ext_83566 ([identity profile] pozorvlak.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] taimatsu 2006-11-30 07:15 pm (UTC)

Yes, quite.

I dunno: in general, I have no beef with slash. I'm not interested in it myself, but if people want to write it, fine. But Jeeves and Wooster slash seems so antithetical to the whole Wodehousian universe that I can't understand it: surely someone who actually appreciated the stories would feel no need to slash them? This may tie in with Douglas Adams' comments about how Wodehouse is one of those writers that every reader feels they and they alone understand, of course, but still. And I should possibly mention quite how much I love the Master's works, and particularly the Jeeves & Wooster stories.

And the neologism "Jooster" is just... appalling. Simply ghastly, my dear.

That said, someone on [livejournal.com profile] indeedsir did make a good point about the stories which I found in the ten minutes or so I browsed it: that every character in Wodehouse has an ideal match (Stilton <-> Pauline, Bingo <-> Rosie M. Banks, Dahlia <-> Tom,...) and that Bertie's is Jeeves. Agatha's efforts to marry Bertie off are thus misguided, because he's already found his ideal match. I broadly agree with this, but I think the non-romantic nature of their union is part of its perfection...


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