#and convinced me to make hamilton fanart ><

[hammyham-o-o]

Hello lams tumblr have a late night doodle~

highschool au >:)

[retros-artandstuff]

high school au?????

idk i got the idea from one of my previous posts where i made em look too young

[siberian-xanadu]

Okay, now that I'm not on my essay account, I have some Cringey Middle School shenanigans to admit to you guys. The majority of these have to do with Rush, but there are a fair few that don't:

Remember the 2112 All Star parody that was submitted to prog-rock-confessions? That was me, I'm sorry. I also did an All Star parody about the periodic table for my science class. The opening lyrics were "My science teacher told me / the world is made of atoms".

I drew Shrek x Hamilton nsfw fanart to piss off my friends that were into Hamilton at the time. I also did this IN MY ART CLASS.

I used my art class in general to draw Rush fanart. I would find a way to bend the rules of almost every assignment to let me do that, like I did a comic strip of Cygnus X-1 that was really cool. I have no idea where it is now.

I wrote a 3 1/2 page essay to my 7th grade English teacher convincing her to let me use a class period to make my English class listen to 2112 and connect it to the book we were reading. Looking back, it was doubly cringey and also incredibly insensitive because that book was Malala Yousafzai's autobiography, I Am Malala. I made the incredible observation that the Taliban were just like the Priests of Syrinx because they banned music. I was a fucking moron. My teacher actually agreed to let me present, and I ended up roping my friend into it, and we spend the entire class period listening to and going over 2112. I had a whole presentation. This was completely unprompted, by the way.

I went as Freddie Mercury to my school's Halloween dance in 7th grade. The next year, I roped my gf at the time and my best friend into a group costume... and to no one's surprise, we went as Rush. I gave my bestie a pair of these gimmick pencil drumsticks, and we taped on a mustache, and my gf had an inflatable guitar... and yours truly carried her actual bass around with a pair of fake glasses and a wig from Party City. I look back at least once a week in horror.

Wrote a South Park fan script that was meant to be a trilogy. If that wasn't cringey enough, it involved traveling back in time and Queen. I also showed this to my friends at School of Rock when I went there.

When my school did an event called Teach the Teacher, which excused kids from their classes for a couple periods in order to give seminars on usually their talents or stuff... I used this to give a seminar on the history of progressive rock. Of course. If I remember anything else from my cringey middle school experience, I will make sure to write it down because I am just scratching the surface of all the weird shit I did. If you want me to elaborate on anything, I will too.

[thebreakfastgenie]

Technically, many famous books and pieces of media could fall under the fanfiction umbrella and I feel like it’s hard to make an argument that Paradise Lost or Wicked or hell, even Hamilton don’t have cultural significance overall.

I have no idea why you sent me this considering I have been abundantly clear that I am not arguing that fanfiction does or does not have cultural significance. I am quite literally arguing that it does not matter.

Your definition of fanfiction is questionable. What exactly do you think Hamilton is fanfiction of? It's fiction based on real people, not existing fictional characters. That's called historical fiction. RPF of the founding fathers that is unrelated to an existing portrayal is just amateur historical fiction.

I dislike the characterization of works as "bible fanfiction" or "bible fanart." I believe the bible is a work of fiction, but many of the writers and artists who made those works did not believe that. It may be technically true, or at least something you can make a case for, but it's a stretch and misleading. Religious fiction and art are a recognized category.

Wicked is actually a good example. Wicked is not officially fanfiction because the source material is in the public domain. A lot of things fall under the umbrella of transformative works, but fanfiction as a concept exists because of intellectual property.

If you are arguing that fanfiction can be culturally significant and should be protected on that basis, what will you do when someone says "okay, you've convinced me that Paradise Lost is fanfiction, but I don't think this other stuff is important?" It's not like this is a fanfiction specific issue; plenty of original, published fiction is not widely considered important or culturally significant. I'm saying "whether it's important or not, it needs to be protected."

If you want to argue that fanfiction is culturally significant just make your own post. It's a separate point from the one I'm making.

[luminous-shifting-vibes]

actual fucking quotes from the shiftblr coffeehouse discord server

out of context of course, what do you take me for? a sane person?

