#jeeves

[idanit]

I don't think I've seen people talk about this, but it bothers me.

In "Leave It to Jeeves", Jeeves talks of his former employer:

“I wonder if I have ever happened to mention to you, sir, a Mr. Digby Thistleton, with whom I was once in service? Perhaps you have met him? He was a financier. He is now Lord Bridgnorth. It was a favourite saying of his that there is always a way. The first time I heard him use the expression was after the failure of a patent depilatory which he promoted. (...) His depilatory failed, but he did not despair. He put it on the market again under the name of Hair-o, guaranteed to produce a full crop of hair in a few months. It was advertised, if you remember, sir, by a humorous picture of a billiard-ball, before and after taking, and made such a substantial fortune that Mr. Thistleton was soon afterwards elevated to the peerage for services to his Party. It seems to me that, if Mr. Corcoran looks into the matter, he will find, like Mr. Thistleton, that there is always a way.

In "Jeeves and the Hard-Boiled Egg," he likewise mentions him:

“It was a maxim of one of my former employers, sir⁠—as I believe I mentioned to you once before⁠—the present Lord Bridgnorth, that there is always a way. I remember his lordship using the expression on the occasion⁠—he was then a business gentleman and had not yet received his title⁠—when a patent hair-restorer which he chanced to be promoting failed to attract the public. He put it on the market under another name as a depilatory, and amassed a substantial fortune. I have generally found his lordship’s aphorism based on sound foundations.

Doylistically, I think this is Wodehouse reusing his bits and tripping up, or maybe making a little in-joke for the readers who know and remember his previous stories. But watsonianly, what is happening here? Lord Bridgnorth couldn't possibly have made a depilatory that failed, rebranded it as Hair-O, amassed a fortune and a title, then made a hair restorer despite already having a successful hair restorer product, and after its failure rebranded it as a depilatory, right?

Is Jeeves misremembering? Inventing his anecdotes? Lying? And for what?

#letters regarding jeeves #I fell behind on the mailing list but I'm catching up #jeeves #jeeves and wooster #leave it to jeeves #jeeves and the hard-boiled egg #am i not understanding something here. #idanit talks #jeeves the unreliable narrator of his life tinfoil hat

[probablyday]

modern nerd Bertie Wooster goes viral

previously: millennial nerd bertie wooster for some reason, millennial nerd woosterposting part 2 act 1 act 1, ukridge buys bitcoin, psmith "meets" elon musk

the original Woosterpost hit 4000 notes earlier. please, i'm just a simple lesbian who writes whatever this is

(had to double-check I wasn't referencing a real blog with this one. never change, tumblr)

#the tumblr experience #woosterposting #jeeves and wooster #bertie wooster #jeeves #tumblr #pg wodehouse #bertie's getting better with the pronoun thing #worm/worm pronouns sound badass honestly

[skullsemi]

Happy Valentine's Day!! 🧡🧡

#my art #Mickey mouse #minnie mouse #john d. rockerduck #jeeves #penumbra #della duck #launchpad mcquack #drake mallard #oswald the lucky rabbit #ortensia the cat #quackerjack #megavolt #donald duck #daisy duck #panchito pistoles #jose carioca #scrooge mcduck #glittering goldie #disney #panjose #mickmin #scroldie #drakepad #quackervolt #rockerjeeves #dondaisy #dellumbra #ducktales #topolino comics

[teaspoonnebula]

Enjoy receiving emails from besotted biographers about their genius associates?

Then have I got some email bookclubs starting in 2024 for you!

[IMG A cartoon of Holmes and Watson running side by side, dressed in country tweeds. Holmes is pointing. Lettering reads Letters from Watson, the Novels]

Letters from Watson is reading through the Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle throughout 2023.

In 2024 we'll be reading the novels starting January 1st, with A Study in Scarlet. Hold on for more mystery and adventure with the Great Detective and his dashing doctor.

[IMG A cartoon of Raffles and Bunny running side by side, dressed in formal suits and top hats and wearing masks. Raffles is clutching some pearls and has jewels in his pockets. Lettering reads Letters from Bunny]

But perhaps you'd rather take a little trip to the other side of the law?

Letters from Bunny will be reading the Raffles stories by EW Hornung, featuring gentleman thief (and cricketer) AJ Raffles and his burglar companion Bunny Manders, from the Ides of March (March 15th)

[IMG A cartoon of Jeeves and Wooster walking side by side, Wooster dressed in colourful clothes and a boater, Jeeves in a monocrome suit. Lettering reads 'Letters Regarding Jeeves']

For something a little lighter, Letters Regarding Jeeves will be reading the uproarously funny public domain stories featuring chap about town Bertie Wooster and his bulging-brained valet Jeeves, starting February 14th.

