The Battle for Marius...

[Remora]

I went to Les Miserables two nights ago, and I loved it! I was wondering who liked canon and who liked other, when it comes to who Marius picked. (This is assuming everyone lives, of course...)

I picked Eponine because she was one of the few characters I actually cried when she died, and she and Marius actually were friends, unlike him and Cosette--from what I saw. I'm going to read the book the first chance I get, though, so I can see if I still feel the same way.

[Schmergo]

I voted for 'other' because Marius should hook up with me.

EDIT: In canon, Cosette (while a total brat) and Marius (while a total dolt) are the obvious match. I should add that I love them both. But yeah, in the book, Cosette and Marius get along really well and have very sizzling chemistry, despite their rather dubious manner of falling in love. Marius and Eponine aren't friends in the book-- Marius gives Eponine money because he thinks her father saved his father's life in the Battle of Waterloo, but he barely ever notices her or thinks about her. Her love for him is real, though. She's a much more entertaining character in the book.

[mousemaylikecheese]

Were there an agree button on your post, Schmergo, like in Ravelry, I would hit it.

But...
"And by the way, Monsieur Marius, I think that I was a little bit in love with you"

[Schmergo]

Oh, it's definitely fo sho that Eponine loved Marius and definitely wanted to have a stronger relationship with him. I felt really sorry for her. But I just mean that it's obvious that Marius loved Cosette more than Eponine, and a Marius/Eponine ship wasn't about to happen. And Eponine's a more sympathetic character, but Marius/Eponine really wouldn't have worked out.