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[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

Oh, how these reviews amuse me...

"Based on the well-loved novels of P.G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse, this British series featuring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, chronicles the misadventures (romantic and otherwise) of the impeccably dressed Bertie Wooster and his trusty and sagacious butler, Jeeves. "

Am I the only one who read this as "romantic and otherwise adventures between Jeeves and Bertie"?


I found a Belgian Drones Club... omgsquee.

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[dryadwoman.livejournal.com]

Hee, love your icon. It reminds me of the time I told a friend how slashable I thought J&W were:
He: Jeeves! That's so wrong! "A gentleman's gentleman"!
I: Exactly.

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

^_^! Hee, thanks.

This is what happened with me:
Mom: What are you reading?
Me: Jeeves and Wooster.
Mom: Again?
Me: Well, it's funny as hell and there's slash to be found, of course.
Mom: Between master and valet?
Me: Yes.
Mom: And before that it was LotR with master and gardener?
Me: Yes.
Mom: PotC with mistress and lady's maid?
Me: Uh huh.
Mom: Household staff is really never safe around you, is it?
Me: ^.^; Not really. But Jeeves puts Bertie to bed and sat next to him while he was bathing and Bertie is utterly helpless without him and...
Mom: Like you and me when you were three?
Me: O.o! Do you want me to slash us two?

I love my mom, she's mental.

[dryadwoman.livejournal.com]

Lol. I think I would have to explain slash if I used the term around my mother, and then she'd go "hm" in a sort of maternal way. Which is a pity, really, because she used to fancy David McCallum too...

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

Aw, you should try to make her cross over. It's incredibly fun.

Mine sort of rolled into it by all the remarks I was making on LotR at the time. Just try to avoid the "so, really it's gay pornography?" question.

^^;;

[ilthit.livejournal.com]

I would not mention the subject to Mom.

Mom (prompted by something on TV: "I don't understand how anyone could be attracted to someone of his own gender. I mean, if I was a man, I just can't imagine it."
Me: "Well, you're attracted to them now, aren't you?"
Mom: "Yes, but I'm a woman."

Helen and Nikki kissing in Bad Girls prompted this:
Mom: "I don't like it how... these British shows... make it look like it's... fifty-fifty, you know?"
I took that to mean that it's unrealistic that a show about a women's prison has a lesbian relationship in it.

*rolls her eyes* AND she's against kink. She says sex is natural and okay, as long as it's not kinky.

This might not be the place to talk about this, but...

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

It depends on the mater, I suppose. Mine's pretty openminded about most things.

*hugs her*

[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

You femmeslashed PotC? Go you.

There's something about the amicable master-servant relationship that seems to be inherently slashable, I guess.

And...yes, like when you were three, but Bertie is what? In his twenties? Bit of a difference, what? *grin* I don't think I've ever really broached the slash subject with the folks, but I'm sure they've heard me talking about it on the phone or summat. They'd probably just sort of be like "Huh. Interesting. Well, carry on then." Considering that's how they reacted when I told them *I* was gay, I doubt they'd be any more phased by the fact that I enjoy reading and speculating about characters from books and TV shows and whatnot engaged in extra-canonical affairs. ^_~

Funny, non-slashers who can readily see the Sam/Frodo point seem to have a hard time grasping the idea of Jeeves/Wooster. Hm.

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

*blinks*

I didn't know you were gay.

*blinks*

Damn, now I feel like a lousy friend.

[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

*L* It hasn't really come up much, I suppose. I wouldn't worry about it.

Well, I like girls and, oddly, older British men. Don't ask me why.

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

Haha, won't, but I think you're a first.

Which older British men? *curious*

[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

Right now? David Niven. *drools* Dapper. quick-witted gent. Friend of Errol Flynn's.

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

Have to admit I don't know him. -_-'

*runs off to google*

[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

Older actor. Quite unfortunately deceased.

And yes, I stumbled upon him mainly because he played Phileas Fogg. So sue me. :p

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

Hah! I knew there had to be a link to geekiness somewhere. :D!

Answering again now that I'm awake.

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

Bweep. Oh, and about femmeslashing PotC, I think it was hyel who put the idea in my head first. I just took it and ran with it.

I read a Jeeves and Wooster story that femmeslashed Bobbie Wickham and Stiffy Byng. I actually exclaimed something along the lines of "That is so... believable!", simply because their personalities matched so well... I should reread that story.

I think people are used to Frodo and Sam being slashed. J/W falls more into the category of "is nothing sacred". Which, of course, it isn't. Heh. And the whole problem is probably Jeeves. You can imagine Sam saying bye-bye to propriety and do things like cradle Frodo's body and whatnot, but there's nothing in the books to suggest that Reggie would have once had any inclination to do so much as hold Bertie's hand or lay a hand on his shoulder.

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[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

I think I read that one in the fic-a-thon that your post inspired. Whee.

Heh, the way I see it, Jeeves's impassive character makes extremely subtle moments of emotion stand out sharply. If any other character had commented that he had come "very near to melting" in those circumstances, I wouldn't have given it a second thought, but hearing JEEVES think it...it stands out like a bolt of lightening.

Posting early again. Should probably quit this. ^^

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[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

Whee! You had a fic-a-thon? For some obscure reason that makes me feel proud and I didn't even write a single one of those. Hehe

You're right about the standing out thing, of course.. *cough* but it was the only thing I had and now I'm as stumped as you are. ;)

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[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

I had one of those "Good god, have I really been reading fic this whole time?" moments.

I think it's definately the "Is NOTHING sacred?!?" aspect...I mean, people tend to see Jeeves as the epitome of propriety. The idea of him engaged in *ahem* impropriety seems farfetched ^^

[vampirespider.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a multitude of conversations between me and my dad.Hee!

[vampirespider.livejournal.com]

Oh, also PotC femmeslash? You wouldnt happen to be in the way of having links, would you?

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

*G* Sorry, no. I slash but I don't write myself. Mostly it was just discussed on AIM and such.

^_^ Heh, sorry to have to disappoint you.