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hermione_vader

Obnoxious and Disliked: I can sympathize with that.

Jul 04, 2010 15:52

Happy 4th of July!

Oh, 1776! How I love you so! The music, the characters, the clashing personalities the slash...It's just so fascinating and entertaining. I feel like it's rather underrated as a musical, which is a bit sad because it is so good. The film treats all of the characters with dignity, but it still pokes a bit of fun at them at ( Read more... )

my brain works too fast, holiday, musicals, my geek is showing, movies

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visiblemarket July 5 2010, 04:40:02 UTC

Ooooh, Mr. Adams. <3 I love 1776 too; I have the soundtrack on my other computer, I should move them over. They make me happy; "He Plays the Violin" is totally swoon worthy, and "Is Anybody There?" still gives me goosebumps.

I think Adams/Jefferson is like the one historical figures slash pairing I can't really get behind. I mean sure, they wrote letters to each other for years and were so utterly dramatic about one betraying the other and I could come up with all sorts of canonical support for how they were totes in love, but...I just love John and Abigail together so much. Such a wonderfully equal partnership between those two, given the time period. He respected her so much unlike, say, Franklin. Plus she was fantastic. But I could go John/Thomas/Abigail; I remember a trip Abigail made to Paris (I think) when they all lived together.

Also this is so completely unoriginal, but heh, I still enjoy it.

hermione_vader July 5 2010, 17:53:38 UTC

Yes! I swear, "He Plays the Violin" is the most innuendo-filled song I have ever heard. Ever. Yeah, "Is Anybody There?" is so heart-wrenching, but I love the quiet anticipation of "The Egg" as well. Also, "The eagle!" "The dove." "The turkey." is an adorable little exchange.

Oh, I really only ship them as characters in the play. I totally ship John/Abigail if we're going with historical RPS because they were totally freaking awesome. Did you ever see this PBS series called Liberty's Kids (it ran about 5 or 6 years ago)? That portrayed that relationship exceptionally well, especially for a children's show.

But I could go John/Thomas/Abigail; I remember a trip Abigail made to Paris (I think) when they all lived together.
That practically makes it canon. ;)

That was...disturbingly amusing. Hee. I loved that they used my favorite slashy moment on the stairs at the very end. I feel just a bit dirty now, though.

visiblemarket July 5 2010, 18:15:21 UTC

I love the quiet anticipation of "The Egg" as well. Also, "The eagle!" "The dove." "The turkey." is an adorable little exchange.

Aww, and Franklin did want the turkey to be the American mascot, too. That is an adorable little moment.

Oh, I really only ship them as characters in the play.

In that case I kind of like Martha Jefferson/John Adams. I don't know, their little dance moment in "He Plays the Violin" always makes me smile. I know he plays it more like he's the proud father of this lovely young woman, but I still enjoy it. (I also like the moment where she talks about how after he plays the violin they dance, and Franklin and her go dance, and Adams's is like, "But who's playing the violin?!", he seems so perplexed.)

I didn't see Liberty's Kids, but I have heard good things.

That practically makes it canon. ;)Seriously! There's some letters of hers about him (and to him, if I recall correctly), where she comes off as very big-sisterly toward him; like she wants to invite him over for dinner and make sure he stays fed. ( ... )