While Jeeves certainly isn't common, he doesn't stand out in a crowd either. It's mainly his mind, not his eccentric behaviour that makes him so special, although I'm sure some of Bertie's friends think Jeeves at least mildly and amusingly eccentric.
Yeah, the tea leaves would transport well, which is why I wouldn't put it past some Viking or other to bring some back if they ever came across it, but figuring out how to do the brewing would be tricky with different supplies at the ready, not to mention that the social part of tea probably wouldn't have transferred that well to Norse culture, tea-cicles or no tea-cicles : P That's why I think they'd have brought it back much the same way they did everything else that was valued in other cultures: for the novelty and status of having something most people had never even seen before.
The crack!Viking!Jeeves in my head just regretted bringing Chinese silk back for Bertie (who wouldn't last five minutes as a viking, unless he was the son of someone important and had Jeeves to cover for him. Oh, and a different name. Yes, again with the names), and Bertie promptly requested a particularly garish pair of leggings in seven different colours. Norse!Bertie wants pride flag-themed leggings. I need to go eat something before this gets worse..
Re: hurrah for nerdyness
Yeah, the tea leaves would transport well, which is why I wouldn't put it past some Viking or other to bring some back if they ever came across it, but figuring out how to do the brewing would be tricky with different supplies at the ready, not to mention that the social part of tea probably wouldn't have transferred that well to Norse culture, tea-cicles or no tea-cicles : P That's why I think they'd have brought it back much the same way they did everything else that was valued in other cultures: for the novelty and status of having something most people had never even seen before.
The crack!Viking!Jeeves in my head just regretted bringing Chinese silk back for Bertie (who wouldn't last five minutes as a viking, unless he was the son of someone important and had Jeeves to cover for him. Oh, and a different name. Yes, again with the names), and Bertie promptly requested a particularly garish pair of leggings in seven different colours. Norse!Bertie wants pride flag-themed leggings. I need to go eat something before this gets worse..
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