#HamofThrones: the internet mashes Game of Thrones up with Hamilton
By Ani Bundel
First it was #Potter4Ham. Then it was #Force4Ham. Now, finally, halfway through the run of Game of Thrones Season 6, the Hamilton meme has come to Westeros.
Hamilton, for those deliberately living under rocks, is the current smash Broadway hit written by and starring Lin-Manuel Miranda, who also has the honor to be your obedient nerd king. Having already won a Grammy and getting ready to sweep the Tonys, Hamilton has proven a popular subject for meme creators: they’ve mashed it up with Captain America: Civil War, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Harry Potter. (Miranda is proudly out as House Slytherin, for those who want to know.)
Now, finally, Miranda has taken Game of Thrones, the world’s other major cultural phenomenon, and created a hashtag for it. Surprisingly, it was not #Thrones4Ham, as I would have assumed, but rather #HamofThrones.
He's very attractive in the North #HamOfThrones #HasThisBeenDone pic.twitter.com/5GIe5h5DJj
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) May 25, 2016
Fans, naturally, went nuts. As before, the concept is to take a lyric from Hamilton and apply it to an image from the piece of pop culture in question. This time, it’s Game of Thrones.
Dying is easy, young man. Living is harder. #HamOfThrones pic.twitter.com/98B2l4xy6N
— Sam Adams (@SamuelAAdams) May 26, 2016
Jon Snow hearing advice from George Washington.
I will kill your friends and family… to remind you of my love. #HamOfThrones pic.twitter.com/Q04CXwSIuo
— Genevieve Burgess (@rustyheadedgirl) May 26, 2016
George R.R. Martin as King George III.
"Oceans rise
— Alyssa Rosenberg (@AlyssaRosenberg) May 26, 2016
Empires fall
It’s much harder when it’s all your call." #HamOfThrones pic.twitter.com/QrjKf3gxAG
Dany also belongs to the King George School of Monarchs.
lock up your daughters and horses #HamOfThrones pic.twitter.com/y7DmFAirYe
— Victoria McNally (@vqnerdballs) May 25, 2016
Do the Dothraki need a Taylor? Or does Drogo look enough like Hercules Mulligan already?
"You're incredible in court, you're succinct, persuasive" #HamOfThrones pic.twitter.com/ngqAGP2eDK
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) May 26, 2016
“Incredible in court” suddenly takes on a whole new meaning here…
"He knows nothing of loyalty / Smells like new money, dresses like fake royalty."#HamOfThrones pic.twitter.com/0TKEHRn6M5
— Alyssa Rosenberg (@AlyssaRosenberg) May 26, 2016
Well, if that lyric’s not spot on, I don’t know what is.
Or in King’s Landing’s harbor…
The Schuyler Sisters; Angelica, Peggy, Eliza... Work! #HamOfThrones @Lin_Manuel pic.twitter.com/gTnekWzyMZ
— Sara Carns (@SaraJaneCrafts) May 25, 2016
Drogon: Angelica. Rhaegal: Eliza. Viserion: AND PEGGY. Work!
you ever see somebody ruin their own life? #HamOfThrones pic.twitter.com/XkWov9nKVm
— Victoria McNally (@vqnerdballs) May 25, 2016
….his poor wife.
Perhaps best of all, Hamilton’s musical director tweeted out a mashup of the song “Burn” with Game of Thrones’ opening titles.
"Burn" and the "GOT Theme" anyone? #HamOfThrones pic.twitter.com/ShcrBfkLiM
— Alex Lacamoire (@LacketyLac) May 26, 2016
I’ll take a full version of this please and thanks.