Reblogs appreciated to spread the word!

#letters from watson #letters from bunny #letters regarding jeeves #literature #book club #sherlock holmes #raffles #crime and cricket #jeeves #jeeves and wooster #pg wodehouse #reading #to read

[cjjferk]

#jeeves and wooster #bertie wooster #reginald jeeves #jeeves #fry and laurie #pg wodehouse #fanart #my art

[crawlingbetweenearthandheaven]

The Code of the Woosters, PG Wodehouse, 1938

#pg wodehouse #Wodehouse #p. g. wodehouse #jeeves #jeeves and Wooster #Keats #ode to autumn #british literature #literature #bookblr #now reading #dark academia

[scoobit9]

Huge fucking Jooster dump you know the drill

#just in case people like lookin at these lol #in the first one jeeves got bertie out of bed so they could go on an early morning walk #and he starts waxing poetic about the dew or some rot #i have like two and a half different versions of bertie bouncing around in my head does anyone relate #like they're all just so Him and i love them all dearly #and then by comparison jeeves is completely homogenized into one guy LMFAO #i at least try to have some sorta difference between Fry Jeeves and Book Jeeves... book Jeeves is more angular #ANYWAYS... #jooster #jeeves and wooster #reginald jeeves #bertie wooster #jeeves #p. g. wodehouse #art #fanart

[my-pal-bertie]

How we're going in to 2024

#jeeves and wooster #reginald jeeves #jeeves #jooster #bertie wooster

[jazzandpizazz]

Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster Jeeves and Wooster S1 E1

#jeeves and wooster #bertie wooster #reginald jeeves #hugh laurie #stephen fry #jeeves and wooster episode 1 #bertram wooster #wooster #jeeves #british television

[beetle-goth]

I decided to do a digital fingerpainting of Jeeves~ my beloved

#jeeves and wooster #reginald jeeves #pg wodehouse #Jeeves #my art #yes I gave him a beauty mark even tho Fry doesn’t have one #I also gave him longer eyelashes #reality is whatever I want #also the light in his eyes are hearts

[frc-ambaradan]

Really cool infographic rounding up (some of) the italian Disney characters combined with the year, the story, the issue of Topolino they debuted in and the name of their creator(s):

from Topolino #3567.

#i don't think there's the need to translate this #i don't even know the english name for most of them ^^'''' #disney characters #italian disney characters #italian disney comics #topolino magazine #infographic #info dump #duck avenger #brigitta mcbridge #lusky #jeeves #albert #quackmore #dickie duck #disney ducks #disney mice

[idanit]

The hour remained rather on the painful side of ack-emma, but the lark was on the wing, the snail on the thorn, and Jeeves in my room doing the important work of restoring this Wooster to the world, body and soul.

"Jeeves, you stand alone," I said after I had a bit of that.

"If I may be so bold, sir, I think I no longer do."

#jeeves and wooster #jeeves #jooster #reginald jeeves #bertie wooster #pg wodehouse #back with my warm light and purply shadows gradient maps #microdosing on writing wodehouse #idanit makes #idanit draws

[probablyday]

millennial nerd woosterposting part 2 act 1 act 1

previous woosterposting: millennial nerd bertie wooster for some reason

i took 8d6 damage writing this and now i deal 8d6 psychic damage to you

Selections from J33V3S 1S TH1S YOU, which does not and should not exist oh god it hurts just to type it

#goodbye followers #woosterposting #do i dare to tag this with homestuck #i also considered having madeline bassett just be Grimes #cursed content #jeeves and wooster #bertie wooster #jeeves #madeline bassett #gussie fink-nottle #pg wodehouse #truly do not know what will happen if i use the homestuck tag in 2023 #it's probably fine #right? #i won't do it #i'm a coward

[skullsemi]

when all else fails, draw your favorite characters hugging each other, maybe the art block can be combated with the power of love or found family or whatever

You're too kind anon I also believe in the power of love or found family or whatever

Thanks for the suggestion! These were fun to sketch:)

#inbox #disney #darkwing duck #launchpad mcquack #drake mallard #gosalyn mallard #goofy #clarabelle cow #mortimer mouse #gladstone gander #john d rockerduck #jeeves #lusky #disney comics #goofy x clarabelle #rockerjeeves #drakepad #mortstone #my art

[aspiring-creative-person]

Ok but I was just thinking

Jooster is kind of the only actual solid relationship in Jeeves and Wooster?? Like platonic or romantic, let me explain

Like obviously it’s the focus, but like. Listen.

Everyone else hops from girl to girl, or guy to guy, and each one is filled with turmoil. This is just talking about Bertie’s friends, right?

