prudencepaccard

it’s kinda remarkable how many illustrations of Goriot!Vautrin could easily be Javert having an uncharacterisrtically good time. Like look

or this

or

it’s AU happy Javert, having the Gorbeau raid meeting with Marius outside where his coat has much less of a chance of catching fire

like keep the muttonchops, the hat and the walking stick but change the personality completely

I know some of you ship it but I’m not even talking about that. I just mean the sheer visual similarity

of course when Vautrin stops dyeing his sideburns then all bets are off

the-end-of-the-chase

Javert Having An Uncharacteristically Good Time is a rather touching notion.

missellamason

That middle picture! Javert undercover and doing a surprisingly competent job of blending in?