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As our resident Enjolras+Cosette siblings truther, can you tell us some of their childhood adventures?
HELL YEH I CAN
We're going to skip to after they get adopted by JvJ because this is a no angst zone
They shared a bed (or, well, a mattress on the floor) in the Thénardier house and it takes them a few months to get out of the habit of being terrified when they wake up in the middle of the night and find themselves alone. They end up sharing a bed most nights until they adjust. JvJ just buys a double bed for both their rooms.
They were the cutest kids you’ve ever seen in your damn life. All curly hair and freckles and dimples. Come on, you know it’s true. It’s what Victor Hugo would have wanted.
Obviously, if Enj & Cosette are siblings, that means childhood Triumvirate feat Cosette!!! (Quadvirate???) The four of them has the parents terrorized, because they were all little shits who got in trouble constantly. Courfeyrac was also Cosette's first crush. He finds out in their twenties and teases her relentlessly...Until she punches him
They totally get lost at Disneyland one time. JvJ was losing his mind. And yes he did take them to Disneyland it’s what they deserve ok.
In a similar vein, one time JvJ walks into one of the twin’s bedrooms to find that they’ve cut each other’s hair with the craft scissors, and it’s uneven and choppy and horrible as you can imagine. This wouldn’t be a big deal, but it’s literally the morning of picture day in school. So people always ask JvJ why he has a photo of two eight year olds with shaved heads on his mantelpiece.
When they turn 14, Enjolras starts pulling away from Cosette. They don't hang out after school, they don't watch tv together on a Saturday morning, Enjolras barely speaks when they’re having dinner together, and she doesn't know what she did wrong. After four months of this she confronts Enjolras, and Enjolras tearfully admits that he thinks he's might be her brother, not her sister, and didn’t know how to tell her. Which of course Cosette doesn’t have a problem with. She helps him pick out his name and cuts his hair short for the first time (”So, does this mean I can have all your clothes?” “Cosette!” “What?! It’s not like you’re gonna wear them!”
They're an expert at doing each other's hair. Enj can do this really complicated plait thing for Cosette and it looks great (he does her hair for her wedding ;_;)
Basically they are SUPER CLOSE and BEST FRIENDS and I LOVE THEM A LOT
ok so this is a some angst zone but ANYWAY
Modern Era (comorbid autism+ADHD) Enjolras HCs
Because it’s 2 am and this is all I’m thinking about:
Enjolras taught himself how to be charming and commanding because he learned at an early age that no one would take him seriously otherwise
Has a hard time keeping this image up when the topic moves away from a special interest or the social interaction is one on one and relies heavily on scripts for both speeches and particularly small talk
He has a tendency to talk really fckng fast so he, Ferre and Courf have a hand signal for *slow the frick down* during speeches. Some of the other amis adopt this at some point, probably
His tone of voice is always either monotonous or impassioned, there is no in between. People who don’t know him can never tell when he’s joking bc his tone doesn’t change and he keeps a straight face
People generally perceive him as beautiful and charming bordering on cold and intimidating but his friends know he’s just a weird lil dude
He’s generally pretty quiet but will say the most feral stuff completely unprompted and with no explanation *cough* France is my girlfriend *cough*
What is by some perceived as anger is actually usually a combination of passion and poor volume control, if he’s genuinely angry you’ll know
When extremely overwhelmed and stressed he has a tendency to snap at his friends out of frustration - he doesn’t say things he doesn’t mean, but he says them in a way that is definitely unkind. He is working very hard to stop doing that, though.
So much eye contact. All the time.
He has low empathy. He has no intuitive idea what people are feeling and he doesn’t mirror emotion. This does not mean he only cares about The People and not individual people, he cares about his friends so much
One of his biggest insecurities is actually his friends perceiving him as cold or inhuman - he sees it as a personal failure on his part to show them he cares about them (which often comes down to internalized ableism)
He has had to work really hard to move away from his extreme black and white thinking but still struggles with seeing other people’s perspectives sometimes. He relies heavily on guidance from the rest of the amis, particularly Combeferre and is…not great at apologizing
He has pretty substantial support needs and relies on his friends to be able to live independently. The amis take turns helping w dishes and body doubling so he’ll actually clean, go grocery shopping with him etc. His apartment is still always a mess, though.
He wants to do All The Things and has a tendency to drink too much coffee and smoke too many cigarettes to get that sweet stimulant clear-headed focus, particularly when his meds wear off
Generally pushes himself too hard. He will fight passionately for disability rights and accommodations any day but still struggles to accept that he is, in fact, disabled and may need accommodations himself
He had Feuilly as a special interest for a while and is low key still embarrassed about it
He cannot function without schedules, lists and his planner. The working memory does not work and the executive dysfunction is very real.
When people are new to the amis they’ll suddenly experience the usually very serious about meetings and always on time Enj have no clue what is happening and be late to everything and Ferre will just. Sit down and fill in the weekly schedule w him and remind him to take his meds and everything is back to normal
He clicks pens non stop (a sin, obvs) if they are not taken away from him
I could literally keep going forever but I need to sleep now
Grantaire: Knock, knock!
Enjolras: I'm not in the mood.
Grantaire: Just this once, please? Knock, knock!
Enjolras, sighing: Fine. Who's there?
Grantaire: Mary.
Enjolras: Mary who?
Grantaire: Marry me.
Friendly reminder that George Bladgen is the captain of this ship
You broke him, Enjolras
Grantaire would have a cactus that he names after Enjolras.
an itemized list of things enjolras cannot do:
he cannot do long division
he cannot bathe without leaving bits of soap in his hair
he cannot tie shoes, ties, cravats, or anything of the fabric/scarf/accessory category
he cannot fold a fitted sheet (this has very little to do with the fact that he is from the 1800s and more to do with the fact that he’s stupid)
he cannot spell the following: defibrillator, restaurant, longevity, incomprehensible (there are many many many more also these are words i can barely spell its not bullying)
he could not tell you what the color chartreuse looks like
he cannot roll his tongue or whistle
he cannot grow a beard (canon)
he cannot understand why chairs, tables and fallen pianos are not effective against the national fucking guard
enjolras is an absolute pathetic mess when he realizes he return’s r’s feelings im talkin throwing shit at the wall throwing a tantrum and crying his eyes out and courf’s like “bro what’s wrong” and enjolras whips around all snot faced and pitiful and goes “I LIKE GRANTAIRE I WISH I WAS FUCKING DEAD”
Enjolras: how did you know I like Grantaire?
Combeferre: you go from feral to disgruntled kitten every time he smiles at you.
Enjolras, pouting: I just think he has a cute smile.
did what i had to do
Grantaire would make little raincoats and put them on ducklings because “they live outside, Enjolras!”
happy barricade day!!! i don’t have anything big to post, but here’s a 25th anniversary concert drink with me 💘
“Enjolras was a charming young man, who was capable of being terrible. He was angelically handsome. He was a savage Antinous.”
“Combeferre was as gentle as Enjolras was severe, through natural whiteness. He loved the word citizen, but he preferred the word man.”
“Enjolras was the chief, Combeferre was the guide, Courfeyrac was the centre. The others gave more light, he shed more warmth; the truth is, that he possessed all the qualities of a centre, roundness and radiance “
happy Barricade Day!
(and he permitted it
oh my god, he permitted it)
