Company: The Battle of Yorktown.
"Aw yeah, that's the shit!" John said grinning.
1781
"Fuck, I love it when they say the year it becuase makes us seem cooler than what we actually are." Hercules said honestly.
"We may not be cool, but goddamn, are we hot." Alexander smugly.
Laf: Monsieur Hamilton!
Ham: Monsieur Lafayette!
"Technically Alexander would be a Lieutenant Colonel and I would be the Marquis." Lafayette said thoughtfully.
Alexander shook in head in mock-exasperation. "Aristocrats." He said to his wife.
Laf: In command where you belong!
"Lord help us if Alex is in command." Angelica muttered. She loved him, but there had to be someone to keep him in check.
Ham: How you say, no sweat?
"Are you mocking me Alexander?" Lafayette said teasingly.
"Like you've never mocked an American." He responded.
"How could I have mocked an American? I am neither fat nor stupid."
We're finally on the field, we've had quite a run.
George quietly sighed and tried to focus on the song, the good stuff as the little girl had so eloquently said it. 80% spent starving and battling disease, 15% losing battles, and less than 5% having the heroic American underdogs defeat the British as the propaganda displayed.
Laf: Immigrants—
Both: We get the job done.
Alexander stood up to clap so quickly he actually forgot he was still in the pillow fort, and promptly slipped and fell backwards. His face turned almost as red as his hair.
The entire room broke out in laughter and cheers.
Ham: So what happens if we win?
Laf: I go back to France. I bring freedom to my people if I am given the chance.
"No please don't leave me with him." John begged Lafayette as his distastefully glanced at Alex.
It was kind of sad once they realized Lafayette would soon have to return to his wife and child. But for now they were content with reliving the glory of war before having to deal with the aftermath.
Ham: We'll be with you when you do.
Laf: Go, lead your men!
Ham: See on the other side!
Laf: 'Til we meet again, let's go!
"Quite optimistic." George noted.
"Somebody had to be optimistic when you're in love with these two." Lafayette said, nodding his head at John and Alex.
Company: I am not throwing away my shot! I am not throwing away my shot! Hey yo I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy, and hungry and I'm not throwing away my shot! I am not throwing away my shot!
Ham: 'Til the world turns upside down…
Company: 'Til the world turns upside down!
Ham: I imagine death it feels more like a memory—
"Alexander, no, not this again." Eliza pleaded. He took her hand and made a silent resolve not to let go of it until the show was over.
This is where it gets me, on my feet, the enemy in front of me. If this is the end of me at least I have a friend with me—
"Aw, bromance."
Weapon in my hand, a command, and my men with me!
"I see a lot of women." Peggy said. "Are girls in the future soldiers too?"
"Peggy don't be ridiculous dear."
Then I remember my Eliza's expecting me, not only that my Eliza's expecting…
We gotta go, gotta get the job done, gotta start a new nation gotta meet my son!
"Phillip." Eliza said softly while smiling with love.
Take the bullets out your gun!
Company: What?
"He literally just said to take them out of your guns. Listen." Hercules said.
Ham: The bullets out your gun!
Company: What?
"Again!"
Ham: We move undercover and we move as one, through the night, we have one shot to live another day, we cannot let a stray gunshot give us away!
"No, dude, listen," John started. "Like the Continental Army is always shit-faced and stuff but that night we were all just so fucking badass. It was beautiful."
We will fight up close, seize the moment and stay in it! It's either that or meet the business end of a bayonet!
The code word is 'Rochambeau' dig me!
"Fuckin' Rochambeau dude." Hercules chuckled.
Company: Rochambeau!
Ham: You have your orders now, go man, go!
And so the American experiment begins—
"The entire revolution was an experiment." Angelica said. A collection of colonies going against an absolute global superpower was truly insane, but now look at them.
With my friends all scattered to the winds—
"Shit, I'm gonna miss you losers." Alexander said.
Laurens is in South Carolina, redefining bravery—
Ham/John: We'll never be free until we end slavery!
"I love that." John said. Just owning a human being whether you were a poor farmer or a motherfuckin' general was disgusting. It felt like he was the only one who saw how sick the entire slave trade was and is. Americans promote freedom and equality yet strike their hand at anyone other than a white man.
