#smallpontmercies

2:how long ago did you read your first brick?it was like???? december 2010 to around june 2011 

3:which translations/editions have you read?ive read denny, rose, and the signet classics version all the way through and ive looked at wilbour and christine donougher but i havent read them all the way through uwu

4:how many copies of the novel do you own?7 and a half (the half is bc i found two out of four volumes of a v nice illustrated copy in a second hand bookshop in france but the first two volumes are nowhere to be found)

5:three favorite charactersmarius, cosette, the bishop

6:three least favorite charactersmonsieur and madame thenardier, tholomyes

7:favorite character who didn't make it into the musicalgeoRGES PONTMERCY

10:favorite canon brick pairingmarius/cosette what else

11:favorite brick crackshipthe one time i accidentally started shipping enjolras/marius was because of the musical but im sure i could shoehorn it into the brick somehow

12:three brick otpsmarius/cosettemarius/courfeyracenjolras/grantaire (even though im super bored of it i couldnt leave it off)

13:three brick notpsThat One Ship We Do Not Discuss And Other Related Shipsotherwise i rlly dont care tbh

14:a random headcanon from the brickthis quESTION IS FAR TOO OPEN

15:favorite sceneidk its less of a scene than a lil philosophical tangent but!!!!! "the dead are right and the living are not wrong" omg it always makes my heart do little somersaults especially the "progress!" bit it is my Absolute Fave

18:a favorite quote"to speak that word ["merde"] and then to die, what could be greater!... to give this answer to disaster, to say this to destiny... is immense. it is an insult to the thunderbolt. it attains the grandeur of aeschylus."

20:hugo's puns: hot or not?hot hot hot hot hot

21:favorite historical tangentthe convent bit just bc theres a character called alix

22:most boring historical tangentsE WE RS

23:the first scene you cried overwhen fantine thinks that valjean is going to fetch cosette but actually hes gone to arras m Y HE ART,,,

24:saddest scenevaljeans death tbh

25:which do you prefer: the novel, the musical, or another adaptation?the novel but i love the musical to bits (also!!!! the son et lumiere production in montreuil-sur-mer is the absolute best omg)

26:have you ever tried reading the novel in its original french?i have but it was in year 10 when i knew like 5 words of french i should probably try again ah h

!!! which one?

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