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The morning of the duel, Aaron rereads the pamphlet he thinks Alexander wrote, and remembers more positive times with Alexander. "I’ll fight so that you can be free, Mister Burr, sir," Alexander comforting him about not being able to hold Theodosia and saying he'd swap lives with Aaron to ease his burden as the Seer if he could, and especially the moments right before they almost kissed. He goes to the dueling ground, where he thinks on what he said would follow Alexander's death when he talked Monroe out of dueling, and his feeling Alexander betrayed him by publishing his fears in the paper to hurt his gubernatorial campaign. As the count to ten reaches nine, Aaron blinks and sees what he saw right after his chapter 1 death vision of Alexander was over. He thinks he's the one thing in life he can control, that Alexander was his closest friend, and decides not to shoot Alexander. He lowers his gun, but it goes off anyways.
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The morning of the duel, Aaron rereads the pamphlet he thinks Alexander wrote, and remembers more positive times with Alexander. "I’ll fight so that you can be free, Mister Burr, sir," Alexander comforting him about not being able to hold Theodosia and saying he'd swap lives with Aaron to ease his burden as the Seer if he could, and especially the moments right before they almost kissed. He goes to the dueling ground, where he thinks on what he said would follow Alexander's death when he talked Monroe out of dueling, and his feeling Alexander betrayed him by publishing his fears in the paper to hurt his gubernatorial campaign. As the count to ten reaches nine, Aaron blinks and sees what he saw right after his chapter 1 death vision of Alexander was over. He thinks he's the one thing in life he can control, that Alexander was his closest friend, and decides not to shoot Alexander. He lowers his gun, but his finger twitches and so it goes off anyways.
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Summary: Jefferson cuts Aaron out of party politics for not stepping down, so he runs for governor of New York. He ignores political accusations until the pamphlet that exposes his power and accuses him of abusing public trust to gain power and lying knowing nobody could contradict him. He thinks Alexander wrote it since he confided his power's specifics and fear he was too dangerous for public office to him. A letter's printed in the press that says Alexander said awful things about him, including a "still more despicable" thing it doesn't reveal. Aaron writes an angry letter inquiring as to what this, and Alexander thinks it's too vague a request. They exchange more angry letters and end up dueling. Aaron remembers better times with Alexander, the things he said to James Monroe to talk him out of dueling Alexander, his promise to himself to not kill Alexander, and that Alexander was his best friend. He decides not to shoot, but his hair-trigger gun goes off anyways.
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Summary: Jefferson cuts Aaron out of party politics for not stepping down, so he runs for governor of New York. He ignores political accusations until the pamphlet that exposes his power and accuses him of abusing public trust to gain power and lying knowing nobody could contradict him. He thinks Alexander wrote it since he confided his power's specifics and fear he was too dangerous for public office to him. A letter's printed in the press that says Alexander said awful things about him, including a "still more despicable" thing it doesn't reveal. Aaron writes an angry letter inquiring as to what this, and Alexander thinks it's too vague a request. They exchange more angry letters and end up dueling. Aaron remembers better times with Alexander, the things he said to James Monroe to talk him out of dueling Alexander, his promise to himself to not kill Alexander, and that Alexander was his best friend. He decides not to shoot, but his hair-trigger gun goes off anyways.
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The morning of the duel, Aaron rereads the pamphlet he thinks Alexander wrote, and remembers more positive times with Alexander. "I’ll fight so that you can be free, Mister Burr, sir," Alexander comforting him about not being able to hold Theodosia and saying he'd swap lives with Aaron to ease his burden as the Seer if he could, and especially the moments right before they almost kissed. He goes to the dueling ground, where he thinks on what he said would follow Alexander's death when he talked Monroe out of dueling, and his feeling Alexander betrayed him by publishing his fears in the paper to hurt his gubernatorial campaign. As the count to ten reaches nine, Aaron blinks and sees what he saw right after his chapter 1 death vision of Alexander was over. He thinks he's the one thing in life he can control, that Alexander was his closest friend, and decides not to shoot Alexander. He lowers his gun, but it has a hair-trigger and goes off anyways.
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The morning of the duel, Aaron rereads the pamphlet he thinks Alexander wrote, and remembers more positive times with Alexander. "I’ll fight so that you can be free, Mister Burr, sir," Alexander comforting him about not being able to hold Theodosia and saying he'd swap lives with Aaron to ease his burden as the Seer if he could, and especially the moments right before they almost kissed. He goes to the dueling ground, where he thinks on what he said would follow Alexander's death when he talked Monroe out of dueling, and his feeling Alexander betrayed him by publishing his fears in the paper to hurt his gubernatorial campaign. As the count to ten reaches nine, Aaron blinks and sees what he saw right after his chapter 1 death vision of Alexander was over. He thinks he's the one thing in life he can control, that Alexander was his closest friend, and decides not to shoot Alexander. He lowers his gun, but it has a hair-trigger and goes off anyways.
