through his fingers. “What in the Maker's name are you doing?“,snapped the man a little stuffed, his eyes were now glowing from underneath his hood which partly slipped from his golden head. And... Andrastes' tits, those were flames dancing along his fingertips and on his hair! Bright flames moving wildly. Grantaire found his tounge suddenly able to move again. “You...you're a mage?“, he asked puzzled. And a handsome one as it was. His hair looked, like it was part of the fire crowning him, shimmering in its light and his eyes had a concentrated and momentarily a little angry quality to them. Maker, he had weak knees and almost missed the next words of his new companion. “Of course I'm a mage! Why else would I try to help you?“ Now he tried to stop the blood with his white sleeves, not a good idea. They so in were coloured in a dark red. “How should I have known that was the reason you dragged me in here?“, Grantaire retorted. His heart was shifting between running and stumbling now. Brillant, just brillant. Free for like almost an hour and then caught by the worst kind of prison: Attraction. He barely knew the guy for the Maker's sake! Blondie didn't answer and knocked a complicated rhythm on the second door of the narrow floor they were standing in. Didn't he know a good answer or was he being annoyed? Whatever, Grantaire was distracted by the slightly raspy voice from the other side of the door that was asking: “Who's there?“ Blond saviour bowed his head close to the door and whispered: “Mage revolution!“ A revolution? Oh damn, what had he gotten himself into again? “Well, not exactly what I planned“, Grantaire murmered to himself, but Blondie seemed instantly irritated. He wachted Grantaire with narrowed eyes and huffed: “Don't be ridiculous!“ The door was opened by a broad-shouldered man at least twice their age with serious eyes who winked them through. “Quick, boys. Good to see you.“ “Thanks, Valjean“, Enjolras replied kindly. He hadn't used such a friendly tone with Grantaire yet. A bad sign? Very likely. The man called Valjean eyed him from underneath bushy eyebrows, not friendly but neither unkind, before he gave a short nod. “New member?“, he asked shortly. Blondie shrugged. “Maybe.“ “Yes“, Grantaire's mouth formed the word before he really thought about it. Oh well, he always had been one for trouble. Saviour boy looked surprised, but again didn't comment on it. Valjean nodded again. “Good luck, boys.“ He made room for them to pass and they crossed a living room where a girl with bright locks waved and winked at them, then they took a ladder into a cellar. Grantaire shuddered, it was suddenly colder again and his clothes were still slightly wet, and kept his eyes fixed on the little ball of fire blondie was nursing in his hand to get them through the clammy dark. They stayed silent, Grantaire felt the tiredness creep up on him, he hadn't felt this save since he jumped out of that tower window. Weird. Saviour guy fumbled in the dark, till his fingers found the end of another ladder and they climbed up to a trapdoor that was opened, as soon as he initiated their knocking ritual again. “There you are, we were worried“, a man with kind dark eyes said and gripped blondie's hand to pull him up into some kind of backyard. Grantaire was stunned by his smooth, dark skin. Once, he had been eating something called chocolat that had had exactly the same colour. Unfortunatly, it hadn't been a long-lasting experience, because the templars had chosen this exact moment to find him and drag him back into the circle tower. “Who's that?“ Chocolat-man asked and eyed Grantaire like door-man before. These guys seemed more and more like an exclusive society. “I don't know, I found him dripping wet in those mage robes. Who are you?“ Blondie arched an eyebrow at him as if it was his fault he didn't get the chance to introduce himself. “Grantaire“, he replied anyway. “Grantaire“, informed blondie his friend and squeezed past him towards some other people lurking around the yard and talking. They straightened up a little as soon as saviour guy joined their conversations. He had to be some kind of leader then. “So, Grantaire“, chocolat-man interrupted his assumptions and Grantaire's head snapped back caught red-handed. “My name is Combeferre. I'm not a mage myself, but I know a lot about magic. What are your strengths? Many of us live here as save as possible, but we all help as a payment. If you want to stay, you 'll have to contribute something.“ Combeferre didn't really sound severe, just as if he liked to have things in a neat order and kind of trust-worthy. Still, what on earth should Grantaire be able to contribute. He had never really been a good student concerning his mage, he didn't cope well with working under pressure. “I'm alright with force spells and spirits“, he told hesitantly. Combeferre nodded and gave the hint of a smile. “You 'll work well with Jehan, he's a necromancer and maybe with Joly, he heals with spirits. Maybe you can teach each other some things, you should find them near the hospital room, I think Bossuet froze his own toe again...“ He pointed in a general direction, while Grantaire was still processing his words. Necromancy, a tevine ability! Seemed like these people weren't just apostates, but also very dangerous! Well, what did blondie say? Mage revolution! Grantaire watched his saviour who was talking and gesticulating wildly, then smiling in the most honest way he had ever seen before. How bad could it be here if a man like that was the leader of this group? “What's his name?“, Grantaire asked and nodded in blondie's direction. Combeferre looked a little amused. “Enjolras. I've got a feeling you will get to know each other really fast. Courf? Will you show our new man the way to Joly and Jehan?“ A curly-haired, energetic youth gripped his arm and soon, a river of words was emptying itself over Grantaire's head. He didn't mind, but might have missed a few sentences, as he watched Enjolras in passing-by and blue eyes locked with his. Was that a ghost of a smile crinkling his eyes? Grantaire's heart skipped a beat and a small magic impulse was racing over his skin. 'Courf' arched both of his eyebrows, as it hit him with little force, but embarassingly hot-natured, although he luckily didn't comment on it. Grantaire let his breath flow out of his lungs, as Curly continued chatting. That would be a very interesting time.

