Cosette

Cosette, birth name Euphrasie, also known as Cosette Fauchelevent, and finally as Cosette Pontmercy, is a character in Les Misérables. She is the daughter of Fantine and Félix Tholomyès, and the adoptive daughter of Jean Valjean. She falls in love with and eventually marries Marius Pontmercy.
==Canon==
Cosette is the daughter of Fantine and the adoptive daughter of Jean Valjean. Her journey from an abuse survivor at the hands of the the Thénardiers to a respectable young woman and the wife of Marius Pontmercy, as well as her relationship with her adoptive father, is an important aspect of the second half of the novel. 
==Common Pairings== 
The canonical ship Cosette Fauchelevent/Marius Pontmercy, or Marisette, is the fandom's biggest het ship. During earlier decades of the musical fandom, there was a ship war between Marisette and Marius Pontmercy/Éponine Thénadier where the latter was somewhat more popular, but with the fandom's shift towards a bigger focus on slash than het after the 2012 movie, Marius Pontmercy/Éponine Thénadier lost prominence. Indeed, the second most common Cosette ship is Cosette/Éponine Thénardier, or Eposette, the most popular femslash ship in the fandom. This ship is likely also partially a response to the past ship war.
==Fanon==
* Siblings Cosette and Enjolras (AO3 tag).
* In the summer of 2020, a discussion blossomed on Tumblr about Cosette (and to a lesser extent Marius Pontmercy) being a goth, leading to both meta and fanart.Goth Cosette tag on Tumblr This interpretation was noted as being unintuitive to the fandom's norms, making it a bit of a subversion of the usual fanon about Cosette.Eposette art by Alice Draws
==Fanworks==
===Fanart===
* Eponine and cosette by isiedrawsstuff (Cosette/Éponine Thénardier)
* I’m not sure why this happened but here’s some eponinexcosette by chaezthetic (Cosette/Éponine Thénardier)
* an ep/Cosette sketch that didn’t fit w my other les amis smooches, so they get their own post :-) by batcii (Cosette/Éponine Thénardier)
* dude, these two were AB-SO-LUTELY PRECIOUS TO DRAW OH MY GOSH by ginkohs (Cosette/Éponine Thénardier)
===Fanfiction===
* A Gift For Cosette by midautumnnightdream (Cosette & Père Fauchelevent & Jean Valjean)
* a second spring by voksen (Cosette/Javert)
* a simple touch by slytherintbh (Cosette & Javert)
* A Woman of Mercy by Miss M (missm) (Cosette/Marius Pontmercy)
* beautiful and afraid of nothing by lady_ragnell (Cosette/Éponine Thénardier, violence, death, dubcon, NSFW)
* Following You, Following Me by lady_ragnell (Cosette/Éponine Thénardier)
* How To Change The World Without Taking Power by shellcollector (Cosette/Éponine Thénardier)
* inosculation, or, that time Javert panicked and stole a small child by visiblemarket (Cosette & Javert)
* Metamorphosis by Splintered_Star (MCD, Jean Valjean & Cosette)
* Needles and Needles by hyenateeth (Cosette/Éponine Thénardier)
* Omnia mutantur, nihil interit by Apathy and saltedpin (Cosette/Marius, Javert/Jean Valjean)
* Poster Boy by Sarah1281 (Cosette/Enjolras)
* The Legacy of Thénardier by spiderfire (past child abuse, Cosette/Marius, Cosette & Jean Valjean)
* The Problem With Dating a Saint by grlnamedlucifer (Cosette/Éponine Thénardier)
* to be loved and to be in love by missandrogyny (Cosette/Éponine Thénardier)
===Relationships===
* Cosette/Marius Pontmercy
* Cosette/Éponine Thénardier
* Cosette/Marius Pontmercy/Éponine Thénardier
*Cosette/Javert
===Meta===
*Can't find the meme but Cosette for the Character Essentials thing? :)
*Cosette's birthday
*Cosette for the Character meme? :D
*Cosette's hair and archetypes
*cosette is literally such a good character?
*Eponine/Cosette Parallels
*my child, what will become of you? (Virginie Ledoyen)
*The Main Character
*More casual reminders (Cosette Edition)
*things cosette is
*why cosette is the shit, an explanation
*Why is she the girl in the Les Misérables broadway posters?
*Y'all always misjudging Cosette’s character.
*I can’t believe it took me so long to realize Cosette is canonically a goth
==Archives & Fannish Links==
* Cosette Fauchelevent tag on the AO3
==References==
Category:Les Misérables Characters