I think that, initially, she'll be very curious about Eponine, particularly if she knows Eponine is a friend of Marius. She'll be grateful to have another girl about her own age and from her own time and place around, and I think, at first, she's unlikely to recognize her (since she doesn't when they visit the Jondrette apartment with blankets and clothing). Once she does, though, realize this is the same Ponine she grew up with, she'll be fairly wary of her at first. Everything about that time seems to her like a very distant nightmare, and the Thenardiers are as monsters in her memories, so Eponine is likely to bring up some memories she'd previously squashed. She's a pretty tough kid, though, and I think ultimately she'll see that they're more alike than not, especially, as you said, since they'll be in a pretty equalizing situation. I think she could come to really like Eponine, given time to separate the girl from the parents.

I reeeeeeally want a played character to step up and run for city council or even mayor and let Stephen run their campaign. It's something he's really good at, and he gets sort of restless without a campaign to work on, but running one in Darrow will be somewhat different, and it'd be a lot of fun for me to run a fictional campaign! Plus it'd be a bit more of a test for him and Molly and their working relationship.

lmaooo yes, I think so! I imagined it came out around Christmas time for gift-giving season~