An introduction, what?

[diimmortales.livejournal.com]

And a rousing hunting-halloo to you all. I'm new to the site but old to the fandom, having been introduced a couple years back by a fellow American temporary ex-pat. living in Northern Ireland. May yet break a decade of fanfic-silence by scribbling a bit-- no other fandom has a canon so encouraging to the enterprising minds, what?-- but I mostly popped in to say hullo, and ask a few of questions as I read back through the archives.

First off, is there a working archive for the fandom yet? I'm only in 2005, and going through each entry to get my fix is indeed a project.

Secondly, is there a chronological list of the canon developments, or did dear Plum-as-Bertie write whence he chose?

And finally, for those of you who haven't thought to explore which particular tie binds Jeeves in the slashy American ending, I believe that paragon was in fact referring to the hymn, "Blest Be The Tie That Binds", written by John Fawcett towards the end of the the 18th century. It was ostensibly about the brotherhood of Christianity, but, as Jeeves was not the most observant of the holy rites, I think we can all see the what the quotation truly meant.



"The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above..."

"We share each other’s woes,
Our mutual burdens bear;
And often for each other flows
The sympathizing tear.

When we asunder part,
It gives us inward pain;
But we shall still be joined in heart,
And hope to meet again."

"...And perfect love and friendship reign
Through all eternity."



What, hymns never made you think slashy thoughts?

(The link is real, but immediately starts playing a mpeg of the hymn.)

Comments

[random-nexus.livejournal.com]

Greetings, welcome, and howd'y'do?!

I cannot answer all your questions, except one; regarding the hymn, I'm fairly certain someone recently did share that tidbit. If you're going in chronological order and have only come to 2005, you wouldn't have seen it.

*grins* I've had slashy thoughts triggered by the darnedest things, myself. I'm all for 'em!

I absolutely LOVE your icon, btw. I'm not perfect, of course, but sometimes I get so very twitchy at the mangled spelling I see online every day.

[diimmortales.livejournal.com]

(Hee, despite lovely icons I find all over, I can never bring myself to un-default!)

And sorry for the re-posting, in that case-- but if that post lacked the link, then I think we can all be well-served by the goggy eyes of the chap on the right.

[chaoticchaos13.livejournal.com]

That link is totally where I found my info...the chap on the right really freaked me out.

*stares warily in his direction*

[mxdp.livejournal.com]

Okay, that link scares the hell outta me. ^^ But thank you for sharing it--I had no idea!

Well, welcome to this most excellent community then *b. & s. for everyone!*


(oh also, if you you're going through all the posts, could you maybe tag some who haven't got a tag? Would be dashed helpful for when we finally get those archives working again... you don't have to, merely asking^^)

[diimmortales.livejournal.com]

Will do, will do! I'll give an eye to the box on the right and try to keep it consistent. By the wondrance, what does genre: gen mean? I took it originally to mean genesis, i.e. the beginning of the relationship, but I'm not sure my investigations into that quite panned. Any help?

[elmyraemilie.livejournal.com]

Gen = general audiences, that is, stories that anyone, even one's maiden Aunt, might read without taking the least offense.

[diimmortales.livejournal.com]

Well, boo on that. I myself am a sucker for the getting-together ones, although established-relationship stories in this fandom don't require the same s. of d. as elsewhere.

[charie-caphine.livejournal.com]

I'd rather define that as what's left from slash and het, being no-ship stories. Still could possibly offend someone, after all.

[diimmortales.livejournal.com]

One would think that those easily offended might steer clear of communities such as this-- alas, the things we do for propriety!

Tagging would be so much easier if I could just lay them out in front of me, instead of scanning day by day. *sigh* And if I could bring myself to do it, I'd mark the established from the burgeoning, and which are written in which voices.

This is why I've avoiding tagging things anywhere else I exist, I'm one of those sorts who makes lists and spreadsheets of the most ridiculous sorts. Ah, well, to e. their o.!

[jane-elliot.livejournal.com]

*hijacking comment*

Huh. I always thought gen meant general fiction, as in fiction that doesn't have any romantic pairings.

