Elaborating on this, my Bertie isn't blond so much as a very fair brunet. Dark blond, maybe? I think of him as tall and slender (I think his self-description of "willowy" is accurate), with slightly wavy hair, a thin face and nose with that aristocratic feel that you're going for, but I tend to think he has a little stronger chin. I tend to see him as only about an inch or so shorter than Jeeves, so not much but enough that he has to look up slightly to see eye to eye with him. I think both of them are tall, regardless. His eyes are light, bright blue. I suspect part of the reason Jeeves didn't like a mustache on Bertie is that he's one of those guys who can't grow one to save his life -- it just looks like a darkish stain under his nose, no matter what he does.
He and Bertie are both in pretty good shape physically, though in very different ways. Bertie, after all, plays tennis and squash and golf and bicycles and has talked about running fast for distance to escape chaps with hunting crops and whatnot. Jeeves has got more upper-body stuff going for him; he could probably be a bouncer somewhere without working up a sweat, given that he likely does a good bit of manual labor for Bertie. I think Bertie could beat him on the sprint, but Jeeves has more endurance. I don't see Jeeves being that much older than Bertie. Less than ten years, definitely, and probably closer to only five or six. I think life-experience and observational skill have more to do with his maturity than years. Bertie would be a lot sharper if he'd just pay attention, but he's never really had to. Jeeves, on the other hand, depends on his wits to get by.
Generally, I tend to think Jeeves is probably better looking that Bertie in an objective sense. He probably carries himself with a lot more dignity. I suspect that if you put the two of them in identical clothing, people would think Jeeves was the one with "better breeding," in terms of how he presents himself and his apparent love of the status quo.
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Date: 2011-04-18 10:26 am (UTC)Jeeves is tall and heavier-set than Bertie, with broad shoulders and a body that narrows nicely toward the hips, and thick, straight black hair that -- if he didn't slick it back -- would fall over his eyes in the way you see some of those 20s photos. Or maybe some of the emo kids today, I don't know. ;) I think he would muss up quite gloriously, actually; I'm sure Bertie thinks so, too. He's got very dark blue or maybe dark blue-grey eyes, large hands, and that crooked nose. He's just generally darker than Bertie in hair, skin, and eyes, in that classic "tall, dark and handsome" cliché we all see. I suspect he's got more body hair than Bertie, but not in an unpleasant way. I don't see Jeeves being one of those guys who has to mow his back. No hair would ever dare do such a thing to him.
He and Bertie are both in pretty good shape physically, though in very different ways. Bertie, after all, plays tennis and squash and golf and bicycles and has talked about running fast for distance to escape chaps with hunting crops and whatnot. Jeeves has got more upper-body stuff going for him; he could probably be a bouncer somewhere without working up a sweat, given that he likely does a good bit of manual labor for Bertie. I think Bertie could beat him on the sprint, but Jeeves has more endurance. I don't see Jeeves being that much older than Bertie. Less than ten years, definitely, and probably closer to only five or six. I think life-experience and observational skill have more to do with his maturity than years. Bertie would be a lot sharper if he'd just pay attention, but he's never really had to. Jeeves, on the other hand, depends on his wits to get by.
Generally, I tend to think Jeeves is probably better looking that Bertie in an objective sense. He probably carries himself with a lot more dignity. I suspect that if you put the two of them in identical clothing, people would think Jeeves was the one with "better breeding," in terms of how he presents himself and his apparent love of the status quo.