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Alex wants something from Greg. Greg doesn't think he can take it. Which "he" I'm referring to is left as an exercise to the reader.
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19 Jan 2026
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When Edmund Blackadder, bloodied from shrapnel and ears ringing from the shelling, stumbled over Captain Darling's body caught in a tangle of barbed wire, he did not, despite many assurances towards it over the years, laugh, clap, and dance.
Instead, Blackadder took in the dark-wet definitely-not-mud stain spread all over Darling's uniformed chest, the pistol lax in his grip, his unseeing eyes turned up towards the overcast sky, and said, "oh, bloody buggering hell.""Quite," agreed Darling, squinting down at his own corpse; and, despite the unfortunate circumstances, took great pleasure in hearing Blackadder scream like a little girl.
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08 Jan 2026
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a comedy, a ghost story, and a romance all in one.
stylistically, this is so in keeping with the blackaddery flavour of the tv series, the quips and the comedy and the slightly unreal silliness of it all. there's a really good (difficult to achieve!) edmund voice, with all his similes and cynicism, and his constant desire to have the last, cleverest word.
there's also a real seriousness to this, too - that genuine thread of terror and sadness, the unfunny reality of war, the emotional stakes of survival. the story moves so expertly from one thing to another, between shades of light and dark,
there's an excellent cast of characters, new and amusing ones, as well as the classic blackadder crew, all of whom have a role to play in the story, and who really highlight how much edmund, for all his protestations, really needs all these beloved idiots around him.
there are so many wonderful details to enjoy, so many jokes to crack up at, so many big emotional moments to get swept up by. a really enjoyable story.
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Here they are on top of the world.
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12 Aug 2025
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George and Paul through the years.
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12 Aug 2025
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Get back to where you once belonged.
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12 Aug 2025
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What Linda saw. Or: Linda McCartney's take on John Lennon and his relationship with her husband. Portrait of a photographer.
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06 Aug 2025
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Jealousy, new rules for old partnerships, new relationships and trying to figure out where your life is going: Paul turns 21, and nothing is simple anymore.
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05 Aug 2025
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Pt 1 Spring 1965: John writes "It's Only Love." Paul helps. My oh my.
Pt 2 Spring 1961: Paul is the Problem-solver.
Pt 3 Summer 1966: A rainout in Cincinnati; John and Paul need each other.
Pt 4 Fall 1967: Lennon and McCartney are a team again. Right?Bookmarked by focusfixated
31 Jul 2025
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John makes bad decisions. Set during the filming of "Help!" in Austria, the night of the gig at the Marietta Hotel.
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27 Jul 2025
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In 1961, John Lennon and Paul McCartney left abruptly on a trip to Spain, via France.
In 1967, they finally come home to face the consequences.
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24 Jul 2025
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Before John there was an anticipation — an idea of a song not yet written.
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23 Jul 2025
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“There’s something wrong with you, Paul. You must realise that.”
Or, 1968 woes.
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15 Jul 2025
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How not to be a man, and other life lessons from Jack Rackham, quartermaster.
(or: the origins of Jack + Anne + Vane.)
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27 Jun 2025
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Written for Sgtpeppers/arfics on AO3 for the Beatles Kink meme Secret Santa 2024, for the prompt:
"Inspired by the quote from the Elliot Mintz book, John ends up actually kissing Paul at one of their concerts in front of everyone and the band has to deal with the fallout of the world’s reaction to it and also figure out their relationship with each other."
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17 Jun 2025
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this story drops us right in at the beginning in the middle of a moment of stomach-turning turmoil and immediate consequence. every individual reaction from each of the characters in this story is so realistic - george, paul, ringo, brian, paul's father, jane, the press. there's a lot of empathy and emotion in this, as well as a heaviness that comes from the reality of a fallout like this during this time in history, but the way that the story moves towards a meaningful resolution is so satisfying. this is also one of those classic cases of having to imagine what on earth it would sound like for john and paul to actually communicate about something, and the author handles the "what if they did?" so well. a beautifully written story, an incredibly realistic view of a time in history, excellent characterisation, and a fascinating conceit executed brilliantly.
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On the Avenue by madgezimmer for caesdoublesteps
Fandoms: Rock Music RPF, The Beatles (Band), Bob Dylan (Musician)
04 Jan 2024
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George is so full of love, he doesn't know what to do with it.
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14 May 2025
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“If we do it in the corner behind the sofa we’ll be able to see anyone coming in before they see us. Plus my laptop’s up there. Plausible deniability.”
“Nothing gets me harder than the law.”
“Mouthy. Let’s see what else that mouth can do.”
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Scenes from a weekend at the lake house.
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- Part 1 of Forever's Gonna Start Tonight
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27 Apr 2025
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“Seriously?” George is incredulous. “Right on to the next one? You’re insatiable, you are.”
From the kink meme: Paul isn't an orgy man. No, when he fucks the whole band, it's in sequence. The stamina! Include anyone you want. (Inspired by the fact that during Paul's dirty weekend in LA, his two hookers were apparently in separate rooms that he went back and forth between.)
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06 Apr 2025
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“We should go to Astrid’s,” George rasped, her breath clouding out. “She’ll let us use the bath.”
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28 Dec 2024
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For the kink meme prompt: Based on the fact that John was Linda's favourite Beatle growing up: Sometime in the '70s, Linda tells/confesses to Paul her old fantasies about John. Paul gets off on it.
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20 Dec 2024
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paul finds himself thinking on linda's comment that she liked john first. a really fascinating delve into the psychology and sexuality of paul's repression. there's an incredible realism to this, a messy, human clumsiness to the way paul wades through the notion of his desire, and an incredibly astute, nuanced portrayal of his relationship with linda. between the two of them, they're creating an ambiguous grey space where it's not as straight up clear as paul acting out a direct sex fantasy borne of his latent attraction for john, but it's something entirely more psychological - it's about gender roles, and obsession, and love, and a disrupted narrative, and the desire to heal, and oppressive masculinity, and jealousy, and grief, and having sex about it.
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Very strong dream. We both dreamt about it… Amazing. Different dreams, you know. But I thought you must’ve been there. I mean, I was touching you.
January 1969. During the ‘Get Back’ sessions, John has a dream about Paul.Bookmarked by focusfixated
11 Dec 2024
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an exploration of the get back era tensions between john and paul. also features an incredible conversation between john and yoko that has such a subtle understanding of yoko's character, the strength of her relationship with john, her empathy for him, but also her own flaws and her interesting way of guiding john down a certain path (and john allowing himself to be led). this story imagines what john's "very strong dream" might have been, the one mentioned in the cut tapes from the get back doc, and gives a fascinating insight into the raw and repressed feelings happening in the john and paul dynamic at the time. a truly excellent script-format story, with an incredible sense of character voice, and character motivation. this is such a fresh and unique way of exploring these super compelling moments in beatles canon, and the author has a masterful way of letting the dialogue speak for itself when it comes to filling in the gaps of these stories.