Goodbye. It's Starting To Happen.

goodbye. It's starting to happen.

(the angst of marauders october)

Victor Hugo writing Grantaire’s intro

I think that maybe the reason English teachers don't like me is because they're all too scared to admit that most characters in classic literature are gay. Luckily, I have no problem saying that.

Just had sort of a Les Mis half-thought. Like I feel like I’m going somewhere with this, but I’m not sure where.

I was thinking about how Stars as a soliloquy is strange because Javert isn’t really talking to himself. There’s no real internal conflict. He’s just stating what he believes. Then who is he singing to? At first I thought it was the audience, but this song doesn’t break the fourth wall, so that couldn’t be entirely it. I think, to some extent, Stars is a prayer. For the most part, Javert is simply explaining, but then we get the line “Lord let me find him” near the end. He is asking for something. So that’s what the song seems like to me.

But then this comparison of Stars to a prayer reminded me of a scene in the book; the chapter How Jean Can Become Champ. It’s a somewhat similar situation in which Javert explains his belief system, but at the end of the day, is asking for something. In the case of Stars, he asks for G-d’s support/assistance. In the book, he asks to be fired so that he will not become a hypocrite.

Once again, I’m not really sure where this train of thought was going. I just thought it was interesting.

Diversity wins! The spy and the middle aged man you sent to execute him are making out behind the barricade!