But where should I start?

[drachenmina]

I do hope this is allowed: as an absolute novice in the world of Jeeves/Wooster slash, I hardly know where to begin. Would the more seasoned members of the comm see fit to recommend any classics of the genre?

Comments

[juliacarmen.livejournal.com]

Hm... there are so many excellent fics here, but I started with SkyBlue-Reverie's fics, and they're Classics if I ever saw Classic Jooster: http://skyblue-reverie.livejournal.com/tag/j/w+fic (start at the bottom with "The Matter of Mr Wooster's Headaches" and work your way up :-)

[drachenmina]

Thank you! They look fantastic! :D

[zekkass.livejournal.com]

Please, please read skyblue_reverie's fics. She's amazing.

Her tags (http://skyblue-reverie.livejournal.com/tag/j/w+fic) for the fic - start at the bottom, and work your way up, as it is a series. To make it easier, Read this first. (http://skyblue-reverie.livejournal.com/2875.html) It's excellent.

There are other fics to read, but yes. Start there.

[juliacarmen.livejournal.com]

Hwaet! Great minds think alike, what?

[zekkass.livejournal.com]

:D Yup!

[drachenmina]

*g* Between the two of you, you've definitely sold me on them! Thank you! :D

[bluestocking79.livejournal.com]

Mina! What are you doing here? Are you going to invade every fandom of mine? :D

You, my dear, have excellent taste. And you need to read triedunture's stories, pronto. Her fic is here (http://triedunture.livejournal.com/tag/fic). I have other recs for you, but, um... will have to send them to you later when I'm not trying to pack up all my stuff for a morning flight.

[storyfan.livejournal.com]

I second this wholeheartedly. I rec Jeeves and the Mighty Tarpon, The Long Road, Jeeves in the Kitchen and Jeeves and the Snide Acquaintances. Might Tarpon and Kitchen are also podfics. And welcome.

[drachenmina]

Are you going to invade every fandom of mine?
LOL! Don't worry, darling - your Snermione will be forever safe from me!

Thanks for the rec - what would I do without you?
A lot more of what I'm actually supposed to be getting done, probably! ;D

[niektete.livejournal.com]

Welcome! I suggest a few favourites of mine; not necessarily "starters", but incredibly worth reading!

The Rum Situation With Rocky (http://www.pensandpages.net/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=92&chapter=1) by waqaychay, also available as a podbook (http://audiofic.jinjurly.com/rum-situation-with-rocky-audiobook) read by theempress14.

Love Is Blind (http://storyfan.livejournal.com/23322.html) by storyfan, which is just epic and wonderful

The Matter of Mr. Wooster's Headaches (http://skyblue-reverie.livejournal.com/2875.html#cutid1) by skyblue_reverie, the start of her Jooster 'verse.

Hope you'll be happy in here; we're such a friendly lot :D

[storyfan.livejournal.com]

And if you like the fun stuff, try waqaychay's "Jeeves in Love" series. She's got it all in a neat list on her journal. Six stories in the series or maybe more. Can't remember right now.

[drachenmina]

Thank you! *beams*
I've been bowled over by everyone's response to my query! :D

[keladry_lupin]

I'm hardly seasoned -- I'm only a lurker who's been here about a year -- but I highly recommend:

The Long Road
The Long Long Trail
Jeeves and the Missing Memories
Love Is Blind
Reggie and Wooster
and the fic that got me into this fandom:
Jeeves and the Artistic Versimilitude

[princesshannah4.livejournal.com]

Can I facepalm briefly at my confounded ignorance that The Long Road and The Long Long Trail were two different fics?

[keladry_lupin]

The thought did occur to me that I put two fics with similar names right next to each other, but I was lazy -- that's the order I put the fics in when I made my recs at fangirl_tour last month.

[storyfan.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link to that site. I'm finding quite a few new things to read with the help of this thread.

[keladry_lupin]

It was the Fangirl Tour that led me to the Jeeves and Wooster fandom, so I owe it a lot. There are enough stories recced over the summer to last me throughout the rest of the year.

[drachenmina]

Thank you! *g*
I can see I am going to be no use to anyone for some considerable time...

[blackletter]

Here are a few of my favourites.

Another Time, Another World">. Melancholy, but beautiful.

Green Ice Gen x-over with Peter Wimsey.

Jeeves and the Tennis Coach Very Wodehousian.

Society for the Recuperation of the British Homosexual Silly!

MST of intentional badfic x-over with House M.D. Silly crack!

And anything by triedunture.

[drachenmina]

Oh, those look interesting! Shame the Wimsey one's gen... ;P
Thank you!

[mellifluous-ink.livejournal.com]

I second 'anything by triedunture'.

