#julia and ivan

[lilaroxa]

Draw Your OTP Challenge - Complete!

It's been 1 year 7 months and 19 days since I started streaming Rune Factory every Wednesday. With it, has come a plethora of new perspectives of the series and its characters.

Learning how to draw has been a "one day" dream of mine that I decided to turn into a reality in 2025. While I feel so far from finding my "style" I wanted to capture my starting point to look back at in the future.

Here's to the start of putting my silly little ideas on paper!

Prompt list below the cut!

[beatlesficrecs]

I Need You Darlin' (So Come Go With Me)

By @beatlessideblog

Link

Summary

John Lennon is no-one's idea of a proper omega. Paul McCartney is a complication. Set 1956-1958.

Why I like this fic

This is as close to married mclennon (without homophobia thank God ) as we can get in this fandom and let me tell you there aren't many officially "married" mclennon fics out there . The way this universe's John and Paul show affection through subtle actions is so great . The way paul always looks out for John ,always being one step ahead in knowing what John needs before he even realises he needs it is ARGH PEAK married mclennon behaviour I say. Both of them being each other's comfort bear is an added bonus too . Honestly the entire series (with all of it's 10 parts ) is a treasure trove of great mclennon fics , I highly recommend it !

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[totallovestrucksimp]

Oh that episode was a BANGER.

[silverspadesss]

replaying bits of your life is fucking me up emotionally all over again because like. when and how did all of these people find out that peter was dead. chelsea. dorothy. JIM. IVAN. HIS FUCKING PARENTS. SIDNEY. especially the fact that none of the alternate paths are officially canon and as far as we know peter never actually reconciled with his brother. they just never saw each other again after the wedding and then they were suddenly out of time. wtf.

ivan is especially interesting to me especially because of him and disrupt. was he always working so closely with them with the aim of holding on to his wealth and his power? or did peter’s death drive him further towards it? it’s interesting because peter was clearly so staunchly against the kind of elites that ivan was a part of, but obviously their friendship was forged decades before any of that when they were in the war. and ivan supported the sanctions and the moves against advance but never seemingly had any ill will towards peter at all, and vice versa. obviously peter didn’t support the nukes, but he never seemed to resent or outright hate ivan the way he did others like him. i also desperately want to know what ivan and julia thought of each other, whether they saw much of each other after boyl and crucially whether ivan ever found out what actually happened to peter. i wonder if peter was the thing stopping ivan from fully throwing his lot in with disrupt - a respect for him, a bond that he could never betray. and then maybe after his death, ivan saw no reason to hold back anymore. the one person stopping him was gone, and so was his country, and that wealth and power was all he had left. plus if he ever actually found out that julia and advance were behind the death of his oldest friend…maybe to him it was some sort of revenge.

does any of this make sense? idk. but ivan is a super interesting character to me beyond the stereotype he kinda falls into and i suddenly need to put him under a microscope

[imnotadogiswear]

Here are some meme ideas I have for my Villains React concept

[slumberingrose-fandom]

BSD Generation - The Life of Fantasies - Part 2

[akyivanov]

Prompt 17: Bakery

«Privacy?...what privacy? »

«We need to know what he does »

And so it was that Sergey learned never again to accept an invitation from Boris.

[angelstills]

All the Things She Said (2000)

[aquietgirlsmess]

Also, I have to say that I love how, despite the fact they were at odds at this moment, Julia and Iván reach out to each other when Carol died. 

[crimson-femme]

𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚏𝚎𝚖𝚖𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝 ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

table of contents: books; anthologies, history, novels, erotica, photography. films; movies, documentaries, shorts. miscellaneous; dissertations, articles, etc. note: everything (minus a few) has a link to access the media! if i am able to find the missing links i will attach them along with adding new content. there are a couple things that are not specifically butchfemme, but i kept them because i feel that they fit. enjoy!

𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚎𝚜 + 𝚌𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚜

୨୧ A Restricted Country by Joan Nestle

୨୧ Brazen Femme: Queering Femininity by Chloë Brushwood Rose, Anna Camilleri 

୨୧ Butch/Femme: Inside Lesbian Gender by Sally R. Munt, Cherry Smyth

୨୧ Butch is a Noun by S. Bear Bergman

୨୧ Femme/Butch: New Considerations of the Way We Want to Go by Michelle Gibson, Deborah Meem

୨୧ Femme: Feminists, Lesbians, and Bad Girls by Laura Harris, Elizabeth Crocker 

୨୧ Lesbian Culture: The Lives, Work, Ideas, Art and Visions of Lesbians Past and Present by Julia Penelope, Susan Wolfe

୨୧ On Butch and Femme: A Compiled Readings by I.M. Epstein

୨୧ Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme by Ivan Coyote, Zena Sharman

୨୧ Render Me, Gender Me: Lesbians Talk Sex, Class, Color, Nation, Studmuffins... by Kath Weston

୨୧ S/he by Minnie Bruce Pratt

୨୧ The Femme Mystique by Leslea Newman

୨୧ The Femme's Guide To The Universe by Shar Rednour

୨୧ The Lesbian Erotic Dance: Butch, Femme, Androgyny, and Other Rhythms by JoAnn Loulan

୨୧ The Little Butch Book by Leslea Newman

୨୧ The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader by Joan Nestle

୨୧ Tomboys!: Tales of Dyke Derring-Do by Lynne Y. Fletcher, Karen Barber

୨୧ Tomboy Survival Guide by Ivan Coyote

𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢

NOTE ⋆ there is more history content in the film section as well as historical fiction in the novel section!!!

୨୧ Appearances Can Be Deceiving: Butch-Femme Fashion and Queer Legibility in New York City, 1945–1969 by Alix Gitner

୨୧ Baby, You Are My Religion: Women, Gay Bars, And Theology Before Stonewall by Marie Cartier

୨୧ Becoming Visible: An Illustrated History Of Lesbian And Gay Life In Twentieth-Century America by Molly McGary, Fred Wasserman

୨୧ Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community by Andrea Weiss

୨୧ Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community by Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy, Madaline D. Davis

୨୧ GLBT Historical Society: Museum & Archives ⋆ general LGBT archives, but a very important and great source

୨୧ Making History: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Equal Rights: 1945-1990: An Oral History by Eric Marcus

୨୧ Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life In Twentieth-Century America by Lillian Faderman

୨୧ Uninvited: Classical Hollywood Cinema and Lesbian Representability by Patricia White

୨୧ Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion by Eleanor Medhurst

𝚗𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚜

୨୧ A Crystal Diary: A Novel by Frankie Hucklenbroich ⋆ The razor-edged, compelling, often wryly humorous story hustles us from the blood-and-beer-drenched corners of her St. Louis meat-packing district '50s youth, through the sex-soaked Hollywood alleys of her '60s baby butch years, into the druggy metropolis of '70s San Francisco.

୨୧ Beebo Brinker by Ann Bannon ⋆ Beeboo, a butch 17-year-old farm girl newly arrived in New York after she is driven from her Wisconsin home town for wearing drag to the State Fair. Befriended by the gay Jack Mann, a father-figure with a weakness for runaways, Beebo sets out to find love.

୨୧ Departure from the Script by Jae ⋆ An aspiring actress meeting photographer, femme meeting butch in this light-hearted lesbian romance set in Hollywood.

୨୧ Doc and Fluff: The Dystopian Tale of a Girl and Her Biker by Pat Califia ⋆ Set in the bleak and not-too-distant future of a culture in its death throes, Doc and Fluff careens through the lives of a pair of outlaw women struggling to survive on the road.

୨୧ Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements, Onjuli Datta ⋆ A fresh, queer spin on possession horror with a sharp focus on deeply complex small-town dynamics. A young queer woman who's lived her whole life in the dead-end mountain village of Cadenze finds herself violently possessed by an ancient, malevolent, memory-eating entity that inhabits the caves bordering her home.

