#gillernormand

[pontmercysamis]

i think i’ve seen almost every les mis character headcanoned as poc (and wonderfully so) but you know what major character i’ve rarely (if never) seen headcanoned as poc?

Marius

i would love to see more poc marius headcanons!!!

sorry if this isn’t well organized, but especially in a modern au, Marius’ narrative fits so well with mixed kid experiences, gillenormand could easily be like a supremacist who doesn’t like georges for being poc, and marius’ whole napoleon era could be retconned to trying to reconnect to your culture when you were not raised in it? there’s so much room for thought here :))

[musingsbydrea]

Brick!Club 3.2.1 Hey he's not a nice man BUT he has all his teeth!

The title of the chapter is an odd reference. I guess considering the era having all your teeth would be impressive but it still seems like an odd accomplishment.

Are we supposed to like Monsiur Gillernormand? Cause I don't. I will say I normally like older people who still are active despite their age but this is a bit different. He beats people... that's not nice. And all that anger can't be good for his blood pressure; I'm surprised he's so healthy.

I find it interesting that he is, in essence, a relic. He represents a different era. Yet, for all the fact that he's essentially alone he doesn't allow that to define him; he still has pretensions to being a lady killer; it's not age that defines him but money. He still has his vitality. He ruins any appreciation of that vitality by what he does with it.

I have no idea what "By the big slippers of big slipperdom!" means but I've decided that if it doesn't mean anything too untoward I want to try using that in normal conversation. :-) What? In frustration I've randomly cried out "Dragons and Dramonine" I think "By the big slippers..." seems somewhat more normal.