"He is the leader! It was he who slew the artillery-man. It is well that he has placed himself there. Let him remain there. Let us shoot him down on the spot."
"Shoot me," said Enjolras.
And flinging away his bit of gun-barrel, and folding his arms, he offered his breast.
The audacity of a fine death always affects men. As soon as Enjolras folded his arms and accepted his end, the din of strife ceased in the room, and this chaos suddenly stilled into a sort of sepulchral solemnity. The menacing majesty of Enjolras disarmed and motionless, appeared to oppress this tumult, and this young man, haughty, bloody, and charming, who alone had not a wound, who was as indifferent as an invulnerable being, seemed, by the authority of his tranquil glance, to constrain this sinister rabble to kill him respectfully.
His beauty, at that moment augmented by his pride, was resplendent, and he was fresh and rosy after the fearful four and twenty hours which had just elapsed, as though he could no more be fatigued than wounded. It was of him, possibly, that a witness spoke afterwards, before the council of war: "There was an insurgent whom I heard called Apollo." A National Guardsman who had taken aim at Enjolras, lowered his gun, saying: "It seems to me that I am about to shoot a flower." - Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
If you're going to check out violently, this is how to go about doing it.
Cheers! Yes, love that scene. My favourite - and it's cool even before Grantaire stages his "me too!" feat. I think it's sweet that Enjolras didn't get pissy because Grantaire interupted his spectacular death to get a piece of the action.
Grantaire worked out that the way to *really* get Enjolras' attention was to do something dramatic, reckless and symbolic. Like get yourself shot trying to hoist a flag (that went down big time with Enjolras - wow, two kisses! Shame you had to be a corpse to be on the receiving end) or threatening to blow up a barricade.
No collar, torn sleeve...but hey, the sash is immaculate!
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"However dead as they are for us, they are still in the fray. They go on fighting and hating." - historian Edgar Quinet on the French Revolution
Thank you, FlammableWolf - I really appreciate the feedback. I'm hoping to do more scene stuff (Crystal Enjolras sounds like a good idea, but Cillebub did such a spectacular version of the shooting that I'm afraid to touch it - nothing could compare).
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"However dead as they are for us, they are still in the fray. They go on fighting and hating." - historian Edgar Quinet on the French Revolution
Hope it wasn't too spoilerish...although you know he winds up dead anyway. And there's something else to come before that, which makes the scene even better.
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"However dead as they are for us, they are still in the fray. They go on fighting and hating." - historian Edgar Quinet on the French Revolution
Not at all, so no worries! And let me guess... Enjolras executes one of his own men? Hmm hmm, the abridged version cut nearly everything out which left me feeling kind of empty. Now that I'm reading the unabridged version things are much better!
She's spectacular - brilliant stuff. I might do a pic of that scene, but more after they've disposed of the body and stands like crystal and like rock... and/or Combeferre and Prouvaire, holding hands.
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I really like the way his sleeve is torn open.
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Grantaire worked out that the way to *really* get Enjolras' attention was to do something dramatic, reckless and symbolic. Like get yourself shot trying to hoist a flag (that went down big time with Enjolras - wow, two kisses! Shame you had to be a corpse to be on the receiving end) or threatening to blow up a barricade.
No collar, torn sleeve...but hey, the sash is immaculate!
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"However dead as they are for us, they are still in the fray. They go on fighting and hating." - historian Edgar Quinet on the French Revolution
I love the artwork by the way!
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Leona Preston
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"However dead as they are for us, they are still in the fray. They go on fighting and hating." - historian Edgar Quinet on the French Revolution
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"However dead as they are for us, they are still in the fray. They go on fighting and hating." - historian Edgar Quinet on the French Revolution
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Leona Preston
Graphic Design & Illustration
Portfolio
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"However dead as they are for us, they are still in the fray. They go on fighting and hating." - historian Edgar Quinet on the French Revolution
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