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eganeyes · 22 days

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thinking of vampires and werewolves integraded in the military clegan au im sighing in agony

werewolf!bucky vampire!buck ofc lets fall to the expected norms mainly because i am a dog coded bucky enthusiast and also as much as i think of buck as a doberman he's very much vampire coded

werewolf vampire feud being an actual and expected thing, the 100th being gunned from the beginning of the war as a trial unit to see how humans, vampires, and werewolves are able to work together. most units kind of failing at it because everyones too territorial, too much blood history, too blood-proud, and humans too cautious.

enter the 100th, always the outlier, ever the undisciplined.

officer training begins far before their assignment to the 100th, so the buckies meet each other first. born-werewolf currently lone-wolfing john bucky egan's proverbial but also quiet literal fur bristling when he firsts scents the air of his new base and zeroing on buck cleven, the vampire who's going to sleep on the bunk right next to him. millennia-old ice-cold buck cleven smelling the wet dog fur and hearing the low growls first before looking up from folding his handful of monogrammed kerchiefs to a werewolf standing by the bunk next to him, presumably assigned that bed.

buck promptly ignores the guy, which bucky doesn't take at all very kindly. john still gives the guy his name though, a week down the line, because, well, he's very pretty and very smart and very capable of putting bucky on his back.

werewolves being high in the sky is unheard of. bucky suffers through the 'trying to get closer to the moon?' jokes easily enough. no sun smiting vampires here btw, should i say they glitter like the cullens or nah. just the slightest glitter then, lets say that there's a glow when the sun hits their skin, vampires being the suns favorite child or something and when they die they return as ashes to the sun to give those vampire pilots some fear of flying too close to the sun.

complicated-relationship-with-the-moon werewolf bucky vs complicated-relationship-with-the-sun vampire buck oh the ache

but like more on the other guys because fuck clegan theyve caused me enough grief

werewolf dougie vs human blakely. sooo attached to dougley you don't understand. dougie imprinting on ev like a baby chick, scenting his clothes and his jacket and his pillows etc. blakely being sooo flustered the first time dougie actually greets him like pack—as in dougie touches his nose to the side of ev's nose, runs it to the side just before his ear, and down to his neck—face cherry red and spluttering while dougie just has the most satisfied cat-who-got-the-cream look in his face. maybe after their first successful bomb-drop practice mission? idk just obsessed with the image.

vampire duo crubbles, centuries of being together reflected on the way they're never apart on the ground. croz's diet has to be like incredibly precise and certain blood sits weirdly in his stomach so up in the air paired with the anxiety of being so close to the sun he's puking out anything that's left in his stomach. ms. jean crosby known keeper of both harry crosby and bubbles payne, only woman to keep those two in line, but nobody actually knows what she is.

another werewolf and vampire pair: hammy and brady. hammy being a werewolf disaster duo with dougie, squabbling and rucking up the base like pups, bucky having to snap at them to cut it out when he's also wagging his out-of-sight tail wanting to cause mayhem too but maybe not when some very important general is by the base yeah. brady just brings that vibes of being incredibly old and incredibly stuffy and incredibly stick-in-the-mud at first you know?? hammy first meeting his vampire pilot and scoffing because that's literally the stereotypical vampire he's shit upon pre-army. until he sees brady pilot. until his pilot manages to execute a move so beautiful he doesn't end up as a pile of burnt fur within minutes of a trial flight. until he sees john fucking brady crack a smile at him with the slight glitter of the dying sun caressing his skin. dougie, smelling this shit from literally 4 miles away groans because brother, really?

vampire!kenny stuck in the body of a 19 year old never to grow old, waiting for his passing from the sun whenever that is. very human very warm very kind rosie rosenthal easily grasping at kenny's ice-cold-yet-sun-blessed skin and sparks fly from the flat of the palm meeting rosie's and to the tips of his bronze burnt curls.

