The One, In Which Marius Ignores The Beginning Of The Revolt (Lamarques Funeral). Well, He Is Deeply

The one, in which Marius ignores the beginning of the revolt (Lamarque’s funeral). Well, he is deeply depressed, and, let’s be honest, he was never interested in Les Amis’ affairs.

But even before that: Hugo is so wrong here! “Marius was at an age when one believes nothing in the line of evil” — with this, he tries to explain that Marius was not jealous of Cosette because of Théodule. Ha! Wasn’t it that same Marius who was ready to beat up some poor invalid because of his own sick fantasy?

Before going out on the 5th of June, he somehow finds the pistols (presented to him by Javert) and takes them with him. We are told that he did it absent-mindedly, but it could also mean that Marius is already suicidal. He forgets to eat, he takes a bath in the Seine (Probably. He himself is not sure about it). Marius, wake up!

His last hope to see Cosette in the evening is gone, because Jean Valjean followed the advice he read in the note and left the house on the Rue Plumet. And there is a confirmation that Marius indeed wants to kill himself: “his heart filled with sweetness and resolution, he blessed his love in the depths of his thought, and he said to himself that, since Cosette was gone, all that there was left for him was to die.” (It’s far too romantic a presentation of the decision to end one’s life – you have to be very careful with it, M. Hugo!)

Last thing we learn is that Éponine calls Marius to join his friends (are they?) at the barricade. Given that neither of them is motivated by revolutionary fervour, we can suspect that these two are simply ready to die. (And in the next chapter, they will be joined by the third person with a similar motivation.)

I love how every time Valjean appears, he’s described as appearing “sad” or having “an air of sadness.” Every random stranger, whether they know Valjean as Madeleine or Leblanc or Fauchelevent, is just like “that man is an unbearably sad beast.”

Ok you know what I was recently traumatised by The Straights and now I’m back on my “canon doesn’t work if Remus and Sirius are straight” soapbox.

Do you think my straight dude bro RJ Lupin is ashamed of the fact that he was friends with a mass murderer?? He literally tells everyone about it as his Fun Fact. He tells Harry so much about his definitely not homoerotic friendship with both his father and his father’s killer that the poor kid is actually begging him to stop talking forever. (He still doesn’t tell anyone about the Animagus thing though. Just wouldn’t be chill to betray a homie like that.)

And do you think the heterosexual icon Sirius Black is teaming up with a feral orange cat instead of his best buddy?? He’s showing up at Remus’s office like “bruh BRUH, come on you know it wasn’t me. I’m Man’s Best Friend. Pete is a rat. Connect the dots, bro.”

And Remus hugs him so very straightly, not even in a brotherly way, no, this is one of those one-arm, patting the back hugs. And do you know what they decide is the best course of action from here? A dramatic gay murder plot, perhaps? Of course not. They’re going to disguise Sirius as a woman and pretend he’s Remus’s girlfriend.

But of course everyone (Snape) is suspicious, so Remus is like “if this was Sirius Black, would I do this??” And then they start passionately making out and… ah fuck. Couldn’t contain the gay. We’ll try again next year.

nothing better than killing yourself at the end of a stressful day

dont care + didnt ask + you know nothing of Javert + I was born inside a jail + I was born with scum like you + I am from the gutter too

“Twenty times he had been tempted to throw himself upon Jean Valjean, to seize him and to devour him, that is to say, arrest him.””

— - victor hugo pulling the fastest NO HOMO i have ever seen (via fungii)