#grace’s random ramble

[gracehosborn]

Tumblr, help! In drafting a post centering on Hamilton’s artillery company, I’m having to look at some of Alexander Hamilton’s pay book for the company [x], and I’ve noticed this (the below images) within one of the weekly return tables Hamilton wrote. However, I’ve only been able to decipher some of this note. This section of the book (images 182-185) is not included in The Papers of Alexander Hamilton for whatever reason, only the middle section with his notes on Plutarch and Postlethwayt.

Here’s the full page, and below a close up of the note at the header of the October 11th table. Also interesting to note are the “Prisoners” rows but that’s besides the point.

Source: Image 184 of the Alexander Hamilton Papers: Miscellany, 1711-1820; Military papers; By period; American Revolution, 1775-1783, Library of Congress. [link here].

Here’s what I’ve managed to read:

Drivers. 2 - Drafts 29 4 [Something starting in A] went over in Dec to see how [something] was detained in this reg't

If anyone has any ideas, please feel free to tackle this for yourselves!

#grace’s random ramble #amrev #need help #alexander hamilton #historical alexander hamilton #captain hamilton #historical documents #library of congress #handwriting #historical handwriting #the american revolution #american revolutionary war #amrev fandom #hamilton letters #historical hamilton #american history

[akuma-tenshi]

i was thinking about how teenagers often look like grown-ass adults in fiction (and are often played by adults in live-action work) and i realised ithaqua kinda has the opposite issue. at least imo.

look at this baby-faced motherfucker. look at him. i don't know how much time passes between this and his whole going insane thing but i know it's not much considering the fact that he's seen later looking pretty much exactly the same shortly before becoming a hunter.

he looks slightly older but still very young in this shot. it may be just the angle or his expression but he still does look like a teenager.

and he looks slightly older here too, which again i believe is the expression because again—

HE LOOKS LIKE A FUCKING BABY IN THE NEXT SHOT

like. a deeply haunted and traumatised baby but a baby nonetheless. by "baby" i mean "mid to late teens" because that's very much a baby when compared to the rest of the cast (plus i'm just calling him a baby bc it's funny). the point of this is that he looks very young when seen without his mask.

even in his concept art, he looks young. he's tall and lanky as hell, sure, but he still has a serious case of babyface.

LOOK AT HIM!!! when he's not doing that face on the far left of the close-up, he looks like a teenager. he looks Baby. and you're telling me he's a grown adult?? i think it's the size of his eyes plus the small smile and the wavy hair, but just in general he looks very young imo.

this isn't a dig at people who headcanon / portray him as older!! i know canonically he's a young adult (i'd imagine early to mid twenties?? that's where i always imagine "young adult" falling) and i'm very much in the minority here lmao. but i will always see this fucked up lil mama's boy as no older than nineteen tbh

sorry i love talking about him so much i've been writing him lately and he's so much fun once you get into his troubled little head

#him being nineteen also gives him a connection with grace who is also nineteen!! #and if you know me you know i love platonic ithagrace with my whole heart #sorry i can't shut up about this i will forever consider him as a fucked up little teenager #this little gremlin wants to be feared so bad i love him #anyway ask me about my ithaqua fic i'm working on please #rambling #idv #identity v #idv ithaqua #idv night watch #also NONE of this is meant to come off as infantilising or “aww look at the widdol baby” or anything like that #i'm well aware he has killed not only his brother but also just random “trespassers” in the forest #i'm well aware he's lost his humanity and is way too far gone at this point #but fuck man. i can't see him as older. not with his baby face and silly little giggles and clicky stilts and idle animations #he gives me cuteness aggression

[nico-the-overlord]

Imagine a relationship (romantic or not) between your favorite childhood character and your current favorite character. Are they getting along?

