Friday, September 6, 2013

If Les Miserables Characters Were in my Fandoms

Hello everybody! First I would like to say, wow, seems It's an Adventure is getting pretty popular! And I must say, that running the blog and the Harry Potter Facebook page has shown me, it's pretty hard to make it. So hey, if you really like reading It's an Adventure, if you would follow me that would be pretty great. (And hey, if you're curious about the Facebook page, it's called I Love Harry Potter and me and my fellow admin would love it if you liked us :)) Support is a good thing! Hopefully I start thinking about that myself :)
But anyway, now that I'm done with my philosophical speech for today, I'm going to say that I am a musical theater fan. I know, Les Miserables is a book too, but I haven't read it yet. So I know the characters the way they are in the musical. I was just thinking one day, what if the Les Miserables characters were in my fandoms, like they went to Camp Half-Blood and Hogwarts and stuff? So here we are, and we are going to discuss that right now. Let me just say that all these characters have a little Gryffindor in them. So we're all going to go into this with that knowledge. Not every brave person gets sorted into Gryffindor. (Take Dumbledore's Army, for example. Not all of them were Gryffindors, but they were certainly all brave.) All right! Let's get started!
(And sorry if lists aren't your thing. I guess they're mine.) :/
Oh well! Let's start with.....
Jean Valjean: Something me and my sister were talking about one day, Jean Valjean is never just "Jean". He's Jean Valjean. And if he's not Jean Valjean, he's Valjean. Interesting how that works. But that's not important. Jean Valjean is kind and will take in anyone. Which means, if he were a Camp Half-Blood camper he would probably be in the Hermes cabin. And, since he is such a patient and merciful guy, he probably belongs in Hufflepuff. As my friend, a dedicated Potterhead, once said while we were watching the Les Miserables 25th anniversary concert, "He is a good man."
Javert: You know, Javert's actually not such a bad guy. He thinks he's doing the right thing when he's not. That happens to people all the time. But where would he be in Camp Half-Blood? Not quite as easy as Jean Valjean, is he? Well, he wouldn't be in the Hermes cabin. Probably not Apollo, Dionysus, Demeter.... Yeah, none of it really fits. Could he be in the Hades cabin? Let's go with Hades. At least we know with surety that Javert was not a demigod.
But as for his Hogwarts house, not Hufflepuff.... Ravenclaw fits a little, but not very much, and Gryffindor a little, but it seems that Slytherin is the best fit for Javert.
Fantine: Oh, Fantine. They don't get any more kind and caring than that. Definitely Hermes cabin. But I think her Hogwarts house would probably be Gryffindor. I mean, she went through a lot to save her daughter. That was pretty brave.
Cosette: I just love Cosette! I know that not many people think that way, but I just always liked her, not even totally sure why. My friend says she doesn't like Cosette as much as everyone else because Cosette didn't have any huge hardships, but that doesn't bother me. But I've always had a tendency to like the person who wins in the love triangle. (However, Les Miserables is more like a love tricycle. Cosette and Marius are in love and happy and stuff and Eponine is in all senses of the word except for the literal one the third wheel.) I sometimes think that Cosette could fit in the Demeter cabin because she has her pretty little garden. But hey, Cosette must've been pretty for Marius to fall in love with her so fast, so it could be Aphrodite. And you Eponine fans are all going, "Aphrodite! Aphrodite! Aphrodite is a useless cabin and Cosette is a useless person! It's Aphrodite!" But hey, Cosette is not a useless person, she ties all the characters together and she is a very nice girl. And the Aphrodite cabin is not a useless cabin. Two words: Silena Beauregard.
But, I mean, Cosette wasn't really any special talent, so I guess that she might not be in the Demeter cabin. Do I even know if she grew those plants herself? Let's settle on... Aphrodite. That's a good solid cabin for a person like Cosette. And as for her Hogwarts house, no matter what the anti-Cosette people think I think Cosette was pretty brave. The love of her life and her father went into battle and she had no idea whether they were alive or not the whole time and she had to be pretty strong for that. You may be arguing that if Eponine can go into battle than Cosette should be able to do that too except for Cosette's weak she could never do that. But really, if Marius didn't want Eponine to go into battle than how would he feel about Cosette going into battle? And Jean Valjean would never let her do that. And besides, Cosette was just not raised to want to do that or even think that she could. Eponine was raised on the bottom. She had nothing. She knew how unfair it was out in the world and she wanted to do something about that. Cosette didn't know that sort of life. She had it all. If she needed it, it was hers. She knew that the world was unfair, but she never experienced it, and she probably didn't know she could do anything about it anyway. So it's not totally her fault.
However, you can all relax because I don't think Cosette should go into Gryffindor. There is something that Cosette is a lot more than she is brave, and that is patient. Cosette was very patient with Marius when he was healing after the battle. So Hufflepuff it is, Cosette. (And if any of you are celebrating Cosette going into Hufflepuff, don't even think about it. It's a good house and she's a good person.)
Eponine: The one you guys are all excited about! Eponine is no idiot, but her knowledge isn't Hermione-like knowledge, it's more Annabeth-like knowledge. (Sure, Annabeth is smart in the Hermione way too, but not just that way.) Eponine can tell you where to go, how to get there, who to talk to and who to ignore. She could be an Athena camper. And we all know where Eponine the brave deserves to be at Hogwarts: Gryffindor.
Marius: I would say that Marius should be in the Athena cabin as well, but I mean, he's not the same type of smart as the Athena campers. He's more of the book smart person. So where does Marius belong? Marius is probably Big Three material. And the vibe I am getting from him is Zeus. So join Thalia in the Zeus cabin, Marius.
As for his Hogwarts house, not just anyone could handle going into battle, watching his best friend die, and then having all the rest of his friends die in battle too. He's a Gryffindor, no question.
Enjolras: I mean, seriously? The kid was born for battle. Ares cabin.
And as for his Hogwarts house, they don't get much braver than Enjolras. He gave his life for his country. Gryffindor it is.
The Thenardiers: And everyone in the room goes, "Ugh! No! Go home!" But hey, they are Les Miserables characters too and exceptional villains. (And hey, every good story needs those.) They love them some riches, but they never could get enough of them, so Hades cabin doesn't fit. Ugh! I used to have the perfect idea in my head! Oh, I got it. Hermes cabin for these two. Those kids in that cabin are always playing tricks, and I know it's not the same thing, but these guys get an A+ in the trickery department. Plus, god of thieves? Heck yes.
And, um, these guys are as greedy as they come? Slytherin it is.
And now, for my favorite..... (Or one of them, at least.....)
Gavroche!: Ugh, he's just the cutest little thing, isn't he? I'm so naming my son after him. But whatever. So Gavroche is quite as clever, if not even more so, okay so he's definitely smarter than our friend Eponine. (Oh, by the way, guess what guys?! Gavroche is Eponine's brother! Thought you guys might want to know... and yes you all just thought of Professor Quirrel) But he's also a tricky mischievous little guy. Hermes cabin for Gavroche.
And, we don't need to talk about this. Gryffindor it is for Gavroche.
All right, well, I hope you all enjoyed that! Happy reading everybody! :)

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