Hobbits and Wodehouse

[rosamundeb.livejournal.com]

Ever wonder what hobbit slash would be like if it were written by P. G. Wodehouse?

Well, Lobelia Sackville-Baggins did a wonderful job of answering that very question with her hilarious (and sexy and angsty and sweet) series, "The Code of the Brandybucks". Yes, just imagine: Frodo as a Bertie who's lovesick for Sam as his Jeeves; Merry and Pippin as the requisite "friends of his youth"; Brandybuck Hall standing in for the typical vast country house; and a whole host of rigid aunts, husband-hungry young ladies, upperclass twits, misunderstandings, dire circumstances, and silliness - everything you've come to expect from a Jeeves story, but with a hobbit slant.

Here's the link - I only ask that you please leave her feedback if you like it (it's not finished, so encouragement to do so would be a good idea!), and let me know here what you thought of it - *G*:

http://www.houseofhobbits.com/Rfics/Code.html

Enjoy!

p.s. BTW - this is what brought me back to Wodehouse, after long break; I read it, recognized the style, and remembered how much I loved his work. *S*

p.p.s. Hyel, Tootsiemuppet, Anima_Mechanique - is this how you got into it, also, or were you into Wodehouse beforehand? (I'm asking them because I know them from the "hobbit" fandom; hope you don't mind me outing you - *G*)

[edited to use "Skippy" icon.... *G*)

Comments

[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

Hahahah, actually I got guilt-tripped into checking out Wodehouse by a whole bunch of friends discovering him at the same time, making me feel a little intellectually behind...I did a little googling and found that Stephen Fry essay about Plum. It had Jeeves and Wooster quotes in it, and the instant I read them I KNEW I needed to read it. Like, right now. So I went to Barnes and Nobles and came back with a copy of Code of the Woosters and Leave it to Psmith. I read Code during a weekend where I was sequestered in the beach house helping the parents move furniture around. The only reason it took a weekend and not an afternoon is because I made myself spread it out over the entire weekend...I literally couldn't put it down. I haven't been struck by a book that sharply for years. I can fondly remember the experience but can't really put it into words -- I walked around in a sort of haze the entire weekend, accidentally speaking in a vague British accent and grinning at random times. Wonderful ^_^

[rosamundeb.livejournal.com]

Wheeeeee!!!!

Were some of the "friends discovering him" us, though?

And was this before or during your butlerphile phase.... *G*

[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

Yes, you were some of the friends. Good for you.

Um, the butlerphilia for some reason came first. I had always had this vague adoration for clever and devoted servants (Re: Sam Fandom), and then the steampunk thing happened (which was really just a process of discovering a name for something I'd been obsessed with since I was young), and then I encountered a manga entitled "Count Cain" which featured a heroic valet, who just made the matter worse *L* Then I had this burst of inspiration which resulted in playing a "gentleman's gentleman" in a steampunk D&D game for about a year, which pretty much cemented things. You can't pretend to be someone on a weekly basis for an entire school year without developing a bit of an attatchment.

Then I found Jeeves and Wooster. The rest is history.

I kind of like to think that the entire history of my peculiar obsession was merely a prelude to my Wodehouse fandom *L*

[rosamundeb.livejournal.com]

*G* Makes sense to me!

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

I read CotB first, yep, because you had recced it. And then you kept going on and on about Plum, and gave Pippin silly nicknames, and I made an excursion to the library. Of course, the Hasselt library only had those dreadful learner's book which are designed for people with a maximum IQ of 60. Still read a couple of lines, though, was vaguely amused and trusted your judgment enough to buy two books from a second hand book shop. Fell deeply in love, of course. How can you not? After that all of the sudden EVERYBODY seemed to have gotten into Wodehouse at the same moment and there was always someone to squee to. La! And then I went to visit Kay and Dawn in America and made the boxed set my very first purchase there. We watched the entire series over the next three weeks, giggling and shouting at the screen, and the rest is pretty much history.

La!

[rosamundeb.livejournal.com]

La!!!

And - hey - I forgot - I DO have a Wodehousish icon!!!! Must use it in the future. *hugs Skippy*

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

HAha! Yes, you must. *huggles Wodehousian Pippin*

EEEEEEEEEEE

[derien.livejournal.com]

That story is distracting me from writing VERY effectively! Oh. My. God. The discussion of gardeners. And golfing.

Re: EEEEEEEEEEE

[rosamundeb.livejournal.com]

*LOL*!!!!!!!!!!! So very glad you tried it and enjoyed it! Yay! Yes, the gardeners... and duck ponds... and the godawful golfing outfits - *L*!

[peak-in-darien.livejournal.com]

YAY I've just started reading Chapter 2 and it's so funny. Thanks so much for posting this Ros!

And to think I never noticed how Sam's use of "Mr Frodo" is so much like "Sir"...

everything you've come to expect from a Jeeves story, but with a hobbit slant.
The only thing I find intensely worrying is that, try as I may, I balk at the idea of a short Bertie or Jeeves with hairy feet. Teehee.

[rosamundeb.livejournal.com]

*L*! So glad you like it - a very happy coming-together of fandoms, thanks to Lobelia; she did a truly amazing job.

[peak-in-darien.livejournal.com]

I'll hopefully read the rest soon, and then I'll be able to come back for a big squee :D

[vampirespider.livejournal.com]

Just stopping by to say, icon love!

[peak-in-darien.livejournal.com]

Aw, yay for icon love!

*does the tribal dance of Icon Love*