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2020-03-18
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Only One

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Summary:

Saturday night. 18th May 1985. Jimmy is finally touring again in a band that is working for him. Robert is days away from releasing Shaken and Stirred. He's never seen Jimmy from the audience and he just has time before he flies out to the US.

Jimmy knew this tour would be different. Not like these little bits of projects and charity gigs. Something real. Playing Birmingham it's not such a surprise he's come. Well, maybe it is. It still makes a difference. Knowing he's listening.

Chapter 1: prelude

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

This is a mirrorfic.

Maybe this is a prelude; maybe a coda.

The two chapters are the same but told from a different point of view. One Robert. One Jimmy.

 

A side

 

B side

 

You choose the order. Then flip it over. Needle in the groove. We're telling you stories. That's all it is - 

but stories matter.

 

Memory is fickle.

 

48 hours later https://youtu.be/hOw7T0uc9yg?t=286

 

And another week after that https://youtu.be/IxkIRyptS6s?t=145

 

What did Jimmy think..? well, he never says much in words.

 

https://youtu.be/bKOdrvkCTs4?t=1489

 

 

Notes:

Goldragon is a writing collaboration between @thebookhunter and @ledbythreads

'Robert to my Jimmy - Jimmy to my Robert'

We work in collaboration, writing works for Led Zeppelin fandom. We use experimental techniques such as writing live into shared documents from joint headcanon as a form of performance.

Jimmy and Robert are characters - but the setting is real, the dynamics are real, the interviews are real.
RPF - real person fiction - is writing about performance. Anything we in fandom can see is our own reaction to stardom. All real. All unreal. Robert is a storyteller - it's up to you to decide what story you want to hear. They deserve all the stories...

You are part of this story. You can find us on tumblr as @incredifishface and @ledbythreads. We welcome your comments, voices, ideas, headcanon, questions. Talk to us. Share. Talk to each other here in the comments. Fandom is communal. We are sitting round the campfire in the night learning to be human.

We are the ocean. Still.

18th March 2020.