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[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

Speculation post.

Where would you see Bertie and Jeeves in the future? Canonically speaking *cough*. I just mean, can you envision Bertie ever getting married? Things like that. Little toddler Woosters running around? Or would he be indeed as Jeeves claims "not the marrying type" and happily live in his London flat for the rest of his life under the care of Jeeves?

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[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

Well, mostly Bertie's pegged to be in his mid-twenties and Jeeves in his late forties, early fifties, from what I can gather. Though I don't doubt that Jeeves will never get OUT of his prime. He was born in his prime. I have visions of him as an extremely erudite six-year old quoting Shakespeare and calmly floating about solving minor schoolyard mysteries.

I'd like to see you canonically justify it, though.

[cicerothewriter.livejournal.com]

I'll do my best to justify it using canon. It may take a few days (I'm supposed to be writing my thesis right now), but I'll see what I can come up with.

[veronamay.livejournal.com]

Thread hijack! *g*

Just wanted to poke my nose in and say that, according to Benny Green's "Wodehouse: A Literary Biography", Jeeves was born in 1881 (the same year as Wodehouse himself, incidentally). And if we assume that Bertie's 23 or 24 when they meet in 1919 (his age is referenced somewhere in "Carry On Jeeves", IIRC), then Bertie was born in 1895 or so. So the 10-15 year age gap is about right.

/end research-geek comment

[cicerothewriter.livejournal.com]

Thank you, thank you! I knew I got it from somewhere. Now I don't have to worry so much.

[veronamay.livejournal.com]

I had reason to research Jeeves's age rather closely, for a forthcoming story. *looks shifty*

[cicerothewriter.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, interesting. I eagerly await it. *g*

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

Ah. I stand corrected.

:D

[veronamay.livejournal.com]

With a fab icon like that you may stand anywhere you like, old thing.