#enjoltaire just have some dense political metaphors packed into their relationship and characterization
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listen valvert is a better exploration of les mis’s themes than enjoltaire could ever be
#swinging at the hornet’s nest here but it’s true#redemption and forgiveness???#mercy vs justice???#like valjean and javert are literal embodiments of the work’s central questions#so in asking how these two people could come to love each other you must needs confront these questions head on#with the same grace as the original narrative#enjoltaire just have some dense political metaphors packed into their relationship and characterization#but they’re often taken out of the original context because in the 21st century their intensely specific symbolism just isn’t as relevant#les miserables is a transcendent work and valvert are transcendent#maybe im just pissed off because like 90% of the fandom attention goes to the amis when valvert is. right there???#and i used to be one of y’all but#anyways 🥰#and like i get it fighting for a new dawn is compelling or whatever sure#but self sacrifice i think is given more credit than it deserves when the real profundity to me is the human drive to live#like okay#giving yourself up for something greater than yourself???#whatever#played out as all hell#choosing life in spite of all its hardships#choosing life as the only way you can experience love or growth?#self sacrifice is too glorified#show me learning the value of the self and then we can talk
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