[queer-cosette]

Les Amis as things I've been outed about during Never Have I Ever

Jehan: writing Equestria Girls porn

Joly: accidentally sitting on the horn while having sex in a car

Feuilly: nearly setting fire to myself because I fell asleep with a lit cigarette in my mouth

Bossuet: accidentally semi-permanently removing my right nipple

Bahorel: nearly setting fire to my house while high

Grantaire: passing out in a field while drunk, waking up long enough to get high and immediately passing out again

Courfeyrac: burning my eyebrows off with a bunsen burner to avoid talking to a boy who rejected me

Combeferre: decking it while Naruto-running for the bus

Marius: nearly setting fire to frozen pasta while sober

Enjolras: nearly cutting my stomach open while trying to fight a tree stump that had offended me by being too difficult to climb

[seesboy]

fuck it. finally rambling about part of the au because if i don't do anything else with it at least i have proof it exists

- have i ever mentioned this is les mis. well i did now

- the fic in question is enjoltaire so i'll start off with e and r i guess. enjolras is student council president (almost all of them are around 16/17 and going into senior year of hs) and he's extremely passionate about activism. but the rest of the council thinks he's boring because he's all work and no play and has never touched a video game in his life

- grantaire used to be part of the student council but this only lasted for the first half of tenth grade because his debates with enjolras eventually resulted in them having some insane (physical) fight before winter vacation. so now he's just known as some slacker art kid

- cosette is only there for like. two seconds but she and enjolras consider themselves siblings. cosette was adopted by valjean at a young age and one day (sometime around 6th-8th grade) she comes home with enjolras and asks valjean if they can keep him (in reality he got kicked out of his house because he's transgender and after valjean learned about this he let him stay)

- eponine ran away from home around freshman year and is staying with grantaire who she first met online (practice online safety kids). gavroche was a stowaway but he just does fuck all most of the time

- les amis + musichetta cosette and marius are part of the student council

- oh yeah and bossuet/musichetta/joly, cosette/marius/eponine and mayyyybe montparnasse/jehan are background romances. if you care

- feuilly is taking a gap year after graduating high school. his parents own the arcade that the fic revolves around and he's working there for now as a result

- i haven't really thought about any other specific character details except that grantaire really likes noise rock & industrial music here and when enjolras tries listening to it for the first time he almost has a heart attack

i've put an insane amount of thought into this au and like 80% of the details aren't even going to be mentioned in the fic itself. i went "haha what if these guys played ddr together" and then my brain went "i can do you one better" and started constructing an intricate 2000s au that i don't even know if i'll do stuff with after i finish this

[fillsta]

How to explain Les Mis characters to your friends

Enjolras 'Enjy dearest', 'Enj':

Angry blond boy. "Eat the rich". Either gay or aroace. His celebrity crush is Robespierre. He may or may not have a crush on a specific wine lover. Also Aaron Tveit. That's it

Combeferre 'Ferre':

The 'hot' scholar. Rly likes moths I guess. Wears glasses bc he's smart and smart ppl wear glasses. Has done nothing wrong, ever. We love him .