୨୧ Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo ⋆ America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father—despite his hard-won citizenship—Lily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the light of day.

୨୧ Lucy and Mickey by Red Jordan Arobateau ⋆ Lesbian life in the late 1950s, early '60s; and a powerful romance & sexual drama between two females, Lucy & Mickey.

୨୧ Patience and Sarah by Isabel Miller ⋆ In an early puritanical New England town, a butch and femme fall in love and discover they can run a farm and live together away from the world that sought to limit them and their love.

୨୧ Satan's Best by Red Jordan Arobateau ⋆ volume #1 in the ten book lesbian biker series THE OUTLAW CHRONICLES. In this action-packed novel we are introduced to the gang of raunchy and glamorous biker women, including the 5 Warlords who run the Outlaws. Enter beautiful blond butch Angel–lone rider on the storm.

୨୧ Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg ⋆ The life of Jess Goldberg, a working-class Jewish butch lesbian in New York from the 1940s through the 1970s.

୨୧ The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall ⋆ The timeless struggle of a butch and femme couple to be accepted by "polite" society. This now classic was banned outright upon publication in 1928.

𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚎𝚜

୨୧ Back To Basics: A Butch-Femme Anthology by Theresa Szymanski

୨୧ Breathless: Erotica by Kitty Tsui

୨୧ Hard Road, Easy Riding: Lesbian Biker Erotica by Sacchi Green, Rakelle Valencia

୨୧ Rode Hard, Put Away Wet: Lesbian Cowboy Erotica by Sacchi Green, Rakelle Valencia

୨୧ Set in Stone: Butch-on-Butch Erotica by Angela Brown

୨୧ Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch Femme Erotica by Tristan Taormino

୨୧ The Harder She Comes: Butch/Femme Erotica by D.L. King

𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚢 𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍

୨୧ Butch/Femme edited by M.G. Soares

୨୧ Butch: Not Like The Other Girls by SD Holman

୨୧ Dagger On Butch Women by Lily Burana, Roxxie Linnea Due

୨୧ Love Bites by Del LaGrace Volcano

୨୧ Making Out: The Book Of Lesbian Sex And Sexuality by Zoe Schramm-Evans, Laurence Jaugey Paget

୨୧ Nothing But The Girl: The Blatant Lesbian Image by Susie Bright, Jill Posener

୨୧ The Butch/Femme Photo Project by Wendi Kali

୨୧ The Drag King Book by Del LaGrace Volcano, Judith "Jack" Halberstam

୨୧ The Femme's Guide to the Universe by Shar Rednour

𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚖𝚜

୨୧ A Complicated Queerness: Living Femme in a Dyke Community dir. Johanna Buchignani, Emily Hillman ⋆ short film: This film investigates the ways in which gender, power and sexism are lived and experienced within the San Francisco Mission dyke community. The documentary aims to promote awareness of and discussion about the prejudice and invisibility of queer femininity, in order to build alliances and healthier communities.

୨୧ Before Stonewall (1984) dir. Greta Schiller, Robert Rosenberg ⋆ documentary: The history of the Gay and Lesbian community before the Stonewall riots began the major gay rights movement.

୨୧ Bound (1996) dir. The Wachowskis ⋆ thriller/crime: Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet.

୨୧ By Hook or By Crook (2001) dir. Harry Dodge, Silas Howard ⋆ crime/romance: A buddy film that chronicles two butches, Shy and Valentine, who collide by chance in the San Francisco streets. Shy is immersed in daydreams about the loving father they lost and Valentine is searching for the mother they never met. Like-hearted mischievous souls, the pair stumbles into a series of shambolic shenanigans — along with Valentine’s girlfriend, Billie.

