#enjolsette ....<3

[syrupsyche]

Because I'm crazy I'm gonna do a quick director's commentary on the latest chapter of my enjsette siblings canon era fic. If you'd like to read more of this, or even my director's commentary of my other fics, lmk because I'd absolutely do it even if one (1) person asked.

Enjolras had initially been adamant that they got through the dinners as fast as possible; [...] Cosette, however, was not as easily convinced.

From the start, we already see Enjolras wanting to get this Over and Done With but unfortunately for him, Cosette comes up with valid arguments to retaliate his plan. Reason for his eagerness are spoiler-ish, but it is kinda explained in a previous chapter!

On top of his law studies— the bar was only in a few months, much to his and Courfeyrac’s horror—, Marius found his days swamped with other work, having to jot down dates for dinners, rehearse conversation topics, and finish his translation jobs to save up for possible courting gifts

I'll admit it here first: I am going absolutely HAYWIRE with the timeline of the book. Canonically, Marius would have been done with the bar by now but I needed him to have another connection with Enjolras outside of purely Les Amis so I'm just cobbling together different events from the brick atp.

Soon, these meetings quickly became less of a task to be fulfilled and more of a sanctuary for Marius. Here, Marius chatted, laughed, and listened to the men as they dreamt and worked towards a better future for France, one that he was now an intimate part of.

Slight thematic spoilers but I think it would have been obvious by now: the point of the fic isn't really the development of Marius and Cosette's romantic relationship but rather, the development of the multiple genuine friendships he makes. I wanted AU!Marius to have a deeper connection with Les Amis– even if he hadn't quite match their level of political thought– and especially with Enjolras, both within and outside of the group. We'll see this again later on in the chapt, from Enj's perspective!

He then placed himself much higher on her personal list of friends by gifting her carnation seeds and a collection of Aeschylus’ plays, much to her family’s confusion.

“There is a florist that makes beautifully dark bouquets.” Marius did not know how he found it in himself to speak, but decided it was good to continue.

I hc this to be the florist that he buys flowers from for his father's grave. It would be before he started to learn German but hey, how hard is it to buy mourning flowers in a different language? /lh

Before anyone else could respond, a miracle happened. Cosette’s father spoke.

“Do you know other languages?” [...]

“Have you been to England then?”

Why oh why would Valjean be interested in learning languages to be used in different countries surrounding France? 🤔

Cosette, ever so bright, took to English swiftly, cobbling together surprisingly fluent sentences.

“You are amazing,” she once quickly said in English when her father was distracted by a German dictionary.

“As are you,” Marius responded in kind, feeling braver than he had ever felt in his life.

Again, main point of the story isn't just Marisette development: it's Marisette development with Marius learning to gain confidence in himself first and as a result, build better connections with Cosette and his friends.

“I might have it with me,” Combeferre said from beside Marius. The man had appeared once he learned about the lessons, as though the presence of foreign languages summoned him like a spirit. Lately, he had been sitting in on many of the lessons with an interest for learning more about German and English as well, much to Marius’ bewilderment.

I unfortunately couldn't squeeze in much Ferre in this fic despite him being my #2 favourite Ami, but what little I mention of him, I hope it's clear that he is an absolute NERD. Of course he wants to learn German and English for absolutely no reason.

If Marius had asked this not as the co-conspirator to the elaborate plan they were hosting, or as the man who was steadily becoming one of Enjolras’ closest friends, Enjolras would have politely declined. [...] He was not only a trusted member of the ABC, but a friend that was steadily growing to be the potential new member of his extremely close-knit family. Polite, agreeable, and kind to all, Marius had wormed his way into Enjolras’ affections.

This fic's focus is on Marius but the entire series will chronicle Enjolras and Cosette's evolving relationship with each other and the people in their lives. This is the start of Enjolras' realisation that he has gained a new friend primarily through his sister's workings. And not to give anything away just yet, but this friendship will ultimately have it's consequences, both on him and Cosette.

There was a foreign look on his face, one that Marius was not familiar with yet— he had catalogued Enjolras' anger, happiness, frustration, and confusion over the past few months— but it quickly shuttered close.

