Les Misérables is not, I think, inherently cringeworthy, although there are a number of elements — religious fervor, emotional sincerity, an obsession with a single father’s self-perception, male college students, 80s-era musical theater, Nick Jonas — that tend to attract and highlight the cringeworthy. And there is nothing inherently cringeworthy about being a transmasculine person — but sometimes we do behave in ways that we later look back on and cringe over. Lovingly, and with great affection and patience, but the face does tend to screw up a bit in recollection.
Meanwhile, Hugo's canonic Javert literally walked around talking about he's got "claws like a woman" (des griffes comme une femme") and "rejoicing"(/orgasming) whenever he got his man.
I feel like the description of Javert, even though it doesn't match the details of my life very much, was written to call me out personally
Meanwhile, Hugo's canonic Javert literally walked around talking about he's got "claws like a woman" (des griffes comme une femme") and "rejoicing"(/orgasming) whenever he got his man.
FANTINE! Oh my god, both me AND my ex-girlfriend were Fantine. Now I have to go fan myself a bit until I calm down.