ALSO ANYTHING BY THIS BASTARD! *points at Blackletter* THIS GLORIOUS BASTARD RIGHT HERE.

[ironicbees.livejournal.com]

For classics, I recommend:
Mr. Wooster and the Restorative Preparation (http://community.livejournal.com/indeedsir/117550.html)

Everything (http://veronamay.livejournal.com/tag/j%26w+fic) by veronamay

This one isn't a classic yet, but it deserves to be one:
The Code of the Ganymede pt.1 (http://bertiebwriting.livejournal.com/1214.html) & pt.2 (http://bertiebwriting.livejournal.com/1495.html)

There are a number of good fics at Yuletide (http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/fandom_p_g_wodehouse__jeeves_and_wooster_series.html), too.

For art, everything by lucylou. You'll have to seach way back in the archives here to find her J/W stuff, though you can see a few pieces here (http://www.lucyknisley.com/galleries/Illustrations/images?page=1). She also writes fics.

[closetofheroes.livejournal.com]

Thanks for speaking up for my offering, ironicbees. Still working on a sequel!

[ironicbees.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm really looking forward to it!

[storyfan.livejournal.com]

YESSSSS!

[drachenmina]

Thank you! :D
I have been back drooling over your art again today, btw! I love your vision of J&W!

[sige-vic.livejournal.com]

I think, lucylou is good not only in art :-)
I'd recommend her Jeeves and the Psyсhologist, and many other fics as well :-)

[jane-elliot.livejournal.com]

I have over twenty Jeeves and Wooster recs over at epic_recs -- each one includes a summary and review. Enjoy!

http://community.livejournal.com/epic_recs/tag/fandom:+jeeves+and+wooster

[storyfan.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link. I actually found a few I hadn't seen yet.

[jane-elliot.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome!

[drachenmina]

Thank you!
And what a great idea for a comm! :D

[closetofheroes.livejournal.com]

I second, or third, or fourth, the rec for Skybluereverie's stories and triedunture's stories. All excellent. From Triedunture, I particularly recommend Jeeves and the Club for Inverts (http://triedunture.livejournal.com/500471.html) and Jeeves and the Uncomfortable Morning (http://triedunture.livejournal.com/413630.html#cutid1) (the first Jooster fic I read, and which I still have a very soft spot for.)

[drachenmina]

I've just finished the Club for Inverts - that was amazing!

Thank you so much for the recs! :D

[storyfan.livejournal.com]

And by bertiebwriting, "What Aunt Dahlia Saw" and its subsequent parts. As soon as I find exact titles of some other recs, I'll come back with more.

[drachenmina]

Thank you! *beams*
I've only been in this fandom since yesterday and I love it already! ;D

[storyfan.livejournal.com]

J&W make it easy to love, don't they?

[theficklepickle.livejournal.com]

Don't forget 'My Man Jeeves' over at http://www.slashfic.co.uk which as far as I know was the first story in the genre.

[drachenmina]

Thank you! :D
Will definitely check that one out!

[hephaistia.livejournal.com]

Welcome! I see that most of the stuff I was going to recommend are already here. I was going to mention 'Love is Blind, 'Jeeves and the Missing Memories', 'The Long Road' and 'Jeeves and the Artistic Verisimilitude' especially.

I also found many lovely fics from this collection.

http://community.livejournal.com/rec50/tag/jeeves+and+wooster:+jeeves/wooster

I loved this one.... "Bertie Wooster, Cryptographer, or The Code of the Woosters, Redux!"

http://community.livejournal.com/indeedsir/187190.html

[drachenmina]

Thank you! *beams*

[sige-vic.livejournal.com]

In an addition to all that was mentioned I'd strongly recommend Rahball's fics, all of them. You can find it here:
http://pantheon.comicgenesis.com/bluepage.html

[drachenmina]

Thank you! :D

[elle-zitski.livejournal.com]

I agree with everything posted here. Just have to mention innocentsmith and peak_in_darien's fics as both are outstanding.

[drachenmina]

Thank you! *g*

[mellifluous-ink.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD ADVENTURES IN VALETING (http://woe-in-a-hoodie.livejournal.com/tag/adventures+in+valeting) READ IT AND THEN AND THEN AND THEN SOMETHING OF A VENGEANCE (http://community.livejournal.com/indeedsir/658468.html).

YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE SOME EXTRA PAIRS OF PANTIES ON HAND. I'M JUST SAYING.

[drachenmina]

*g* Thank you!

For both the recs and the warning... ;D

[amethystaura.livejournal.com]

I wonder if this comes late. Here's the link to my journal, where you'll find the links to the fics I've written :->

http://amethystaura.livejournal.com/