@spongyllama on AO3 where I write fics about dudes having mental breakdowns. Historically Anakin, but currently deeply fixated upon Javert
this is a side blog, follows come from parks-and-exploration
COMPLETE: Scrupulosity, a post-Seine Valvert slow burn
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Curse him. Curse his name and this supposed gift he’d given of life. Even Javert’s final thought, submerged willfully in the cold waters of the Seine, was littered with the remnants of Jean Valjean. Let him be free. Let the water wash away the curse inflicted on his soul. Let him die now, too tormented to wait in agony for a natural death, even if it meant the remainder of his soul would go to Lucifer’s domain. Let his eternal life be one of misery, as he deserved. Perhaps Valjean would meet him there, but Javert did not think it so.
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Rescued from the Seine by a determinably anonymous benefactor, Inspector Javert struggles to cope with the consequences of being left alive.
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She’s finally done so I figured I should repost it for all you fine folks who only read completed fics ;) hope you enjoy if you read it and I’d love to hear it if you do
I CANT BELIEVE I DIDNT MENTION THIS when i saw les mis in london yknow that part where javert is tied up at the barricade and valjean recognizes him?? grantaire was FURIOUSLY looking back and forth between them he was clocking them SO BAD
ok also I just changed the title of my main blog from parks-and-exploration to spongyllama-main because I hate that my likes come up as something random, rather than with the ridiculous name that people know me as
Saw Les Mis US Tour tonight front row; some crazed ramblings in the spirit of Pride Barricade Month Week
(tl;dr I am helplessly Javert pilled but there is some Grantaire in there)
so I bought a literal front row ticket in back October, immediately forgot it was for the front row, showed up tonight, was shown my seat, jaw drops onto the floor because I did NOT remember selecting that seat (thank you for your service past spongyllama)
anyway just some thoughts before I forget them under the cut
-you really get to hear all their little whispers and stuff that the mic doesn't pick up (and you really immediately forget all the details because you're completely overwhelmed by being in the front row and not having expected it)
-in the spirit of pride month, and the actual reason I made this post, I would like to draw special attention to the way this Grantaire (who also has beautiful long luscious hair) spends the ENTIRE First Attack leaning over Javert and whispering directly into his ear, pointing around and pointing at Valjean, this of course after Javert just had a very intimate staring session with Valjean (as he always does), and all I can see in this very fine first week of June is a gay man talking to another gay man and isn't that just beautiful. Victor Hugo really gave us that
-Javert's wigs are, as usual, my favorite character
-the LITTLEST boy I've ever seen played Gavroche and I would DIE FOR HIM, he knew all his lines and did amazing but he was VERY little so he didn't sing them The Traditional Way which is in no way whatsoever a complaint because it made it ADORABLE and he was so happy during the applause
-Hayden Tee is probably my new second favorite Javert of all time and I had never even heard of him (no one can dethrone Mr. Quast in my eyes I am sorry)
-and then I look him up on instagram and this is the most wonderfully gay kiwi man ever, doing Get Ready With Me's as Javert, which he calls Javert Drag, and he is traveling the US on tour with his dog, this man is my king I love and adore him
-Nick Cartell. enough said there I believe???? Completely lived up to the hype??? Literally what is there to say about perfection??? Big fan of his wigs as well?? also shout out to those perfectly tailored jackets hnngggggg
-I am not knocking the Thénardiers actors, they were excellent (everyone is) but I cannot get behind them having American accents, I understand that it doesn't make any less sense than for them to be Cockney, but it simply does not work for me at all lol. I'm afraid the actors I saw in London two months ago blew me away so hard that they might be my gold standard now
-Half of Empty Chairs was performed 10 feet directly in front of me and as the worlds only Marius fan I have died and gone to heaven
-Jaedynn Latter AMAZING Eponine
-Valjean and Javert's exchange during the First Attack was also directly 10 feet in front of me and I think I went out of body
-same for The Robbery; Valjean and Cosette were right in front of me and Valjean is shading his face so Javert doesn't recognize him, and that shading was done perfectly in the direction for me to see the terror in his eyes
-The people sitting around me were literally a nightmare for my hypersensitive ass, so loud, actually so distracting that my night was slightly ruined, but the one highlight was the lady right behind me, while otherwise a fucking nightmare seat-neighbor, directly after the Confrontation, as the lights fade and Javert is unconscious on the floor, says at full volume, "I like that cop guy"
-I’m also deeply interested with the way the musical stages the students handing Javert over to Valjean, specifically Javert protesting at this and shaking his head, almost afraid, though of course he ultimately still challenges Valjean to kill him; in general I’m just fascinated by the contrast of musical Javert to book Javert: the former seems to want to live so he can do his job and stuff probably and is annoyed to be prisoner, whereas the latter is like 🥰 can’t wait for you guys to kill me 🥹 can I have some death, as a treat (pretty normal behavior at the barricade tbh)
I think that's it for now, it is so terribly cruel to witness perfection right in front of you and never be able to relive it except in memory. But such is theater and I shall ride this high until the Arena tour comes to New York next month ❤️ happy pride barricade month week yall
from the anon who just asked ab the zygerria fic- i’m literally an idiot, i kept looking under fics tagged as “star wars prequel trilogy” instead of “star wars the clone wars (2008)” bc in my head the prequel series umbrellas the clone wars show lolol
anyways, thanks for posting the link and can’t wait to read!!!
Ooooh makes sense, I feel like I distantly remember not tagging that one under prequel trilogy because it’s like SO specific to the clone wars but maybe I’ll add it now so it doesn’t happen to anyone else! I hope you enjoy it!!
just read (and devoured!!) come in the fire’s warm— so so good!!! i saw you mentioned the zygerria fic and i haven’t been able to find in on ao3- i’d love to read it and see your take on anakin’s experience with the queen. was it taken down?
thanks!!
hi there!! No it is still on AO3, if you go to all my works it will be right after Come In. But I will save you the time and give you the link haha thank you so much for reading!!!
A moment of appreciation for the 1992 French Les Mis cartoon, which, among MANY other wild choices, apparently decides to have Valjean get a pardon (with multiple people, including Javert, testifying in court), then do a post-Seine style rescue scene:
(Cosette, Marius and their pet dog are also there)
Then, IMMEDIATELY has Javert take the name Fauchelevent and sail off to America.
Yeah, sure. Sure, why not. We love a creative adaptation.
