#Broadgrass

Grantaire, in whom writhed doubt, loved to watch faith soar in Enjolras. He had need of Enjolras. That chaste, healthy, firm, upright, hard, candid nature charmed him, without his being clearly aware of it, and without the idea of explaining it to himself having occurred to him. He admired his opposite by instinct. [...] There are men who seem to be born to be the reverse, the obverse, the wrong side. They are Pollux, Patrocles, Nisus, Eudamidas, Ephestion, Pechmeja. They only exist on condition that they are backed up with another man; their name is a sequel, and is only written preceded by the conjunction and; and their existence is not their own; it is the other side of an existence which is not theirs. Grantaire was one of these men. He was the obverse of Enjolras.

Ramin Karimloo & Gina Beck, POTO West End 2008

So I've talked about this with several people so I decided I would go ahead and make loose timeline of Ramin and Sierra and their "friendship."

2008: first photo of them ever together for Love Never Dies reading:

Love Never Dies Opening and then a very performative one of Ramin kissing his wife:

Love Never Dies behind the scenes:

That moment where it's like oh yeah he's married and she's supposed to be engaged to Tam:

25th Anniversary:

Japan Concerts:

The tweet heard round the Phandom:

What was up between Ramin and Sierra and his wife?

Found this gem looking for a different photo. Dates circa 2017-18:

When you ended you engagement with one of them after only a year but you've been hung up on the other for over a decade (including that year).

From here you can start to see a turn in their body language, especially Sierra's.

Their 2019 Ft. Lauderdale concert I went to. This is the last time we'd see them interact in person until the Lucy Simon tribute in 2022. I note in person because 2020-21 they did do several live streams together.

Lucy Simon tribute 2022. Here she is engaged to her now husband.

Ramin isn't at her wedding, we don't see them interacting at all on Instagram.

April/May 2026, Sierra starts dropping hints about a "Dear Old Friend" who will be at her London show. He shows up and they sing "Once Upon Another Time."

We get this from her Instagram:

He gives us this: