#onarchy

[schnitzelsemmerl]

@rae-unbeloved fr like i am not paying the government anything 😒😒😒😒😒

[nordleuchten]

Hamilton vs. History

As most people are certainly aware of, Hamilton: An American Musical is not an exact representation of history and never wanted to be one. But when a pop-culture medium is so widespread and in certain places almost as omnipresent as Hamilton is, there will always be a blend between fact and fiction. Certain aspects of fiction or pop-culture simply make such a strong impression on us, that they shape our view on reality/history. Some aspects appear so much more fun, so much brighter in fiction, that we often do not want to know weather said aspect really happened this way. Some other details are so minor, that they are hard to catch if you are not deeply interested in the topic at hand.

Since I do know a thing or two about La Fayette, I thought I take a little deep dive into his depiction in Hamilton.

As a little disclaimer, while I have read the book Hamilton by Ron Chernow and listened to the official cast recording, I have never seen an actual production and can therefore not take into account what the actors do on stage.

Appearance:

I would have hoped that I do not have to say it, but I have made the experience in the past that I indeed do have so say it; La Fayette was not dark skinned. He was as white as the rest of influential America and Europa at that time.

As to his costume, well, he wears two uniforms throughout the play (plus the white suit at the beginning and in the end and his civilian clothes at the beginning of Act I)

His first uniform is identical with Mulligan’s, Laurens’ and Hamilton’s uniform – not quite right since he was a Major-General and the others were not. A more suitable uniform would have looked something like this:

The second, and probably more prominent uniform, is this one:

La Fayette wore this uniform as a lieutenant general in 1791 towards the end of his military service during the French Revolution, so roughly a decade later, in a different country during a different revolution.

Aaron Burr, Sir

With this song we are introduced to La Fayette for the first time. As a disclaimer, La Fayette never met Hercules Mulligan, had very little contact with Aaron Burr and he also met Hamilton and Laurens at the same time.

[LAFAYETTE]

Oui oui, mon ami, je m'appelle Lafayette!

The Lancelot of the revolutionary set!

I came from afar just to say “Bonsoir!”

Tell the King “Casse toi!” Who's the best?

C'est moi!

I like that La Fayette is speaking French in his opening lyrics because by the time of his arrival in America he only had a very limited knowledge of the English language and he needed a few extra months to feel entirely comfortable. Hamilton and Laurens both spoke French and this circumstance really helped in building their friendship.

La Fayette also makes a remark regarding the legendary (often described as French) knight Lancelot du Lac. Quite fitting, given that La Fayette hailed from a line of literally knights and these were stories and (self-)characterisations that he was quite attached to.

Other than that, the song is a bit too bubbly for my taste. Yes, La Fayette could be extremely energetic and optimistic, but he could also be incredibly self-conscious. He knew that he had no practical knowledge, that he barely understood the language, that his age was working against him, he even told Washington that he came to learn and not to teach – he would have never said “Who’s the best? C’est moi!” And while we are at it, he also did not like swearing.

My Shot

[LAFAYETTE]

I dream of life without a monarchy

The unrest in France will lead to 'onarchy?

'Onarchy? How you say, how you s-oh, 'anarchy!'

When I fight, I make the other side panicky

With my—

I suspect that the first line is directed towards the French monarchy, since France was where the vast majority of his life took place. If so – no, La Fayette did not dream of life without a monarchy. Later, during the French Revolution he was critical of the monarchy but never wanted to abolish it. He was not called a Counter-Revolutionary and Royalist by his enemies for no reason.

While yes, there had been unrests long before the French Revolution, as we know it, started, these problems were at this time of his life not on La Fayette’s mind.

As to making the other side “panicky”, well, La Fayette had no practically military experience at this point so there were very few people whom he made “panicky” (and I think half of them were members of the Continental Congress and Continental Army.)

But once again, I like La Fayette’s struggle with the English language.

The Story of Tonight

[LAFAYETTE/MULLIGANS/LAURENS]

I may not live to see our glory!

This line is rather interesting because while, yes, many of La Fayette’s ancestors have died young, his own father among them, and while La Fayette himself had been wounded early on in the Battle of Brandywine and also had been severely ill several times, he wrote these lines to his Adrienne on January 6, 1777 in regards to the birth of their second daughter Anastasie:

For the rest, if one must worry about the family name, I declare that I have decided to live long enough to bear it myself for many years, before I am obliged to bequeath it to another being.

Idzerda Stanley J. et al., editors, Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution: Selected Letters and Papers, 1776–1790, Volume 1, December 7, 1776–March 30, 1778, Cornell University Press, 1977, p. 222-226.

He certainly was full of optimism to see their glory.

[LAFAYETTE]

Let's have another round tonight!

La Fayette was definitely not averse to a drink or two or fife with his friends. This line is very much in character.

The Story of Tonight (Reprise)

I would like to preface this song by saying that neither La Fayette, nor Laurens, nor Mulligan nor Burr were present at Hamilton’s wedding. The only guest on Hamilton’s side of the wedding party was Doctor James McHenry, former aide-de-camp to Washington and now an aide-de-camp to La Fayette

[LAFAYETTE]

Let's have another round tonight!

As I said previously, this is definitely something that La Fayette would have said. :-)

[LAFAYETTE]

You are the worst, Burr!

There is no reason to believe that La Fayette, even when a bit tipsy, had any ill feelings towards Burr. In fact, La Fayette had very few feelings towards Burr because he mentions the good Sir almost never. There are six letters in total, both to and from La Fayette, that mention Burr and the earliest is from 1807.

Stay Alive

[LAFAYETTE]

I ask for French aid, I pray that France has sent a ship

La Fayette lobbied extensively for the American cause, even before his first voyage home again to France.

[WASHINGTON]

Have Lafayette take the lead!

(…)

[LAFAYETTE]

As we snatch a stalemate from the jaws of defeat

The Battle of Monmouth was a wild. Washington offered the command to Lee, who was not interested so Washington went to La Fayette, who gladly accepted the command. Suddenly, Lee’s interest was renewed, and he took command after all. The battle itself was disaster but La Fayette never officially took command but instead worked with Lee to try and safe the day and he was also in command of his own little sub-division.

Guns and Ships

La Fayette's most prominent number in the musical.

[LAFAYETTE]

I’m takin this horse by the reins makin’

Redcoats redder with bloodstains

(…)

[LAFAYETTE]

And I’m never gonna stop until I make ‘em

Drop and burn ‘em up and scatter their remains, I’m

[COMPANY]

Lafayette!

[LAFAYETTE]

Watch me engagin’ em! Escapin’ em!

Enragin’ em! I’m—

(…)

[LAFAYETTE]

I go to France for more funds

(…)

[LAFAYETTE]

I come back with more

[LAFAYETTE AND ENSEMBLE]

Guns

And ships

And so the balance shifts

La Fayette went to France in 1779 and returned to America in 1780. He brought with him the promise of “guns and ships” but the French aide needed some time to arrive.

[LAFAYETTE]

We can end this war at Yorktown, cut them off at sea, but

For this to succeed, there is someone else we need:

(…)

[LAFAYETTE]

Sir, he knows what to do in a trench

Ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean—

(…)

[LAFAYETTE]

Sir, you’re gonna have to use him eventually

What’s he gonna do on the bench? I mean—

(…)

[LAFAYETTE]

No one has more resilience

Or matches my practical tactical brilliance—

By the time of La Fayette’s return to America, Yorktown was not yet chosen, or better destined, to be the decisive battle in the Revolutionary War, especially since Washington and the French commanders had different ideas about how to proceed.

La Fayette did try to mend Washington’s and Hamilton’s relationship, not only by talking with Washington but also with Hamilton. And no, he would have never said, that he was tactically brilliant – because he was not, simple as that.

Yorktown (the World Turned Upside Down)

[LAFAYETTE]

Monsieur Hamilton

[HAMILTON]

Monsieur Lafayette

[LAFAYETTE]

In command where you belong

[HAMILTON]

How you say, no sweat

We're finally on the field. We’ve had quite a run

[LAFAYETTE]

Immigrants:

[HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE]

We get the job done

This is such a lovely scene, isn’t it? But it never happened like that, quite the opposite actually. La Fayette chose one of his former aide-de-camps, Jean-Joseph Soubadère de Gimat, to take command of the storming of redoubt number 10. Hamilton was eager to be given the command but when La Fayette refused he went straight to Washington who decided in Hamilton’s favour and overruled La Fayette’s decision. While in the end this incident did not harm La Fayette’s and Hamilton’s friendship, La Fayette was anything but happy with the situation.

[HAMILTON]

So what happens if we win?

[LAFAYETTE]

I go back to France

I bring freedom to my people if I’m given the chance

As I have now already mentioned a couple of times, at this time there was not really any freedom that La Fayette wanted to bring to France. There were certainly political and social matters that he was interested in and some laws that he would have liked to see reformed – but I feel like these lines imply a fixed agenda that simply was not there yet.

[HAMILTON]

When we finally drive the British away

Lafayette is there waiting—

[HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE]

In Chesapeake Bay!

La Fayette and his troops played a vital role in cornering and keeping the British troops in Yorktown by making a retreat by land impossible.

[LAFAYETTE]

Freedom for America, freedom for France!

Again, freedom for France was not yet on the forefront of La Fayette’s mind.

Cabinet Battle #2

[Jefferson]

Did you forget Lafayette?

[Hamilton]

What?

[Jefferson]

Have you an ounce of regret?

You accumulate debt, you accumulate power

Yet in their hour of need, you forget

[Hamilton]

Lafayette’s a smart man, he’ll be fine

And before he was your friend, he was mine

If we try to fight in every revolution in the world, we never stop

Where do we draw the line?

La Fayette’s imprisonment was a headache inducing topic for many people at the time. Neither Hamilton, nor Jefferson, nor Washington for that matter, had forgotten La Fayette, but there was very little that could be done from their positions. What could be done however, was done and Hamilton and Jefferson both helped. Interesting is here the change of roles – Jefferson accuses Hamilton of not caring while Hamilton himself is rather optimistic. In reality it was Hamilton who did way more for La Fayette, even taking his son in, while Jefferson, although concerned and helpful, sometimes had a mindset of “Well, it is a revolution, shit happens.”