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Summary: Jefferson cuts Aaron out of party politics for not stepping down, so he runs for governor of New York. He ignores political accusations until the pamphlet that exposes his power and accuses him of abusing public trust to gain power and lying knowing nobody could contradict him. He thinks Alexander wrote it since he confided his power's specifics and fear he was too dangerous for public office to him. A letter's printed in the press that says Alexander said awful things about him, including a "still more despicable" thing it doesn't reveal. Aaron writes an angry letter inquiring as to what this, and Alexander thinks it's too vague a request. They exchange more angry letters and end up dueling. Aaron remembers better times with Alexander, the things he said to James Monroe to talk him out of dueling Alexander, that he's the one thing in life he can control and Alexander was his best friend, and decides not to shoot. His gun goes off anyways.
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Summary: Jefferson cuts Aaron out of party politics for not stepping down, so he runs for governor of New York. He ignores political accusations until the pamphlet that exposes his power and accuses him of abusing public trust to gain power and lying knowing nobody could contradict him. He thinks Alexander wrote it since he confided his power's specifics and fear he was too dangerous for public office to him. A letter's printed in the press that says Alexander said awful things about him, including a "still more despicable" thing it doesn't reveal. Aaron writes an angry letter inquiring as to what this, and Alexander thinks it's too vague a request. They exchange more angry letters and end up dueling. Aaron remembers better times with Alexander, the things he said to James Monroe to talk him out of dueling Alexander, his promise to himself to not kill Alexander, and that he's the one thing in life he can control and Alexander was his best friend, and friend. He decides not to shoot. His shoot, but his hair-trigger gun goes off anyways.
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The morning of the duel, Aaron rereads the pamphlet he thinks Alexander wrote, and remembers more positive times with Alexander. "I’ll fight so that you can be free, Mister Burr, sir," Alexander comforting him about not being able to hold Theodosia and saying he'd swap lives with Aaron to ease his burden as the Seer if he could, and especially the moments right before they almost kissed. He goes to the dueling ground, where he thinks on what he said would follow Alexander's death when he talked Monroe out of dueling, and his feeling Alexander betrayed him by publishing his fears in the paper to hurt his gubernatorial campaign. As the count to ten reaches nine, Aaron blinks and sees what he saw right after his chapter 1 death vision of Alexander was over. He thinks he's the one thing in life he can control, that Alexander was his closest friend, and decides not to shoot Alexander. He lowers his gun, but it goes off anyways.
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The morning of the duel, Aaron rereads the pamphlet he thinks Alexander wrote, and remembers more positive times with Alexander. "I’ll fight so that you can be free, Mister Burr, sir," Alexander comforting him about not being able to hold Theodosia and saying he'd swap lives with Aaron to ease his burden as the Seer if he could, and especially the moments right before they almost kissed. He goes to the dueling ground, where he thinks on what he said would follow Alexander's death when he talked Monroe out of dueling, and his feeling Alexander betrayed him by publishing his fears in the paper to hurt his gubernatorial campaign. As the count to ten reaches nine, Aaron blinks and sees what he saw right after his chapter 1 death vision of Alexander was over. He thinks he's the one thing in life he can control, that Alexander was his closest friend, and decides not to shoot Alexander. He lowers his gun, but it has a hair-trigger and goes off anyways.
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Summary: Jefferson cuts Aaron out of party politics for not stepping down, so he runs for governor of New York. He ignores political accusations until the pamphlet that exposes his power and accuses him of abusing public trust to gain power and lying knowing nobody could contradict him. He thinks Alexander wrote it since he confided his power's specifics and fear he was too dangerous for public office to him. A letter's printed in the press that says Alexander said awful things about him, including a "still more despicable" thing it doesn't reveal. Aaron writes an angry letter inquiring as to what this, and Alexander thinks it's too vague a request. They exchange more angry letters and end up dueling. Aaron remembers better times with Alexander, the things he said to James Monroe to talk him out of dueling Alexander, remembers he's the one thing in life he can control and Alexander was his best friend, and decides not to shoot. His gun goes off anyways.
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Summary: Jefferson cuts Aaron out of party politics for not stepping down, so he runs for governor of New York. He ignores political accusations until the pamphlet that exposes his power and accuses him of abusing public trust to gain power and lying knowing nobody could contradict him. He thinks Alexander wrote it since he confided his power's specifics and fear he was too dangerous for public office to him. A letter's printed in the press that says Alexander said awful things about him, including a "still more despicable" thing it doesn't reveal. Aaron writes an angry letter inquiring as to what this, and Alexander thinks it's too vague a request. They exchange more angry letters and end up dueling. Aaron remembers better times with Alexander, the things he said to James Monroe to talk him out of dueling Alexander, remembers that he's the one thing in life he can control and Alexander was his best friend, and decides not to shoot. His gun goes off anyways.
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TL;DR: Alexander exposes Aaron's power and accuses him of lying knowing nobody could contradict him, and abusing public trust to gain power. They exchange angry letters and duel. Aaron decides not to shoot Alexander after all, but his gun goes off anyways.
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TL;DR: Aaron thinks Alexander exposes Aaron's wrote a pamphlet exposing his power, and accusing him of abusing public trust to gain power and accuses him of lying knowing nobody could contradict him, and abusing public trust to gain power.him. They exchange angry letters and duel. Aaron decides not to shoot Alexander after all, but his gun goes off anyways.