"they made lightning mcqueen hot"

"inch resting"

"Nix: Cars (2006) several people are typing..."

"im evaporating"

"enjoy precipitation"

"tow mater is more attractive than lightning mcqueen/hj"

"lightning mcqueen looks like he would call me a slur"

"why did I come back to a discussion regarding the attractiveness of vehicles"

"lark is the braincell of shiftblr tbh"

"you all need some grass in your life"

"me over here simping for block men and now literal cars"

"didn't nick wilde commit fraud canonically"

"i have no strong opinions on whether or not nick wilde is attractive"

"I AM AROMANTIC AND I AM NOT IMMUNE TO NICK WILDE"

"I am bisexual and I. Am not into Nick Wilde based on a simple fact he looks like he will drink all my pepsi and call me names"

"What is shiftbkr but not a bunch of simps"

"cries in Bianca Monroe"

"listen i have a folder called gayass

it is mostly pictures of kyoka jiro and virgil sanders"

"Nick Wilde x Reader where he steals your car 📷 carjacker to lovers AU 📷"

"he says "mama i like to step on keyboard""

"MY MOM JUST WALKED IN AND I HAD TO TELL HER I WAS LOOKING AT LIGHTING MC QUEEN HUMAN FANART"

"crab walks away"

""Y/N..." Nick whispered into your ear. "Your car...is a Honda Civic, right?" You looked up at Nick with a baffled expression. "Nick, my beloved? Whatever are you talking about?" "Just asking..." He said as he let you out of his embrace. "Hey, wanna see a magic trick, babe?" Your eyes sparkled. "Really, Nick? Of course!" Nick smiled. "Ok, close your eyes!" You giggled and closed your eyes, waiting for Nick to tell you to open up. Instead, you heard the loud rumble of a car starting up, and you open your eyes. Nick has stolen your car, and he has driven off into the sunset..."

"did y'all know his name used to be canonically Montgomery--he changed it to lightning mcqueen to get rid of his past"

"That is my exit number"

"cars trauma arc"

"wait do y'all know about car jesus" "as if jesus wasn't a ford focus in the bible"

"oh yall do not want to know about the trauma in my cars dr lmao"

"Dewit tau style babey make Lightning McQueen outlive everyone and stalk their reincarnations"

"Do they baptize other cars in like gasoline then"

"there is a pope car in the cars universe which means car jesus died for cars sins"

"NOT THE BOOMER MEMES"

"-lays facedown on the floor while caramelldansen plays-"

"like im serious how many of you guys endorse me falling face down on my floor" (NOT THE SAME PERSON AS PREVIOUS QUOTE)

"I will be Tall and no one can stop me"

"is a soft floor?"

"stop I thought faceplant meant like a succulent in the shape of a face instead of falling onto your noggin for a solid 10 seconds"

"Touch some grass??? What about eating grass"

"what if for every employee of the month i just printed out really horrible boomer memes"

"what ab smoking grass /j"

"Can the grassdirt smoothie be a special in the cafe"

"PLEASE IM ROLLING ON THE FLOOR REWRITINH THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WHIKE SPEEDRUNINT MINECRAFT"

"you have to get good dirt from like the middle of a pennsylvanian forest for it to taste good though"

"I ate a four leaf clover as a kid cause i thought it would make me lucky"

"guys how do i see the mee6 leaderboard"

"I used to think i was half dragon and I ate plants out of sidewalk cracks"

"i think i punched someone"

"my parents told me to stop doing that so I looked at them and ate a flower"

"I ate grass when I was 9 bc I read warrior cats and thought I was a medicine cat ....................."

"bees are just spicy flies"

"I had a mental breakdown when I was three cause I didn’t know how to turn off a phone"

"My mom drank a bee once"

"when I was a baby I kinned ink sans."

