#the Confrontation

[floofery]

I can't live without you but you can't live with me

Speedpaint and some other stuff under the cut!

Idk if this really counts as Sunflower or not... it's not meant to be ship art? but ig it's kind of exploring the not cute sides of the pairing anyway

I spent around an hour and a half on this piece which is abnormally fast... I think it's one of my favorites so far ^^

Version without words:

Speedpaint:

That's it! This piece isn't my usual style... it was more experimental, but I hope it's still okay!

[lesbian-thesbian]

yet again. the boys. are fighting.

🎥 @medium-observation

[could-they-be-a-pro-wrestler]

How successful would Inspector Javert…

Propaganda for the mic skills:

Generally has zero charisma, but occasionally has the best one liners. Example from the book: the Gorbeau House raid scene. Example from the musical: Javert’s Intervention.

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Propaganda for the wrestling skills:

I mean, I don’t know if he could actually win a match, but that would definitely be part of the fun. To understand this, just watch any performance of The Confrontation after 2015.

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[rebockey]

I'm no hero. I sing both parts of the Confrontation at the same time like everyone else

[maybeitsapineapple]

Oh and another thing from the Les Mis prompt book — there was a note suggesting that at the end of the Confrontation for the lines “I swear to you, I will be there” they should try singing them staggered/out of sync … very glad they didn’t keep that lol. It might have sounded cool but I need my boys inextricably entwined 😔

[wanderinghedgehog]

So, I just made a post about the violence that’s often added to The Confrontation in Les Mis, but I think I want to talk about my theory as to why the scene in the book is comparatively not so violent. I think that the main reason for this is Valjean and Javert’s book characterization.

Starting with Valjean, it’s not at all controversial to say that he is almost always quite nonviolent. It is rare for him to even threaten someone, much less actually attack them. Of course, part of this is a way to avoid suspicion and the attention of the police, but part of it is also out of genuine goodwill. He’s just a cool guy who doesn’t actually want to hurt people. Even an example like Montparnasse is strangely relevant. Yes, Valjean fights him in self defense, but only to then lecture him about the dangers of thievery, give him some money, and send him on his way. Because of all this, it’s quite notable that he threatens Javert during the confrontation. Prior to that moment, Valjean’s requests had been mocked and ignored, so it seems reasonable that he would want to find another way to get something he wants. It’s a relatively small thing, paying his respects to Fantine, but he certainly wouldn’t have been allowed it anyway if he had simply asked. Really, Valjean only threatens Javert and doesn’t attack him because it’s not necessary.

But why was this threat so effective? He’s one guy with an iron bar. Surely, Javert must’ve had a backup plan if Valjean retaliated. But it doesn’t look like he did. Javert doesn’t seem to be well armed and the guards are stationed downstairs. He really just walked into that room and assumed that his authority as a policeman would be enough to keep control over the situation. Javert enters this scene extremely confident. This is arguably him at his most terrifying. But even so, when Valjean threatens him (apparently unexpectedly), all Javert can do is back up and wait. This leads me to my main point about Javert. His primary weapon is his authority, his legal right as a policeman to condemn and arrest whoever he perceives as criminals. Javert is a threat to people, not because he could physically hurt them, but because it is essentially his job to play judge and jury, though perhaps not executioner. Presumably, this is what leads him to approach Valjean alone, attempt to arrest him and subsequently be threatened with a metal bar. Javert had no faith in Valjean’s good nature and nonviolent tendencies. None at all. He just assumed that he himself was authoritative and commanding enough that no one would dare mess with him.

Again, this is my theory, my explanation for why this scene plays out the way it does. Anyway, I find this all very interesting.

[cyberpunkboytoy]

read from right-to-left

After slaving over this comic for ~2 years, I've decided I'm not gonna finish the last few pages I had planned and that this is fine enough. I'm simply too impatient to show it off. (Comics take me so fucking long, man)

This is a scene that takes place during chapter 3 of Terminal Status, although it's going to end up looking a bit different in the actual game. Still, I love this conversation and found myself wanting to draw it. (Spoilers: Post-Op and Concuss end up agreeing to fake-date after this, and it's sooo funny. They hate each other.)