This post is not intended as a critique of the musical or the people who like it and listen to it, this is simply a little note for the curious. :-)

[music-in-my-veins14]

I dream of life without a monarchy The unrest in France will lead to 'onarchy? 'Onarchy? How you say, how you say, oh, 'Anarchy'! When I fight, I make the other side panicky With my

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PART 2

My Shot LAURENS Ooh, Who are you? MULLIGAN Ooh, Who are you? LAFAYETTE Ooh, Who are you? MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS Ooh, who is this kid? What’s he gonna do? HAMILTON I am not throwing away my shot! I am not throwing away my shot! Hey yo, I’m just like my country, I’m young, scrappy and hungry, and I’m not throwing away my shot! I’m ‘a get a scholarship to King’s College. I prob’ly shouldn’t brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish. The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish. I gotta holler just to be heard. With every word, I drop knowledge! I’m a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal tryin’ to reach my goal. My power of speech: unimpeachable. Only nineteen but my mind is older. These New York City streets get colder, I shoulder ev’ry burden, ev’ry disadvantage I have learned to manage, I don’t have a gun to brandish, I walk these streets famished. The plan is to fan this spark into a flame. But damn, it’s getting dark, so let me spell out the name, I am the— HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS A-l-e-x-a-n-d e-r—we are—meant to be… HAMILTON A colony that runs independently. Meanwhile, Britain keeps shittin’ on us endlessly. Essentially, they tax us relentlessly, then King George turns around, runs a spending spree. He ain’t ever gonna set his descendants free, so there will be a revolution in this century. Enter me! 9 LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS (He says in parentheses) HAMILTON Don’t be shocked when your hist’ry book mentions me. I will lay down my life if it sets us free. Eventually, you’ll see my ascendancy, HAMILTON And I am not throwing away my shot. I am not throwing away my shot. Hey yo, I’m just like my country, I’m young, scrappy and hungry and I’m not throwing away my shot. LAURENS My shot! My shot! And I’m not throwing away my shot. HAMILTON/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE I am not throwing away my shot. I am not throwing away my shot. Hey yo, I’m just like my country, I’m young, scrappy and hungry and I’m not throwing away my shot. It’s time to take a shot! LAFAYETTE I dream of life without a monarchy. The unrest in France will lead to ‘onarchy? ‘Onarchy? How you say, how you say, ‘anarchy?’ When I fight, I make the other side panicky. With my— HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN Shot! MULLIGAN Yo, I’m a tailor’s apprentice, and I got y’all knuckleheads in loco parentis. I’m joining the rebellion cuz I know it’s my chance to socially advance, instead of sewin’ some pants! I’m gonna take a— HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN Shot! 10 LAURENS But we’ll never be truly free until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me, you and I. Do or die. Wait till I sally in on a stallion with the first black battalion have another— HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN Shot! BURR Geniuses, lower your voices. You keep out of trouble and you double your choices. I’m with you, but the situation is fraught. You’ve got to be carefully taught: If you talk, you’re gonna get shot! HAMILTON Burr, check what we got. Mister Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot, I think your pants look hot, Laurens, I like you a lot. Let’s hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin’ the pot… What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot, poppin’ a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not, a bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists? Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is! Oh, am I talkin’ too loud? Sometimes I get over excited, shoot off at the mouth. I never had a group of friends before, I promise that I’ll make y’all proud. LAURENS Let’s get this guy in front of a crowd. HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/ENSEMBLE I am not throwing away my shot. I am not throwing away my shot. Hey yo, I’m just like my country, I’m young, scrappy and hungry and I’m not throwing away my shot. I am not throwing away my shot.

holy fuck this is a rlly long song

It really is

:3

[car-the-man]

Nominate me for U.S. president in 2024! I will fuck up the country in new and unexpected ways! My money laundering schemes will be way more complex and thus funny and I have wayyyy more disabilities you can make fun of under the guise of questioning the old people onarchy! Vote for a car in 2024 because then you can at least laugh as the president ruins everything!

Biden dropped out, can you be the next president please

It would never work, I lack the raw sexual energy that Biden had in spades

[ninja-grace]

My Shot

LAURENS

Ooh,

Who are you?

MULLIGAN

Ooh,

Who are you?

LAFAYETTE

Ooh,

Who are you?

MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS

Ooh, who is this kid? What’s he gonna do?

HAMILTON

I am not throwing away my shot!

I am not throwing away my shot!

Hey yo, I’m just like my country,

I’m young, scrappy and hungry,

and I’m not throwing away my shot!

I’m ‘a get a scholarship to King’s College.

I prob’ly shouldn’t brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish.

The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish.

I gotta holler just to be heard.

With every word, I drop knowledge!

I’m a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal

tryin’ to reach my goal. My power of speech: unimpeachable.

Only nineteen but my mind is older.

