Long Live Poland! (Feuilly)

[CHRISTOPHE FEUILLY]

From my ctrl+f of the book for his name (I'll read the rest someday...), it's one of the relatively few things he says And it made me laugh out loud, so it gets to be his plotter title.

ANYWAY.

Feuilly. One of Les Amis, of course. In his 20s now, but an orphan since early childhood. A fan-maker who makes 3 francs a day. Self-taught to literacy and, as that little shout suggests, with an inordinate fondness of talking about countries under others' control. Especially Poland and the Partitions. In general, revolutions as a whole have become his object of fascination.

He's a good-natured, generous person--though quite poor. He's a hard worker and quite patient, and believes developing his mind will make him something more than he is. He does have significant knowledge gaps, though. I imagine him as rather talkative and very enchanted with the idea of having friends who care about intellectual things, but he of course does also understand "real life" given his background and status as a worker. In the company of relatively affluent students, he may come off as a bit older even if he's technically the same age.

Friends--well, he's friendly for the most part. He's presumably fairly close to the rest of the Friends of the ABC, though I imagine he doesn't always have a ton in common with many of them beyond intellectual interests. Beyond them, of course, he's probably more likely to be close with people from social classes more similar to himself rather than aristocrats and the like.

Lovers--though I don't think he's particularly interested in marriage at the moment, I'm sure there are girls out there who have caught his eye. He's not one to be able to take anyone on fancy dates, and between long work hours and his involvement with planning a revolution and educating himself may not have a lot of free time, but for a special person he'd probably try.

Enemies--Feuilly isn't a naturally antagonistic person, though he probably does have enemies now and then. More likely is probably that there are other people whom he annoys the crap out of with his chatter about things they may think he only half understands! And it may be that he does only half understand them, but he really is trying.

Feel free to suggest anything, I'm probably game for most of it!

[maximiliennoelvier]

Max:
Max lvoes Hard working people mainly because its something he looks up to

Anyway I can see them getting on Max would love to listen to him chatter on and on though he may get a little distracted and impatient at times. They would definitely meet considering Max is affiliated with Les Amis now and helping them out. Max is very into books and is quite clever though he tones both done a bit when out on the street which is ore and more now. He might be able to bond with Max lower class wise as he won't know about him being an aristocrat until he tells everyone however I suppose he might notice many differences. but yeah friends ?

Nate:
Um well considering The Amis and Sacred Heart might be entering into an Alliance I can see these two meeting and maybe getting on not sure ?

Richard: "You republican dog." He Hates him however he does like to see poor people make their way up that ladder.

[CHRISTOPHE FEUILLY]

I do think he and Max would probably get along fine. I don't think he's a -constant- stream of chatter, just... dazzled to have people who actually care at all about the fact that he does, in fact, have a mind Based on what he does in the book he also seems to be generally pretty good at making things with his hands, which may or may not do much. If he "reads" Max as being a young orphan, he may be a bit protective of him because he knows that life and he knows it wasn't very fun.

I'm sure he and Nate will meet, though I'm not sure at the moment what kinds of plot potential are actually there. Feuilly will defer to Enjolras on any actual plans and so on, so any potential plots between Feuilly and Nate specifically are likely to be something that we find opportunities for as the story progresses.

And Richard and Feuilly probably would simply pass one another in the street without paying each other any mind. When he's out not specifically as one of Les Amis, I'm sure Feuilly looks like any other young working class man in Paris. If for some reason they actually talked, I suspect Feuilly would put Richard's opposition to republicanism down to him not knowing what it's like to actually be part of the working class that isn't well represented in the current system.

[maximiliennoelvier]

Max-
Well he certainly won't mind Feuilly being protective of him he quite likes that, but he would certainly be interested in the stuff he makes and how Feuilly got where he was today. Because he would rather be hard working than an aristocrat just doing nothing and going to events all day and such. Max though has practically made himself a young orphan in all but birth by basically running away from his family something that will be a full decision after the event. How would Feuilly react thought to him being an aristocrat ?

Nate: yeah I agree on that at the moment there is not much plot potential just things that will pop up as the plot progresses but I do see them being friends and getting on at least though I don't see them being extremely close because Nate can be rather closed in on himself.

Richard: True though there is a bit in Richard's history that he chooses to forget that originally he was from a poor working class family struggling to get buy. But then Feuily would not know that and im not sure he would of Heard of the Moors family politically wise. They might talk but not sure how it would start.

[CHRISTOPHE FEUILLY]

Feuilly says, "What he believes and experiences is more important than who his parents were." As long as he loves his country and dreams of freedom, they'll probably get along.

