Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit Broadway show Hamilton has numerous relatable themes: working hard for what you want, struggling for power, and murdering your enemies to get ahead. OK, that last one is a little extreme, but it does happen in some places. Like, say, Westeros.
On Wednesday, Lin-Manuel took to Twitter (as he often does), and shared a tweet where he combined a Hamilton lyric with an image from Game of Thrones.
He’s very attractive in the North #HamOfThrones #HasThisBeenDone pic.twitter.com/5GIe5h5DJj
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) May 25, 2016
Because both Hamilton and Game of Thrones have such huge fandoms online, Twitter went, well, ham for #HamOfThrones. And thus, a new revolution was born.
https://twitter.com/michejaw/status/735614195673239552
get your right hand back. Yeah you gotta get your right hand back #HamOfThrones pic.twitter.com/wjeONfwVHa
— Quentin Tara Toni (@jessejamesmetz) May 25, 2016
The Schuyler Sisters; Angelica, Peggy, Eliza… Work! #HamOfThrones @Lin_Manuel pic.twitter.com/gTnekWzyMZ
— Sara Carns (@SaraJaneCrafts) May 25, 2016
Dying is easy, young man. Living is harder. #HamOfThrones pic.twitter.com/98B2l4xy6N
— Sam Adams (@SamuelAAdams) May 26, 2016
“I strike him right between his ribs” @Lin_Manuel #HamOfThrones pic.twitter.com/dLBxmshcu5
— Robert (@RobC2121) May 26, 2016
“If it takes fighting a war for us to meet it will have been worth it.” @Lin_Manuel #HamofThrones pic.twitter.com/okxMUuGxeN
— Britt Rivera (@kindamoviesnob) May 25, 2016
https://twitter.com/hamiltonssquad/status/735607051146137600
Even I had to get in on the fun.
“Immigrants, we get the job done.” #HamOfThrones pic.twitter.com/D6PimpOACT
— Aly Ellis (@alyellis) May 25, 2016
In Lin-Manuel’s tweet he asks if this has been done before, and after some Twitter sleuthing, I discovered that it isn’t the first time someone has thought to combine these two powerhouse productions. This time, however, with LMM’s blessing, Twitter came to play. Hundreds of mashups were created, retweeted, and liked.
Everything that Lin-Manuel touches turns to gold. Now, is there any way we can get him to talk to the Game of Thrones producers about Hodor?