Apr 23
So in post Seine stories sometimes I like to think of how many years Javert and Valjean end up having together. It is morbid but sweet in a way to think of how many years of peace Valjean gets to have at the end of it all. 19 years is the best answer in my opinion, not only because of its importance to valjean, he lost 19 years to the law and in post Seine valvert fics javert usually plays a role in knocking valjean out of his melancholy there by giving him back the time the state took away. But also because, since Valjean originally died at 64, 19 years makes him 83, the actual age Victor Hugo was when he died. Idk but it’s weirdly fitting to me.
