Squee and request

[rainfire-dancer.livejournal.com]

[Yes, I know, you're probably thinking OH GOD SHE'S JUST JOINED AND SHE'S SPAMMING US TO DEATH. Jeeves, fetch us a w. and s., we're feeling in need of a bucking up! Sorry about that. ^^]

Thing One: Would anybody be willing to beta for me? I have a fic in the works, but I'm not sure whether I have the Bertie-voice quite right.

Thing Two: You are probably the only people I know who will find this squeeful, but: I found two books by Saki in the local charity shop.

Vintage 1928 editions.

For £1.50 each.

*asplodes*

So now I have a copy each of "The Square Egg" and "The Unbearable Bassington", and oh God I need to go write Reginald/Young!Jeeves, Clovis/Psmith, or any combination of the above.

Cheers!

Eli :D

Comments

[careena.livejournal.com]

::jealousy:: I *love* Saki. All Wodehouse people should be familiar with him, because he's as funny as Plum, but twice as mean.

[rainfire-dancer.livejournal.com]

And today, I found the Complete Short Stories for £1.00!

Fate and that bookshop, they do smile upon me. *loves Reginald and the Other waaaay more than is healthy*

Plus, I bought "Right Ho, Jeeves!" So now, I have much Edwardian/1920s gay lit, and there is much rejoicing. XD

*uses Gussie icon to, er, celebrate, although he's being a gloomy biddy*

[truly-bohemian.livejournal.com]

I don't mind the spamming, but if Jeeves could be a dear I wouldn't mind a w. and s. from him anyway. ^_^

I'd love to assist you with your fic but I have no idea how much use I'd be... I suppose the best beta for you would be someone who can write a really good Bertie-voice...

[innocentsmith.livejournal.com]

I'm always up for a beta. Me me me me! *waves hand like an idiot*

Also, I love and adore Saki, and am madly jealous. And if you write a Wodehouse/Saki crossover I'll love you forever. Back in February, I actually had a bee in my bonnet for about 48 hours imagining Reginald actually being Young!Jeeves (http://community.livejournal.com/indeedsir/147090.html), but it passed as these things do.

[rainfire-dancer.livejournal.com]

I shall! Please to beta for me, and I will write you Saki!fic. Not like my summer holiday is going to be spent revising, as Exams of Death are over, so, yeah, expect lots of fic from me! XD

Also, as I said above, I found Saki's "Complete Short Stories" in that shop, so now I have both "Right Ho, Jeeves!" and the complete Saki on my desk. Which brings my Wodehouse collection up to four books, and my Saki up to three. Huzzah!

The fic involves established-relationship Jeeves/Bertie, references to "The Vesuvius Club", and silly Welsh names. XD

[innocentsmith.livejournal.com]

*bounces* Yay! Okay, send it to brookechappell@gmail.com whenever you like.

I have an embarrassing number of Saki collections, since I kept finding them at library sales, with something or other that the ones I had didn't include, be it only an introduction by someone fabulous. I was thinking, at one point, of writing a play about his life, with the stories intertwined, so I've read a couple of bios, too. Graham Greene or someone said that, "Few writers are less interesting to read about. Saki exists only to be read," which is utter poppycock, IMHO. There's a great anecdote from his sister of when they were little kids, and their aunts walked in on Hector chasing his two older siblings around the room, shouting something like, "I'm God Almighty! I will destroy you!" (Better than that, actually, but I'm away from my books right now and can't look it up.) Needless to say, they all got in trouble. Lots of it. XD

OoooOOOOoooh. Shiny! (I love that one story in one of the Mulliner books, with the gentleman named ffarrowmere-ffinch.)

[ink-n-imp.livejournal.com]

SAKI!! SQUEE!!!

...you know, I feel like a dolt. When I was little I had (still have, in fact used the short story "toys of Peace" for a writing assignment about how society tries to train children and whatnot) "The Story Teller", and adored the stories something FIERCE. But of course, I never thought to find more of his stuff and broaden my mind and all that. Dolt dolt dolt. All this time I could have been plotting crack young! Jeeves fanfiction!?!?

Well, better late then never! How I adore public domains...XD Though, good on you for finding those! My god what a brilliant find! I think if I found Saki books that old for that cheap here, I would look positively shifty and sneaky going up to the counter to pay, trying to act natural lest they realize what they were letting me get away with.

So...evil plot bunnies of the Reginald/Jeeves/CLovis/Psmith persuasion?

*secretly feeds them behind your back in hopes something will spawn*

[rainfire-dancer.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, they're spawning. *backs into corner, waves carrot pleadingly*

I know! I practically sneaked up to the counter with my sweater pulled up to my ears (would have turned my coat collar up, but wasn't wearing a coat.)

The 1928 editions (my newly-acquired Saki omnibus is considerably newer) are teh spiff, pocket-sized, and were apparantly owned by a lady called Mollie Dickinson, as her name is written in careful cursive and blue ink on the flyleaves of both books. ^^ Awesome.

I'm thinking Reginald/Jeeves/The Other, or possibly Reginald/Mike/Psmith/the Other. I have this fascination with the Other, as you can tell. He's supposed to be Reginald's gay-male-lover-that-dare-not-speak-his-name, right?

Wow. All these years of thinking that Edwardian subtext is unintentional, and then...BOOM. Completely intended subtext! :D Joy!

(I'm not counting Jeeves and the Tie that Binds. That's not subtext. That's text. Even my mom agrees, and who says she's not in charge? ^^ Likewise with Brideshead Revisited. Oh Charles, you and your silly attempts at being heterosexual.)

Yes, it's impossible for me to leave short comments. I apologize. XD

Eli :D

[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

Reginald/Young!Jeeves

So, er....Reginald/Reginald?

[rainfire-dancer.livejournal.com]

Yeah, basically. ^^

"No..." Reginald sighed, looking terribly put-upon, "I shall have to call you Jeeves, unless you'd prefer a less mundane facon de parler. It's too confusing."

Oh God stop me, the bunnies are advancing...

[smokingthings.livejournal.com]

Oooh, Saki. I would so join your fanclub if you did a Plum/Saki crossover, although I think Clovis and Psmith might be a bit too similar. But do have a bash.

[rainfire-dancer.livejournal.com]

I shall!