Thank you! I have finally finished all the things, at least I think I have, because inevitably now there are more things, but still I should have some time to myself soon. I think.
Oh and I meant to say and may as well say it here OH YES THAT JOOSTER FIC. I had read it before but I'd never have found it again, and I think it was actually the first J/W fic I'd come across and so I sort of skimmed it in a faintly uncomfortable "SO JEEVES AND WOOSTER TOGETHER AND DOING IT, DO I LIKE THAT IDEA OR NOT?" way rather than really read it properly, so I'm very glad you linked me to it again, because it is gorgeous.
Though the power discrepancies, even when handled so well, do make me sad. H & W may never be able to treat each other as lovers in public, but at least they can treat each other as social equals.
Hmm? Holmes and Watson are social equals -- they're both gentlemen. And while they can't kiss or talk about themselves as a couple in public, they can talk about being "intimate friends" and banter and even walk arm in arm, and all of that. But Jeeves and Wooster would have to live in a closet-within-a-closet. ...oof. So hard.
And yes, the whole paying Jeeves to do the chores issue -- if they start sharing the housework, then what exactly is Bertie paying him for? And if they don't, and Jeeves is waiting on Bertie hand and foot and sexing him too, then it's weird ... mind you I suppose it's not much different from Bertie supporting a wife.
The other thing is that I can believe that H&W are getting up to all sorts of mischief behind the scenes while the stories still happen mostly as Watson says. Whereas with Jeeves and Wooster, I feel like as soon as they get together, the stories from that point on must be assumed to be mostly lies. I mean I'm sure Bertie would still get into trouble and need Jeevesian rescuing, but it would play
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Oh, I thought you meant Bertie and Jeeves, not Holmes and Watson. Yes, of course -- the social equality / power disparity picture changes so completely.
Dorothy Sayers, if I remember rightly, sort of solves the money issue by having Lord Peter settle a whole bunch of money on Harriet. And maybe I read a Jooster where Bertie does the same? Or maybe I just need to go back and reread Wooster and then right it. Because I do kind of have a bunny about Jeeves finding the situation intolerable despite Bertie's best intentions, once they become lovers.
Mary's letter is so funny and touching and generous. Well, I'll be sticking close to my flist till this one's complete, as usual when you write.
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Oh and I meant to say and may as well say it here OH YES THAT JOOSTER FIC. I had read it before but I'd never have found it again, and I think it was actually the first J/W fic I'd come across and so I sort of skimmed it in a faintly uncomfortable "SO JEEVES AND WOOSTER TOGETHER AND DOING IT, DO I LIKE THAT IDEA OR NOT?" way rather than really read it properly, so I'm very glad you linked me to it again, because it is gorgeous.
Though the power discrepancies, even when handled so well, do make me sad. H & W may never be able to treat each other as lovers in public, but at least they can treat each other as social equals.
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And yes, the whole paying Jeeves to do the chores issue -- if they start sharing the housework, then what exactly is Bertie paying him for? And if they don't, and Jeeves is waiting on Bertie hand and foot and sexing him too, then it's weird ... mind you I suppose it's not much different from Bertie supporting a wife.
The other thing is that I can believe that H&W are getting up to all sorts of mischief behind the scenes while the stories still happen mostly as Watson says. Whereas with Jeeves and Wooster, I feel like as soon as they get together, the stories from that point on must be assumed to be mostly lies. I mean I'm sure Bertie would still get into trouble and need Jeevesian rescuing, but it would play ( ... )
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