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thomasblanky-moved · 6 years

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before i write anything else im going to make a post about my various headcanons for the Four Boys in coac

albert:

born 12/25/1843 in clogerhead, county louth, ireland, to patrick and sallie hodgers and patrick died either before albert was born or when he was very young (this is all historical fact not a headcanon)

sallie remarried after patrick’s death and had a daughter, then later died during the famine

albert came to america when he was 14/15 after stowing away on a ship that would dock in boston. he worked there for a time before paying for passage west to work on farms and such.

joined the army in part because it offered new possibilities but also because his employer had taken a liking to him and was telling him to marry his daughter and that freaked albert out (this is an actual theory that some ppl have)

he was technically illiterate and signed all of his documents with an X (historical) though he recognized his named and some simple words

actually really liked and was good with kids, especially as he got older, even though he was kind of gruff with most people!!!

and even though he was Gruff he wasn’t necessarily unkind- historically he was well-liked by his neighbors to the point that they would bring him gifts- and was pretty much always keen to lend a helping hand when it was asked of him

for sure smoked cigars and/or a pipe and you CANNOT tell me differently

jeff:

oldest child in a big family. had five siblings, four of which made it to adulthood.

his parents are named lawrence and frances. kids in order of age: jeffrey “jeff”, lawrence “laurie”, charlotte “charlie”, anna “annie”, frances “fanny”, and nathaniel “nate”

he takes after his mom in personality and in coloring but he’s tall and lanky like his dad

actually from rockford, indiana, not rockford, illinois. when he’s talking to albert right before the scene change after bullet in a gun, he says “my daddy harkened from rockford, indiana, and met my mama in belvidere, illinois...” and in battle cry of freedom he also says that he’s from rockford. he probably spent a few years there as a child before the family moved back to belvidere some time after laurie was born but before charlie was born.

was about 20 years old when he enlisted in 1862, meaning he was born in 1842, a year and some change before albert

its kind of mentioned in battle cry of freedom but jeff was a bargeman on the great lakes & the erie canal before the war (”came from rockford, sailed the docks from michigan to albany”)

he managed his family’s farm for a time before passing it on to charlie and her husband and instead taking up a more community centric role in his wife’s family’s general store, and then he moved on to politics

wife was named elizabeth “betty” theresa ross

they had three children, in order of ages: harriet “hattie”, lawrence “laurie”, and clara. betty was closest to laurie and jeff was closest to clara.

billy:

youngest of four kids, with two older brothers and an older sister. his mom is a widow; his father died when he was about nine.

in brothers in arms he says he’s 16, and we can assume that the number was set in late 1862 or early 1863, meaning that he would have been born probably some time in 1846.

historical william middleton came from flora township, illinois, which is about ten minutes away from belvidere by car. i mention in fics that that’s where billy’s family lives; it would have taken only about two hours to walk between belvidere and flora township.

i think his actor said at one point something about billy having adhd, and though i could be wrong on this i’m also pretty partial to it

i know that i talk about how Every Single Character has freckles but like..... billy has freckles

came from a really poor family, so he can’t read well if at all, and probably never actually went to a real school. he learned his numbers and simple addition and subtraction from his mother, but other than that he didn’t have a lot in the way of education.

knew jeff before they enlisted- they come on stage during ghost boy chasing each other so its obvious that they were at least familiar- and billy was about the same age as jeff’s deceased brother laurie, so it’s possible that they met through him.

that being said he and albert bond over the fact that neither of them are literate, and also that he feels that albert is the only one who doesn’t see him as a kid

walter:

son of a freedman from texas (this is canon) and it’s implied that his family were actually of carribbean descent (he says something along these lines right before following the sound, though i can’t remember the exact words

he’s a single child and the oldest out of him, jeff, albert, and billy. probably about 21/22 upon enlistment in 1862, meaning that he was born in 1840 or 1841.

his mother is never mentioned and his father served under zachary taylor in the mexican war, which was from 1846 to 1848, meaning that walter went a few years without actually seeing his dad. after the mexican war the family moved north to illinois when it became clear that texas would no longer be a free state. he was probably about ten years old.

she had never had the strongest constitution but pregnancy and birth had been hard on walter’s mother and had left her sort of frail, which was why walter doesn’t have any other siblings. she passed away on the move from texas to illinois.

his father was arrested when walter was seventeen for being unable to provide proof that he was a free man, and walter never saw him again. by this time, walter himself was already apprenticed to a white barber who had abolitionist leanings, and who vouched for walter’s status.

historically walter would have been what was called a barber-surgeon, in that he didn’t have official medical training and was technically just a barber, but had enough knowledge to perform minor medical procedures. he didn’t enlist with knowledge on how to perform more complex procedures like amputations, but he learned from working with army medics

probably sweet-talked the recruiter for his placement, because typically regiments were segregated. historically, there were no black men in the 95th illinois.

that being said walter was a good sweet-talker. he had a pretty easy going temperament and knew how to butter people up and was good at it, but he also knew how to keep his cool in high pressure situations, which was good for him as a surgeon.

