Gotta Say I Am Both Very Dubious Of, And Fascinated By, The Concept Of A "Jean Valjean Prequel". Like...are

Gotta say I am both very dubious of, and fascinated by, the concept of a "Jean Valjean Prequel". like...are we gonna focus on the grueling poverty of his life as a peasant in the Ancien Regime? Are we going to watch as multiple generations of his family are literally killed by deprivation and overwork? See the faint echoes of the revolution from the POV of a family that is not at all involved in the politics ? Are we going to just...spend those 19 years he was in prison IN PRISON? Every beating and escape attempt? the casual corruption and cruelty of the officials and guards? Might we get sort of meta and see some riff on Claude Gueux play out there?

the thing is we do actually know what happens to JVV before the book starts and it's all bad, grindingly exhaustingly bad ; if they're committing to that then Respect, honestly, it's not like "poverty and prison are soul crushing" is less relevant these days

And/but if they're not committing to that...what the heck are they gonna do with it ??

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A black and white comic page. At the top is a panel of a man watching two people pull up nettles with the words "One day he saw some country people busily engaged in pulling up nettles". Below that is a drawing of two hands holding a dried nettle stalk and the words "he examined the plants, which were uprooted and already dried, and said: 'They are dead. Nevertheless, it would be a good thing to know how to make use of them."
A black and white comic. In the first panel is a steaming bowl in front of a chair on a table with the words "When the nettle is young, the leaf makes an excellent vegetable." In the second panel is a close up drawing of a person's hand making cordage with the words "when it is older, it has filaments and fibres like hemp and flax." In the third panel a woman is holding up a sheet of fabric as if to fold it, with the words "Nettle cloth is as good as linen cloth." In the fourth panel a chicken is pecking at the ground with the words "Chopped up, nettles are good for poultry." At the bottom of the page is a drawing of nettles in a basket and the words "With the exercise of a little care, the nettle could be made useful;"
A black and white comic. In the first panel, a doorway in a brick wall is partially overgrown with nettles and has the words "it is neglected." In the second panel there is a hand with a rash and the words "and it becomes hurtful." At the bottom, from left to right is drawn a scythe, a dead nettle lying on the ground, nettle stumps, and some living nettles, all with the words "It is exterminated"
A black and white drawing of a man in early 19th century clothing, in his shirt sleeve and holding a hat, looking at a nettle plant. Words read "How many men resemble the nettle!"

He added, after a pause: “Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.”

Les Misérables, Volume I / Book V / Chapter III, trans. Hapgood

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The Real Reason Marius Left

the real reason Marius left

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nel-ii
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Javert's Demise
Javert's Demise

Javert's Demise

please make your own ideas and conclusions i find them cool and interesting, also there's two versions because both fields were a real struggle

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Needed To Practice Backgrounds So I Just Put Him There Awsell 🤷‍♀️

Needed to practice backgrounds so I just put him there awsell 🤷‍♀️

Needed To Practice Backgrounds So I Just Put Him There Awsell 🤷‍♀️
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Not Even The Gods Can Help You With That, Brother
Not Even The Gods Can Help You With That, Brother
Not Even The Gods Can Help You With That, Brother
Not Even The Gods Can Help You With That, Brother

Not even the gods can help you with that, brother

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1 month ago
“…Progress Has No Time To Lose.”

“…Progress has no time to lose.”

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1 month ago
[ID: A Digital Drawing Of Valjean From Les Miserables. He Is Sitting Mostly In The Dark, At A Table,

[ID: a digital drawing of Valjean from Les Miserables. He is sitting mostly in the dark, at a table, staring emptily at a chicken wing. Handwritten text reads “last supper (a chicken wing).” End ID.]

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nel-ii - an homage to my thirteen-year-old self

And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes

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nel-ii - an homage to my thirteen-year-old self
nel-ii
an homage to my thirteen-year-old self

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