Out-Write Wrong Week

Oct. 27 - Nov. 2 "James Madison should've had his own song..." A blog to celebrate James Madison's character in Hamilton: An American Musical -Icon by @Midnightartist-

[euou]

The real reason Madison turned on Hamilton

[rikareena]

Madison: *snickering* hey Alexander, how are you doing with your essays

Hamilton: uh I think they're going okay, why? How are yours?

Madison: oh you know, I just wrote 29 of them. I know the plan WAS 25 but I just found that there was SO much to say

Hamilton: I agree! I finished my 51st the other day

Madison: ...

Hamilton: ...

Madison: Thomas, we are engaged in a battle for our nation’s very soul

[rikareena]

James Madison should've had his own song!

Madison deserved his own song that would be either a waltz like “Your Obedient Servant” or jazzy like “The Room Where it Happens.” Ooh, or both!

Title: “Out-Write, Wrong!” because, going by the play, his WHOLE THING is that he also wrote things, but was completely over shadowed by Hamilton. He wrote the Bill of Rights and 29 of the Federalist papers (which IRL may be more because the 51 credited to Hamilton, some of those may also have been Madison’s). ALSO in the workshop version of “One Last Ride,” Washington says something like. “I need you to help me with my Farewell Address. Madison wrote the first draft and it’s a mess!”

There’s a WHOLE arc there that’s not addressed, of Madison wanting to be recognized, in his own right, for writing as much as Hamilton did. (You can tell with his “Which I Wrote!” tone in “Washington On Your Side”). But he gets COMPLETELY overshadowed by Hamilton, to the point that his accomplishments are just briefly mentioned in a line or two.

So I would love to see him take on that same attitude as Burr and Jefferson towards Hamilton. He clearly still respects Hamilton (telling Jefferson to get Ham on his side in “The Election of 1800”), but I think animosity is there in the fact that he’s more meek and less aggressive than Hamilton, so no one is giving him his due with his papers. We get to see this intense sort of rivalry one-on-one from Jefferson and Burr with Ham, but not from Madison at all.

I’d like a song sort of starting out like “Obedient Servant” and shifting into “The Room Where it Happens.” Of course a rap-like diss-track could work too (the one time we could see sick little Jmads blow off some steam)!

As for the title I came up with? It’s outright wrong that Ham gets more credit than Madison for out-writing him. ;-)

Maybe in the song, he’s singing and complaining about Ham in his POV as Jefferson is getting back from France? It would tie in to the “My friend James Madison red in the face!” line before he explains what Ham has been doing. (Sort of the way “Satisfied” immediately follows “Helpless,” but from Angelica’s POV).

Even better, to not ruin that transition from “What’d I Miss?” to “Cabinet Battle 1,” it could also probably come in after “The Room Where it Happens” as the Democratic-Republics are gearing up for their one-on-one with Ham in each song. And as James is singing, Jefferson comes in near the end and encourages him to stand up for himself as they plot against Hamilton.

….Jmads needs more love basically.

[archived-soladox]

YES 20000× YES

[knee-breeches]

As much as I’d want to see better (and more accurate) representation of Madison in media, I don’t think a song wherein he pushes for more commendation would do justice to him. It reverses the prowess of his methods and subverts the primary aspect that allows him to stand out from the other Founders.

Yes, his accomplishments and independence are wantonly subdued in Hamilton, which was appropriate as it’s how he’s been misconstrued by Chernow (along with every other unabashedly biased pro-Federalist historian), but this is indicative of how successful his methods actually were.

That is to say, Madison stood out in exactly the way you’ve articulated–he didn’t stand out. And that’s because he didn’t want to; he avoided receiving credit for his actions on purpose. He developed relationships with people like Washington, Jefferson, and Hamilton, politicians who were literally and figuratively larger than he was, to execute his machinations behind the scenes. Hamilton sought attention. Jefferson earned it via his eccentric antics. Washington garnered notoriety by virtue of his position as a military commander, rather than a shrewd politician.  Adams couldn’t have avoided infamy if he wanted to with that personality of his.

Madison was the only one who specifically avoided taking credit and in so doing, actually succeeded. He was a beast behind the scenes and had a unique and incredible talent for getting work done with a thorough understanding of collaborative action and misdirection. His obscurity was his own doing. Anonymity was his favorite vehicle. This, to me, is what makes him especially fascinating and enigmatic; I would be loathe to see that taken away from him.

[cedardivine]

i’d like to see a song for him in a different vein– during the constitutional convention madison and hamilton were at least friendly, they worked together. but they start to split apart when hamilton takes a more severely federalist route and madison shifts into republicanism (even if his madisonian wing is closer to the federalists than jefferson’s). they start to fall out.

i’d like to see a song for madison that’s about his frustration with hamilton’s politics, with his dramatics. one that similarly highlights what knee-breeches alludes to with his being essentially the brains and political operative of the jefferson-madison axis. as much as jefferson is portrayed the way he is in the musical, he was in reality quiet and didn’t want to be the political mind necessarily. one that also illustrates the relationship between him and jefferson (tho’ i think it’s displayed a little bit in some areas, like jefferson glancing to madison for back up and help in cabinet battles and in “washington on your side” when he leads jefferson towards the resignation (jeff., thoughtful: “and making american credit competitive…” / madison: “if we don’t stop it we aid and abet it”))– essentially amplified.

