A Bunny of Sorts

[lifeisame.livejournal.com]

On the somewhat SERIOUS lines of fanfic:

Something that bothers me late at night is the thought of the time period J and W live in. Pretty soon the depression hits in the US, and I know England didn't suffer nearly as hard, but I wonder how they got by with that? And then of course, the scariest thing is WWII!! (and my knowledge of London life during this time is really limited to what I remember from high school history. Which isn't much.)

I mean, did Wooster have the money to avoid the military? Or did Jeeves for that matter? Or did Jeeves manage to get them both out of it? *fret fret* I'm pretty sure there's ample slash opportunities either way.

>_> These things keep me up at night. LOL, it doesn't make a very good plot bunny for me, but I figured I'd post these disturbing ideas here, in case someone else gets a bite.

I think waaaaaaaaaay to much into historical fiction and real history.

Comments

[derien.livejournal.com]

daegaer hypothesised he was too young for WWI and too old to be conscripted by WWII.

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

All the references he makes in the books, or most of them are from the 1930s. From about 1933-1939. The thing with Bertie is that he never really seems to age, but if we take him to be 24 when Jeeves entered his employment, and that was in the early 30s, he'd have been in his late thirties by the time WWII broke out.

I do support the idea, actually, that Jeeves would have been cautious and up to date enough on currrent affairs to get Bertie out of the line of fire and move him to America (or possibly even Australia) well in time before anything truly serious could ever happen. And in doing so he'd have kept Bertie blissfully clueless and innocent. I think corruption is the worst thing one could ever do to Bertram W. Or the cruelest anyway.

[derien.livejournal.com]

That would be an interesting detail for the background of an American adventure, especially if it were one told from Jeeves POV. Keeping his Bertie clueless to all the badness happening back home.