[ID: A black and white digital drawing of Joly and Bahorel from les miserables in canon era clothes. They’re dancing a waltz together in a crowded room. End ID]
Ok here’s the truth: IF WHEN YOU WATCHED/READ LES MISERABLES YOU DIDN’T SUPPORT THE MILITARY COMING TO KILL THE REVOLUTIONARIES, BUT YOU CURRENTLY SUPPORT THE NATIONAL GUARD COMING TO ATTACK PROTESTORS IN AMERICA, YOU ARE A HYPOCRITE. END. OF. STORY.
ITS BARRICADE DAY. IT IS TIME TO LOVE AND APPRECIATE LES AMIS DE L'ABC. AND IT IS DEFINITELY TIME TO CRY ABOUT “permets-tu?” AND GAVROCHE’S DEATH. THIS IS OUR TIME. LAMARQUE, HIS DEATH IS THE HOUR OF FATE, THE PEOPLE’S MAN, HIS DEATH… IS THE SIGN WE AWAIIIIIIT (TO CELEBRATE BARRICADE DAY)!!!! HAPPY BARRICADE DAY EVERYBODY! VIVE LA FRANCE!
OKAY so can I like show y’all this draft that has been sitting around since 2014?? 7 friggin years??? This is Les Mis Zombie AU if it isn’t too obvious lol. I love this piece…wip….idea? But considering it’s been 7 years I’m terrified I’m never going to finish this illustration. So I’m sort of trying to like get my hopes up that I can get some encouragement to keep going if people enjoy the idea. (If you hate the idea, I’m sorry).
Look though, let me show you around. We’ve obviously got Enjolras hitting the guard with the butt of his gun…below that we’ve got a zombified Gavroche who has already gone to the other size of the barricade and now coming back up again (Zombie AU is a completely different reason to have a barricade, you see.) Then on the bottom right we’ve got Eponine showing Marius that she’s gotten a bite on her wrist and she’s about to turn. And then above that, we’ve got Grantaire hitting a zombie Bahorel (the first Amis to die in the book) with a bottle.
Anyway I hope y’all like this sketch because I still do! My secret dream is to finish this drawing some day.
Have a look at the very very very condensed process video of my Les Mis Zombie AU illustration. Sorry it’s been a while but I thought it would be interesting to post for some of you who like to see art get made!
Les Miserables + Zombies: A Whole New Reason for a Barricade
Happy Halloween! Enjolras takes on the National Guard zombies while little zombie Gavroche climbs up the barricade below, meanwhile the dying Eponine shows off her zombie bite to Marius and Grantaire fights off the recently turned Bahorel with a wine bottle.
So happy to finally be posting this illustration after keeping the sketch in my drafts for 7 years! I wanted so badly to finish this illustration but at the time I didn’t feel skilled enough to complete it. Now I’ve done it and I’m so happy and relieved I finally got here.
Happy Barricade Day! Join your #1 besties Bahorel and Feuilly getting SWOLE - both physically and politically. This easy workout is sure to put the ‘revolution’ in revolutionizing your health and fitness - provided, of course, nobody is shot to death in the attempt.
(This video brought to you by buff butch bitch productions aka @megab and I xoxoxox - additional thanks to ileana, the WMATA, and whoever decided to put the old Capitol building in a park for nerds like us to play on.)
Jehan and parnasse as team rocket (bc montparnasse is a simp for jehan and caved in, Bahorel as ladybug and Feuilly as chat noir, Marius and Cosette as Mario and peach, Musichetta as katara and Bossuet as aang
Eponine as Marceline, R as Finn, Gavroche as jake, courfeyrac as bubble, Enj as blossom, Combeferre as buttercup (yes, Courf was in charge of outfits), and Joly as toph
Couldn’t decide between @threadbaremillionaire‘s Jehan or Bahorel, so why not both! Plus I think about her big Jehan and tiny Bahorel every now and then, and I giggle to myself each time.
Oh my gosh, I love this!! Completely adorable and I love the poses.
Behind Feuilly marched, or rather bounded, Bahorel, who was like a fish in water in a riot. He wore a scarlet waistcoat, and indulged in the sort of words which break everything. His waistcoat astounded a passer-by, who cried in bewilderment:–
“Here are the reds!”
“The reds, the reds!” retorted Bahorel. “A queer kind of fear, bourgeois. For my part I don’t tremble before a poppy, the little red hat inspires me with no alarm. Take my advice, bourgeois, let’s leave fear of the red to horned cattle.”