#coac #the civility of albert cashier #civility of albert cashier #this is a LONG post so i stuck it under a readmore #ref

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fearlesslyenchantedinwonderland · 6 years

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Reputation Tour - Minneapolis Night 2 - The Show

I am so extra when it comes to these types of posts so I am going to start with the concert itself (nothing before or after)

Well ok, we can start with the pre-show setlist because it was lit.

I knew that she played Tequila and Bad Reputation but I didn’t know the rest

*** disclaimer: I’ve low key been following the concerts, but I’ve mostly been following the B-stage song (and fans reactions and experiences ofc). I’ve looked at the full setlist before but I only knew the first and last song. I had a phase where I would follow along to a lot of an artist on tour and see how each show went but I actually prefer this because it’s more of a surprise, I’ll likely follow more now that I’ve had my show.

Babe, Selena, Roman Holiday, Curious. I loved when My My My came on and in my head, I was like I’d love to hear strawberries and cigarettes, and what does she do? Play it right after.

This past spring, during my last semester I had both songs on a short playlist that I would play on repeat when I was studying for tests, it got me through. The only thing about listening to them in the stadium is I realized as a college student I listened to a lot of music but I don’t necessarily know all the lyrics to songs I listened to at the time bc I was multitasking. Rip.

I loved that she played Obsessed, I thought that was hilarious, I was into that song during junior high.

Anyways now on to the concert.

I don’t even know how much I’ll have to say because I was just DANCING AND SCREAMING LYRICS most of the time, like there were certain points where I had to bring myself back to reality because I was so lost in the music that I forgot to focus on Taylor - Like that tells you that it was a D*** good show.

ok lets go song by song.

…Ready for it?

I wasn’t sure where she was going to come out but WOW WHAT AN ENTRANCE. I loved the fog and ahhhhh

I Did Something Bad

THIS SONG IS POWERFUL

I felt bad bc one of my friends really wanted to come to the show but it didn’t work out and this was the song she wanted to see the most.

Like this song DESERVES to be heard live. Like honestly this entire album the live versions bring it up another level.

THE FIRE THE FIREWORK

I can’t

you could literally FEEL the heat from the flames. I wow.

During the bridge when all of the dancers were lying on the floor as burning witches - it reminded me of the thing Taylor does best, the theatrics. SHE PUTS ON A SHOW. Like idc what people say about Taylor's music, you don’t have to like it, but you can’t say that she can’t put on a show.

This song is such a BA and makes me feel powerful. It doesn’t take any sh**

Gorgeous

We love transitions. SOme of them are cheesy but I am such a sucker for them. I love that the screens show pictures of the Olivia and Meredith.

Ok so this song took a while for me to get into when it first came out. Now i love it ofc. but like this son also deserves to be heard in concert because it’s fun to be over the top with it.

Style / Love Story / You Belong With Me

Have I mentioned that I love this woman with my entire heart? One thing that I love about concerts, is how the artist changes the arrangement, and this mashup exhibits that well.

Like as a fan who has been here for 10 years I appreciate her singing old songs so much. Also Style is wow one of my fav songs off of 1989.

Ugh IM GETTING SO EMO WRITING THIS SHE MEANS SO MUCH TO ME HER MUSIC MEANS SO MUCH TO ME AND EVERYTHING JUST BRINGS BACK SUCH AMAZING MEMORIES.

She acknowledges the band during this mashup, and bjwailvuke,hrgoiuelakrj,nfwleiaksjbvn IM SO EMO ACTUALLY GOING TO CCRY that was one of my favorite parts of the show when Taylor was leaning against Paul and Amos while they were playing. They’ve been there with her through it all. They’ve stuck around. They could get any job in the world and they stay (my eyes are watering up so much I can’t see). I clapped so hard for them. I appreciate them so much and they deserve all the love in the world. I can’t imagine how emo they get over long live because I get emo over long live referring to them more than anyone else wow.

AND WOW you belong with me. That gave me Speak Now flashbacks in how the screens looked (she played that song going back to the stage from the b-stage during that tour).