୨୧ Dream Girls (1994) dir. Kim Longinotto, Jano Williams ⋆ documentary: Women join Japan's all-female Takarazuka Revue musical theater troupe, portraying men's roles. The film explores gender dynamics, desires, and complexities of female identity in Japanese society through these performers' experiences.

୨୧ Gay Tape: Butch and Femme (1985) by Cecilia Dougherty ⋆ short: The Gay Tape brings “a little fine-tuning” to the question of representation, honing in on the subjective particularities of the butch-femme dynamic as experienced by members of Dougherty’s local Bay Area dating pool. 

୨୧ Gender Troubles: The Butches (2016) dir. Lisa Plourde ⋆ documentary: What portrayals of lesbianism are acceptable and who gets erased? Butch lesbians from a wide range of backgrounds and ages provide a compelling exploration of society's assumptions and challenge ideas about what it means to be female. They show the rewards that come with self acceptance. Tender, funny, and thought-provoking. NOTE: after clicking the link, scroll down to the middle to watch where it is available with english audio and french, spanish, dutch, or portuguese subtitles.

୨୧ If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) dir. Jane Anderson, Anne Heche, Martha Coolidge ⋆ romance/drama: This anthology of short films tells the stories of three lesbian couples - who live in the same house at different periods of time - who are at a crossroads in their lives. The second story includes a motorcycle riding, leather jacket and tie wearing butch, Amy.

୨୧ Last Call at Maud's (1993) dir. Paris Poirier ⋆ documentary: Some genuinely wild women – and some more demure but no less lively types – take center stage in Paris Poirier’s vivacious documentary about the life and times of Maud’s, the longest running lesbian bar ever.

୨୧ Salmonberries (1991) dir. Percy Adlon ⋆ drama/indie: A woman (played by k.d. lang) who grew up in a small town in Alaska goes to the public library to try and find out who her parents were. She eventually befriends the librarian, an East German immigrant who lost her husband while escaping from behind the Iron Curtain. They help each other try to find closure to the events in their past.

୨୧ Shinjuku Boys (1995) dir. Jano Williams, Kim Longinotto ⋆ documentary: This documentary offers rich insight into gender and sexuality in Japan via a candid portrait of Kazuki, Tatsu, and Gaish, three trans masculine hosts working at the New Marilyn Club in Tokyo’s bustling Shinjuku district. As the film follows them at home and on the job, all three talk frankly about their lives, revealing their views on love, sex, and identity.

୨୧ Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box (1987) dir. Michelle Parkerson ⋆ documentary/short film: Through archival clips, Stormé DeLarverie, bodygaurd of a women's club and former drag king looks back on the grandeur of the Jewel Box Revue and its celebration of pure entertainment in the face of homophobia and segregation.

୨୧ Stud Life (2012) dir. Campbell X ⋆ romance/drama: JJ, a lesbian, works as a wedding photographer with Seb, a gay man who is her best friend. After JJ falls in love with a gorgeous diva, her friendship with Seb becomes strained, and she may be forced to choose between Seb and her lover.

୨୧ The Aggressives (2005) dir. Daniel Peddle ⋆ documentary: The Aggressives is an exposé on the subculture of masculine presenting people of color and their femme counterparts. Filmed over five years in New York City, the featured subjects share their dreams, secrets, and deepest fears.

୨୧ The Watermelon Woman (1996) dir. Cheryl Dunye ⋆ romance/comedy: An aspiring black lesbian filmmaker researches an obscure 1930s black actress billed as the Watermelon Woman.

𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚘𝚞𝚜

୨୧ A Butch Road Map by Ivan Coyote ⋆ spoken word

୨୧ A Dyke's Bike Repair Handbook by Jill Taylor ⋆ motorcycle care/repair handbook, this one is so random i just love it lol

୨୧ Are Butch and Fem Working-Class and Anti-Feminist? by Sara L. Crawley ⋆ article

୨୧ Butch Between the Wars: A Pre-History of Butch Style in Twentieth-Century Literature, Music, and Film by Karen Allison Hammer ⋆ dissertation

୨୧ Female Masculinity by Judith Halberstam

୨୧ Feminizing Theory: Making Space for Femme Theory by Rhea Ashley Hoskin ⋆ thesis

୨୧ Femme: Feminists, Lesbians, and Bad Girls by Laura Harris, Elizabeth Crocker

୨୧ Lesbian Identity and the Politics of Butch-Femme by Amy Goodloe ⋆ paper/review

୨୧ Lineage To My Femme Foremothers by A.N. ⋆ zine

୨୧ Lipstick & Dipstick's Essential Guide to Lesbian Relationships by Gina Daggett, Kathy Belge

୨୧ Narrating and Negotiating Butch and Femme: Storying Lesbian Selves in a Heteronormative World by Sara L. Crawley ⋆ dissertation

୨୧ On the Appropriation of Femme from Lesbians Over Everything, a discussion between four femmes ⋆ article

୨୧ The Misunderstood Gender: A Model of Modern Femme Identity by Heidi Levitt, Elisabeth Gerrish, Katherine Hiestand ⋆ study

୨୧ The Mythic Mannish Lesbian: Radclyffe Hall and the New Woman by Esther Newton

୨୧ To All the Beautiful, Kick-Ass, and Fierce, Full-Bodied Femmes by Ivan Coyote ⋆ spoken word

i was meaning to post this for when i hit 1k followers, but i somehow have already surpassed that. it is weird to think that i started this blog on january 27. thank you all so much for following and interacting. i hope you enjoy this list and my blog in general!!

much love 💋

[irideer]

ivan kupala night by julia kostsova, (2014) .𖥔 ݁ ˖ִ ࣪⚝₊ ⊹˚

[pieandflannel]

౨ৎ ₊˚⊹ too dangerous to love

pairing: soldier boy x gn!reader

summary: for the first time in his life, soldier boy is afraid of hurting someone, you

cw: angst.ᐟ soft loverboy!soldier boy.ᐟ mention of torture.ᐟ death.ᐟ drug intake [compound v].ᐟ cussing.ᐟ

word count: 862

julia yaps: what happens when julia watches the boys season three for the sixth time? drabbles like this. you’re welcome <3

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after soldier boy endured forty torturous years of captivity, torment and experimentation by the ivan’s, he developed the ability to generate radiation at will. the type of radiation that’s lethal even to the strongest of supes.

but falling in love with a fragile human being seemed more agonising than anything he has ever experienced in the past hundred-and-five years of his life.

he loved you, there was no denying that. like in a head over heels type of way. therefore he decided that the safest option for you is that he left, to let you go and have a normal relationship with someone that won’t disintegrate you into dust by accident.

“no, that’s a ridiculous idea” you shook your head.

“sweetheart i don’t want to hurt you on accident” ben explained, his deep voice soft as he spoke to you.

“and you won’t” you cup his cheeks with your small hands, your touch gentle which always made his heart melt, your thumbs gently caressing his freshly trimmed beard. “ben please..” you look into his green eyes.

“you can’t be sure of that, did you see what i did to those people?” layers of fear and doubt in his voice, rarely did anyone get to see his vulnerable side, but you weren’t just anyone. ben didn’t seem to have a problem being open with you despite his big macho man reputation.

“that was an accident babe.. you were triggered” you explained, hoping you’ll get to him.

“and who says that one day i won’t do it again near you? i can’t let anything happen to you..” ben’s eyes not leaving yours. his brows slightly frowned. “that’s why i need you to stay away from me..”

“please don’t do this ben..” your voice shaky, pleading him, your eyes watering at the thought of him leaving you.

“i have to darling.. it’s for the better.. you’ll be safer that way” his raspy voice impossibly soft as he tried to explain his point of view to you in the calmest possible manner.

