History has its eyes on you by daughterofshadows

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Fanwork Notes

I just grabbed all three Hamilton lyric prompts from the Musical challenge and mashed them all together lol

They fit Gil-galad so well!

Fanwork Information

Summary:

Gil-galad, Hamilton lyrics and three poignant events in his life.

Major Characters: Gil-galad

Major Relationships:

Genre:

Challenges: Musicals

Rating: Teens

Warnings: Character Death
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 203
Posted on 15 May 2025 Updated on 15 May 2025

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History has its eyes on you

Scene 1: "Remember from here on in, history has its eyes on you"

Scene 2: "Oceans rise, empires fall"

Scene 3: "I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory."

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Oooh! The heaviness of expectation and dread at his coronation is powerful. I've never thought of it before, and, yeah!

And then to have to put a brave face on for his people in the face the unbelievably steep price of victory.

I love your "side by side with a friend" here. 

Excellent use of the prompts!

Thank you!

I saw those prompts and immediately thought of Gil-galad and thankfully I finally had some time to actually sit down and write it!

The weight of expectations was also something that I played around with in my fic for Maglor's MA presentation, so it's been on my mind quite a lot recently.

And it's just so fascinating to think about. By all accounts, Gil-Galad was still quite young to become king, at least by elven standards and to then be saddled with this burden at such a crucial, terrible time, must have been very difficult