fiery human chick harding able to go toe-to-toe with wolves and vampires, mouth stretched wide the first time he has bucky egan sitting on his visitor's chair whose metabolism is working overtime trying to burn the devils piss of a hooch out of his system. meeting born-werewolf jack the next hour who's bucky's only equal in their eclectic werewolf pack—whose fur is clearly bristling from bucky grounding him but he clocks instantly that this were will be the one who will actually snap on his new boys' heels if they ever step out of line.

currently kind of obsessed with this aaaa might come back with other ships (demacon i Will love you into existence) when it hits (hopefully) probably when the bi!buck euphoria melts a bit

#mota #mota hcs #clegan #dougley #rosielemmons #hambrady #i don't actually know their shipname :((#mota vampwere au

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strongbrew-hamstery · 1 year

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There is something oh so adorable about the beep squeaks that 2wk old baby hamsters make when playing with their siblings. The #ColourKids are no exception (I can hear them now!) and I give you a wrestle between Red #Butler and #Shy Violet, interrupted by a curious but uninterested #Canary Yellow. Syrian hamster adults are strictly solitary, which makes the short time they can cohabitate with momma and siblings oh so precious. They learn a lot from their siblings and mother, and just like all baby animals do, they play! It can be difficult for us humans when we know that Syrian hamsters are solitary as adults, but they don't just come out of the womb ready to be independent. When Syrian hamster pups are born they are totally reliant on their mother for care. They are hairless, and their eyes and ears are not functional. At a week old they begin to eat some solids but still heavily nurse. By two weeks, their eyes are open and they are waddling around but still reliant on momma and siblings for food and warmth. At three weeks, momma hammy begins to wean her pups but that doesn't mean they're ready to pack their cheeks and move out. It isn't until a Syrian hamster pup is four weeks old that they can be separated from their mother. Even still, it is vitally important that they cohabitate with their same sex siblings until minimum five weeks, but six weeks is much better (unless they fall out). At six weeks old, hamster pups are ready to go to their new homes. Hamsters learn various behaviours from their mother and siblings. Nesting, burrowing, stuffing their cheeks, grooming and all sorts of other things they develop by watching momma. Their play wrestles with their siblings help teach them proper bite inhibition too. Plus, it's just fun! While it's tempting to tell someone to split their Syrians, first ask how old they are. They might be pups and your advice - while well intentioned - could actually seriously injure or kill these pups. Please do remember though adult Syrian hamsters are *strictly* solitary. Cohabitation of adult Syrians is stressful and unfair to them, and can lead to injury or death. #informative https://instagr.am/reel/CrJrNllgNkc/

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princesszeldababy · 1 year

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Things to do in your free time

Buy a coloring book and set up a blanket in the yard, throw own a good podcast and zone out..

Go to the pet store and visit all of the guinea and hammy's and say hi

Start/ Finish (if ur me) anime glass painting

Journal..

Walk the pup

Sims 3!!

Decopatch (Make ur own brats teen magazine!)

Play old games (Bratz 4Ever Diamoondz, Mario Kart, Mario Sunshine, Mario Party 5)

Watch old Brats or Barbie Movies

Mow the lawn

Clean your room

Five Below

Pack cones

To be Continued...

#helpful #life tips #adulting #useful stuff #resource #activities #tips and tricks #tips and advice #tips and techniques #tips and ideas #gamecube #ts3 simblr

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qrfit · 8 months

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Day 5 of 5 day workout week:

Finally made it to Friday! I’m exhausted. 😫 Didn’t have to get up early today, thankfully. But, my body definitely feels like it’s at day 5. Heat is starting to creep in now and this may be my last breezy feeling morning for about a week. Got out with the pup for about 15 or 20 minutes and it did feel good to get moving. Tomorrow is the start of the Big Ten season! 🙌🏽 Let’s go BLUE!

