#madeleine in lm 2000 is <3 valjean... is... he exists lol

[lenievi]

I saw someone complain how LM 2000 doesn't have the factory in M.-s.-M. to be for black glass and be like nettles? seriously? stupid

while also being like lolwhut when Madeleine tells Javert how useful nettles can be if people look for hidden virtues

and while it's very in your face and might seem a bit weird that Valjean's telling it to Javert's face, it's from the book, actually (not him telling it to Javert; tho Valjean has a thing about explaining himself to Javert in this series and I do not dislike it)

“Nettle cloth is as good as linen cloth. (...) With the exercise of a little care, the nettle could be made useful; it is neglected and it becomes hurtful. It is exterminated. How many men resemble the nettle! (...) “Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.” (Hapgood)

But because it's actually a good little scene, why not use it in the series in some form (and therefore change what is being made in the factory)? Even if it isn't word for word, but it's clear that scene in LM 2000 was inspired by this, and you get more or less the same out of it.