"interlude: another fifty years" contains examples of:
all lowercase letters: Like every other chapter title of this fic, this chapter's title is in all lowercase letters.
Accidental Truth: Aaron makes up nonsense and has it released as his predictions. Those supposed nonsense predictions clearly indicate Schrödinger's cat and the detonation of nuclear bombs to anybody who already knows about those things, which would just be the readers of the fic until many more years pass In-Universe.
Content Warnings: There’s one before the start of the chapter for slavery as a major topic, advising readers who don’t want to deal with that to read Burr: An American Musical instead since it gives about the same information that reading this chapter would plus some additional detail about Jefferson’s impeachment trial.
A Day in the Limelight: For James Madison. Most of the fanfic is from Aaron Burr’s point of view, but this chapter is entirely from James Madison’s point of view and centers on his life after Aaron dies, albeit still having a lot of Aaron-as-viewed-by-James.
Dénouement Episode: Wraps up the loose ends of the conclusion of this lifetime’s story arc where Aaron killed himself to avoid getting any verdict in the treason trial, like what happens to Thomas Jefferson, if Alexander fights to clear Aaron’s name and if so how, how James Madison deals with the aftermath of Aaron’s death, other consequences of the two treason trials’ events for America, and how Aaron’s posthumous notes affect things.
Distant Finale: This chapter shows what happens after Aaron’s death up to 35 years after it, all from James Madison’s point of view.
Externally Validated Prophecy: A modern-day audience aware of Schrödinger's cat and nuclear bombs knows that the prophecies Aaron Burr intended as nonsense come true.
Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Following the convention of naming every chapter title after a Hamilton lyric, this chapter takes its title from the line "I live another fifty years" from "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story." That line is from when the audience finds out what Eliza does, what happens as a consequence of her husband and the musical’s protagonist Alexander’s actions, and what happens to his legacy; all after Alexander dies. This chapter does the same, but with James Madison and Aaron Burr.
Irony: This is the one lifetime so far where Aaron isn’t overly concerned with protecting Alexander from an early death. This is the one lifetime so far where he doesn’t die prematurely in a duel, but relatively peacefully as an old man in his 70s who died of illness.
Never Trust a Title: The title is from a lyric in Hamilton where what’s happening when that lyrics is sung is very similar to what happens in this chapternote the audience finds out what happens to a character after the protagonist is dead, what happens as a consequence of the protagonist’s actions, and what happens to the protagonist’s legacy, but on a surface level it lies: James Madison only lives another 35 years, not 50 as the chapter title says.
Season Finale: Along with chapter 34. It’s the last chapter of the third timeline, and shows the aftermath of the dramatic conclusion event of Aaron drinking poison at the treason trial.
Switching P.O.V.: Most of the fic is from Aaron's point of view, but like the other interlude chapter, this chapter is completely from James Madison's point of view.
Weird Historical War: James Madison uses Aaron's notes on the War of 1812, notes he was able to make because of his previous lifetimes, in order to win it.
