King of The Universe & Kittens

like? the real softest grantaire? being the caretaker of the barricade even though his doubts are practically physically restraining him??? and this is the first time i’ve really seen a production tackle hugo’s detail that enjolras serves as the backbone for r’s amorphous beliefs; grantaire has QUITE a few moments in this production where he surges up (he’s the first to follow enjolras during do you hear the people sing, right next to him during one day more), falls back, is corrected by enjolras, surges again. this is in TOTAL opposition to the grantaire i usually see who is a drunken louse until maybe right after drink with me, always the last one, trailing behind, caring for gavroche (in some productions) and watching enjolras from afar 

after éponine’s death, enjolras comes over to speak to marius and grantaire stops him physically to let marius grieve on his own (bc let’s be real, there is no possible way enjolras could not royally fuck up that situation and make it worse) 

there was this MAGICAL moment when a soldier fell and grantaire immediately went to him, then was joined by enjolras, and there was this moment of collaboration between the two of them that (though perhaps not necessarily in character if we’re going strictly by hugo’s canon) was SO nice to see 

plus, uh, let’s just BRIEFLY TALK about the BLATANT HOMOSEXUAL CONTENT??? 

WHEN grantaire was the first to follow enjolras during “do you hear the people sing,” enjolras like…slung his arm around him and side-hugged him while they walked until enjolras got up on his chariot like the dramatic twink he is

after grantaire held enjolras back from marius, he literally like…collapsed onto his chest and they had the first of several Tender Embraces complete with Face Touching 

bruh i don’t think even martin neely and gareth gates’s drink with me embrace could match these boys…i was like “y’all i feel like a damn voyeur on this intimate moment…” 

This is for all the boys who have stolen a loaf of bread.

This is for all the boys who steal the bishop’s silver but forget the candlesticks.

This is for all the boys who can lift an entire cart by themselves.

This is for all the boys who drag young wounded men through the sewers.

Like, really funny

Grantaire doesn’t even spare the National Guardsmen a single glance

As he voluntarily marched to his death, he didn’t look away from Enjolras

Not even once

And you know who has all those answers? Combeferre! Combeferre pushes his glasses up his nose, sit next to the kids to be at the same level, and uncovers a whole world of wonders. He doesn’t look down on kids, he wants to elevate them and help their curiosity grow.