John Laurens - Tumblr Posts

Just saw someone on Quora saying that there weren't any queer figures in the American Revolution, and oh mah GAWD I yapped on for so long that my phone gained 67% more battery in that time.

Me and mah lil ol' yassified Steuben pfp yapped about lams and all the other ga-*GUYS for so, so so long😭

Anyways, tags go brr.

*burr

HSJSJSOANABSHAHA

W H A T

OMFG YES

AINT NO WAY REEEEEEEEEEEEEE

(yes I'm the one who left three emotional asf comments♥️♥️♥️I've missed u charlessss♥️♥️♥️)

E.

HERE, Take some filler WIP Lams sketches.

*yeets bad art and illegible handwriting but it's okay because dead himbos*

Anygays, tag time

Yo y'all mutuals I wanna feed y'all some historical lams art but idk what to make GIMME IDEAS NOWWWWWWW

Laurens: what are you thinking 'bout?

Du Ponceau: mmm, strawberries and shirtless barons

Laurens: HUH!?

Du Ponceau: HUH?!

Ah yes, my favourite dead sons who I aggressively hoard every single biography I can find of these men.

I love them.

https://www.wattpad.com/1443622609?utm_source=android&utm_medium=link&utm_content=share_published&wp_page=create_on_publish&wp_uname=LiveLaughLams

COULD IT BE!? ME ACTUALLY FINISHING THE SHIT I WRITE?!

Yep. Ik, 🫨!!!

Shocking. Go check out some crappy historical lams made by none other than livelaughlovelams.

?!?!? OMG-

(idk who the og poster is but WOW-)

Laurens: did you hear Washington calls you by your full name now if you mess up?

Hamilton: dang he really is becoming our father figure

Washington: JOHN JOHANIEL LAURENS GET BACK TO WORK

Laurens: I don't think that's even my name

Hamilton: it is now

LaFayette: Hey guys what are you talking about? :D

Washington: YOU TOO M- MAR- MAH... MHSJSJJSJS.. *looks at records* mar- *chokes* NEVERMIND THAT RULE IS NO LONGER IN USE, NOW DO YOUR DAMN JOBS.

GUYS. NOW!!!

ITS TOMORROW

(also, I'ma just @ all some people who might care :>)

@hammyham-o-o @johnlaurensstuff @johnlaurenstheturtlelover @johnlaurensgayass @johnlaurensadmirer-johnsenpaiowo @johnlaurensdeservesbetter

ILY HAMMYHAM-O-O 🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🧡

ah fuck man can I have some of that uhmmm

*checks notes*

fried manumission abolitionist

fried bastard orphan

fried obnoxious and disliked congressman

fried baronussy wussy

fried crossdressing sailor

fried trans French diplomat

fried Philadelphia lawyer and certified twink

fried terrible queen

fried slave owning redhead

fried mini french aristocrat

fried VERY mini former president

fried tired commander-in-chief

fried fairly normal president

Aw cool, thanks dawg.

hey man i took your blorbo and scrambled him in a bowl. yeah he's on the pan now. yeag i added some seasoning. yeah im eating him now

GUESS WHO'S DRAWING LAURENS FOR PRIDE MONTH AYYYYYY

(I actually just got Ibis Paint today, I used to use procreate, but my iPad broke down lol :D)

HERES THE WIP:

When I said "lol maybe Laurens has his cravat up that high to hide hickeys from Hamilton" I was half-joking, but...

ACTUALLY...

And even from the Hamilton musical...

OKAY IM WRITING A FIC ABOUT THIS RIGHT BLOODY NOW.

When I first searched that I meant rank but looking back it absolutely looks like I'm asking how much John Laurens was smoking....

how high was John Laurens though? (The people wanna know)

Idk man, but I know North and Hammie were juuuuuust a lil bit higher 😔

baby laurens

(again ISTG LOOKS BETTER IN PERSON OWKSJSJWJHEBD)

Why did the headcanon generator decide to get so fucking personal today!? hello!?

AND WE HAVE TWO (ABSOLUTELY CANON) ONES FOR LAFAYETTE...

Oh yeah, I still draw sometimes, so here's the gang

I also tried drawing laffy, but that didn't go well so I evidently gave up.

OOO I found this crusty draft but I need to get back on AMREVBLR so...

(don't come at me I just wanted to post something oml)

One thing the whole Lams community gets fatally wrong is the relationship between Laurens and his father.

Sure, John and Henry had their differences, but they were actually fairly close. Gregory D. Massey even called John the favourite child!Was Henry a GREAT father? Heck no! But he did try, and he wasn't HORRIBLE at it. Just a bit forceful. Most of this fandom's hatred for Henry Laurens sparks from one thing: John's sexuality.

Yes, Henry Laurens was homophobic, and John Laurens was most likely a homosexual man. But we're forgetting that it was the 18th century. Homosexual acts were illegal, and you'd be arrested, severely punished, or even executed if you were found intimately with someone of the same sex, and definitely disgraced permanently. Period-typical homophobia really isn't the same as today's view. It's likely Henry had a slight guess that John wasn't interested in women, but you've got to understand how outrageous that was for the time. When John wrote to Henry about his wife, Henry was most likely relieved and stopped worrying about his son's sexuality altogether. Of course, Henry likely didn't know that John married her out of pity and just because he was a genuinely good lad.

A lot of media and fanfiction or just fan portrayals overall portray Henry as this cold, heartless being who despised his family with a burning passion, but that really isn't true. Henry mourned very deeply after John's death, and did the same after Eleanor, John's mother's death. He spent a lot of time with John, specifically in his teenage years when they were in London. Henry tried, he really did.

Henry DID put down his son's interests, however. It was clear from a young age that John was very interested in biology and plants, as well as art and medicine. If it wasn't for Henry, John would have likely become a painter, naturalist, or doctor after his career as a soldier. Yet, Henry pushed John to study law over his other subjects of interest, and so he did. This wasn't because these subjects were "gay" or "girly" as I've seen some people say. These really just weren't high paying or honorable careers for the time. Today a doctor would be very impressive. At the time, a doctor wouldn't have been seen majorly better than a maid. Is it wrong that Henry discouraged John from pursuing his interests and passions? Yes. Honestly, it is. But it's clear that Henry only wanted what was best for his son, even if he wasn't great at showing it.

ERM I think Pinterest wants me to get back into my historical lams phase🤨