#sw in les mis

[whorejolras]

"forced" "coerced" "sexual slavery" "sold her body" "cause of death: prostitution" "moral descent" "corrupted" GOD FUCK ENOUGH ENOUGH SHUT UP ENOUGH SHUT UP

[doodledraw]

my cool down doodle yesterday ended up becoming….a little more than just a doodle when I took the chance to experiment a little stylistically. Whoops?

anyhoo, this is a doodle from the mind of @goddammitjim, who wrote a codywan les mis actors au fic. The description of Cody watching Obi-Wan sing Bring Him Home (conveniently my favorite song) on opening night (ch 10) has been stuck in my mind since I read it, and I’ve wanted to doodle codywan again so….here we are!!

I hope you don’t mind that I played in your sandbox a little! I’ll link the fic here for anyone interested, it’s a really great one!!

[aldieb]

most fun thing to do with media is Compare and Contrast. i had a ball in elementary school because in those days it was all about the comparing and the contrasting

[samaspic31]

Never have i felt rage worse than when i learned carrie fisher was sent to a fat farm, on the demand of fox studio executivess who put it as condition to have her cast cause they insisted on someone thinner (hi casting practices are deeply evil in fatphobic transphobic and racist ways- and that has only mildly improved since the fucking 70s) prior to filming a new hope, to lose 10 pounds, which was far from an exceptional practice in the film industry at the time. And lucas told it in the film bonuses with no shame or apology, they even interviewed carrie about it as if that was some fun anecdote-fuck lucasfilm all the way off for that. And to this day dieting for roles in blockbusters still is the norm (remember that anecdote of her telling john boyega to go break his diet and eat an energy bar from her fridge on the set of the sequels 30 years later ? we progress so fucking slowly)

In general Hollywood obsession/morbid fascination with actors modifying their weight to unhealthy degrees for roles sucks and so does the way journalism and the audience feed the mythos and reward those movies with press and promo about it (still haunted by that star trek press tour where benebitch cabbagepatch was asked continously about dieting for a scene not even in the movie, meanwhile the female actress who had a gratuitous scene in underwear it was just a normal thing, hello gender inequality). anyways as soon as i hear an actor had to diet i lose interest in ever paying for the media. no movie or series is worth the human suffering and its prevalence is yet another symptom of the dishonesty of art under capitalism

[coeur-feyrac]

Anyone wanna uhh talk about taylor swift songs that make them think of les mis? bc mirrorball is The grantaire song for me rn

[les-mis-in-space]

Stars In Their Multitudes: Part III coming to AO3 in 2023

Merry Christmas everyone!

[juniperika]

the 2018 Les Misérables series is proof that if there's going to be a live action Agent Kallus, he should be played by David Oyelowo with no explanation whatsoever because the man can actually pull those sideburns off

[whorejolras]

rip Fantine you would have loved the decriminalisation of sex work

[thefulcrumfiles]

Thrawn traición realmente es otra cosa porque existe este personaje llamado Director Asistente Ronan, quien parece estar enamorado de otro cierto Director...y se la pasa elogiandolo todo el tiempo, trayendolo a conversación cada que puede y dejándolo vivir en su mente sin pagar renta... increíble

[rinayeas]

Looking for....*whispers* mutuals....

After over 10 years on tumblr dot com and multiple 'stranger danger on the internet' warnings from my mother i finally caved in and decided that hey i'm a grown ass woman i deserve to have fandom buddies. Hi im rina im 21 i speak both spanish and english im a libra and if you voted trump or milei please dont speak to me mwak💋

So here's a list of stuff i like and would love to have people to talk with! If you like any of these things and think i'm cool then follow me and reach out or smth!! Mdni pls 😔

tf2!! (Almost anything, haven't brainrotted this big in years. I even play the game, like for realsies. Im not just in it for the old man yaoi. Pls i need to play w some cool people and not with greasy home of phobes.)

Vocaloid/vsynth/cryptonloids!! (Not very into pjsk sorry but i've been on the fandom for over 10 yrs i'm basically dust)

Star wars (fav stuff is andor, tcw, anything prequel era or empire/rebel era related, but honestly i just like sw discussion in general) so hit me up.)

Ur argentinean/latin american and into fandom (anything, pls i'm starving i need someone to understand my very specific cultural refs

31 minutos hace una banda q no lo veo pero mi amor sigue intacto les juro q es verdad! If you speak english it's also ok!

