Hannah's Backroom

Home of Coffee Boy/Young Beethoven comics, doodles, WIPs and fun AUs. Slightly NSFW nonsense. Basically it explores the entire concept of “What if Beethoven met Mozart in Vienna in 1787?”

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Weird how tumblr was accidentally BANNED in my country for a couple of days???

Anyway, I have newer Mozart/Beethoven drawings on my instagram

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“I shall esteem the time when I once more see you, and again greet Father Rhine, as one of the happiest periods of my life.”

—Beethoven’s letter to Franz Wegeler

June 29, 1801

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Ludwig strolling with his besties along the banks of the Rhine. 🥺

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Maestro short circuited his brain!

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Sunday mood. Also wtf happened to the Mozart tag and why is it full of AI

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A surprise Salieri reference in the game I’m currently playing???

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You’re back! I missed your art!! ❤️

Kinda haha. I’ve been on Instagram for about a month and a half now. if you want to check out some of my new art, the link’s in the pinned post 😊

Also been a bit busy juggling making comics for myself and for other people 😅

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Returning to tumblr to share these unhinged art of shirtless beethoven being a menace to his neighbors.

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He’s just a little scrappy guy!

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Me: goes digging through my whole archive in the app for old art I don’t even remember posting.

Also me: remembering what a pain it is to slog through all that content 🫩

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Young Beethoven, court musician in Bonn

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Will I ever see you again?

Thomas and Wolfie — tragic besties

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HOLY FREAKKKKKK

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Thinking about Beethoven for a second. But wth I’m always thinking about him, ANYWAY sorry for being a bit rambly…

When biographers talk about Beethoven’s “cruelty,” they usually point to moments where he humiliates other people and treat it like proof of some inborn meanness/harshness. But what it actually looks like (to me) is a man who learned very early that dignity is fragile and conditional.

Ludwig grows up being publicly shouted down, beaten, displayed. Respect is never something he is given. It is something that can be revoked at any moment. So when he enters social spaces later, he does not take politeness at face value. He tests it.

How far will you let them push you?

Is this real respect or just for show?

If I have to put on a show, why shouldn’t you?

Those moments where he forces someone else into humiliation are not about pleasure. He is not savoring it. He is watching the reaction. Because every time no one stops it, it confirms the same ugly lesson: dignity is cheap, and people will trade it for comfort without hesitation.

That is also why his humor is so sharp and ugly sometimes. It is defensive, preemptive. If he exposes the weakness himself, it cannot be used against him later.

It does not make the behavior kind. But it makes it understandable. 😟

Tbh I think Beethoven is not trying to dominate for fun. He is trying to understand the rules of a world that hurt him before he understood it, and he has not yet learned how to be powerful without someone getting hurt in the process.

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Some self indulgent Thomas and Wolfie art because I love this duo to bits! The context is they’re attending a masked ball somewhere in Italy and having the time of their lives. Just two brilliant prodigies letting themselves be teens just for one night!

Ok this needs a song 🤭

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Boys from Bonn: before Ludwig van Beethoven became a legend in Vienna, he was an awkward, headstrong teenager navigating love, rivalry, ambition, and friendship!

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i love it sm Sorrey imm annoyin i gen wish You get how Wowzers is evergthing u do. im a GLAZER. i commented abt von breuning before and now and ohgawd pre-vienna days and Ludwig growin this is special !!! keep it up always😞😞

No no I APPRECIATE IT SM!! 😭 You are seriously the sweetest, and you’re not annoying at all!! I’ll definitely keep making more, and I’m so glad it’s special for you! 🥹

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oh my gawdddd Now we gettin Boys from Bonn i strips ?!?it You never fail to deliverr the best comics, your art pieces literally leave me speechless eachtime . stephan von breuning mention too This is a moment in history

OH MY GOD, THANK YOU 😭 I’ve been thinking about making these for a while now. And YES, the Stephan von Breuning mention!! I’ve brought him up a few times waaay back, so it honestly felt right to give him the spotlight this time. I really think he’s one of the most important people in Beethoven’s life (a true homie! Never left his side till the end) even though we all know he wasn’t exactly easy to be friends with… 😅

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Boys from Bonn: Ludwig Wears a Wig part 2 (part 1 HERE!)

Ludwig is forced to confront a truth he’s been avoiding for far too long: he actually looks good wearing one. 😅

Boys from Bonn is a series of vignettes based on Beethoven’s life as a teenager in his hometown, pre-Vienna! I’m making more of them, so please keep an eye out!