Ham: When we finally drive the British away, Lafayette is there waiting—
Laf/Ham: In Chesapeake Bay!
"I wish I could've seen Cornwallis' face when he saw France's troops." Lafayette grinned. "And our troops had a few Germans. They make good beer."
Ham: How did we know that this plan would work? We had a spy on the inside-
"James?!" Lafayette yelled excitedly.
Ham: That's right—
All: Hercules Mulligan!
"I'm disappointed it wasn't James but I'm still happy it's you!" Lafayette once again yelled.
Herc: A tailor spyin' on the British government, I take their measurements, information and then I smuggle it!
Loud cheers broke out again as Hercules just smirked.
Company: Up!
Herc: To my brother's revolutionary covenant I'm runnin' with the Sons of Liberty and I am loving it!
"Sons of Liberty?" Alexander said.
"Yeah." Hercules responded. "Why."
"Because its founder is the cousin of the fat motherfuckstick."
See, that's what happens when you up against the ruffians, we in the shit now, somebody gotta shovel it!
"No, George picks up our shit." Hercules said. "I mean, continue praising me, please, but let's be real here."
Hercules Mulligan, I need no introduction—
"You just introduced yourself dipshit." Alex said.
"Eat my dick."
When you knock me down, I get the fuck back up again!
John nodded. "That actor's some good shit."
Company: Left! Right! Hold! Go! What! What! What!
Ham: After a week of fighting a young man in a red coat stands on a parapet…
Laf: We lower our guns as he frantically waves a white handkerchief…
"That was so surreal…" Lafayette trailed off. There wasn't a word at all to describe what the war or victory felt, but surreal seemed to be the best one.
Herc: And just like that, it's over. We tend to our wounded, we count our dead…
John: Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom—
Wash: Not yet.
"It does." John said quietly. "It takes a long time, but it will happen."
Ham: We negotiate the terms of surrender, I see George Washington smile!
Peggy looked at George critically. "He can smile?"
Angelica snickered, covering her face with her hands. Peggy said the stupidest and funniest things with that charm only a little sister could pull off.
We escort their men out of Yorktown.
"They refused to give the Honors of War at Charleston." George started. "So we didn't give them the Honors of War at Yorktown."
They stagger home single file. Tens of thousands people flood the streets, there are screams and church bells ringing!
"Even Burr was celebrating." Alexander laughed, smiling warmly at Aaron.
And as our fallen foes retreat, I hear the drinking song they're singing.
Men: The world turned upside down…
"I'm getting goose-bumps again." Eliza said to Alex.
"Eliza, you are too cute."
Company: The world turned upside down…
The world turned upside down…
The world turned upside down…
Down, down, down!
"Dammit! It's just, I'm feeling so friggin' patriotic and I don't know how to express it!" Alexander said.
"Just fuck an eagle."
"Wait no."
Laf: Freedom for America, freedom for France!
"We're gonna have to keep you." Angelica said seriously to Lafayette. "I'm sorry but France is going to have to free itself you are not leaving us."
Company: Down, down, down!
Ham: Gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son!
Company: Down, down, down!
Herc: We won!
Laf! We won!
All: We won!
We won!
Company: The world turned upside down!
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First of all you are all really sweet thank you :)
I'm honestly been having a pretty good couple of days, I made a really good comeback to this kid this week and I saw a puppy at school! He was so cute and chocolate brown with blue blue eyes and he was so soft.
Why are dogs so beautiful ugly dogs don't exist they just don't.
Also, insults and stuff are how these emotionally constipated boys express feelings, trust me, they love each other. Like, I am 99% sure Hammie has made out with all of them at least once. And bromances were super strong back then. Like actually casual kisses and stuff like female friendships today what happened why are teenage boys so afraid of homosexuality.
Oh, you guys should look up James Armistead, the dude Laf was referring to! Basically he was an enslaved man who was also a spy who did a lot of important stuff, but unfortunately he wasn't freed. So Lafayette visits and since he's a really big abolitionist, he personally frees James and he's so grateful he renames himself James Armistead Lafayette how sweet is that.
You are all so amazing, every single one of you. These really make my day, especially with how stressful school is.
Have a great day everyone!