Summary: Jefferson cuts Aaron out of party politics for not stepping down, so he runs for governor of New York. He ignores political accusations until the pamphlet that exposes his power and accuses him of abusing public trust to gain power and lying knowing nobody could contradict him. He thinks Alexander wrote it since he confided his power's specifics and fear he was too dangerous for public office to him. A letter's printed in the press that says Alexander said awful things about him, including a "still more despicable" thing it doesn't reveal. Aaron writes an angry letter inquiring as to what this, and Alexander thinks it's too vague a request. They exchange more angry letters and end up dueling. Aaron remembers better times with Alexander, the things he said to James Monroe to talk him out of dueling Alexander, remembers he's the one thing in life he can control and Alexander was his best friend, and decides not to shoot. His gun goes off anyways.
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Jefferson is scared the Federalists have too much power because of the judicial branch, so he tries to impeach Justice Samuel Chase and Aaron has to preside over the impeachment trial. He also cuts Aaron out of party politics in return for not stepping down and giving him the presidency, so Aaron runs for governor of New York State. He ignores political mudslinging, even from Alexander, until one pamphlet. He previously confided in Alexander what his power was and that he feared any campaign he mounted would be an abuse of power since nobody could verify he was lying; this pamphlet accuses him of lying knowing nobody could contradict him and abusing public trust to gain power, says any campaign he runs will be built on lies, and exposes his exact power to see peoples' deaths once he touches their skin. He feels betrayed, thinking Alexander wrote it. After a letter from Dr. Charles D. Cooper to Philip Schuyler is printed in the press and he loses the election for governor, he writes the letters that lead to the duel.
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Jefferson is scared the Federalists have too much power because of the judicial branch, so he tries to impeach Justice Samuel Chase and Aaron has to preside over the impeachment trial. He also cuts Aaron out of party politics in return for not stepping down and giving him the presidency, so Aaron runs for governor of New York State. He ignores political mudslinging, even from Alexander, until one pamphlet. He previously confided in Alexander what his power was and that he feared any campaign he mounted would be an abuse of power since nobody could verify he was lying; this pamphlet accuses him of lying knowing nobody could contradict him and abusing public trust to gain power, says any campaign he runs will be built on lies, and exposes his exact power to see peoples' deaths once he touches their skin. He feels betrayed, thinking Alexander wrote it. After a letter from Dr. Charles D. Cooper to Philip Schuyler is printed in the press that he thinks is a taunt from Alexander, and he loses the election for governor, he writes the letters that lead to the duel.
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Jefferson cuts Aaron out of party politics in return for not stepping down, so he runs for governor of New York State. He ignores political mudslinging, even from Alexander, until one pamphlet. He previously confided in Alexander what his power was and that he feared any campaign he mounted would be an abuse of power since nobody could verify he was lying; this pamphlet accuses him of lying knowing nobody could contradict him and abusing public trust to gain power, says any campaign he runs will be built on lies, and exposes his exact power to see peoples' deaths once he touches their skin. He feels betrayed, thinking Alexander wrote it. After a letter from Dr. Charles D. Cooper to Philip Schuyler is printed in the press and he loses the election for governor, he writes the letters that lead to the duel.
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Jefferson is scared the Federalists have too much power because of the judicial branch, so he tries to impeach Justice Samuel Chase and Aaron has to preside over the impeachment trial. He also cuts Aaron out of party politics in return for not stepping down, down and giving him the presidency, so he Aaron runs for governor of New York State. He ignores political mudslinging, even from Alexander, until one pamphlet. He previously confided in Alexander what his power was and that he feared any campaign he mounted would be an abuse of power since nobody could verify he was lying; this pamphlet accuses him of lying knowing nobody could contradict him and abusing public trust to gain power, says any campaign he runs will be built on lies, and exposes his exact power to see peoples' deaths once he touches their skin. He feels betrayed, thinking Alexander wrote it. After a letter from Dr. Charles D. Cooper to Philip Schuyler is printed in the press and he loses the election for governor, he writes the letters that lead to the duel.
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* TheStationsOfTheCanon: Jefferson changes things so President and Vice President run on the same ticket in the wake of winning against Aaron after tying many times, Aaron and Alexander write nasty letters signed "I have the honor to be your obedient servant," Alexander and Aaron decide to duel and show up at dawn, the doctor turns around so he can have deniability, Aaron notices Alexander is wearing his glasses, Alexander aims his pistol at the sky, and Aaron's gun goes off.
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Jefferson cuts Aaron out of party politics in return for not stepping down, so he runs for governor of New York State. He ignores political mudslinging, even from Alexander, until one pamphlet. He previously confided in Alexander what his power was and that he feared any campaign he mounted would be an abuse of power since nobody could verify he was lying; this pamphlet accuses him of lying knowing nobody could contradict him and abusing public trust to gain power, says any campaign he runs will be built on lies, and exposes his exact power to see peoples' deaths once he touches their skin. He feels betrayed, thinking Alexander wrote it. After a letter from Dr. Charles D. Cooper to Philip Schuyler is printed in the press and he loses the election for governor, he writes the letters that lead to the duel.
