#the music is the only saving grace

[walugus-grudenburg]

I FUCKING HATE PIZZASCAPE

[ilkkawhat]

[dandelier]

i need to stop obsessing over obscure pieces of media and silly mobile games. give me something i can consume content for!!

[khrysalisposting]

wiz worlds tierlist based on soundtrack

(justifications in tags)

[imjustavenuxwithaboomerang]

rewatching s3 of hsmtmts and all it's doing is pissing me off

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

“because he never accepts that it's never been about righteousness--it's about repentance.” except javert killing himself IS repentance.

well, it’s like 12 different things, because bro had gone days without sleeping and very little food and water and he already had low self-worth and kept asking the amis to kill him and just assumed he was going to die AND THEN valjean upended his understanding of the world and morality. he was really going through it & there are a lot of overlapping reasons for why he jumps into the seine.

but javert is like Number One Most Responsible guy in the whole story. taking responsibility is his Thing (forever bitter the musical doesn’t include the punish me monsieur le maire scene). how else, in his derailment, could he atone for his conceived misdeeds other than by handing in his resignation to god? in the brick he had already left a note urging his superiors to treat convicts at toulon better, which is another step in his repentance (and another crime the musical commits by not including it). jumping into the seine was another step.

honestly a lot of ppl who like the book think the musical was dead wrong to exclude him from the big heaven group sing, because it COMPLETELY undermines the themes of forgiveness and compassion threaded throughout les mis. like the musical was simply wrong lol.

This is helpful context! I am still finishing the brick, although I have fully read the abridged version, and that detail about the letter wasn't included, so I didn't know that occurred! (And thank you for the message--this is a long response but I'd love to hear more of your thoughts!)

I agree that Javert is certainly deeply distraught and remorseful; like you mentioned, his worldview is literally falling apart, and his actions reflect his mental state. But his death isn't really repentance--in the sense that it's not what God would have wanted. To me it reads like a Judas situation: a desperate realization of a huge mistake, and doing the only thing you think can make it right, namely, ending it all. That's the just punishment for someone so wrong, isn't it?

But true repentance, meaning the repentance that the Lord desires, is about changing your ways, not "paying a price." Had Javert really understood the beauty of Valjean's mercy (an image of Christ's, just as the bishop's undeserved mercy was to Valjean himself), rather than killing himself, he would have lived to also become "an honest man"--in heart. One who could forgive and understand forgiveness, for himself as well as others. One who could recognize that he is not The Law, that he can fall, but that he can also be "brought to the light." One who could accept that men like Valjean, and men like himself, CAN change, and be changed.

It's tragic to me because so much of "Stars," and his character in the book as well as the musical, is about wanting to be righteous, to rise above his birth and the sinfulness he associates it with. It's about wanting to please the Lord by his actions. But in his end, he shows he never understood what God really wanted from him, and that's where my original phrase comes in: not righteousness, but repentance. To live, and face the man you were, knowing it's no longer the man you are. That it's never been about what you've done or can do, but about what's been done for you. That's the Gospel that he could never fully accept.

To use another example you mentioned, that misunderstanding drives why he asks the Mayor (Valjean) to punish him--in his worldview, mercy is unjust, or at the very least, unfair. Evil must be punished; "those who fall like Lucifer fell" receive "the sword." But "as it is written," God "desires mercy, not sacrifice" (Matthew 9:13). God would have wanted Javert to live, and Javert couldn't see that, and that's why it's devastating to me. In his misunderstanding of the heart of God, he misses what would have set him free from the chains of sin he's always been trying to escape.

That's why he's contrasted with Valjean, who (though he carries guilt about his past till the end of his life) is eventually able to face it and confess what he had done to those he loves. He knew there was mercy to be found, if only it was asked for. Javert was too blinded by pride and shame to realize it, and so, while broken, he never was able to truly repent.

For that, you must go on.

[onehopefuldreamer]

Clever Grace

[sansterreurnivertu]

I am so depressed after watching a terrible Japanese musical with Robespierre in the lead role.

The story begins with the start of the Revolutionary War due to the execution of Louis Capet (!?), and the growing conflict between the Jacobins and the Girondins, who oppose the war (!?). The problems are numerous, for example, the "terreur" is caused by Robespierre's personal grudge and distrust of people (!?), while Saint-Just tries to execute the Girondins, Danton and Desmoulins out of love for Robespierre and jealousy (!?). There is no revolutionary tribunal or committees (no CPS or CGS) in this world. Behind it all is a conspiracy of Talleyrand and Madame Roland (!?), they even poison Gabrielle (who for some reason is portrayed as a violent person, where did this idea come from), it is never revealed why they were working on together and what they wanted, and Madame Roland is executed for some reason. The events leading up to the execution of the King are only explained as "the revolution began and the nobles were killed", and no mention is made of the events that preceded it.

All the characters seem to be idiots and childish, like low teens. The above description shows how badly Robespierre and the "evil gay" Saint-Just are portrayed, while Danton is only portrayed as a rowdy, macho man (I can't imagine he was portrayed in a positive light). Camille is relatively better, but so meek that I forgot he existed until about halfway through. Lucile is only portrayed as a garnish for her husband (this is true of all the women except the heroine (a fictional character)).

Considering the time constraints, the assumption that the audience is not familiar with frev, and the lack of materials available in Japanese, etc. I don't think everything should be based on historical facts. Still, it is too terrible.

I know there are problems with LRF, but I can say that it is much more pro-Robespierre than this. Even Danton (1983) seems to be so.

[radiation]

I watched the dear evan hanson movie with my friend the other day as a joke, and what the fuck? I know it’s the easiest target in the world but still. I kind of want to actually watch the real musical now to see the difference but I’m scared I would enjoy it just by virtue of the pleasant surprise of it being ever so marginally better than the movie

[loumauve]

fighting my own damn self to keep playing Stray Gods

[louve-garoue]

I think the building I'm in right now is haunted y'all

[zincbot]

beat jimmy and the pulsating mass! i think-

[rhalgrsrightfist]

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[silly-bus]

I hate that I like rick and morty so much Im sorry I hate ittt 😭😭😭

[thotstakovovich]

wearing my old Zildjian/Yamaha merch people assume i (still) play drums and i’ll usually lie and say “oh yeah, i play” rather than going into the truth of how “oh, I only kinda played drum set but I knew people who would give me hella merch and now i just have a bunch of it around”

and normally my lie works out great because once you say you play drums people move on or i can pivot to talk about violin or an instrument i actually play

except NOW! I’m starting a band with a friend from my mariachi and i think he’s expecting me to play drums, and i don’t have the heart to say that i can’t + i like being included

so if you need me for the next month. i will be desperately relearning drums.

[mysticalcoffeequeen]

Lukewarm take, but I think people are a little too harsh on THE IDOL. Like yes the show is ass and the execution and behind the scenes stuff is horrid but the a lot of the soundtrack ain’t that bad.