Fantasy Author Reacts to Hamilton Part 4
Added 2025-03-25 05:26:42 +0000 UTCCharles Lee! WEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!
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9:58 historians very much say “roommates” but letters say a bit more lol
Aubrey Mayes
2025-04-24 22:08:01 +0000 UTCI relate so much to the rewriting of an individual chapter so many times!! First time I wrote a fight scene (I write contemporary mafia romance) I rewrote that chapter sooooo many times lol!!
Aubrey Mayes
2025-04-24 21:59:53 +0000 UTCWe all adore Eliza! 💕
theshadowfax
2025-03-29 22:15:25 +0000 UTCPaid for Patreon just to watch this! love your content
Atlas Richardson
2025-03-29 01:42:38 +0000 UTCRIGHT????? I came in the comments for this exact thing. Oof.
Mandy Lawman
2025-03-28 00:39:58 +0000 UTCIn real life, the Schuyler sisters may have first met Hamilton when he came to see their father at their home in 1777. But Angelica was already married by that time. In 1780, the Continental Army was encamped in New Jersey for the winter. Eliza was visiting. her aunt and uncle, army surgeon Dr. Cochran, there. Eliza and Hamilton met at a party held in February, by Washington and his officers. Their engagement came soon after, but they weren’t married until December.
Ms. Chuck Terry
2025-03-27 23:47:44 +0000 UTCThat the founding fathers are fleshed out as real humans, positives and negatives, is one of my favorite parts of the musical.
Ms. Chuck Terry
2025-03-27 23:05:18 +0000 UTCI don't know how but I never really noticed how much of a legend charles lee is until you pointed it out here
Griffin Backes
2025-03-26 07:31:03 +0000 UTCWill do! Thank you for watching!
Jacob Penrod
2025-03-26 03:34:44 +0000 UTCGreat analysis like always!! But pretty please could you try to pause a bit quicker?? Sometimes you talk over the songs a bit and I have to play it back two or three times to fully understand what you said :) Thank you for your hard work!
Jonathan Fogler
2025-03-26 03:30:29 +0000 UTCI just got to the part where you’re thinking about Hamilton rejecting being called son, and I think there’s one really telling line in that section that could help you! Hamilton says “I don’t have your name, I don’t have your titles, I don’t have your land” - combined with him rejecting being called som, I think he literally means: I don’t have your legacy because I’m not your son - because you reuse to give it to me and promote me! He’s desperate for Washington to pass something onto him and elevate him in this part of his life, and Washington calling him son while NOT doing that is something Hamilton is pushing back on. “If you’re not treating me like a son, I’m not your son,” I imagine him saying And it all comes back to that line: “Well, I don’t have your name”
Jonathan Fogler
2025-03-26 03:15:16 +0000 UTCFrom a writing perspective I think it’s mostly to flesh his character out and show that even with a wife and friends and a mentor he respects those wounds or scars are not gone by any means, but that’s just my take on it
Ashwath Raghuram
2025-03-25 19:38:59 +0000 UTCI'm so proud of it lol. Keep up the good work, even when its hard it's worth it
Jacob Penrod
2025-03-25 19:34:14 +0000 UTCOh thank you! That's helpful context!
Jacob Penrod
2025-03-25 19:32:58 +0000 UTCI'm so confused. My wife keeps telling me I'll get what everyone is talking about in a couple more videos
Jacob Penrod
2025-03-25 19:32:36 +0000 UTCThats a good point!
Jacob Penrod
2025-03-25 19:31:59 +0000 UTCMy wife said the same thing. Not sure what it means yet
Jacob Penrod
2025-03-25 19:31:29 +0000 UTCI'll have to do some research 👀
Jacob Penrod
2025-03-25 19:31:11 +0000 UTCOh that's such a good point! I didn't even catch onto that!
Jacob Penrod
2025-03-25 19:30:43 +0000 UTCThat makes so much sense!
Jacob Penrod
2025-03-25 19:30:11 +0000 UTCThanks for the heads up! I'll keep a lookout
Jacob Penrod
2025-03-25 19:29:45 +0000 UTCI just realized. I don’t know how familiar you are with musicals in general. Many musicals, or so I’ve heard, have the same actors play different characters in act one and act two. This is also true for Hamilton, just so you have some heads up. A few actors return as different characters
Ashwath Raghuram
2025-03-25 19:06:05 +0000 UTCI think the father thing is a case of Burr/Narrator vs Hamilton. Hamilton has a complicated relationship with the concept of a father figure. His father left his family debt ridden, and is a source of shame (and the whole financial inadequacy you mentioned Hamilton feeling). I DO think Washington is a bit of a father figure and mentor figure in this musical, and I think Hamilton DOES subconsciously view him as such, so his disapproval stings. But a lot of Hamilton’s conscious stems from what we heard in the first song “You’ve got to fend for yourself” so I think he consciously balks at the feeling of having a father figure he values, and the combo of conscious and unconscious results in a strong reaction in an already emotional situation
Ashwath Raghuram
2025-03-25 15:48:40 +0000 UTCit’s interesting you say you generally try to leave religion out of your analysis (or something like that). i was surprised in the last video when your comments on burr’s line about hamilton being “seated at the right hand of the father” didn’t address the connection to the christian (or maybe it’s just catholic and thus less pervasive and that explains why it wouldn’t necessarily occur to everyone?) conception of jesus being seated at the right hand of the father, i.e., god.
nj
2025-03-25 12:53:19 +0000 UTCAlso the whole 10 Duel Commandments is a very intentional reference to the 10 Crack Commandments by Biggie Smalls - hip hop culture is definitely such an important part of this musical as well
memoir_of_a_daydream
2025-03-25 07:48:24 +0000 UTC31:22 ....HOW
Paul Watson
2025-03-25 07:13:53 +0000 UTCI think a big part of your confusion over Hamilton's extreme dislike of being called son is a case of trusting the narration. To Burr and the rest of America's soldiers, Washington is a father figure, a person to aspire towards and impress. Meanwhile, Hamilton has never tried to impress Washington, in fact, his introduction involves Hamilton refusing to attach himself to him at first in hopes of a command. So, Washington calling Hamilton son, especially considering Hamilton's massively traumatic history with fatherhood(his dad leaving him and his mother in the slums of the Caribbean with all of his debt), is the equivalent of a slap in the face.
Jarod Roberts
2025-03-25 06:56:14 +0000 UTCHoly cow man sometimes you just say something about the story that is unbelievable foreshadowing without even knowing it. I'm reeling.
Derrick Kraft (lunasolkraft)
2025-03-25 06:05:28 +0000 UTCThe “throw away your shot” motif has a few meanings. 1. Opportunities. I’m not missing out on this chance. 2. Advantages. I’m not going to give up what I have. 3. A duel. Throwing away your shot in this context means to shoot up towards the sky, literally throwing away your shot and not using it.
sariyah johnson
2025-03-25 05:45:20 +0000 UTCJokes aside, I'm pausing a writing session to watch this video, and I really appreciated briefly hearing at the beginning about your struggles with your current work because man this scene is kicking my butt lol. It's nice to be reminded that I'm not the only one who has to fight with a piece to get it to work sometimes
Ren (Cora Z)
2025-03-25 05:42:55 +0000 UTCwhat an inspiring piece of art you shared at the beginning!!!
Ren (Cora Z)
2025-03-25 05:41:09 +0000 UTC<3
Ren (Cora Z)
2025-03-25 05:30:04 +0000 UTC