“No matter. I just wish to see my sister happy.”

The line was delivered as though rehearsed.

Marius cataloging expressions to identify them 🤝 Enjolras rehearsing lines to sound normal

I definitely write them as neurodivergent, and though technically all of them are nd because I am incapable of writing anyone that is neurotypical, but this two are especially nd.

A mere week after their conversation in Enjolras’ room, Marius found himself passing the bar exam, thus legally declaring him a lawyer. Bahorel, who had not turned up for the exam at all, delivered a funeral oration at the next meeting in Marius’ honour.

I can't resist inserting and re-inserting Bahorel and his law school shenanigans into the story. He's so funny and creates such a great contrast against both Marius (an actual lawyer) and Enjolras (an actual functioning law student).

Marius refused to allow panic to set in, and determinedly looped his arm around Courfeyrac’s to tug him towards the familiar route to the Fauchelevent’.

A parallel to their first ever dinner! Courfeyrac was pulling Marius along then, now the tables have turned :)

“Thank you,” Marius replied, before smiling dreamily. “I daresay it might have been part of your sister’s plan to do just that.”

“Of course it was. I do not expect anything less from her.”

A quick shoutout to Cosette for being the main mastermind behind all this. From pitching the idea of the very first dinner to subtly revealing Marius' trilingualism to impress her father, she is making sure she gets her man! Right now, she is still a bit of an enigma (the entire Fauchelevent family is, really) but she will get to share her thoughts soon!

Courfeyrac and Cosette led as usual, but interjections from Marius and her father occurred much more frequently as well. [...] Only Enjolras seemed to remain as stoic as he was in the first dinner. [...]

“Eugène,” his father said suddenly, his face expressing a similar look of worry. “You have been quiet. Are you feeling well?”

“Yes Father, I am merely tired. Perhaps I will retire early.”

“The coffee should be ready in the parlour by now,” Cosette pointed out. “Let us head there and you can sit by the fire. The warmth should help you feel better.”

This entire part is one big parallel to the first dinner, except now there are major changes. Marius and Valjean actually talk now, and Enjolras is now the one being weird (for spoiler-y reasons) and the group move to the parlour once again. I wanted to replicate this as closely as possible to see just how much certain characters have changed (Marius and Valjean), and how much some haven't (Cosette and Courf being social as ever, while Enj is still silent).

“Just those books,” the old man said quietly, and Marius knew instantly that the fated conversation was about to commence. Still smiling politely, he entered the room fully as the door softly clicked shut behind him.

They were now alone.

Valjean (as we would know) is not stupid and Marius knows this as well. He is definitely in for the proposal talk and he's terrified BUT he goes in anyways. Next chapter will definitely include Valjean's perspective on the situation: how much does he know? And what exactly does he want with Marius?

Hope yall enjoyed the breakdown! Lemme know if you want a commentary on any other chapter/fics in the future :)

[enjolraspermettendo]

cosette for the character ask <3

Hello!!!!!

COSETTE:

Favourite thing about them: Her resilience. Everything she's been through and here she is, still kind and still strong

Least favourite thing about them: idk if that counts as something about her, but when people reduce her to annoying love interest for Marius.

Favourite line: "Cosette was not very timid by nature. There flowed in her veins some of the blood of the bohemian and the adventuress who runs barefoot. It will be remembered that she was more of a lark than a dove. There was a foundation of wildness and bravery in her"

BrOTP: I love when fics explore her friendship with Grantaire, it seems so random but it works. Also I love to see her being friends with Eponine

OTP: Cosette and Marius, they're so precious

NOTP: Cosette and Eponine, idk, I just don't like the dynamics

Random Headcanon: having lived in a convent and having gotten out when older she was almost shocked of how many religions there actually were. Feeling that she couldn't just choose the Christian religion because she just happened to live in a convent she's now researching all the other religions. Also the Enjolsette siblings, I love them

Unpopular opinion: Not blonde

Song I associate with them:

Favourite picture of them: little cosette ❤️

[maognu]

celebratory enjolsette doodle bc winter break finally started for me a couple days back :3 I might bother colouring it one day, other than that happy holidays hehe

[combeferres-mothematics]

omg im already in love with SCIENCE MUSEUM and the NATM au!! 😭😭😭 i love museums.....

