my les mis hot take is that the idealogical conflict between valjean and javert is much more compelling in the musical than in the brick. obviously they share the overarching idea of forgiveness vs. punishment, but hugo writes it as a very straightforward "good guy christian and bad guy atheist" whereas the musical offers, in my opinion, a much more interesting juxtaposition of worldviews. characterizing javert as devoutly religious makes their conflict that of two different interpretations of christianity: black-and-white, fire-and-brimstone legalism vs. love and forgiveness. that, to me, is what makes valjean and javert such compelling foils and parallels to one another.
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Rolfe in the closet, Rolfe in the closet
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Was holding onto these for such a long time... various loki sketches from whenever I was hitting art block, and thus meant playing dress up with my favorite girl :]
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More quotes, submitter's comments, and picture credits under the cut!
Hamlet and Horatio
Additional quotes:
Hamlet finding a way to say "we're soulmates" as poetically as possible:
and this is how he signs off his letter to Horatio:
Submitter's comments:
Olivia and Viola/Cesario
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Olivia and Viola's respective reflections on their first meeting:
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and Olivia's eventual impassioned confession in their second scene together:
(No submitter's comments, if you can believe it. I only had one submission for this couple, and look how far they've made it!)
Photo credits:
Hamlet and Horatio: Globe Theatre, 2018 (submitted by @onestepatatime32!)
Olivia and Viola: Royal Shakespeare Company, 2017. Photograph by Manuel Harlan.
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Choosing to believe that the coven are not going to retroactively punish Claudia for having broken their laws by attempting to kill one vampire and succeeding with another, but for the far more serious infraction of giving Armand an opportunity to rant to the theatre troupe, yet again, about how brilliant Lestat is, how he is a better actor than any of them, how Armand definitely does not miss him, how (presumed) big his
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I think the guy beside me is staring at us.
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i'm mixing up "things we actually know about ancient greek theatre" with "things mary renault says in the mask of apollo" and it's uh not ideal
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