The Mystery of the Valet in the Night Time

[laeticiav.livejournal.com]

A Jeeves and Wooster photo story in artsy historically accurate black and white. (It’s like Spindrift, but without those pesky words!). This is the first real photo story I've done with Bertie and Reginald, so I would totally love it if you would take a look, old chaps.

Title: The Mystery of the Valet in the Night Time

Synopsowhatsit: Why, exactly would one's valet appear in the bedchamber wearing not his usual valet-ish garb, but only his long and revelatory undergarments? In which a Rex West novel is hastily discarded, Jeeves smirks, and Bertie boggles.

Rating: PG. Since one would never bandy a gentleman’s personal gentleman’s name (or pictorial likeness), anything too unseemly is left subtly implied.


















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And, without going into too much ungentlemanly detail, that is how the new arrangement between y.m. and valet came to be.





I say.

Notes.
Here is an early 20th-century union suit ad (art by the incomparable J.C. Leyendecker).
The main difference between photographing dolls and action figures, I find, is that it's really hard to get these little guys to show emotion. Stiff upper l. and all that. Anyway, in between flinging their hands and heads around, they finally got a little bit schmoopy and what have you.
The Jeeves doll action figure has a generic head that I modified slightly and repainted, and I'm reasonably happy with it, whereas the Bertie head is one of about 5 or 6 actual Hugh Laurie sculpts I have tried modifying and I'm still not convinced of its Bertie-osity (because the sculpts are all trying to be House they are all haggard and scruffy and scowley and it doesn't suit Bertie's sunny disposish). He sort of cooperated here. Usually he just looks like he wants to shout "it's not lupus!," which isn't cricket at all.
Also, it's a bit of a shame that the photos are black and white, because you can't tell that the pajamas are are a delightful heliotropish shade.

Comments

[godsdaisiechain.livejournal.com]

SQUEEEEE!!!!

*hrmmm*

I think they show ample emotion and verve and all that, old top.... Would it be terribly forward to link alos to the fanfic inspired by your ad?

[laeticiav.livejournal.com]

:) Link away. If you want to borrow the Union suit pix to illustrate your fic on the topic, borrow away. I originally bought the white stretchy garment to do a "man on the bag" pose with Jeeves for that fic of yours and even made a little duffle bag, but the Jeeves action figure just looked all weird and awkward in said pose :(

We should collab on something, yes? Or just go on encouraging each other shamelessly, that would also be fine :)

[godsdaisiechain.livejournal.com]

Thank-you! I did put the image in the fic in question... but YES let's do collaborate. My friend suggested a Viking Jeeves v Trolls fic.

[laeticiav.livejournal.com]

Viking Jeeves and trolls? Sounds intriguing!