"bro who here find the yellow hat man from curious george fine as heck 📷📷📷"

"mY LUNGSSSSSS"

"no one topping Him"

"I like em big"

"I think Moto Moto has no game like move over hunky boy I could beat you 1v1 Roblox Arsenal 📷📷📷"

"If you didnt have a crush on springtrap, jeff the killer, or Underfell/Gaster/Error sans don't talk to me /j"

"LOOK THEY'RE BOTH DILFS WITH ABS THAT WOULD FIGHT GOD"

"ZORO IS BANNED"

"Guys please help I found my old fnaf fanart from when I was 8 I'm in literal tears"

"OH NO BOT MY FIFTH GRADE HAMILTON PHASE"

"The worst attraction ive ever had has to be Sombra Overwatch"

"My family is like "save all ur art so I can sell it when you're famous" I literally could not sell this if I tried"

"screaming puppet"

"I just remembered Ive drawn overwatch/hamilton crossover fanart"

"my hermit crabs ate each other again"

"we're cannibals ????"

"having me here is a curse you have inflicted on yourselves and I for one am glad for it <3" "scitters around like a crab in anticipation"

"CARB DAY"

"WE NEED TO HAVE A WATCH OARTY"

"hey y'all ill be right back i have to throw away a crab carcass"

"if I watch cars I'm going to start laughing in the middle of it nonstop just because the word cars is funny and also cars are funny like how do you move silly little metal box with rubber circles"

"Lark asleep post catboy pitbul"

"Mwista Wowldwide! Nya!" "hermit crab 2: electric boogaloo"

"Is that why your name is chaos"

"manifest the crab power!!"

"cool dex fact: i can't read 📷"

"sighs adds to worship these entities list"

"with a knife <3"

"yeah and if he betrays me I could probably throw him across the atlantic ocean"

"give me his eyes"

"my good citizen i am a- wait no im nonbinary nvm"

"it worked on a fish idk what to tell you"

"what is gender??? Is that a board game?? If so can I be apples to apples that one's my favorite"

"CHUTES AND LADDERS"

"anyways actually my gender is Candyland"

"Oh god romes the destroyer of friendships/j"

"i am a simple gay i see math i run in the opposite direction survival instincts 101"

"math my beloathed"

"algebra makes me want to rip open a bag of swedish fish and swallow them whole"

"cackles in they're au characters and this will be very fun"

"pog !!!! me too ksajgks one of my drs is a sanders sides au"

"Is that bipper"

"tumblr sexyman"

"Good because he’ll fuck u up if u hurt a child"

"I want a wing-suit"

"looks like a bean would poison someone"

"my hermit crabs are cannibals what can i say"

"sonic the hedgehog kinnie"

"get yourself a man who is capable of the most ungodly actions but won't do them because of their morality owo"

"tell him he can steal my wallet"

"eyes"

"idk about y'all but I need blueberry sweet tea to live"

"y'know the red souls from soul eater i really want to eat those"

"but like only respectable crimes like stealing from elon musk"

"You can go cultbashing with he!"

"He acts like a flamboyant gay man, but if a flamboyant gay man was straight."

"Simp Satan 📷"

"definitely arson"

"They look like they enjoy lemon squares and other lemon desserts"

"Satan is all-powerful but he spends most of his time building honeymoon locations because he is convinced that the protag loves him"

"bc shes the reincarnation of his dead wife or something i guess"

annd here's a quote from our very own dream (@shiftingwastaken) that sums this post up:

"shiftblr but context makes it worse"

[noys-boise]

I have a mission for you.

Try to convince me Hamilton is hot. ANY version of him. Fan art, actors, characters the man himself, all of them.

Make me a Ham simp.

I spent too much time searching and didn't find enough resources sorry

But what I do have:

-ginger hair probably

-he's been described to have VIOLET EYES like wtf

-there's a drawing of his smexy hand (if someone could add it that would be greatly appreciated)

-the infamous smexy legs

-the "Eliza Hamilton's husband" fanart on the darkside discord server if anyone knows what I mean can someone please add it?)

-and finally, he was voiced by Andrew Rannells in Liberty's kids.

[shanamationgallary]

Nightmare

For @cute-fanart (another Giant/Tiny Hamilton au for your pleasure. Enjoy ;)!

It was a quite night; clear dark skies, light wind with a cooling breeze. Eliza was in her nightgown walking down the hallway carrying a lite candle; she was peaking though the doors of each of the children's’ bedrooms to make sure they were sound asleep. so far all was quite, not a single peep. Eliza smiled with the most satisfaction, all that’ s left is to check on James then it was off to bed for her.

