(here from a series of Tumblrs because, I'll explain in a minute)
The other thing is that the prostitution is just way more of a focus in the musical than in the book. There's nothing like "Lovely Ladies" in the book - instead, we have Fantine keeping herself alive by sewing, until the contractor gets prisoners to do the work so the wage offered a free laborer isn't enough to live on. (and I hate "Lovely Ladies" - if everyone except Fantine is just depraved, you have missed the point.)
Anyway! I am here because I noticed your commenting that in your head, Enjolras is ace, and I've been thinking about the same thing! This whole revival of fandom could produce some really interesting fic where that's the case (and I've been thinking of writing some myself - I just don't want to write a fic about Enjolras being ace because it would feel preachy and boring? I need a fic idea) since ace awareness has progressed a good deal since the fandom was last very active. It used to be that he was just written as repressed, I think.
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The other thing is that the prostitution is just way more of a focus in the musical than in the book. There's nothing like "Lovely Ladies" in the book - instead, we have Fantine keeping herself alive by sewing, until the contractor gets prisoners to do the work so the wage offered a free laborer isn't enough to live on. (and I hate "Lovely Ladies" - if everyone except Fantine is just depraved, you have missed the point.)
Anyway! I am here because I noticed your commenting that in your head, Enjolras is ace, and I've been thinking about the same thing! This whole revival of fandom could produce some really interesting fic where that's the case (and I've been thinking of writing some myself - I just don't want to write a fic about Enjolras being ace because it would feel preachy and boring? I need a fic idea) since ace awareness has progressed a good deal since the fandom was last very active. It used to be that he was just written as repressed, I think.