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[mikhyel.livejournal.com]

Are 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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[xidiomaticlogic.livejournal.com]

Oh man, those two areas of my brain had never met before. I always marvel over those ads, too - I've even seen some marketed especially to men.

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-

[dogwoodblossom.livejournal.com]

Mr. Wooster and the Toy Shop

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.

[dogwoodblossom.livejournal.com]

I've never seen any geared towards men, got any links?

[xidiomaticlogic.livejournal.com]

After a MAD flurry of google-fu, I managed to find some. =P

http://www.museumofquackery.com/devices/prostate.htm

[dogwoodblossom.livejournal.com]

Wow. Those look so incredibly dangerous. Especially the lightbulb.

[emeraldreeve.livejournal.com]

I would love you to write this!

[umpteenth-gail.livejournal.com]

I suspect at least some men weren't stupid and knew better, particularly men who married for love. Also, my understanding is that 'men' believed that women who enjoyed sex were sluts, not deviants. That must be what Germaine Greer meant when she wrote The Female Eunuch. I never got around to reading that book.

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, rosencrantzgirl and comrade_sir? (hopeful look)

[finmagik.livejournal.com]

LOL, SOrry I all I can think about is Honoria Glossop getting one.

[waqaychay.livejournal.com]

i second the call for you to write this! i'm going to give it a go myself, but there really needs to be more sextoy!jooster fic out there.

[xidiomaticlogic.livejournal.com]

Well, buttsecks is dangerous business, don'tcha know?

[dreamwaffles.livejournal.com]

Thirded! If I can write a crossover where Bertie makes friends with Albus Dumbledore on a Mediterranean cruise, you can do this! :P

(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.)

[dogwoodblossom.livejournal.com]

Well yeah! I mean, it's dangerous enough without adding the possibility of electrocution and/or broken glass. Of course it's hard to tell in that picture how big that light bulb actually is. It's probably more in the realm of a Christmas tree light. But still, I can't help imagining how that would go horribly horribly wrong. *shudders*

[xidiomaticlogic.livejournal.com]

As fun as the image of someone putting that lightbulb in their arse is, if you look closely at the picture I think it's supposed to go on the outside.

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...

[elmyraemilie.livejournal.com]

As fun as the image of someone putting that lightbulb in their arse is...

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*

[xidiomaticlogic.livejournal.com]

Always glad to brighten someone's day with the concept of anal penetration. :D

[brown-polyester.livejournal.com]

Still, I can imagine Bertie buying one for one of the many high strung women in his life...

Oh god... Imagine Bertie giving one to Aunt Agatha! That would be hilarious!

I may just end up writing it

[ceruleanshipper.livejournal.com]

What if Bertie didn't realize that the "Lady's Companion" was a sex toy? Imagine, if you will, some sort of Secret Santa thing that Stiffy Bing gets up and Bertie draws Honoria's name. Knowing she's rather high strung but very keen on fitness, Bertie thinks that a well-being massager is just the ticket. Then Jeeves has to explain it to him.

[emeraldreeve.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! We do need more of these stories in this fandom.

Re: I may just end up writing it

[emeraldreeve.livejournal.com]

That is an excellent idea! Will you write it?

[wemblee.livejournal.com]

That comment is so beautiful. I think I want it on a t-shirt.

Re: I may just end up writing it

[umpteenth-gail.livejournal.com]

Oh, you made me laugh out loud! The very idea. :D Poor innocent Bertie probably wouldn't know what it was for, but would Jeeves really tell him? In fact, would Jeeves, for all his Holmesian brain, actually know himself?

I have to laugh again just thinking about it. And Honoria's reaction. I would love to see this. :-)

Re: I may just end up writing it

[mikhyel.livejournal.com]

That's hilarious, and it would be so like Bertie, too. This would be a truly brilliant fic. I'll give you cookies if you write it! >^_^

Re: I may just end up writing it

[alex51324.livejournal.com]

Excellent idea. Is it possible, do you think, that Bertie sent away for the thing from an advert in Milady's Boudoir? And that perhaps as he's dithering over how, or indeed whether, to tell Aunt Dahlia what kind of smut she's inadvertently peddling, Jeeves makes the appalling suggestion that she may already know?

[ant-bug.livejournal.com]

*brainbreakage*

[ant-bug.livejournal.com]

WHY ARE YOU NOT WRITING THIS NOW?

[ceruleanshipper.livejournal.com]

Er, first I'd actually better read a Wodehouse novel, then, shouldn't I? (I've only read a few stories from Gutenberg and watched a few episodes--yes, I am a Philistine.)

Right, then, I should have it up by about Sunday-ish.

[sor-bet.livejournal.com]

Seconded. *shudders*

[sor-bet.livejournal.com]

And I just noticed your icon. Had to re-do it after last week, eh? XD Now we need a case that turns out to be vasculitis.....

[dogwoodblossom.livejournal.com]

I did have to rework it. I was torn about it too, cause I loved it, but then we had this quiet case with no fanfare...