Enjoltaire

Enjoltaire is the slash ship between Enjolras and Grantaire from the Les Misérables fandom.

Canon
In both the musical and book, Enjolras and Grantaire are members of Les Amis de l'ABC, the rebel group opposing the French government. Enjolras is the charismatic and inspiring leader of the group, while Grantaire is a pessimistic drunk and Enjolras's main skeptic.

Grantaire questions Enjolras's ideals, so many might wonder why he is part of the revolution. His reason, in fact, is Enjolras, and he has no desire for revolution. Grantaire deeply loves and admires Enjolras, even referring to him as 'Apollo.' Grantaire's pessimism is not shown throughout the musical except in the song "Drink with Me". He wonders if their deaths will even matter in the end.

As their revolution fails and the barricade falls, Enjolras is to be executed by firing squad. Right before this happens, Grantaire awakens from a drunken stupor and declares his loyalty to the revolution. He asks to die alongside Enjolras, who grants him permission, and they die hand-in-hand.

It is implied that along the way, Grantaire developed romantic or sexual feelings for Enjolras, since in the novel, they are compared to many Greek and Roman lovers, such as Achilles and Patroclus, or Hadrian and Antinous. Throughout the novel, Grantaire is described as not knowing exactly what he feels for Enjolras, aside from the obvious, but right before death, Grantaire is said to have been hit by a "coup de foudre," which literally, means "a bolt of lightning," but is more commonly used as a French expression for "love at first sight." Because of this, it's likely that Victor Hugo had meant that Grantaire realized his feelings for Enjolras were beyond friendship right before he died.

Fanon
Most fanfiction involving this pairing take place in a modern setting. Likewise, their revolution takes a modern spinning, and they are often social justice activists. On AO3, they are the most written ship in the Les Misérables tag.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Grantaire/Enjolras tag on FanFiction.Netemo
 * Grantaire/Enjolras tag on FanFiction.Netemo