Hamilton was introduced as an overworked, genderfluid, bisexual Law Major. The first post, on September 9, 2017, was the character sheet for Alexander Hamilton, captioned 'meet alexander hamildeadinside / ask him anything! more sheets coming soon.' The sheet showcased the character's design and included facts a such as nationality, gender, sexuality, pronouns, college Major, and miscellaneous information about his life and relationships within this AU. Umbrony posted art of her Modern College AU on her main account before creating the separate ask blog for the concept and had made other art imagining Hamilton characters with different gender identity and sexualities (and patterned binders). However, the backlash to ask-crammaster-ham came at a time of widespread controversy over the distinction, and lack thereof, between the canon of the musical and real world history/ RPF.įourth character sheet, for Philip Hamilton. The Hamilton musical had cast people of color to play historical figures who were white, and it was common practice within Hamilton fandom, like any fandom, to have different headcanons about characters' identities, and to diverge further in AUs. In particular, the blog's character sheets, which served as overviews introducing the AU versions of the characters, became widely circulated on the internet and mocked. The backlash was so strong that the blog was active for less than a month in September 2017. The account quickly gained attention and criticism for its depictions of characters from a musical which was based on historical events. The character designs on the blog were based on the original Broadway cast members of Hamilton, as was custom in the fandom, and their characterization was significantly different from both the musical and real history, involving changes to the personalities, ethnicities, nationalities, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. ham in a modern setting, a law major from King's College.' features minor and major recurring characters, but mainly centered around the day-to-day to life of a. Asks to the blog received responses in the form of art.īlog Description: 'always tired, livin' that coffee life. The blog was run by Umbrony (umbronydraws on Tumblr), a popular fanartist in Hamilton fandom who had also created animatics. 'Crammaster Ham,' refers to Alexander Hamilton, who in this AU is an overworked college student who is a master of cramming/last-minute studying. The premise of the blog was a Modern College Alternative Universe of the characters from the musical.

The Tumblr blog created the infamous, widely-circulated character sheet known as ' Miku Binder Thomas Jefferson', 'weeaboo drug dealer Thomas Jefferson,' or variations of other details such as the former drug dealer, former cocaine-addict, black, bisexual, transgender, furry Thomas Jefferson wearing a Hatsune Miku binder and 'I met God. 4.1 'weeaboo drug dealer Thomas Jefferson'Īsk-crammaster-ham was an Hamilton askblog that was active for a brief period in September 2017.

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