Image IDs are in alt text 👍

[gluttonyedits]

I swear to you, I will be there self-indulgent: The Confrontation moodboard

[your9thsymphony]

Posting my favorite panel from every episode of Purple Hyacinth because I miss it severely

Day 43: Episode 42

[melody-loka]

The Confrontation - Dragon Age Origins

Laelia Surana, my warden, as she passes her confrontation, finding an ally in a little mouse, not knowing what will happen after that

[rottedcreatures]

The confrontation.

(Ficlet below)

Sans watched as the human stepped through the doors of the ruins, eye sockets solid black, eyelights not turned on. His mask covered the angry scowl etched into his face, and he stared at the kid, trying to see if he could find any dust on them. Spitting none, his anger only grew, and appeared in front of them. “Hey kid.” He spoke.

Frisk, controlled by the player, paused, staring at Sans. The player stared at their screen, bewildered. This isn’t what’s supposed to happen.

“Ya know kid, I’m gettin’ real sick of your games.” Sans spoke, the battle screen appearing, but the Player realized they couldn’t move frisk anymore. Sans’s blue eye lit up, and he raised his hand, taking it out of his pocket. “So I’m gonna give you some options.”

The player stared at their screen in shock, unable to move Frisk. They couldn’t even hit any buttons. What was going on? They continued reading the text box of Sans’s speech.

“Either you close the game, and don’t come back. Leave us alone, and stop toying with us.”

The player scoffed as they read that

“Or. I kill you right here, right now, and you keep the game open.”

The player raised an eyebrow “He can’t do that.” They muttered to themselves, watching at their choices appeared before them. They scowled and moved Frisk’s soul over the fight button, hitting enter to activate it, and hitting the space bar when the hit box was in the center.

Sans dodged the player’s attack easily, laughing to himself. Of course the kid wouldn’t make this easy. Sighing slightly, he raised his hand again, turning the soul blue. “Look like you left me no choice, Kid.” He spoke

The player panicked. This wasn’t supposed to happen. This wasn’t supposed to happen! How is he doing this!?

Sans’s expression darkened, Gaster blaster’s surrounded the player. He clicked his fingers and watched as they fired, draining the player’s HP, and watched as the soul broke in half, and shattered apart.

The player paled as the continue or reset screen appeared on their computer, hovering their mouse over the reset button, but then- it disappeared, broken in half by a bone attack. What the hell?

“Heya kid.” Sans’s text box appeared, along with Sans’s sprite. Only it looked, different. The hood was up, and he was wearing a mask over his mouth and ‘nose’, for lack of better term.

The player cursed, trying to move to the continue button, only to watch helplessly as Sans destroyed that too. “What the fuck?”

“Easy on the language there kid.” Sans’s text box read as he spoke. “Now what you’re gonna do, kid, is you’re gonna leave this screen open. And you’re not gonna close the game. What you’re going to do, is you’re going to keep your game open, and let us live in peace.”

The player rolled their eyes. Then their screen glitched, and they couldn’t move their mouse. Their eyes widened

“But kids like you never make it easy.” Sans’s text box read. “So I’m taking matters into my own hands, kid.”

The screen changed. The player was forced to watch as their save file changed to UNKNOWN, and their items disappeared, and then- they couldn’t leave the screen, or close the game. And their computer wasn’t turning off.

“No hard feelings, right?” The text appeared, somewhat shaking. The player swallowed, and watched as Sans’s sprite disappeared.

What have they done?

[thatisntverycombefair]

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THE HOSPITAL????!!!!"

"I WANT WAFFLE FRIES."

[loulooser]

Half of the confrontation is just Javert being thrown on the floor spluttering and groaning I don’t know how I feel about it

[wanderinghedgehog]

I got another thing to add to my list of hilarious confrontation choreography in high school productions of Les Mis. This production I’m watching seems to be very good overall, but the confrontation is absolutely bonkers. The first round of fight choreo is very basic until Valjean backs away and gestures like “WAIT A MINUTE put the fight on hold I wanna talk to Fantine.” And Javert is just fine with that????? But now it’s time for round two, so the fight choreo is back. Valjean then proceeds to punch Javert, knock his hat off, and fucking BOOK IT offstage. Javert then has to pick up his poor hat before storming off to chase Valjean.

You just don’t get stuff like this from watching professional productions. Brilliant.