These New York City streets get colder, I shoulder

ev’ry burden, ev’ry disadvantage

I have learned to manage, I don’t have a gun to brandish,

I walk these streets famished.

The plan is to fan this spark into a flame.

But damn, it’s getting dark, so let me spell out the name,

I am the—

HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS

A-l-e-x-a-n-d

e-r—we are—meant to be…

HAMILTON

A colony that runs independently.

Meanwhile, Britain keeps shittin’ on us endlessly.

Essentially, they tax us relentlessly,

then King George turns around, runs a spending spree.

He ain’t ever gonna set his descendants free,

so there will be a revolution in this century.

Enter me!

9

LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS

(He says in parentheses)

HAMILTON

Don’t be shocked when your hist’ry book mentions me.

I will lay down my life if it sets us free.

Eventually, you’ll see my ascendancy,

HAMILTON

And I am not throwing away my shot.

I am not throwing away my shot.

Hey yo, I’m just like my country,

I’m young, scrappy and hungry

and I’m not throwing away my shot.

LAURENS

My shot!

My shot!

And I’m not throwing away my shot.

HAMILTON/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE

I am not throwing away my shot.

I am not throwing away my shot.

Hey yo, I’m just like my country,

I’m young, scrappy and hungry

and I’m not throwing away my shot.

It’s time to take a shot!

LAFAYETTE

I dream of life without a monarchy.

The unrest in France will lead to ‘onarchy?

‘Onarchy? How you say, how you say, ‘anarchy?’

When I fight, I make the other side panicky.

With my—

HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN

Shot!

MULLIGAN

Yo, I’m a tailor’s apprentice,

and I got y’all knuckleheads in loco parentis.

I’m joining the rebellion cuz I know it’s my chance

to socially advance, instead of sewin’ some pants!

I’m gonna take a—

HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN

Shot!

10

LAURENS

But we’ll never be truly free

until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me,

you and I. Do or die. Wait till I sally in

on a stallion with the first black battalion

have another—

HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN

Shot!

BURR

Geniuses, lower your voices.

You keep out of trouble and you double your choices.

I’m with you, but the situation is fraught.

You’ve got to be carefully taught:

If you talk, you’re gonna get shot!

HAMILTON

Burr, check what we got.

Mister Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot,

I think your pants look hot,

Laurens, I like you a lot.

Let’s hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin’ the pot…

What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot,

poppin’ a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not,

a bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists?

Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is!

Oh, am I talkin’ too loud?

Sometimes I get over excited, shoot off at the mouth.

I never had a group of friends before,

I promise that I’ll make y’all proud.

LAURENS

Let’s get this guy in front of a crowd.

HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/ENSEMBLE

I am not throwing away my shot.

I am not throwing away my shot.

Hey yo, I’m just like my country,

I’m young, scrappy and hungry

and I’m not throwing away my shot.

I am not throwing away my shot.

this guy sounds very impressive his shot is important huh

[hamilton-bible-counter]

My Shot

[HAMILTON] I am not throwing away my shot I am not throwing away my shot Hey, yo, I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy and hungry And I'm not throwing away my shot I'ma get a scholarship to King's College I prob'ly shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish The problem is I got a lot of brains, but no polish I gotta holler just to be heard With every word, I drop knowledge I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal Tryin' to reach my goal, my power of speech unimpeachable Only nineteen, but my mind is older These New York City streets get colder, I shoulder Ev'ry burden, ev'ry disadvantage I have learned to manage, I don't have a gun to brandish I walk these streets famished The plan is to fan this spark into a flame But damn, it's getting dark, so let me spell out the name I am the— [HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS] A-L-E-X-A-N-D E-R—we are—meant to be

[HAMILTON] A colony that runs independently Meanwhile, Britain keeps shittin' on us endlessly Essentially, they tax us relentlessly Then King George turns around, runs a spending spree He ain't ever gonna set his descendants free So there will be a revolution in this century Enter me

[LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS] (He says in parentheses)

[HAMILTON] Don't be shocked when your hist'ry book mentions me I will lay down my life if it sets us free Eventually, you'll see my ascendancy

[HAMILTON & LAURENS] And I am not throwing away My shot (My shot) I am not throwing away My shot (My shot) Hey, yo, I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy and hungry And I'm not throwing away my shot And I'm not throwing away my shot

[HAMILTON/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE] I am not throwing away my shot I am not throwing away my shot Hey, yo, I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy and hungry And I'm not throwing away my shot It's time to take a shot

[LAFAYETTE] I dream of life without a monarchy The unrest in France will lead to 'onarchy? 'Onarchy? How you say, how you s-oh, 'anarchy!' When I fight, I make the other side panicky With my—

[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN] Shot

[MULLIGAN] Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis I'm joining the rebellion 'cause I know it's my chance To socially advance, instead of sewin' some pants I'm gonna take a—

[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN] Shot

[LAURENS] But we'll never be truly free Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me You and I, do or die, wait 'til I sally in On a stallion with the first black battalion Have another—

