illustrations

[derien.livejournal.com]

I'm an illustrations whore. I love the old line drawings, like in the Holmes books, and I'm madly in love with the fact that "Mike" has them, too. This, I think, is probably the best picture of Psmith - the angle of his head so you can see the narrow shape of his face, and you can just barely see the monocle in the other eye, and he's got the papers there under his elbow. :) edited to add: What age is he supposed to be? Given that Mike started school a year late, Psmith might actually be a year younger, so maybe 16 or 17... pushing 35. :)

Comments

[godlessharlot.livejournal.com]

Ooh, nice. :)

Have stuck with J&W so far, but I really must read those Mike&Psmith books as well.

[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

Ack, that's beautiful!

And just what I needed for my Psmith sock over on desperatefans

Man, I want a monocle.

[derien.livejournal.com]

Psmith sock?

[bravecows.livejournal.com]

And just what I needed for my Psmith sock over on desperatefans

OMG WHERE?! Is there a Mike? Theirloveissotrue!

*madly secreting squee*

<333

[tiamatschild.livejournal.com]

*blushes* Yes, there is. That would be me. I totally don't do him justice. It's very hard to write Mike without the aid of narration. But our girl here is a wonderful Psmith!

[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

Oh, hush.

And don't worry, Psmith knows what he's thinking.

Or at least thinks he does. Which, in Psmith's world, is pretty much the same thing.

[bravecows.livejournal.com]

I think your Mike is adorable! You're right, it is really hard to write Mike without narration -- he's so Stoic -- but you do a really good job.

[derien.livejournal.com]

So you settled on Rupert rather than Ronald?

[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

....it IS Rupert Psmith, right?

*wibbles*

[derien.livejournal.com]

There's been some discussion on the matter. In "Mike" he says that Mike can call him Rupert if he wishes, though Psmith would prefer he didn't, so I took that to mean that his name was Rupert and referenced him as such in my fics.

Then, later, in the book where he works for Lord Emsworth (? - I haven't read it, yet) he apparently seems to be named Ronald, and I think he's referenced as such on Wikipedia. (*looks it up*) Yup - Ronald Eustace Psmith, according to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psmith). I added the paragraph In his first appearance (in Mike or Mike and Psmith, depending which edition you have) he inexplicably implies to Mike that his first name is Rupert (Although Psmith, being the man that he is, could have done this on a mere whim). (And since I added that, someone else has related an amusing Psmithish incident as an example of selfishness, or perhaps Socialism - *chortles*).

My guess is because the Lord's secretary who he'd just replaced had been named Rupert and Wodehouse wanted to avoid confusion.

[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

Wow. I haven't even READ Mike, and I somehow picked up Rupert as his first name.

[derien.livejournal.com]

(perhaps because of my fics?)

[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

I haven't the slightest clue.

Oh, now I'm all confuzzled. *deliberates*

[bravecows.livejournal.com]

I do love that picture. :) I know I've said it before, but Psmith is TEH PSEX. just. LEGS. *swoon* And he is just so hilariously well-dressed.

But what is up with that thing on Mike's head? Ow.

(and then they had sex!1!)

[derien.livejournal.com]

It's a school cap - a sort of beanie in the school colors. He's got one on in almost every picture where you can see the back of his head. In "Mike" there's a mention, I think after he'd run from the teacher at night, that the teacher noticed the guy he was chasing wasn't wearing a school cap - so he'd looked, hoping to determine that it was a student.

[bravecows.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know. But it is teh ugly! Poor Mike. -- 'S probably more poor Psmith, actually, 'cos he's the one as has to look at it.

[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

All the more reason for them to toss off everything and get down to it

[bravecows.livejournal.com]

Toss off. Heh heh.

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

I'd do him.


... And that was my intelligent remark of the day. *tips hat and walks away*

[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

I agree.

I, Tilly alias Jack of None, would totally hit that.

Of course, I'd much rather BE Psmith than DO Psmith, but I'm working on that.

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

A noble pursuit if there ever was one.

[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

What, the Psmith-idolizing, or teh psexx0r?

[peak-in-darien.livejournal.com]

He looks hot there.

I second tootsiemuppet.

Also... anima_mecanique has been moonlighting as our favourite Comrade, has she? I must check this out...

[tiamatschild.livejournal.com]

http://www.livejournal.com/community/desperatefans/234548.html

:D That's Psmith's introduction post. For a place to start.

[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

*blushes*

[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

Oh, and as to Psmith's age...I am firmly of the opinion that Psmith was born in his early thirties, and will probably die that way too *L*