Begging Les Mis writers who write about Joly to learn the difference between hypochondria/health anxiety and a fear of germs.
Health anxiety doesn't mean washing your hands all the time or being afraid of germs or touching door knobs or being afraid to catch a cold.
"Joly deposited a kiss on Mame Hucheloup's fat, red, wrinkled neck[...]" I don't think he's afraid of germs or smth
Health anxiety means that you are afraid of getting a disease or thinking that you have one, usually something that is deadly/very dangerous and hard/impossible to cure.
This leads to extreme self-monitoring (which Joly does ig with his tongue), frequent doctor visits, researching symptoms, panic attacks, psychosomatic symptoms, anxiety, and depression. It's a serious anxiety disorder that can severely impact someone's life.
I've seen so many people calling Joly a germaphobe which is something different so doing some research will give you a more accurate characterization.
If you have questions feel free to ask me or check reddit subreddits like r/healthanxiety too for some first-hand experiences.
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Les Amis… Do they need glasses?
-Bahorel
Yes. Does he wear them? No. Miiighhhtttt reallize you can order glasses online though
-Combeferre
Has basically always needed glasses. As an adult got laser eye surgery but still wears them out of habit with clear lenses. Enj and Courf know . Possibly others?
-Jehan
Didn’t need them as a kid but basically created that trend of popping the lenses out of movie glasses and wearing them around cause they thought it was cool. Does need them now but not badly. Generally chooses to wear them. Most dramatic frames exclusively
-Courfeyrac
Farsighted but not badly. Only occasionally uses glasses
-Marius
Absolutely ginormous lenses. Can not see a foot in front of him without them. Legally blind. High index lenses are essential. Quietly shits himself whenever the order is fucked up .
-Grantaire
Not yet. Pursuing a stigmatism diagnosis though. Thought it was just the adhd for the longest time
-Enjolras
Uses contacts. Only Combeferre and Courfeyrac know though. He keeps telling himself it’s not a secret, “it’s just completely insignificant”. 👀 His vision isn’t completely terrible but he does need his contacts to drive legally.👀 👀 He does have backup frames but they’ve never seen the light of day
-Joly
Has a freckle in his eye but no visual impairment. It drives him crazy
-Feuilly
Perfect vision. Could probably be a fighter pilot if he was inclined to
-Cosette
Yeah. She mostly wears contacts but sometimes she goes out with her cute pink backup frames and everyone swoons
-Bossuet
Well , yes , obviously. But he keeps breaking his frames. Grantaire and him are trying to figure out a shit-luck-proof solution
-Éponine
Occasionally uses reading glasses.
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I started this for last year's Barricade Day then forgot about it and finished it about a month ago
Happy Barricade Day 2023 everyone! I guess I'm never growing out of this
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The REAL reason Les Mis is a great book is because it has the duality of you being able to randomly open it to any page and find the most beautiful-soul-crushing-poetic-timeless-eye-opening sentence ever
but also Victor Hugo consciously chose to make every single character is the lamest most socially inept mess and awkward crazy dork you've ever seen and it's great.
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Victor Hugo was really out here introducing 1000 new characters in the back half of the brick and saying "oops sorry guys, here are some new little dudes you're gonna be obsessed with, yeah they're all just kids, yeah, you're gonna love them all, oh yeah also, they're all gonna die, in the same chapter yeah, sorry.."
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🛌les amis de l‘abc having a sleepover
just a big pile of them sleeping in whatever positions
please 🙇♀️
🛌: characters sleeping next to each other
—Post-barricades happy ending AU; injured and tired they all take shelter in someone's flat to recuperate (and celebrate!).
Here's a version with all their names in case some of my designs are unrecognizable :')
Thank you so much for the ask!! I'm so sorry for replying to this late; I was in the midst of finals ;-;
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J/B/M
—I am wild over her.
Reference pic below, though I'm sure all the gay ppl on this site has seen it before:
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Animal Crossing AU featuring Black Cat! Bossuet and Ferret! Joly
Blank amiibo cards background edited from here. Characters traced from various animal crossing official art.
Feuilly and Jehan here
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