Kickboxing in the Body Shop today! (Trying that one out for a while! 😉) I didn’t feel up to using the heavier gloves, so I went with my sparring set. I really had to push through, but I got it done! Only did about 35 minutes of cardio. But, I also hit the weights for 20 minutes! I hit shoulders, bis, tris, quads, hammies, glutes…that’ll do for the week! Enjoy the long weekend! Take a break! Do we show up on Monday??! 🤔 TBD…

#fitblr #fitness #workout #cardio #cardio workout #dog walking #home gym #exercise #kickboxing #fitblog

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lilacevans · 11 months

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how many pets do u have? :o

i have 3 rn! stark, my jack russell who turns 5 in july. my tabby cat, dave, who turns 6 in september. and my budgie, juliette who has just turned 4! we’re getting our fourth, a little girl called peach— a cockapoo— at the end of july. possibly getting two if we can convince my parents to allow it as it’s their pups. we would hope to get a boy for the second and call him beaux!

i did have 5! however, poor hammy, alexi, passed in february, and our beagle x springer pup, bella, found her forever home with some else. we got her as a pup to get her out of a bad situation. she was forced to live outside in a rundown “barn” and was severely underweight. once we got her right, we was able to give her to a wonderful couple! it was very bitter sweet😭

#— lila answers #— missraion🌹#— alix 🤍#tw pet death #tw pet death mention

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eziojensenthe3rd · 7 days

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I had a sheezyart account before it went down and it was an alright site. Course the moments when it was all coming down was bad. If you dared to have an adblock active, they'd redirect you a lot to a webpage that has a massive, flashing, seizure triggering banner that read "ADBLOCK PARTY". I wasnt in the best of moods round that time this was happening since it was maybe a month or so after a funeral of my sisters best friend having "unsubbed from life", and being in the same room as her when my mother walked in and broke the news was not very good no sure. So when Sheezyart did that shit I was pissed off, not because of the adblock thing, there were "nicer" ways to ask someone to whitelist a site and this was not one of them.

Anyone recall fireball20xl? I'll give you minute to compose yourself from the brick of bad vibes i just lugged at you.

Anyway remember fireball20xl, it was a site run by a man called psyguy which hosted webcomics made by him and friends of his, among other things. They also hosted a podcast called Whachow "its like a kick in the nuts" which was one of the first podcasts i listened to regularly and had some guests such as shadyvox and lil kuriboh, with segments such as reading out nsfw fanfiction with hammy voice acting, which in hindsight was not appropriate material for someone who was attending high school at that age. One of the segments however was called Personal Fuck You's which were viewer-submitted letters of people anonymously airing grievances towards people/companies and such that pissed them off. Hence the name Personal Fuck You's.

So being me, i decided to write a personal fuck you aimed at Sheezyart and sent it to the submission email. I watched the following podcast live to see if they would read it, though the chances were slim. It got picked. It got read live on the air. Several members including Lil kuriboh read out my letter saying Fuck you to Sheezyart. That night was magical. Nowadays things are different, Psyguy was outed as an abusive, depraved, narcissist (to put it lightly). The site was shutdown and everybody not named psyguy left for much better pastures.

Im currently sitting in my old house, now my sisters house as my mother, step-father and myself moved to my grandparents house since they caught covid last year which left my grandma delerious and vulnerable and my grandfather dead. Im sitting next to a black cat whos on her tower noshing on food and a wee doby pup who is sleeping peacefully beside me on the couch. I like to think im doing pretty ok atm.

I tried seeing if my old account was still around on that site, it doesnt seem like they have it nor my email and i dont feel like making a new account. It was an alright time when it was relevant to my interests but not anymore.

Oh i also met a girl on there who i developed a crush on, whos family were antivax conspiracy nuts, who has ghost friends and was chill to talk with on deviantart. That was neat.

#sheezy art #long post #cw suicide

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fbwzoo · 3 years

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I haven't done small animal feeding much recently, but had my coworker and her kid over tonight. So they were helping me feed everyone & saying hi to them too.

And omg, Sam!! He's so much more comfortable up in the viv now, with it being on level with us & opening from the front. It makes such a difference. And he's been with us long enough now to figure out when dinner time is, and that if he comes out, he gets treats!

So he was out and they got to meet him for the first time & of course he completely charmed them. Both held him, and he was so calm even with the kid, and he even touched noses with her and about killed both of us adults. 🥺💜 They couldn't believe how soft and sweet he is.

