sing with me the songs we knew

[mimesere]

um, other people think Valjean's kind of an annoying tool, right?

...and that Javert is MIGHTY WITH THE AWESOME*?

People Who I Love in Les Miz:
-Javert (so much omg)
-Eponine (even my wacky sang-it-phonetically-in-English Japanese Eponine!)
-Grantaire (I have a rough-voiced OTT American Grantaire who reduces me to *tears* during "Drink With Me")
-Enjolras (dumb! But he believes! And um, I really like "Do You Hear the People Sing" and "Red and Black")
-The rest of the students (see above)
-the Bishop (AWWW BISHOP DUDE!)
-Fantine (dumb! so dumb! but awesome! Also, my CSR has like, the robust Australian Fantine, who sounds like she could break Valjean in half with her pinky even while dying of consumption)

People Who Annoy the Crap Out of Me in Les Miz:
-Valjean (such a tool)
-Cosette (god, SHUT UP)
-Marius (...except during "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" and, because I am not made of stone, he is also not annoying during "A Little Fall of Rain". *wibble*)
-Victor Hugo (because seriously, Victor, did we REALLY need like, a 30 page essay on the evils of Waterloo in the middle of your book?)

This post brought to you by Neil Patrick Harris and Jason Segel singing "The Confrontation."

and by "awesome," I pretty much mean Interesting and Complex and Sympathetic despite being a complete dick and closeminded and all of that. Still a good guy, though. *loves*

Comments

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

The thing that I love about Javert is that he *is* rigid and closeminded and kind of a dick and very binary in his thinking and yet...he does the best he can. I really, truly believe he does and I never for a second think while reading the book or listening/watching the musical that he's out to get Valjean for personal reasons; it's always about This Guy Is An Escaped Convict and Belongs In Jail. He is doing his duty and it takes him to this place where he has to question everything he has built his life on and that is so awesome I can't even describe it.

*hearts Javert like whoa*

[dizmo]

Exactly! Javert is wonderful. It's not personal at all. It's just... It's his job, and he's good at it, and has to do it, because that's what he does.

He's not the bad guy. If you want one of those, go look at the Thenardiers. Ugh.