Tiny typo when Stiffy speaks, you wrote "he said". Should be "she said".
I'm actually quite surprised that the story hasn't ended yet. The confession of love (and sexytimes) is usually the point where most authors do. Not that I mind. It's interesting to see where they are going. Just, the suspense curve is very different from normal fanfic.
It is structurally a bit weird, I'll be the first to admit. I don't know, I guess ending it with the love and sexytimes bit would have felt like too many loose ends still there. Anyhow, I hope you don't get bored!
I love "Sorting Out the Dance Card" so much -- this is my second reading -- maybe especially for Bertie's developing understanding of the class differences between himself and Jeeves: his refusal to be the one to speak first, his leaving it up to Jeeves what their relationship will be, and now this bit where he realizes that no one will wonder where the hell Jeeves may be sleeping. And the bit on the ferry en route to France, where B. invites Jeeves to sit and realizes that Jeeves has sat because Bertie said to sit -- oh, that's a heartbreaker, that is.
Then the trope that Bertie is smarter than he lets on -- I find it hugely appealing, especially as a way to make the narrative more "realistic" (boy, that word really needs the scare quotes in this context, doesn't it?) but it's not always done well -- it's tricky to do while also keeping the rhythms and diction of the canonical character, and you've nailed it.
TL;DR, right? But this is the fic I pimp to those who recoil at the very idea of Jooster.
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I'm actually quite surprised that the story hasn't ended yet. The confession of love (and sexytimes) is usually the point where most authors do. Not that I mind. It's interesting to see where they are going. Just, the suspense curve is very different from normal fanfic.
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It is structurally a bit weird, I'll be the first to admit. I don't know, I guess ending it with the love and sexytimes bit would have felt like too many loose ends still there. Anyhow, I hope you don't get bored!
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Then the trope that Bertie is smarter than he lets on -- I find it hugely appealing, especially as a way to make the narrative more "realistic" (boy, that word really needs the scare quotes in this context, doesn't it?) but it's not always done well -- it's tricky to do while also keeping the rhythms and diction of the canonical character, and you've nailed it.
TL;DR, right? But this is the fic I pimp to those who recoil at the very idea of Jooster.
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