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| 2 | [[folder:John Adams]] |
| 3 | !!UsefulNotes/JohnAdams |
| 4 | |
| 5 | The second president of the United States. |
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| 7 | * AdaptationExpansion: Downplayed. He was cut from the musical, but still gets mentioned and definitely exists in the musical's universe. He gets mentioned in the first lifetime and appears himself in the second and third lifetimes in this fic. |
| 8 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like almost everyone else in this fanfiction, John Adams is a real human being who was alive at the time of the American Revolution and is now a known historical figure. He’s the second president and one of the “Founding Fathers” of the United States of America. |
| 9 | * MinorMajorCharacter: A Founding Father, second President of the United States, and a minor character. |
| 10 | %%* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Thomas Jefferson. |
| 11 | [[/folder]] |
| 12 | |
| 13 | [[folder:Joan of Arc]] |
| 14 | !!UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc (French: Jeanne d'Arc) |
| 15 | |
| 16 | An extremely important historical figure In-Universe, not just because of her accomplishments (which are the same as her real-life ones, leading the French to victories in UsefulNotes/TheHundredYearsWar against Britain) but also because she's one of the great Seers of the past and was the last internationally confirmed and recognized one for centuries until Aaron Burr came along. |
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| 18 | * BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: A famous RealLife historical figure, and a Seer. DownplayedTrope because her in-universe accomplishments are the same as her real life accomplishments. |
| 19 | * BoyishShortHair: Hers is "cropped far shorter than usual women's styles." |
| 20 | * BurnTheWitch: According to WordOfGod [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/49763707 here]], the British burned and killed Joan of Arc for witchcraft, and it's heavily implied they knew full well she was a Seer, not a witch. |
| 21 | * FamedInStory: An important historical figure InUniverse, even moreso than in real life because she is a Seer in this fic's universe. |
| 22 | * HearingVoices: WordOfGod [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/49763707 elaborates on]] her power's manifestation, which includes "angels telling her how to win battles." |
| 23 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like almost everyone else in this fanfiction, Joan of Arc is a real human being who lived and died. She’s known for religious conviction leading her to lead French troops in battles against the English in UsefulNotes/TheHundredYearsWar. InUniverse, she’s a historical figure who’s also known for being a Seer. Not in the Hamilton musical. |
| 24 | * HistoricalDomainSuperperson: A Seer and Historical Domain Character. |
| 25 | * MilitaryMage: Military Intelligence type. She managed her real-life military accomplishments with the help of her Seer powers InUniverse. |
| 26 | * PosthumousCharacter: Never makes her own appearance, only getting discussed in the past tense as an important historical figure who's been dead for centuries by the time of the fic, which is itself set in historical times (latter half of the 1700s to the first half of the 1800s). |
| 27 | * RealEventFictionalCause: Her real historical accomplishments still have the cause of her and her visions of saints, but those visions are now attributed to very fictional Seer powers, and it's possible her Seer powers were involved in more than just the visions of saints. |
| 28 | * {{Seers}}: Internationally confirmed and recognized as one, and considered one of the "great seers of the past." Her particular Seer power is described as having an "extreme Catholic presentation." |
| 29 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Namedropped 20 times[[note]]13 "Joan"s, 7 "Jeanne"s[[/note]] in the fic as of chapter 36, nowhere near a main character, but an incredibly important historical figure In-Universe and has a huge impact on the story. |
| 30 | ** According to WordOfGod [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/49763707 here]], she's the main reason Britain made a council to confirm Seers. Without this council confirming Aaron as a Seer, making him internationally recognized too, Aaron probably wouldn't had his level of fame and influence. That means CelebrityIsOverrated, TheChainsOfCommanding, or his fear of becoming a VisionaryVillain wouldn't influence his actions nearly as much as they did. And he probably wouldn't have been as effective in anything making use of his influence or the trust others had in him actually being a Seer with accurate future visions, like ending or preventing wars with other countries[[note]]part of what America would "give up" would be future knowledge, and saying how bad a war will get means more if you can see the future: then it might not be mere speculation but actual knowledge[[/note]], the Continental Army's boost in membership because he joined, Washington taking his advice in the Revolutionary War as much as he did[[note]]even with an internationally confirmed Aaron getting victories constantly, he was still being pressured about Aaron having too much influence over him during the Revolution[[/note]], France sending lots of help in the war[[note]]Aaron was directly compared to Joan, a national hero, to remind the French of their reasons to fight the British. Including that the British didn't just kill their national hero Joan of Arc but their ''Seer'' Joan of Arc, and now a Seer supposedly like Joan of Arc might beat the guys who killed her. No Seer Joan of Arc, no extra reason for the French to help beyond that of regular history[[/note]], and getting the public angry about people not listening to his visions of the Civil War at the Constitutional Convention in order to pressure the delegates to listen and try to avoid the war by outlawing slavery. |
| 31 | ** Aaron thinks the extreme Catholic presentation of her power is where the association between Seers and the Judeo-Christian God comes from, which opened the door for Seers' particular denomination of Christian to play into debates of which denomination is most valid. According to the earlier-linked author comment, this is the reason behind the huge debate of whether John Calvin, founder of Calvinism, was a Seer or not, and is a large part of why Aaron wasn't taken by Britain and instead got to do what he did in America, because they didn't want to risk putting him in Britain and having him come out against the Anglican Church. |
| 32 | ** She may be why her native France has more resources on Seers than America, and that's the reason why [[spoiler:Aaron goes to France. He studies his powers with Franklin there, which produces the evidence Thomas Jefferson needs to suspect Aaron of being the Seer, manipulate him with that knowledge to use him for his own political gain, and try to kill him. That time with Jefferson makes up most of the third lifetime.[[note]]Though if he wasn't in France, it's still possible he could have studied with Franklin which would produce evidence of his status for Jefferson to manipulate him with, since Franklin came back to America and participated in the Constitutional Convention in America, Jefferson also leaves France for America at some point, and Aaron was still friends with Madison giving another way to run into Jefferson.[[/note]]]] |
| 33 | ** [[spoiler:Her case gets used in Aaron's treason trial: one of his arguments for his innocence is that under his circumstances, the charge of war treason is "an attempt to use an archaic law [about Seers in wartime] implemented by the British to retroactively legalize their murder of Joan of Arc."]] That law wouldn't exist without her. WordOfGod [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/84268822 says]] many countries have a similar law about Seers revealing themselves to the government, and since America's version is said to be because of her, it's likely the other countries' versions of that law are too. |
| 34 | [[/folder]] |
| 35 | |
| 36 | [[folder:Aaron Burr]] |
| 37 | !!Aaron Burr Jr. |
| 38 | |
| 39 | The point-of-view character for most of the fanfiction, and one of the main characters. |
| 40 | |
| 41 | ---- |
| 42 | * AdaptationalBadass: Aaron confesses to being a "terrible shot" in ''Hamilton''. In this fic, he's “always been a good shot”—just like he was in RealLife, so it's no HistoricalBadassUpgrade. |
| 43 | * AdaptationalHeroism: |
| 44 | ** The ''Hamilton'' musical version of Aaron is implied to have no political beliefs, and leaves out any mention of his real-life anti-slavery or women's rights activity. The fic gives him his real-life anti-slavery and women's rights beliefs back. They're not always strong enough to push him to take action, but the key word is always: sometimes he does act on them in the fic, especially if it's an action the real-life Burr took. Musical Aaron is also implied to want power for its own sake, while fic Aaron has been an influential public figure from a young age thanks to being a Seer and is more concerned with ''avoiding'' abusing the power he already has than with gaining more. |
| 45 | ** Both the musical and fic Aaron avoid committing to a side at least partially because they don't want to end up on the losing one, and aren't usually forthcoming on their political beliefs. However, fic Aaron's reticence is also motivated by moral inhibition. If he advocates for a side or reveals personal beliefs, some people will think it's because he saw that side's victory or that the belief is an objective truth, especially if it's a belief about what will happen in the future. Because of this, he usually feels speaking out about anything he hasn’t foreseen would be [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility an abuse of the power he holds as a Seer]]. Musical Aaron doesn't have nearly enough influence to make this a concern. |
| 46 | * AdaptationalSexuality: The historical and ''Hamilton'' musical version of Aaron Burr were most likely sexually attracted to women. In this fanfic, he's asexual. Downplayed, as in the fic he's a romantic UsefulNotes/{{asexual}} with the capacity for romantic attraction to women, and he also had romantic attraction to women in the musical and reality. |
| 47 | * AdaptationalSympathy: The story is now from his point of view instead of focusing on Alexander, which usually adds sympathy. He also has some {{Adaptation Personality Change}}s and {{Historical Hero Upgrade}}s that make him more [[AdaptationalHeroism heroic]] than his musical counterpart, most notably giving him actual political beliefs that are sympathetic (antislavery ones) and making his equivocation less about a strategy to grab power and more about avoiding abusing the huge amount of power he already has. |
| 48 | * AdaptationPersonalityChange: |
| 49 | ** In ''Hamilton'', he’s concerned with gaining power and his legacy. This Aaron Burr already has power and knows he’ll probably get a legacy just for being the Seer. It makes him uncomfortable and he sometimes wishes he didn’t have any of the power he does have. |