Before Eliza could even reach the last door she hear a small whimper coming from James’ bedroom. “ N-No! P-Please stop!” he cried. Eliza hurried to the child’s bedroom. As she entered she saw James tossing and turning. “Stop! Don’t Hurt Him!” he yelled. Eliza placed the candle down on the nearest desk and rushed by her child’s side. “James honey Wake up!” She called out but with no success. She could see sweat dripping from James’ face, tears running down fast from his closed eyes. As he clutch his hands to the blanket James screamed out “NO! STOP IT! STOP IT!! LEAVE HIM ALONE!!! PAPAAAAAA!!!!!!” 

Eliza shouted James Open Your Eyes!!! And in a flash second James quickly rose his head up panting face covered in sweat. “Breath darling breath” his mother said softly. “You were having a nightmare.” James turn towards his mother with a look of terror “WHERE’S PAPA!?” he shouted frightfully. “Oh, Papa’s out sleeping inside his tent honey you know that.” Eliza answered softly while rubbing her child’s back. “WE HAVE TO GO SEE HIM!!” Eliza was hesitant by James’  request “It’s late James, and Papa’s asleep right now we ca-” She was cut off as James clutched onto her nightgown “NO, WE HAVE TO!!!” James was trembling as he held on to his mother tightly; Eliza could feel his hot tears threw her nightgown. She held James closer as he continued crying pitifully “I WANNA GO SEE PAPA! I WANT PAPA!” He cried out historically. Eliza soon realized that a mother’s comfort wasn’t enough in this situation. “Alright honey, We’ll go see Papa”.

As she locked the door on their way out, Eliza carried James all the way to the giant tent where Alexander was staying in. Eliza knew how easily irritated  her giant husband gets when his rest is disturbed; but she knew that this was the only way to give her little boy some comfort. As they both entered the tent they were startled by the loud monstrous snoring noise. Eliza and James looked up and saw the exposed giant feet of Alexander sleeping soundly in his giant hand made bed. 

Eliza placed James down as she walked closer to the bed. “Alexander!” she called out, but with no response back; the loud snoring continued as her husband turned away from them. Eliza took one long breath “ALEX-ANDER!!!” she shouted from the very pit of her lungs. Alexander snorted and grunted as he was abruptly awoken by Eliza’s voice. Alexander rubbed his eyes as he answered in a tired and grunting tone “mmmhmm….What is it sweetheart?’ Alexander pulled the covers off him and carefully carried Eliza and James placing them on top of his hard wood working deck.

As Alexander sat up on the side of his bed, Eliza walked closer towards her husband while James stand behind her. “I’m sorry to wake you up dear, but James really needed to see you. Alexander’s eyes looked towards James then quickly returned to Eliza. “James,” he softly whispered “is he alright?” “He’s fine” she answered “but I think he had a nightmare, I went to his room and he was desperately crying out for you in his sleep.” Alexander’s eyes was on James again; the child’s head was down as if he was ashamed to show himself for being scared easily. “Oh, I see”. Alexander cleared his voice “James, come here.” James slowly walked up to his father until he was almost at the end of the desk; Alexander lowered his head to make better eye contact with his son. 

“Hey there buddy, what’s up?” he asked in kinder tone. James still a little shaken swallowed his breath and spoke “Papa...I-I had a nightmare, the towns people came to our home.... they were angry; they had torches, and pitch forks, and ropes...” James eyes were tearing up as his continued his story. “They took the torches and burned down your tent. You tried to run away but they tied you down to the ground....th-they started hurting you!” Alexander’s eyes got wider, he continued listening to the story with great worry. James started sniffling while trying to finish his story; “ M-Mama tried to stop them but she couldn’t...*hic* th-they kept hurting you....and you were screaming! We beg them to stop but they won’t listen...and they....th-th-they....”