[elmyraemilie.livejournal.com]

It's the years-old fannish debate. We know what gen is *not*--much harder to agree on what it *is*!

[mxdp.livejournal.com]

Seems to me you've already got help^^
I found a definition, might as well post it then, what?

General: Also known as "Gen." Fics that are general in nature and tend to not focus on any ship, but rather on the show and the characters as a whole.

And you're an angel for wanting to tag! I've done quite a few myself, but work is catching up on me. I didn't bother to tag posts with missing icons, broken links etc. though. And if you feel you need a tag that does not appear in the taglist yet, just request it in a post.^^

[innocentsmith.livejournal.com]

There was an archive for a little while - the one linked in the community profile page, with "french owls say qui" in the url. It's been out of service for months, though, to all our sorrow. You could check out the recs (http://community.livejournal.com/crack_van/tag/jeeves+%26+wooster) at crack_van if you're looking for older fic, specifically.

I don't think anyone's ever made up a list of canon happenings, either, though no doubt you'd make a lot of friends if you wanted to take such a thing upon yourself. Just don't try too hard to make the timeline match up to that of the real world/publication dates, because you'll give yourself a headache and also be left wondering how people managed to be so frisky well into their seventies.

[diimmortales.livejournal.com]

I still have to get my hands on the entire works-- I had considerably more when living in NI, but sold them off when moving back, sure I could replenish the stack. But no! Dear Plum is not as ubiquitous as I had hoped... I'll be back in old Blighty come the fall, with all good hope, so perhaps at that point I will attempt such a feat.

And thanks for the link!

[chaoticchaos13.livejournal.com]

WHAT HO!

Archive yet? No. We have tags right now to be getting on with.

I think dear Plum kinda just wrote as he went. He writes of how Bertie and Jeeves meet much later than when he wrote about their trip to New York. Though I heartily second innocentsmith in saying that if you wanted to attempt some events thingummy many of us would be much obliged.

We can't seem to leave the tie that binds alone here on indeedsir!

Most recent post here (http://community.livejournal.com/indeedsir/554702.html)

Welcome welcome welcome, have some tea, pull up a chair and please don't be shy.

[diimmortales.livejournal.com]

Well, it is a most intriguing idea, what?

I've already started appending tags, though I'm afraid that I had hit October '05 before the suggestion was made. On a related note, what, exactly, is filk? It puts me in mind of pilfered undergarments.

[chaoticchaos13.livejournal.com]

PILFERED UNDERGARMENTS LOLOLOL

Filk is...well the word is a blend of folk and fic. Filk is music produced by a fandom for a fandom. Either the tune or the lyrics are original, sometimes both.

[diimmortales.livejournal.com]

Ah! Lucky for me, those I have stumbled across since tagging have described themselves as such, and I had only to follow their lead.

[sunquistadora.livejournal.com]

What ho!
Anything can be slashable (not necessarily logically, but still) - this definitely applies to hymns. When I opened the link with my current mindset and saw the crazy eyes on the chap on the right, my first thought was that he had mad unrequited lust for the rather oblivious chap on the left in the hat. (This is all just based on the pictures, mind you. The pictures, sleep deprivation, and opening it as a link from a slashy community.)

[diimmortales.livejournal.com]

Ha! We are clearly possessed of similar mindsets.

Or perhaps just c. p.

[sunquistadora.livejournal.com]

Both!
(Furthermore, your icon is delightful.)

[emeraldreeve.livejournal.com]

Welcome!

[closetofheroes.livejournal.com]

Welcome, and I love your icon. I have to admit, I've seen the word 'diffuse' used incorrectly so many times I'd actually come to see the phrase 'diffuse a bomb' as correct. How awful is that.

[ironicbees.livejournal.com]

Hello and welcome!

There's no chronology out there yet, probably because Wodehouse didn't take much care to stick to a strict time line. I did take notes on the timing of events happen wile I was going through the series, but I can see that assembling them into a coherent list would be quite the challenge. Perhaps one day I'll make the attempt.