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HEADCANON: thrift shop is jehan’s fight song

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maggieblueberry replied to your post:i know the world is turning into a huge pile of...

I can’t wait to hear about it!! <3

IN short I am a VERY DESIRABLE POTENTIAL EMPLOYEE and SO IS FRAN and everything is staRTING TO LOOK LIKE CHRISTMAS IN SUMMER

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Hamilton Characters as Signs

@franlatte and i were unhappy with the existing posts floating around, so we made one we like more:

Aries: Alexander Hamilton

Taurus: King George

Gemini: Lafayette

Cancer: Elizabeth Schuyler

Leo: Thomas Jefferson

Virgo: Angelica Schuyler

Libra: George Washington

Scorpio: Aaron Burr

Sagittarius: Hercules Mulligan

Capricorn: James Madison

Aquarius: John Laurens

Pisces: Philip Hamilton

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i was just listening to Hamilton with @franlatte again (because our lives are ruined) and we got to that part in Helpless/Satisfied when Philip Schuyler tells Hamilton to “be true” and that somewhat inane line really strikes us every time. Because, I mean, he doesn’t, obviously, but it’s more than that.

Alexander had one job, one thing that he was supposed to do, and that was be faithful to Eliza. That’s it. He took on five fucking thousand other jobs and did them simultaneously and expertly and possibly in his sleep, and he just couldn’t manage that one damn thing. One job. Alex. One.

But if you think about it, as fran pointed out, Philip was really taking a huge gamble on Alex, right? This whoreson ragamuffin with literally nothing discernible to his name except battlefield prowess and a strange reputation asked for Eliza’s hand, and Philip agreed. He agreed to it. With one condition. That Alex was true. So he gambled big on Hamilton, and he kind of lost. (Obviously not totally, because Hamilton did many great things and did have a legacy as well as buckets and buckets of children and probably half of New England is descended from him, but you get our point. It’s an emotional failure.)

But the person who really gambled on him and lost was Angelica. She saw him, and loved him instantly, and for three very good reasons she stepped aside and trusted him with Eliza, the most important person in her life. She trusted him with her best friend, and honesty the person she most looked up to in the world. She trusted that, in standing aside, Eliza would be happy in his life. She gambled hard on Alexander and lost.

and since that made me cry in my living room while I was folding laundry i thought i’d share it

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fran and i did not just sob while listening to the entirety of Hamilton and cleaning the house.

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My dog is prettier than me so she’s my avatar now.

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9. who did you last see in person?

fran!! I see her every day. <3 of people who are not my roommate, my mother and my brother.16. have you ever wanted to tell someone something but you didn’t?

absolutely. i had a professor in college and i always wanted to tell her that her obvious disrespect for me, my contributions, and my history made me uncomfortable every day and that i almost quit studying because of her. i never told her. some days i think i should have.33. something you want to learn

more about history! i know a lot about american, western european, and asian history, but i have very minimal knowledge on the rest of the world. and i use history to help me orient myself in the world around me. so.

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C and D

C. Have you ever looked down on someone because you thought your religious views were superior? No. As some people for unknown reasons choose to do, I would never mock someone for believing in one or more gods - or none at all. As long as you’re not an asshole you can, if you ask me, believe in whatever you want.

D. Would you rather know everything the universe has to offer but in exchange lose all emotions or remain the way you are now? I think, I’d rather remain the way, I currently am. Obviously, I would love to know everything, but I imagine loosing my own feelings would make me loose my understanding for others feelings too. I simply can’t do that to my friends and family.original post here