Homestuck? Haven't caught up with it but it definitely has a spot in my heart and have been meaning to re read it. That being said the other day i was at work promoting our halloween event and i saw A BUNCH OF HOMESTUCKS?? LIKE FULL ON GAMZEE AND TEREZI COSPLAY?? IN 2024?? IN ARGENTINA?? Anyways i couldn't talk to them bc i couldn't leave the place i work at

Anyways si se disfrazaron de homestucks en halloween y se fueron al shopping y pasaron enfrente del neverland sepan q yo estaba adentro laburando mirandolos asi esperando q entraran asi los invitaba al evento y les pedia el ig de paso.

i'm also very into musical theatre and videogames in general so chances are we might find some stuff in common! But those are the fandoms i'm active in atm.

[this-acuteneurosis]

Random. But do you have any star wars fic recs ? Fics recs of any kind are welcome actually ^_^

Oh, uh, sure.

Let's see, I've mentioned @chancecraz a bunch of times, I love all their stuff, if I had to pick a favorite I'd say Of Queens, Knights, and Pawns but how does one really choose?

I've also mentioned @fialleril and Double Agent Vader, which really got me into the SWs fandom in the first place. I love everything I have ever learned, it hits me so hard in the feels each time. (I also really loved Sigyn's Saga if we're also talking not-SW stuff.)

I enjoyed The Desert Sun series by @blue-sunshine-mauve-morning. (I will be honest, I have only read the first series I have not started Rise and Fall.) It's engaging and fun and thoughtful.

doing it by my lonesome and staring down the barrel of the hot sun by magneticwave are two fun Luke/Din stories featuring appropriately cute Grogu. I also liked pages filled with scribbled ink, which is an epistolary Padmé/Obi-Wan fic that had me cackling. (their non-SW stuff is good too, I especially enjoyed just me against the sky)

Other...serious(?) recs include: The Wingless Dragon by husborth if you like being sad and horrified about Vader's bad choices. Food Scandal by Malicean for some situational hilarity and for lots of OC perspective on Imperial bureaucracy (my other weakness aside from politics). PRojects IN Controlled Environments by Beth Winters for Imperial R&D bureaucracy, more situational hilarity, and very relatable coworker nonsense.

More silly/fun premises include: Compromising by samvelg, which inspired me to write a (very different) Piett POV of Luke and Vader nonsense. Memo: Jedi Maintenance (The Care and Feeding of Your Jetii) by RainofLittleFishes is exactly what it says and what you would hope for from such a title. Luke Skywalker is Altogether Too Likeable by Mokulule is another Piett POV of Skywalker nonsense.

As far as Non-Star Wars recs

It would be a crime and sin if I didn't mention Embers by Vathara , an Avatar the Last Airbender fic which honestly changed my life and how my brain was shaped.

World Ain't Ready by @idiopathicsmile is a Les Mis fic I've gone back to a few times. The dialogue is just really good. I spend a lot of the fic laughing, and also screaming at the characters.

I fell absurdly in love with Second person familiar, I think because it tickles some part of me that just dies over linguistics, and I'm a fan of pretty much everything @jackironsides has done for The Witcher.

Salvage by @muffinlance is a very fun Avatar the Last Airbender fic about Zuko getting reluctantly adopted by Hakoda (it's so good).

Finding the Line by Miss_Lazy_Tuesday is a Batfam fic that sort of ruined me at one point, it's fine. (I enjoy their other stuff too.)

The Angel of Hell's Kitchen by MarbleGlove is a Daredevil fic. I don't really go here, but this was about social structures, bureaucracy, and doing the work, and we all know I can't help myself.

Reconstruction by rageprufrock is the story of Stephanie Rogers, but like, it's Pru writing it. So. Characters are great. World building is great. Tension and longing and grief are great. I cannot stress enough how good the academic and news article asides are. Like, it's good. Incomplete, but so good.

Ordinary Numbers by BootsnBlossoms and Kryptaria, a James Bond fic that I keep coming back to because I too would be a sucker for someone who sent me needlessly expensive gifts.

And This, Your Living Kiss by opal_bullets is a Supernatural fic about poetry. I am not in this fandom, but again, my weakness for language gets me every time.

ever fallen in love (on national TV)? by ganymede_elegy is a GoT Jonsa modern Bachelor AU and...guys I cannot express how much I Do Not Go here, and how much I still recommend this fic. Like, it's just...I don't know. It worked. In spite of me knowing nothing about GoT or The Bachelor. wtf

survival of the fittest by cywscross is a short Naruto fic about a very unpleasant adventure for Sakura and Shikarmaru that just...worked. As a story. Dunno, I just really like it.