[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN] Shot

[BURR] Geniuses, lower your voices You keep out of trouble and you double your choices I'm with you, but the situation is fraught You've got to be carefully taught If you talk, you're gonna get shot

[HAMILTON] Burr, check what we got Mister Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot I think your pants look hot Laurens, I like you a lot Let's hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin' the pot What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot Poppin' a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists? Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is Oh, am I talkin' too loud? Sometimes I get overexcited, shoot off at the mouth I never had a group of friends before I promise that I'll make y'all proud

[LAURENS] Let's get this guy in front of a crowd

[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/ENSEMBLE] I am not throwing away my shot I am not throwing away my shot Hey, yo, I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy and hungry And I'm not throwing away my shot

I am not throwing away my shot I am not throwing away my shot Hey, yo, I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy and hungry And I'm not throwing away my shot

[LAURENS & HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN] Ev'rybody sing Woah, woah, woah (Woah, woah, woah) Hey Woah (Woah) Woo Woah (Woah) Said, let 'em hear ya (Yeah) Let's go

[LAURENS & COMPANY] Woah, woah, woah I said, shout it to the rooftops Woah Said, to the rooftops Woah Come on Yeah Come on, let's go

[LAURENS] Rise up When you're living on your knees, you rise up Tell your brother that he's gotta rise up Tell your sister that she's gotta rise up

[LAURENS AND ENSEMBLE & COMPANY] When are these colonies gonna rise up? Woah, woah, woah When are these colonies gonna rise up? Woah When are these colonies gonna rise up? Woah When are these colonies gonna rise up? Woah Rise up (Rise up)

[HAMILTON] I imagine death so much, it feels more like a memory When's it gonna get me? In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me? If I see it comin', do I run or do I let it be? Is it like a beat without a melody? See, I never thought I'd live past twenty Where I come from, some get half as many Ask anybody why we livin' fast and we laugh, reach for a flask We have to make this moment last, that's plenty

Scratch that This is not a moment, it's the movement Where all the hungriest brothers with Something to prove went? Foes oppose us, we take an honest stand We roll like Moses, claimin' our promised land And? If we win our independence? Is that a guarantee of freedom for our descendants? Or will the blood we shed begin an endless Cycle of vengeance and death with no defendants? I know the action in the street is excitin' But Jesus, between all the bleedin' 'n' fightin' I've been readin' 'n' writin' We need to handle our financial situation Are we a nation of states? What's the state of our nation? I'm past patiently waitin' I'm passionately smashin' every expectation Every action's an act of creation I'm laughin' in the face of casualties and sorrow For the first time, I'm thinkin' past tomorrow

[HAMILTON AND COMPANY] And I am not throwing away my shot I am not throwing away my shot Hey, yo, I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy and hungry And I'm not throwing away my shot

[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN & ENSEMBLE] We're gonna rise up, time to take a shot Not throwing away my shot We're gonna rise up, time to take a shot Not throwing away my shot We're gonna We're gonna

[HAMILTON & ENSEMBLE] Time to take a shot (Rise up)

[HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS/MULLIGAN & ENSEMBLE] Time to take a shot (Rise up) Time to take a shot (Rise up) Take a shot, ri— ri— ri— Shot Shot A-yo, it's Time to take a shot (Time to take a shot) Time to take a shot (Time to take a shot) And I am— (And I am)

[HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS] Not throwin' away my—

[COMPANY] Not throwin' away my shot

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Guests Arrive at Princess Victoria’s Wedding: Close Friends of the Bride Arrive!

Close friends of HRH have started arriving at the cathedral including some foreign royalty!

The first to arrive, HRH Princess Mary of Brixton who has grown close to Princess Victoria since the Crown Princess of Alderaan’s Wedding. The friends have been spotted around by paparazzi several times! @thesimsroyalfam

Next to arrive, HRH The Crown Princess of Fairlake. The two Victorias have been friends for a while, she even attended the Crown Princess’s cousin, Princess Jade’s birthday party. @theroyalcoldwells

HRH Princess Adelaide of Valencia follows the Crown Princess of Fairlake. Victoria and Adelaide have been friends for a little over a year, having spent time together in Fairlake at official events. Although she is not an OG #PrincessParty member, she sure has become one! Princess Victoria attended Princess Adelaide’s acceptance of the Humanitarian of the Year award a few weeks ago. @thevalencianroyals

HIH Grand Duchess Margot, cousin and friend of the Bride attends the Royal Wedding! The Grand Duchess and Princess Victoria have known each other since they were infants, the Grand Duchess is in fact the Queen’s goddaughter. HRH attended her cousin’s wedding earlier this year. @krasnoyarsk-nobility

Next to arrive, HRH Princess Isabella of Willow Creek. It is unknown to the pubic how the two became friends but, she was first spotted attending the big shopping trip with foreign princesses. According to insiders. Princess Isabella and Princess Victoria visit each other during holidays! @ourwillowcreekroyals

TRH Crown Princess Helena of Monaca and the Duke of Gloster attend the wedding as well! The Crown Princess and Princess Victoria have been spotted together at State Events around the continent. The two princesses are very close in age, it was only a matter of time before they became friends! @royalfamilyofgrimalldi

Her three last friends to arrive are Lady Ashley Templeton, Lady Georgiana Berkshire, and Lady Ophelia Marimare. The Three Ladies have been friends since childhood all attending the same school, The Windenburgian Academy. Lady Ashley and Lady Georgiana are both models for Simtier, and Simmards (two high quality jewelry brands in Champs Les Sims). Lady Ophelia has become a famous actress and has won six WAFTA awards as well as two Golden Globes. Looks like Princess Victoria’s Wedding has brought lots of A-Listers!

