#Theodule Gillenormand

[pureanonofficial]

Marius and Cosette in ‚the musings of a cousin‘

send me a ship + a fake fic title, and i’ll tell you what the fic is about.

Theodule prides himself in his sensitivity towards women's feelings. Being oddly perceptive in some ways, he notices Mme. Pontmercy's new forcibly bright disposition. Being rather a well-meaning idiot, he completely misses the reason why, and he takes it upon himself to ... educate his cousin in the best way to please a woman. Marius nearly chokes him out for his pains. Somehow, through Theodule's Wodehousian fumblings and comedy of errors, this turns into a fix it, and Valjean lives, he and Cosette reunite, and Marius gets dunked on.

#This was something so delightful to muse upon thank you. #Les Mis #Les Miserables #Theodule #Theodule Gillenormand #asks #my fic #not really but it can go in that tag.

[diioss-art]

I know this is a pretty niche brick meme but - Theodule in Volume 4 Book 5

#When I read this passage I was screaming giggling and kicking my feet frrrrr #Like imagine being cosette at your wedding and finding out that that wierd guy you had a brief thing with was acctually ur husbands cousin #my art #digital art #Les mis #Les miserables #theodule gillenormand #Theodule #Babygirl of all time #Cosette fauchlevent #Marius pontmercy

[sapphicschedule]

Two cousins waiting for their ride to see Marius’s dead father mystery lover!!

Timelapse below the cut.

The thought bubbles look weird and out of place but that’s life I guess.

#fanart #les miserables #Les mis #les mis fanart #marius pontmercy #marius pontmercy fanart #theodule gillenormand #theodule gillenormand fanart #he’s right #he is the most fuckable person on this trolley problem #my art

[euphraisette]

Theodule has a one man podcast

#theodule gillenormand #les mis #les miserables #hcs #les miserables headcanon #les amis #marius pontmercy #les mis headcanons

[breath-of-fresh-grantaire]

les mis fandom sleeping on Theodule/Montparnasse per usual. wake up.

#seanposting #les mis #les miserables #theodule gillenormand #montparnasse

[jolys-cane]

72tober day 2!!

he is such a little silly. i changed the 'aunt' in the original caption to auntie to be like my book translation because i love that he calls her auntie

#my art #les mis #les miserables #72tober #théodule gillenormand #theodule #les mis 1972

[ueinra]

Les Misérables | Lebanese Series (1974)

Did you know that Theodule appeared in this wonderful adaptation??! If ur interested, He appears at the end of episode eight and the beginning of episode nine.

But his aunt doesn’t ask him to spy on Marius here. Theodule comes and the quarrel has already occurred between Marius and his grandfather, and his aunt tells him everything about the quarrel and that Marius has been expelled.

Her purpose in telling him all this is that she wants him to take advantage of this opportunity and get closer to M. Gillenormand and take Marius's place so that he can get the inheritance.

and this is so funny to me like give a character who literally does NOTHING in the story a kinda big deal like this? M. Gillenormand doesn’t even give him a chance to come close and shouts at him a lot here ASIKDASDF

Also:

#les miserables #les mis #theodule #mlle gillenormand #Lebanese Series

[dolphin1812]

“she is charming, she is discreet, it is not true about the lancer”

Does this imply that there was a rumor about Cosette and Théodule, because that’s hilarious

Gillenormand’s speech is also a bit funny in some ways (calling Marius “Mr. Lawyer”), but it’s disturbing, too. As per usual, his framing is very misogynistic, both by our standards and Marius’ (he’s had his own “Cosettes” being one of the lines that would have offended Marius in another context). His position has changed, but his views haven’t, as he emphasizes his affairs in his youth and that marriage is a “trouble” to be taken. Cosette’s love for Marius is presented as a sign of her virtue, too, and not as an indication that she and Marius care for each other equally. It is fair for Gillenormand to be concerned about who Marius is marrying - Marius is the one he knows, so it makes sense that he’d comment on what Cosette is like - but he acts as if Marius is the one making a choice in their relationship and Cosette is merely being a loyal woman. 

That being said, Gillenormand’s frantic and long-winded speech almost calls to mind the speech patterns of the misérables. @pilferingapples has pointed out that Gillenormand sees Marius as stepping into the role of “head of the household” and thus replacing him in the household hierarchy without changing the structure itself, and that shows here. He’s very far from being an actual misérable, but he’s employing this style of speech to downplay his own authority, as if he has to appease Marius. It’s disturbing in how it leaves the hierarchy itself unchanged, and it’s odd to see Gillenormand so subservient. I think Hugo’s aiming for humor with how Gillenormand has to flee the room to vent about his hatred of the French Revolution for fear of upsetting Marius (especially since we know he’s just thinking of Cosette), but it can only be so funny when that moment highlights how essential fear remains to their relationship. Gillenormand just fears Marius more than he fears him now. 

