“He is a man who does good by gunshots.”
The description of Jean Valjean’s marksmanship as “the shot which misses nothing and kills no one” has always stuck out to me as a metaphor for his character as a whole. He’s highly skilled at violence, but chooses to use his skills for pacifism instead. He fires a gun expertly,—but only to hit off soldier’s helmets or knock down furniture for the barricade, and never to kill. It’s similar to how he uses his ‘frightening’ convict strength to save Fauchelevent from under the cart. He’s very “Iron Giant”-like in the sense that he’s been ‘built’ for violence and is in a system that repeatedly tries to force him to be violent, but is determined to remain peaceful at any cost to himself; it’s about all the great “terrifying” power being used only for gentle pacifistic reasons….
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Old angst I drew a while back lol
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For the wretched of the earth / There is a flame that never dies
Redraw of a piece I did like…. forever ago feels like. If you remember it, kudos to you thank you for sticking around for so long!
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So this is it, that's how it ends
I guess there's nothing more romantic than dying with your friends
ah yes, the happy soft vibes for the @sillylovesongsfest, you get it...
based on the assigned prompted song Till Forever Falls Apart by Ashe and FINNEAS, as well as this
for an even sadder and bloody version look under the cut <33
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I think I finally figured out my designs for Javert and Valjean! It turns out the trick was getting good reference photos :)
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Concept; les mis modern au, BUT i assign them clothes I own. Please pay special attention to R‘s socks
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POV you tried to start a normal conversation with me about Les Misérables
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un groupe qui a failli devenir historique
It's Barricade day!
So them again, my beloveds
And yes Enj is so jesus isnt he lol he even died nailed(?) on the wall
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Jean Valjean, inspired by this line from his introduction chapter:
It was, moreover, a firm, energetic, and melancholy profile. This physiognomy was strangely composed; it began by seeming humble, and ended by seeming severe. The eye shone beneath its lashes like a fire beneath brushwood.
(I'm working on a series of stained glass paintings for Jean Valjean's different names/titles/identities; here's a link to the previous painting in the series)
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Enj playing with his toy barricade <333
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Some more Eposette on this wonderful Barricade Day! 🌈🌈🌈
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