#this is based off that fight to the death poll but just text form #and slightly altered #the idea of curious george and grace chasity (which would be one of my answers to this) being friends is so funny to me #random questions #reblog game #reblog bait #??? I still don’t know how to tag these #nico rambles

[rillils]

what side of the bed do steve and bucky sleep on

hallo my dearest nonnie :3 here are some thinky thoughts for you, at least the few I could fit here bc the brain wouldn’t stop producing increasingly ridiculous scenarios lol

before the war

when they push their beds together, which is on most nights, Bucky tends to sleep on Steve’s left side, for practical reasons (as well as the simply, purely self-indulgent concept of getting to fall asleep next to Steve, that is):

one, that’s the side where the window is, and on the colder nights, when chilly draughts will creep in through the crack in the broken frame (that’s been sitting askew since about February ’37), Bucky can curl around Steve’s shivering frame, his chest to the curve of Steve’s back, his arm wrapped carefully around Steve’s waist, and shield him from the cold.

(Steve pretends not to know this. Steve may also pretend he’s asleep when he inevitably snuggles back into Bucky’s warmth, and settles his arm over Bucky’s arm, his hand over Bucky’s hand where it spans Steve’s soft stomach – and if somehow their fingers lace together, filling in each other’s gaps, it’s really nobody’s fault.) (Steve does not pretend he doesn’t love feeling the bow of Bucky’s smile against his neck whenever this happens.)

two, laying on this side gives Bucky access to Steve’s good ear; which is good, because Bucky wants Steve to hear him when he whispers Good morning, always spoken first, always sweetest, and listens for Steve’s sleep-rough Mornin’ in return;

when pre-dawn has barely colored their bedroom in soft blue and periwinkle, and Steve tries to roll away and slip out of bed first, have coffee ready in its pot for when Bucky gets up; and Bucky captures him in his arms, cajoles Steve back into their private cocoon; he wants Steve to know it when he murmurs, Shh, we got time. We can stay a while still. He wants Steve to hear him say it, say we, say us, and he wants Steve to catch the meaning behind it, the holy trinity of You and Me and Home hidden in that one syllable, and feel Steve shiver sweetly at the sound of it;

and on those nights – those nights when Steve’s body opens up for him – when Steve guides him inside and lets Bucky move them together–

when he twists his head back to seek Bucky’s mouth, offering up his cheek, his neck to Bucky’s hungry kisses, Bucky needs him to hear it – the desperate whispers of Please, the breathless praise of Stevie, Steve, Steve, so perfect, drivin’ me insane, doll, the helpless stream of I love you, love you – Bucky won’t let Steve miss a single ounce of it.

now

I think, when Bucky first comes back, being hyper-aware of his surroundings most of the time, the instinct to take the side of the bed that’s farthest from the door is strong, even more so when they’re spending the night away from home for one reason or another;

Steve doesn’t mind. Steve doesn’t even wait for him to ask anymore – he simply claims the door side of the bed for himself, places his broad, strong body between Bucky and the lurking shadows outside and makes a point of tangling their legs together under the blankets. If they want you, he’s said before, his lips sealing the vow against Bucky’s temple, they’ll have to go through me.

this doesn’t guarantee that they won’t, occasionally, wake up on the opposite side than the one they fell asleep on;

mainly in the summer, when Steve starfishes his large mountain-sized self in the middle of the mattress, and then Bucky has to work around him and/or crawl over him (any instances of him elbowing Steve in the guts during this process are totally and entirely accidental) just to go take a piss at 2 AM, and crawling back to his original spot is just too much work (and work means more heat, and more heat means more sweat), so he just plops down in the nearest corner available.

(Things may also get interesting on warmer nights because sleepy, overheated Steve has a tendency to chase after Bucky’s metal arm like it’s the holy grail and he’s stuck in an abridged episode of Monty Python, which is why sometimes – but don’t tell anyone – sometimes Bucky detaches the prosthetic from his shoulder, sticks it in the fridge for a couple of hours, and then leaves Steve to hug it like a teddy bear. Honestly, it’s worth it just to hear Steve’s sigh of relief, and watch his brow smooth into serene sleep. It’s nice while it lasts.)

