#this is obviously not set in stone

[hadleysmis]

'POV timeline' of AU of Les Misérables, set during the beginning of the Japanese Empire

1899 -> Thénardiers' perspective

Hokkaido Former Aborigines Protection Act is enforced. The Thénardier couple begin to starve. They bought land to farm, but due to it being infertile, they have it repossessed.

Protection Act and the forced starvation and assimilation -> Thénardiers' perspective

1908 -> Jean Valjean's perspective

Jean Valjean has escaped coal mining prison and has taken refuge in a kotan somewhere in Kushiro. He had first planned to rob ironware from the place before being caught by an Ainu elder who had mistaken him for a Wajin (Japanese).

She takes in him, and she was about to abandon the house in the first place in order to live in the mountains because she had nothing left to lose. So she wasn't so fussed that she was getting robbed, as long as it wasn't the Wajins doing it.

He catches up with her on the expansion of the Japanese Empire (as he was imprisoned in 1889) with an elder who's sheltering him. She also tells him the state of Ainu Mosir (Hokkaidou).

The expansion of the Japanese Empire -> Jean Vajlean's POV

He also talks about how he was put into prison. This is not focused on. -> Jean Valjean's POV

1908-191? -> Jean Valjean, Javert, and Cosette's perspective

Couple of months later, Jean Valjean migrates to Korea.

He takes a baby under his wing and financially supports her. He barely knew Fantine apart from how her corpse looked like when he had found her.

Javert, a patrolling police there, pins the murder of Fantine on Jean Valjean.

(Despite the official annexation not having taken place yet, Japanese military police existed in Korea after the Japan-Korea treaty of 1905.)

This forces Jean Valjean to be wary and on the run and jittery for the next handful of years.

Javert is later assigned to watch over education in Korea, to make sure the assimilation process is progressing as intended.

In duration of this, we get to see how this Ryuukyuuan police officer saw of himself degradingly, and how he saw the Koreans and Ryuukyuuans as the extension of the Japanese Empire. -> Javert's POV

Meanwhile, Cosette grows up quite content with her caretaker, aided by Jean Valjean's finance. She thinks of him as Uncle than a Father at this moment in time, because he sometimes visits but doesn't stay long.

191?-1919 -> Grantaire' perspective

We get to see the underground resistance movement through the lens of one group: Les Amis.

We see through the eyes of the pessimistic Grantaire as he tracked down and found out what his arranged-to-be-wife (Enjolras) was doing.

Pro-Korean sentiments are explored here. -> Grantaire's POV

1919 -> Cosette, Grantaire, and Jean Valjean's perspective

Cosette watches her caretaker (this AU's Toussaint most likely) die as punishment for the whole village doing the manse, along with one man.

She watches through the leaves, hugging a steady branch, while on her garden tree. She had been the one to wave the flag, given Toussaint's permission.

When the patrolling soldiers noticed, Toussaint demanded the flag so Cosette wouldn't get captured.

Grantaire watches one the most brutal crackdowns on the Manse protest, and sees three major things before his implied execution:

Japanese police arrive on horseback with ropes

People on the passing train opening the windows to do the manse (entirely fictional, I came up with this in a fever dream apparently)

Japanese authorities burn down a church with Koreans barricaded inside

Jean Valjean witnesses the violence of the protest as well. Instead of a carriage he lifts, it's piles of bodies, in order to relieve the suffocating victims pinned down by the weight.

Unlike Grantaire, Jean Valjean is passive to the violence and once he saves the people he could, he rushes off to take care of Cosette and get the fuck out of Korea.

Thus: March 1st Movement -> Cosette, Grantaire, and Jean Valjean's POV

1919-1922 -> Cosette and the Thénardiers' (and Éponine's) perspective

Jean Valjean and Cosette meet a variety of people, which counteracts the growing propaganda in Japan.

Cosette falls victim to the propaganda education, and becomes pro-Japanese. Due to trauma, she forgets most of her Korean past.

Japanese war and assimilation propaganda -> Cosette and the Thénardiers' POV

In between, they meet yakuzas, including those of ethnic minorities such as Taiwanese and Chinese, and they also meet some of the burakumin.

