the movie’s version of “a little fall of rain” works better than it does onstage because the actors could be softer and show more emotion. it really irritates me that they cut the song down. it was just so emotional and heartbreaking.

éponine, feeling abandoned and unloved. valjean, feeling hated by the world. fantine, needing to protect. javert, being so committed to something that you’re blinded. how can you hate any of these characters? they all represent life; no matter what, you are always going to feel these emotions, too.

when i was young, i thought “i dreamed a dream” was the most boring song in the show. now it’s my favorite; whenever i listen to it, i remember the struggles i had with anorexia. i know how it feels to have all these expectations of what life will be once you accomplish your dreams, only to have those same dreams shattered when something you clung to was revealed to be utterly faithless and terrible for you.

when i used to listen to or watch the musical, i would fantasize about playing éponine. But now that i’ve seen how much amanda seyfried brought to her role, i’d love nothing more than to be a soprano and play cosette.

after seeing him in syfy’s neverland, i think rhys ifans would make a very good javert in a non-musical adaptation of les misérables. he’s got the right look and the acting skills necessary to pull off a sympathetic antagonist that you love one moment and hate the next.

i wish i had the intense emotional reactions to the book that other fans have. i love it very much and i’ve read it many times, but it doesn’t touch me the way it seems to touch others. other books and tales of “miserable” characters have brought me to tears, but victor hugo’s characters are too “superhuman” and archetypal for me to recognise as real people. the only characters i truly feel for are mabeuf and the two little thénardier boys.

i think that the reason i don’t like ramin karimloo as valjean is because to me, he is the perfect enjolras.

i have a soft spot for the tac, but have to admit maguire is pretty far from my interpretation of enjolras … so now whenever i watch it, i pretend the real enjolras was sick that week, and combeferre built a buffybot-style replacement with a slightly malfunctioning personality chip.

why doesn’t anybody ship javert with a woman? i don’t understand that for most of the fandom he’s either gay or asexual.

i’ve been doing a research essay on victor hugo, and it amazes me how he based each of his characters on his real-life experiences and acquaintances, from the bishop to the thénardiers to marius’ grandfather. truly a man of inspiration.

though i loved him as courfeyrac in the movie, fra fee looks exactly like my mental image of marius from the description in the brick. i’m desperately jealous of everyone who got to see fra playing marius on the west end!

i once saw a performance of drew sarich as javert and during the confrontation, valjean’s mouth was so close to his that it looked like they almost kissed. ever since then, i ship bread/stars but only envision drew sarich as javert.

i wish they had kept “do you hear the people sing” how it is sung in the musical so we could have seen aaron sing it as passionately as other enjolras before him; for example ramin karimloo and david thaxton.

part of me really wants javert as a friend, because he can be loyal and he has firm beliefs, but the other part reminds me that he doesn’t know how to let something go, and fails to be compassionate and understanding.

the “drink with me” reprise on the csr makes me cry every time i hear it.