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    A Les Miserables / Star Wars fusion, with titles from the Dar Williams song Beautiful Enemy. The role of Valjean will be played by Billy Dee Williams.

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  1. Public Bookmark 6

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    Chief of Security J'ver witnesses an unlikely strength of Jean Val, the Captain of Deep Space 246 (sections 01-16), and gains suspicions. They worsen.

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    24 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 15

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    “You are certain this is the correct course of action?” Valjean said.

    “It is imperative the boy know how to defend himself properly. If a scoundrel wanted to retaliate for what he believed to be a poor result in court…”

    “All right. I do see some wisdom in it.”

    “You and I shall demonstrate, and if he absorbs the lesson, we shall let the matter rest. Agreed?”

    Javert held out his hand and Valjean clasped it. “Agreed.”

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    22 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 1

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    Javert can't unmake his past mistakes, but there are certain things he can do to make amends.

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    21 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 12

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    Euphrasie Pontmercy--known in the art world as La Jardinière--isn’t exactly a household name. Still, the sheer length of her active career (her work was first displayed and sold in 1839, and she left one last piece unfinished at her death in 1910) makes her interesting to people who actually study that century in art. But as far as the historical record is concerned, Jardinière seems to have sprung semi-fully-formed from the streets of Paris somewhere in the mid-late 1820s. Other than the fact that she was educated in a convent, essentially nothing is known about her parents or her childhood.
    Until now.

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    It is a truth universally acknowledged that a PhD student with no thesis topic must be in want of an undiscovered painting to go absolutely feral over.

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    21 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 20

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    “Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy,” Valjean quotes, spreading heat even through the fabric of Javert’s shirt, “a beating heart is a heart capable of love, Javert.”
    “You do not know my heart,” he gasps and finds Valjean looking up at him.

    OR: the one where Valjean and Javert find themselves hiding between two walls in the aftermaths of the night at the barricade and Javert doesn't quite manage to arrest Valjean

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    20 Jun 2026