Cooper's letter says Alexander thinks Aaron is dangerous and shouldn't be trusted in government, and that Cooper ''could'' include a "still more despicable" thing Alexander thinks about Aaron but doesn't actually do it. Aaron wants to know what this "still more despicable" thing is, or for Alexander to deny saying anything that would give Cooper cause to write of how poorly Alexander thinks of Aaron. Alexander writes the "still more despicable" thing is too vague for him to admit to or deny, since Cooper gives no details as to what this thing is that would identify it like when he said it or who to, it could be anything from just barely worse than what he's already said to horrible, and it doesn't matter anyways because maybe Alexander said something that's acceptable between political opponents and Cooper inferred an incorrect meaning and writes of that instead of Alexander's true meaning, and Cooper already thinks Alexander feels Aaron is "despicable" and that should be enraging enough on its own. Aaron replies that political opposition is no excuse for extreme rudeness and it's common sense what he means, whether he's said anything offending Aaron's honor, no need for semantic arguments like the ones presented in Alexander's letter. Alexander scolds Aaron for not taking the out Alexander gave him for Aaron's first overly-demanding letter, that whatever Alexander said about Aaron he stands by it, and Aaron's grievance is legitimate. Then they start the proceedings to duel.
The morning of the duel, Aaron rereads the pamphlet he thinks Alexander wrote, and remembers more positive times with Alexander. "I’ll fight so that you can be free, Mister Burr, sir," Alexander comforting him about not being able to hold Theodosia and saying he'd swap lives with Aaron to ease his burden as the Seer if he could, and especially the moments right before they almost kissed. He goes to the dueling ground, where he thinks on what he said would follow Alexander's death when he talked Monroe out of dueling, and his feeling Alexander betrayed him by publishing his fears in the paper to hurt his gubernatorial campaign. As the count to ten reaches nine, Aaron blinks and sees what he saw right after his chapter 1 death vision of Alexander was over. He thinks he's the one thing in life he can control, that Alexander was his closest friend, and decides not to shoot Alexander. He lowers his gun, but it goes off anyways.
Cooper's letter says Alexander thinks Aaron is dangerous and shouldn't be trusted in government, and that Cooper ''could'' include a "still more despicable" thing Alexander thinks about Aaron but doesn't actually do it. Aaron wants to know what this "still more despicable" thing is, or for Alexander to deny saying anything that would give Cooper cause to write of how poorly Alexander thinks of Aaron. Alexander writes the "still more despicable" thing is too vague for him to admit to or deny, since Cooper gives no details as to what this thing is that would identify it like when he said it or who to, it could be anything from just barely worse than what he's already said to horrible, and it doesn't matter anyways because maybe Alexander said something that's acceptable between political opponents and Cooper inferred an incorrect meaning and writes of that instead of Alexander's true meaning, and Cooper already thinks Alexander feels Aaron is "despicable" and that should be enraging enough on its own. Aaron replies that political opposition is no excuse for extreme rudeness and it's common sense what he means, whether he's said anything offending Aaron's honor, no need for semantic arguments like the ones presented in Alexander's letter. Alexander scolds Aaron for not taking the out Alexander gave him for Aaron's first overly-demanding letter, that whatever Alexander said about Aaron he stands by it, and Aaron's grievance is legitimate. Then they start the proceedings to duel.
The morning of the duel, Aaron rereads the pamphlet he thinks Alexander wrote, and remembers more positive times with Alexander. "I’ll fight so that you can be free, Mister Burr, sir," Alexander comforting him about not being able to hold Theodosia and saying he'd swap lives with Aaron to ease his burden as the Seer if he could, and especially the moments right before they almost kissed. He goes to the dueling ground, where he thinks on what he said would follow Alexander's death when he talked Monroe out of dueling, and his feeling Alexander betrayed him by publishing his fears in the paper to hurt his gubernatorial campaign. As the count to ten reaches nine, Aaron blinks and sees what he saw right after his chapter 1 death vision of Alexander was over. He thinks he's the one thing in life he can control, that Alexander was his closest friend, and decides not to shoot Alexander. He lowers his gun, but it goes off anyways.
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* AdaptationalExpansion: On the letters from the lead-up to the duel. In history and the fic, a Dr. Charles D. Cooper writes of mean things Alexander said, and that he ''could'' include a "still more despicable" thing Alexander thinks about Aaron but doesn't actually do it. This letter gets published. Aaron wants to know what this "still more despicable" thing is, or for Alexander to deny saying anything that would give Cooper cause to write of how poorly Alexander thinks of Aaron. Alexander says "still more despicable" is too vague for him to respond to for various reasons, and that it doesn't matter anyways because Cooper already thinks Alexander feels Aaron is "despicable" and that should be enraging enough on its own. The musical does have an allusion to this, with Aaron saying "if you've got something to say" and Alexander saying "Even if I said what you think I said," implying Aaron thinks Alexander said something bad about him that he doesn't know the specifics of that Alexander won't reveal, but it doesn't clearly indicate the Cooper letter unless one already knows about it. It focuses much more on the known mean things Alexander said than the "still more despicable" thing he said.