| 50 | ** Historically, he has a reputation for being a womanizer and definitely visited prostitutes frequently while in Europe. In this fanfic, he is asexual. Though asexuality alone would not preclude the historical traits (asexuals can still enjoy and engage in sex, flirt, and be in romantic relationships), Aaron also doesn't think of sex at all, doesn't spend a great deal of time flirting, and is shown denying the temptation to cheat on Eliza or to be the man Alexander cheats on Eliza with. However, he does still court Theodosia Bartow Prevost while she's married to a British officer; and has lots of sex in Europe, likely visiting prostitutes, in the first lifetime after he shoots Alexander and his legacy is ruined. |
| 51 | * AffairBlameTheBastard: [[spoiler: Defied. Aaron refuses to treat the children produced by his wife Eliza and Alexander’s affair as less-than and loves them as his own.]] |
| 52 | -->[[spoiler:'''Aaron:''' I love them all, they are all ''mine'', they will all bear my name and carry my inheritance, I won’t—I can’t—I won’t throw any of them to the wayside, I helped ''raise'' them, I ''love'' them, I won’t abandon them.]] |
| 53 | * AgeGapRomance: With his wife Theodosia, who is 10 years older than him. The fic follows history, so they marry when he’s about 26 and she’s about 36. |
| 54 | * AmbiguouslyBi / AmbiguouslyGay: He's clearly a Romantic Asexual who has romantic feelings for both men and women in the fic. But in the second timeline InUniverse[[note]]where he didn't marry Theodosia, clear proof of his capacity for attraction to women; where he did marry Eliza and wasn't quite head-over-heels for her and didn't initiate sex, likely leaving his capacity for attraction to women vague to second-lifetime historians without his inner monologue and without the knowledge of Theodosia from the first lifetime; where the reader knows he loved Alexander romantically, clear proof of his capacity for attraction to men, but it's something implied to have been kept under wraps to others[[/note]] after he's long dead and a historical figure, people debate his sexuality, mostly whether Alexander was his lover or not. It's not clear what in-universe people think about his capacity for attraction to women, or about his asexuality, let alone if that's a consensus or another debate. It's only clear that they debate his attraction to men. So at least ''one'' of Ambiguously Bi/Gay definitely applies, but it's not clear which one applies or if both apply. |
| 55 | * TheAtoner: Aaron is wracked with guilt over killing Alexander Hamilton. Once he gets his second lifetime, he resolves to keep him from dying a premature death to make up for it. He also tries to make up for the consequences Alexander’s death at his hands imposed on Alexander’s family. |
| 56 | * BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Or, Burr Was A Time Traveling Seer. Real historical figure, definitely did not have the power to see the future or wake up in a new timeline as a baby after dying. |
| 57 | * BestFriend: With Alexander Hamilton in his first and second lifetime, with James Madison in his third. |
| 58 | * CelebrityIsOverrated: Aaron Burr feels this and TheChainsOfCommanding to the point he [[spoiler:tries to hide his Seer status in his third lifetime to avoid this problem]]. His Seer status makes him a public figure. Like most public figures, people usually want to make use of his influence, only see him for what he’s famous for instead of the person he is, give him special treatment he doesn't want, everything he does is scrutinized, and people value his words over those of others. |
| 59 | -->'''Aaron:''' My life hasn’t been my own since I was confirmed as a... confirmed at the age of four. |
| 60 | * TheChainsOfCommanding: Aaron’s Seer status makes him an authority on the future, which, to him, dwarfs all the other positions of authority he has, which themselves would usually cause this trope. During both lifetimes in which he serves in the Revolutionary War, his authority on the future, which can include future military movements[[note]]He doesn't have any visions of how the war will go in his first life, but in his second life he has his first lifetime memories[[/note]], as the Seer makes military commanders ensure his safety when other soldiers are fighting and dying, giving him tons of SurvivorGuilt. His position of authority also means he exercises caution in voicing his personal beliefs, especially political beliefs, because his position gives him tons of influence: people will think he holds those beliefs because he foresaw their explicit confirmation and side with him instead of thinking it through themselves; and nobody can contradict what he says about the future with any level of authority because he is the only known Seer alive at this time. |
| 61 | * CharacterDevelopment: Lampshaded in the fic's tags: "Aaron Burr x Character Growth." So far, he's [[spoiler:grown more comfortable with lying, and gained and at least partially lost a guilt complex.]] |
| 62 | * CharacterFilibuster: |
| 63 | ** Aaron isn’t usually as long-winded as Alexander, but he still gets a filibuster in in the second timeline, where he talks for six hours at the Constitutional Convention. |
| 64 | ** Aaron’s a lawyer in every completed timeline. The audience gets to see a trial of his, in which he delivers an uninterrupted, multiple-paragraph opening statement. Context-wise, not a filibuster since it’s likely a regular length to speak at for a courtroom, but it comes off as a filibuster when compared to regular dialogue in the fic, which usually does not consist of multiple paragraphs from the same character going uninterrupted. One can surmise he gets many more of these “filibusters,” long for a story’s dialogue but normal for a courtroom, offscreen. |
| 65 | * ChildProdigy: His language skills are extremely advanced for a 2-year-old in his second lifetime, and on the third he's writing in a code he makes for himself before he turns 4. Justified since he remembers past lifetimes. As for his first lifetime, he applied to Princeton at 11, was admitted a year later, and still thinks he should have been admitted at that 11 after he graduated, suggesting this trope still applied to his first-lifetime self. |
| 66 | * CradleToGraveCharacter: Not in the first lifetime, but in all complete lifetimes afterwards the story shows him starting at 1 year old at the very latest, and follows him up to his death. |
| 67 | * CulturallyReligious: Aaron was raised Presbyterian. Although he isn't very religious himself, by the fourth lifetime he feels that... |
| 68 | -->though he has no particular attachment to that particular strain of Christianity, he is loathe to betray it. [[spoiler:It is the one piece of his family that he does carry with him.]] |
| 69 | * DefiantCaptive: Hunger strikes once while kept under house arrest by Thomas Jefferson, and trolls him the whole time he’s kept under his thumb. [[spoiler:In the treason trial, he locks eyes with Jefferson when committing suicide to try to give him nightmares, and planned out his death in advance so as to make himself into a martyr and ruin Jefferson’s legacy.]] |
| 70 | * DotingParent: Aaron to Theodosia. He gives her the education a young man would receive at the time, and oversees her social education after her mother dies. |
| 71 | -->He can’t help but dote on her, she’s brilliant, smarter than him, he thinks. |
| 72 | * FamedInStory: In the timeline of Aaron's second lifetime, and the timeline of Aaron's third lifetime, people in the 21st century consider Aaron an important historical figure as all Seers are, and write a musical about him InUniverse. Though some things are lost to history, they end up painting a mostly-accurate picture. This makes two musicals about him across all timelines[[note]]not counting the real-life timeline and the musical that inspired this fanfiction[[/note]], since the first timeline is not explicitly stated to have a musical for him or include him as an important historical figure one learns about when learning about Seers. |
| 73 | * FamilyEyeResemblance: Both of Aaron's daughters have his eyes: Theodosia from his first lifetime and Angie from his second. |
| 74 | * FamilyMan: He comes home to the Theodosias every night and dotes on his daughter, overseeing her education. In the second lifetime, he does his best to make time for his family despite how busy he is. He’s essentially taken Alexander’s role in this lifetime, but unlike Alexander he makes time to go upstate with his family almost every summer. [[spoiler:When many of the kids are revealed to be NotHisChild, he still treats them as his own. And in the third lifetime, where Philip is again Philip Hamilton, he tries to save him even though it might put his “not the Seer” act at risk, and the happy memory he chooses to fall into when he commits suicide is a domestic scene with him and the Theodosias.]] |
| 75 | * AFoolForAClient: Aaron is charged for Alexander Hamilton's murder in New York and New Jersey, and he chooses to represent himself in court for that charge, but neither charge ever goes to trial, making this a DownplayedTrope. It helps that he's a lawyer by trade in all completed lifetimes, including his first one in which the aforementioned charges happened. [[spoiler:Not downplayed at all in the third lifetime, where he acts as his own defense attorney both times he is accused of treason in the third lifetime. Both of those charges do go to trial and the reader sees him represent himself in court.]] |
| 76 | * GoodParents: Along with Theodosia, he's a good parent to his daughter who is also named Theodosia. In the second lifetime, he's a good parent along with Eliza to their 5 children. |
| 77 | * HandshakeRefusal: Aaron's hand touching someone else's forces him to see the other person's death. Not a pleasant experience. Usually, he wears gloves to sidestep this issue, but when they're not on hand he explains this situation when refusing handshakes. |
| 78 | * HappilyMarried: To Theodosia Bartow Burr in his first lifetime, just like in the musical. |
| 79 | * HatesBeingTouched: Downplayed, but Aaron actively avoids touch because skin-to-skin contact with a person he hasn't had skin-to-skin contact with yet in that lifetime forces him to [[{{Psychometry}} see how the person he is touching]] will [[PortentOfDoom die]]. [[note]]This resets across lifetimes: if he has skin-to-skin contact with someone he had skin-to-skin contact with in a previous lifetime, but hasn't yet touched them skin-to-skin in the current one, he will see their death. Further skin-to-skin contact with that person will not produce any more death visions until the next lifetime.[[/note]] Also Played for Drama, since touching his daughter means he'll have to see how she dies. He sidesteps the problem by wearing gloves whenever he touches her, but it's not the same to him. |
| 80 | * HeroicNeutral: In the first lifetime, he doesn’t get involved with the Revolutionary War until the British come for him personally. |