#les mis letters #lm 5.5.3 #m gillenormand #marius pontmercy #love the theodule reference though

[cliozaur]

The abusive old man is back! Marius is so desperate that he has to beg his grandfather to allow him to marry (since, according to the French laws, he was considered a minor until 25). It’s so strange to revisit this family. I have just realized how hard it must have been for M. Gillenormand to live doing opposite to what he felt like doing when it came to his grandson.

It seems like Hugo has a strange kind of sympathy for his morally flawed characters. After all, the horrid Thénardier and the awful Gillenormand are among the rare survivors at the end of the Brick. What was he trying to convey with this?

But I was actually glad to meet Mlle Gillenormand again. She tried to be helpful by introducing Théodule as a replacement for Marius (while also showing some sympathy towards Marius), but failed. I was also delighted to encounter the ridiculous Théodule again! It’s interesting that M. Gillenormand despised him, even though Théodule shared many traits with him: frivolous, vulgar, and a womanizer… But, of course, he is not Marius.

It’s kind of funny, how M. Gillenormand misunderstood Marius’ (un)involvement in the Revolution of 1830! And it was so unexpected that Marius finally gave in to his feelings and sincerely told his cynical grandfather about his deep love for Cosette. But M. Gillenormand is just being himself. He turned everything into a joke and suggested that his grandson take Cosette as a mistress. It was the last straw. And here, I feel solidarity with Marius. (However, let's be honest - marriage is not a good solution in Marius' situation: he has no job, no money, he still "sleeps with" Courfeyrac, he owes money.)

Meanwhile, it’s already the 4th of June.

#les mis letters #lm 4.8.7 #les miserables #marius pontmercy #gillenormand #cosette #theodule #mlle gillenormand

[psalm22-6]

Cham’s Les Misérables, translated (part 5/10)

People will be please to see Theodule introduced in this edition. They’ll be less pleased perhaps with the passing glance at Les Amis but what can you do. For some reason Mme Gillenormand becomes Luc-Esprit Gillenormand’s sister instead of daughter.  I think this is the third issue in a row to joke about child abuse. It might also be the third to reference Louis XVIII? Which has to be my favorite running joke (the child abuse stuff being my least favorite).  Also, love the attention to detail w/r/t Georges Pontmercy and his carnations which I have recently learned were a Bonapartist symbol so it makes sense that he was growing them. And no I don’t know why he is called commander instead of colonel (although in a later issue they call him colonel).  In case you missed them, here’s part 1, part 2, part 3 , and part 4. 

#les miserables #les mis #theodule #les amis #gillenormand #cham #caricature #georges pontmercy #marius #gavroche #my translation

[0zzysaurus]

#I fully ran out of characters who are alive #petit Gervais….. #Les mis #Les Miserables #poll

[pureanonofficial]

LES MIS LETTERS IN ADAPTATION - Some Petticoat, LM 3.3.7 (Les Miserables 1972)

We have mentioned a lancer. He was a great-grand-nephew of M. Gillenormand, on the paternal side, who led a garrison life, outside the family and far from the domestic hearth. Lieutenant Théodule Gillenormand fulfilled all the conditions required to make what is called a fine officer. He had “a lady’s waist,” a victorious manner of trailing his sword and of twirling his moustache in a hook. He visited Paris very rarely, and so rarely that Marius had never seen him. The cousins knew each other only by name. We think we have said that Théodule was the favorite of Aunt Gillenormand, who preferred him because she did not see him. Not seeing people permits one to attribute to them all possible perfections.

#Les Mis #Les Mis Letters #Les Miserables #Theodule #Theodule Gillenormand #Les Mis 1972 #Les Miserables 1972 #lesmisedit #lesmiserablesedit #lesmiserables1972edit #pureanonedits #I'M CATCHING UP #LM 3.3.7 #Les Mis Letters in Adaptation

[diioss-art]

More sketches let's gooo

#my art #Art #les mis #les miserables #javert #spamton g spamton #For some reason #Theodule gillenormand #WHY DO THEY NEVER INCLUDE MY BESTIE THEODULE IN ANY ADAPTATIONS HE'S SO GREAT

[secretmellowblog]

I love the @lesmisletters email subscription thing, so I decided to track when major characters will appear for the first time! : D If I did my math right— feel free to correct me— the dates should be:

January 1st: Bishop Myriel

January 15th: Jean Valjean

January 29th: Fantine

February 6th: Cosette, Madame Thenardier, Monsieur Thenardier, Eponine, and Azelma

February 13th: Inspector Javert

February 14th: Pere Fauchelevent

April 3rd: Gavroche

June 9th: Gillenormand

June 14th: the Momes

June 16th: Marius Pontmercy, Mademoiselle Gillenormand, Theodule Gillenormand, Georges Pontmercy (by implication—he is mentioned in more detail in the following chapter)

June 18th: Father Mabeuf

June 25th: Enjolras, Grantaire, Combeferre, Courfeyrac, Bahorel, Feuilly, Bossuet, Joly, Jehan Prouvaire (yeah it’s That Chapter(tm))

One interesting thing I noticed is that— I’d always felt that Les Mis kept introducing major characters all the way through the novel, but that’s not true? All the major players have been introduced by the midpoint of the book (with Les Amis’s intro chapter coming as chapter 176 out of 365). From that point on many bit characters are introduced, but the primary drama of the story is the complex changing relationships between the core cast introduced in the first half.

