Covered - a drunk Jimbert poem for @noisy-kitten

you know the photograph right?

.

.

I don’t drink to forget you

I drink to remember.

I brought Jenny to the premier and

you slapped me in the bathroom.

Said I needed to face facts,

tell the world

or

fuck off.

I was so numb I laughed in your face

and kissed you

with a split lip.

You threw my drink over me and then

wept.

I still made you come.

On my knees.

Kneeling in shame

as you

cursed me.

When you marched me

out of there

I was grateful.

I never wanted you more.

I want you.

Now,

and always.

Robert: So where do I put this?

Jimmy:

Jimmy:

Out in the land of never ending

The rich parade the roar of life

We shared a world forever changing

Through dancing days and wondrous nights

I offered up the secret places

Reveal the magic of the land

All bound by blood and lipstick traces

Till time conspired to steal our crown

Dear beliefs anon:

Jimbert IS canon - I think you mean did they get in each other’s pants? If I believed they were, in fact, in the closet about such a significant sexual relationship then it would be baiting them to write about it. As a queer person myself I write slash about characters Jimmy and Robert - slash sex isn’t imo about reality. IRL Jimmy Page and Robert Plant were (are?) obviously deeply, lovingly, brokenly and unbrokenly, significant to each other. Mated, married, involved - imo as many heterosexual men are. Slash queers that story is all, because queer people need those stories and some other people do too.

Rock stardom is performance - RPF slash is about that performance. It’s not so very different from other fanfiction excepting it is more visceral because I’m a fan of the real performers, their music. Showmen are shaman. Jimbert slash is a long tradition of performative shamanic fandom through transformative works.