>:3

SCIENCE MUSEUM is a kidfic, where tiny Combeferre and Enjolras get to go to a Science Museum, which I'm blaming @twistyoliver for since he encouraged me when I mentioned the idea /lh

This is probably my most recently started Wip, so there's not much on it, but here's a little snippet!

"Ferre, come see!" Enjolras splashed in the water table, delighted at the coolness of the liquid on his hands. Combeferre, standing several feet away, well out of the splash zone, furrowed his eyebrows as he considered it. "I don't want to be wet." "But Ferre!" "Only if you promise not to splash me." Combeferre reluctantly agreed when Enjolras pouted at him, carefully rolling his sleeves up as high as he could before joining the younger boy at the water table. "I promise," Enjolras said solemnly as he scooted over to make room, grabbing a boat. He was soaked already, and had no qualms about getting wetter. "What're you doing?" "Seeing how many rocks I can put in the boat before it sinks." Combeferre murmured, adding another one of the glass pebbles sprinkled in the bottom of the table to his watercraft, pausing for a moment to see if anything changed in the way it rested in the water. "I think it might take ten rocks."

And then, the NATM Au >:3 I don't have a snippet because it is a massive brain dump of lore with no order at all rn, but I can tell you a bit about it!! :D

So, there's the museum, Valjean runs it with his two lovely assistants (And children) Enjolras and Cosette. I actually started this around the time I started seeing your enjolsette twins art and got hooked, so it quickly dissolved into an au where they're twins. XD

After an accident (don't let Combeferre do experiments in a highly magical museum y'all) ends up with Enjolras and Combeferre trapped in the museum's exhibits, Valjean has to find a new night security guard to help Javert out since it used to be Enjolras who did it.

Enter Feuilly. He's looking for a job, and Valjean decides he trusts him enough with the museum's secret, and takes him on. Little does Feuilly know, that when Javert's giving the tour and telling him things like "Keep those two apart or they'll fight" or "Don't trust that one, it bites" (I need you to know this is about Bahorel, and he's one of those little tiny figures and I find it utterly hilarious). He's not actually being eccentric, he's warning him about what he'll have to deal with at night.

The first night comes, and Feuilly is as shocked as you may expect from the sudden lifelikeness of the exhibits, and he gets to meet some of them. :3

At first, Enjolras isn't please with the idea of there being a new night guard (he hasn't met Feuilly yet at that point) but he quickly warms up to him because it's Feuilly.

And Combeferre's pretty much just vibing tbh (He's very excitedly studying what seems to happen while he and Enj are in the exhibits)

I could go on for some time about this one tbh, but I'll stop there for now lol

Thanks for the ask!! :D

[pumpkinspice-prouvaire]

Fellow enjolsette siblings truther !! I also love eponaire siblings especially given R was close to gavroche in the musical

ooooh I've never really thought of eponaire siblings!!! I can see it though, like they're not siblings in the conventional sense, but they live together and both look after Gavroche and Azelma, siblings is the best shorthand for their relationship <3

[eposettemyass]

Okay SO: Enjolsette but like..... not as a romantic ship but like.... Apollo and Artemis.... like when they're Gay Siblings™

AHDHVFEVF YE S

1. My take on their canon relationship:

canonically they don’t interact so idk man. i would have loved for them to meet in the bricc it would have been so funny adhjsvfj

2. Do I ship them:

AS YOU DESCRIBED,,, absolutely. god. can you imagine the beautiful chaos they would wield??? the most gorgeous people on earth??? i HAVE to accept that

3. Reasons why I do/don’t ship them;

see above. also i have a soft spot for gay siblings coming from an all-gay-children household myself.

4. Headcanon, if any:

they’re identical twins

birth parents are homophobic so whenever eponine or grantaire come over they always pretend to switch datemates

5. How much do I ship (%):

75% gay siblings rule

[syrupsyche]

I JUST HAD A THOUGHT

Enjolsette siblings au, when they're running from Javert and end up in the convent.

