““monsieur,” replied the old man, “i will soon be better.” He paused then added, “in three hours i will be dead””
once again. les mis is a comedy
you’re telling me that if the targaryens knew how to name their kids anything else besides aegon this whole civil war could have been avoided? i love this family house of dumb blondes never change babes
And then, human society had done him nothing but injury; never had he seen anything of her, but this wrathful face which she calls justice, and which she shows to those whom she strikes down. No man had ever touched him but to bruise him. All his contact with men had been by blows. Never, since his infancy, since his mother, since his sister, never had he been greeted with a friendly word or a kind regard.
Les Misérables; I. Fantine, Book 2: The Fall, Chapter 7: The Depths of Despair. Wilbour translation.
They carried Marius up to the second story, without anybody, moreover, perceiving it in the other portions of the house, and they laid him on an old couch in M. Gillenormand’s ante-chamber; and, while Basque went for a doctor and Nicolette was opening the linen closets, Jean Valjean felt Javert touch him on the shoulder. He understood, and went down stairs, having behind him Javert’s following steps.
Les Misérables; V. Jean Valjean, Book 3: Mire, But the Soul, Chapter 10: Return of the Prodigal Son - Of His Life. Wilbour translation.
“I could fix him” “I could make him worse” well I could give him two silver candlesticks to help him become an honest man and send him on a path to redemption
Look on the bright side. Nobody got hurt. People got hurt. I’m saying, I think they died quickly. So I don’t think they got hurt.
The Nice Guys (2016), dir. Shane Black
Squid game is so so so good bc its such an accurate portrayal of capitalism. It constantly feeds you the narrative that technically all the players are there due to their own free will and they’re all equal. It also constantly pushes the idea that as long as they work hard and do their best they’ll eventually get rewarded for it. Its fair.
The thing is, they’re NOT there because they want to be, but because they have to. And no, they’re not equal at all. Each one of the games are based entirely on luck. Its almost never your fault when you lose, rather its just the system working against you. And yeah!! In the end yeah sure, you may get rich! You may just make it after all that “hard work” but you DEFINITELY aren’t going to get there without harming someone else in the process.
everything javert does post-barricade really is tragic because this is a man who's been through a super traumatic event and hasn't eaten or rested in days and it shows... but also... the idea of him slowly tailing thénardier across the city in the least exciting cop chase known to man, losing him, glaring at the gate and expecting it to open through the sheer power of sleep deprived fury, having a 10 second mental breakdown at the realisation that criminals are accessing the sewer using a government key, and then sulkily standing guard there for god knows how long is fantastic. the climax of this book really makes everyone take their bullshit and turn it up to 11
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. April 21, 2019.
happy one year wedding anniversary (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
it’s never hit me how funny it is that the losers were like what are we gonna do this summer? kid stuff? like go to the arcade or go swimming or something? and bill is just like No. We Are Looking For My Dead Brother In The Sewers. and later he’s like okay, so, change of plans, we’re going clown hunting,
what nik actually meant: yeah this doll is now mine
Seriously, guys. We need to talk about that One Scene™️ in The Brick when Valjean is rushing to the courthouse after learning about Champmathieu and a young boy helps him with his cart and asks for some money in return and Valjean just laughs at him and rides away. What the heck happened there?
What are some forgotten scenes in The Brick that you guys had thoughts about?
victor hugo really is the most insufferable writer of all time, every damn five chapters he introduces a mysterious stranger, an OLD MAN who is UNUSUALLY STRONG, “who could this be ;)” he asks us! “why! its jean valjean!” as if we’re supposed to be surprised, as if we didn’t guess this 100 pages ago VIC, i love him so much i could DIE