And well... he could probably teach him how to make fans if he really wanted to learn that XD With scraps, probably, unless for some reason they actually made an effort to get decent materials (which would basically either require Feuilly to take from his employer or Max to buy some stuff). He's probably able to teach him other stuff, too, but that's what he spends the majority of his time making so he's definitely proficient.

With Nate, yeah. I think if something happens to make them open up to each other it'll be fine, but otherwise--they'd just be on quiet but friendly terms once they meet.

And with Richard... yeah, no clue XD Feuilly wouldn't like it if he found out that he started out a worker and then decided to forget all about that past, but I'm not sure there's much plot potential there (at least not yet).

[maximiliennoelvier]

Max- Learning how to make fan's sounds good Max won't mind as long as he gets to learn something, and its better from someone who knows how to make some stuff, Max while not the most patient of students would certainly be willing to learn and stuff. Max could certainly get money from his own family Nicholas is supplying him when he needs it (though he mostly gives it all way to the poor) He would happy that he is accepting of his background when it al comes out because he's rather frightened of what others would think of him when he comes out. Yeah I can see this starting through maybe Max seeing him working ons something and him being interested


Nate- agree there

Richard- Hmm agree there though he was 6 when the kindness of strangers things happened so

[MYLÈNE LACOQUINE]

Mylène&Feuilly:

"Finally someone in this bunch of dreamers who knows what life's like. Welcome to the castle on a cloud, Feuilly" - well, joking aside, I think these two would get on rather well. Mylène respects the honest working class even though she has not been working honestly for the better part of her life (starting out being exploited in a factory as a child of only six slightly ruined that for her ). I can see them having quite a few interesting conversations, discussing the situation of the working people between each other who don't come from the rich upper class and take a trip down so to say like most of Les Amis. Given half the chance, she probably would also flirt with him, since she just loves witty banter and he's not exactly to be called ugly ^^

[CHRISTOPHE FEUILLY]

I can definitely see them getting along very well!

I'm sure they see each other often enough, as he seems to spend a lot of his time in the cafe when he's not working. It should be very interesting to have them discuss various things because, like you say, their backgrounds are more similar to one another than to the rest of Les Amis. I suspect his attraction to revolution is a bit more... practical... than the others' sometimes, though of course he does still have the idealistic side as well (especially with the interest in places beyond France). And I don't think he would object to flirting, haha.

[MYLÈNE LACOQUINE]

hehe yaaay xD
Hmm... so what do you suggest for a thread? Casual conversation over a bottle of whatever he drinks, maybe when there's not much to do in the café, and she's got some time to sit down at his table?

[CHRISTOPHE FEUILLY]

Sounds good to me! And as far as what he drinks... well, probably nothing that costs too much! haha. I can come up with his reasons for going there even if there's not any kind of meeting going on, too--the way I usually imagine the place he lives, I don't think he generally wants to go there except to sleep XD

[MYLÈNE LACOQUINE]

awww Well, tbh, I think Mylène has her own little way of showing her affection for Les Amis, and might just sometimes hand out drinks on the house, as long as the landlord or -lady don't see it and it doesn't happen too often xD That sounds like a great thread to have, would you mind starting perhaps (after your exam of course <3)

[CHRISTOPHE FEUILLY]

Sure, I can start it I may do it this afternoon or it may not happen until later tonight (which would push it into tomorrow for you), but it will happen. Just depends on how my homework goes this afternoon.

[EPONINE THENARDIER]

Eponine: Obviously, Les Amis probably know of Eponine, probably even her name, but may not know much more than that. She's been attending the meetings, mostly just to spend more time with Marius. She does listen to the discussion from time to time, but rarely joins in. Partially because of her cynicism and fear of offending Marius's friends.

However, she is very observant. She would probably get along with Feuilly pretty well, seeing as he's the one who has experienced the closest thing resembling her current life. I think besides Marius, Eponine would probably feel most comfortable talking to Feuilly or Grantaire.

[CHRISTOPHE FEUILLY]

They probably would get along quite well! He's a friendly sort on the whole, if a bit less magnetic than some of his friends, haha. He'd be quite willing to talk to her, though he may try to win her over to the idea of the revolution itself (and try to give her a break from cynicism if he can)... and likely feel a bit bad for her if/when he realizes what's going on (or not) between her and Marius.

Her cynicism I think he would deal with as very understandable but rather sad. A "Life hasn't been fair, but we're trying to make that better!" sort of deal.

Now I really wish we had a Grantaire, because a threeway thread of this trio would have potential!

[EPONINE THENARDIER]

Yes! We need a Grantaire! Mostly so Eponine can drink him under the table.

In the meantime, a chat between Eponine and Feuilly would be great. She might even confide her biggest fears about the revolution to him. Eventually. Thinking he'd understand since he is not the typical rich, educated bourgeois that seem to populate Les Amis.