This artist gets mocked online ever since they posted the series of drawings. So you have this artist online, who drew something out of love and exploration, who tried something new and shared it with their viewers, who reinterpreted the text… Who actually did the exact same thing that Lin-Manuel Miranda did with his show. They asked the question: “What if?” “What if that cast of characters I love were modern, and young, and queer?” “What if I could see myself in this show I love?”īut any fanartist will tell you: a piece of art or writing getting out of the intended fandom is hell.

This artist honestly did the same thing that has been done countless times before: they took a piece of media they liked, and adapted it to their reality, created something out of pure love for the musical. You have a cast of beautiful people singing and interacting, and they’re charming and witty and interesting. Now, what complicates the thing, is the second level of transformation.ĭiscard the historical events, and take the show Hamilton as it is, complete in itself. So Hamilton became mainstream, and the people were quiet. But in the end, people understood that this was not supposed to be a textual, historical retelling of some facts, but an artistic creation in itself.

He discarded several historical facts, like the fact that the founding fathers were not white, or the fact that people didn’t sing in the streets.Īt first there was a major pushback, from all sides. He adapted it, following his creative vision, following what he wanted to see on stage. And he did something specific with his work, something that is usually done in fandom circles: he transformed it. So, at some point Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote a musical about Alexander Hamilton and the birth of the US. Well, they do, but only if it’s served in a certain way. The problem is, most people don’t understand transformative works of media.

Okay, so, you got this meme, right? Normal people on twitter see this image of, apparently, Thomas Jefferson, and go completely insane at the notion of someone depicting one of the founding fathers as a trans, anime crazy, former drug dealer. There is a wall of hanbdwritten text next to it, with pronouns (he/him), transgenger and bisexual flags, mention that he is a furry, obsessed with anime, a former drug dealer among other things.) She’s Black.” and a black chest binder with a pattern of Hatsune Miku’s face.

He is wearing a pink bandana, a shirt saying “I met God. (An illustration of Thomas Jefferson as played by Daveed Diggs in the musical Hamilton. It’s a piece of art by umbronydraws and quickly became a meme, and not out of respect. Ok, you’ve all probably seen this image circulating on the web.

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