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11 April 1963

On first meeting his son Julian, three days after he's born, John predicts he will be "a famous little rocker like his dad."

(Photo taken later.)

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Chapters: 10/? Fandom: The Beatles Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: John Lennon/Paul McCartney Characters: Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Brian Epstein, Jim McCartney, Mike McCartney, Mimi Smith, Stuart Sutcliffe Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Royalty, Alternate Universe - Arranged Marriage, Slow Burn, Enemies to Lovers, Homophobic Language, Implied/Referenced Homophobia, Explicit Language Summary:

Hiraeth- (n) a homesickness for a home you can't return to, or that never was.

McLennon Royalty/Arranged Marriage AU:

The year is 1963 and Paul McCartney, the Duke of Cambridge and son of a wealthy, high-ranked noble, is to be married to the heir to the throne, John Lennon the Duke of Cornwall.

#mclennon

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Ok but are you talking about complicated relationship or are you talking about John Lennon and Paul McCartney meeting when they were just 15 & 17, who decided then and there that they will change the whole world forever, who fell in love with music and skipped school to write songs eyeball to eyeball every day, who refused to have any songwriting credit other than Lennon/McCartney because all their craft should always be remembered as one, who changed history and wrote music that still inspired generations for the next 5 decades together, who've lived together and saw each other almost every day for 15 years, who were each other's biggest rivals driving each other mad trying to outwrite history's greatest hits, who were each other's greatest inspiration and source of jealousy, who had a bond so intense their wives said they never looked at anyone else like they looked at each other,

who ended their musical partnership and friendship through an article in the press, who didn't properly speak again for 8 years and only communicated through veiled insults in each other's solo records and media, whose breakup of friendship drove each other to substance and drug abuse for over a decade, who lost a battle to time as the other was gunned down just when they started talking again, who said the night he was murdered that the other was his soulmate and that family always forgave each other,

and McCartney who never showed up to induction ceremonies but cried as he said, "John Lennon, you made it, tonight you're in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" because they always promised they'd conquer the world together, who still showed up to gun laws march in Central Park 40 years after Lennon was murdered across the street, who spent every single interview he got telling people to tell their loved ones "i love you" before it's too late, because he never forgave himself for never being brave enough to say it.

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It's hilarious to me how nobody batted an eyelash when Paul McCartney wrote the song "Dear Friend" in 1971 where he clearly, unequivocally said "I'm in love with a friend of mine" and then proceeded to tell everyone in the next 3 decades that the song was about John Lennon???

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An accurate representation of my life

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ringo being 5'6 is so important to me the height difference between him and the other beatles is so very i mean just look at him he's a teeny tiny little guy

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my favorite kind of photo is an extremely noticeable height difference, cuz it really shows how fucking short ringo was compared to the rest of them

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the world's most tiniest little man

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leaning in leaning back

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Paul was insane for this

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“Frankly, I miss Paris”

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george should've been a libra

get back: reductress headlines [3/?]

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this is my favourite genre of pictures

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52 years ago:

Paul McCartney in 2021:

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^ I'M JUST GOING TO STAND NEAR JOHN FOR A BIT UNTIL I FEEL BETTER.

I LOVE HIM. This is probably the most important thing that happened in all of Get Back for me. that flustered panic, needing desperately to run away, but just standing next to John for a moment instead. Turning his back on George for a second so he can breathe. pretending he's in a cupboard. And John just watching him. So still. I can't even begin.

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GET BACK, Part II