#Moses Liberty’s kids

[call-me-casual]

(Also posted to the LK community)

Okay who’s interested in hearing about the school au I thought up in the shower

Keep in mind that all following information is based on my experience in British education, I have no clue how American schools run different

First we have the kids - James and Henri are both kids from the foster system, James has been adopted by Moses, whilst Henri is still technically a foster (ik ik not Franklin but maybe they’re neighbours). Henri is definitely the class clown whilst James is ambitious, but not too sure how to achieve his academic goals. Sarah is an exchange student from the UK living with Franklin, who is either a relative in this au or a family friend like in canon. She and James initially don’t get along but over time through the newspaper club and sharing most classes they grow closer. Sarah is an A+ student and she tutors James and Henri after school.

Most historical figures are teachers or general staff, except for named foot-soldiers like Joseph Plum Martin or other young historical figures like Sybil Ludington, who would be fellow students

Franklin - the kids’ (or at least James and Sarah’s) tutor (I think Americans call it home room?). He teaches science, and it’s his love of teaching that’s kept him from retiring (though he probably should have years ago). He runs the school newspaper (which James and Sarah are both a part of)

Moses - I can see him as a member of the site team or subject technician of some kind (basically helps to prepare stuff like experiments and maintain the school, but more responsibilities than a janitor). He’s also doing an online university course to get his teaching degree (he’d most likely go into either engineering/dt). The adopted Father for James and foster parent to Henri. Has known Franklin for years and the two are next door neighbours

Lafayette - French. Obviously. He’s a younger teacher popular with the students. His class is the only one Henri doesn’t goof around in, and the two are very close (spoilers: he may end up adopting him). Constantly asking the finance department to let him take a class trip to France. If anyone acts up enough to make him mad the class all turns on that one person (based on my mother’s experience (coincidentally she was also a languages teacher lol)). Often gossips and speaks with Hamilton in French.

Adams - idk if they teach law or politics in American high schools but if not then he’s probably an English teacher. His students live in terror or presenting essays or debates because no one can beat the man. You either love him or hate him, there’s no in between with his classes. Probably head of the department

Hamilton - probably either English or history (though maths is also a contender because he was treasury secretary). Also a younger teacher popular with the students. Has almost gotten into a fight with other teachers. And students. Definitely runs the debate club. Expects assignments in a week before the deadline. Is one of the leaders in staff room gossip.

Washington - I know most people make him the head teacher but I’m not a huge fan of that. He’ll probably end up as the head eventually for this au, but for most of it I imagine him is a department head. I can see him teaching either history, maths or geography (he was a surveyor after all, I could see him being a really good geography teacher). He’s that teacher that looks intimidating but is actually very nice. Believes way more in practical than theory and WILL drag his class outside in any and all weather to do a study. He also looks after any of the animals the school owns. Sometimes brings his dog to class. Is DEFINITELY involved in staff room gossip

Abigail Adams - I can see her as either the school nurse or some sort of creative arts teacher

Phillis Wheatley - definitely either an English teacher (damn we got a lot of those) and if not then some sort of creative arts teacher who also runs a poetry club. If anyone acts up in her class the other students ensure the body is never found.

Please suggest what subjects and the sort other historical figures would teach or any other ideas you have relating to this! ^^ Idk if I’ll draw anything based on this but it’s fun to brainstorm!

[tricornonthecob]

soft headcanon.

[sleepybamboo]

Thinking back to Henri’s backstory…

Remember the episode where we learn about Henri’s backstory? We saw the flashback scenes of James and Moses finding Henri on the ship, sneaking him in the crate that was originally meant for the printing press parts, and sneaking him off the ship under the captain’s nose. I think an extra flashback should have been added, showing Dr. Franklin’s surprise at what is inside the crate instead of printing press parts.

I imagine it playing out like this:

Dr. Franklin: Ah, have you come back with the parts for the printing press?

Moses: Well…sir, no.

Dr. Franklin: (confused look) Hmm?

James: We actually came with something…no…someone unexpected.

Moses gently lifts up the crate lid, revealing Henri, who is snoring quietly.

Dr. Franklin(eyes slightly widened, chuckles): Oh my!

Henri wakes up a few moments later. He is given some food, which he gobbles up every half second.

Dr. Franklin, Moses, and James all exchange concerned glances, wondering how little this boy got to eat while he was still on that ship.

Moses: Come on, James. Let’s run the boy a bath and stoke the fire, hmm?

