Enjonine week 2018

I am very fond of that one, so I’m delighted that you are too!

See, I think, for Enjolras and Éponine, the whole “date” thing would come out of... not wanting to prove a point, exactly, but to settle something for themselves. It’s an Enjolras who quietly wonders if, perhaps, he is missing something in his intense political focus or if he’s right about his impression that dating people isn’t really his speed. And it’s an Éponine who wants to prove to herself than she’s more than her bundle of conflicted feelings about Marius and her family and everything that says she’s unworthy and undesirable.

I am not entirely sure who’s fault this is - possibly Cosette’s, whose method of kindness is not necessarily reassuring people that they’re fine the way they are, but letting them realize it for themselves and with one another.

Anyway.

This date starts off terribly. Enjolras is stiff and awkward and practically screaming “Does Not Want to Be Here.” Éponineis wary and angry and fed the fuck up with the world (and very quietly insecure). Their small talk is stilted, and their positionality in the world gapes between them. It is so painful and they are both just, like, cringing, and agree that this is terrible and they should just Get Through Dinner.

But. They both have so much anger and so many feelings about all of this bullshit in the world. Éponine isn’t so much scathing as blunt, because if she’s blithe, it doesn’t hurt as much to spit in his face how broken she is, but Enjolras is... quiet. He listens, he nods, he occasionally interjects, but only to confirm her points or agree.

They are so angry, at the way the system has failed Éponineand people like her and everyone. Éponineis angry about her father and her sister’s arm, but there’s something witty and charming that flashes underneath the bitter exhaustion, and she eats in bursts between searing condemnation of class and poverty and sexism. Enjolras is angry about all of those things as well, Enjolras cares so much about all the injustices of the world, and he is fierce in his beliefs, but the thing is that he listens - he listens, and hears, and has moments of blazing compassion and hope.

There’s something very validating about agreement, and about caring.

Neither of them like being overly personal while also being strikingly candid at times, and it’s not one of those ten-hour first conversations where you feel like you know someone in your soul, but it’s. Fuck, it’s so validating to feel like a person, to feel like it’s okay to carry this much feeling in their tiny mortal frames.

So I guess what I’m saying is that I don’t think they decide it’s a date again - I don’t think they do, because, well, they’re both pretty skittish, both pretty frustrated with the thought of their emotions and selves being attributed to romantic attraction. But I think the important thing is that they strike a weird chord of friendship and decide to meet up for coffee to yell more about Éponine’s crumbling neighborhood.

Enjonine Exchange Holidays 2019

Hi, enjonines! For this holiday, we’d like to invite you to join us for an Enjonine Exchange from December 15-21 to celebrate our favourite revolutionary couple!

How does it work?

A prompt will be given for each day of the week, December 15-21, for this exchange. 

You can do it solo or with a partner.

If you do it with a partner, you can notify us via an ask or at discord!

Am I required to submit for every day of the week? 

No, it’s not required. You (and/or your partner) can do as you please. 

What can I contribute? 

Anything under the sun! As long as it’s new and hasn’t been posted before. Here are some suggestions: 

Fics

Artwork

Gifs/Gifset

Mood boards/Aesthetics

Manips/Edits (e.g. Enjonine!Facebook, Enjonine!Insta, etc.)

Videos

Playlists

Interactive Story

Meta

And anything else you can think of! All of this will be posted here daily once submissions are finalised.

Rules & Prompts

While the theme is largely about the holidays, we recommend the following prompts to help you with the exchange! :) 

Day 1 (Sunday, December 15): Warmth - Cabin / Hearth / Wool

Day 2 (Monday, December 16): Lost - Secret Santa / Surprise / Mistletoe

Day 3 (Tuesday, December 17): Found - Family / Gold / Dark

Day 4 (Wednesday, December 18): Memory - Steel / Nature / Pavements 

Day 5 (Thursday, December 19): Miracle - Orphan / Angel / Anti-Grinch 

Day 6 (Friday, December 20): Stars - Lies / Wise / Carol 

Day 7 (Saturday, December 21): Colours - Red / Green / White

Fics | Meta 

For fics/meta, an Ao3 page will be set up for submissions to be first shared there and then here as well.

Others 

For everything else, please use the following tags once you post it here: 

Enjonine

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If you post your fics here as well, please use the tags so we can make sure to include you! :)

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Dates to Remember: 

Ao3 Link Release: November 23

Ao3 Submission Dates: December 9-14*

Enjonine Exchange Dates: December 15-21

Enjonine Exchange Master Post Release: December 21

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