| 81 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like almost everyone else in this fanfiction, Aaron Burr is a real human being who was alive at the time of the American Revolution and is now a known historical figure. |
| 82 | * HistoricalDomainSuperperson: A Seer and Historical Domain Character. |
| 83 | * HistoricalHeroUpgrade: |
| 84 | ** Owned three personal slaves in real life that are completely omitted from the fic. Aaron Burr acted on his anti-slavery beliefs in reality as well as in the fic, even before his Civil War vision, but it's ''likely'' he's more passionate about this in the fic than in real life, although his real level of conviction is ambiguous. His feminist leanings and the education he gave his daughter are real, but the fic doesn't include his letters that were [[RealWomenDontWearDresses derogatory towards women who conformed to the gender roles of the time]]. A [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/66679207 comment]] from the author explicitly acknowledges these facts and that they've done a Historical Hero Upgrade. |
| 85 | ** People remember the real Aaron Burr for attempting to be Emperor of Mexico, specifically establishing an independent country there and in parts of the southwestern United States. The fic has his worst offense be wishing for a war, and what that war would have been fought for is left unclear in the fic. He gets a hero upgrade from the widely-held picture of him as wanting that land for himself to be Emperor of Mexico, but it's uncertain whether this upgrades him from his real self since it's ambiguous what his real self wanted or planned to do with that area of land. |
| 86 | * HopeBringer: In regards to the Revolutionary War. In the first lifetime, some say Aaron siding with the Continental Army is the biggest thing turning wavering Loyalists to the side of the Continental Army, and in both the first and second it gives everyone hope they can and will win the Revolutionary War. |
| 87 | * InSeriesNickname: “Prodigy of Princeton College.” Lafayette calls him “the American Seer” or “American Jeanne D’Arc.” In his third lifetime, he's derisively nicknamed "Little Burr" at Princeton. [[spoiler:In his fourth lifetime, he's the "Stolen Seer" since he was born in the colonies and somehow ended up in Britain. Specifically, he was dragged off a ship he was boarding by British soldiers and taken to Britain, but it's not clear if everyone knows that.]] |
| 88 | * MamasBabyPapasMaybe: [[spoiler:Madison says at least two of the Burr children are Hamilton's biologically (Philip and Alex), maybe three (John). WordOfGod [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/80931694 says]] that Angie’s the only second-lifetime Burr kid that’s biologically Aaron’s.]] |
| 89 | * TheMatchmaker: Aaron plays RomanticWingman to James Madison who’s crushing on his future wife, and in his second life he tries to get Alexander and Eliza together. |
| 90 | * MentalTimeTravel: Part of how the lifetimes work in this story. When Aaron [[ResurrectionDeathLoop dies and starts a new lifetime]], he ends up back on the day he was born, as a newborn baby, and still has a baby brain that needs time to develop before he can walk and talk. Not a perfect transferring of the mind over time. However, he also [[RippleEffectProofMemory keeps all his memories from past time loops]], including ones that happened in that loop's 1800 or so (Aaron's a 1750s kid). [[spoiler:Later experiments with Benjamin Franklin reveal that though his mind doesn't perfectly transfer over time, his memories do: he has perfect recall of every loop he completed before.]] This mitigates some of the imperfect mental transfer, greatly accelerating his re-learning of things he already knew like how to read and write. |
| 91 | * MilitaryMage: Second-lifetime Aaron knows how the war in his first lifetime went, and uses that knowledge to help the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War. |
| 92 | * {{Nephewism}}: In the second and third timeline, after Aaron’s grandparents die, the Shippen family takes in him and his sister Sally. Then his uncle demands and receives custody of them, meaning that for some period of time Aaron and his sister were raised by their uncle. In the second timeline, this uncle marries a woman, making Aaron and Sally also raised by their aunt for a period of time, and it's possible this happened in the third lifetime too but just wasn't important enough to be explicitly mentioned. And because the fic generally follows history when it's not explicitly diverging from it as part of AlternateHistory, and Aaron and Sally were raised by their uncle and the woman he married for a period of time in real life, it can be assumed this also happened in the first lifetime. |
| 93 | * NomDeMom: Seems to default to this when he can still be American but needs to not be "Aaron Burr." In the first lifetime, he starts a law practice under his mother's maiden name, Edwards, after his reputation was destroyed by shooting Alexander. In the second lifetime, he signs up for the Continental Army as "Aaron Edwards" to get sent somewhere other than Quebec: if he's recognized as Aaron Burr the Seer he'll be sent to Quebec to prevent his capture. |
| 94 | * NotActuallyHisChild: [[spoiler:In Aaron's second lifetime, James Madison reveals to him that based on the kids' birthdates and when Aaron was away from his family, Philip and Alexander Burr are definitely not his biological children, but Hamilton's, and that it's possible John Burr shares the same fate. WordOfGod [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/80931694 says]] that all the second-lifetime Burr kids that aren’t Angie fulfill this trope.]] |
| 95 | * NotAMorningPerson: Does not appreciate being awake at the crack of dawn. |
| 96 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: Outlives his daughter, Theodosia, in the first timeline, as well as Theodosia’s son (his grandson). [[spoiler:And his son Philip in the second timeline.]] |
| 97 | * PeggySue: When Aaron dies, he starts life again as a baby, remembering everything from his previous lifetime(s). |
| 98 | * PlaguedByNightmares: Always has them, according to himself in chapter 14. Fittingly, every time Aaron’s dreams are shown or mentioned, it’s a NightmareSequence. |
| 99 | * PortentOfDoom: Aaron's power is to produce these whenever he touches someone skin-to-skin for the first time in that particular lifetime: he sees how they die. |
| 100 | * PowerIncontinence: Aaron cannot turn off his power to [[PortentOfDoom see how people die]] the first time he has [[{{Psychometry}} skin-to-skin contact with them]] in that lifetime. |
| 101 | * PreachersKid: In the fic, Aaron is primarily raised by his real-life grandfather Jonathan Edwards, a Protestant preacher and theologian known in real life for his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” Though Aaron himself isn't all that religious, his upbringing means he learns a great deal about religion, and his grandfather is the reason for his [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility ethics regarding his Seer status and duties]], especially that [[WillNotTellALie Seers shouldn't lie]]. |
| 102 | * PriceOnTheirHead: In the second lifetime, during the Revolutionary War, the British offer a dukedom to anyone who can bring them Aaron’s head, since he’s part of why the Americans are doing so well in the war against them. |
| 103 | * TheProtagonist: The principal character of the story and usually the viewpoint character. |
| 104 | * {{Psychometry}}: Skin-to-skin contact with a person Aaron hasn't yet had skin-to-skin contact with [[PortentOfDoom forces him to see a vision of how that person dies]]. Further skin-to-skin contact with that person will not produce any more death visions. This resets across lifetimes: if he has skin-to-skin contact with someone he had skin-to-skin contact with in a previous lifetime, but hasn't yet touched them skin-to-skin in the current lifetime, he will see their death. Further skin-to-skin contact with that person will, again, not produce any more death visions until the next lifetime. |
| 105 | * RaisedByGrandparents: In every loop, Aaron's parents are both dead when he is 2, leaving him in the care of his grandparents until they are both dead, which happens when Aaron is 8. |
| 106 | * RedOniBlueOni: Aaron's personality and approach to life contrasts with Alexander's: Aaron's patient, controlled, reserved; Alexander's quick to react, passionate, and HotBlooded. These differences are a frequent source of conflict. The exact nature of their relationship varies wildly over the course of the fic, from friends to enemies to lovers to various places in between, but their relationship always has a big impact on their lives. Even when Aaron doesn't prioritize Alexander in the third lifetime, his past experiences with Alexander as friend, lover, and enemy still inform his choices, perspective, and feelings even when interacting with other characters. |
| 107 | * RemarriedToTheMistress: Aaron’s the Mistress in this trope. He had an affair with Theodosia while she was married, and married her when her husband died. |
| 108 | * ResurrectionDeathLoop: After Aaron dies, he’ll wake up again as a baby. He often thinks it's a curse or punishment from God, but whatever it is he's pretty sure that it has to do with having to suffer through a death and remember how the death felt. He thinks it's a finite experience though, [[spoiler:and WordOfGod [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/83891392 confirms]] [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/81890599 he's]] [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/88274770 right]] in the chapter 28 comments]]. |
| 109 | * RetroactivePrecognition: Aaron's memories of previous lifetimes allow him to know how certain events will play out, provided he didn't change anything relevant to those events. |
| 110 | * RippleEffectProofMemory: Aaron keeps all his memories from past time loops. |
| 111 | * RomanticWingman: Aaron introduces James Madison to his future wife Dolley Payne Todd after Madison spends months pining after her because he’s too shy to introduce himself to her. |
| 112 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers: Terrified of doing this, knowing he can claim he saw something with his powers that he didn't actually see, and nobody can fact-check him on it. Downplayed, because the reason this is dangerous is also because of how much social influence he holds. People will ''listen'' to him if he lies. Without social influence, people could still think he is lying, even if they couldn't ever provide proof. This social influence was given to him by the world, albeit specifically because he is a Seer, and is not something he is guaranteed to have as part of his power as the Seer. |