James nods and follows Moses out of the dining room.

Dr. Franklin(extending his hand to pat Henri on the shoulder): My boy, you don’t need to rush-

Henri flinched when he saw Dr. Franklin reach for his shoulder.

Dr. Franklin(eyes slightly widened): ….!

Henri: …Je suis désolé…don’t hurt me, please!

Dr. Franklin, his face a mix of devastation and slight shock, instantly pulled his hand away from Henri’s shoulder.

Dr. Franklin puts on a small smile.

Dr. Franklin: …No one will hurt you here, my boy.

Henri slightly loosens up and slowly continued to eat.

After finishing his meal, Henri taken a bath upstairs. He had stepped into warm water for the first time…probably ever. The temperature reminded him of being with his parents, their joyful laughter, silly jokes, and caring moments.

After Henri got out, he changed into a new pair of clothes that James gave him because he couldn’t fit them anymore. Henri was given a reddish-brown shirt and some brown pants. Henri came downstairs, where everyone else was waiting for him by the fire.

He took a seat on the floor and stared at the bright flames, flickering around.

James: …So, what’s your name?

Henri: Henri. Henri LeFevbre.

Moses(hesitates for a moment): So, Henri. Why were you caged up on that ship?

Henri slightly curled up at the memory of that horrid ship. That horrible captain. That disgusting rat-filled cell he was put in for even the smallest slip up.

Henri: …If I were to make a mistake, the captain would throw me in that hold for hours. I make a mistake. I dropped some plates. Henri: I was the captain’s cabin boy. He made me work for him to pay off my parents’ debt for being passengers on his ship. A disease had spread around the ship. It killed my parents. So I was left alone.

Dr. Franklin, Moses, and James had exchanged worried glances.

Moses: …Well, thank goodness you’re here now.

Henri gave Moses a soft smile.

The Next Day

Henri, sprawled out on the bed, woke up and looked at James, noticing that he was on the edge of the bed.

Henri slowly got out of bed and made his way downstairs. Dr. Franklin was sitting by the fire and reading a book.

Henri(hoarsely): Good morning, sir.

Dr. Franklin: Good morning. How did you rest?

Henri(lightly chuckles, stretches): Très bien.

Dr. Franklin: That’s good, but there is something we need to discuss, Henri.

Henri(one eyebrow raised, comes downstairs and takes a seat by the fireplace): What’s that, sir…?

Dr. Franklin: While we are extremely happy to have you here, you’ll have to start helping around the printshop as well.

Henri: And how will I do that?

Dr. Franklin: I assume you can speak French very well, is that right?

Henri: Oui! C’est exact!

Dr. Franklin: Are you just as good in speaking English?

Henri: Well, I know some things from being around the captain for so long, but-

Dr. Franklin: We’ll need to work on that. Can you read and write in English or French?

Henri: Non.

Dr. Franklin(chuckles): Well, that’s more we have to work on. Starting today.

Henri: Aww! Could we do that some other time?

Dr. Franklin(smiles): ….

Henri: (groans)

Dr. Franklin: (chuckles softly, ruffling Henri’s hair.)

[salmonthecat]

[lulu-cat-princess]

I like to remind you that these two

Were alive at the same time as these lot

Therefore these kids probably spend time with Isaac and Nigel. They possibly saw Isaac shooting Nigel.

[pettyshippen]

Libertys Kids newscasters au where James and Sarah are amateur field reporters with hopes of becoming anchors for a news show in Philadelphia. Ben Franklin is one of the anchors on the show who is going into retirement so James and Sarah are naturally competing for his spot.

Henri is the lovable mic guy who’s always snacking in the news van and Moses is the camera man that looks out for James and Sarahs safety.

[discocandles]

Sarah Phillips will fiddle/fidget when she's deep in thought, and if she's thinking about certain people, she'll fidget with certain things in particular.

Most obviously, she'll fiddle with her necklace when she's thinking about James. Flipping it around the chain when she is worried about him, like if he's not back home when he said he'd be. If Sarah is twisting it back and forth between her fingers, she's annoyed because of something he did. If she's gently rubbing the pendant with her thumb in middle finger, she misses him. When Sarah was in England, her mother saw her messing with her locket like that most when her daughter was by herself.

When Sarah taps her feet in a little rhythm, she wishes Henri was there. She can imagine how he would react, and how he'd lighten the mood, make everyone laugh a bit. Or she's hungry, which hunger is something she's grown to relate to Henri, as he's almost always hungry.

