( yet for every time that grantaire chooses to quote satre, or nietzsche, enjolras knows rousseau and rawls, talks about freedom like a concept that can be quantified. hell is other people, says satre, and nihilists talk about how life is meaningless, but if that's the case, then what is the point of living at all? enjolras is a creature that is incapable of being devoid of purpose. more than repudiating all of grantaire's lazy, wasteful habits, he's also unable to understand him on that base level, because he cannot conceptualize a world without something to strive for. it is a cleavage between them that will probably never be reconciled.
but they've had this conversation before, it's true. and he has things to do and more important ways to spend his time than conversing with grantaire. it's exciting and a cause for unease all at once; they aren't only protesting any more. they aren't only handing out pamphlets - it was inevitable. there are only so many placards one can hold up before an appetite for real change is cultivated. what they are planning is both illegal and dangerous, but that's never stopped enjolras before. )
Suit yourself.
( there's a frown that pulls at his face, more stern than the pensive look he normally sports, a kind of odd determination that might be enough to tip off somebody who knows him well. enjolras is the one to turn and head towards the other side of campus. he does not wave. he does not call out to grantaire.
oh man, grantaire has got it bad.
but they've had this conversation before, it's true. and he has things to do and more important ways to spend his time than conversing with grantaire. it's exciting and a cause for unease all at once; they aren't only protesting any more. they aren't only handing out pamphlets - it was inevitable. there are only so many placards one can hold up before an appetite for real change is cultivated. what they are planning is both illegal and dangerous, but that's never stopped enjolras before. )
Suit yourself.
( there's a frown that pulls at his face, more stern than the pensive look he normally sports, a kind of odd determination that might be enough to tip off somebody who knows him well. enjolras is the one to turn and head towards the other side of campus. he does not wave. he does not call out to grantaire.
well, that's life. )