That is perfect. Jeeves sanding the butcherblock table in the middle of the night because he couldn't sleep. *grin* You are wonderful! I shall attempt this!
Goodness! It's been awhile since I read the books (and I don't think I've read the Soapy Sid incident, come to think of it) that I forget the finer points. I should brush up. It's so hard to imagine Bertie wanted to keep the pearls! But he definitely has had his rougher moments… I suppose, next to everyone else who cons him into helping them, Bertie's rough stuff never looked so bad.
See, when you say dead, in prison, or call him to fix their problems it's so dreadfully hard not to think of sinister serial killer Jeeves. Between you and cat94208 I think the universe is telling me to write Dark Jeeves. lol Jeeves' references are definitely dashed odd, though perhaps he got tired of the older elite being stuck in eccentric ways and decided to go in for a younger bachelor he could mold? I expect they refuse to believe he no longer works for them because the aristocracy were rather entitled. (Servants were things, not people. Thus Jeeves, having once been "owned" by them is still theirs? I can see a fic where Jeeves or Bertie actually has a hell of a time shaking off previous employers who won't take no for an answer.)
I know, right? Now that it's been said I don't think it can ever be unsaid! Agatha = failed Jeeves! *facepalm* So many things make sense now. She was undoubtedly a superb molder in her time, but she grew up into a Dragon Aunt whose lost the subtleties of molding. (Gosh, can you imagine how irked Jeeves would get if he perpetually failed on a project he was obsessed with? Think how pipped he got over Biffy and Mabel.)
Okay, I definitely need to brush up on the books, because I can't remember Bertie being so concerned by Jeeves' mastery over the house. Class relations are entirely fascinating to me, especially in their era when socialism was growing and the serving classes were slowly beginning to fade out, right between the two wars. Especially with Jeeves, he's in such an unusual position, as generally his job would always be in such a fragile position, but Jeeves himself is a brilliant man and his position with Bertie is nearly immovable as Agatha's attempts prove.
I apologize my responses are sometimes slow. I'm in a frustratingly busy couple weeks on campus. But I've been enjoying our conversations so much! Jeeves and Bertie are so layered I suspect I could go on forever, and every time we discuss some point or another new ideas keep developing! lol
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Date: 2012-11-27 10:39 am (UTC)Goodness! It's been awhile since I read the books (and I don't think I've read the Soapy Sid incident, come to think of it) that I forget the finer points. I should brush up. It's so hard to imagine Bertie wanted to keep the pearls! But he definitely has had his rougher moments… I suppose, next to everyone else who cons him into helping them, Bertie's rough stuff never looked so bad.
See, when you say dead, in prison, or call him to fix their problems it's so dreadfully hard not to think of sinister serial killer Jeeves. Between you and
I know, right? Now that it's been said I don't think it can ever be unsaid! Agatha = failed Jeeves! *facepalm* So many things make sense now. She was undoubtedly a superb molder in her time, but she grew up into a Dragon Aunt whose lost the subtleties of molding. (Gosh, can you imagine how irked Jeeves would get if he perpetually failed on a project he was obsessed with? Think how pipped he got over Biffy and Mabel.)
Okay, I definitely need to brush up on the books, because I can't remember Bertie being so concerned by Jeeves' mastery over the house. Class relations are entirely fascinating to me, especially in their era when socialism was growing and the serving classes were slowly beginning to fade out, right between the two wars. Especially with Jeeves, he's in such an unusual position, as generally his job would always be in such a fragile position, but Jeeves himself is a brilliant man and his position with Bertie is nearly immovable as Agatha's attempts prove.
I apologize my responses are sometimes slow. I'm in a frustratingly busy couple weeks on campus. But I've been enjoying our conversations so much! Jeeves and Bertie are so layered I suspect I could go on forever, and every time we discuss some point or another new ideas keep developing! lol