JohnHeartPaul

Journal Community
Name:	JohnHeartPaul, John Heart Paul, JHP
Date(s):	March 2005 - present (moved from LJ to DW in 2017)
Moderator:	gdelgiblueeyes, gloigloi, pauls_left_hand
Founder:	chewmonger
Type:	slash, RPF, fic and discussion
Fandom:	The Beatles
URL:	Livejournal Dreamwidth
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JohnHeartPaul is Livejournal and Dreamwidth community dedicated to the pairing John Lennon/Paul McCartney. It describes itself as "a slash fansite dedicated to the love that was John Lennon and Paul McCartney." It is open to a variety of fannish activities and fanworks including "discussions, questions, fics, photos and anything J/P related." Though not exclusively a tinhatting community, discussion in the community often contain tinhatting. Many of the posts on the Dreamwidth are locked to community members only, with fewer posts on the Livejournal locked. In 2022 the Livejournal had over 1700 members, and the Dreamwidth over 170. As of 2022, the Dreamwidth community is being actively moderated and accepting new member requests. The community is affiliated with the fic index jp_archive.

Fan Comments

[2012]: I never got into the major, major slash fandoms. But one day, I thought, there's gotta be a Beatles LJ. That's gotta be happening somewhere. And there was. It was called "John Heart Paul." That was the name of the LJ. Now, when I was a little kid — a little kid, younger than ten — my sister and I, my older sister and I were just playing a game like "Name your favorite whatever" and I think one thing she said was "Name your favorite love story." And I said, "John Lennon and Paul McCartney." And she said, "What do you mean by that?" And I said, "I think, of all of the people in the 20th century that loved each other the most, they loved each other the most." And I think what I was kind of implying was, it was because they broke each other's hearts. That's the proof. You can see it because it ended. But I was just really convinced by that. When I was a little kid, I said, Yep, no question. That's—. If I have to think about who loved each other the most, it was them. When I found John Heart Paul, I couldn't believe I never slashed them. That's the name of the fandom — it's called John Heart Paul, duh. What? I even called it, when I was like nine. Of course that's the fandom! (laughs)

[2015]: The rumors that John and Paul had a sexual relationship are as old as The Beatles. JohnHeartPaul is — can only be — an expression of a permanent feature of the greater fandom. I believe that JHP, and John and Paul slash, is related to changes in our larger society; just as “Paul Is Dead” is a direct outgrowth of the assassination/conspiracy culture of the 60s and 70s.

[2018]: I was obsessed, so obsessed, SO obsessed with the Beatles when I was young. Like, hyper-fixated. I felt like such a weirdo and I roped my friends in, but I was kinda on another level of obsession.

I wasn’t part of an online fan community or anything, because I didn’t have internet access. I was in foster care, and my group homes didn’t allow us online ALL. Like, occasionally I found a way to sneak on, but for the most part.. nothing.

When I was on a home visit and my parents weren’t looking, I made an LJ community for people who think John and Paul were meant2be. I called it johnheartpaul.

Thennnn I was caught on the computer and didn’t really get to participate in it

I checked back recently and the community had over 1000 members, and was active for a pretty long time. I missed the entire run of the community. I think I popped in once or twice in the very beginning, but I was never really part of the community.

Maybe it was okay that I was alone in my obsession, it really made it seem more “my own”. But, hey, don’t take fandoms for granted. Community is cool.