I could be wrong, I could be ready by harryromper is a Harry/Draco fic where they are disasters and traumatized, and it is about healing and building houses as a metaphor for overcoming trauma, and it's fine, I'm fine.

eternity will be born from hope by theseviolentdelights99 is a Yuri!!! on Ice fic that is about a time traveling Yuuri who (you'll never guess) goes back in time and does bureaucracy in his hometown and his sport to help the people that he loves. The unreliable narrator is excellent, the social media asides are wonderful, and it's not complete but it is exactly my poison.

(Wow, this is so long and all over the place...)

[myborderdiary]

Día 1

06-08-24 / 09:35 AM sw: 104kg cw: 99kg gw: 60kg

Bienvenidx a mi diario 𖹭

Me hace feliz que leas esto

Tengo 23 años y estoy diagnosticada con transtorno limite de la personalidad y trastorno de atracón, llegué a un excesivo peso mayor a 100, pero ya no más. Tomo medicación la cual me ha ayudado con todos mis sintomas, los atracones son menos frecuentes al igual que mis deseos de suicidarme.

He tenido días buenos como días malos respecto a mi estado de animo y mi relación con la comida, últimamente he comido muy mal, seré muy transparente con este registro en mi blog donde les contaré las cosas que he comido (sin contar calorias) y las cosas que planeo y/o he hecho en el día.

En lo que va de la mañana he comido yogur con avena y media palta, a las 11:00 caminaré 20 minutos para llegar a hacer yoga, y 20 minutos de vuelta a casa, ese será mi ejercicio de hoy, y espero que la comida no sea un problema

[les-mis-in-space]

The Kondrics sat in their place on the dais of the temple, two seats now empty on either side of Lord Kondric. In front of them, the ecclesiarch gave a eulogy at the altar to the congregation.

Apollon sat straight, staring ahead, trying to look more stoic than empty inside. He could see the weeping faces of the congregation. There was not a dry eye in any of those benches. Everyone on the dais, however, was expected to save their tears for a more private moment. But even his father, who had ordered him and Estia not to weep, was struggling; Apollon could see him trembling.

It still didn’t feel real. Everyone was either in tears or on the verge of them, but Apollon was still processing the fact that she wasn’t sitting right next to him. She would always squeeze his hand when they sat here. Now his fingers were cold, and he kept wondering why.

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[universesrpg]

El otro día me queje por que no hubiera buenos foros de GoT y voy a añadir que mas buenos foros faltan.

Históricos y no solo victorianos. Hay mas épocas en la historia. Sobrenaturales originales y no basados en sagas Sci Fi y que no sean solo SW Mitológicos, he estado en varios y salvo uno, en otros había gente del staff que se molestaba si tu personaje era mas interesante que el suyo o tenia mas roles. Fantasía, un foro donde rolear una guerra elfos vs enanos o interactuar con dragones [pero que hablen]

También me he dado cuenta, que si hay un foro original se le empieza a echar tierra encima y a contar quien esta detrás del proyecto. Solo por joder y el hazme casito. Mis cielos, eso es acoso lo mires por donde lo mires y difamación. Pero obviamente la pantalla y un nick te protege para seguir haciéndolo

[whorejolras]

this has been sitting in my drafts for months and i'm finally posting it.

it's adding on from this post about Fantine and sex work in les mis. this post ended up being long and more about sex work than Fantine but it does come around i swear.

the way we discuss Fantine is very important, but why?

the way that we talk about Fantine and sex work in les mis - on tumblr, with our friends, in the brick club chat, in articles and in scholarly analysis - directly correlates with the way we treat modern day sex workers and the struggles we face today. notably, the fight for decriminalisation.

i'd argue that Fantine is the most famous of the "dead sex worker" trope. i'd argue she's one of the most famous fictional sex workers. she was just name dropped in the new mean girls movie. everyone knows the story of Fantine the "Miserable Dead Prostitute".

to many people, the book or musical is their first and often only point of reference for sex work, and informs how they treat real life sex workers. many of us interacting in fandom are or will soon be adults with jobs, you could be a childcare worker or a doctor or therapist or any role that makes you a mandatory reporter. and if you hold biases towards sex workers and your patient or the parent of the kid in your class is one, then what.