If Sarah is thinking of her mother, she'll often twirl the hair around her face, especially when she wishes her mother were there to make sense of the situation or to just sweep her hair from her face and put it where it belongs. Or Sarah will spin her quill between her fingers, trying to commit whatever is going on around her to memory as her mother would love to hear it.

When thinking of Moses, Sarah will mess with her skirt. She'll wrap a bit of the fabric around her finger when she misses him, or wishes he was there to talk her down and help things make sense. If she's bunching her skirt in her fists, something is reminding her of Moses and Cato, and how Moses looked at his brother with so much heartbreak in his eyes. How he'd stay calm in the face of atrocities when he has every right to be enraged, how he doesn't want her to be enraged on his behalf("It won't change anything they do, Sarah.")

She could be thinking about anything or anyone if she's messing with her ponytail or the end of her braid(Sarah had to have braided her hair a lot. I know dic animation never changed character models unless they had to, but still). Sometimes it's her dad, cousin Tom, Abigail Adams, Udney, Arnold before his betrayal, Dr. Franklin, Molly from the women's camp. It could be anyone she grew close to in the war, honestly.

Very few people know that Sarah's thinking about certain people based on what she's messing with. The person who'd know most of them would be Henri, as he's the person that she spends most time with in the liberty's kids timeline. He mostly picks up on the big ones, like when Sarah misses her mom, or how she memorized the rhythm he played when getting the sheep to New York, which if Sarah wasn't one of the best people he had met before, she is now. The day he picked up on Sarah messing with her necklace = Sarah is thinking about James was rough. For her(I should just write that as a story). Sarah had to promise she would make Henri his favorite dinner for a week if he didn't tell James.

Speaking of whom, James would probably notice the different tells if the sight of his crush best friend and colleague staring softly into the distance while tenderly fiddling with the necklace he helped make for her that he'd never seen her part with since didn't make his brain shut down for a solid minute. At least.

[anintelligentoctopus]

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🎶 johncharlesdailynews Follow February 20, 1957

It's Milton Berle, folks

#as someone who until recently also worked in television yeah it's definitely milty

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if i was john cassavetes i think i'd fall in love with sidney poitier too

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🚬 l-s-m-f-t November 3, 1957

have you ever been outside

#firstly of course they're toxic that's the POINT that's fun of it #secondly i really don't think fan writers writing about burt and tony breaking the production code #are having much impact on public opinion

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🌹 i-like-ike Follow October 8, 1957

just a reminder to keep an eye out for possible communist interference in next year's midterm elections we have evidence of communist subversives trying to influence our free and democratic institutions if anyone is telling you not to vote or to vote third party because the democratic party aren't progressive enough they are trying to undermine your liberty no only kidding but i had you there for a minute didn't i

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alan ladd and humphrey bogart: manlets or a short kings? greatest series of letters to the editor in the history of publishing ended by the editor after 8 months of furious letter writing

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is mickey rooney a manlet? letters page discussion ended after one week after everyone agreed

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BOGIE FUCKING DIED??

#thank god that's not how i found out

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be sore at robert moses pal he's the one who wouldn't let o'malley build the dodgers a new stadium in brooklyn

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#then who'll be fucking sorry

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✒ lesbianeffieperine September 18, 1957

Does John Garfield mean nothing to you people

#yeah yeah 'brother what were YOU doing at the communist party meeting' People Lost Their Livelihoods Sally but yeah. big joke.

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kind of a milf. reblog.

[meerawrites]

I rewatched half of liberty’s kids on the plane ride home, I blame… @tricornonthecob, @musicboxmemories, @sarahhillips & @tallmadgeandtea. 😤

Also the way the best characters in the entire show are Moses and Sarah in that order and.. and James Hiller is my type (sadly), and Tallmadge cameo!

[palaceofmuses]

Updated Muse List

Primary

Alfred Pennyworth (dc comics, mixed media, multi-verse)

Patrick Jane, Angela Ruskin-Jane (The Mentalist)

Secondary

Martha Wayne (DC Comics, canon-divergent, multi-verse)

Lorelei Martins, Red John (The Mentalist)

Jennifer Jareau, Tara Lewis (Criminal Minds)

Tatum Riley (Scream Franchise)

Melinda Gordon (Ghost Whisperer)

Stephanie Lauter, Gerald Monroe, Hannah Foster (Team Starkid/Hatchetfield)

Tertiary

Thomas "Sprout" Woodhull, Dinah Woodhull, Hannah Tallmadge (Turn: Washington's Spies)

Test/Request

Moses, Henri (Liberty's Kids)

Ziva David (NCIS)

[a-new-oasis]

At the Abram Residence "Hey Liberty, make sure to give your father my thanks for letting me join your practice today."