Man we have gotten lucky with our rescue hammies so far! Such good boys.

Also other animal improvements with their second visit - Spring is more comfortable playing with the kid & had lots of fun with both her and her mom, and Shilo spent quite a bit of time in the living room or going through instead of hiding in the garage! Really happy to see such quick adjustment from both of the covid kids.

#fbw rambles #my pets #sammy hammy #springy pup #Addy was of course thrilled again #she loves kids #and played a fair amount & was so tired she didn't even climb up to give Jack good night kisses before bed #it was a very good night

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denimbxy · 6 years

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i just wanna be part of the gay gang and own a kitty

#pets the pup n hammy

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hammypup · 1 year

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Where the bestest boys end up 🥹

#rope bottom #ropebunny #bd/sm rope #bdsmaccount #bd/sm kink #ftm #gay #queer #transmasc #hammypup #hammy pup #gay hot #bi nsft #transsexual #gay cub #hairyscruffguys

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spiderdreamer-blog · 2 years

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SCOOB! (2020)

William Hanna and Joseph Barbera have a strange animation legacy when one thinks about it. On the one hand, roughly 75% of their output was cheaply animated dreck, designed to chase trends and fill airtime for advertisers. On the other hand, that remaining 25% has genuinely held on in the popular consciousness: Tom and Jerry, The Flintstones, Jonny Quest, Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Top Cat. And of course, Scooby-Doo, their biggest TV hit ever...that they proceeded to run into the ground with both endless incarnations and re-incarnations of the teen mystery format. Yet the damn thing has endured against all odds. It's still airing on TV, for one, and has an incredibly successful 23-years-and-running DTV film series. At its best, it's comfort food: a familiar formula that you know and love, but well-executed in its professionalism and still pleasantly surprising on occasion. At its worst, it's craven and opportunistic; there's a reason The Scrappy is an all-too-familiar and instantly identifiable trope. So we come to SCOOB!, the first theatrically released film in the franchise's history, a flashy CGI extravaganza that aims to launch a Hanna-Barbera Cinematic Universe. How does it stack up?

After a charming opening sequence of events reminiscent of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo where the members of Mystery Inc. meet as children, the film picks up in the present day as the group prepares to go professional with the aid of investor Simon Cowell (a very strange cameo even by this franchise's usual standards of celebrity drop-ins). But there's a snag: while he thinks Fred (Zac Efron), Daphne (Amanda Seyfried), and Velma (Gina Rodriguez) have what it takes, he's derisive of Shaggy (Will Forte) and Scooby (Frank Welker). They leave in a huff, drowning their ennui in food and bowling, but are soon attacked by robots. These turn out to be the minions of Dick Dastardly (Jason Isaacs), who wants to capture Scooby in order to unlock the Gates to the Underworld. The pair are rescued by Dee Dee Skyes (Kiersey Clemons), Blue Falcon (Mark Wahlberg), and Dynomutt (Ken Jeong). Thus the chase is on as they try to stop Dastardly's plan while the rest of Mystery Inc., feeling guilty, attempt to find their friends.

The prospect of a massive crossover party for various Hanna-Barbera properties is actually not as unique as it initially appears. The characters were rubbing shoulders and dropping in on each other as early as 1970s series like Wacky Races or Laff-A-Lympics, and as recently as series like "Mystery Incorporated" or "Jellystone". And there have been a smattering of others over the years: TV specials like The Jetsons Meet The Flinstones or Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose (Yogi's actually been the MC for a lot of them, come to think of it), the surprisingly good Tom and Jerry/Jonny Quest DTV Spy Quest (if nothing else, a fair sight better than the strange halfway-adaptations of properties like The Wizard of Oz or Willy Wonka the pair keep finding themselves in), or the truly excellent comic series Future Quest.