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* AdaptationalExpansion: Overlaps with ShownTheirWork. On the letters from the lead-up to the duel. In history and the fic, a Dr. Charles D. Cooper writes of mean things Alexander said, and that he ''could'' include a "still more despicable" thing Alexander thinks about Aaron but doesn't actually do it. This letter gets published. Aaron wants to know what this "still more despicable" thing is, or for Alexander to deny saying anything that would give Cooper cause to write of how poorly Alexander thinks of Aaron. Alexander says "still more despicable" is too vague for him to respond to for various reasons, and that it doesn't matter anyways because Cooper already thinks Alexander feels Aaron is "despicable" and that should be enraging enough on its own. The musical does have an allusion to this, with Aaron saying "if you've got something to say" and Alexander saying "Even if I said what you think I said," implying Aaron thinks Alexander said something bad about him that he doesn't know the specifics of that Alexander won't reveal, but it doesn't clearly indicate the Cooper letter unless one already knows about it. It focuses much more on the known mean things Alexander said than the "still more despicable" thing he said.
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** The letters between Aaron and Alexander before the duel are modified versions of the actual letters, and include more detail than the musical's modified versions of the letters in "Your Obedient Servant."
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** The letters between Aaron and Alexander before the duel are modified versions of the actual letters, and include more detail than the musical's modified versions of the letters in "Your Obedient Servant."Servant," especially the parts about what a published letter by a Dr. Cooper said, which was totally omitted from the musical and elaborated upon in AdaptationalExpansion.
** The real Alexander and Aaron didn't just duel after the Election of 1800 as the musical implies. Both the real and fic version of Aaron Burr think Alexander said negative things about him in the press during his campaign for governor in 1804, prior to their duel.
** The real Alexander and Aaron didn't just duel after the Election of 1800 as the musical implies. Both the real and fic version of Aaron Burr think Alexander said negative things about him in the press during his campaign for governor in 1804, prior to their duel.
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* Foreshadowing: [[spoiler:Previously, Aaron's fate after dueling Alexander was foreshadowed when he outlined consequences of killing Alexander to James Monroe to talk Monroe out of dueling Alexander. In this chapter, the things he said to Monroe come back again, as things he remembers. They're still a good outline of what happens to him in real life and in chapter 6 after killing Alexander.]]
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* Foreshadowing: {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Previously, Aaron's fate after dueling Alexander was foreshadowed when he outlined consequences of killing Alexander to James Monroe to talk Monroe out of dueling Alexander. In this chapter, the things he said to Monroe come back again, as things he remembers. They're still a good outline of what happens to him in real life and in chapter 6 after killing Alexander.]]
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* AdaptedOut: Inverted. The fic has Aaron think "Just apologize, we have worthier pursuits" from "Ten Things One Thing," which eventually got replaced with "This man has poisoned my political pursuits" as "Ten Things One Thing" as the song went through more drafts and became "The World Was Wide Enough." An old lyric, no longer used, was reused in this fic.
* Foreshadowing: [[spoiler:Previously, Aaron's fate after dueling Alexander was foreshadowed when he outlined consequences of killing Alexander to James Monroe to talk Monroe out of dueling Alexander. In this chapter, the things he said to Monroe come back again, as things he remembers. They're still a good outline of what happens to him in real life and in chapter 6 after killing Alexander.]]
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* MeaningfulEcho: In "What'd I Miss," there's a lyric "Every American experiment sets a precedent," which is echoed here when Aaron presides over Justice Samuel Chase's impeachment trial, "he sets the precedent." According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, this precedent is the independence of the federal judiciary, with federal judges trying to avoid seeming partisan and people not impeaching federal judges on partisanship anymore but on legal or ethical misconduct.
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* MeaningfulEcho: IronicEcho: The morning of the duel between Aaron and Alexander, when their relationship is at its lowest, Aaron remembers more positive moments, specifically romantically-charged moments between him and Alexander in chapter 3, and the exact quotes Alexander said to him, "You're like poetry" and "The world wouldn’t be the same without you, my world wouldn’t be the same without you."
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** In "What'd I Miss," there's a lyric "Every American experiment sets a precedent," which is echoed here when Aaron presides over Justice Samuel Chase's impeachment trial, "he sets the precedent." According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, this precedent is the independence of the federal judiciary, with federal judges trying to avoid seeming partisan and people not impeaching federal judges on partisanship anymore but on legal or ethicalmisconduct. misconduct.
** In chapter 3, Aaron reflects that "Hamilton doesn’t hesitate, he exhibits no restraint, he takes and he takes and he takes... If there’s a reason that Aaron kills him, well, it’s far beyond what Aaron has the capacity to imagine." In this chapter, Aaron understands for the first time why he may want to shoot Alexander, and thinks "Hamilton never hesitated, never hesitates—he exhibits no restraint, he takes and he takes and he takes and he’s taken all that Aaron has to give. Aaron is hollow. He’s imagined this day so many times that it feels like he’s just going through the motions." The reflections on Alexander's nature are the same, but he is no longer unable to conceive of why he'd shoot him, and Aaron's thoughts aren't full of concern and positive feelings for him anymore.
