Some kind of solitude is measured out in you

Beatles sideblog of @toast-vol-6. Fanarts sometimes. Cookiez on AO3.

[jane-ashers]

[paulmacca1966]

girl crafting

[theo-shershis]

guys she did it

[osterby]

AO3 Fanfiction Reading Habits by Length and Completion Status

This informal survey aims to gather statistics on the length and completion status readers on AO3 prefer for fanfic. The survey is not aff

I put together a relatively short survey (about two dozen questions, mostly multiple choice, all optional) to get some data on what fic lengths and completion statuses readers on AO3 prefer or avoid. If I get enough answers to have a good sample size, it should give us some insight into how people search and read on the archive.

If you find this interesting, feel free to share it with AO3 users elsewhere or post it to other platforms. I'd like to get a good crossection of readers that isn't biased by platform, if at all possible.

The survey is just for fun/curiosity, and isn't associated with any university, company, or other entity. It's just me asking you this stuff here :)

I'm not putting a deadline on this, I'll just let it run until I've got some good numbers, but whenever I do have enough I'll post the results here. You can track this post to watch for that update.

[way-beyond-compare]

😱 07/20/26

[thedissenters]

John Lennon | © Robert Whitaker

[admiralgrove]

Ringo Starr circa 1969

[rodeoromeo-archived-deactivated]

her serve

[winstonpaul]

Ringo Starr

[upton-green]

Open up your mind! Open up your heart! Nothing else is keeping us apart!

Happy Fete Day to all who celebrate :D

[thedissenters]

The Quarrymen at the Woolton Parish Church Garden Fete in Liverpool, England | 6 July 1957 © Geoff Rhind (I) (II)

[zilabee]

transcript under cut:

Paul: Hi, I'm Paul John: Hi Paul, I'm John Paul: I like your mouth- uh I mean your voice John: Thanks, I like your mouth too Paul: We should hang out some time John: By hang out do you mean stare into each others eyes and write love songs? Paul: yes John: okay

[big-barn-bed]

15 year old paul mccartney after practicing twenty flight rock until his fingers bled and picking out the perfect white sport coat/flower combo to wear to the village fete and have his friend introduce him to the cool older guy from the bus/chippy: what if I told you none of it was accidental and the first night that you saw me nothing was gonna stop me. I laid the groundwork and then jus-

[crumblingcookies]

Aaand they all guessed Simon and Garfunkel

[zilabee]

6 July 1957

John: "...come into my heart, tell me darlin' we will never part... I need you darling, so come go with me"

Paul: he means me

Ivan: uh, it's just a song Paul

John: "...Be bop a lula, THAT IS MY BABY, THAT IS HIM, RIGHT THERE, THAT IS MY BABY, be bop a lula, I DON'T MEAN MAYBE, HE'S MINE NOBODY ELSE TOUCH HIM..."

Paul: nobody else touch me

Ivan: what is happening?

[tavolgisvist]

John: “It’s a groove, growing older. I’m looking forward to it, when I’m, say, 67, and they’ll have me on the Eamonn Andrews Show. ‘—AND HERE HE IS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CARRYING THE VERY GUITAR HE PLAYED ON STAGE AT THE WORLD-FAMOUS CAVERN IN LIVERPOOL: JOHN LENNON.’” Paul: “And then you’ll play ‘She Loves You?’” John: “Yeah — what a groove!”

(Disc And Music Echo, interview with Ray Coleman, December 16, 1967)

[pepperinaa]

69 years of mclennon

[mclennonwasreal]

July 6, 1957, the day John met Paul by Eric Cash.

[crumblingcookies]

After only a couple of days of playing and talking, the satisfaction Paul felt while working with Denny and Hugh [McCracken] in New York was sufficiently bolstered that on June 25, he popped the question. “Paul sprung it on us,” Denny recalled. “He said, ‘This isn’t just a holiday. I miss my old band. Do you want to form a band?’” [...] Hugh had two young children from a previous marriage. Joining Paul’s band would mean moving to Britain, and not seeing his son and daughter grow up. He was enjoying jamming with this prospective new band. But after a couple of weeks, he realized that he could not resolve the tension between wanting to join the group and needing to be part of his children’s lives. On July 4, he told Paul he could not accept his offer. “Paul was very surprised, and upset,” Holly [Hugh's wife] said. “And Hugh felt awful. But they sat in the kitchen all night, talking, accompanied by a bottle of scotch. Then Hugh came back, and we left the next day. And Paul never spoke to him again.”

(The McCartney Legacy Vol. 1)