#Les mis #les mis letters #feel free to add more! #I skipped most of patron-minette in this post #you can tell my ear infection painkillers are working because I can now Do Math #I’m going to try to catch up on what I missed XD #les mis daily

[alicedrawslesmis]

Hello! I am very new to Les Miserables and I’ve heard a lot about Theodule but I never really understood Him as a character, why is he such a big deal?

Well tumblr ate a long reply that I had typed out because tumblr has a great UI /s

The truth is Theodule isn't important in the story, he doesn't show up much and he's just kinda superfluous. He's more like, decorative. He's a charming himbo who's a lancer in the army. He's Marius's cousin who flirted with Cosette for a while before she lost interest and he moved on

But the thing that elevates Theodule to great is how he was meant to be read vs how he reads. Hugo wrote the Gillenormand family in such a way that you're supposed to find them all equally sort of bad. Mlle Gillenormand (Marius's aunt) imo is the only one that fits the 'sort of bad' category because next to her we have an old man who beats his servants and who literally emotionally and physically abused his grandson, separating him from his father by threatening to disown him. And old G is supposedly redeemed in the end but no he isn't. He sucks and that never changes.

Marius also sucks (affectionate, but true. Sorry buddy, go to therapy please. And leave your grandpa's house) (anyway I think we're supposed to think that Marius overcame his flaws in the end, but no his worst flaws are very much still there)

But the things that Theodule has as character flaws are like almost all neutral things and/or not flaws at all? He cares about his appearance. He's kinda distracted. He sees that Cosette lost interest and he moves on with his life (that's supposed to be a flaw). He's just a charming young man, who grooms his mustache and loves his aunty and does what she tells him to do. But he's kind of inept at what she tells him to do.

One of the genuine best Theodule moments is when Marius has been disappearing for days at a time and his aunt tells him to spy on Marius. He does (but only cause he was headed that same direction anyway and he barely manages to do that cause he fell asleep) and finds out that unlike what the others thought, Marius doesn't have a secret girlfriend but is instead visiting his recently deceased father's grave. Theodule, being an army man, respects the colonel's resting place and also understands grief and so he leaves Marius alone and doesn't tell his aunt what he saw. But also partly cause he forgot to. And this makes him genuinely the best Gillenormand of all.

You know how in romcoms they will often give the female protagonist another love interest who's generally a nice guy and definitely better than the main love interest but then they make the character do something horrible to justify her leaving with the other guy? I think Theodule has that type of character vibe but Hugo forgot to make him do something horrible so he's just an army himbo who's hanging out. And Marius doesn't know him that well but he knows Marius so he's probably the nincest male friendship Marius has after the whole book is over and I want them to hang out more maybe Marius could learn a thing or two from him.

[les-mis-guy-supreme]

an update: we have a bracket

i say we do it in 8 lots of 8! there'll probably be 16 polls a day (in 2 clumps). this was done via blind draw and i don't think i'll be randomizing further

matchups under cut!

PART A

grantaire vs the instruments in the intro to rue plumet

gueulemer vs m. fauchelevent

bossuet vs montparnasse

cosette fauchelevent vs panchaud

napoleon vs mother plutarch

mabeuf vs the flute guy who lives near the convent

persona 5 valjean vs robojean from arm joe

the oboe solo after everyone dies on the barricade vs madeleine's guinea pig

PART B

the artist who said that if favourite’s gloves were fritters he would eat them vs joly

france (country) vs the elephant from the movie

babet vs boulatruelle

the french horns from the musical vs the pool table from enjolras and grantaire's death scene

jean valjean vs the candlesticks

musichetta vs the bridge on the seine

dahlia vs javert from sid story

feuilly vs cosette's doll (katherine)

PART C

javert vs azelma

bread vs brujon

claquesous vs the rich guy who threw bread to the geese in luxembourg garden

sister simplice vs theodule gillenormand

babet's mistress vs enjolras

chou chou from shoujo cosette vs the carrot guy from the movie

combeferre vs tutti

the bedbugs in thenardier's inn vs jehan prouvaire

PART D

cambronne vs bahorel's mistress

navet vs fantine's neighbour who taught her how to conserve candles (ie. marguerite. thanks tumblr)

javert's singular braincell vs the closeups in the movie

bahorel vs the porter who refuses to narc on valjean

courfeyrac vs discojolras from the french concept album

gavroche thenardier vs petit gervais

eponine thenardier vs member of the convention, g----

valjean the nun from 24601 releases a sammich on parole vs marius pontmercy

#les mis character bracket #round 1 #round 1a #round 1b #round 1c #round 1d #tournament poll #feel free to boost! :)))) #les miserables #les mis #not a poll