How does Valjean manage to get two kids over the wall? He struggles enough in the brick with just Cosette, and barely makes it, but now he's got Enjolras too. :O

I doubt there's enough time for him to pull one up and lower the rope to do the same with the second, so does he tie them together? Or have one cling to his back while he climbs? (Probably dangerous af, but if you're in a pinch it could probably work)

Idk this could be really fun to explore the possibilities :0

I LOVE YOUR ENJOLSETTE SIBLINGS THOUGHTS!!!! Thank u for sharing them 😭

Okay so this was one of the parts of canon that, when I first started jotting down my AU, I decided to pointedly ignore because the logistics of figuring it out was CRAZY. Your ask got me thinking about it again though, and after rereading the chapter I decided to write a drabble on what I would think might happen. Is it realistic? Probably not, but this is my sandbox and I shall play with it however I want :3

Drabble under the cut below! Parts in italics are from the original text.

P.S. for those confused as to who Eugène is; that is Enjolras' real name in my enjolsette siblings AU, from the OFEAverse! 😎

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“Eugène,” said Jean Valjean in barely a murmur. He was untying his cravat. “Reply softly. Have you learned to tie a knot?”

“Yes sir.” The young boy said quietly. He had not yet begun calling the man father. “I tie the horses to their stables.”

“Take your cravat off. Tie the end of it to mine.”

As the boy set about his task, Jean Valjean’s despairing glance fell on the street lantern-post of the blind alley Genrot.

Jean Valjean, with the energy of a supreme struggle, crossed the street at one bound, entered the blind alley, broke the latch of the little box with the point of his knife, and an instant later he was beside the children once more. He had a rope.

When he returned to the dark corner, Eugène had the long strip of fabric in his hands, staring up at Jean Valjean.

“Father,” Cosette said, her small hands clutching the back of her brother’s coat. “I am afraid. Who is coming?”

“Hush!” replied the unhappy man; “it is Madame Thénardier.”

Cosette shuddered. He added:—

“Say nothing. Don’t interfere with me. If you cry out, if you weep, the Thénardier is lying in wait for you. She is coming to take you back.”

Thoroughly frightened, the little girl threw her arms around her brother, her face buried in his shoulder. Eugène looked just as alarmed but kept still, an arm around his sister while his other still held the cravats out.

“Lift your arms,” Jean Valjean instructed quietly, taking the tied cravats away from the boy.

The children complied. Jean Valjean wrapped the cravats around their bodies under the armpits, and fastened it to one end of the rope. He took the other end in his teeth, pulled off his shoes and stockings, which he threw over the wall, stepped upon the mass of masonry, and began to raise himself in the angle of the wall and the gable with as much solidity and certainty as though he had the rounds of a ladder under his feet and elbows. Half a minute had not elapsed when he was resting on his knees on the wall.

Cosette and Eugène gazed at him in stupid amazement. Cosette’s arms had returned to hugging her brother closely, the name Thénardier having chilled her blood.

“Eugène,” called Jean Valjean in a very low tone. “Put your back against the wall.”

The little boy did so at once.

“Are you holding onto your sister?”

“Yes sir.”

“Hold onto her for your life. You must never let her go or you shall lose her forever, do you understand?”

Fear clutched the poor boy’s heart. Still, he nodded bravely and tightly embraced his sister.

“Yes sir.”

And the children felt themselves being lifted from the ground.

Before either could scream or cry, they were on the top of the wall.

At once, Jean Valjean grabbed the children and pulled them next to him. With his knife he slashed the cravats around their bodies, pulling Cosette onto his back and holding her two tiny hands in his large left hand.

“Lie low,” he said quietly, pressing his right hand down on Eugène’s back til he was flat on his stomach. “Crawl to the slope and stop. Move carefully. Do not speak.”

Eugène nodded dumbly and began crawling with the swift agility all young boys possess. Behind him, Jean Valjean crawled towards the cant as well, Cosette clinging to his back.

