#the Waterloo digression is so funny if you take two steps back and remember that Hugo wants So Bad
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Allow me to introduce you to FMA's translation:
"Napoleon had been denounced in the realms of the infinite and his downfall had been decided. He was an inconvenience to God."
-I constantly think about this Les Mis quote. brutal.
#one of my all-time favorite sentences in Les Mie#the Waterloo digression is so funny if you take two steps back and remember that Hugo wants So Bad#to make Framce sound good but also justify his probpematic fave's loss#(also symbolism with political themes and contributing his own french history book and dodging censors)#(look this digression was doing The Most and I love that for Les Mis)#les mis#napoléon#waterloo#thicc bricc
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