(you know i had a therapist tell me once that if i had any kids she would "be forced" to report me to the police for "child abuse" on the grounds of my job. that was discrimination and was illegal as i live in one of the four locations in the world with sex work both decriminalised and a protected attribute under discrimination law, but it still happened.)

how people think informs how they vote, and public opinion in turn impacts legislation that actively damages sex workers and puts them in real danger. (criminalisation, the nordic model, "legalisation" also known as licensing, instead of full decriminalisation).

here is a resource put together by NSWP, the Global Network of Sex Work Projects that covers terminology and legal frameworks. I recommend giving the whole thing a read, but if you just want to learn about the difference between the different legal models I'm talking about read from pages 12-14.

full decriminalisation is the safest best practice option for all sex workers. not the nordic model, not select legalisation, full decriminalisation for all workers including those who aren't "legal" citizens.

bringing this back to Fantine. when i search analysis of sex work/"prostitution" in les mis, this is the shit i find.

link 1 | link 2

i don't even know where to start on rebranding "oldest profession" to "oldest form of oppression" and "trafficked and forced into the industry" - the trafficking conflation is a common one. the majority of labour trafficking occurs in industries completely unrelated to sex work, with sex trafficking numbers being grossly overestimated. there are no true numbers because under criminalisation victim/survivors of sex trafficking can't safely seek help for fear of being criminalised. decriminalisation helps everyone.

I will also say that the trafficking narrative is a racist xenophobic one used to target migrant workers, making them more vulnerable to higher rates of police violence, detention and deportation. if you want to get deeper into this I recommend reading Migrant sex workers and trafficking - Insider research for and by migrant sex workers.

yet here we see the idea that most of (if not all) sex workers are trafficked or forced, a narrative that removes the agency of sex workers and obscures the reality of labour trafficking. in short, lies which serve to sensationalise and erase real lived experiences, provide publicly-sanctioned excuses for the heavy policing of marginalised communities, and helping no one.

i will quickly say here that you'll never meet anyone who fights as hard for sex trafficking survivors than sex workers and sex worker peer led organisations.

and in the second example, you see how even though they're saying sex work, (so they listened enough to know not to say "prostitute" anymore), but they're still sharing anti-sw beliefs like "selling the body/selling yourself", violent phrasing that denies us not only agency but connection to our bodies, autonomy, and consent.

this is something i'll talk about a lot more in the chapter analysis that i'll get around to finishing and posting one day: but fantine doesn't sell her body to sex work any more than she sells it to the textile factory. how is one form of physical labour "selling your body/yourself" and another isn't? at the end of the day, she still owns her body, just like when i leave a booking i still own my body, just like when i clocked out of my past civilian jobs i still owned my body. we sell labour, we sell services. not ourselves.

noting here that even when discussing exploitation and trafficking, phrasing it as "selling your body" is also gross, still removes the survivors agency and connection to their body, and shows that you're not really a safe ally to survivors at all.

these ideas, that i pulled from the first paragraphs of two of the first analyses of fantine i stumbled across, are the same ones that sex workers around the world argue against when lobbying for full decriminalisation. it's the arguments we have with law makers and councils and saviour organisations and our own families and friends.

i'll talk about this more later but look at how anne hathaway finished playing Fantine and then signed off on a letter and petition against full decriminalisation of sex work and advocated for the nordic model - ensuring that sex workers and trafficking victims alike would be more vulnerable to violent clients and policing.

ironically, the same thing Fantine faces.

so my whole roundabout point is it matters. the way we talk about characters like Fantine matter. this directly impacts how real people treat real sex workers. this directly impacts legislation that directly impacts the lives and safety of sex workers AND survivors of sex trafficking.

just in case i haven't said it enough the safest option for both parties is always complete and full decriminalisation btw 🫶🏻

all links in case they break (sorry for making it longer but i don't trust tumblr with links lol)

tumblr post:

NSWP terminology and legal models source:

screenshot 1:

screenshot 2:

Migrant sex workers and trafficking - Insider research for and by migrant sex workers:

anne hathaway article:

[inspiredwriter]

Stefany 2003 :*mirá por la ventana* Anastasia ya pronto terminarás de pintarme las uñas 😟😕💅

Anastasia 2003 : Ya casi termino solo Quédate quieta 😄😉💅✨*pinta las uñas a Stefany* solo Cuéntame qué ha sucedió 😀☺️

Stefany 2003 : bueno lo que pasó es que entró una criatura azul que me secuestró pero Leo me salvó 😃😊💖💕

Anastasia 2003 : en serio a mí también casi una criatura amarilla intentó secuestrarme y tenía la lengua muy larga y extraña me da miedo😟😣👅*cuarda el esmalte*pero mi príncipe me salvó la vida como los cuentos hagas😃🥰🧚‍♀️✨💘💓💝💞