[headoverhiddles]

When the unrest in France leads to ‘onarchy

[pomegranitestate]

tbh if lok wasnt going to do anything meaningful with its main villains ideologies and change up the status quo than maybe those villains should have been written out two drafts ago

[iaintneverseenahorsegotochurch]

I maybe made something cursed

[transcript: The Fall by Lovejoy plays the lyrics 'so come on one and all and see the apathy' The audio cuts to My Shot from Hamilton playing the lyrics 'the unrest in France will lead to 'onarchy? 'Onarchy? How you say, how you say, oh anarchy? When I fight, I make the other side panicky With my-' Audio cuts back to the outro of The Fall]

[mani4milfs]

Tysm for the tag mwah mwah!

"I have zero stability, zero comfort, zero confidence. Just hanging on." - Martin Truex Jr - NASCAR (it's a fandom, all sports are fandoms!!)

"Onarchy- how you say- how you- OH anarchy 🇺🇸" - LaFayette - Hamilton

"Come one now let's get you an edible, even you out a bit..." - Fitch Bradley - Ready or Not

"My gangsta persona is just armor to conceal that I am a naked child wandering through the wilderness, holding in my hands my wounded, fragile heart." - Mischa Bachinski - Ride the Cyclone

"I can't hear what Jeremy is saying because I have my two Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears!" - Patrick Roy - NHL

"Wonder how he'd react if his son had a limp wrist with a pulse." - Jason Dean - Heathers

Tags - anyone who wants to!!!

toff starts a tag game

reblog with a quote from your fav character from atleast 5 fandoms that you’re in/used to be in!!

ok mine:

”your fingers might not be so burnt if you cooked with an air fryer!” -frye onaga (splatoon)

“you ever think about runnin in pictures? buy a ticket, they let anyone in!” -albert dasilva (newsies)

“now, what the heck happened around here? oh right- my doing!” -caine (tadc)

“what happened to you that made you hate fun?” -serafine savoy (lackadaisy)

“the romantic tension is so palpable… how can you guys even concentrate??” pavitr prabhakar (atsv)

hey guys 😏 @the-woild-is-y-erster @sluttylittlenewsboy @ftm-megamind @newsiesfixation @itsgrapes-exe @newsiesreference and anyone else that wants to join!!

[beeaaniee]

SO COME ON ONE AND ALL AND SEE THE APATHY THE UNREST IN FRANCE WILL LEAD TO ONARCHY- ONARCHY-? Oh, how you say - oh ANARCHY

[sudoki-sara]

Decided on yes I will make more rwby Hamilton au. These Hamilton songs are Aaron burr sir and my shot

Citizens: 1776. Feldspar City.

Jaune: Pardon me. Are you Ruby Rose ma’am?

Ruby: That depends. Who’s asking?

Jaune: Oh, well, sure, ma’am. I’m Jaune Arc I’m at you service, ma’am. I have been looking for you.

Ruby: I’m getting nervous.

Jaune: Ma’am... I heard your name at Coquina. I was seeking an accelerated course of study when I got sort of out of sorts with a buddy of yours. I may have punch him. It’s a blur, ma’am. He handle the financials?

Ruby: You punched the bursar.

Jaune: Yes! I wanted to do what you did. Graduate in two, then join the revaluation. He looked at me like I was stupid. I’m not stupid so how’d you do it? How’d you graduate so fast?

Ruby: It was my mother’s dying wish before she passed.

Jaune: You’re an orphan. Of course I’m an orphan god, I wish there was a war! Then we could prove that we’re worth more than anyone bargained for...

Ruby: Can I buy you a drink?

Jaune: That would be nice.

Ruby: While we’re talking. Let me offer you some free advice talk less.

Jaune: What?

Ruby: Smile more.

Jaune: Ha.

Ruby: Don’t let them know what you’re against or what you’re for.

Jaune: You can’t be serious.

Ruby: You wanna get ahead?

Jaune: Yes.

Ruby: Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead.

Weiss: Yo yo yo yo yo! What time is it?

Weiss/Ren/Nora: Show time!

Ruby: Like I said.

Weiss: Show time show time! I’m Weiss Schnee in the place to be! Two pints of O’ Sam Adams but I’m working on three, uh! Those Redcoats don’t want it with me! Cuz I will pop chick-a pop these cops till I’m free!

Ren: Oui oui, mon ami, je mappelle Lie Ren! The Lancelot of the revolutionary set! I came from afar just to say bonsoir! Tell the king “Casse toi! Who’s the best cest moi!”

