dancing phantoms on the terrace but all i can think of are phantom faces at the window

George Blagden as Grantaire • Les Misérables (2012) dir. Tom Hooper Based on the 1862 novel by Victor Hugo

"Are you capable of being good for something?" "I have the vague ambition to be," said Grantaire.

INSPIRATION/TEMPLATES: ★☆★☆

Died 2012 Born 2022

Welcome back, cunty Grantaire.

Rip Grantaire, you would have loved Hozier's songs

on silence, secrets, and shame.

red, white, and royal blue, casey mcquiston // diagnosis, cynthia cruz // with solitude, jane o. wayne // waiting for you to die so i can be myself, danez smith // so we must meet apart, jennifer s. cheng // call me by your name, andré aciman // the transformation of silence into language and action, audre lorde // x. a wish that came true, @anouri

RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE: The Miniseries 100% Match • 2023 • 1 Season [template] [insp]

"I hope this email finds you well"

How this email found me:

experimenting with white lineart + enjoltaire mitski combo

Grantaire’s solo in drink with me is so beautiful because it immediately shifts the tone to somber and reflective: he loves his friends—and yes especially Enjolras—even though he doesn’t believe in their cause, and he can’t bear to see them making light of their situation at all. It’s a cry for them to do something, even though could they even stop the battle at this point? Is it futile to make them reflect on the possible (probable) irrelevance of their fight and their lives and their deaths? This miserably captures how totally wretched he is at their decision to fight and die, something made even more poignant when it becomes apparent that the people aren’t rising up, yet he is with them, and he is f u r i o u s and burning at the though that they are throwing their lives away. He is horribly sad, too, and interrupting the call for drink and talk of women and fond remembrances (especially as the drunkard who makes light of everything, as cynics as he is) to insult his friends is not emotionally mature or effective but it is so raw and hurt and I just love this characterization of Grantaire

I've had this WIP for far too long and I'm hoping if I post about it I'll actually finish it

So here's my Les Mis Lament For Icarus

just spent ten minutes making this

i have been waiting for “do you permit it?” to be in my inbox all year, this is a national holiday to me

i’m sorry sir i can’t come into work today orestes fasting and pylades drunk is the les mis letters chapter

on tragedy, fate, and inevitability.

oresteia, robert icke // theatre of the oppressed, augusto boal // song of achilles, madeline miller // the book thief, markus zusak // antigone, jean anouilh // revisiting mockingjay ahead of the hunger games prequel, entertainment weekly // romeo and juliet, shakespeare // h of h playbook, anne carson // war of the foxes, richard siken // the road to hell (reprise), hadestown // planet of love, richard siken // they both die at the end, adam silvera

late but happy halloween <3 i will have you know that i still very much feel like a haunted house