** As Aaron waits to be given a pistol at the duel, he remembers "because there will be a trial, oh, yes, a full murder trial following Alexander Hamilton’s death" from chapter 4, when he said that exact phrase to James Monroe to talk him out of dueling Alexander, and as Aaron notices Alexander aim at the sky he remembers the rest of what he said to Monroe: "it’ll destroy all of his political prospects, his allies will desert him, he’ll be accused of treason, he’ll be sent into exile, he will die alone, cursed, cursing his own existence." He's now thinking of his warning to Monroe and how it might apply to himself if he shoots and kills Alexander.
** "I am the one thing in life I can control" from chapter 3 comes back. It was used there when trying to avoid giving into letting Alexander kiss him, and more relevantly, when promising himself he would choose not to shoot Alexander. From the same chapter, he also thinks Alexander is the "closest, dearest friend he has." Now, he's in the duel with Alexander, again thinking "I am the one thing in life I can control," and then remembers Alexander is the "closest, dearest friend he had." Then he chooses not to shoot, keeping his promise to himself. Too bad the gun goes off anyways.
** When the count to ten that counts out when people are allowed to fire in the duel reaches nine, Aaron "blinks, and for a moment all he sees is a young, innocent Alexander, grinning and pumping his hand up and down, staring at Aaron like Aaron's just made his whole day." This quote is nearly an exact copy of what happens in chapter 1 after his vision of Alexander's death finishes, except the blink ''ends'' the vision of death in chapter 1, and here a blink begins his vision of the young Alexander.[[note]]Aaron has the vision, "and then it all fades, Aaron blinks, and the young, innocent Alexander is grinning and pumping his hand up and down in the cold, dreary night, staring at Aaron like Aaron’s just made his whole day."[[/note]]
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** In "What'd I Miss," there's a lyric "Every American experiment sets a precedent," which is echoed here when Aaron presides over Justice Samuel Chase's impeachment trial, "he sets the precedent." According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, this precedent is the independence of the federal judiciary, with federal judges trying to avoid seeming partisan and people not impeaching federal judges on partisanship anymore but on legal or ethical
** In chapter 3, Aaron reflects that "Hamilton doesn’t hesitate, he exhibits no restraint, he takes and he takes and he takes... If there’s a reason that Aaron kills him, well, it’s far beyond what Aaron has the capacity to imagine." In this chapter, Aaron understands for the first time why he may want to shoot Alexander, and thinks "Hamilton never hesitated, never hesitates—he exhibits no restraint, he takes and he takes and he takes and he’s taken all that Aaron has to give. Aaron is hollow. He’s imagined this day so many times that it feels like he’s just going through the motions." The reflections on Alexander's nature are the same, but he is no longer unable to conceive of why he'd shoot him, and Aaron's thoughts aren't full of concern and positive feelings for him anymore.
** As Aaron waits to be given a pistol at the duel, he remembers "because there will be a trial, oh, yes, a full murder trial following Alexander Hamilton’s death" from chapter 4, when he said that exact phrase to James Monroe to talk him out of dueling Alexander, and as Aaron notices Alexander aim at the sky he remembers the rest of what he said to Monroe: "it’ll destroy all of his political prospects, his allies will desert him, he’ll be accused of treason, he’ll be sent into exile, he will die alone, cursed, cursing his own existence." He's now thinking of his warning to Monroe and how it might apply to himself if he shoots and kills Alexander.
** "I am the one thing in life I can control" from chapter 3 comes back. It was used there when trying to avoid giving into letting Alexander kiss him, and more relevantly, when promising himself he would choose not to shoot Alexander. From the same chapter, he also thinks Alexander is the "closest, dearest friend he has." Now, he's in the duel with Alexander, again thinking "I am the one thing in life I can control," and then remembers Alexander is the "closest, dearest friend he had." Then he chooses not to shoot, keeping his promise to himself. Too bad the gun goes off anyways.
** When the count to ten that counts out when people are allowed to fire in the duel reaches nine, Aaron "blinks, and for a moment all he sees is a young, innocent Alexander, grinning and pumping his hand up and down, staring at Aaron like Aaron's just made his whole day." This quote is nearly an exact copy of what happens in chapter 1 after his vision of Alexander's death finishes, except the blink ''ends'' the vision of death in chapter 1, and here a blink begins his vision of the young Alexander.[[note]]Aaron has the vision, "and then it all fades, Aaron blinks, and the young, innocent Alexander is grinning and pumping his hand up and down in the cold, dreary night, staring at Aaron like Aaron’s just made his whole day."[[/note]]
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* AdaptationalExpansion: On the letters from the lead-up to the duel. In history and the fic, a Dr. Charles D. Cooper writes of mean things Alexander said, and that he ''could'' include a "still more despicable" thing Alexander thinks about Aaron but doesn't actually do it. This letter gets published. Aaron wants to know what this "still more despicable" thing is, or for Alexander to deny saying anything that would give Cooper cause to write of how poorly Alexander thinks of Aaron. Alexander says "still more despicable" is too vague for him to respond to for various reasons, and that it doesn't matter anyways because Cooper already thinks Alexander feels Aaron is "despicable" and that should be enraging enough on its own. The rest follows the musical disagreement: Aaron wants him to stop using semantics to avoid answering the accusation, and Alexander decides whatever he said was probably true anyways. Then they duel. The musical does have an allusion to this, with Aaron saying "if you've got something to say" and Alexander saying "Even if I said what you think I said," implying Aaron thinks Alexander said something bad about him that he doesn't know the specifics of that Alexander won't reveal, but it doesn't clearly indicate the Cooper letter unless one already knows about it. It focuses much more on the known mean things Alexander said than the "still more despicable" thing he said.
