#les miserables fandom

[send-me-to-the-exr]

I have art that I'll post tomorrow but for today take some substandard contrapuntal poems for Barricade Day!!!

Grantaire and Enjolras:

Javert and Valjean:

Fantine and Cosette:

And Gavroche and Éponine:

@barricadeday (no clue if that's just for art sorry if not)

[aveline-mai]

enjolras

[robin-stars]

Whoever in the Argentine production of the musical in 2000 had the idea of ​​having Grantaire kneel before Enjolras and make eye contact knew exactly what they were doing

Extra: In that same production, when Enjolras was shot while on top of the barricade, Grantaire, who was below, ran towards Enjolras's body, letting himself be shot along with his very close friend, a friend too close... Very close, much closer than they should be

[soapysun]

World Ain't Ready by idiopathicsmile on ao3

Two days ago, I stumbled across this fanfic on a Reddit comment saying it was one of the best pieces of fanfiction OP ever read and oh boy were they correct. I've never read Les Misérables, nor watched the musical, nor the movie musical, but I decided to give it a read; if it weren't interesting, I'd just click off. My attention was immediately captured; I love the way the author narrates, and they have captured the mind of a teenage boy so accurately. I have been sold on Les Misérables; although the fic is a High School AU, I have plans to consume all forms of Les Mis media in the upcoming days, soon as I finish this glorious fanfic. Everyone should read it; it is easy to follow for those unfamiliar with the fandom, and it is hilarious. There isn't a moment of reading where I don't laugh my balls off. All the characters feel fully fleshed out and conversations natural; the setting is perfect, and hoo boy, don't even get me started on the amount of pop culture references mentioned; they are so funny every time, and I get happy understanding them. I adopted Grantaire's vocabulary into my own and, admittedly, I steal his jokes.

There should be a fandom surrounding this fic. I have searched around, and lamentably, there is little talk about this work of art. I was surprised at this; usually these kinds of fanfics are renowned by the fandom and practically create their own fandom. People should talk about it more.

The following represents William shakespeare as Ray Toro (left) and idiopathicsmile as Gerard Way (right).

[thtrnut74]

[classicfrunchmisrableice]

I am planning a ten part series about the patron minette. It involves alot of literally analysis, quotes, and art to do so i hope to have out on the 20th or so. This is not a shiping related thing just a disclaimer.

Fallow to find out more.

[unknown171204]

A First Winning Attempt

Probably intrigued then boosted by the gradual arrival of Foreign Musicals on French soil, Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil would collaborate to give birth, unknowingly, to the very first 100% French Musical : " La Révolution Française "

( * if these two names are not very familiar to you, they are simply the creators of Les Mis )

Choosing the French Revolution of 1789 as the subject of the show was a brilliant idea ! It's an event in French history important enough to be known by all generations and vague enough to allow for the creation of stories and memorable characters, even if, originally, this beautiful project was only intended to be a simple album, without any stage ambitions ...

This album was released in 1973

Accompanied by a short comic strip illustrating the story

DISTRIBUTION :

The Charlots : Priests

Alain Bashung : Robespierre

Antoine : Napoleon

Jean Schultheis : Antoine Fouquier-Tinville

Claude-Michel Schönberg : Louis XVI

Franca di Rienzo : Marie-Antoinette

Noëlle Cordier : Isabelle de Montmorency

Jean-Pierre Savelli : Charles Gauthier

Gérard Blanc : Danton

Jean-Max Rivière : Marat

Jean Bentho : La Fayette

Gérard Rinaldi : Talleyrand

Françoise Boublil : Charlotte Corday

Élisabeth Vigna : Madame Sans-Gêne

Gérard Layani : La Terreur

Jean-François Michael : Les Chouans

Martin Circus : Tiers-État

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The story follow the impossible love story of Charles Gauthier, a poor boy from the shallows , for Isabelle de Montmorency, daughter of aristocrats during the bloody events of 1789

( * This plot will be plagiarized without any embarrassment for another Musical " 1789 les Amants de la Bastille" many years later , I will probably talk about it in more detail one day )

This album was an unexpected success !!

So successful, in fact, that a stage adaptation was hastily staged at the Palais des Sports in October of the same year with Alain Bashung still in the role of Robespierre , and then at the Théâtre Mogador the following year with a new cast without the stars of the album

Despite its success, the show does not appear to have been filmed in its entirety , only the original album remains and some video archives :

The hype will continue to grow, the show will be performed by small amateur troupes all over the country, in holiday camps and even in schools ( I'll mention here that in France schools don't have musical theatre clubs and almost never put on end-of-year shows ) before disappearing completely all at once !

Completely overshadowed by all the Musicals who succeeded him , the show could very well have fallen into oblivion forever ...

Without the intervention of producer Pierre-Amar Chalal, who brought the show back to life at the Théâtre du Treizième Art in 2024 with multidisciplinary musician singers :

DISTRIBUTION :

Clara Poirieux : Marianne

Sébastien Duchange : Robespierre

Émilien Marion : Napoleon / Camille Desmoulins

Billy Boguard : Antoine Fouquier

Matthieu Vinel : Louis XVI

Julie Denn : Marie-Antoinette

Lucie Wendremaire : le Dauphin

Anne-Flore Roublique : la Dauphine

Marion Perronnet : Isabelle de Montmorency

Pierre Étienne : Charles Gauthier

Thomas Roditi : Danton / Charette

Henri Pauliat : Marat

Remi Torrado : Talleyrand

Diane Fourès : Charlotte Corday

Cindy Renou : Madame Sans-Gêne

Margaux Le Dorze : Olympe de Gouges

Laurine Dalbin : Théroigne de Méricourt

Madison Golaz : Pauline Léon

Antonin Holub / Madison Golaz / Romane Pollet / Laurine Dalbin

ANECDOTES :

The term " Comédie Musicale " used today to define musical in France had not yet been invented / democratized , that's why La Révolution Française and the shows that followed until the end of the 80s are classified in the "Opera Rock " category

...

In the album and on stage, a very young backing vocalist goes unnoticed , Yet, this is Daniel Balavoine who would become six years later the iconic face and voice of Starmania, one of the best French Musicals !!

Here , with the long green jacket in the middle ⤵️

...

It's true that this show has a slightly old-fashioned feel (I'd even say it's a bit cobbled together), but without it, without the audacity to try and equal shows performed abroad, perhaps Les Misérables would never have existed ? And perhaps no one would have had the courage to create what would later become the very precise norms and codes of French musicals

My Masterlist

[beforewecutthefatonesdowntosize]

I'm going to take a chance with this statement here, maybe it's risky, maybe someone has said this before but:

"I think Grantaire, in modern times, would listen to Conan Gray"