#i feel like i didn’t explain this very well lmao 🧍🏻

[franklyimissparis]

I think for me the thing with John is, while he can be immensely frustrating and at times disturbing and I entirely understand people who just can't get on with him, it's certainly more nuanced than him being just a bastard and Paul the "good guy". I think John's worst behavior just happens to be a lot more overt while Paul tends to be more careful keeping similar traits under the surface, and it's probably because they both share that duality of dark and light that Paul has been able to forgive a lot of what John did.

yeah i definitely agree with this! paul has also always been better at being a PR man while john never cared about that as much (which some people love abt him.) i think they’re both flawed people and i love them both BUT i can also see why people wouldn’t like one or either.

what mostly frustrates me personally is when people paint paul as a saint and john as an evil presence in his life - when obviously paul himself does not see it that way. and the reverse: when people (mostly older fans and music journalists) see john as this genius martyr and paul as a talentless hack.

with the argument that people sometimes use that paul = good guy and john = horrible bastard, it also ignores the fact that there are alleged accounts of paul being physical on at least one occasion towards both heather and linda (heathers being a first hand account and linda’s being second hand) and others who have said that paul is an incredibly controlling man, bordering on emotional abuse. not saying that any of that is actually true but i do think it’s a bit ignorant to pretend those accounts of paul haven’t been said and that there have never been any accusations against him as well. to paint the paul/john comparison as being totally black and white is just silly. especially when paul has lived for more than twice as long as john who obviously didn’t get the chance to age and continue to add to/change his own narrative like paul still can.