In 1922, they meet Zenkoku Suiheisha in its founding year, which called for equality for all humans.

Cosette realises how she's fallen for the propaganda and lashes out at Jean Valjean for not fighting against it (as he thought it would protect her).

Cosette tries to abandon her past philosophies, but finds it difficult to realise which sections of her logic, memory, and knowledge was a part of the propaganda, and which were real.

She still has no memory of the March 1st Movement due to trauma.

Meanwhile, the Thénardiers try to pursue education for their children in order to get out of survival. They migrate with Gavroche strapped to the mother's back to Hakodate: the hub of colonisers and development. This takes place in 1920.

The Thénardiers, despite being noticeably Ainu, try to abandon all their culture outside of the house, and try to stay out of any trouble. This causes psychological harm on the upbringing of their children.

But the parents are too traumatised about their past and the harsher environments they faced that they ignore their children's protests.

They keep their financial prospect afloat by trading with a yakuza group from the mainland. It was better than what they did back up in Asahikawa, before they migrated. The father had to spend his nights grave robbing for the Wajin anthropologists.

Éponine and Azelma, and the parents begin to form their own opinions about the assimilation process and what they need to survive. They unanimously agree on the migration, but they have different opinions on the Wajin (Japanese).

This is explored through Éponine's conversations with her parents, and with her sister individually. -> Éponine

1923 -> Javert's and Montparnasse's POV

It's the year of the Great Kantou Earthquake and the subsequent massacre.

The devastating blow of the earthquake is described by Javert's location (who is in the Kantou region, most likely Toukyou), as he experiences the panic and the rumour/lie of Koreans being at fault being broadcasted.

(I remember reading about specifically which police stations exacerbated the lie about Koreans being the fault of many of the destructions, but I forgot, so Javert's location may change in accordance to the information.)

Javert takes in to shelter ethnic Koreans and Chinese who were crying out for shelter, but soon found that they had been released by his superior officers, which most likely resulted in deaths.

Javert becomes disillusioned, tries to save people outside of the police name as he contemplates on his identity and purpose.

He finds Jean Valjean and Cosette who were on the run, and they duel. Javert believes that Jean Valjean should be one of the few Koreans who deserved to die on this mass lynching, as he was guilty of the 'rape and murder' of Fantine.

Javert has a sword, but Jean Valjean picks up sturdy pieces of wood and they fight.

Seeing almost Jean Valjean face death with a blow from the sword, Cosette saves him by stopping the swing. From this violence and stress, she remembers March 1st Movement and stuns Javert enough with Jean Valjean's heroics from the protest versus the evil he had thought Jean Valjean was (due to the case of Fantine).

Cosette and Jean Valjean flee presumably up north of Japan. Javert, knowing that Jean Valjean had spent decades of his life in Hokkaidou, guesses where's he's heading to.

He officially leaves the police and any help of the Japanese Empire by faking his own death (which didn't require much labour since everybody was dying left and right).

Meanwhile Montparnasse, a yakuza who had, for business, travelled to the gunnma/oosaka/toukyou (I haven't chosen yet), witnesses the massacres. He tries to help one or two communists, and ends up witnessing a group of cadets execute socialists and communists on a train.

Montparnasse flees back to Aomori, and returns to his group (which are the ones who are trading with the Thénardiers among other Ainus).

(This part is also largely unfounded in history. I just added it because I wanted to add the Patron Minette into the story.)

1926 -> Marius and Éponine's POV

Here we finally get introduced to the Pontmercy family: Marius and his governor grandfather.

His grandfather participates in the ongoing lawmaking to 'help' the Ainus, but in reality just continues the brutal assimilation but with lighter punishments and strains.

Éponine uses Marius as the ideal settler, and how they could coexist. Marius does the same but with Éponine being the ideal, passive indigenous figure.

They use each other to tell themselves that there is a legit reason behind the colonisation, and why it needs to take place. -> Marius and Éponine's POV.