"Oh, thank you so much for coming! Having a real violinist here is such a relief. No offense to the twins, but there are times I feel like I've played the same section a hundred times just to get it right."

"Yeah, being in a family band has its challenges, for sure. Dinah's not playing anything, so it's mostly been me and mom. Thankfully, she's pretty sharp. Julie's been all tied up lately, though, dealing with Melody and [Reed] Victor."

"Well, when we're married, maybe Julie can play at the wedding! I'm really into the harp, but my mom isn't keen on buying another instrument. We've already dropped 10,000 on our current set, and a harp is at least another 2000. Dad's already figuring out what Cheerful plays, so who knows how much more that'll cost."

"Guess what? I'll get you a harp. A wedding present, perhaps. It's such a divine instrument, you know? King David played it, and I'd love our home to be filled with godly music. When you're my wife, of course."

"Really? That would be so sweet, it sounds amazing! I'm so, so, so grateful my parents found Him when I was little. I can't imagine meeting someone as kind as you if I were messing around like secularists. Did you know athiest kids our age are drinking, drugs and partying?"

"That's terrible, Libby! I wish it were easier to share the message of 1 Corinthians with atheists. Unfortunately, it seems like speaking up nowadays gets us told off by all those Jews, Muslims and homos."

"Yeah, it's true. Last week, Amos and I were out, and we got called names by some devil-worshippers. We were just saying our government should support the Watcher-intended family - husband at work, wife at home, happy children. No Adam and Steve nonsense."

"I'll pray for them, really. I hope they find their way back, like the sheep to the shepherd. Maybe they were Catholics? Did you know that Catholics support those fags? Watcher be praised, my mom found true faith. I get to meet wonderful, Bible-loving ladies like you. Maybe even have them as my wife, eternally."

"You're so gentlemanly Moses."

Anyways, before I forget, I'm gonna go see your dad before I join your family for dinner. Nothing to worry about. Tell your mom I heard her casserole is heavenly."

[tricornonthecob]

"Moses!! This isn't what you think!"

"...What do I think this is?"

-----

Teenager does teenager things: practicing confessions of love and kissing with an inanimate object. Moses walks in at the best time to confirm he is not paid enough.

[sleepybamboo]

Liberty’s Kids Characters Headcanons

James: Makes feather crowns(like flower crowns but with feathers instead)/necklaces

Sarah: Is thinking about cutting her hair

Henri: Has brought multiple wild animals back to the printshop with him, even though he is scolded for it each time by Dr. Franklin and Moses(he snuck a raccoon back to the printshop once, I don’t know how???)

Moses: Writes poetry when he can

Dr. Franklin: Once put a sign up on the printshop window that says: “We can fight at this location, so act wisely”

John Adams: Has used candles to try to set John Dickinson’s coat on fire.

George Washington: Has a wolf puppy as an emotional support animal(His name is Juno). He cuddles with the pup before leaving his tent.

[salmonthecat]

Liberty's kids animal crossing au ideas

James hiller-human-jock

Henri Lefebvre-human-lazy

Sarah Phillips-human-sisterly

Moses-human-normal

Benjamin Franklin-raccoon-lazy

George Washington-eagle-cranky

Benedict Arnold-cat-cranky

Ethan Allen-bear-jock

Marquis de Lafayette-chicken-smug

[heartbrake-hotel]

Okay, if we're talking about animated characters we crushed on, I have two. The first was Yami from Yugioh (mostly because of his deep voice) and...well, this one is a bit embarrassing...George Washington from that old Liberty's Kids cartoon. (In my defense, I was like nine, okay lol?)

ok i wasn't allowed to watch yugioh as a kid for a host of unrelated reasons so i just looked up a clip of his voice and .

so yeahhhh i. i do absolutely Get It 😂😂 also apparently he voiced sky in winx club.?? so uh 😳 @ dan green call meeee

AHH LIBERTY'S KIDS.!!! damnn that show was SO good too,, you with your crush on gw 🤝 me with my crush on moses