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Nov. 11th, 2007 12:43 amAre there any fics where our boys use *ahem* toys? I've been reading up on the history of sex toys, and in the 1900's-1920's, it seems that ads for home vibrators were everywhere (even the Sears & Roebuck catalogue -- "the aid every woman appreciates"). They were marketed as health and relaxation aids. Knowing how much Bertie seems to love "modern" things, I could so imagine him getting one. So, anyone know of any fic like that? (If not, is anyone willing to write it?)
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Date: 2007-11-11 06:26 am (UTC)Bertie would totally assume Jeeves wouldn't approve, what with him being so "hidebound and reactionary". XD
By god, I'm totally seconding your fic request there. -snerk-
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Date: 2007-11-11 07:04 am (UTC)http://www.museumofquackery.com/devices/prostate.htm
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Date: 2007-11-11 06:11 pm (UTC)To the right of it you can see this more traditional sex-toy-shaped probe attached to the bulb with wires - I think the light is more of a "to show it's working" thing...
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Date: 2007-11-12 01:57 am (UTC)Oh, dear me. ::wipes tears of laughter::
For some reason, that appears to be the funniest thing I've seen on the internet for days and days.
Thank you kindly. *g*
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Date: 2007-11-11 06:53 am (UTC)http://comrade-sir.livejournal.com/1200.html#cutid1
That's the only one I've seen. I haven't read it for a while, but I remember quite enjoying it.
I think it rather unlikely that Bertie would buy a vibrator as a sex toy because they were for women. They weren't viewed as sex objects because women weren't viewed as sexual creatures. Vibrators were invented because doctors hand's got tired giving 'hysterical' women 'genital massages' until they experienced 'muscle spasms.' After these 'spasms' they would be very relaxed. Nowadays we call that a hand job, but it wasn't viewed as a sexual act at all since it wasn't even possible for women to experience orgasm and women who enjoyed sex too much were believed to be deviants.
Still, I can imagine Bertie buying one for one of the many high strung women in his life, Madeline and Florence leap imediately to mind.
Also, I can think of lots of other sex toys that would have been around that Bertie could have gotten into. Dildos/plugs, cock rings, clamps, sensation toys like feathers or pinwheels, candles, floggers and whips and any bondage gear you can think of.
I might actually have to write this now, damn you. As soon as I finish my Hp-Holidays story. Which is due tomorrow.
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Date: 2007-11-11 10:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-11 03:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-11 05:56 pm (UTC)(by the way: for those who challenged me, I am working on it, but I am also doing NaNoWriMo this year. I probably won't get it up till December.)
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Date: 2007-11-12 03:23 am (UTC)Oh god... Imagine Bertie giving one to Aunt Agatha! That would be hilarious!
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Date: 2007-11-14 02:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-11 11:06 am (UTC)I realise, however, that Bertie's time was close to a century ago. None of us can be sure of anything. Of course, the UK was a hidebound, hypocritical society, more so than some others.
Bertie buy sex toys for women? (boggle) He would no more do that than he would walk away from a woman in the street who had sprained her ankle and couldn't walk.
I enjoyed Mr Wooster and the Toy Shop enough to go back and reread it a second time, and this time I saved it to my hard drive, which is not something that I do very often. It occurred to me that the way was left open at the end of this splendid story for a sequel. How about it,
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Date: 2007-11-11 01:27 pm (UTC)I may just end up writing it
Date: 2007-11-12 05:04 am (UTC)Re: I may just end up writing it
Date: 2007-11-12 05:26 am (UTC)Re: I may just end up writing it
Date: 2007-11-12 09:16 am (UTC)I have to laugh again just thinking about it. And Honoria's reaction. I would love to see this. :-)
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Date: 2007-11-13 03:00 am (UTC)Re: I may just end up writing it
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Date: 2007-11-14 04:11 am (UTC)Right, then, I should have it up by about Sunday-ish.