people keep calling Eliza Hamilton a doormat and I just
Eliza the second she lays eyes on Ham: “yo this one’s MINE” Eliza, pregnant & unrepentant: “I begged him to send you home; I’m not sorry” Eliza when Ham is about to jet off into politics w/o running it by her: “Alexander. ALEXANDER!” Eliza when Ham is trying to brush her off: “there’s a little surprise before supper and it cannot wait… ALEXANDER!” Eliza when Ham won’t take time off work: “John Adams spends the summer with HIS family” Eliza when Ham cheats on her: “you forfeit all rights to my heart, you forfeit your place in our bed; you sleep in your office instead” Eliza when her son is dying: “WHO DID THIS? ALEXANDER, DID YOU KNOW?” Eliza when Ham is trying to sneak off at ass in the morning: “come back to sleep… well, I’M going back to sleep” Eliza after Ham gets himself killed like a moron: “I put myself back in the narrative”
just bc Ham ignores every fucking thing his wife ever says to him doesn’t mean she’s a passive character.
