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  1. Public Bookmark 5

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    Note: Meta/Essay:
    I've had the idea in my head for some time that the allegedly "nonsense" song "Hey Bulldog" is actually a song about John and Paul's relationship in late 1967/early 1968, from John's perspective, combining both love and frustration. This essay explains why I think this.

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    01 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 39

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    A reunion tour fic. Not the Beatles—just John and Paul.

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    28 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 9

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    After “How Do You Sleep?,” John is overwhelmed with guilt and realizes his cruelty toward Paul was really a desperate attempt to get Paul’s attention. The song, the public attacks, even bringing Yoko into the studio were all ways of trying to make Paul react but instead, John only pushes him further into Linda, family, and life on the farm.

    One night, alone at the Dakota while Yoko is in Japan, John has a terrifying dream that Paul has killed himself in Scotland because of John’s public aggression. He wakes convinced it is real, rushes downstairs in a panic, and the night valet assures him Paul is alive and it was only a dream.

    Shaken and unable to be alone, John invites the valet upstairs for a drink and confesses everything: his guilt, his jealousy, his love, his need for Paul, and the truth behind his cruelty. The story unfolds over four chapters of John, revealing his deepest thoughts about Paul, before shifting to Paul’s quiet life on the farm in Scotland.

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    25 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 37

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    During the "messy divorce era," Paul goes back in time to the Get Back filming, and decides to walk away from the Beatles before it can get that bad. The lads want to figure out why he's so upset and to convince him to stay.

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    25 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 40

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    A straight-lined full-draped jacket with broad square shoulders and velvet cuffs. His drainpipe trousers hug his legs in a way that’s hazardously flattering. He smooths a hand over his pink-striped waistcoat, grinning like a loon at his reflection. He has never felt this empowered, this invincible, this dangerous.

    The oily sculpture of his jelly-rolled quiff gleams in the light streaming in through the window - a literal illumination occurring in the humble bedroom of one young John Lennon.

    This is what he wants to do. This is what he wants to be.

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    John and Paul are Savile Row tailors that go into business together.

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    24 Jul 2025