My point is, no matter which side they’re laying on, as long as they’re together, they’re happy either way 💕💕💕

#anon #stucky #my brain feels kind of like a weird whirlwind of pure dumbassery right now but lol what can you do #i have some more random thoughts but i already rambled enough so #sgdjhdfkjg #i firmly believe that steve still loves to be the little spoon whenever he gets the chance #he also snores with the ethereal grace of a jackhammer #bucky still forgets the bedside lamp on sometimes bc he's a sentimental boi and he likes to fall asleep to the sight of steve next to him #(steve pretends not to notice this either) #they're not above falling asleep sprawled on top of each other like big beefy lumps of love #and i gotta stop sjdhfksdjfkg #sorry everyone #rillers scribbles #ALSO I DID NOT REREAD THIS FJDHGFKD SORRY

[yonemurishiroku]

Percy is rocking in a rocking chair by the open window, feeding newborn Malacaya Abigail from a bottle.

the wind ruffles the curtains, gently blows over Percy's shoulders, as if hugging him and gently ruffles Malli's thin blond hair…

Anon you can now proceed to write a oneshot collection of mpreg Percy/Jercy.

#btw you come up with such beautiful names #i could never lmao i struggle with just a random name for an outsider #hoo #toa #yone rambling #pjo #percy jackson and the olympians #heroes of olympus #trials of apollo #percy jackson #jason grace #jercy #mpreg percy #mpreg #tw mpreg #will solace

[https-quinttaft]

I heard the weirdest thing today

“If they can afford a $10,000 fursuit what makes you think that they can’t put a $10 pipebomb in my mailbox?”

#this was very out of context #funny post #shitpost #overheard this #random #i’m just rambling #😭 #furry #i guess #support btw #like I was just walking outside and this magical shit graces my ears #like thank you but what???

[meenah]

why Am i getting a bunch pf new followers suddenly

#grace post #unless youre all here for my random doctor who ramblings ?

[flowerofmayhem-personal]

it’s so nice to have my blog have a more recognizable name now lol like the era for my old url has passed a long time ago ;u; gotta keep Mayhem in the name ofc though because like that is and always has been in dedication to my hedgehog I had when I was about 13-14 🥹 I miss him I adored Mayhem a lot and just no regrets keeping that in my name online all these years tbh

#grace rambles #text post #just me rambling about random things lol #please tune in next time as my posts get more frequent and definitely end up being me rambling about RinShi #what if I share my AU ideas here hmmm? 👀 #I have a rinshi royalty AU I’m working on and off on #alsooooo planning an arranged marriage AU which I’m particularly fond of the idea for lol kinda them having a rocky start in that one #Rin prince of Gehenna and Shiemi princess of Assiah betrothed to one another as a union between both #but sadly not an AU they know one another yet so they gotta get to know one another after they are already set to get married lol #soooo #yeah excited about this hehe

[bitegore]

there's this like strain of take on ~human nature~ that is like "everything is so hard and bad all the time and i am miserable forever but everyone is so fantastical and lovely and i have paper-thin skin and everything hurts me because i care so much about everyone else" and i truly do not understand it. i don't think i will ever understand it. it's always very pretty and well-written and it feels like i'm reading someone talking about fucking aliens lmfao

#red rambles #its usually like. the world is cruel but people have nothing to do with that. everyone is mean to me but that's not because people are mean #and it is just #its weird to me. i respect that some people feel emotions that i don't but the like philosophy of it is odd #i do not recognize the world in their words #i do not recognize most of the people in their words either #i think its basically just people with depression who are like force-resetting their takes on every stranger by looking at everyone with li #like optimism goggles to be fair. and i am the opposite of that. i already love strangers and people and thus dont need to extend like the' #illusion of grace by going 'everyone is nice even when they're mean' or whatever because i fucking love messing around around people #and i dont have depression i have [gestures vaguely] something else going on in here instead #so i guess its fair that someone coming at a wildly different set of brainbads would need to philosophically put themself in a weird place #but its still like #its not quite right and its very foreign to me and its weird. #i dun like it #anyway this one i dug out of the drafts #im tempted to put it back but ehhhh i stand by it i just feel like its kind of mean for some reason #how dare i diss Random Popular Online Idea or whatever

[peapod20001]