| 113 | * {{Seers}}: He can see future events, specifically how people die. When he dies and starts a new lifetime, he also has RetroactivePrecognition for his past lifetimes. [[spoiler:He has perfect recall of those timelines, and Franklin guesses that he sometimes blurts out things that happen to be true. Upon rereading the story, many statements he makes do come true later in the story, or even in real life far after the time period the story covers.]] The first internationally confirmed and recognized Seer since Joan of Arc [[spoiler:at least in timelines where he doesn't hide his Seer status]], and the first Seer to be found at all in nearly a hundred years. |
| 114 | * SignificantNameOverlap: Aaron Burr Jr. (the Seer) was likely named for his father, Aaron Burr Sr. Aaron Burr Jr. names his own second-lifetime son Aaron Burr Jr., after himself and/or Aaron Burr Sr. |
| 115 | * SixthRanger: The Revolutionary Set from the musical and the first lifetime consists of Alexander Hamilton, John Laurens, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Hercules Mulligan. Aaron joins this group of friends in the second lifetime after he becomes Washington's aide-de-camp, after the group's already formed. |
| 116 | * TeenGenius: Aaron Burr applied to Princeton at the age of 11, gets in at 13 as a sophomore, and graduates in two years in his first, second, and third lifetime, just like in real life. In the third lifetime, 13-year-old Aaron's essays are much better than they should be for someone his age, although that's at least partially thanks to living life several times over [[spoiler:and his perfect recall of past lifetimes]], letting him [[PlagiarismInFiction lift phrases from works (both his own and those of others)]] that have not come out yet in his current lifetime. |
| 117 | * {{Troll}}: Aaron in his third lifetime, especially to Thomas Jefferson. [[spoiler:During the treason trial, he turns to trolling Alexander when court isn’t in session.]] |
| 118 | -->'''Jefferson:''' Is the sole purpose of your existence to follow me around and say tiny, petty things to me? |
| 119 | * UndyingLoyalty: to Alexander Hamilton, because Alexander wanted him for who he was instead of for what he and his Seer power and influence could do for him. [[spoiler:Goes away after Aaron’s second death.]] |
| 120 | * VisionaryVillain: Scared of becoming this, since nobody can fact-check him on whether he really had a vision or lied about it, and because of all the influence he has due to his Seer status, to the point where some people think he always has a better reason (foresight) to say what he says than others do. |
| 121 | -->'''Aaron:''' I…I can never be in a position of power. I can never truly, honestly hold office. People will ''always'' give my words special meaning, people will ''always'' weigh what I say more than my opponents, because in the back of their minds they’ll think that I have [[{{Seers}} better reason]] to say those words. And…and if that alone isn’t enough, it would be ''so easy'' for me to take it a step further. I could have gone to that Convention and said that I had a vision of another war, a civil war, of more people dying than in any other war in U.S. history, of slavery tearing this country apart, and they would have written gradual emancipation into the Constitution. Both of us can agree that it would probably be an improvement, but even if it was for all the right reasons, [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers what if it wasn’t? There’s no one who can stop me. No one who can contradict me.]] Don’t you see how…how ''dangerous'' I am? I can’t be…I can’t be near any of that. |
| 122 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: |
| 123 | ** In the first lifetime, his relationship with his "closest, dearest friend" Alexander Hamilton deteriorates in the first lifetime to the point Alexander says nasty things about him in the news, they exchange nasty letters, and end up dueling. |
| 124 | ** Also happens with James Madison in chapter 22, after Madison says their relationship is defined by more than just political motivations and Aaron removes the "more than," saying it's exactly defined by political motivations. [[spoiler:Not as extreme as the example with Alexander, since even at the lowest point in their relationship, they don't end up hating each other or dueling.]] |
| 125 | * WillNotTellALie: A huge part of the moral code Aaron's grandfather instilled in him. The first timeline sees him become laxer on regular lies, but he still refuses to lie about the future. [[spoiler:Seems to be loosening up on that, too, given he has a few predictions he [[AccidentalTruth intended to be fake]] released after his third death.]] |
| 126 | * WiseBeyondTheirYears: In every lifetime after the first one, Aaron starts as a baby again. Sometimes his apparent age shows, since the human brain physically changes as you go from baby to adult, and WordOfGod confirms [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/81890599 here]] that he's emotionally and mentally 19 when he is physically 19 even in future lifetimes when he has lived far more than just 19 years. However, he still has knowledge and perspectives on life you wouldn’t expect a baby, child, or teen his age to have, and knows that he should hide this trait to avoid attracting even more unwanted attention than he already has as the Seer, and even with the author's above confirmation, they also confirm the presence of this trope for all timelines so far in [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/81879631 this comment]]. |
| 127 | * WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility: Aaron's grandfather taught him he shouldn't lie because of the weight his words carry as the Seer. He takes this lesson very seriously. |
| 128 | -->'''Aaron:''' Every word that I say carries weight, every glance that I give, the people that I associate with, the opinions that I voice, they’re all dissected and analyzed and remembered. They have power. So I’m careful before I open my mouth. |
| 129 | [[/folder]] |
| 130 | |
| 131 | [[folder:Theodosia Bartow Burr]] |
| 132 | !!Theodosia Bartow Prevost, later Theodosia Bartow Burr |
| 133 | |
| 134 | Aaron Burr's wife in the first lifetime. Born Theodosia Bartow, becomes Theodosia Bartow Prevost upon marriage to the British officer Jacques Marcus Prevost, and becomes Theodosia Bartow Burr upon marriage to Aaron Burr. |
| 135 | ---- |
| 136 | * AdaptationExpansion: She's mentioned in the musical, but in the fic she gets both mentions and actual appearances in this fic. Her death is only [[KilledOffscreen obliquely referenced]] with "this man will not make an orphan of my daughter" in ''Hamilton'', but gets explicit attention in ''it feels more like a memory''. |
| 137 | * AgeGapRomance: With her husband Aaron, who is 10 years younger than her. The fic follows history, so they marry when she’s about 36 and he’s about 26. |
| 138 | * GoodParents: Along with Aaron, she's a good parent to her daughter who is also named Theodosia. |
| 139 | * HappilyMarried: To Aaron Burr. |
| 140 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like almost everyone else in this fanfiction, Theodosia Bartow Burr is a real human being who was alive at the time of the American Revolution. |
| 141 | * ProperLady: Intelligent, very understanding of her husband Aaron, graceful, controlled, great at navigating high society, and very likely upper class given that fact, that the fic follows history where she had many friends in high places, and that she married the well-off Aaron Burr. Aaron calls her beautiful, but he’s her husband, but then again Website/TheOtherWiki says her mother’s family was noted for her beauty, giving her another quality that would make her fall under this trope. |
| 142 | * RemarriedToTheMistress: Had an affair with Aaron Burr while she was married, and he married her when her husband died. |
| 143 | * SignificantNameOverlap: Her daughter Theodosia is named for her. |
| 144 | [[/folder]] |
| 145 | |
| 146 | [[folder:The Burr children]] |
| 147 | !!The Burr children |
| 148 | |
| 149 | In the first lifetime, Aaron and Theodosia Prevost Burr have a daughter who is also named Theodosia Burr, and who later becomes Theodosia Burr Alston upon her marriage to Joseph Alston.\ |
| 150 | |
| 151 | In the second lifetime, Aaron and Elizabeth Schuyler Burr have five children. In order from oldest to youngest, they are Philip, Angelica, Alexander, Aaron Jr., and John. |
| 152 | |
| 153 | ---- |
| 154 | * AdaptationExpansion: Theodosia Burr Alston. She’s mentioned in the musical, even making it to the title of a song, but never actually appears. She gets mentioned in the first, second, and third lifetime and appears in the first and third. [[spoiler:If you count the Burr kids that were actually fathered by Hamilton to be the same people as they were when raised as Hamilton kids, albeit with different personalities due to being raised in a different household, then those kids also receive an Adaptation Expansion, getting mentioned by name and a section dedicated to their point of view, which is more than they got in the ''Hamilton'' musical.]] |
| 155 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Alex says "little brothers are annoying," implying he feels his younger brothers Aaron Jr. and John are this trope. |
| 156 | * BastardAngst: [[spoiler:Angelica Burr worries about possibly a bastard from an affair instead of a legitimate child. She’s legitimate, but Philip Burr is not and he goes dueling over his bastard status.]] |
| 157 | * ABoyAndHisX: An Aaron Jr and his Martha the cat. The part of chapter 24 from his point of view is entirely about how special Martha is to him, telling how he [[FromStrayToPet adopted her]], how he misses her in New York City, and how she comes all the way from Philadelphia to be with Aaron Jr. |
| 158 | * ChildProdigy: |
| 159 | ** Angie Burr. |
| 160 | ** Theodosia Burr, who Aaron thinks is brilliant and smarter than he is. He’s a former TeenGenius and ChildProdigy. |
| 161 | * ADayInTheLimelight: All the second-lifetime Burr kids get one in chapter 24, which has all of them as point-of-view characters. |
| 162 | * FamilyEyeResemblance: Both of Aaron's daughters, Theodosia and Angie, have his eyes. |
| 163 | * FanCreatedOffspring: The second-lifetime Burr kids. [[spoiler:At least, the ones that Aaron biologically fathered. The ones Alexander fathered are the same kids he had in real life, if with different personalities due to being raised in a different household, and are thus not fan-created.]] |
| 164 | * HalfSiblingAngst: [[spoiler:Angie Burr worries about possibly a half-sibling product of an affair instead of a legitimate child. She’s legitimate, but Philip Burr on the other hand goes dueling over his bastard status.]] |
| 165 | * HistoricalCharactersFictionalRelative: For the second-life Burr children, this comes with the territory of being FanCreatedOffspring of the real human beings Aaron Burr and Eliza Schuyler. [[spoiler:At least the ones that aren't Alexander's.]] |
| 166 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like almost everyone else in this fanfiction, Theodosia is a real human being who lived in the time period portrayed in this fanfiction. However, the second-lifetime Burr children don’t count because no children between Aaron Burr and Eliza Schuyler existed in real life. [[spoiler:At least, not any fathered by Aaron. Some were fathered by Alexander, and although they did grow up as different people since they were raised in a different household, they are still genetically the same people as the real-life Hamilton children so you may want to count those ones as Historical Domain Characters.]] |
