ship asks, as many as you like, with enjoltaire where [pairing] is. xo
I have decided to pick five; bless you for this, kind human
How did you start shipping Enjoltaire?
Like a lot of other people here on Hell Dot Com, I didn’t know shit about Les Mis (other than tidbits from @faeriviera) until the 2012 movie. I’d heard a lot of good shit about it, so like three days after it came out, I decided to see it—and immediately fell in stupid slackjawed love with the dumb cocker spaniel in red, and wanted to cry because of his stupid pining wannabe boyfriend in green. And then saw it again on my birthday. And then three MORE times. And started doodling the stupid idiots on everything and scouring AO3 for fanfic and following anyone who blogged about them and RPing them with @faeriviera, both canon-era and modern AU (I’m Grantaire). It has been fiVE YEARS AND I STILL DON’T HAVE MY LIFE BACK
Why do you think Enjoltaire is so popular?
Because first of all, George “Are You Fucking Kidding Me” Blagden and Aaron “I Can’t Fucking Look At You” Tveit personally came after all of us in our homes, murdered us, cleaned up the crime scene with our baby blankets and made themselves a sandwich in our kitchens, and we thanked them and asked if they wanted our social security numbers too, because they are Captains of Fanservice and we are not remotely worthy. And because it’s pretty goddamned refreshing to see the gay subtext (and the “sub” part is generous) so clearly represented in the mainstream (movie OR theatre) adaptation of a classic novel. And also, we’re all big fat masochistic suckers for angst and pain.
What’s your favorite headcanon of Enjoltaire?
This is only for the modern AU, but I love the one (and everyone seems to have their own version) where Grantaire ends up drawing on Enjolras one day—in mine, it’s a lazy morning, and Enj has expressed that he never really “got” why anyone would want a tattoo, so R ends up rather earnestly explaining the passion behind that kind of expression as he draws a freestyle design near his hipbone with a Sharpie (and I actually drew that design, and ohp, would you look at that, it’s right here)—and after R leaves for the day, Enjolras ends up thinking about what R said, and he realizes he doesn’t ever want to wash that Sharpie off. So he consults Bahorel for the name of a good tattoo parlor (and Bahorel is sO PROUD), and he gets it tattooed on, that same day. And when R gets home, he’s stunned when he realizes it’s permanent. And then it’s fluffy and then it gets smutty and I am a happy human being.
What’s your favorite canon moment of Enjoltaire?
I’m going with the movie because I still haven’t officially gotten through the book, fUCK YOU WATERLOO—and BESIDES the beautiful and awful moment of their deaths when their faces make me want to tear mine off and cry, I’d say it’s probably the whole “ABC Cafe/Red and Black” bit where Enjolras is in full-on revolution mode and Grantaire is in Little Shit mode—“Don’t let the wine go to your brains~!” / *SWIGS AT HIM*—and every single expression they both make at each other is like deconstructed angerfucking.
What songs remind you of Enjoltaire?
Evil gutwrenching soundtrack aside, there’s a shit ton. I’m literally just gonna go through my playlist. “Radioactive” (Imagine Dragons), “True Love” (P!nk), “If God Made You” (Five For Fighting), “Hallelujah” (Jeff Buckley cover), “There’s A World” (Next To Normal), “Sober” (Freedom Or Death cover), “Young and Beautiful” (Lana Del Rey), “I Will Wait” (Mumford & Sons), “Bitter and Blue” (Michael Weatherly), “Some Nights” (fun.), “Just For You” (William Tell), “Ho Hey” (The Lumineers), “Revolution” (Jim Sturgess cover), “Helena Beat” (Foster The People), and “I Will Follow You Into The Dark” (Matt Simons cover).
