Here’s a page devoted to the film ‘The Hours and Times’, which depicts the notorious trip to Spain in 1963 by John and Brian Epstein, the Beatles’ gay manager, who had a crush on him and was trying to seduce him. Yes, professionally made slash—of a sort, anyway. Click here.
Lovely Rita answers your questions here!
Who are you, and why are you writing such nasty stuff?
I will say that I'm in my early 20s, so I'm hardly a member of the ‘first wave’ of Beatle fans. Why I decided to slash these guys instead of the Cure, or Savage Garden, or anyone else, well, the idea just struck me out of the blue one day, when I pictured John and Paul French-kissing. And it seemed so right somehow. Plus, I find something deliciously subversive in slashing beloved baby-boomer idols. Later on I found out about the wonderful world of slash, and, sensing a gap, did this. So there you are.
What a pervert! At least other female fanfic writers write about getting it on with the Fab Four themselves!
I hate Mary Sues, don't you? Besides, the idea just doesn't appeal to me at all.
Aren't you afraid that Paul's/Yoko's/whoever's lawyers are going to get you?
Umm...how shall I put this? There are probably well over 200 Beatle fanfic sites out there already, and I’ve never heard of any one of them having to shut down. So why would they take an interest in me?
More importantly for my case, the film ‘The Hours and Times’ was released in 1992, which is basically a slash story, albeit of a somewhat soft nature. I have never heard of any lawsuits concerning this film. In fact, Yoko Ono has declined to sue the authors of highly speculative biographies of John Lennon, some of which implicate that he was bisexual. So, again, I find it unlikely that they would come after me, when my stuff is clearly labeled ‘totally fiction’, when others get away with presenting it as fact. (I hope, I hope...)
But WHY?
‘Cause these boys are HOT, baby! ;-)
The idea of these guys having hot sex with each other makes me physically ill!
Tough. Deal with it. If you don't like it, you don't have to read it!
But John WASN'T GAY! And neither is Paul, George, or Ringo.
Um, there's a reason these things are labeled FICTION, you know??
You are dishonouring John's memory by this.
Well, that one I might have more sympathy for. But what can I say? John might even have found the idea amusing, from what I know about him. Who knows?
How many illegal substances have you ingested today?
Uh, none, why do you ask?
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