As he had guessed, there stood a building whose roof started from the top of the wooden barricade and descended to within a very short distance of the ground, with a gentle slope which grazed the linden-tree. A lucky circumstance, for the wall was much higher on this side than on the street side. Jean Valjean could only see the ground at a great depth below him.

He had just reached the slope of the roof, and had not yet left the crest of the wall, when a violent uproar announced the arrival of the patrol. The thundering voice of Javert was audible:—

“Search the blind alley! The Rue Droit-Mur is guarded! so is the Rue Petit-Picpus. I’ll answer for it that he is in the blind alley.”

The soldiers rushed into the Genrot alley.

Jean Valjean pressed a finger to his lips, staring at the wide-eyed boy next to him. Moving in front of Eugène, Jean Valjean allowed himself to slide down the roof, still holding fast to Cosette, reached the linden-tree, and leaped to the ground.

He placed the young girl down the moment they landed, who curled up at his feet clutching his trousers. Whether it was from terror or courage, Cosette had not breathed a word.

Jean Valjean then looked up at the boy still atop the wall. Erasing all traces of fear from his face, he smiled gently up at him and held out his hands, his palms facing up.

Eugène, understanding what he meant, immediately turned onto his back and slid down the roof, stopping himself at the linden tree with his feet. Wrapping his arms around the tree, he quickly scampered down, where Jean Valjean scooped him into his arms at once. Bravado finally leaving that tiny body, the boy pressed his face into Jean Valjean’s shoulder and released his shuddering breaths that came close to tears.

“Hush now, child,” Jean Valjean murmured into his ear, shifting his weight so that he sat on his right arm. Bending down, he slipped his shoes back on and picked Cosette up with his left.

With both children now back in his arms, Jean Valjean turned around to find himself at the beginning of an enigma.

[syrupsyche]

i just realised some people are going to have to die in OFEA and i dont think im ready for it at all actually . ive been thinking a lot abt valjean and cosette’s reactions to enjolras dying within OFEA and . safe to day im unwell . maybe you shouldnt kill any of them😁😁

anyways thats it have a great day oomfie<3

Hello oomfie 😍!!! Thank u for the ask hehe; I too have thought a lot about how Valjean and Cosette would react to Enjolras' death in the enjolsette siblings AU — Cosette I think I've pinned down how she'll react bc her reaction is quite essential to the plot; the entire ending of the fic will depend on what she does afterwards!! For Valjean, however, I still have to figure out how he copes with the death of his child that isn't him just immediately jumping into the Seine right after. Even just thinking about Valjean grappling with this loss makes me sad :'(((

Debated whether or not to make a sad drawing or a happy drawing for your ask so I decided to do both; here is Cosette coming up to heaven to beat Enjolras up:

And here is them in the morgue!

CW for drawing of a corpse below the cut:

[syrupsyche]

HIIIIII guess whove just finished reading the latest chapter of TPTNBH :p (me the answer is me)!!

valjean only speaking up when cosette and enjolras are fighting BROKE me . he loves his children so much im UNWELL !!! Lord give him the ability to connect with them more please please pleaseeeeeeee!!.

i love ur grantaire a lot ! he really is an unreliable narrator (as he should)

cosette stays the best character and i hope she gets to punch enjolras . as a treat :p

im so excited to see where this is going . will valjean learn about les amis de l’abc ?! when r they dying … (<- this is the question that scares me the most) AND WILL THE PAINTING EVER BE DONE!!! oki bye have a good day (its like 8am for you when im writing this) love uuuu<3

getting ur post-reading asks are always the highlight of my week, ade ❤️❤️ thank u sm for loving the fic just as much as i do 😭

valjean angst is something that can be so personal to a 22 year old girl <3 i feel like exploring valjean's role in an enjolsette siblings story is really underrated and while he's not the focus rn, im glad to know his perpetual sadness is noticed! enjolras and cosette only exists to make his white hair even whiter, i fear.

i also love writing grantaire and cosette, as usual :p i need grantaire to be a bit cringefail rn so that cosette can throw her hands up and go "ugh i guess I have to do everything myself!!" before proceeding to punch the living daylights out of enjolras (/j...unless). she hasn't actually gotten a full POV chapter yet so im excited for her to step into the shoes of an unreliable narrator too!!

and yeah im sorry man but they're all gonna DIE sooner or later....hopefully later, after the painting is finished otherwise cosette is going to be very pissed about the commission she paid for 😡

here's a little doodle that i think sums up the latest chapter IMO, only that grantaire WISHES he could drink alcohol but no, he just gets 5 cups of coffee.