| 167 | * InSeriesNickname: |
| 168 | ** Alexander Burr: Alex. |
| 169 | ** Angelica Burr: Angie. |
| 170 | ** Theodosia Burr Alston: Theo. |
| 171 | * MamasBabyPapasMaybe: [[spoiler:Madison says at least two of the Burr children are Hamilton's biologically (Philip and Alex), maybe three (John). WordOfGod [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/80931694 says]] that Angie’s the only second-lifetime Burr kid that’s biologically Aaron’s.]] |
| 172 | * MassiveNumberedSiblings: The second-lifetime Burr children just barely qualify for this trope, since there are 5 of them in total. |
| 173 | * MiddleChildSyndrome: Downplayed with Alex. He knows his parents love him, and there’s no mention of him acting out unacceptably, but he feels overlooked on account of his status as the middle child. |
| 174 | * NotActuallyHisChild: [[spoiler:In Aaron's second lifetime, James Madison reveals to him that based on the kids' birthdates and when Aaron was away from his family, Philip and Alexander Burr are definitely not his biological children, but Hamilton's, and that it's possible John Burr shares the same fate. WordOfGod [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/80931694 says]] that all the second-lifetime Burr kids that aren’t Angie fulfill this trope.]] |
| 175 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: Theodosia’s son dies of a fever before she does, and she herself dies at sea before her father dies. [[spoiler: Philip dies after being shot in a duel, before either of his fathers (Aaron in most senses, Alexander in the biological sense) die.]] |
| 176 | * SignificantNameOverlap: All the Burr kids are named for a relative or for their parent’s best friend. Notably, Philip, Angelica, Alexander, and John were the names of Alexander Hamilton’s children too: three of them are named for Eliza's relatives, which still holds true when Aaron marries her; and when Aaron marries her "Alexander" is still used for a name because he's Aaron's best friend. [[spoiler:Significantly, Philip and Alexander are also Alexander Hamilton's biological children, and John might be his too. Those three don't just share names with the first lifetime Hamilton kids, they (might be) genetically the same people.]] |
| 177 | ** Theodosia Burr is named for her mother, Theodosia Prevost Burr. |
| 178 | ** Aaron Jr. is the most extreme example of this, since his full name is Aaron Burr Jr. and his father is also named Aaron Burr Jr. His grandfather is Aaron Burr Sr. He’s named for his father and/or his grandfather.[[note]]In chapter 17, the Seer says “If it’s a boy, we’re naming him after your father, not mine” and “my father’s name was also Aaron,” implying they’d only consider the name because of the Seer’s father, and not because of what the Seer is named, so it’s likely they went back on this decision and named Aaron Jr. for his late grandfather alone.[[/note]] If he’s named after his grandfather, he’s also a DeadGuyJunior since his grandfather has been dead before Aaron Jr.’s birth. |
| 179 | ** Philip Burr is named for his grandfather Philip Schuyler. |
| 180 | ** Angelica Burr is named for her aunt Angelica Schuyler Church. |
| 181 | ** Alexander Burr’s full name is Alexander Hamilton Burr, named for his father’s best friend Alexander Hamilton. |
| 182 | ** John Burr likely has John Church Burr as his full name and is likely named after his uncle John Church. It’s not confirmed, so he could also possibly be John Burr, no Church, and be named after Aaron’s friend who served as his best man in his wedding, John Laurens, instead. |
| 183 | * SwitchingPOV: The second-lifetime Burr kids are all point-of-view characters in chapter 24. |
| 184 | * TeenGenius: Angie Burr and Theodosia Burr once they grow out of being a ChildProdigy. |
| 185 | * TookALevelInBadass: Peggy teaches the second-lifetime Burr children how to shoot guns. |
| 186 | [[/folder]] |
| 187 | |
| 188 | [[folder:Angelica Schuyler Church]] |
| 189 | !!Angelica Schuyler Church |
| 190 | |
| 191 | Eliza and Peggy's older sister. Born Angelica Schuyler, becomes Angelica Schuyler Church upon marrying John Church. |
| 192 | |
| 193 | ---- |
| 194 | * BigSisterInstinct: Very concerned with ensuring her little sister Eliza is happy, delivering several [[IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer If You Ever Do Anything To Hurt Eliza]] threats, and tried to protect both her younger sisters Peggy and Eliza from the fact they’d be expected to marry rich. |
| 195 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like almost everyone else in this fanfiction, Angelica Schuyler, later Angelica Schuyler Church, is a real human being who was alive at the time of the American Revolution. |
| 196 | * HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Her slave transactions, and Alexander helping her with them, are omitted from the musical and the fic. |
| 197 | * InSeriesNickname: Angelica Burr calls her aunt and namesake Angelica Schuyler Church “Auntjelica.” |
| 198 | * SignificantNameOverlap: Angelica Hamilton and Angelica Burr are named after her, since she's their aunt. |
| 199 | * SmartPeoplePlayChess: An intelligent character, and her chess skill is used as a further demonstration of it. She trounces everyone staying at Philip Schuyler’s upstate mansion, including Peggy. |
| 200 | * TookALevelInBadass: Learns to shoot a gun along with the rest of her sisters in the second timeline. |
| 201 | [[/folder]] |
| 202 | |
| 203 | [[folder:Benjamin Franklin]] |
| 204 | !!Creator/BenjaminFranklin |
| 205 | |
| 206 | Entirely offscreen in ''Hamilton'', shows up in this fic. |
| 207 | ---- |
| 208 | * AdaptationExpansion: Overlaps with AscendedExtra, and Downplayed. He was cut from the musical, but still gets mentioned and definitely exists in the musical's universe. He appears in the second and third lifetimes in this fic. |
| 209 | * AscendedExtra: The extent of his inclusion in the musical is a single lyric namedropping him and his “key and a kite” experiment with electricity. Makes an appearance himself in the fic, becoming a minor character in the second lifetime and a supporting one in the third. |
| 210 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like almost everyone else in this fanfiction, Benjamin Franklin is a real human being who was alive at the time of the American Revolution and is now a known historical figure (one of the "Founding Fathers" of the United States of America). |
| 211 | [[/folder]] |
| 212 | |
| 213 | [[folder:Alexander Hamilton]] |
| 214 | !!UsefulNotes/AlexanderHamilton |
| 215 | |
| 216 | The protagonist of the [[Theatre/{{Hamilton}} musical]] this story is a fanfiction of, and a main character in this fanfiction. Married to Elizabeth Schuyler, who becomes Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, in the first and third timelines. |
| 217 | |
| 218 | ---- |
| 219 | * AdaptationalIntelligence: In the ''Hamilton'' musical, Alexander publishes the Reynolds Pamphlet out of paranoia that his enemies would reveal his secret, but the publication ends up exposing it in the first place and making him look worse. In this fic and in reality, he publishes the pamphlet for a more sensible reason: the speculation and infidelity accusations are already in the press along with copies of actual letters he sent, and denying everything would make it clear he's lying, so he tells the truth with the pamphlet that he didn't speculate but did have an affair. This case of Adaptational Intelligence is really just reverting the case of AdaptationalDumbass that Alexander suffered regarding the Reynolds Affair in the ''Hamilton'' musical. The fanfic doesn't make him smarter than he was in reality, it adjusts his musical self back to his real level of intelligence. |
| 220 | * AdaptationalSexuality: Downplayed, since it's unclear whether Alexander Hamilton was bisexual or straight in real life, and the musical this is a fanfiction of keeps it ambiguous. The Alexander Hamilton of this fic is clearly attracted to both men and women. |
| 221 | * AmbiguouslyBi / AmbiguouslyGay: He clearly has romantic and sexual feelings for both men and women in the fic. But in the second timeline InUniverse[[note]]where he didn't marry Eliza, clear proof of his capacity for attraction to women; where he had an affair with her where he admits becoming attracted her but they burnt all records of it so future historians have nothing to go on for the affair beyond rumors the Burrs and Alexander denied, and DNA testing that says he fathered some of the Burr kids[[/note]], after he's long dead and a historical figure, people debate his sexuality, mostly whether Aaron was his lover or not. It's not clear what in-universe people think about his capacity for attraction to women, let alone if that's a consensus or another debate. It's only clear that they debate his attraction to men. So at least ''one'' of Ambiguously Bi/Gay definitely applies, but it's not clear which one applies or if both apply. |
| 222 | * ArtisticLicenseHistory: Portrayed as more liberal than his real self. He opposes the Alien and Sedition Acts in this fanfic, but supported them in real life. He also thought the president should hold that position until they died or got impeached, which greatly contributed to the idea of him as a monarchist sympathizer. |
| 223 | * BastardAngst: Alexander Hamilton, born out of wedlock, takes insults about his bastard status very personally. |
| 224 | * BestFriend: With Aaron Burr in the first and second lifetimes. |
| 225 | * {{Biography}}: InUniverse example. In the third lifetime, he writes an autobiography about 1000 pages long. |
| 226 | * CharacterFilibuster: In the first lifetime, Alexander becomes a lawyer and is known to speak for hours on end in court, and talks for six hours at the Constitutional Convention. His tendency to write and speak at length probably makes him a poster boy for this trope, and it likely carries over to all the timelines. Most of his filibusters are just mentioned, but the audience gets to read one of them when the story covers a court case playing out, although that filibuster is likely a regular length for a courtroom instead of unnecessarily lengthy, and only comes off as a filibuster in contrast to regular story dialogue. |
| 227 | * TheCharmer: Can be and was very charming at all the social gatherings his and Aaron's family frequented. And how else would the "tomcat" get all those people he slept with to want him, aside from good looks? |
| 228 | * CopeByCreating: Alexander deals with the grief of John Laurens' death in Aaron's first lifetime by [[{{Workaholic}} spending all his time working]], likely penning opening speeches and arguments since he's a lawyer. |
