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It’s barricade day 

An abandoned wip from 2020 and something from 2022 I haven’t quite got to finishing yet 

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…I can’t stop hearing that one line in The Confrontation from Les Mis as “there is power in miette” which makes the whole song much funnier than it should be

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gutter baby ftw

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At dawn. 

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yes im still going to talk about these old idiots leave me be sjdklfj

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So around a week ago I told @julestopher that I would draw Cosette in a white 1830s dress that we saw floating around tumblr, so I did! Now I can’t really draw light fabrics so it ended up looking more like silk but I still really like it and I hope that you do too!!!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BRICK

April 3rd 1862 : publication of the two first volumes of Les Misérables

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I just can’t internalise the concept of javert wearing gloves all the time as part of his uniform… first of all why would he willingly cover up those claws he’s so proud of

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Shouldn’t find this as funny as I do ahahahaha

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Redraw of Javert

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the mis chars as list of things my friends have said:

jehan: well, half of them are stabbed-

montparnasse: sounds like a them problem

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enjolras: you guys are the only impulse control i have left.

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courfeyrac: every time you say ‘commoners’, a fairy dies.

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enjolras: in the old country we call that slavery, marius.

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combefere: *pulls out entire notepad complete

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grantaire, when asked about his type: “blonde… shorter than me… scared of kitchen appliances… a little stupid… i suppose i’m essentially looking for a himbo

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grantaire: do i have to come with?

cosette: yes you need get out more

grantaire: i know i should but do i have to

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cosette: spread the word, cosette fauchelevent is in town

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combeferre: i need to go to the bathroom

courfeyrac: bATH JUICE

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joly: dust means jerk in norwegian.

joly: it is accurate because dust is evil

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courfeyrac: my stickbug was called m&ms what was yours called

jehan: kornelius bartimeus

courfeyrac:

jehan: i named him after two harry potter universe prime ministers

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marius: do you think cars make different noises in other countries

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bahorel: how do you pronounce quq? i just imagine it sounds like “cock”

feuilly: baz those are fighting words

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jehan: is there fanfiction about the flamingo and the frog from gnome and juliet?

combeferre:

jehan: if not i should be writing some

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cosette: i want to cry why am i an english literature student 

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courfeyrac: i am the tea goose

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courfeyrac: is soup a smoothie

combeferre:

enjolras: the world wasn’t ready for that discussion

courfeyrac: but :(

enjolras: soup is not a smoothie. it’s blend food

courfeyrac: EXACTLY THAT IS A SMOOTHIE

combeferre: *IT IS NOT A SMOOTHIE*

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grantaire: i mean. we are already criminals

enjolras: 

grantaire: why not hold hands while doing it ;)

enjolras: you’re so ungodly.

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marius: i forgot soup was a thing in english. i thought for certain it had to be something in french

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jehan: i am a fucking MATCHMAKER lads

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what she says: im fine

what she means: i wonder if people understand javert is supposed to be one of “les miserables” aka the miserable of society. he’s as much a victim of society as any of the other character in the novel. do they know javert was never meant to be a villain, but another victim? is it willful misinterpratation im order to have an easy villain to blame the tragedies on? he is described as a fanatic, but always with the best possible human traits: his sin lies within his error, and hugo describes it as being pitiful and miserable; it caused him to kill himself as soon as he realised it. why simplify him to a villain when he was never written as such? the villain in les miserables is society itself, and how it ruins the people who live in it. javert is one of les miserables why make him the villain i dont

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to dare to love is to reach for a rose. no rose was ever fairly won with a gloved hand

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