I actually do have very complex thoughts about many different things, it’s just a bit challenging to connect the inner voice to the outer voice sometimes </3

#random post #I have SO many thoughts and ideas. I love to create and I love to build on what I have and I like to connect to existing things #there is lots of oc lore in my brain! it graces my blog sometimes. not always. it’s hard to put abstract feeling and thought into words #and it’s challenging trying to find the best place to start talking about things yknow? like I as the creator of this whole unique universe #pretty much already know how things end up. how they’re going. how it started. some are easier to know than others. but that doesn’t stop me #from trying create for it. or searching for the missing piece to start the domino effect of development and fulfillment #it’s hard to see where the pieces fit sometimes. but getting a new angle or changing something about the piece can make finding where it #belongs easier. this is what I mean when I say I have very intricate and complicated thoughts. not spending too long writing my sentences or #overthinking them helps to keep things as they are in my head. since I’m not filtering them into something almost unrecognizable #writing a paper in a single sitting in a set time really helps me produce a unified and intricate product. I’ve been told I write well #which I find mildly humorous. I’ve never been a writer by choice really. I’m an artist that works with a physical visual piece rather than #letters that convey meaning. I’m more of a thinker than a writer. but in some instances they’re one in the same. I’m rambling but y’all know #that about me by now I’m sure hahagahaha. yea. my OCD makes me spend too long on words and that’s why I always talk in a short way #a more simplistic way. leaves less room for the mind to pick out flaws if everything is flawed on purpose yknow? haha yea. I like me yknow? #and other people like me too! that will never cease to surprise and amaze me haha. I’m one of those people that has an easier time with #people different from themselves. the people I’ve known and spoke to throughout my life are so very different from me. but they all feel #comfortable to share their experience with me. a lot of these people on paper would be ones I’d try to avoid I guess. differing opinions and #world views yknow? but the way I am. gives people comfort I’ve found. I’m not bragging about that it’s just interesting. it’s the same with #my whole household like we meet people that are like. idk a good descriptor but they’re very set in a specific way. and then we just?? they #like us?? idk it’s just funny to think about my dad getting along with legit crazy people or my mom being the person who’s the favorite of #the least liked / polite person in the office. or my brother and sister being very well liked in their schools but are just average students #who aren’t trying to be more than kind. or when I as myself. with the thoughts and opinions I have. am able to get along with anyone I #come across. I’m really not trying to be bright about that I’m just an. empath? I guess? I’m just very nice to people and meet them at their #level and don’t try steering the conversation to smth bad or controversial. but even then people will still talk to me and like me cus I’m #not putting them down or hating on them for how they think and feel. I listen. I can understand them. not agreeing with their views doesn’t #mean I can’t get why people think or feel how they do. I try to not be biased or entirely antagonist to things different than me #I’ve gone my whole life not understanding a lot of things. and over time I’ve learned them. I go into experiences with people like that #I may not understand yet. but I’ll learn to. that’s probably the main reason why people feel comfortable around me. that and also I have #a smile pretty much always lol. I’m small and non threatening lookin with a single dimple on the cheek and eyes so dark you could see the #faintest light reflected in them. anyways I have gone into several different directions with this and kinda lost the main point I was making

[blood-and-foam]

not hurtful or purple but a secret third thing (anything you like)

#mika #grace kelly #random ramblings

[gracehosborn]

I was thinking on future project ideas and pulled up my list. Forgot this was here and it got me thinking:

Write an alternate history novel probably titled Hamilton’s War. About if the Quasi-War with France had actually escalated to a declared war.

Thoughts, anyone? I feel like this would be an interesting alternate history to explore, but if someone already has to some degree, I can’t find anything. If I ever pick this idea up, it may be a fun ride.