| 229 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: The main focus of Aaron Burr in his first and second lifetime. His main goal is to avoid killing Alexander as he foresaw himself doing, and to generally keep him alive. Alexander is also his best friend/lover/enemy at some time. Though he gets deprioritized and takes a backseat to James Madison in the third lifetime, he still shows up as a supporting character at the very least, and their interactions in the first and second lifetime still influence Aaron's decisions heavily. It helps that he's the protagonist of the musical this fanfiction is based off of, and part of the official pairing Alexander Hamilton/Aaron Burr. |
| 230 | * {{Doorstopper}}: Known for producing downplayed versions of these. 50-page letters don't hit the 500 page requirement to be a doorstopper, but that's still an excessively long length for a letter. Fits with his verbosity, and his tendency to write a lot in general and to talk at length. And according to the fic that also contains ''Burr: An American Musical'', he writes an autobiography that's appproximately 1000 pages long in the third lifetime. |
| 231 | * DrivenByEnvy: Starts downplayed, with Alexander's jealousy being very obvious but not harmful, first manifesting when he tries to derail Lafayette's flirting attempts in a nonhurtful way. Grows worse as the story continues and Aaron's relationship with Eliza progresses to marriage, even though Aaron told Alexander he's not in love with her. Alexander starts lashing out when he talks about her. [[spoiler:The trope is played completely straight when Alexander admits he tried to ruin his love Aaron's marriage with Eliza out of jealousy. This involved having sex with Eliza behind Aaron's back.]] |
| 232 | * FamedInStory: In the timeline of Aaron's second lifetime, people in the 21st century consider Aaron an important historical figure as all Seers are, and learn about Alexander since he's extremely important to Aaron's story: if one knows anything more than "Aaron Burr was a Seer," they know he was close with Alexander. Some things are lost to history, but they get a mostly-accurate picture. |
| 233 | * GreenEyedMonster: It's downplayed during the Revolutionary War in Aaron's second lifetime, where Alexander's jealousy is clear but not very harmful, but it grows worse and causes more problems after Aaron marries Eliza. |
| 234 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: Almost everything we saw from Alexander's point of view in the musical still happens in Aaron's first lifetime, even if it gets much less focus since this fanfiction follows Aaron Burr instead of Alexander. |
| 235 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like almost everyone else in this fanfiction, Alexander Hamilton is a real human being who was alive at the time of the American Revolution and is now a known historical figure (one of the "Founding Fathers" of the United States of America). |
| 236 | * HistoricalHeroUpgrade: It's ambiguous whether the real Alexander owned slaves himself, but at the very least he traded them for his in-laws. None of this makes it to the fic. Not AdaptationalHeroism, since it also didn't make it to the musical this work is fanfiction of. |
| 237 | * HistoricalVillainUpgrade: As in the musical, Alexander punches a bursar when seeking an accelerated course of study in every completed lifetime. The real Alexander Hamilton’s quest for accelerated study never involved bursar-punching. |
| 238 | * HotBlooded: Passionate and determined. He cares so much about his work he neglects himself in favor of getting it done. He also has a hot temper. He's upfront about what he believes, and quick to react to slights, having a difficult time letting them slide. |
| 239 | * InSeriesNickname: “Alex,” occasionally. Once mentioned to get nicknamed “the little lion” but the reader never sees it used. |
| 240 | * MotorMouth: Talks all the time, at great length, and will not shut up. |
| 241 | * OrphansOrdeal: The fic might not have a song outlining Hamilton's awful childhood, but he clearly still went through an ordeal in this fic thanks to his circumstances at birth, mentioning things like the hurricane, his mother's death, and his cousin's suicide that made up part of his ordeal. |
| 242 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: Outlives his son Philip after Philip is shot in a duel [[spoiler:in all completed lifetimes so far, since Philip is his biological son with Eliza in the second timeline.]] |
| 243 | * RedOniBlueOni: Alexander's personality and approach to life contrasts with Aaron's: Alexander's quick to react, passionate, and HotBlooded; Aaron's patient, controlled, reserved. These differences are a frequent source of conflict. The exact nature of their relationship varies wildly over the course of the fic, from friends to enemies to lovers to various places in between, but their relationship always has a big impact on their lives. Even when Aaron doesn't prioritize Alexander in the third lifetime, his past experiences with Alexander as friend, lover, and enemy still inform his choices, perspective, and feelings even when interacting with other characters. |
| 244 | * SignificantNameOverlap: Aaron's son Alexander Hamilton Burr is named for him, since he's Aaron's best friend. Alexander's son Alexander Hamilton Jr. is likely named for himself, and if not, for his grandfather or first cousin who were also named Alexander Hamilton. |
| 245 | * SonOfAWhore: At least according to a pamphlet attacking him. His real-life mother was not a prostitute, though she was imprisoned for having sex out of wedlock which was done under the charge of “prostitution.” It’s ambiguous as to whether the fic followed real life on this matter or if it has Alexander as an actual son of a whore, but either way Alexander is very sensitive to insults attacking his mother for being a prostitute. |
| 246 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: In the first lifetime, his relationship with Aaron Burr, who considers him his "closest, dearest friend," deteriorates to the point Alexander says nasty things about him in the news, they exchange nasty letters, and end up dueling. |
| 247 | * WindbagPolitician: Very verbose, and very much a politician. |
| 248 | * {{Workaholic}}: In every timeline. Still hard to pull away from his work, still works late hours while neglecting to take care of himself unless someone pushes him into it, still writes like he’s running out of time. It’s also how he copes with John Laurens' death in the first timeline and likely the third. |
| 249 | [[/folder]] |
| 250 | |
| 251 | [[folder:The Hamilton children]] |
| 252 | !!The Hamilton children |
| 253 | |
| 254 | Alexander and Eliza Hamilton’s children. From oldest to youngest: Philip, Angelica, Alexander Jr., James Alexander, John, William, Elizabeth, and Philip. |
| 255 | |
| 256 | ---- |
| 257 | * AdaptationExpansion: Downplayed in the case of Hamilton's non-firstborn children. None besides the firstborn, Philip, get an appearance or a mention by name in the musical. All we know is that Hamilton has a daughter and multiple sons by the time of “We Know,” and still has “children,” plural, after Philip’s death. All eight of Hamilton’s real-life children are mentioned by name in Aaron's second lifetime in the fic, and four are in his first lifetime. [[spoiler:If you count the Burr kids that were actually fathered by Hamilton to be the same people as they were when raised as Hamilton kids, albeit with different personalities due to being raised in a different household, then those kids also receive an Adaptation Expansion, getting mentioned by name and a section dedicated to their point of view, which is more than they got in the ''Hamilton'' musical.]] |
| 258 | * AdaptationNameChange: In chapter 13, Aaron lists all of Alexander’s children from the first lifetime. One of them is Elizabeth. The real Alexander Hamilton had no children named Elizabeth, but he did have a child named Eliza. Yes, even though her mother Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton used “Eliza” as a nickname in real life, this child’s ''full'' first name in real life is “Eliza,” not “Elizabeth.” |
| 259 | * DeadGuyJunior: Just like in real life, the youngest Hamilton child, Philip, is named after his deceased older brother Philip. |
| 260 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like almost everyone else in this fanfiction, the Hamilton children are real human beings who lived in the time period portrayed in this fanfiction. |
| 261 | * InSeriesNickname: The younger Philip is nicknamed “Little Philip.” |
| 262 | * KilledOffscreen: The reader and Aaron learn the firstborn Philip Hamilton died dueling after it already happened, and Philip’s death scene isn’t shown. [[spoiler:His death scene is shown in the second lifetime, so the trope doesn’t apply then, even if the reader doesn’t see the actual shooting that led to him dying. In the third lifetime, the trope applies again since the reader learns he dies after it already happened, when George Eacker gives testimony about Aaron trying to stop him from dueling Philip. Though Eacker lays out what happened in the duel, up to him shooting Philip, the reader still doesn’t see Philip’s actual death scene.]] |
| 263 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: The older Philip dies after being shot in a duel before his father and mother die [[spoiler:in every single timeline, including the one where he’s a Burr, albeit still the biological child of Alexander and Eliza]]. |
| 264 | * MassiveNumberedSiblings: There are 8 of them. |
| 265 | * NamedByTheAdaptation: The ''Hamilton'' musical mentions the Hamilton kids that aren't the firstborn Philip, but never by name. This fanfic names all 8 kids, including Philip. |
| 266 | * SignificantNameOverlap: Named for their relatives. [[spoiler:Significantly, in the second lifetime, Philip and Alexander Burr are Alexander Hamilton's biological children, and John might be his too. Philip, Alexander Jr, and John Hamilton don't just share names with the second lifetime Burr kids, they (might be) genetically the same people as them!]] |
| 267 | ** Philip Hamilton is named for his grandfather Philip Schuyler. |
| 268 | ** Angelica Hamilton is named for her aunt Angelica Schuyler Church. |
| 269 | ** Alexander Jr.'s full name is Alexander Hamilton Jr. He's likely named for his father Alexander Hamilton, but possibly his great-grandfather or first cousin once removed who was also named Alexander Hamilton. |
| 270 | ** James Alexander Hamilton is named for his grandfather James Alexander Hamilton. |
| 271 | ** John Hamilton's full name is John Church Hamilton, named for his uncle John Church. |
| 272 | ** Elizabeth Hamilton is named for her mother Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton. |
| 273 | ** The younger Philip Hamilton is named for his deceased older brother Philip. |
| 274 | [[/folder]] |
| 275 | |
| 276 | [[folder:Thomas Jefferson]] |
| 277 | !!UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson |
| 278 | |
| 279 | A supporting character in Aaron's first and second lifetime, and a major character in Aaron's third. |
| 280 | |
| 281 | ---- |
