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suggestive under the cut‼️‼️‼️
i love them,,,, help
internal battle 😔‼️
i think…we needed this （＾∇＾）
side note, i was listening to cirice by ghost while making this, pls give me song recs
The Seine……… plus shmiggle
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.
Javert felt that he was on the verge of going mad. He experienced at that moment, blow upon blow and almost simultaneously, the most violent emotions which he had ever undergone in all his life. To see a woman of the town spit in the mayor’s face was a thing so monstrous that, in his most daring flights of fancy, he would have regarded it as a sacrilege to believe it possible.
Who is this man, what sort of devil is he?
It seemed a funny idea to me that Javert would dress up like a demon and Valjean as an angel.. don't question it
I don't like this drawing though but oh well lmao, the idea was too good not to post
Are requests closed?? If not, with the meme, Javert, #4. And by nightwear I mean more"Up in the club, just broke up, doing my own little thing"
anon i regret to inform you that i am very much a pub-and-sports-bar sort of person and not at all the club-going type, so i sought vejiicakes’s advice, and her experience of clubs appears to be drawn primarily from weiss kreuz fic from the early 00’s, and the reason i’m telling you all this is so you know whom to blame
to the ghost of victor hugo: i would like to apologize unreservedly
Thinking about that scene after the barricade where Valjean runs into Javert. Like Valjean is exhausted from (everything) carrying Marius around and Javert is half spaced out the entire time. You know what they both need? A goddamn nap.
juuuuust adding a couple of nickels to my gargantuan pile. doooon’t even worry about it.
loosing my mind rn
POOR
You lie with that mouth of yours
I will now be shit posting.
So, I just made a post about the violence that’s often added to The Confrontation in Les Mis, but I think I want to talk about my theory as to why the scene in the book is comparatively not so violent. I think that the main reason for this is Valjean and Javert’s book characterization.
Starting with Valjean, it’s not at all controversial to say that he is almost always quite nonviolent. It is rare for him to even threaten someone, much less actually attack them. Of course, part of this is a way to avoid suspicion and the attention of the police, but part of it is also out of genuine goodwill. He’s just a cool guy who doesn’t actually want to hurt people. Even an example like Montparnasse is strangely relevant. Yes, Valjean fights him in self defense, but only to then lecture him about the dangers of thievery, give him some money, and send him on his way. Because of all this, it’s quite notable that he threatens Javert during the confrontation. Prior to that moment, Valjean’s requests had been mocked and ignored, so it seems reasonable that he would want to find another way to get something he wants. It’s a relatively small thing, paying his respects to Fantine, but he certainly wouldn’t have been allowed it anyway if he had simply asked. Really, Valjean only threatens Javert and doesn’t attack him because it’s not necessary.
But why was this threat so effective? He’s one guy with an iron bar. Surely, Javert must’ve had a backup plan if Valjean retaliated. But it doesn’t look like he did. Javert doesn’t seem to be well armed and the guards are stationed downstairs. He really just walked into that room and assumed that his authority as a policeman would be enough to keep control over the situation. Javert enters this scene extremely confident. This is arguably him at his most terrifying. But even so, when Valjean threatens him (apparently unexpectedly), all Javert can do is back up and wait. This leads me to my main point about Javert. His primary weapon is his authority, his legal right as a policeman to condemn and arrest whoever he perceives as criminals. Javert is a threat to people, not because he could physically hurt them, but because it is essentially his job to play judge and jury, though perhaps not executioner. Presumably, this is what leads him to approach Valjean alone, attempt to arrest him and subsequently be threatened with a metal bar. Javert had no faith in Valjean’s good nature and nonviolent tendencies. None at all. He just assumed that he himself was authoritative and commanding enough that no one would dare mess with him.
Again, this is my theory, my explanation for why this scene plays out the way it does. Anyway, I find this all very interesting.
I really do love how Javert is the ultimate physical embodiment of the word “bootlicker.”
His entire personality is composed of “respect for authority and hatred of rebellion;” he grovels before anyone of a higher legal/social status, and thinks they can do no wrong. He puts all of his faith into the institution of policing. He worships his superiors in the police force and the legal system. He would sell out anyone who committed any infraction to the police, and would do it with smug glee.
I honestly cannot think of any fictional character who embodies the word “bootlicker” better.
I’ve mentioned before that one of my favorite small Javert moments is when he’s attempting to get Madeleine to fire him, and….he gives Madeleine a salute even when Madeleine’s back is turned, and he can’t see the salute. To me it shows how much Javert’s bootlicking is genuine. It is earnest. He earnestly believes in his own inferiority and the necessity of constant groveling respect to authorities. They don’t need to police him— he polices himself. He grovels even when their backs are turned.
He doesn’t just lick boots for show; he licks boots because he genuinely believes it is the morally correct thing to do, that an “inferior” is legally bound to grovel before their “superior.” And he enjoys this groveling; he experiences a savage glee at his usefulness to authority; he loves the taste of boot leather.
He’s a bootlicker all the way to the bottom of his soul.
temporary with you?
