At this point I feel like everyone else was like,
“Enjolras, no.”
And he was just like, “Enjolras YES.”
#i’m going to continue reblogging this scene every time i see it to point out how ridiculous it is#not his answer#his answer informs his character as well as the rest of les amis and serves a narrative purpose#no the question#’i think thats probably the revolutionarys but i’d better check it’s not some innocent people having a yard sale’#is still literally the only motivation i can think of for this (x)
omg those tags.
But, history nerd time! In the original French the question is not, “Who’s there?” but “Qui vive?”
“Qui vive?” is the traditional sentry call to determine whose side you’re on. A literal translation would be, “Long live who?” In response to “Qui vive?” You’d say, “Vive le roi!” or, in Enjolras’s case, “Vive la revolution francaise!”
(I think hernaniste was the one to first point it out, but it’s been so long I no longer recall. Let me know if I should be crediting someone else!)
okay this is why I like this fandom cause I made a joke about silly questions in some tags and then I learnt some french.
anyway, it makes a lot more sense in french
fearlessstateofmind backup 