| 282 | * AdaptationalHeroism: The ''Hamilton'' musical made no mention of his belief in expanding voting rights, albeit the expansion would still be very restrictive by current standards[[note]]specifically, that all male landowners, including poor ones, should be allowed to vote; and he later believed that all male taxpaying citizens should be allowed to vote[[/note]]. Instead, it portrayed him as elitist. This fic gives Jefferson's belief in wider voting rights as a reason why Aaron supports his Democratic Republican political party, and shows him opposing the authoritarian Alien and Sedition Acts. Not a HistoricalHeroUpgrade since he really did believe in expanding voting rights. |
| 283 | * AdaptationPersonalityChange: The musical most overtly portrays him as extroverted and boisterous, though some see hints at a shyer nature underneath. He is also implied to be extravagant, wearing an ostentatious purple velvet suit. Meanwhile, the fic more explicitly acknowledges his historical shyness, and mentions that he at least cultivated the appearance of simplicity and humility. |
| 284 | * {{Biography}}: Like in real life, he writes an autobiography. |
| 285 | * CopeByCreating: The grief of his wife's DeathByChildbirth[[note]]or at least the complications after childbirth[[/note]] and the death of that same child two years after she gave birth to them drives him to become Ambassador to France. |
| 286 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: For a given value of evil, even with the HistoricalVillainUpgrade, Thomas Jefferson loves his late wife and cared for the Marquis de Lafayette. |
| 287 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like almost everyone else in this fanfiction, Thomas Jefferson is a real human being who was alive at the time of the American Revolution and is now a known historical figure. He’s the third president and one of the “Founding Fathers” of the United States of America, and wrote the Declaration of Independence. |
| 288 | * HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Real-world Thomas Jefferson probably would not have [[spoiler:convinced 32 members of the House of Representatives to perjure themselves to make sure [[HeKnowsTooMuch a man carrying his dirty secrets gets silenced by being executed]] for treason]], though he did actually [[spoiler:give blank pardons to potential witnesses who would help get real-life Aaron convicted, and he gives blank pardons to anyone in the House of Representatives who could help do the same in Aaron’s fictional third-life treason trial]]. He also did not [[spoiler:hold Aaron Burr in France with him under house arrest under false charges of debt and blackmail about a true fact should Aaron expose those debt charges as false, and continue using these facts afterwards to make Aaron help him politically. The repeated attempts to get Aaron convicted are probably in-character with his real self, given his real self twice put out an arrest warrant for Burr, who got acquitted and let go both times, and then had him taken to a military base until the trial happened according to [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/96316793 this comment]].]] |
| 289 | * {{Hypocrite}}: “We hold these truths, to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,” except for the ones he owned. Alexander also accuses him of pretending to care about simplicity and humility as a way to hide hedonism. [[spoiler:James Madison points out he fought ''against'' federal power, only to overreach with federal power in an attempt to get Aaron Burr executed for treason.]] |
| 290 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: His child dies at the ripe age of two while he is still alive. As the fic generally follows history, it’s relevant to mention that historically, he also outlived three other children he had with Martha before he himself died, and it’s not clear exactly how many children Sally Hemmings had, or which ones he fathered, but two of Sally Hemmings’ children (out of six recorded total) also died before Jefferson. |
| 291 | * PastExperienceNightmare: [[spoiler: Aaron tries to give these to Jefferson by staring at him while drinking poison. Jefferson has no idea Aaron will wake up in a new lifetime, and thinks it’s a regular suicide. WordOfGod [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/95590292 says]] he succeeded and Jefferson had nightmares [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/99927798 for the rest of his life]].]] |
| 292 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: With John Adams [[spoiler:and in the third lifetime, James Madison.]] |
| 293 | [[/folder]] |
| 294 | |
| 295 | [[folder:Marquis de Lafayette]] |
| 296 | !![[UsefulNotes/MarquisDeLaFayette Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette]] |
| 297 | |
| 298 | French. Alexander Hamilton's friend. |
| 299 | ---- |
| 300 | * HappilyMarried: Happily talks about his wife in French when he's supposed to be speaking English, and Aaron knows he'll be heartbroken when she dies. She reciprocates his love, turning herself in for imprisonment after he's imprisoned so she can stay with him. |
| 301 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like almost everyone else in this fanfiction, the Marquis de Lafayette is a real human being who was alive at the time of the American Revolution and is now a known historical figure. |
| 302 | * InSeriesNickname: Aaron briefly calls him “French Lancelot” before switching to “the French Knight,” which the reader never a actually sees used outside of one sentence saying Aaron calls him that in chapter 9. Most characters usually call him Lafayette. |
| 303 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: WordOfGod [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/49135627 says]] [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/49100617 that]] he doesn't actually need the English lessons Aaron gives him beyond the reading and writing lessons, he's just pretending to need them so he has an excuse to hang out with Aaron. |
| 304 | * OverlyLongName: His full name is Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. |
| 305 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His actual name is La Fayette, but he’s known in the United States as Lafayette. The fic always spells his name as Lafayette, but it spells his son’s name as La Fayette. |
| 306 | * YouAreWorthHell: If the French Revolution happens, when he's imprisoned, his wife gets herself jailed in order to stay at his side. |
| 307 | [[/folder]] |
| 308 | |
| 309 | [[folder:John Laurens]] |
| 310 | !!John Laurens |
| 311 | |
| 312 | Alexander Hamilton's best friend. Son of rich landowner Henry Laurens. A supporting character in the second lifetime. |
| 313 | ---- |
| 314 | * AbusiveParents: At least a downplayed version is implied with his father. John visibly stiffens when his father Henry requests to speak with him, says Henry said "the usual" of John being a disappointment who did nothing, replies to "death is a rather permanent solution to things that are often rather temporary problems" with "my father's not going away any time soon," and says his mother used to "protect" him from his father but didn't "stand up to him directly." |
| 315 | * AdaptationalSexuality: Downplayed, since it's unclear what John Laurens' sexuality was in real life, and the musical this is a fanfiction of keeps it ambiguous. The John Laurens of this fic is clearly attracted to men, although his capacity for attraction to all other genders is still left ambiguous. |
| 316 | * HeroSecretService: Commands a 20-soldier squad meant for Aaron's protection during the Revolutionary War, and is supposed to remain at Aaron's side at all times for the same purpose. Also acts as head of his guard during the Treaty of Paris negotiations. Probably not in his guard for the Constitutional Convention, though, especially since he resigned as head of his guard when the Treaty of Paris negotiations were over. |
| 317 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like almost everyone else in this fanfiction, John Laurens is a real human being who was alive at the time of the American Revolution. |
| 318 | * KilledOffscreen: The reader finds out Laurens died in the first lifetime when Aaron remembers finding out Laurens died through Alexander finding out Laurens died. His actual death scene isn’t shown. |
| 319 | * TeamMom: He comforts Aaron and calms him down several times, acts as the voice of reason to his friends, scolds Alexander and Lafayette for talking behind peoples' backs, tries to make sure his friends take care of themselves whether it's making sure they've eaten or making sure they drink water after getting drunk, and generally takes care of his friends as the responsible one.[[note]]Except for the duel against Lee, and even so, he's trying to keep his friends safe: Alexander offered to duel, but Alexander promised Aaron to never duel because of Aaron's death vision; and he wants to keep Aaron out of the duel so it can't be tied to him in any way to get him fired.[[/note]] |
| 320 | [[/folder]] |
| 321 | |
| 322 | [[folder:Dolley Todd Madison]] |
| 323 | !!Dolley Payne Todd Madison |
| 324 | |
| 325 | A minor character in the third timeline. Born Dolley Payne, adds “Todd” in her first marriage and adds “Madison” upon her marriage to James Madison. |
| 326 | |
| 327 | ---- |
| 328 | * AdaptationExpansion: Overlaps with AscendedExtra. She appears in the musical but is only named [[AllThereInTheScript in the script]]. In the fic, Dolley is mentioned by name during her appearances in Aaron's second and third lifetime. |
| 329 | * AscendedExtra: A background character in the second lifetime, and a minor character in the third lifetime, in contrast to her musical role which is to show up and have nobody know who she is unless you check the script. |
| 330 | * HappilyMarried: To James Madison in all of the completed lifetimes so far. Their relationship gets more focus in the third lifetime. |
| 331 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like almost everyone else in this fanfiction, Dolley Todd Madison is a real human being who was alive at the time of the American Revolution and is now a known historical figure. She shaped the role of First Lady, though the role wouldn’t be known by that name for a long while. |
| 332 | * TheSocialExpert: Able to charm people enough to the point she gets political opponents to give their opinion on her president husband's administration, and either figures out peoples' motivations and social assumptions right then and there or asks the right questions to find out. |
| 333 | [[/folder]] |
| 334 | |
| 335 | [[folder:James Madison]] |
| 336 | !!UsefulNotes/JamesMadison |
| 337 | |
| 338 | A major character in Aaron’s second and third lifetime. Instrumental in the writing and ratification of the Constitution, but has a very poor constitution himself. |
| 339 | |
| 340 | ---- |
| 341 | * BestFriend: With Aaron Burr in the third lifetime. |
| 342 | * BigBrotherInstinct: He knows this instinct well. It also plays into his relationship with the nearly-5-years-younger-than-him Aaron Burr, as confirmed by WordOfGod [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/83906965 here]]. |
| 343 | -->[James] had grown up with seven younger siblings, and he understands the all-consuming urge to protect someone from the horrors of the world. |
