How Fandom Destroyed and Protected Me
How Fandom Destroyed and Protected Me Advertisement really loved Les Misérables. The book, movie, or musical, you ask? Yes. I own several copies of the book and have read it cover-to-cover multiple times, including Victor Hugo’s lengthy 9,000-word aside about argot—a type of archaic French slang used by thieves—and its role in literature, as well as his 5,000-word rant about why convents suck. I watched Tom Hooper’s 2012 film adaptation of the musical three times in theaters, even though Russell Crowe’s Javert made my ears bleed and I never understood why Hooper needed every clos...