SCOOB! taking this route does lead to some genuine pleasures, particularly Dick Dastardly's depiction. Everything about him is first-rate. Isaacs gives a snarling, hammy, yet occasionally poignant performance, the intimidating design and snappy animation is the best in the film apart from Scooby and Dynomutt's, and there's some fun self-awareness about his supervillainy, like a great gag where he narrates a flashback that is decidedly at odds with said narration. In terms of the other HB drop-ins, while superhero-as-overexcited-manchild is a tad played out as a gag for my tastes, Wahlberg commits to the bit as well as Falcon's insecurities about measuring up to his father, and Jeong has a good snarky sidekick energy going on, with Clemons as the level-headed leader type. There's even a cameo from Captain Caveman (Tracy Morgan, casting that works better than I initially expected) on an island with Jonny Quest-style pterodactyls. If anything, this kind of smorgsabord of deep cut nerd references that guys like me who grew up on endless Cartoon Network reruns mark out for is what the film should've leaned into more. There's not really a mystery to speak of beyond Dastardly's actual motivation, which does provide the best twist in the film, and there's little sense of any kind of gothic kid-horror atmosphere after the opening; even Cerberus' villainy at the climax feels more like a kaiju battle. I suspect the sequel will lean into this more if images in the closing credits are any indicator.

Indeed, it's Mystery Inc. themselves that feel a little strange in terms of their depiction and presence, and not just because of the controversial recastings (notably, it's one of the only times Welker has not also played Fred, a role he has held onto since the series began in 1969). I have several thoughts on this, but the short version is that I think level of fame shouldn't matter as long as you're right for the role, and this franchise is no stranger to celeb appearances and recastings, but this DOES feel like a marketing move. Of the group, Shaggy and Scooby fare the best since the script is primarily focused on their dilemma of feeling inadequate. While Forte is not as good as Matthew Lillard's current performance, he makes a clear effort to replicate the character's voice and attitude accurately and has good comic timing to boot. Welker, of course, is an old hand at this, the longest-running Scooby actor since the late Don Messick, and perfectly navigates the requirements of a goofy cartoon voice having to be sincere as well as funny.

Fred, Daphne, and Velma are a little more...mixed. Part of this is the script, which separates the group for far longer than it needs to even given the central conflict. I can't help but wonder if it might have landed better had Mystery Inc. wrestled with this potential schism as a team compared to the seemingly more-put-together Falcon Force. In practice, it often leaves the other three as feeling like afterthoughts. On the vocal front, Efron is good casting for original generation clean-cut himbo Fred on paper, and he's clearly putting in more effort than his voice performance in The Lorax (perennial "fuck that movie"), but something doesn't quite gel in the end. Between him, the design, and the writing, he's too straightforwardly jocky when the ideal energy is "student council president and/or youth pastor who is more than a little obsessive and has WAY too much free time". Seyfried fares a little better as Daphne, sweet and spunky in equal measure, but I can't say I liked Rodriguez's take on Velma at all. Part of that can be blamed on the writing, which weirdly makes her the techie of the group rather than the history nerd most of the time. But her tones are too low and deadpan for a character who, yes, can be snarky, but is as bright and eager to solve mysteries and catch monsters as the rest of these idiots.

Visually, the movie is on point, with Reel FX (The Book of Life) offering a bright, 'toony look, though I quibble with the designs of Fred, Daphne, and Velma being "prettier" and more doll-like than Shaggy or Scooby; there's a slight disconnect in the 2D animated version, sure, but not usually this stark. I got a kick out of the production design too, with touches like Dastardly's ship being based on his Wacky Races vehicle or some fun cameos in an arcade. Director Tony Cervone, a longtime Warner Bros. fixture/Scooby vet, keeps things clear even when they're frenetic and has a sure hand on the comedy beats. Really, there's nothing anything WRONG with it in terms of pure construction.

But perhaps that's part of the problem. The film is simultaneously too safe and too ambitious in equal measure, hemming things into a generic family film script structure while bursting at the margins with "look at this cool thing!". As a result, it lacks the genuine grandeur of series like "Mystery Incorporated", a sense of growing up that films like Zombie Island possessed, or the freewheeling creativity of crossovers like the truly excellent Batman: The Brave and the Bold movie (it probably didn't help this film by comparison that I watched that immediately beforehand). In the end, I liked enough of it that I'll watch the sequel, which hopefully might have a better control on its various tones and characterizations.

