The man, the myth, the legend

72tober day 2!!

he is such a little silly. i changed the 'aunt' in the original caption to auntie to be like my book translation because i love that he calls her auntie

I love how Théodule’s only role in Les Mis is to show up at random times to be very useless and shallow and petty. King

all this Theodule/Montparnasse rarepair content inspired me lol

1972 Theodule says: Hit the SLAY button!

Les Misérables | Lebanese Series (1974)

Did you know that Theodule appeared in this wonderful adaptation??! If ur interested, He appears at the end of episode eight and the beginning of episode nine.

But his aunt doesn’t ask him to spy on Marius here. Theodule comes and the quarrel has already occurred between Marius and his grandfather, and his aunt tells him everything about the quarrel and that Marius has been expelled.

Her purpose in telling him all this is that she wants him to take advantage of this opportunity and get closer to M. Gillenormand and take Marius's place so that he can get the inheritance.

and this is so funny to me like give a character who literally does NOTHING in the story a kinda big deal like this? M. Gillenormand doesn’t even give him a chance to come close and shouts at him a lot here ASIKDASDF

Also:

rip victor hugo you would've loved femboys

marius’s gay cousin theodule in: snooping for auntie!

“haha i wonder how girlypop this girl marius is seeing is- that is not a girl.”

Marius and Cosette in ‚the musings of a cousin‘

send me a ship + a fake fic title, and i’ll tell you what the fic is about.

Theodule prides himself in his sensitivity towards women's feelings. Being oddly perceptive in some ways, he notices Mme. Pontmercy's new forcibly bright disposition. Being rather a well-meaning idiot, he completely misses the reason why, and he takes it upon himself to ... educate his cousin in the best way to please a woman. Marius nearly chokes him out for his pains. Somehow, through Theodule's Wodehousian fumblings and comedy of errors, this turns into a fix it, and Valjean lives, he and Cosette reunite, and Marius gets dunked on.

The Good Samaritan, Théodule Ribot, 1870

“she is charming, she is discreet, it is not true about the lancer”

Does this imply that there was a rumor about Cosette and Théodule, because that’s hilarious

Gillenormand’s speech is also a bit funny in some ways (calling Marius “Mr. Lawyer”), but it’s disturbing, too. As per usual, his framing is very misogynistic, both by our standards and Marius’ (he’s had his own “Cosettes” being one of the lines that would have offended Marius in another context). His position has changed, but his views haven’t, as he emphasizes his affairs in his youth and that marriage is a “trouble” to be taken. Cosette’s love for Marius is presented as a sign of her virtue, too, and not as an indication that she and Marius care for each other equally. It is fair for Gillenormand to be concerned about who Marius is marrying - Marius is the one he knows, so it makes sense that he’d comment on what Cosette is like - but he acts as if Marius is the one making a choice in their relationship and Cosette is merely being a loyal woman. 

That being said, Gillenormand’s frantic and long-winded speech almost calls to mind the speech patterns of the misérables. @pilferingapples has pointed out that Gillenormand sees Marius as stepping into the role of “head of the household” and thus replacing him in the household hierarchy without changing the structure itself, and that shows here. He’s very far from being an actual misérable, but he’s employing this style of speech to downplay his own authority, as if he has to appease Marius. It’s disturbing in how it leaves the hierarchy itself unchanged, and it’s odd to see Gillenormand so subservient. I think Hugo’s aiming for humor with how Gillenormand has to flee the room to vent about his hatred of the French Revolution for fear of upsetting Marius (especially since we know he’s just thinking of Cosette), but it can only be so funny when that moment highlights how essential fear remains to their relationship. Gillenormand just fears Marius more than he fears him now. 

Let the poor man change his name

Theodule and Montparnasse. Chop chop art boy

boyfriends

Send me a ✍ and a character and I’ll draw the character horribly on MS Paint.

Theodule is an icon, a legend. I’m surprised Theodule doesn’t show up in more fanfics because his whole personality is mainly just “being proudly pretty and vain”

“Have I the time,” replied [Theodule], “to look at all the girls who look at me?”

entering my yeah, fuck it, why not era

I know this is a pretty niche brick meme but - Theodule in Volume 4 Book 5