sent them to a boy whom I hated intimately

[flambeau]

Wodehouse of the day: Brinkley Manor, and it occurs to me that the ending is a perfect set-up for a spot of Jeeves/Wooster h/c. Or just c, really, since the h has already been administered."Will that be all, sir

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[sarren]

Bertie could have taken the quiet young Peter under his wing, got him involved in hijinks such as skinnydipping in the river/fountains, also there'd be consumption of alcohol and smoking and driving too fast down narrow lanes in the spiffy open cars..

[flambeau]

Ooh, I like the way you think. And of course Peter would be the perfect person to help Bertie out with his mangled quotations and half-remembered words...

[yonmei]

"Yes, but dash it, Jeeves - oh. Oh!" I spat out the mouthful of pillowcase that I had unexpectedly bitten. "Well. Carry on, Jeeves."

Eep! Indeed.

Also, omg, Saki. Bertie and Reginald could commiserate with each other on their Aunt Agathas. (Aunts Agatha?)

I've always assumed it was the same Aunt seen from different perspectives. But Bertie probably hates Reginald, and Reginald sees Bertie as a cousin who is too dim to realise that he's being endlessly exploited for free meals and "loans" that will never be repaid. Jeeves eventually squishes Reginald, and he is never the same again. ;-)

[bravecows]

Jeeves eventually squishes Reginald, and he is never the same again.

Now you have to write this. Because I CANNOT LIVE without seeing it. I will wither! I will pine! I will grow stick-thin and languid and write horribly sentimental diary entries on scented paper and you will be sorry.

Pwease?

[flambeau]

I second this! Except for the part about the scented paper on account of I have Allergies.

[flambeau]

The same aunt! Brilliant. Of course Reginald is Bertie's cousin, but he's rather a blister, so Bertie has been assiduously avoiding him for years, except on such occasions as fate, or the imperiousness of aunts, throws them together.

In my head, Peter and Bertie and Reginald are all in the same story, and Peter and Bertie are still undergraduates, so Reginald must be quite young, though more manipulative than the pair of them together... hehe.

[nestra]

It's intriguing to ponder what Bertie would have made of Wimsey the boy, not to mention Wimsey of Balliol, and to speculate that Peter Wimsey might well have based his piffle-and-persiflage, idiot aristocrat persona on Bertie.

Oh, sweet Jesus. *brain explodes* When Canons Collide.

[flambeau]

Is it not a lovely idea? Offered completely free of charge to anyone who might actually write it... :)

[silveryscrape]

Ah, but what would Wimsey have thought of Bertie Wooster?

[flambeau]

Well, PW hangs out with Freddie Arbuthnot, who is pretty much Bertie Wooster with a gift for the stock market, so I think he'd cope pretty well, really. :)

[silveryscrape]

Ah, I forgot about Freddie!

Now I must go back and reread all the PW and all the Bertie Wooster and Jeeves. What a chore. :)

[flambeau]

I make you suffer! hee. I think the PW who gets drunk and climbs statues at the end of Whose Body would fit in quite well with Bertie's crowd, really. :)

[beledibabe]

"Yes, but dash it, Jeeves - oh. Oh!" I spat out the mouthful of pillowcase that I had unexpectedly bitten. "Well. Carry on, Jeeves."

::eyeing drenched keyboard::

Spit-take warning, please?

BW and PW on the loose together in London? No policeman's helmet within the confines of W1 would be safe!

[flambeau]

Exactly! They would be boyishly enthusiastic and very full of good champagne. (And if arrested, always quick-witted enough to think of a false name.)