And just as James was about to break down again Alexander intervene, his gently placed his giant finger under James tiny chin; “ Hey, Hey buddy it’s alright, it was just a dream.” Alexander spread out his long arms “Look see, I’m not being tortured or tied down by ropes” James did not seems too convinced, he started rubbing his puffy red eyes with his arm. “But what if it does happen? What if the towns people come an-” Alexander formed a cup around James with his huge hands and carefully holding the whimpering child closer to his giant face. “Shhhhhh, it’s not going to happen....and you know why?” James looked up at his father, tears still running from his eyes. Alexander locked eyes with his fragile son. And in a strong yet gentle tone Alexander response “...because I won’t let it happen. I won’t let Anyone or Anything tear me away from my family.”  Alexander rubbed one side of James face with his huge finger. “ And as long as there’s breath in my body, I’ll always be here to protect you, your mother, and your siblings”. James tilted his head holding his father’s giant finger. “You Promise?” asked James . His father response with a gentle smile “I Promise” Then carefully rubbed the top of his little boy’s head; James giggled, he finally felt a sense of relief and comfort.

Eliza smiles as her eyes teared up, she was so grateful for Alexander for being such an exceptional father to their children. James looked up to Alexander “Papa, can I sleep with you tonight?” Alexander looked back at Eliza “Well, I think you should ask your mother first.” Eliza looked up at her son with a smile “Of course sweetheart, if that’s what you want.” Alexander carefully placed James back on the desk top; James ran towards Eliza with loving embrace, Eliza’s arms were wide opened and ready. They held each other tightly “Thank you Mama....Thank you.” James buried himself in his mother’s chest. “Of course Sweetie.” Alexander placed his hand out and open on the desk “ Come Eliza, I’ll walk you back to the house” As Alexander helped his wife onto his giant hand she wrapped her arms around his thumb “Thank you love” she said softly. Alexander response “Of course my love”.

Once Eliza was safely back at the house Alexander carefully placed his sleeping child onto the huge soft pillow. Alexander pulled out his clean handkerchief to be used as a blanket for James. As the giant Hamilton slowly made his way under the covers he looks back at James sleeping peacefully. Small tears ran from Alexander’s eyes, he smiled and gently rubbed the top of James' head with one giant finger. He whispered to his son “I’ll always be here for you son, I Promise”

The End :3

[zagenta]

I don't mean to be annoying, but what's wrong with liking Hamilton? you don't have to answer btw I understand if you don't want to I just want to know why

It’s… complicated… I don’t even know if I should be the one to explain it. Keep in mind that at any explanation I personally give on the situation is essentially going to be far too forgiving and apologist bc I rly like the musical. Just.. Yeah anyone reading this just keep in mind that I’m inevitably going to fall in favor w the show despite its flaws bc I suck

Anyways for anyone that doesn’t just take the show as a popular thing at face value & therefore popular = good, It’s somewhat controversial bc ppl laud it as this super diverse show full of Pee Oh Cees & but there’s also been some fair critique of the show’s possibly anti-black elements b/c it treats white racist slaveowners as cool hip guys you’d wanna spit bars with.

To be fair, the show is critical of the characters/historical figures but I can understand this criticism bc it only seems to be critical up to a point? Like. Sure Hamilton is a dick for cheating on his wife and TJ is called out for being a demon but it still glosses over some of the more unpleasant & ngl sometimes downright despicable elements of the characters/historical figures, PARTICULARLY the ones we’re supposed to root for such as Hamilton, Eliza, Mulligan, Laurens, Washington, etc.

And perhaps more worryingly although Lin claims the intent is to “put PoC back into American history” (im paraphrasing), the show erases instances we actually do appear in history, such as Mulligan’s slave Cato. Or making a kind of tacky jab at Jefferson abt Sally Hemings—which to be fair that entire song is supposed to have this dissonance between the cheery tune and how messed up TJ actually was, but it’s still… weird.

Tbh I think this was inevitably going to happen bc musicals abt revolution are rly popular but always end up being reproductions of the status quo bc the majority of ppl who support & can afford to see shows on Broadway are rich & white, they don’t want anything too challenging to their worldview.

Also Lin’s not black, he’s Puerto Rican so he has a somewhat tenuous claim to the history he’s trying to reclaim in the first place, other minorities are definitely affected by America’s racism & history but this specific part of history addresses white owners of black slaves.

And he’s using rap a historically & largely black genre to tell the story, too. I mean, there’s overlap between the experiences of the Latinx/Chicanx community and the black community, but they’re not the same. & it doesn’t really have to do with “ownership” of a genre either, but the reception to Hamilton is super off-putting bc a Latinx guy is getting all this praise from rich white ppl while they don’t give a crap abt the rest of the genre. They don’t even get all the homages in Lin’s music. (If you need proof, literally any post by a basic white person talking abt how the rap they like is abt cabinet battles unlike that “other rap” about bitches and money).