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* AdaptationalExpansion: On the letters from the lead-up to the duel. In history and the fic, a Dr. Charles D. Cooper writes of mean things Alexander said, and that he ''could'' include a "still more despicable" thing Alexander thinks about Aaron but doesn't actually do it. This letter gets published. Aaron wants to know what this "still more despicable" thing is, or for Alexander to deny saying anything that would give Cooper cause to write of how poorly Alexander thinks of Aaron. Alexander says "still more despicable" is too vague for him to respond to for various reasons, and that it doesn't matter anyways because Cooper already thinks Alexander feels Aaron is "despicable" and that should be enraging enough on its own. The rest follows the musical disagreement: Aaron wants him to stop using semantics to avoid answering the accusation, and Alexander decides whatever he said was probably true anyways. Then they duel. The musical does have an allusion to this, with Aaron saying "if you've got something to say" and Alexander saying "Even if I said what you think I said," implying Aaron thinks Alexander said something bad about him that he doesn't know the specifics of that Alexander won't reveal, but it doesn't clearly indicate the Cooper letter unless one already knows about it. It focuses much more on the known mean things Alexander said than the "still more despicable" thing he said.
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!! "the honor to be" contains examples of: %%AccidentalMurder and IJustShotMarvinInTheFace is not a trope from this episode.chapter. We never find out Alexander actually got shot and died until the next chapter. Until you read that chapter, this one still leaves the chance Aaron misfired. Even with his Seer foreknowledge, there's still the chance his intent not to kill Hamilton made a difference in that he decides not to kill and even when the gun goes off he wasn't pointing the gun straight at Hamilton.
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* AdaptationalExpansion: On the letters from the lead-up to the duel. In history and the fic, a Dr. Charles D. Cooper writes of mean things Alexander said, and that he ''could'' include a "still more despicable" thing Alexander thinks about Aaron but doesn't actually do it. This letter gets published. Aaron wants to know what this "still more despicable" thing is, or for Alexander to deny saying anything that would give Cooper cause to write of how poorly Alexander thinks of Aaron. Alexander says "still more despicable" is too vague for him to respond to for various reasons, and that it doesn't matter anyways because Cooper already thinks Alexander feels Aaron is "despicable" and that should be enraging enough on its own. The rest follows the musical disagreement: Aaron wants him to stop using semantics to avoid answering the accusation, and Alexander decides whatever he said was probably true anyways. Then they duel. The musical does have an allusion to this, with Aaron saying "if you've got something to say" and Alexander saying "Even if I said what you think I said," implying Aaron thinks Alexander said something bad about him that he doesn't know the specifics of that Alexander won't reveal, but it doesn't clearly indicate the Cooper letter unless one already knows about it. It focuses much more on the known mean things Alexander said than the "still more despicable" thing he said.
* AdaptationalExpansion: On the letters from the lead-up to the duel. In history and the fic, a Dr. Charles D. Cooper writes of mean things Alexander said, and that he ''could'' include a "still more despicable" thing Alexander thinks about Aaron but doesn't actually do it. This letter gets published. Aaron wants to know what this "still more despicable" thing is, or for Alexander to deny saying anything that would give Cooper cause to write of how poorly Alexander thinks of Aaron. Alexander says "still more despicable" is too vague for him to respond to for various reasons, and that it doesn't matter anyways because Cooper already thinks Alexander feels Aaron is "despicable" and that should be enraging enough on its own. The rest follows the musical disagreement: Aaron wants him to stop using semantics to avoid answering the accusation, and Alexander decides whatever he said was probably true anyways. Then they duel. The musical does have an allusion to this, with Aaron saying "if you've got something to say" and Alexander saying "Even if I said what you think I said," implying Aaron thinks Alexander said something bad about him that he doesn't know the specifics of that Alexander won't reveal, but it doesn't clearly indicate the Cooper letter unless one already knows about it. It focuses much more on the known mean things Alexander said than the "still more despicable" thing he said.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: To stay true to the musical, Thomas Jefferson runs for a second presidential term with James Madison as his Vice President, unlike real history where his second-term Vice President was George Clinton.
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** To stay true to the musical, Thomas Jefferson runs for a second presidential term with James Madison as his Vice President, unlike real history where his second-term Vice President was GeorgeClinton.Clinton.
** In real life, Aaron Burr duels Alexander Hamilton in 1804 and presides over Samuel Chase's impeachment trial which starts and ends in 1805. In the fic, the events are reversed, with the trial starting first and the duel happening second, although the trial still concludes after the duel.