Look What You Made Me Do

I feel like seeing rep in concert just made me appreciate the album 10000 more than before it is so POWERFUL & SEXY. The sound of this song live mixed with the power of the music video wow. This woman OWNS THE WORLD

I didn’t realize that they actually did the phone call during the show but I LOVED being able to scream she’s dead.

Lol I was so focused on the screen or in my head at some point that I DIDN”T NOTICE THE SNAKE COMING OUT OF THE STAGE. My friend was FREAKING OUT as was half of the audience. I knew about the snake pre show but it was still like wow hi hello.

End Game

I guess if there is anything that I was ??????? mildly disappointed with was that this song was so short, I mean like I didn’t know what to expect either because I didn’t expect her to do the rap or ed’s part. This is just one of my favorite songs so I would’ve loved to hear the song for longer.

King of My Heart

I guess out of the entire show this one stood out the least, but like that means very little because I was still screaming the lyrics and dancing the entire time.

I love the harmonies in this song and it was*sounds of heaven above* to hear it live

A good transition to the slower songs.

Delicate

For her speech - I was surprised by how many people hadn’t seen her before but I was just smiling because I was so happy for them.

Also, I don’t remember if this was during this same part or when it was but when she was asking who was from MN and who was from elsewhere - can I just say that I met someone who was from KOREA attending the show. And she had seen it the night before and if that doesn’t tell you the power of music there’s nothing else.

Ok actual disappointment of the concert. NO ONE BY ME SCREAM 1, 2, 3, LETS GO BITCH I was so sad. And I forgot to tell the friend I was going with about it. The other friend I was hoping to go to the other night did know tho and wanted to do that. But I was like I’m not going to scream profanities is no one by me is so I kinda mumbled off at the end of the phrase. (more like it made me self conscious that I was saying it at the wrong time, but I wasn’t) It sounded like other sections were louder like it was loud enough to be recognized in the venue. But idk if ppl who aren’t part of stan twitter would understand what was being said unless they were by a fan who said it.

Lol I’ve probably watched more videos of people saying this that of the rep songs pre my show.

Ok I didn’t realize that this was the song that she goes over to the b-stage with and awwww. I knew it was pretty but it was gorgeous. My friend (who is more of a casual fan but was still hype and singing during the show to everything besides the expected (long live, TTWAS, and should’ve said no) was so appreciative of that part, she was like it felt like she was looking at me. I was just so happy during that moment she makes me so happy. I was one of the few people not waving because I was just taking it all in, the beauty of it all.

Shake it off

lol the one song I completely forgot was on the setlist I was so surprised. I didn’t realize that the openers were on the stage until they had been on the stage for like 45 seconds. Before my show, I didn’t see many people post videos of this song. And the visuals were so fun and colorful and the confetti.

Also like after the song confetti was flying through the air during the acoustic show and PRETTTY.

After this song was over my heart was beating so fast because I couldn’t wait to hear what the secret song was.

So it goes…

Ok so this is the part of the show were I got very confused.

So, the one downside of looking at the setlist was that I KNEW that this song wasn’t on the setlist. So I thought this song was the secret song, so ngl I got low key sad even though ITS MY FAV song off the album (not including singles) (ranking to be posted sooon, idk my order yet, still).

I was still happy to hear it, but I wasn’t able to appreciate as much as I would’ve. I did later tho.

THE SECRET SONG

The morning of the show, or the night before, someone who had met her night 1 had posted that she had talked to taylor and knew the two options taylor was thinking of for tonight. And I was like ugh I wish she could givea vague hint, that no one would be able to guess, but would make so much sense after the fact. I didn’t want to be spoiled but iwkjbsvk still the part that I was most excited about. (fun fact it didn’t end up being either song that the girl had discussed with taylor)

Taylor talked about people saying she’s been listening to people from all platforms asking her to play old songs. At one point she even said 13 years, and in my head I was like is she actually going to play I’d Lie (DO IT). But once she started describing the song I knew it right away. Lol I recorded the speech beforehand and you can just hear me muttering tied together with a smile over and over again.

I was correct

Tied Together With A Smile

This song has always been beautiful. From 2007 I have always liked it because sonically it’s soothing (I know I’ve been through other stuff with this song but not enough to be remembered). But honestly, doing my album rank the other week made me REALLY REALLY appreciate this song, in a way that 6th grade me wouldn’t have been able to comprehend. I know I’ve cried to this song before, but not in memory of the way I realized it.

This song is me during the end of high school. I always did well in school but suddenly I was struggling and I fell apart. I put so much pressure on myself and I felt like such a failure. It would lead to bad anxiety, breaking down, and later being depressed. And then during my first year of college, I was in a depressed mood state still and I just felt so numb I couldn’t feel anything.