#scoob!#scooby-doo #reviews #analysis

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strongbrew-hamstery · 1 year

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The wonderful @pawlove_arts, as always, captured an idea I had absolutely perfectly. In SBH Meadows, I have always had some hamsters I've imagined as being caretakers. Lindt as the fluffy grandpa, Arya as the maternal grandma welcoming all into her arms. #Breton I knew would be a motherly figure too. So here she is reading one of my favourite children's books to some of our hamsters who passed last year, gone too soon but always remembered. Sweet #Ace, on Bretty's left shoulder, who sadly passed in his sleep during our move. #Rupert who is eagerly looking on from the right shoulder, another hammy gone too young during the move. Then momma #Rosemary, who is snuggled in on the left with some of her babies. Rosemary survived her labour and birthed eight perfect little beans, but the cards were stacked against her. We tried to save her little ones and her but we couldn't. In the middle is my sweet #Elvis, who came down with an eye infection that infected her brain and passed before we could do anything. Lastly, snuggled on the right is my beautiful #Stirling, who birthed baby #Bonus and one stillborn pup before passing away herself. While we gave Bonus the best shot we could with Sunday, Bonus didn't survive. They're now with momma Stirling, and with their great grandma Breton in SBH Meadows. Thank you for capturing them so perfectly Pawlove. I love this image so very much, and it is absolutely stunning. Rest in peace my little ones. I know you're safe with Bretty, and they Jackums is there too to cuddle you too. Even still, I miss you. I love you my friends, until we meet once more. 💗 https://www.instagram.com/p/Co91ULIAmDu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#breton #ace #rupert #rosemary #elvis #stirling #bonus

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angelqueen04 · 3 years

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Hamliza Month, Day 18

@megpeggs @historysalt

Genderbend First Summary: Colonel Hamilton makes a new acquaintance.

Alexander marched along the snow-covered path, his shoulders hunched against the frigid air as he followed several of his fellow aides toward the local storeroom. Honestly, with every step he took he was regretting more and more his decision to purchase the voucher for these local dancing assemblies that the officers insisted on sponsoring. While he knew it was an excellent way to interact with others outside of his immediate circle of acquaintance, it was also damned cold! How many would actually show up in this kind of weather?

His mental grousing was interrupted when Tench Tilghman suddenly appeared beside him, throwing an arm around his shoulders. “Come on, Hammie, keep up!” he said cheerfully. “You lollygag far enough behind and you’ll not be found ‘til spring! And stop moping over the fact that the General wouldn’t let you run off with Laurens to play soldier in the Carolinas!”

Alexander rolled his eyes, but nonetheless quickened his pace. They were nearly there, anyway. He pointedly did not respond to Tilghman’s comment about Laurens. Yes, he missed his friend. Yes, he wished the General had let him accompany Laurens down south to fight Cornwallis. None of that was a secret.

“Besides,” Tench added, “tonight’s going to be special! I overheard Dr. Cochran talking to the General – apparently Mrs. Cochran’s niece has come to stay with them. It’s Miss Elizabeth Schuyler, direct from Albany!”

Ah. So that explained Tench’s high spirits. Alexander could recall Tench waxing poetic over the vaunted Miss Schuyler more than once over the years. He had met back in ’75 during a visit he had made to the Albany area, calling her “good-natured” and describing her “dark, lovely eyes” and how they emphasized her “good temper and benevolence”. Tench had been clearly smitten with her, and still was, it appeared. [1]

Alexander himself could not claim any acquaintance with the lady. His trip to Albany after the victory at Saratoga had included a brief visit to General Schuyler’s home, where he had hoped to gain advice on the best manner to convince General Gates to release his vicelike grip on a number of troops who were desperately needed further south, but the lady in question had not been home at the time.[2] Still, he also recalled the joke she had made to Tilghman, which the man had passed along, about how she had teased him about his “upcoming nuptials” and that she looked forward to being “a bridesmaid at his wedding”. Alexander was not entirely sure of the context of this little joke – Tilghman had not retold it very well – but from what he could tell, that did not bode well for his friend’s chances with her, if she was talking about attending his bride rather than being the bride herself.