Courfeyrac 'Courf':

Everybody's friend. Flirty, fruity bitch. Round and lovable. Possibly in a relationship with either Combeferre or Jehan. Marius' own personal extrovert. Keeps the group together. Portrayed by the Mighty, the Fruity Fra Fee.

Grantaire 'R':

Likes to drink. A lot. Bi bitch, hopelessly in love with a certain blondie. Hold-hands-before-getting-shot-to-death kind of crush. Rly good at history and philosophy. Cynic. Also, fandom decided that he draws<3. Big hobo energy. Ask the fandom about the actor in the 2012 musical and they'll shed tears

Jean Prouvaire 'Jehan':

Ah yes, the softie. Love poetry and playing the flute. Most likely smoke weed. Plant parent. Gender unknown. We love their hippie bullshit. I don't remember the actor's name but he was kinda cute

Bahorel 'Baho':

The fruity gym bro. Enjoys fistfighting. Possibly Feuilly's bf. Man bun and beard. Studies law but doesn't want to be a lawyer. Doodles instead. Gavroche's idol. His celebrity crush is probably Dwayne Johnson or sth.

Feuilly:

IwbavajsbJzkabzjsvs. We love him. He's pure and innocent. Orphan. Makes fans for a living. Really loves the countries of the world. Headcannoned as Polish. Enjolras' fav ho. Wears flannels. I'll stop here because oh boi I can go on for ages

Bossuet/Lesgles:

Bald guy. Wholesome. He's also extremely unlucky and Victor made sure that's his only personality trait. Polyamoryyyy. His bf is Joly, his gf is Musichetta. It's just... Bossuet, you know?

Joly:

Doctor? Yeah, did I mention he's a germaphobe? Poor guy. Eccentric asf. Carries a cane everywhere. Will wake up in the middle of the night to align his bed according to the earth's poles and shit. Yes, he has a bf and gf, as previously mentioned.

Gavroche 'Gav':

Best boiiii. Smol, like, 10-12 yrs old. Savage. Absolutely destroyed Enjolras when in an argument. Also managed to trick a skilled criminal once. Rip, he would have loved Minecraft. Eponine and Azelma's brother. Courfeyrac's instant son. Looks up to Bahorel.

Marius Pontmercy:

The Most Awkward Human Being. Like, fr. Courfeyrac's emotional support introvert. Possibly the only straight here but who knows??? Idk he's kinda close with Courf. Anyway Enj amd Ferre scare him. Especially Ferre. He somehow gets a gf??? Survived

Eponine 'Ponine' Thenardieur

Marius' side ho. Has a crush on him. Bit I think she's gayyyy. Or bi. There's no way she's interested in men only. Anyway, poor. Terrible household situation :(. Feminist. I hope she gets a gf in her second life. R had a smol crush on her but that was just a phase. She deserved better, like everyone.

Cosette Fauchelevent/Valjean:

Marius' main ho (how this guy manages to get bitches is beyond me). Cottagecore goth (is that a thing?). Adopted. Such a sweet gal. Eponine could also be her gf <3.

Montparnasse 'Parnasse':

Ah him. Okay this guy. He is s narcissistic but a good one. One day he looked in the mirror and said 'Wow im hot lets murder people' and so he did exactly that. Said criminal tricked by Gavroche. 'Dandy'. He's so cool I love him sm.

Azelma Thenardieur:

Poor girl doesn't get any development. She's just there. Survived. Is rly cool tho, trust me.

Jean Valjean:

Stole bread and went to jail for 19 years. Villain origin story. Then he stole from a child (which may or may not have been Feuilly but that's another story for another post) and he instantly went good. Became mayor and businessman. One of his employees died so he found her daughter and raised her. Survived for a while. Is supposed to be the protagonist lol. Wholesome grandpa

Inspector Javert 'Jav jav man':

Is his life's goal to arrest Valjean. I say enemies to lovers trope. Starts off as a bitch, tbh.

Fantine:

My poor girl deserved the world. Her bf got her pregnant and fled :(. She gave Cosette over to some strangers to raise her while she worked in a nearby town, sending them money for Cosette's expenses. That's a no no there but ok. Gets fired, becomes a prostitute, dies. So of any of you out there shame sex workers I'll choke u while u sleep.