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Op, I’m pretty sure these drawings are the reason I’m alive
okay, may be reading jooster fics before going to sleep was not one of my brigtest ideas, because I ended up sketching Bertie in outfits from the tv series (I was not aiming for Laurie’s vibe to him tho) and Bertie Making A Move - and got zero sleep because of it you know, prioritizing
Reblogging to stay on Jeeves and Wooster tumblr. Cannot believe the algorithm brought me here but I’m so glad to have made it.
Listen. If Bertie Wooster got stuck in a time loop, it would take him 3-7 days to notice anything out of the ordinary was happening, depending on how eventful the original day was. I don’t have time to explain right now
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Behold, the thing I said I was going to do! (x) Nobody asked me to, but I did it anyway. Huzzah
If you don't want to share your actual first initial, you can use a nickname or fictional character instead.
I really tried hard to make these sound as plausible as possible per the way Wodehouse usually names things, so I put an explanation of all my thought processes under the cut.
Also, many of the color category placements are based on speculation and best guesses. If you think you could make a case for the color you're wearing being in another category, you can go ahead and put it there. Category justifications and list of canon references also under the cut.
First names: This is pretty simple, there aren't that many posh British first names. They mostly reuse the same 15 or so over and over. I used this list (x) of canon Drones as my reference to work off of for all names.
Surnames: All of these are either real British surnames (found mostly here) or real British town names (found mostly here). From Googling, this appears to be how Wodehouse created most of his characters' surnames. I generally tried to avoid names that have already been used, with the exception of Phipps, because Plum really seemed to like that one.
When it comes to place names, he tends to be more liberal about making up generically British-sounding shit or swapping out the suffixes of real places. For example, there's a real town called Steeple Bumpstead, but Steeple Bumpleigh is completely fictional. So I believe my instruction above to mash two names together still squares with the Wodehouse school of naming things, Your Honor.
Nicknames: Did you know that it's REALLY hard to come up with random combinations of sounds that a) are funny, b) sound like plausible nicknames, and c) aren't too similar to funny sound combinations that Wodehouse has already used? Because I do now
Most of the Drones just have regular nicknames based on a syllable of their first or last name (Corky, Freddie, Algy, etc.). Rules of hockey nicknames seem to apply. This left me with a fairly small pool of non-name-based nicknames to use as examples. Other categories of nickname include "personal characteristics" (Barmy, Ginger), "random syllable followed by y" (Tuppy, Biffy, Oofy), "random syllables shoved together" (Boko), "food joke or pun" (Stilton, Biscuit), and "random thing" (Bingo). I tried to include nicknames from all of these.
I first assumed "Catsmeat" was just a random compound word, which is where Fishbowl and Mousetrap came from. On further searching I found out that his middle name is Cattermole, putting him more between the "based on real name" and "smushing random syllables" schools of thought. I kept them in partly because I thought they were funny and also because I can easily hear Bertie in my head telling Jeeves all about his old pal Mousetrap's romantic troubles. I imagine there are good stories behind them.
Colors: As stated above, placements are based on memory, conjecture, and cursory searches of the text. Some are pretty easy; Jeeves likes neutral tones. Some seem more context-based or depend on the specific shade. Pajamas seem to follow looser rules for acceptable colors, so I didn't count them.
Clothing items Jeeves has approved: shirts in light blue, mauve, and "dove colored"; brown or blue suit; tie with blue and red domino pattern; brown lounge with faint green twill (The Aunt and the Sluggard); blue suit with thin red stripe (Jeeves and the Chump Cyril)
Clothing items Jeeves has NOT approved: Blue suit with thin red stripe, confusingly; green tie that gives Bertie a bilious air (The Aunt and the Sluggard); "cheerful" pink tie (Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest); purple socks (Jeeves and the Chump Cyril); scarlet cummerbund that Bertie tries to justify by telling Jeeves he saw someone wearing a yellow velvet suit downstairs (Aunt Agatha Makes a Bloomer (Jeeves wasn't swayed)); white mess jacket (Right Ho, Jeeves, but I don't think it was on the basis of color)
Jeeves seems to endorse blue and red on some occasions but not others, according to mysterious Jeeves rules. Conspicuous bright red clothing is obviously verboten (see: cummerbund).
There's little data available on green. He approved it once in the form of an accent color, but vetoed a green tie on another occasion. Might be shade-dependent or only acceptable in small amounts.
Lavender gloves and spats tend to show up when a character is dressed in formal wear. I take this to mean that it's a normal color for such, but possibly not for casual wear.
I couldn't find anything on orange, so I made a guess. I think it's a good guess.
I could only find one instance of Bertie wearing yellow: in "Jeeves in the Springtime" he tells Jeeves to bring his "yellowest shoes" and "the old green Homburg." Jeeves doesn't voice any objection in the text, but there's no way in hell Bertie got away with this.
The only thing I can find on pink (excluding pajamas) is the "cheerful" pink tie mentioned above. I decided to err on the side of conservatism and assume that all pink is a no-go, but it's possible Jeeves would be less hostile toward a lighter shade.
For expediency (ha) and because the clothing power struggles become less frequent as the series progresses, I mostly limited my color search to the short stories.
I cannot just casually make a fun little meme. It has to consume my life and turn into an entire research project.
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I'm unsure if I've got any fellow Jeeves & Wooster fans lurking amongst my followers, but if y'all do exist, enjoy my first ever fic for the fandom!
(In my usual fashion, it's shameless fluff.)
Does anyone else regularly get the intense urge to make a Jeeves & Wooster AU for Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, or is it just me? The only problem I have that's preventing me from writing it is constantly going back and forth as to whether Watson would be Wooster, or if Holmes would. Because, to be fair, I can see a little bit of Jeeves in both of them.
Actually, writing this out has helped me decide. I want to let Holmes be the chaotic little wet cat I know he can be, and make him Wooster. I shall carry the tradition of making Watson constantly worry about him in the role of Jeeves.
Does anyone else regularly get the intense urge to make a Jeeves & Wooster AU for Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, or is it just me? The only problem I have that's preventing me from writing it is constantly going back and forth as to whether Watson would be Wooster, or if Holmes would. Because, to be fair, I can see a little bit of Jeeves in both of them.
'she's an angel' by they might be giants is bertie wooster about jeeves. i can write an essay about this, but essentially, bertie is just as taken as the narrator from that song by the "angel", who is jeeves in this case. he is as smitten as the narrator by jeeves
thanks to literaturen3rd for the song idea for edit with Jeeves and Wooster:)
