Made a redraw just for fun. Kinda hate it but at least it was fun to make.
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I know that Cosette is an integral part of the story of Les Mis, in a way that I think is really under recognized, especially in adaptations where her characters is incredibly flattened, and that we need to talk about how she connects basically the entire book.
But y'know what? I think we don't admit enough how Jean Valjean is the protagonist. Every big, inciting incident in this book including the introduction of Cosette happens because he had a crisis. The only exception to this rule is the June Rebellion, and Hugo's language explicitly parallels the two at points.
We are now witnessing the third great crisis (the first being the Bishop and the second being Valjean forced to turn himself in, then going and finding Cosette). At the time of the second crisis, Hugo tells us that without it Valjean might have lost some of the true and pure goodness instilled in him by Myriel. And while this exact sentiment isn't stated at this point, I do think we are meant to feel that way. Especially in regards to this paragraph:
"After he had firmly established that that young man was at the bottom of this state of affairs, and that everything stemmed from him, he, Jean Valjean, the regenerated man, the man who had so labored on his soul, the man who had made so many efforts to resolve all life, all misery, and all misfortune into love' he looked within himself and saw a specter, Hatred."
What truly brings out the goodness in Valjean is when he demonstrates that true, spontaneous love that goes against his interests. Turning himself in was against his best interests. So was going to find Cosette, promising to Fantine that he would help her child. Now here is another opportunity. Hugo mocks Valjean by reminding him of all that he's supposedly accomplished in regards to love. Showing that Valjean is once more straying.
In seeing Cosette as "his" (which Marius does too in a way that is equally foolish) Valjean is losing sight both of how life works and how love works. And now he must truly face this.
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MAJOR MHA MANGA SPOILERS
OMG YES, THEY ARE FINALLY RESTING
I hate the fact that shigaraki has such a smug look on his face, bro go kill yourself/hj
IZUKU LOOKS LIKE A SURPRISED CAT-
"Toshinori is even crazier than you."- Nana Shimura.
most probably her last words before death
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You guys are commenting on the fics you read right? You’re at least leaving kudos on the Astarion smut and the pairs that have less than 20 fics for them too? You’re bookmarking stories you really like that are still being updated and ones that haven’t been touched in over a year right?
You know that even the smallest interactions are like cocaine to fic writers right? You understand how important a string of emoji hearts left behind on a chapter at three am is right?? Right????
You’re treating AO3 like a community and not a content factory….right?
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ok hear me out—
(sue me but he was one of the only mfs in that damn place who wasn't tryna kill the player and i think we should have been able to save him. so, fix it au where y/n helps the gang escape and they live happily in a secluded house in the woods)
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