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You know that one character? He’s from that one fandom based off of a book that is huge and most people don’t read. He’s a dark haired, depressed guy who’s in love with a small, angry boy and is part of a group of students who are trying to save their home city and annoys the boy he loves just to get attention, especially by calling him nicknames he hates and is super smart and brave even though no one expects him to be. He is the character whom people often make a musician or artist with a sad backstory in their fics and was willing to die just to the love of his life wouldn’t die alone facing the enemy and never got the chance to express his feelings. His name starts with an R and the boy he loves’ name starts with an E. You know him? Surely there’s only one character that fits that description...
I've been listening to the Percy Jackson musical on loop and I love AUs so... Les Amis as half bloods?
-combeferre is a son of athena and he just thrives with his fellow nerds and also designs the most epic chariots
-courfeyrac is a son of hermes and his father may be the god of thieves but the only thing he’s known for stealing is people’s hearts <3 <3 <3 and also the occasional bag of chips
-marius (son of athena) is convinved that cosette can use charmspeak but really she’s just really pretty and he would do anything for her
-a certain son of apollo can’t seem to look away from a certain son of dionysus hmmmm
-they get really into capture the flag what’s that oh look i wrote a fanfiction about this once maybe check it out
Requirements to be a REAL Enjolras fan:
be Grantaire
see above
I know Grantaire calling Enjolras "Apollo" is a fandom thing but I can't stop thinking about modern AU trans Enjolras, who hasn't decided on a new first name yet, panicking when asked and he just says "Apollo" without thinking. Grantaire is just so stunned and flattered that Enjolras named himself after something that he said.
1) Absolutely, I’d love to read it!
2) However (lol)… here’s my take on the comparisons between the two couples (with my perception of Enjoltaire heavily influenced by fandom sources and Patrochilles by my Classics A level)
Whilst both couples have the same aesthetic appearance (the famous blond leader/devoted brunette follower), and it could be argues that Achilles holds the same passion (?) as Enjolras, however untimely I’d argue that Achilles is fundamentally different - he refuses to fight in the war for purely selfish reasons (Agamemnon taking Briseis being an insult to Achilles’ Kleos (reputation)) Whilst for Enjolras, nothing, not even his narrative foil, can get between him and his cause (His gf Patria (France)). Additionally whilst Grantaire is cynical of said cause and possibly only there for Enjolras, Patroclus is 100% for the Trojan war, and eager to fight, only held back by Achilles’ ‘sulking.’
On the other hand, both Patroclus and Grantaire possess similar fateful devotion which ends in their deaths due to their hamatia’s (fatal mistakes), however the significance of these deaths in a narrative context can be debated- whilst Patroclus’ death is central to a story so clearly stated at the begging as about the ‘anger of Achilles,’ finally influencing him to fight, and giving Achilles an Aristeia (heroic killing spree), Grantaire’s death is a final sign of devotion as the two die together. Furthermore, they (much to all our chagrin) remain side characters to the (worse) plot of Jean Valjean and Cossette ect, not allowing their death to accomplish much within the story but set narrative stakes for Marius (potentially purposefully to reflect the fruitless nature of their defiance and death).
I could go on but it’s very late and I won’t bore anyone any longer lmao
um, so... i've been thinking about doing an essay on why patrochilles and enjoltaire are literally the same but reincarnated???? lmk if you wanted posted here or something idk lmao.
my literacy teacher is happy I’m reading Les mis
I had to act like I wasn’t reading it just for French gay shit




My recent(ish) ExR doodles ?!?!?!?
I keep forgetting to post them..
Welcome to Indrid pulls its friends into Les mis by sending them the ? Video and making them cry



To the barricade!

grantaire with long hair and long coat is something that can be so personal