Gavroche is the only one in the family who believes in independence and that they should move out of Hakodate, back to Asahikawa: no matter how harsh the environment was in comparison to Hakodate.

Marius and Cosette fall in love, and they see the world through the rose tinted glass. Éponine grows increasingly heartbroken.

Meanwhile, the trade between the Yakuza grows to be difficult for the Thénardiers, and the guilt tripping tactic doesn't work. The Thénardier parents increasing grow worried in how they will sustain themselves in Hakodate.

1927 -> Éponine, Gavroche, and Cosette's POV

While helping Cosette and Marius' romance keep secretive, Éponine ends up being picked, then lynched.

In her last breaths, she believes the Wajin will come and destroy them all and there would no longer be any Ainu left. She loses hope in everything in her last moments.

Gavroche, alone, finds the body and grieves. His rosy cheeks and hot tears are separate from his traditional wear that he proudly wore in protest only on this day. At that moment, he's nothing but a little boy who lost his sister.

Marius and Cosette grieve but do not process the event for months. When Jean Valjean hears of this, they begin to migrate once more, upwards. He reveals that he had always been meaning to go to Kushiro, but he liked how comfortable and happy Cosette was in Hakodate.

Seeing how Marius cut off his grandfather, Jean Valjean lets him in with the migration.

As they travel, Cosette discovers the feeling of 'han' (the meaning of Korean identity), and she finds her way of dealing with the trauma. She believes that Marius would never understand the pain of people like her, but wishes for him to never forget the actions of the Japanese Empire. Once he acknowledges the full terror, then she feels no barriers in continuing to love him.

Since he wishes to be by her side, he promises to dedicate his life to keeping her and other minorities safe.

1928 -> Jean Valjean and Javert's POV

Javert catches up to Jean Valjean in the area of Bokoi. Javert tells the info of what he had heard from other police officers and radio from military personnels that Japan was entering another war with China and it will be merciless.

Javert admits that the Japanese Empire is unforgiving and cruel and may take over Asia.

Jean Valjean invites him to join the migration to Kushiro.

Javert hesitantly agrees, but he'll join in the next day.

In the morning, Javert faces the cliffs with the waves clashing below, and takes his own life. He didn't want to admit to himself how his entire life has been a lie, and how he supported the lie himself.

As Jean Valjean did not meet him again, he assumes he had changed his mind, and worries the conversation was not a trap.

They hurry their pace up north.

1929-1937 -> ? POV

Patrolling police officers/soldiers (don't know which yet) try to kill the three of them. They are officially on the hunt.

Only Cosette survives unscathed, and Marius and Jean Valjean ends up being severely injured from separate firings.

It is up to Cosette to handle both of them and to make the last journey to Kushiro, pulling and pushing them through the snow.

Since Jean Valjean was shot first, his case is more severe, with him soon experiencing hyperthermia.

Cosette finally gets help, travelling alone out of desperation to a nearby kotan. She isn't given sympathy. Rather, she receives fear.

She couldn't just announce she was Korean, as a Wajin may hear.

But in desperation, she explains their journey to Kushiro, and that her father, Jean Valjean, had always aimed to come here.

She describes him, but from the name alone, the kotan changes their attitude. They remember him as the man who helped maintain a cise (house) with a beloved elder from years ago, who had unfortunately become suicidal.

Him helping her and forming a bond made her stay in the kotan a little longer before she eventually departed into the mountains, and was never heard of again.

The village members help to retrieve Jean Valjean and Marius.

Marius survives his wounds due to the aid, but unfortunately Jean Valjean never gains consciousness and passes away in a cise.

When Marius awakes, he faces Cosette incredibly upset and sniffling. It had been days since Jean Valjean had passed away and she hadn't stopped crying.

Cosette and Marius pay back the village by helping maintenance, etc., like Jean Valjean had once done when he escaped prison.

They hear about the little things he had done for the elder, and they come to know him as a kinder man than they had once thought.

Cosette grieves as she buries him in an unmarked grave (as to avoid graverobbing).

As they continued to live in Kushiro, and the tension between Japan and China becomes too difficult to dismiss, Cosette and Marius brace themselves for what they feel would be the beginning to the end of Asia.