I SCREAMED THIS SONG. I probably shouldn’t have during the verses. BUT IT DESERVES THAT. This song is one of those songs that you sob to, and honestly, at one point I looked like a wreck during this song because I almost cried.

I am so happy she sang this song. Like she reminded us to be kind to ourselves. ANd can I cry again? I love her so much. Like honestly this is something we all need to remind ourselves at times.

ugh what beauty.

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When the show was over I thought we had heard every song from rep, but after research, I realized that she switched dancing with my hands tied with so it goes… Like wow am I happy that I got lucky enough to get to hear one of my fav songs and I got a DEBUT ALBUM song what even. Like rip for 1989 the secret song was mean. for red both songs were really good, but the night that I wasn’t there was just a little bit better. I still love begin again it is gorgeous. But like tied together is a song that SO many fans haven’t heard live before

(I’m listening to each song while writing this post and Carrie Underwood came on shuffle after this song and I got so distracted, I never realized that I know almost all of her music except her most recent album and few singles)

(now I remembered that I need to listen to troye new album, but back on track. Troye’s album can wait, memories on the other hand only last so long)

Blank Space

This happened a few times during the show where I just started singing the lyrics but I didn’t know what I was singing. That’s what happens when you know the entire discovery of someone who has more than 2 albums out.

This was another song that I completely forgot that she was performing. It was fun. The arrangement felt different which I appreciated because it freshens up the song, and for people who went to 1989 it’s not an exact repeat.

Dress

this song has the best visuals and dancing with it.

Everyone was looking at the back screen to get to unedited close up of her but I was staring at the main stage.

It was enchanting and that’s all I have to say. Beautiful. A Masterpiece.

Bad Blood/Should've Said No

Lol the snake bring her back to the stage went so fast. Low key felt bad for the people on the other side because I feel like they didn’t get as much time as she went past.

Based on how hard I went during the concert this was my favorite song. I WENT SO HARD during should’ve said no.

Boy go home.

This song was such a tease tho bc the music of shoul’ve said no kept playing in the background while she was still singing bad blood. I liked the visuals of this version of bad blood better than the 1989 tour. But I will say that it is one of the songs that stood out during the 1989 tour. During 1989 tour I got that out of this world chance to sit front row middle catwalk during that tour and the next night I won ticket in the lower level. And during the second night the visuals stood out (same goes to ootw).

Wow I want to hear should’ve said no live again.

I heard it during speak now, but wow it went so HARD>

Also I kept thinking of the CMT performance.

Don’t Blame Me

This song was all about the hand gestures. I love the gospel choir feel of this song.

Long Live/New Years Day

Lol this is probs the only part of the show I was relatively chill. Because I was just so happy so many memories, so proud of taylor, so happy for her crew band and dancer, and everything was right. Still screamed some of the lyrics of long live when I probs should’ve been quieter (or at least been trying to sing like a normal person)

Why She Disappeared

Ok I was excited for this. This is one of the things I purposefully didn’t watch bc I wanted to save it for the concert. But I must’ve blacked out or something because I remember trying to film it. Then my space filled up. But I barely processed half of it. So I am going to have to go back to that. But I do like the transition - and the story she tells.

Getaway Car

after so it goes… this is my next fav song off the album. The visuals were very entrancing during this song as well.

She was so cute during this song. She did a little slide. And wow now that I’m watching a video from last night I didn’t realize that this is the only song shes alone on the main stage??

Also, I love this outfit.

wow I love her so much

(now I’m just thinkng of how powerful it is for her to be on stage ALONE in a room over 66 thousand people.)

Call It What You Want

This is the point where I don’t have much to say

this song is also a fav and the confetti she’s so pretty the song’s pretty, she’s in love and I’m so happy for her. The fountain was out and suddenly it was bittersweet. I didn’t want the night to end.

She laughed during the song. ugh I love those small moments when she smiles or reacts to something.

We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together / This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

GOES AS HARD AS POSSIBLE

This moment is so beautiful. While it’s talking about people that we don’t want to be friends with and we need to let go (doesn’t mean we don’t get upset about it) but we were in a room fill of people all there to have a good time and all there for the same reason

To have the times of their life and to share their love for Taylor and her music

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One thing that really stood out about this concert was how nice everyone was, the warmth felt through out the stadium there was so much love. And wow.

It was such a great night.

I’ve been to speak now, red, 2 nights of 1989, and now one of reputation and this was by far her best tour ever.

Thank you for coming to Minneapolis. I hope you had an amazing night I sure did.

#taylor swift #taylurking #rep tour #rep tour minneapolis #reptourminneapolis #rep tour minnesota #reputation tour

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