Nora: Brrrah brraaah! I am Nora Valkyrie up in it, lovin it, yes I heard your mother say “come again.”

Ren/Weiss: Ayyyy

Nora: Lock up ya daughters and horses. Of course it’s hard to have intercourses over four sets of corsets...

Ren: wow

Weiss: No more sex, pour me another brew, son! Let’s raise a couple more...

Weiss/Nora/Ren: To the revolution!

Weiss: Well if it ain’t the prodigy of Beacon Academy.

Nora: Ruby Rose!

Weiss: Give us a verse. Drop some knowledge!

Ruby: Good luck with that. You’re takin’ a stand you spit Imma sit we’ll see where we land.

Nora/Ren: Booo

Weiss: Ruby, the revolution is imminent. What do you stall for?

Jaune: If you stand for nothing, Ruby, what’ll you fall for?

Ren/Nora/Weiss: Ooh, who you? Who you? Who are you? Ooh, who is this kid? What’s he gonna do?

I was gonna end it here but then I remembered how “My Shot” continues this song so...

Jaune: I am not throwing away my shot! I am not throwing away my shot! Hey yo, I’m just like my crountry young, scrappy, and hungry and I’m not throwing away my shot!

Jaune: Imma get a scholarship to Shade Academy I prob’ly shouldn’t brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish. The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish. I gotta holler just to be heard. With every word, I drop knowledge.

Jaune: I’m a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal. Tryin’ to reach my goal. My power of speech: unimpeachable. Only nineteen but my mind is older. These Feldspar city streets get colder, I shoulder.

Jaune: Ev’ry burden, ev’ry disadvantage. I have learned to manage, I don’t have a gun to brandish. I walk these streets famished.

Jaune: The plan is to fan this spark into a flame. But damn, it’s getting dark, so let me spell out the name I am the—

Jaune/Ren/Nora/Weiss/ J-A-U-N-E-A-R-C— We are—meant to be...

Jaune: A colony that runs independently. Meanwhile, Atlas Keeps shittin on us endlessly. Essentially, they tax us relentlessly. Then General James turns around, runs a spending spree. He ain’t ever gonna set his descendants free. So there will be a revolution in this century. Enter me!

Ren/Nora/Weiss: He says in parenthesis.

Jaune: Don’t be shocked when your Hist’ry book mentions me. I will lay down my life if it sets us free. Eventually you’ll see my ascendancy.

Jaune: And I am not throwing away my shot!

Weiss: My shot!

Jaune: I am not throwing away my shot!

Weiss: My shot!

Jaune: Hey yo, I’m just like my country. I’m young, scrappy, and hungry. And I’m not throwing away my shot!

Ren/Nora/Weiss: I am not throwing away my shot! I am not throwing away my shot! Hey yo, I’m just like my country I’m young, scrappy, and hungry and I’m not throwing away my shot! It’s time to take a shot!

Ren: I dream of life without a monarchy. The unrest in Vale will lead to ‘onarchy? ‘Onarchy? How you say, how you say, ‘anarchy? When I fight I make the other side panicky. With my—

All four: SHOT!

Nora: Yo, I’m a tailors apprentice. And I got y’all knuckleheads in loco parentis. I’m joining the rebellion cuz I know it’s my chance. To socially advance, instead of sewin’ some pants! I’m gonna take a—

All four: SHOT!

Weiss: But we’ll never be truly free. Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me. You and I. Do or die. Wait till I sally in on a stallion with the first black battalion. Have another—

All four: SHOT!

Ruby: Geniuses, lower your voices. You keep out of trouble and you double your choices. I’m with you, but the situation is fraught. You’ve got to be carefully taught: if you talk your gonna get shot!

Jaune: Ruby, check what we got. Mister Lie Ren, hard rock like Lancelot I think your pants look hot. Weiss I like you a lot let’s hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin’ the pot.

Jaune: What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot. Poppin’ a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not. A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists? Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is!

Jaune: Oh, am I talking’ too loud? Sometimes I get overexcited, shout off at the mouth. I never had a group of friends before. I Promise that I’ll make y’all proud.

Weiss: Let’s get this guy in front of a crowd!

All four: I am not throwing away my shot! I am not throwing away my shot! Hey yo, I’m just like my country I’m young, scrappy, and hungry and I’m not throwing away my shot!

All four: I am not throwing away my shot! I am not throwing away my shot! Hey yo, I’m just like my country I’m young, scrappy, and hungry and I’m not throwing away my shot!

Weiss: Everybody sing:Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Hey! Whoa! Wooh! Whoa! Aye let em hear ya! Let’s go!

Jaune/Ren/Nora: Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Yea!

Citizens: Woah! Woah! Woah! Woah! Woah! Yea!

Weiss: I said shout it to the rooftops! Said, to the rooftops! Come on! Come on let’s go!

Weiss: Rise up! When you’re living on your knees, you rise up! Tell your brother that he’s gotta rise up! Tell your sister that she’s gotta rise up!

Weiss/Citizens: When are these colonies gonna rise up?

Citizens: Whoa! Whoa!