[syrupsyche]

your orestes fasting and elektra alone series have rewired my brain chemistry as we say. truly truly TRULY inspired me to write more about enjolsette as siblings… so many thoughts about them !!!! have a good day <3

thank you so so much for your kind words 😭❤️ my OFEA series is very near and dear to my heart, and to know that it's also well-loved by others means a lot!! i can't express just how much i appreciate this message 🥺🥺

as thanks, here's a WIP i've painted of Enjolras and Cosette! i've sort of hit a mental block on this so i doubt i'll finish it up, but i hope you like it anyways! <33

P.S. if you ever want to talk about enjolsette siblings or dracula or anything, feel free to send a message 😈😈 i loooove talking about them!!

[syrupsyche]

aw yiss cruise trip with papa

PLEASE

THIS TITLE TOOK ME OUT I NEED TO KNOW MORE LMAO

OKAY SO this was a reference to that gif of Marius hearing Valjean's confession, which is one of my favourite Les Mis memes of all time:

only for me to now realise that it wasn't even "aw yiss"??? its just "aw yeah"??

okay anyways: modern enjolsette siblings AU where Marius wins cruise trip tickets but instead of only bringing his new gf Cosette as a date, he somehow manages to bring her entire family on board. Cue awkward bonding with Enjolras before eventual awkward bonding with Valjean <3 platonic bed-sharing is also a recurring thing in the fic bc it's the highest form of trust and love i know

A little snippet from it:

“Papa, look!” Cosette slipped away from Marius’ side to join her father. “They switched on the surf simulators on the deck! Should we try that later?"

As her father quietly, but lovingly, told her that perhaps he was a bit too old for surfing, Enjolras faced Marius.

“How are you, Marius? I haven't seen you in a while.”

Marius, who couldn't remember a single time Enjolras had initiated a conversation with him, merely replied with a mute nod.

Enjolras didn’t seem fazed; instead, he snuck a look at his father before stepping closer to Marius.

“I really am sorry we have to be here,” he said quietly. “But you know how our father is.”

“It’s fine, really…”

“Cosette told me you were quite upset.”

Marius shrugged weakly. “As you said, nothing can be done.”

Enjolras hummed and for the next few minutes, didn’t say anything as the queue began to move forward. Cosette continued to cling to her father.

“Well,” Enjolras spoke up once more. “There is no better time to get on his good side than now, right?”

Marius tried not to look too aghast.

“Ah er, I'm not too sure…Cosette wanted this trip to just be the two of us y’know, and we were thinking to just…go and explore the ship on our own? Not to say you and your father are bad company! But it's just that we were thinking of— y'know— um—”

“I understand.” Enjolras graciously cut in, sparing Marius from making a bigger fool of himself. His eyes flickered over to his family.

[syrupsyche]

Unfortunately, the plan was nearly stopped in its tracks when, on the morning of the end of September, Enjolras went to take his hat from its rack. Just as he was to make an early escape, the door gave a loud knock. He flung it open at once to prevent his sister from being alerted.

“Good morning,” Grantaire greeted him.

If it were not for the fact he had been raised well by his father, Enjolras would have shut the door. Alas, he simply shook his head.

“Please leave my home.”

“I shall,” Grantaire replied immediately. He did not move.

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Next chapter of my canon era Enjolsette siblings fic is up nowww!! Thank u for your patience ❤️❤️

[syrupsyche]

Summary:

Grantaire may be an artist by trade, but he has never once depended on it for any sort of wages, liveable or otherwise. However, when a Mademoiselle Fauchelevent commissions him to paint a figure he has drawn hundreds of times before, Grantaire could not find it in himself to refuse.