#grace’s random ramble #alexander hamilton #writers on tumblr #american history #alternate history #historical fiction #project ideas #quasi war #france #historical alexander hamilton #alternative history

[king-dra]

i care not for xenoblade chronicles but metal face is so damn cool it almost makes me want to play the game

#the mechon are the saving grace of that game i swear #2 & 3 dont have mechon so they arent worth thinking about #random rambles

[itstimetodrew]

I know it’s an overrated tumblr blorbo playlist song or whatever (who cares) BUT the part in It’s Alright by Mother Mother that goes:

I don't wanna know who I am

'Cause heaven only knows what I find

I don't wanna know I'm not capable of coming out alive

I don't wanna see what's inside

I think that I would rather be blind

I don't wanna know I'm not capable

For so long I have searched for The Common Thread in what compels me in my favorite characters and THAT’S IT! THERE IT IS!!!!

Fear of introspection. Because despite all your strengths and successes there might be something Wrong in there. Something you don’t have the power to fix. But perhaps if you just try harder and do better maybe it will fix itself (it won’t- actually it will get worse).

Are you a bad person? Or worse…unimportant, weak? Deep down to your core? Who will still care for you if that’s true? It’s too difficult to think about.

So you refuse to, until that mess threatens to eat you from within. And you’re forced to realize it’s true. You’ve done bad things, you have been a bad person, you are weak and not as important in the Grand Scheme of Things as you like to pretend.

But people still care for you. Why? They’ve seen what you ignored for so long, that ugliness. But they still saw someone valuable in it. Someone worth loving and worthy of putting their faith into. If they can, you can. Maybe.

You’ll try.

#I am so fixated on concepts of ego and failure and weakness and a fall from grace but no I don’t think that says anything about me. #like…characters who are all about prioritizing Their Identity. Their Charisma. Crafting this person that does not exist #and the more rewarded they are for it (fame/money/power) the more they trick everyone else #the more they are burdened knowing it’s not real! #to then be broken down and brought to rock bottom and decide to keep going? that’s the good shit…I love them so much I’m gonna chew glass. #this is such a random and rambling post lol but I HAVE to put it out there #and yes this still applies to Drew which is funny bc he’s like 10 so thank god he got his shit sorted quick. proud of that boy 🫶

[rawk-chikk]

Hehe, seems @fuffywumple and I had the same idea.

Just dropping a note to let y'all G/D peeps know I'm working on a couple of bits. Both are mostly written, but I'm caught between a raging case of brain fog on one hand and the summer heat sapping any motivation I have to do much of anything on the other right now, so progress is patchy. Plus I have a couple of 3D printing jobs to do before I can get on with my own TDF related craft projects.

Oh, and Covid's currently working it's way thru my family. Joy. I've been in contact with peeps who've since tested positive, but all my tests are negative so far.

So essentially, I'm overheated, overwhelmed, can barely string a sentence together, and trying not to catch the Rona, but I'm still here, and still working on stuff.

And still posting my dumb Grace Face Friday thing every week. Aiming to make it all the way to Christmas. Possibly New Year.

What? Wait! No, come back!

😋

#rc's random ramblings #grace x dani #dani x grace #tdf

[rosecoloredmuses]

An in-depth look at your muse.

—    basics.

▸     is your muse tall/short/average?

Tsubasa is a shorty mcshort pants at only 4′9″, but she was 4′3″ for the longest time due to me using centimeters in her bio without looking up how tall she’d be in inches.

▸     are they okay with their height?

Not really?? I mean, she can’t reach tall shelves and gets mistaken for being younger by adults on occasion. Her flat chest does not help her self-confidence issues either- 

▸     what’s their hair like?

Golden blonde and rather fluffy. She usually parts her bangs either in the middle or the right of her face. Her hair normally reaches to about her shoulders. However, when she transforms into Cure Swan, her hair grows to be slightly past waist length and lightens to a platinum blonde. It’s still soft and fluffy though.

▸     do they spend a lot of time on their hair/grooming?

Yeah, she spends a fair amount of time on her grooming. It’s nothing overly complicated, but she has some nice shampoos and conditioners along with soaps. She loves winding down at the end of a long day with a nice, relaxing bath.

▸     does your muse care about their appearance/what others think?

Yeah, she does. She’s someone who wants to be liked by as many people as possible as well as someone who just likes looking and feeling cute. She’s someone who finds her self-confidence boosted if she’s wearing a cute dress along with a cute hair accessory.

