Just enough shades of hope that I didn't quite burst into tears.

Oh, Thank You! Their friendship should be commemorated by a constellation...

Dear God, this HURT to read! But in a good way. And I don't say this often at all. I'm not generally too for of stories that make me sad. Absolutely beautifully done!

Fantastic story. The transition between dream and erality, through Grantaire suspecting the final words are 'plagarized' is just great. And the final realization that no, he's right, isn't he, Enjolras will never grow old - and neither will they, since they follow him.

Aww! That was so beautiful!

I love the quote to begin with, and how it ended up in Courfeyrac's speech, and the language, and the imagery, and the possible futures, and... You get the idea :)

So much love for this!

VHA

Excellent! Whatta great read!

You are a brilliant writer, pure and simple.

This is just gorgeous. Everyone is wholly in character, and the imagery is beautiful.

Plus Shaw on Collins awesome. (my mad crush on Alan Rickman is because he was hot and awesome as de Valera in "Michael Collins", and my only other background to the period is really At Swim Two Boys, so while it's hardly one of my areas of expertise, I know enough to know the awesomeness.) And giving that to Courfeyrac to tell Grantaire, that utter belief that R as the outsider will survive if all the rest fall, is so perfect. Other boys may prefer a grieving soul, but Courfeyrac would absolutely want celebration instead.

(Yes, I finally got around to reviewing it here. I read it first on Abaissé and would really love to see what you could do about Prouvaire forshadowing Housman. Possibly because I had just re-read The Invention of Love a couple weeks prior, which always drives me back to A Shropshire Lad.)

Wonderful. I love how you portray Courfeyrac, with all his charisma, and his attitude toward the Revolution is perfect. Love Grantaire, love the references to Feuilly and Greece. The only thing I can offer is that sometimes the writing was a little unclear - the florid dialogue works very nicely most of the time (love Courfeyrac's speech, love it!) but some things like 'scarlet flowers in the murky dark' and 'exquisite marble purity' kind of jolted me out of the story and made me say 'Grantaire, what?' Of course the writing overall is quite good, and, well, I don't know what else I can say, I doubt I've ever used the word 'love' so many times in a review! Lovely!