Things I need to research:

The character of Toussaint in the book, because I feel as though my AU's Toussaint is too different to her book counterpart.

Ryuukyuuans during this period of time. It feels a bit... To only have Javert be the eyes from this perspective. I was thinking his parents be the other side of the coin; however, they will not be POVs.

The ? dates! If I knew of the time period better, I would be able to guess who does what more accurately.

Hokkaido Former Aborigines Protection Act and its effect on the Ainu population.

The encouraged immigration of Wajins to Hokkaidou.

War propaganda in education in Japan.

Zenkoku Suiheisha (which, fun fact, the leader was a fan of Victor Hugo and his Les Misérables novel)

Yakuza during this time in relation with the Ainus (if there's a relation).

Hakodate during this period of time.

How the police work?????

Taiwan and the Taiwanese in Japan!

I'm guessing there's much more to research, but I'm making the list from the top of my head.

[ruporas]

kiss of the divine

[azadrithaanatheme]

Spent some time drawing up concepts for the worker drones from other outposts beyond Outpost 3, and I noticed a funny trend in the general aesthetics I gave to the two other "main" colonies.

[lighthouseshepard]

having top surgery in 3 days and i havent been able to focus on literally anything for the past 2 weeks because ive been in Waiting Mode. you know the one. you make a drs appointment in the afternoon and even though you wake up at 8 am the whole day is going to be spent Waiting for that appointment. you have a party to go to at night but you get ready early and sit there because you have to Wait. this executive really do be dysfunctioning

[sun-marie]

i do like valeria as a name, but i also *really* like the idea of ms. mercar being named some variation of her father's name, Charon Mercar 👀

[askblueandviolet]

Any favorite moments with Baihe? Like witnessing her first steps? Something similar.

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[crushedsweets]

What are your hc on how creepypastas voice sounds?

For me clockwork has a raspy voice! If I could choose a specific voice for her it would totally be Wendy Melvoin in Purple Rain 1964. (If you wanna hear her just search that). Toby sounds like David near's voice acting of him. And Nina prob sounds silly...

mmmmm when i think clocky, i think hailey steinfield (vi from arcane/gwen from spiderverse). but a little more mature and like you said, raspy ! MAYBE EVEN NATASHA LYONNE but thats pushing it in rasp

david near is good for toby!! maybe a little more warm and boyish for my hc, but otherwise perfect. YUI ALSO SAID RIGBY FROM REGULAR SHOW

i feel like jessica dicicco (flame princess from adventure time) is a really good nina... less cartoony would be jasmine cephas jones

for kate, vicci martinez .. i dunno why i just feel like its a decent fit

honestly david nears Jeff is also pretty good for him LMFAO he just sounds so obnoxious its perfect

ofc tim and brian are just their actors

ok this might sound totally crazy but dolly parton for jane strikes a cord. i know its insane. but more realistically, renée elise goldsberry is a good voice

donald glover (marshall lee from adventure time) is EJ.

HONESTLY jennifer tilly for lulu....

sandra oh for ann

BEN is gumball waterson.

sally, lazari, dina, and sadie i have no idea... i imagine sadie to have a bit of a southern accent for some reason though. but they all just have pretty young, girly voices. sally would also be pretty monotone, lazari and dina would be whiney. sadie would be hushed

[infizero]

bro this is still so crazy 😭 like silver over here literally thinks gold just FUCKING DIED sacrificing himself and is clearly super upset over it and also hes worn out from being in the time distortion and then green comes over and is like "oh my fucking godddddd ur friend died womp womp. no one cares im arresting you" LIKE DAWG CMON

[drag-on-dragoon]

i think the moving on > love is lonely > high horse experience is a pretty big indicator they put a lot more work into making stick out go into forward seamlessly than break does into stick out. which still makes sense narratively because of break basically still being in the weird intermediate space between expergo and the events of stick out + forward but musically i dont know. im being a demanding annoying togepi

[dexter-erotoph]

im calling this NOW it’s the most farfetched thing ever but i love it

[aroaessidhe]

hey besties I'm finally working on my roots of chaos sticker sheets and I have a few gaps but I'm not sure what to put in them??? for adofn - I have like 8 more ideas but they're all dumai-related, and I'd really love something for wulf 🤔

For priory, maybe a little dragon in there? - though it doesn't really fit the small objects theme, which I prefer to stick to if I can. i'd still need something else for the other gap..