[bioshockey]

jimmy jim jam james

take him while i work on a bigger project

treat him well

[rikareena]

Hysterical Historicals | Tapas

A series of comic strips that are made to teach the facts of the revolution that may have fallen to the wayside in an entertaining and funny manner. (AKA good shit)

From the mind of Allison C. on youtube, one of my favorite Hamilton Animatic artists, comes “Hysterical Historicals” comic bits.  Short scenes of actual historical moments involving our favorite Hamilton characters.

These are cute, funny, and educational.  Definitely worth the read!!

Enjoy!

[midnigtartist]

Join the James Madison Protections Squad

[noskell]

I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory,

Is this where it gets me? In space, 60000 feet above the Earth…

Modern AU featuring TJeffs as local human disaster, Jmads as #givemeabreak2k17 and A.Ham as your obedient gremlin

[Someone actually did this]

[tearsofaquartz]

Visit Original Link

Alright, so I just recently listened to this and holy shit, I cannot believe that this was not posted anywhere else??? God this is a work of art and here’s why:

“This bitch is askin’ for someone to bring him to task, Somebody gimme some dirt on this asshole so we can at last unmask him”  Damn TJeffs!!!! I just love how angry this dude gets!!!!

“He likes taxes so much, can we enact an asshole tax?” Okay, straight up, JMads whole verse is incredible. He starts of talking about how A.Ham and him started off as colleagues and worked together for the same issues, however, after working with him for a while, he realizes that A.Ham is wildly dangerous and seems to get his way most of the time, hence the title of the song. This is why I low-key always thought that JMads hates A.Ham slightly more than TJeffs.

“Let’s lower his stack in the eyes of the nation. With misinformation, first we diminish him, then we finish him!”  Honestly, one of the great parts of the song. The rumors they spread! WHAT A DAMN MESS!!!!!

“I HEAR HE’S GEORGE WASHINGTON’S ILLEGITIMATE SON!” My damn senior quote!!!!!!!!! I literally shouted the first time I heard this, OMG!!! HOW WAS THIS NOT PART OF THE PLAY HOLY SHIT

“He wants to abolish slavery.” “That one’s actually true.”  “NO”

I especially love how it is mostly a TJeffs and JMads song. Like no one else is it, but our favorite Southern Mother-Fucking Democratic-Republicans!  This such a great song and I seriously think this is one of the greatest songs ever produced in the entire musical.

[midnigtartist]

A broken man

[aillemac316]

the obvious choice

[nezoid]

Alexander Hamilton Teams Up with George Washington

Lin-Manuel Miranda describes Hamilton’s tutelage under General Washington – and his crazy eagerness to fight in the Revolutionary War.

[tchaikovskyyy-deactivated201408]

21st Century AU fic where the founding fathers write the Declaration of Independence using Google Docs

[live-love-laurens]

“You guys! Stop deleting everything I write!”

[brandybottle-fox]

“Unalienable!” “Inalienable!”

[acquaintedwithrask]

I’M LAUGHING LIKE A MANIAC

[zadca]

“SO HELP ME I WILL LOCK THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU DON"T STOP CHANGING THE FONT SIZE JOHN HANCOCK!!!”

[aalbons]

“STOP HIGHLIGHTING EVERYTHING!” “WHO DELETED THE ENTIRE FUCKING DOCUMENT!”

[backwards-into-hell]

“FOR THE LAST TIME, WE ARE NOT DECLARING OUR INDEPENDENCE IN COMIC SANS”

[jinglewubwubwubwub]

“GOUVERNUER MORRIS WILL YOU PLEASE STOP ADDING ‘IN BED’ AFTER EVERY LINE”

[kabukiaku]

ladyhistory

[casper-the-friendly-being-blog]

This is a thing of beauty.

[usnavis-hat-deactivated20170702]

I-I found it???? The post???? The post™

[rikareena]

Ohmahgosh! xD

[reuseablemenow-deactivated20200]

Madison but with Jefferson's personality, and Jefferson with Madison's personailty

rare sight

[reuseablemenow-deactivated20200]

Do you think Madison ever forces Jefferson to pick him up so he'll look more intimidating when he's arguing with someone?

No nono no

he ends them 

[noskell]

I would die for your James Madison tbh

Please don’t die for him, with the time he spends with Tjeffs he’ll be gone soon.

[inkwells-and-warlocks]

It’s Quiet Uptown: exists

Jefferson: “this is so sad madison play politics”

[theraytav]

How I imagined it to be

[outwritewrongweek]

"Out-Write Wrong Week" for James Madison: Oct. 27 - Nov. 2, 2019 (Early Notice)

So I still want this to be like an official thing. I've had trouble properly getting this off the ground in previous years, and solidifying the dates, but I think it's worth having a separate blog just for this to showcase everyone's work.

Also, I did some research and the Federalist Papers were published between Oct. 27, 1787 and May 28, 1788.

However, we're not going to make this a 7 month event, so I decided to kick it off on the same kickoff date as when the original papers were published.

So changing the dates from before. Having it in October will give some time to promote this well, as well as give people plenty of time to work on their stuff.

If anyone still wants to honor JMADS with some written words that would do his character justice, please feel free to join!

I know the Hamilton fandom isn't quite as hot as it used to be, but we can still show JMADS some love.

PS: Thank you to those that shared their work before! @enigmasalad, @esompthinfics, and @walkingbreathingtrash.

Thanks!

-Mod, @rikareena