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I just discovered foodtimeline.org, which is exactly what it sounds like: centuries worth of information about FOOD.  If you are writing something historical and you want a starting point for figuring out what people should be eating, this might be a good place?

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I think i really gotta read the brick at some point cause every week someone will mention a new character and i have never heard them mentioned before in any other post like i didnt know there were this many french people

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WOAG! sorry for not arting as much recently les mis ppl :) here's some old men love for your consideration (a man and his dog)

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To distract myself from the horrors of reality, I've been diving into Javert/Valjean fanfics. Some are lovely, some captivating, and some just silly but amusing. I've even found several favourite authors. While I'm fully aware that these interpretations of Javert and Valjean bear little resemblance to Hugo’s characters, they provide entertainment, feature some recognizable traits, and are often well-written. However, as a historian, I can't help but cringe at the anachronisms and messy everyday details that crop up.

I can overlook most of these issues, given the specific nature of fanfics. However, one recurring detail that baffles me is the frequent mention of TEA in almost every Valvert fanfic set in the canon era. I can take it that they eat porridge and eggs with bacon for breakfast – let it be, at least it doesn’t happen that often. But TEA?! In France? In the 1830s? At home? To indulge in tea drinking during this period, one would have to be either a crazy Anglophile or Sinophile. And one had to be rich to afford it. While it's true that the French did drink tea (Napoleon himself was a fan), it was largely limited to aristocrats or wealthy bourgeois. Valjean might qualify as the latter, but he wouldn't likely splurge on such a fancy beverage for himself. And let's not forget that tea required expensive porcelain tea sets.

Furthermore, tea was typically enjoyed outside the home in fashionable salons de thé, rather than being a household beverage like it was in Britain. So, if you're writing Valjean/Javert (or any Les Mis) fanfic, please reconsider having them drink tea. Water and/or wine would be a much more plausible choice. Or at least explain why they drink tea. Even coffee wouldn't be ideal, as it wasn't yet a common household beverage at that time. It was the Germans who first adopted the tradition of making coffee at home, as it was initially considered unsuitable for women.

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Post-Seine Javert be like

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Obligatory post-Seine doodle

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Hanif Abdurraqib, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

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have you/will you ever draw valvert 🥺

I did one silly cartoonish confrontation (can be found under valvert tag on this blog), and I also just recently discovered this unfinished art buried in my many and very chaotic Procreate folders.

It’s Valjean saving Javert from the Seine river (Because who doesn’t love good angst and this trope)

It was made after finally getting to see the show on West End, and so it happens they are both based on the cast I’ve seen. If I go back to this piece, I’ll probably dilf Javert up a bit :Dd

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One thing I love about the Munich production of LesMis: Javert is part of the finale 🥺 This makes such a conciliatory picture!

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for us it's the awkward carriage ride

but for javert it's

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love is (not) a walk in the park

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Haha get loved unconditionally idiot. Get absolutely fuckin cherished. Lol you're about to be hugged so hard. I appreciate you deeply as a person, what you gonna do about it? Nothing lmao

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my little shot at a post!seine drawing

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historical accuracy in fics is so funny to me. googling if they had grapefruit spoons in 1845 but also letting two men get married. fuck homophobia, tell me about cutlery.

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Do You Hear the People Sing

by Mike McCain