“and what if i don’t want to be safe? what if i just want to be with you, safe or not safe, i don’t care… you’re not leaving me” you tried to keep your cool but the thought of him leaving sank deeper and deeper inside of you, making your hands shake.

ben doesn’t fail to notice your distress and the tears forming in your eyes, he takes your hands in his big calloused ones, yours looking so tiny in ben’s, his thumbs stroking the top of your hand in an attempt to calm you down.

“darlin i can’t put you in harms way, you mean too much to me” his tone almost pleading.

“then i’ll take compound v as a safety net” you blurted out the idea in desperation, you’ve thought about it before but you never mentioned it to anyone until now.

his brows frowned not liking the idea at all, “no, absolutely not” he shook his head. “it’s too dangerous, you’re not risking it”

“but that way i have insurance”

“there is a fifty-fifty chance that the stuff will actually work, you really want to risk dying over some superpower?” he didn’t understand how you could even think about it. how can your life mean so little to you that you easily want to gamble with it.

“no ben, i’d risk doing that for you” you look him dead serious in the eyes as you speak. for the first time in his entire life, he believed he isn’t worth that kind of price.

you can physically see he isn’t on board with your offer, “and i’m not just saying this because i am hysterical or because i’m crying..” you started explaining, knowing this is probably what he thought.

“i actually mean it. i thought about it for a long while now… and i.. even thought of doing it behind your back” you confessed, slightly afraid of his reaction so you don’t give him time to react and you continue to explain yourself.

“but i’d rather have you by my side while doing it, while it hurts until it doesn’t..” your eyes soften into a pleading look, the pure desperation in your voice tugged on his heartstrings.

ben sighs “you know that stuff won’t save you , i can fry that out of your blood like i did to your uh.. asian friend”

“first of all her name is kimiko and secondly, you would not kill me and that would be the safety net” you try to convince him.

“just think about..? really think about it.. please ben..” you beg.

he lowers his head letting out a sigh, his hands rubbing his temples, his thoughts rushing. “fuck…”

there is a long moment of silence between the two of you before he decided to speak up. “i need to think about it, okay?” his emerald green eyes softly looking into yours, his hand reaching up to brush a stray strand of hair behind your ear. his touch so delicate as if he was scared he’ll hurt you.

you nod slowly, knowing that convincing him won’t be easy, but it’s better than losing him.

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[crownics]

Quotes from “John & Paul: A Love Story In Songs”

CHAPTER 1: COME GO WITH ME

“They met on a hot day in July 1957 — twelve years after the war, ten years before Sgt. Pepper — amid the homespun pageantry of a suburban English garden party. [...] At around 4 p.m., [Paul] and Ivan arrived at St. Peter’s Church. [...] The noise of Lennon’s group was billowing through humid air from the field next to the church. Paul sweated in his white sports coat and tight black trousers.

He had seen John around, on the bus, in the chip shop, and he was already fascinated by him.”

“John Lennon was not someone you wanted to be seen paying attention to until you were ready for it to be returned. He carried a reputation for verbal and physical combat and was usually surrounded by a schoolboy entourage.

Now, as Paul and Ivan approached the makeshift stage, Paul McCartney was afforded a legitimate chance to gaze at John Lennon. To hear him, too.”

“Later Paul remembered that he was struck by how good Lennon looked, and how good he sounded. He was also intrigued by what Lennon got wrong. Lennon played his guitar oddly, his left hand making simple but unfamiliar shapes on the fretboard, and he messed up the words in a way that Paul found almost inexplicably thrilling.”

“John was not just older; he was already a big figure in the small world of southeast Liverpool teenagers. He had glamour, a gang of mates, and a skiffle group of which he was the undisputed leader. He was, according to those around him at the time, magnetic, unignorable. Girls fancied him, boys feared him. Standing before that stage, looking up, Paul knew that if he wanted to be friends with John, or to join him up there one day, he was the one who would have to make the effort. John Lennon didn’t care.”