Finally, they arrived at their destination and made their way inside. Grateful to finally be out of the cold, Alexander sought and obtained a glass of punch. Sipping it, he was surprised to discover that it wasn’t half-bad. Whoever had organized the refreshments must have gotten creative, since it was far above the swill that was normally served.

It did not take long for the music and dancing to begin. General Washington, who greatly enjoyed dancing, led the first set by stepping out with Mrs. Greene. Alexander, knowing his duty to the ladies who had come tonight, partnered with a Miss Abigail Rollins, who had in the past proved a better dancer than conversationalist. This was the first time he had seen her since the previous winter, and time had not much improved her, as she proved to be as tongue-tied as ever.

When the time came for the musicians and dancers alike to take a break, many broke into different groups, some taking the chance to reestablish acquaintances, some to discuss politics, and others simply to sit down and rest their tired feet. Alexander had thought to join the group surrounding the General – at least there he could likely be assured of some intelligent conversation – when someone calling his name through the crush caught his attention.

“Alexander! Colonel Hamilton!”

Alexander turned, and immediately brightened as a young woman, her dark hair freshly powdered, approached him, a beaming smile on her face. “Miss Livingston,” he said, suddenly feeling much cheered. He took her proffered hand and kissed it as he bowed to her. “How delightful to see that you are again come among us,” he said, feeling some measure of delight for the first time since the assembly had begun. “The room has become all the brighter from your amiable presence!”

She laughed, tapping her fan on his arm teasingly. “And you are as charming as ever, my dear friend,” she replied. “Be careful, Alexander, lest you give some poor girl the wrong idea.”

He gave her his best, most innocent expression, which only made her laugh more. As they settled into a conversation, Alexander could feel himself beginning to relax. A conversation with Kitty Livingston, a lady he had known for some years, since the days when he had boarded with her family while he attended school in Elizabethtown, was just what he needed. Someone he could engage in a conversation without undue expectations being raised.

However, he soon discovered that Kitty had other plans.

After a little time had passed, where they had asked about mutual acquaintances and her family – everyone was well – Kitty’s gaze was caught by something over her shoulder. A mischievous sparkle entered her dark eyes. “Ah, Alexander,” she said, “There is someone you should meet.”

He eyed her curiously. “And who might that be, madam?”

Kitty did not respond directly, but instead waved her hand and called, “Eliza! Here, dear, you must meet Colonel Hamilton!”

Blinking at the sudden turn in conversation, Alexander turned in the same direction Kitty was waving at. Approaching them was another young woman, dressed in a deep green silk and wool with embroidered pink flowers. Her hair powdered like Kitty’s, but not enough to entirely disguise the rich, dark color.

“Alexander,” Kitty said from his right, “please allow me to introduce my cousin, Miss Elizabeth Schuyler. Betsey, this is Colonel Alexander Hamilton, aide-de-camp to General Washington.”

Ah, so this was the lady that had so bewitched Tilghman. Taking her in, Alexander supposed he could understand the other man’s interest. While she would not be considered a conventional beauty – he imagined that most would say that Kitty was the fairer of the two ladies – there was no denying that she was still very handsome. No wispy, willowy thing, there appeared a measure of health and strength in how she carried herself. Suddenly, Alexander recalled a story Tilghman had told of Eliza climbing a steep hill to a waterfall without one bit of help, while all of the other ladies of the party had required the aid of the gentlemen to make it up the steep, slippery slope.

Her most striking feature, however, the one that caught his attention the most, was Miss Schuyler’s fine, dark eyes. They sparkled in the candlelight, and lit up her entire face as she smiled and curtsied to him. Alexander was startled to feel himself blushing a bit as he bowed in return. “Miss Schuyler,” he said, “a true pleasure.”

