Marius should have ended up with Eponine-not Cosette!!!

I applaud you for you amazing arguments that are so difficult to debunk, but I will try my best."Marius and Cosette fall in love the moment they glance each other; a ridiculous trope that belongs only in Disney movies. Heck, even Disney has moved on from this cliche, parodying it in movies like Frozen, but the most recent Les Mis adaptation, the 2012 film, plays it with utter seriousness."Good point. I think it is a bit ridiculous that Marius and Cosette have the "love at first sight" cliche but the difference between that anf Frozen is that Hans proposed to Anna on the same day she met him whereas Marius did not. At least he waited a while before marrying Cosette. Probably what they saw at first sight was beauty: Marius though Cosette was beautiful and Cosette thought Marius was handsom and they got to know each other a bit more rather than Anna and Hans."Cosette was never an interesting character, even in the original Hugo story. If she has a personality, it's never shown or explained."I think the reason Cosette seems so unisteresting to so many readers/viewers is because of the time period she's in- women back in those days were just expected to look pretty so a man would woo her- she was not supposed to be interesting. The reason why Eponine is a more interesting character than Cosette to many is because she's poor so she doesn't have to worry about looking pretty for a man because very few would want to marry her anyway. "Eponine, on the other hand, is immensely intriguing. Despite being raised with Cosette as her foster sibling, her life was the total opposite. She was spoiled and pampered as a child; given anything she asked for. But in her teenage years, she was plunged into poverty and wretchedness. She became a tragic and pathetic figure, and we identify with her struggle to survive."I agree with you here. But here's one thing about Eponine: she was abusive towards Cosette as a child and never even said sorry to her for it later in life nor did she show any remorse. She stole from Marius and even hid his letters to Cosette out of jealousy. What kind of person would want to be with a thief like that? If Eponine truly loved him, she would have not hidden those letters (I'm not saying she did not love him because she took a bullet for him for god's sake).I don't have enough characters to debunk everything so I will give my own pointsCosette was in need for love. Sure she got love from Valjean but she needed love from a man her own age. Eponine needed love too because her parents did not really care for her, but Cosette lost her mother, never met her father, and was abused by the Thenardiers whilst they spoiled their own daughters so in a way, Eponine kind of got what she deserved- she has no one to love her like Cosette did during her childhood.About your wealth point, I agree that wealth was probably not the reason why Marius chose Cosette but whether or not he loved her for her status or not, it was a better choice for him than Eponine during his time period and since there is no democracy quite yet, he would likely be looked down upon by society.I too would have loved to see a happy ending for Eponine. She deserved better: she deserved much better than Marius and she could have lived if she would have just found somone who would love her or just accepted the fact that Marius did not love her and give her blessing to him and Cosette.Victor Hugo put Cosette and Marius together for a reason. Maybe not everyone likes his desicion but it was just the way he wrote it. I do not know ehat this "something" is than Marius found in Cosette and not Eponine but it was obviously powerful and strong enough for him to fall for her. Maybe he liked her gentle and warm character rather than Eponine's mishcieveous, clever character. Maybe he prefers the traditional type of women- one who are soft and gentle rather than ones who are not. Although I prefer Eponine in character to Cosette, I kind of hate it when people talk so lowly of her.