#era:1963

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Fic: you never give me your money

Author: @thehuxler

Summary: alternate universe where Jim is significantly more violent than he was in reality and George Martin adopts Paul while Lennon/McCartney attempt very messily to sort out their feelings.

Why I Like It:

- It's in my favorite genre: break things enough that the characters are forced to fix them.

- it courageously tackles Paul's money/class issues which are not even close to discussed enough in fandom or scholarship

- it forced me to look at my own self-concept in a way that was actually a huge breakthrough for me

- the descriptions of emotion displayed through physicality are so incredibly real

- the dynamics between so many of the Beatles family are really taken seriously and given real time and attention to which is difficult to accomplish

- the mclennon of it all, while not the focus of the story, is so incredibly in character. There is so much love between those two and it really shines in the story

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Fic: I Feel Fine

by moonjockey @theoldmixer

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Summary:

“What? We can’t cancel. I’m fine.”

Paul falls ill while on tour in 1963 and tries to go about his day.

Why I like this fic:

Because it's based on one of the most important events in the Beatles calendar, and because it's got all my favourite versions of them - the-show-must-go-on Paul, sympathetic Ringo, sarky George, and of course protective, concerned and vulnerable John!

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only a northern song

by @stonedlennon

Summary: AU. Paul works at a record shop, takes night classes to be a teacher, and has sworn off his childish dream of being a musician. John Lennon is a dock worker, poet, and disturber of the peace. In which the story had to be diverted before they could come together. Liverpool, 1963.

Why I like this fic: Even though this one is technically ‘incomplete’ (6/7), the current ending actually ends on great note and didn’t leave wanting. It’s a lovely. realistic AU with electric attraction between the two, and John encouraging Paul to find his own place in the world. It opened up a new type of world told through John as a dock worker, and Paul a teaching student, and  with beautiful, very sexy moments.

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Fic: Huddersfield, 1963

by @dovetailjoints

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Summary:

What happened before the legendary John/Paul "boyfriends" photograph (the one on which John is wearing a thick towel/scarf, and Paul doesn't wear a shirt under his sweater)? Pic included!

Why I like this fic:

It's sweet and short and hot, and it does a very, very, very good job with textures and with leaving things to the imagination. Simply adorable for an extra mclennon shot in the arm (or wherever you prefer them).

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Fic: From Barcelona to Santa Cruz

by @thinkpink20

Link to fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/347719

Summary: John comes back from his holiday with Brian. Paul is waiting in their hotel room.

Why I like this fic: This author's writing is fantastic, and this fic? Hits hard. All the pent up emotion about John's holiday with Brian, all of Paul's jealousy and fear about what it means for the two of them... brutal and real.

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