Meanwhile, Enjolras and Cosette find the chasm between them growing wider. But as Enjolras draws further away, Cosette tries to reach closer— with devastating consequences.

Or; Enjolras and Cosette are siblings in 19th century France. Portraiture becomes the least of their worries.

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The prologue to my thrilling canon era Enjolsette siblings fic threequel has now been uploaded! Do check it out if you're interested <3

[syrupsyche]

Hi! I've finished my second installment of the canon era Enjolsette siblings au, so here is a director's commentary on the last chapter because I did not take almost 3 months to write it to not have any thoughts on it.

We get Valjean's reason for agreeing to the language lessons! If Marius had kept up the lessons long enough without popping the question, Valjean might have just whisked Cosette away to England. Now that's an AU-within-an-AU I wanna explore...

Feuilly appears! And is once again able to elicit a human reaction out of Enjolras. This is also where Valjean begins to realise that his children are pretty sad and lonely most of the time, and while it is partially because of his tendency to isolate them all, he takes it way harder than he should.

Enjolras is trying to be aloof here. "Cosette told me...distant from her. She's worried...". He doesn't bring in his own feelings on the matter, and one might wonder if he had even noticed Valjean's weird behaviour if it weren't for Cosette. Which brings us to:

I personally hc that Enjolras is usually so caught up in his public affairs that he neglects the details of his private life until it catches up to him (something we shall hopefully explore in later installments...). As such, when he finally thinks through why his aging father might be tired more often and losing his sense of time, he jumps to the most obvious conclusion. And that conclusion hits him like a truck.

Dammit Enjolras! He reveals the secret his sister has worked so hard on keeping 😔 Though I cannot blame him; I don't think Enjolras has had any experience dealing with the sinking panic that comes with thinking your parent might die soon. He would have a much better hold on Les Amis secrets compared to this lol.

Also, a tad bit of Valjean selfishness here: he never reassures Enjolras that he isn't actually sick or dying. Instead, he uses his son's frazzled state of mind to fish out the details of Marius' courtship and then sends him out of the room. Poor Enjolras probably still thinks his father is going to die soon! (Which, if you can remember, is most likely the reason why he convinces Marius to quickly propose to Cosette)

This talk is surprisingly cathartic for Marius. He is a little closer to Valjean in this AU (though thats not saying much) so he might have unconsciously imprinted on Valjean as a pseudo father-figure. By spilling all this to Valjean, he's finally able to tell a "father" all that he had wanted to say to Georges Pontmercy, thereby relieving his guilt. And of course Valjean sympathizes with him here; Marius shares a lot of traits with Cosette.

Classic Valjean self-deprecation 👍 Though, he is a little foolish for allowing Cosette to be married to Marius who, at this stage, is still quite broke. However, this AU does have Enjolras as a brother, so Valjean probably feels good enough to leave her in his hands and just fade into obscurity.

Rescued-from-the-gallows metaphor hehehe....

A direct contrast to Marius in the first chapter, who was merely "...an only child with no father" and knew nothing of "a loving, tight-knit family" (Chpt 1). Now now he's beginning to have a father again, as well as a brother! We can see how much Marius has developed over the course of the fic :D

Ironically, it is Enjolras now that notices and worries over his father, while Cosette is busy with her friends. Would he try to address this in the future? Maybe. Then again, this is the only time he will ever let himself be fully distracted from the rebellion plans, so whatever his course of action will be, I doubt it'll be for a completely selfless reason (or selfish, depending on how you see it...)

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This has been a very long analysis but I did put 5 months of work into this fic 😞 Now I'm scared how long it'll take me to finish the rest of the installments....

Let me know if you want more director's commentary in the future! I love dissecting stories, especially my own :)

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fellow siblings cosette & enjolras truther. also good les mis fanart reblogger (whenever i see #how do u talent, i'd be like, yeah)

SORRY my ask box ate this ask and I'm only now seeing it!!! But yes luv enjolsette siblings we should start a club for the best headcanon ever <3 <3 <3