(Sidenote: I know a lot of ppl have developed negative feelings towards the musical & while that’s fair I literally give 0 fucks abt white ppl’s opinions on the show. It’s important to listen to criticism from black people definitely but they fail to treat it like the complex phenomenon it is. Too often they have annoying self-righteous superiority complexes bc they think they’re better than the nasty Pee Oh Cees who just don’t get it man.)

Tbh I’m personally unsurprised that the first real hip hop musical to be a big hit is about the whitest thing ever (remember, musicals have to hit that perfect balance of revolutionary and complacent).

Also there’s the problem with fandom too… Like… People have rightly gone “what the everloving fuck” at the realization that there’s a Hamilton fandom at all & I mean that’s completely fair. I personally don’t see a problem with like… Drawing a pretty fanart of scene you like or of Daveed in his Rad Velvet Maroon Suit, but ham fandom is just descending into this huge pile of wtf bc people ship and fangirl and look up weird minutiae abt American history to justify their headcanons and it’s just bizzaro. Also thank god it’s relatively died down bc early on it was just the biggest cesspool of disgusting racism and fetishization & apologism in the world.

“Why do you still like it, Janelle?” Because I love suffering

Now some people just like the musical for its catchiness and artistry and are rightly weirded out by the hardcore fan community, and honestly I’d recommend that approach bc ngl I’m never ever going to forgive myself for being convinced that TJ & JMads were totally a Thing™

But I like both. Honestly I like them for almost entirely different reasons. Honestly at this point if I didn’t think Hamilton was literally a Masterpiece™ I would probably end up hating it just bc there was so much discourse surrounding its hype, but I think it’s just a tribute to how catchy the songs are and how talented the cast is and just the combination of everything that I still love the show despite its problems. I know it’s not great of me but I know pretty much everyone is an apologist of something they like despite its Problems.

& the fandom in my experience is a fascinating phenomenon to me personally bc in my headspace it’s practically this entirely different entity to the musical itself? Like a lot of people think it’s cringey & it definitely is but the entire reason I still am engaged is bc I found my niche of practically a handful of close knit mutuals and Only care about Their Content, except for like… The occasional drawing. Bc our personal niche is so detached from the reality of the show or the history that it’s practically original content & has lead to some rly creative works that are much less Problematic Musical abt Demon Men but with Catchy Songs and much more along the lines of Intriguing Character Studies on the Themes of Parenting, LGBT+ Experiences & Relationships, PoC’s experiences,( and also lots and lots of self-destructive behavior)

I think Hamilton is a very interesting phenomenon. In my personal opinion even in this somewhat glorification, I’m glad Hamilton is getting people interested in history, even if people are way too excited abt it and tread the demon father’s like they were Fun Quirky Guys. I understand the horrifying response to everyones giddiness, but I don’t think it’s wrong to be excited abt history/interested in history even if it verges into dark territory, heck, learning abt history in its entirety important so we don’t glamorize the terribleness that is the past. That’s why posts abt Hamilton’s bisexuality doesn’t matter bc he was a slave owner rub me the wrong way—I mean he definitely isn’t someone we should treat as the pinnacle of ideal representation, but we should also acknowledge the totality of him as a person.

Also the show a good stepping stone that will hopefully lead to more hip hop musicals in the future. I know it being a “baby step” is a rly lame-ass excuse for why the show is good but it’s making me hopeful for the future.

Sorry abt how long this was.

[oodlyenough]

there's a deleted hamilton song (that later became "schuyler defeated") where eliza tries to convince A.Ham that staying alive and "letting go" of insults are more important that affronts to personal pride. phillip also has a bigger role in that song which gives a lot more meaning to "mom i'm so sorry for forgetting what you taught me".

omg i completely forgot i had queued that fanart so i read this ask like “..??” thinking you were just here to drop some hamilton knowledge for no reason

that makes sense though ty! lol especially wrt phillip, because as it is i was kind of like “counting in french???”