** To stay true to the musical, Thomas Jefferson runs for a second presidential term with James Madison as his Vice President, unlike real history where his second-term Vice President was George
** In real life, Aaron Burr duels Alexander Hamilton in 1804 and presides over Samuel Chase's impeachment trial which starts and ends in 1805. In the fic, the events are reversed, with the trial starting first and the duel happening second, although the trial still concludes after the duel.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: To stay true to the musical, Thomas Jefferson runs for a second presidential term with James Madison as his Vice President, unlike real history where his second-term Vice President was George Clinton.
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* MeaningfulEcho: In "What'd I Miss," there's a lyric "Every American experiment sets a precedent," which is echoed here when Aaron presides over Justice Samuel Chase's impeachment trial, "he sets the precedent." According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, this precedent is the independence of the federal judiciary, with federal judges trying to avoid seeming partisan and people not impeaching federal judges on partisanship anymore but on legal or ethical misconduct.
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** After Aaron Burr's first term as Vice President, he runs for governor of New York, which happened in real life but wasn't shown in the musical.
** Most of the section about the political mudslinging against Aaron, and all of it in the paragraph with "A Young German," is sourced from historian Ron Chernow's ''Alexander Hamilton''.
** After Aaron Burr's first term as Vice President, he runs for governor of New York, which happened in real life but wasn't shown in the musical.
** Most of the section about the political mudslinging against Aaron, and all of it in the paragraph with "A Young German," is sourced from historian Ron Chernow's ''Alexander Hamilton''.
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* RealEventFictionalCause: "The Liar, Caught in His Own Toils" is a real pamphlet criticizing Aaron Burr that holds he tried to swipe the 1800 election from Thomas Jefferson. The real pamphlet did not have anything about Aaron Burr's powers to see death after touching peoples' skin, or about nobody being able to stand against his lies specifically because nobody else has visions of the future: being a Seer never played a role in accusations against Burr in real life, only in the fanfic.
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* RealEventFictionalCause: "The Liar, Caught in His Own Toils" is a real pamphlet criticizing Aaron Burr that holds he tried to swipe the 1800 election from Thomas Jefferson. The real pamphlet did not have anything about Aaron Burr's powers to see death after touching peoples' skin, or about nobody being able to stand against his lies specifically because nobody else has visions of the future: being a Seer never played a role future. Aaron confided this in accusations against Burr in real life, only Alexander Hamilton in the fanfic.fic, meaning he could have written the pamphlet or given the information to someone else, either way being attributable to the fictional cause of Aaron Burr confiding details of Seer powers to Alexander Hamilton; this is certainly not a cause behind the real "The Liar, Caught in His Own Toils."
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TL;DR: Alexander exposes Aaron's power and accuses him of lying knowing nobody could contradict him, and abusing public trust to gain power. They duel over this.exchange angry letters and duel. Aaron decides not to shoot Alexander after all, but his gun goes off anyways.
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TL;DR: Alexander exposes Aaron's power and accuses him of lying knowing nobody could contradict him, and abusing public trust to gain power. They send letters and duel. duel over this. Aaron decides not to shoot Alexander after all all, but the gun goes off anyways.
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* AllLowercaseLetters: Like every other chapter title of this fic, this chapter's title is in all lowercase letters.
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of: %%AccidentalMurder and IJustShotMarvinInTheFace is not a trope from this episode. We never find out Alexander actually got shot and died until the next chapter. Until you read that chapter, this one still leaves the chance Aaron misfired. Even with his Seer foreknowledge, there's still the chance his intent not to kill Hamilton made a difference in that he decides not to kill and even when the gun goes off he wasn't pointing the gun straight at Hamilton.
* AllLowercaseLetters: Like every other chapter title of this fic, this chapter's title is in all lowercase letters.
* AllLowercaseLetters: Like every other chapter title of this fic, this chapter's title is in all lowercase letters.
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* DuelToTheDeath: Alexander Hamilton vs. Aaron Burr.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Following the convention of naming every chapter title after a ''Hamilton'' lyric, this chapter takes its title from "I have the honor to be your obedient servant" from "Your Obedient Servant."
* TitleDrop: The chapter title is titledropped in the letters Alexander and Aaron send each other, each having "the honor to be" in the signatures of their letters. One titledrop per letter for a total of four titledrops. The longer phrase "I have the honor to be your obedient servant" that the chapter title was taken from is also titledropped three times, if one allows for abbreviating "your obedient servant" to "Your Obdt. St." Four times if one also allows the minor variation of "I have the honor to be, Sir, Your Obdt. St." instead of "I have the honor to be Your Obdt. St."
* DuelToTheDeath: Alexander Hamilton vs. Aaron Burr.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Following the convention of naming every chapter title after a ''Hamilton'' lyric, this chapter takes its title from "I have the honor to be your obedient servant" from "Your Obedient Servant."
* TitleDrop: The chapter title is titledropped in the letters Alexander and Aaron send each other, each having "the honor to be" in the signatures of their letters. One titledrop per letter for a total of four titledrops. The longer phrase "I have the honor to be your obedient servant" that the chapter title was taken from is also titledropped three times, if one allows for abbreviating "your obedient servant" to "Your Obdt. St." Four times if one also allows the minor variation of "I have the honor to be, Sir, Your Obdt. St." instead of "I have the honor to be Your Obdt. St."