Stefany 2003 : tú también sabía que había malvados en el futuro como pensé 😌🙄👹🏙️*escucha un ruido* ¿Qué fue ese ruido? 🙁😟🔊

Anastasia 2003 : ir a ver qué será 🤨🤔*se pa de la cama y mira la lata* Solo fue una lata pero Pero quién lo había lanzado? 😕🥫

Stefany 2003 :*mirá la lata a salir humo* Oh cielos😨😱 no es como una lata es un gas de sueño...🥱😴💤*se desmaya de la cama*

Anastasia 2003 : Stefany¿Pero qué está ocurriendo?😧😱*bostezo*Aaaw~🥱💤 pero quiero dormir😩😴💤*se desmaya del suelo*

Dark Leo and Dark Mikey :*entra por la ventana y se acercan las chicas*

Dark Leo : te dije que volvería por ti muñeca 😈😏💖💕❣️*carga a Stefany en sus brazos* apresúrate Mikey antes que regresen esas tonas tortugas 😡🤬*sale por la ventana*

Dark Mikey : no te quejes demasiado líder ya voy😠🙄*carga a Anastasia en sus brazos* bla-ja-ja-ja😆🤪por fin mi bella doncella es toda mía y nadie más😈😜💞💗💘*sale por la ventana*

Leo 2003 and Mikey 2003 :*entra la habitación*

Leo 2003 : Stefany, Anastasia están aquí 🫤😕*mira el alrededor de la habitación* dónde están Cody nos dijo que están en su habitación arreglándose las uñas🤨🤔🚪

Mikey 2003 :*se rasca la cabeza* Sí, es muy extraño Dónde podrían estar 🤨😟*mira a una lata en suelo* Oye, Leo encontré una lata pero se me hace conocido es una bomba de gas 🤔😕🥫

Leo 2003 :*recoge la lata del suelo* tiene razón es conocido es de las Tortugas oscuras😯😲*mira en la ventana*entraron a secuestrar a Stefany y Anastasia😲😡💢

Mikey 2003 : Qué volvieron a secuestrarlas tenemos que ir a buscarlas😱😧*aprieta sus puños* Espero que mi copia mía no abuse de mi princesita si no le arrancare su lengua y lo usaré como bufanda😡🤬👅🧣

Leo 2003 : tiene razón podemos encontrarlas Donnie nos dijo que tienen un rastreador en sus collares podemos localizarlas🤨🤔📿*sale de la habitación* (pensamientos💭) espero que Dark Leo no se atreva a abusar a mi gatita si la toca cada parte su cuerpo estará muerto y jamás no lo perdonaré😡🤬💢

*Después de algún tiempo*

Stefany 2003 and Anastasia 2003 :*se despiertan*¿Pero qué fue lo que sucedió? 😟😕

Dark Leo :*se acerca a Stefany*al fin Ya era hora que despertarás niña 😏😈💖💕

Stefany 2018 : eres tu no puede ser tu Dark Leo 😧😡*mira sus manos atadas* Oigan por que nos ataron sueltenos a Anastasia y ami 😠💢🔗

Anastasia 2003 :*intenta liberase*si, libéranos criaturas malvadas déjanos Salir de aquí😠😣💢

Dark Mikey : grité en todo lo que quieran niñas ahora será su hogar y ustedes nos pertenecen 😆😈💖💕💓

@inspiredwriter

Leo and Mikey 2003: *Jump into the room through the window, breaking the glass* Get your dirty paws off our girlfriends immediately!😡🤬💥

Dark Leo: What?!😧 Here you are again!😠😡 How did you two find us?!🤨😡

Leo 2003: You did not take into account that you are wearing special collars that determine your location😏📿 But this is not the main thing now, give us back Stefany and Anastasia!😡😤🗡

Mukey 2003: *Spins nunchucks* I think I was too nice to you last time, overgrown bonehead😠😤

Dark Mikey: *Covers mouth with hands* No, just don't touch my tongue again!😱🫢 Leo, maybe this really wasn't a good idea😮‍💨😥

Dark Leo: You're stupid!🙄😡👋💥 *Gives Dark Mikey a slap on the head* There are only two of them, and you and I have reinforcements...😈 Don, Raf!!😆😈

Dark Donnie and Dark Raph: *Run into the room* What the shell, lider?😧😠 Is there a cool fight coming up?!😈😈

Leo 2003: *Crosses swords in front of him* Oh, this is going to be more serious than I thought...😯😬⚔️ (Thoughts💭) Haha, they don't know that we didn't come here alone either😉😁

@swagreecrow