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indeedsir_backup2005-05-09 09:48 pm
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A Rant of Sorts
Since I'm not sure what people count as spoilers for episodes, and the progression during season, I'm putting my ill-put-together thoughts under a cut.
Now that I own all but season one of JW, I borrowed S1 from a friend and re-watched it. Is it just me or do Laurie and Fry play J and W differently as the seasons go on?
-S1 it is a very brisk interaction between them. "I'm not one of those men who become slaves to their valet's." (sidenote: You're so his bitch Bertie...) New, testing boundaries, and personalities.
-S2 is a bit of the same, all though after the "break up" episode, they do a little more... How should I put this? They are quicker to smooth talk each other out of disagreements.
- S3 is just, to me, where the ice breaks. From the first piano scene to the end of the season the relationship has definitely become more friendly.
- Honestly, by S4 they are more friends than employer/employee. In confidence with each other, that is to say when not around other characters, they are extremely friendly. But even in the presence of Aunt Dalia they are very bold in their manners. So much so that, during the cross-dressing scenes, they even take visible delight in the misfortune of the other.
I noticed this going on, and wondered if it was probably purposeful on the parts of the actors. I also was wondering if the same thing goes on in the books. I only own 4 of them, and I have no idea if there is any sort of continuity in them. I'm assuming you can pick up any JW book and be fine. There isn't an order is there? Anything that shows the growing friendship (and slashier things) going on between them?
Well, that was it. I hope my prattling wasn't too confusing. I needed to get this off my chest though, and this seemed the community to express it in.
Now that I own all but season one of JW, I borrowed S1 from a friend and re-watched it. Is it just me or do Laurie and Fry play J and W differently as the seasons go on?
-S1 it is a very brisk interaction between them. "I'm not one of those men who become slaves to their valet's." (sidenote: You're so his bitch Bertie...) New, testing boundaries, and personalities.
-S2 is a bit of the same, all though after the "break up" episode, they do a little more... How should I put this? They are quicker to smooth talk each other out of disagreements.
- S3 is just, to me, where the ice breaks. From the first piano scene to the end of the season the relationship has definitely become more friendly.
- Honestly, by S4 they are more friends than employer/employee. In confidence with each other, that is to say when not around other characters, they are extremely friendly. But even in the presence of Aunt Dalia they are very bold in their manners. So much so that, during the cross-dressing scenes, they even take visible delight in the misfortune of the other.
I noticed this going on, and wondered if it was probably purposeful on the parts of the actors. I also was wondering if the same thing goes on in the books. I only own 4 of them, and I have no idea if there is any sort of continuity in them. I'm assuming you can pick up any JW book and be fine. There isn't an order is there? Anything that shows the growing friendship (and slashier things) going on between them?
Well, that was it. I hope my prattling wasn't too confusing. I needed to get this off my chest though, and this seemed the community to express it in.
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As for slashy bits in the book - too many to mention. I'm trying to think of one that has progression of the slash. There's a very sweet bit in Jeeves in the Offing:
"Jeeves starts his holiday this morning. He's off to Herne Bay for the shrimping and I'm feeling like that bird in the poem who lost his pet gazelle or whatever the animal was. I don't know what I'm going to do without him."
...Jeeves came in, bowler hat in hand, to say goodbye. A solemn moment, taxing our self-control to the utmost. However, we both kept the upper lip stiff, and after we had kidded back and forth for a while he started to withdraw."
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