| 344 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Gets one in chapter 24, which is partly from his point of view; and another one in chapter 35, which is wholly from his point of view. |
| 345 | * HappilyMarried: To Dolley Payne Todd, later Dolley Todd Madison, in all of the completed lifetimes so far. Their relationship gets more focus in the third lifetime. |
| 346 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like almost everyone else in this fanfiction, James Madison is a real human being who was alive at the time of the American Revolution and is now a known historical figure. He’s the fourth president and one of the “Founding Fathers” of the United States of America, and wrote the Bill of Rights (first 10 amendments to the Constitution). |
| 347 | * InSeriesNickname: Jemmy. |
| 348 | * {{Irony}}: This very sickly character lives a long life in every completed timeline. |
| 349 | * MassiveNumberedSiblings: The fic explicitly states he grew up with seven younger siblings. This still leaves the possibility for even more siblings in the form of older siblings, but checking history shows the number really is seven: he was the oldest of twelve children and eight of them lived past their 5th birthday, seven if you don’t count James Madison himself. |
| 350 | * PlotInducedIllness: Has always been sickly, but the timing of of his worse illnesses is convenient for the plot. Aaron‘s able to meet and bond with him in the third lifetime because his sickness made him stay in his room so he was easy to find. Another illness helps create a large problem and complicates solving it. [[spoiler:Yellow fever leaves him deathly ill right when Aaron and Jefferson tie for president in the third lifetime. Aaron stays at James’ bedside, too worried for him to remember to step down and give Jefferson the presidency. Jefferson thinks James is also controlling Aaron, so he sees the deadly illness and not stepping down as Aaron making a move to break from their control and grab power for himself, and tries Aaron for treason to stop that. Aaron says he has witnesses that could vouch for his whereabouts during the presidential election, which would be James’ doctors and family members, but because they’re in New York tending to James they can’t come to the trial in Virginia in time to vouch for Aaron’s whereabouts.]] |
| 351 | * SwitchingPOV: Part of chapter 24 and all of chapter 35 is from his point of view. |
| 352 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: With Aaron Burr in chapter 22, after James says their relationship is defined by more than just political motivations and Aaron removes the "more than," saying it's exactly defined by political motivations. [[spoiler:Not as extreme as most examples of this trope, since even at the lowest point in their relationship, they still don't hate each other or go dueling. In the third lifetime, he Used To Be Friends with Thomas Jefferson, though he doesn’t reveal his new opinion to Jefferson for a very long time and keeps pretending they’re friends.]] |
| 353 | [[/folder]] |
| 354 | |
| 355 | [[folder:Hercules Mulligan]] |
| 356 | !!Hercules Mulligan |
| 357 | |
| 358 | Alexander Hamilton's friend. A textile importer, and ardent Son of Liberty. |
| 359 | ---- |
| 360 | * AdaptationalVillainy: A “revolutionary manumission abolitionist” in the ''Hamilton'' musical, with no mention made of him owning slaves. In this fic, it’s clear he’s a slaveowner, with his slave Cato appearing in the second lifetime. Because Hercules Mulligan did actually own a slave named Cato, this isn’t a HistoricalVillainUpgrade. |
| 361 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like almost everyone else in this fanfiction, Hercules Mulligan is a real human being who was alive at the time of the American Revolution. |
| 362 | [[/folder]] |
| 363 | |
| 364 | [[folder:Maria Reynolds]] |
| 365 | !!Maria Lewis Reynolds Clingman Matthew, at one point Maria Clement |
| 366 | |
| 367 | Appears in all completed timelines [[spoiler:and becomes a supporting character in the third lifetime]], reprising her role as a domestically abused HoneyTrap for a married male politician. |
| 368 | ---- |
| 369 | * BeneathSuspicion: [[spoiler:Why third-lifetime Aaron gave her the documents with all his predictions. She's not a high-profile politician, and given it's the 1800s divorced women were probably overlooked and looked down ''on'', so people wouldn't suspect her of holding predictions of a Seer, let alone a Seer they don't even know exists, since Aaron hid his Seer status in this lifetime.]] |
| 370 | * {{Biography}}: InUniverse example. She writes an autobiography in the third lifetime. |
| 371 | * DomesticAbuse: James Reynolds abuses his wife, Maria Reynolds, in every completed timeline. Thankfully, she gets successfully divorced from her abusive husband in every completed timeline too. |
| 372 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like almost everyone else in this fanfiction, Maria Reynolds is a real human being who was alive at the time of the American Revolution. |
| 373 | * HoneyTrap: In all three lifetimes, her abusive husband James Reynolds used her as one by sending her to a married man hoping the man would have sex with Maria, so that James could demand money in exchange for keeping the affair secret from the man's wife and the public at large. |
| 374 | [[/folder]] |
| 375 | |
| 376 | [[folder:Elizabeth Schuyler]] |
| 377 | !!Elizabeth Schuyler, later Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton/Elizabeth Schuyler Burr |
| 378 | |
| 379 | Angelica’s little sister, Peggy's big sister, and a major character in the second timeline. Born Elizabeth Schuyler, becomes Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton when she marries Alexander Hamilton in the first and third timeline, and becomes Elizabeth Schuyler Burr when she marries Aaron Burr in the second timeline. |
| 380 | |
| 381 | ---- |
| 382 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Gets one in chapter 24, which is partly from her point of view. |
| 383 | * GoodParents: Her life goal is to raise a family and fulfill this trope. She's a good parent to her 8 children with Alexander and her 5 children with Aaron Burr. |
| 384 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like almost everyone else in this fanfiction, Elizabeth Schuyler, later Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, is a real human being who was alive at the time of the American Revolution. |
| 385 | * InSeriesNickname: “Eliza,” or more frequently, “Betsey.” |
| 386 | * {{Irony}}: Eliza is the best shot out of the Schuyler Sisters. Not quick-learning Angelica, or Peggy who’s enthusiastic about learning to shoot and eventually teaches Eliza’s children how to, Eliza who seems to find it distasteful. |
| 387 | * MamasBabyPapasMaybe: [[spoiler:Madison says at least two of the Burr children are Hamilton's biologically (Philip and Alex), maybe three (John). WordOfGod [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/80931694 says]] that Angie’s the only second-lifetime Burr kid that’s biologically Aaron’s.]] |
| 388 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: Outlives her son Philip after Philip is shot in a duel [[spoiler:in all completed lifetimes so far.]] |
| 389 | * SignificantNameOverlap: |
| 390 | ** Her daughter Elizabeth Hamilton is named for her. |
| 391 | ** This is more of a coincidence, but Eliza(beth Schuyler) marries second-lifetime Aaron Burr, while Eliza (Jumel) becomes first-lifetime Aaron Burr's second wife. |
| 392 | * SwitchingPOV: Part of chapter 24 is from her point of view. |
| 393 | * TookALevelInBadass: Learns to shoot a gun along with the rest of her sisters in the second timeline. |
| 394 | [[/folder]] |
| 395 | |
| 396 | [[folder:Peggy Schuyler]] |
| 397 | !!Margarita "Peggy" Schuyler |
| 398 | |
| 399 | Angelica and Eliza's younger sister. |
| 400 | |
| 401 | ---- |
| 402 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like almost everyone else in this fanfiction, Margarita Schuyler, later Margarita Schuyler Van Rensselaer in real life, is a real human being who was alive at the time of the American Revolution. |
| 403 | * InSeriesNickname: Peggy. |
| 404 | * SmartPeoplePlayChess: Her chess skill is used to demonstrate her intelligence. She trounces the Marquis de Lafayette at the game and would probably be much better than “[[ChildProdigy Prodigy of]] [[TeenGenius Princeton College]]” Aaron at it if she didn’t fall for his mind games about predicting her moves. |
| 405 | * TookALevelInBadass: Learns to shoot a gun along with the rest of her sisters in the second timeline. She levels in badass enough to the point where she starts teaching the Burr children to shoot too. |
| 406 | [[/folder]] |
| 407 | |
| 408 | [[folder:George Washington]] |
| 409 | !!UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington |
| 410 | |
| 411 | The first president of the United States. |
| 412 | ---- |
| 413 | * AdaptationalVillainy: The ''Hamilton'' musical may imply he owned slaves, since he looks shocked and sad and steps back when Eliza sings “I speak out against slavery,” but it’s not explicitly addressed. This fic explicitly mentions he owns slaves, which is not a HistoricalVillainUpgrade because it’s true. |
| 414 | * AdaptationPersonalityChange: The ''Hamilton'' musical doesn't show his political cunning nearly as much as this fic does. JustifiedTrope since this is shown through the eyes of second-lifetime Aaron Burr, who has extensive experience being in the public eye and an entire past lifetime of political experience behind him that might give him more insight on why Washington says or does certain things. Alexander didn't have either the political experience or time in the public eye when he was Washington's aide-de-camp, so he might not have noticed this side of Washington the way Aaron would.[[note]]Though Alexander's perspective might not be as good a reason for justification, since the ''Hamilton'' musical managed to show the audience things Alexander was unaware of and wasn't locked to his perspective alone[[/note]] |
| 415 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like almost everyone else in this fanfiction, George Washington is a real human being who was alive at the time of the American Revolution and is now a known historical figure. He’s the first president and one of the “Founding Fathers” of the United States of America, and led the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War where America fought for independence. |
| 416 | * SignificantNameOverlap: The Marquis de Lafayette's son, Georges Washington de La Fayette, is named after him. |
| 417 | * SupportingLeader: Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and the first President of the United States under the Constitution, in a fic that follows the American Revolution and the newly-created America from the perspective of Americans, meaning he'll be seen as leading the forces of good. He's definitely not anywhere near close to being the main character. |
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