les beeserables – Zoe's blog

sparrowsfallingfromthesky:

sparrowsfallingfromthesky:

Did I just draw most of the characters from Les Miserables as bees why yes I did

In honor of this post getting 300 notes and because I’m bored I’m going to give the commentary no one asked for on the way I drew everyone!

Ok so Enjolras is holding the French flag because of course he is. He also has a yellow head because he’s blond.

You can’t really see it but Combeferre has glasses. I don’t remember if that’s in the book but he seems to have glasses in like 99% of fics and he needed distinguishing features. It seemed like it would be weird to have him accompanied by a moth since he’s a bee.

I couldn’t think of something unique for Courfeyrac so he just has an especially large smile.

Grantaire has a bottle because of course he does. You’ll also note that he’s angled in a way that makes it look like he’s looking adoringly at Enjolras. He’s frowning because Grantaire is the saddest.

Joly and Bossuet are really close together and Joly has a cane. I wanted to draw Musichetta but I couldn’t think of anything special to draw for her and I didn’t want to end up drawing all the minor characters.

Jehan has a flower just because of the way the fandom portrays him most of the time. Bahorel is wearing boxing gloves because he likes to fight. Feuilly has a flag that says Poland. Nerd.

Marius is looking at Cosette with heart eyes. Cosette is looking at Marius and has pink wings just because I felt like it. Eponine is looking at Marius looking sad.

The Thenardiers are off in the corner with the money they’ve taken from people. Gavroche is carefully positioned between the Thenardiers, Eponine, and the Barricade Bees, since he has connections to all of them in different ways. He’s also tiny because he’s just a baby.

Valjean is close behind Cosette watching out for her. If you look really closely he has 24601 tattooed on him. Javert is chasing Valjean and is holding handcuffs.

I was going to write bee-related puns of all their names as a tribute to Hugo but I couldn’t think of enough so I settled for the title (which is written in red and black as a reference to the song).