“Paul also knew that he had a shot at propelling himself into John’s orbit through their shared love of rock and roll — a love of listening to and playing it. Indeed, this was the reason he wanted to meet John in the first place. [...] For all that he was looking up to the older boy that day, he was also auditioning him.”

“Other than music and a pronounced suspicion of authority, John and Paul shared something else: they were walking wounded. Each, in his short life, had experienced jarring, alienating, soul-rending events that left permanent scars.”

“It is true to say, however, that these two women [Julia and Mimi], who between them were the biggest influences on John’s formative years, offered diametrically opposed models for how to live. One represented hard work and self-discipline: the importance of making something of yourself, of learning how to play the social game and winning at it. The other represented freedom, self-expression, and the need to break out of society’s prison to seek higher, purer truths of art and experience. In 1957 it must have felt to John Lennon that life was about choosing between these two paths — between two ways to be a person.

Then along came Paul.”

“Years later, when Paul recalled how John chewed up and spat out songs on stage that day, the one that came to his mind was not ‘Hound Dog’ or ‘Be-Bop-a-Lula’, but ‘Come Go with Me.’ It wasn’t skiffle or rock and roll, it was doo-wop. [...]

Doo-wop and the music that grew out of it [...] formed an underacknowledged but crucial influence on the Beatles. You can hear it in their painstaking attention to harmonies and love of vocal blending, in their use of backing vocals as sonic coloring, and in a plethora of details, like the way John hangs on a falsetto in ‘In My Life’ (‘in m-ah-ahy life’) or Paul sings the bass part on ‘I Will.’ Lennon uses doo-wop’s innocence as a backdrop for dark humor in ‘Revolution’ (‘shoo-bee-doo-wop’) and in the final section of ‘Happiness Is a Warm Gun’ (‘bang bang shoot shoot’). Paul rips his vocal cords to shreds over a doo-wop chord progression on ‘Oh! Darling.’ Lennon drew on doo-wop, this time affectionately rather than ironically, in ‘(Just Like) Starting Over’, which turned out to be the last single he released. Doo-wop bookends the John-and-Paul relationship, present at its beginning and at the final parting of ways.”

“McCartney later recalled sitting at the piano and smelling beery breath over his shoulder, before realizing it was John. Looking back, it’s tempting to imagine Paul as the center of attention, everyone crowding around him, mouths agape. But one of those present — Pete Shotton, a Quarry Man, and John’s best mate at the time — said he barely remembered Paul being there at all. I suspect that Paul didn’t seek to dominate the occasion and was quite happy for others to drift in and out. He had an audience of one.

He hit his target. Lennon was struck by how well this lad could play, and by how handsome he was (‘He looked like Elvis. I dug him’). He was also impressed and a little unsettled by Paul’s lack of fear.”

“At Woolton fete each of them heard the other say, Come go with me. And when Paul reached across to take John’s guitar [...] the twentieth century tilted on its axis. Two damaged romantics with jagged edges that happened to fit began to fuse into something new and packed with energy.”

[silverspadesss]

horrible quality but i think this is my favourite boyl screenshot i have. it’s just. the found family of it all. that’s peter’s little chosen family all around him and nothing bad is ever going to happen to any of them

[slumberingrose-fandom]

BSD Generation - The Life of Fantasies - Part 6

Bonus

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* Fun fact - Mariya has a nickname from her father Fyodor, "Bunny". It is because of her appearance resemblance to a white rabbit.

Before Mariya was born, Shibusawa has this alias (who is also albinism (according to BSD anthology).

[akyivanov]

🌞✨ 𝓢𝓾𝓶𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮

𝓿𝓲𝓫𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮! 🌴🌊

Hiwatari invited his friends

Boris stole the keys to Kai's holiday home and invited the others to travel with him, but Sergey preferred to stay at home (don't know why, ask the game).

Between sunburn, sweltering heat and a death wish… Boris realised that going to the seaside is really nice after all.

Yury and Ivan died under the sun.