(edit i’ve well and truly finished these btw)

[sun-marie]

one thing i like about rook's role as a "hero" in the DA universe is that while the other protagonists could get a discount at a shop or a favor from someone in a community by way of "don't you know who this is? they're the hero of ferelden/champion of kirkwall/inquisitor and herald of andraste, savior of the world!!", rook could get a discount at a shop or a favor from someone in a community by way of "don't you know who this is? they helped oscar with his cart yesterday and found emilia's missing daughter, 'least we could do is return the favor!"

[sunset-peril]

HFS - Hyrule's Caste System

Pantheon - the gods and goddesses of Hyrule, of which the primary ones are Hylia, Din, Nayru and Farore. The Seven (eight) Heroines are included.

Lineage of Hylia - the descendants of Hylia, both male and female. These individuals cannot be killed by mortal hands without incurring divine wrath (or so Hyrule believes) due to divine blood. In ancient times, the Lineage of Hylia could not be removed from the line of succession for any reason except by Hylia herself. Following Princess Shamia's genocide, members of the Lineage of Hylia could be removed only for high crimes against the people of Hyrule, or for treason. Notable inclusions are the Zelda lineage, of whom the eldest serves as High Priestess.

Pantheon Saints - Saints, servants or other divine vessels of a member of the Pantheon. There are three guardian saints who are believed to be either reincarnations of the Golden Goddesses, or appointed by them (no one can agree). Notable inclusions are Dinraal, Farosh, Naydra, Regent (the dragon who ordains kings and queens), Sirie (Guardian Saint of Wisdom), Berlon (Guardian Saint of Courage), Tyrvori/Mursi (a pair of spirits serving as the Guardian Saint of Power, seen as one unit) and Vammira (a spirit supposedly sent by the Pantheon to induce either dragonification or transmutation of mortals into saints)

Hyrulean Royals - Royalty outside the Lineage of Hylia. Can be killed without specific divine wrath, or removed from power for reasons other than those listed above.

Ordained Champions - added approximately five years before the Calamity occurred. The Royal Family's sacred warriors, ordained as a chosen few by the High Priestess (the eldest daughter of Hylia)

Hyrulean Nobles - Nobles of Hyrule's court. Includes elites, lords/ladies, and individuals who have both been knighted and given a personal assignment.

Foreign Royals - Royals outside the Hylian Royal Family. Notable inclusions are the Zora Royal Family, Urbosa, the Rito elder, the Goron lord and Impa

Foreign Nobles - Nobles outside the Hyrulean Court.

Upper Class - Non-Nobles who are Upper or Upper-Middle in socio-economic classification. Also includes Castle staff and some foreign upper class.

Lower Class - Non-Nobles who are neither Upper/Upper-Middle class or peasant. Includes non-voluntary Castle staff and unassigned and/or unknighted soldiers. Typically does not include foreign lower class due to these individuals not interacting outside their immediate kingdoms.

Peasants - An average individual with no connections to royalty or the military. Usually live outside of Castle Town and its neighboring settlements.

Half-Citizens - The Wolfbred and their royals, nobles, citizens and deities/reverent figures.

Wolfbred deities or reverent figures are not included in the Pantheon or Pantheon Saint categories due to the tribe's caste. This includes Celaeno Orientalis and Neclutoph.

Hyrule's Final Stand Masterlist

[sassy-hedgie]

there needs to be something similar to AITA but for autistic people to know if they're overreacting to something changing or if they're actually justified on a more "normal" baseline

[daxite]

i'm genuinely convinced that 90% of the silent hill "fans" who are praising the remake and crying about "grifters" shitting on it have also never played the games themselves only know about the series because of those dogshit supereyepatchwolf videos from a few years ago