“Indeed, Colonel Hamilton,” Miss Schuyler responded. “I’m pleased to make your acquaintance as well. My father has spoken highly of you and your talents. He asked me to convey his best wishes to you, should we have occasion to meet.”

Alexander was startled, but pleased. He had come to like and respect General Schuyler – though now technically he was Mr. Schuyler now, serving in Congress – when they had met during Alexander’s trip to Albany. It was gratifying to be remembered by such an excellent man.

As he fell into conversation with the two ladies, he could not help but take Miss Schuyler in further. It didn’t appear that Tilghman had exaggerated her qualities. There was something warm about the lady. She did not put on airs or give herself graces, but spoke gently and kindly. While she didn’t appear to have Kitty’s razor-sharp wit, she was by no means dull or simpering either. Miss Schuyler was well-informed of the doings of Congress – something Alexander attributed to her father’s position – and was keenly interested in the plight of the soldiers. “Mrs. Washington has invited me to join her on her rounds in visiting them,” she mentioned. Her expression was open and earnest. “I hope to be useful in any way I can.”

Soon enough, the musicians retook their positions and began to play again. A young man, a major, appeared and bowed to Kitty. “Miss Livingston, I believe I have the pleasure of the next set?”

Kitty beamed. “Indeed so, Major Gibbons.” Taking his outstretched hand, she flashed a smile in both Alexander and Miss Schuyler’s direction before stepping off with the man, leaving the two of them alone.

Alexander glanced around. He did not see anyone else approaching to claim Miss Schuyler for the next dance, which surprised him. New arrivals were always a subject of much interest, and their cards would be filled up quickly. In fact, he was equally surprised that Tilghman hadn’t bounded over to her like an overexcited pup, given his earlier anticipation of her company.

“If you are not engaged, Miss Schuyler,” Alexander said impulsively, “might I induce you to join me on the floor?”

A flicker of surprise crossed her handsome features, and then she smiled at him. “I would be honored, Colonel,” she replied, her voice soft. Obligingly, he held out his hand to her, and she laid her gloved hand in his own so that he might lead her out among the other couples.

It turned out, Alexander soon discovered, that Miss Schuyler was as excellent a dancer as she was good company off of the dance floor. At end of the assembly, he had the chance to escort her out to the sleigh that would bear her back to aunt and uncle’s lodgings. He aided her into the sleigh, helping her settle into the seat next to Kitty, and then kissed her hand before stepping back.

“I have had a most enjoyable evening in your company, Miss Schuyler,” Alexander said. “I do hope we shall meet again in the near future.”

“As do I, Colonel Hamilton,” Miss Schuyler said, her smile now taking on a shy but pleased quality. She then glanced at Kitty briefly, before adding, “We were planning to go for a sleigh ride in a few days. We should be delighted if you would join us.” [3]

He bowed. “It would be my honor,” Alexander said, and was pleased to feel that he truly meant it. He found he rather liked this young lady that Kitty had introduced him to.

There was no chance to say anything else, because at that moment the driver of their sleigh flicked the whip and the horses started forward, carrying the ladies off.

As he walked back toward headquarters a short time later, Alexander found that he did not so much mind the cold as he had earlier in the evening. He felt pleasantly warm the whole way.

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[1] Tench Tilghman was very complimentary of Eliza when he described her in his diary, and it sounds as though he did indeed have something of a crush on her.

[2] This is speculation on my part. There really is no way of knowing for certain one way or the other if Eliza and Alexander first met when he visited the area after the Battle of Saratoga. It’s possible, of course, but it’s equally possible that Eliza may have been in Boston at the time, visiting Angelica. Chernow, for one, seems to believe that they did meet at this time, but he does not cite a source to back this belief up. All we really do know is that Alexander arrived in Albany in early November 1777 and did visit the Schuyler family home while in the area. But I would point out that, at this time, Angelica was pregnant with her first child (who would be born in April 1778), so it’s possible that Eliza had gone to visit and help her prepare for the birth and motherhood to come. I went with that interpretation here.

[3] Alexander Hamilton to Catharine Livingston and Elizabeth Schuyler, circa January/February 1780.

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