—    preferences.

▸    indoors or outdoors? Tsubasa likes the outdoors, mainly for the feeling of fresh air against her skin.

▸    rain or sunshine? She prefers the sunshine. It’s hard for her to go outside if it’s raining after all. And don’t get me started on thunderstorms-

▸    forest or beach? She loves the beach, mostly for the water and the opportunity to wear cute swimsuits.

▸    precious metals or gems? Gems, especially when they’re on a cute hair accessory!

▸    flowers or perfumes? Flowers! She doesn’t really like the smell of most perfumes.

▸    personality or appearance? Personality! It doesn’t matter how hot a guy is if they turn out to be an asshole.

▸    being alone or being in a crowd? She doesn’t like either but being alone scares her too much so she’d pick the crowd. She hates the noise though.

▸    order or anarchy? Order because anarchy is too unpredictable for her liking.

▸    painful truths or white lies? Painful truths. Tsubasa isn’t one for lying regardless.

▸    science or magic? Magic!

▸    peace or conflict? Peace.

▸    night or day? She prefers the day. Night makes her too sleepy.

▸    dusk or dawn? Dusk. She’s not much of a morning person either.

▸    warmth or cold? She much prefers warmth!

▸    many acquaintances or a few close friends? A few close friends, without a doubt.

▸    reading or playing a game? She loves reading! Especially romance and fanfics!

—    questionnaire.

▸     what are some of your muse’s bad habits?

She’ll hide her negative emotions out of fear she’ll make people worry about her. She has also ignored her gut feeling in order to help some people. As Swan, she imagines her attacks as much larger and more powerful than they need to be, making her like a Cure version of Megumin from Konosuba with more variety. Or, if you prefer a D&D analogy, she has above average Dexterity and Wisdom but rock-bottom Constitution. Expect either loud stomach growls or passing out after battle.

▸     has your muse lost anyone close to them? how has it affected them?

No, not really! Granted, she’s fourteen and written for a kid’s show. However, she did once have a Tragically Deceased Childhood Friend but said Friend was retconned to be alive once I realized that her being dead did nothing for Tsubasa.

▸     what are some fond memories your muse has?

One of Tsubasa’s fondest memories is when she first got Rina, her Shiba Inu. Another one is when she finally reunited with the rest of her friends from Tokyo after they were finally freed from their imprisonment within the Precure Graveyard. And a third one is when Megumi and the other girls accepted her as a part of the Happiness Charge Precure.

▸     is it easy for your muse to kill?

Heck no. Tsubasa is a textbook goody two shoes and would never kill anyone if she didn’t have to. She thinks taking a life is wrong except in self-defense.

▸     what’s it like when your muse breaks down?

Tsubasa wouldn’t make it obvious to the people around her. She’ll tell anyone who asks that she’s fine, but it’ll be said with a smile that doesn’t reach her eyes. She quickly leaves the room and bawls when she knows she’s alone. She’ll then try to calm down by reading a book or otherwise distracting herself so she can once again put on a mask of being “fine”.

▸     is your muse capable of trusting someone with their life?

Well, I think that’s a given. She trusts Megumi and the others more than anything else. In fact, she can be a little too trusting in others out of her desire to believe in the good of humanity, leading her to be easily tricked.

▸     what’s your muse like when they’re in love?

When Tsubasa falls in love, she does so hard. She already blushes easily, but she does so at the drop of a hat when the person she likes looks at her or touches her. Tsubasa will do anything in her power to make the other person happy; usually through making food and spending quality time with them. She finds herself to be extraordinarily protective of her partners-- hurt them and she will wreck you. Any villain who harms her beloved should be thankful she wouldn’t kill anyone.

Tagged by @ofhope​

Tagging: steal it from me! I’ll probably steal it from myself for other muses lol

#random shenanigans; dash games #graceful swan; tsubasa mizuno #((the large text is when I screwed up and didn't know how to make the text small again orz)) #((anyways! I love rambling about Tsu so thanks for the tag!))