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the hamiltons move uptown

Hamilton in 7 Minutes || A multi-animator project

pirate au lams

Today’s prompt for the @lamssummer2026 event is the different lives/alternate professions AU! If they didn't end up becoming aides-de-camp c. 1777, I wanted to imagine them as pirates - but I also wanted it to make sense for them, so... (this went through a lot of changes lol)

Hamilton is a privateer (basically pirates, but with gov't permission), specifically the quartermaster - the captain's second-in-command, who is typically in charge of logistics, resources, and acts as the liaison and representative of the ship crew. But Hamilton's captain is greedy and targets even innocent civilians, i.e. Laurens. Meanwhile, Laurens is a merchant (I like to think he's supplying GW's forces), and when he fights back, impresses Hamilton to the point that he'd be recruited. Maybe they jump ship and start their own crew together, Stede Bonnet style.

Originally I wanted to do a parody of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, but it didn't make sense in their context, so I scrapped the idea. Special shoutout to the show Black Sails and Assassin's Creed: Black Flag for all the informative pirate inspo! Fun fact: Blackbeard did cause trouble in Charleston, SC in 1718! He made a blockade in the port and took hostages to bargain for medicine (syphilis was rampant).