Weiss/citizens: When are the colonies gonna rise up?

Citizens: Whoa!

Weiss/citizens: When are these colonies gonna rise up?

Citizens: Whoa!

Weiss/Citizens: When are these colonies gonna rise up? Rise up!

Jaune: I imagine death so much that it feels more like a memory. When’s it gonna get me? In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me? If I see it comin’, do I run or do I let it be? Is it like a beat without a melody?

Jaune: See I never thought I’d live past twenty. Where I come from some get half as many. Ask anybody why we livin’ fast and we laugh, reach for a flask. We have to make this moment last, that’s plenty.

Jaune: Scratch that, this is not a moment, it’s the movement where all the hungriest brothers with something to prove went? Foes oppose us, we take an honest stand we roll like Moses, claimin’ our promised land.

Jaune: And? If we win our independence? Is that a guarantee of freedom for our descendants? Or will the blood we shed begin an endless cycle of vengeance and death with no defendant?

Jaune: I know the action in the street is excitin’ but Jesus, between all the bleedin’ and fightin’ I’ve been readin’ ‘n writin’ we need to handle our financial situation. Are we a nation of states? What’s the state of our nation?

Jaune: I’m past patiently waitin’. I’m passionately smashin’ every expectation every action’s an act of creation. I’m laughin’ in the face of casualties and sorrow. For the first time, I’m thinkin’ past tomorrow!

Jaune/Citizens: And I am not throwing away my shot! I am not throwing away my shot! Hey yo I’m just like my country I’m young, scrappy, and hungry and I’m not throwing away my shot!

Jaune/Ren/Nora/Weiss: We’re gonna rise up! Time to take a shot! We’re gonna rise up! Time to take a shot!

Citizens: Not throwing away my shot! Not throwing away my shot!

Jaune/Ren/Nora/Weiss: We’re gonna

Citizens: We’re gonna rise up rise up

Jaune: Time to take a shot.

Citizens: Rise up Rise up!

Jaune/Ren/Nora/Weiss: Time to take a shot!

Citizens: Rise up!

JRNW: Time to take a shot!

Citizens: Rise up!

JNRW: Take a shot shot shot!

Citizens: Ri—ri—ri

JNRW: A-yo it’s time to take a shot! Time to take a shot! And I am— Not throwin’ away my—

Citizens: Time to take a shot! Time to take a shot! And I am— Not throwin’ away my shot!

[a-dreamingflower]

My Favorite Hamilton Lines

“Ay, yo yo yo, what time is it?!” “sHOW TIME!!!” “Onarchy! onarchy? onarchy.... how you say..? Ah! ANARCHY” “anD pEGGY” “my dog speaks more eloquently~” “sILenCe!” “i will send a fully armed battalion to remind me of your love~! <3″ “im just saying if you really loved me you would share him~” “hA!” “‘cause if the tOMcaT can get mARRieD~! therE’S hOPe foR oUr asS aFtEr aLL!” “death doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints, it takes and it takes, and we keep living anyway, we rise and we fall and we break and we make our mistakes. and if there’s a reason im still alive when everyone who loves me has died, then im willing to wait for it” “im a general! whEeeEEEeEEEeE!” “duel before the sun is in the sky, pick a place to die where its high and dry~” “oh, let me be a part of the narrative, of the story they will right someday. let this moment be the first chapter where you decide to stay~.” “IMTAKINGTHISHORSEBYTHEREINSMAKINGREDCOATSREDDERWITHBLOODSTAINS. LAFAYETTE!” “Immigrants, we get the job done!” “awEsoME! wOW!” “look at my SON!” “I wAs cHoSen fOr thE coNsTituTionaL ConvEnTioN~!” “Bright young man.” “Yo, who the f is this?!” “What’d i miss? Virginia my home sweet home I wanna give you a kiss!” (muah) “with a comma after Dearest, you’ve written My Dearest, Angelica~” “fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-” “Madison and Jefferson are merciless” “well, ain’t the sin love the sinner?” “im erasing myself from the narrative, let future historians wonder how eliza reacted when you broke her heart.” “Everything is legal in New Jersey!“ “sept huit neuf....” “... its quiet uptown..” “FORGIVENESS~” “can i show you what im proudest of~” “The Orphanage” “I establish the first private orphanage in New York City” “The Orphange” “I help raise hundreds of children, i get to see them growing up!” “The Orphanage” “In their eyes I see you Alexander~ I see you everytime~”

[jack-o-moon-askblog]

i dream of life without the monarchy, the unrest in france will lead to onarchy, onarchy how you say, how you, oh anarchy, when i fight i make the other side panicky with my SHOT

Hello we have been adopted by the same people and i have been hyperfixated on Hamilton forever, wanna be frens?

@scally-wiggles716 and @countingthestarsthings ate the ones we were adopted by

YESS.

*Snatch* BET.

@hammyham-o-o

WE GOT ANOTHER HAMILTON PPL THAT SHAL JOIN HAMILTON HIVE.

THEYRE MY SIBLING =3

(not irl ofc, but yeah, I wanna be friends!)