But also, as friends, they really suck. They constantly get him to do things for them and do nothing in return.

Even the aunts and uncles don’t usually have spouses that are actually on screen!! Who knows if there were divorces or something?? Like people’s parents are hardly ever present it’s always some rich aunt or uncle, with Bertie yes but even with all his friends 😅😂

Everyone in that show is just so… detached from each other. There’s a particular moment where Bertie is driving Bingo and Tuppy home, and they’re just ranting about their women to each other and not listening to the other, and Bertie is just so done with it. I think that illustrates this point pretty well.

Anyway, Jeeves and Bertie are so not that. There’s another post somewhere on Tumblr talking about how Bertie always replies to Jeeves’ subtext and they pick up on each others moods essentially, which I think is a great point. And generally they just really like each other. Just read any of the books to see how much Bertie admires Jeeves, and read “Mr. Wooster Changes His Mind,” which is from Jeeves’ perspective, and you can see how he cares a lot for Bertie as well.

And like. They have their own language. Bertie is used to Jeeves materializing into rooms (this generally freaks out other people), he is now comfortable with it. Also he knows that whenever Jeeves is cold to him it’s almost always about his fashion choices, and that is a constant theme of how they interact. They have their quips about music sometimes. Jeeves always helps solve Bertie’s (and friends’) problems, and even when Bertie gets the short end of the stick, if it’s Jeeves’ plan he immediately is satisfied with the conclusion.

The biggest thing, though, is probably their brief break-up. Like. They had a disagreement and broke up, and then missed each other. There weren’t even any hard feelings, just longing tbh. And at the end they got back together, and stayed together, and were happy to see each other again. They clearly enjoy each others’ company. And Jeeves seemed to think that the other candidates for his employer did not even compare to Bertie.

Name another couple in this show who is as devoted as they are

Half of the women go for men for their status, the other half at whims

All of the men go for women on whims, and half of them find another girl when they have some sort of disagreement with the previous one

And even if they get back with a previous partner, there’s no guarantee that they will stay together

But Jooster is in for the long haul. The most consistent relationship, the most caring relationship, the most in-tune relationship, the most long-term relationship.

Oh yeah also with familial relations and all that. Aunt Agatha has been quoted to say she thinks Bertie should probably be put in some home. Like, that’s pretty rude and everything. She also tries to get him to marry all the time, she doesn’t care about him in a way that is healthy at least, only so much as he can be out of the way and out of trouble. Even Aunt Dahlia, who says he is her favorite nephew, and who takes advantage of his nature to get him to do things for her, insults him and throws things at him sometimes. His cousin Gussy, when he gets drunk, insults him in front of a crowd, going so far as to say he hates him. Claude and Eustice put him into the soup without a care for how mad Aunt Agatha will be at him.

Jeeves never insults him, or not his character at least. Yes, they have their disagreements about fashion and music. But Jeeves never insults his intelligence. He never calls him clumsy. He never underestimates him. Yes, he is his employee, but I have a feeling that it doesn’t have to do with that. Even when he was split up, like I mentioned, he came back and said the other employers weren’t up to snuff compared to Bertie.

Omg and then there’s all the women who think Bertie loves them/who want to marry Bertie. Of course, they all have delusions about him, because if they knew him at all they would know he is not in love with them. They would know that he’s too much of a pushover to say no to them. But they don’t. Which just shows further the disconnect everyone has in this show.

Ok referencing one more post because I like the point they have. It was something about how the actors keep changing for the side characters, unintentionally showing how Jeeves is really the only constant in Bertie’s life. Again showing the difference in their relationship vs his disconnected everyone else is. While I’m sure it’s not an intentional choice in that regard, it certainly is an interesting connection.

Anyway like I said at the beginning of this, you can interpret their relationship as romantic or platonic or somewhere in between, but it’s definitely the only solid one in the series.

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[cjjferk]

Reverse!au

In fact, I think Bertie in reverse!au would be a terrible valet, because in the series he had a whole damn book on how to make tea and even with its help he failed😔✊️

Jeeves in turn will be a more serious aristocrat than original Bertie, perhaps having his own business or some connections or something. But even assuming that Bertie in reverse is quite good at his valet duties, Jeeves in reverse doesn't really need his advice, as he can get out of the "soup" himself. And I think that if Jeeves does get into trouble, it's going to be bigger than just marrying another girl your aunt puts in front of you. So Bertie can't exactly be the domestic think tank.

Just my thoughts eheheh

#jeeves and wooster #bertie wooster #jooster #reginald jeeves #jeeves #fanart #my art #reverse au #wooster and jeeves