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[cuddyclothes]

Welcome to the Lounge, a place to hang out with your fellows. Chat away. If you want to stay anonymous, go ahead. Real life, imaginary life, what you had for lunch, anything goes.

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3) Be really nice

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[thesadchicken]

What ho, what ho, what ho!

I've been curious, ever since we started talking about languages and cultures: where are you lovely people from?

I'm from Tunisia (a tiny country in North Africa). My native language is Arabic, but I also speak French and - obviously - English.

[darenotspeakitsname]

A hearty right ho back! I‘m from Western Germany, so my mother tongue is German, but I‘m planning on moving to GB.
I also speak Russian and tiny bits of Latin and Italian.

Oh, and my mum‘s been to Tunisia in the 80s and she loved it, I always wanted to go there:)

[(Anonymous)]

Hello! Is this the place where we can post questions for the prompters?

[(Anonymous)]

I think so, yes.

your fandom story

[(Anonymous)]

How did you discover Jeeves and Wooster? Read the books? Watched the show? Done both? Been a fan of one of the actors or P.G. Wodehouse before or did it all start with the young master and his valet?

Re: your fandom story

[darenotspeakitsname]

Well, I like Downton Abbey and a friend therefore recommended me Jeeves and Wooster. I watched the show and then bought all the books.
I have not the faintest idea how I ended up here though, I usually don‘t use the internet and don‘t even have a smartphone...

[(Anonymous)]

I would like to ask for a fic rec, please! I don't really want to bother starting a whole new thread for this, and it looks like the plot bunny farm on indeedsir is pretty inactive so I doubt anyone will see it there. So I'm gonna ask here instead!

Has anyone ever come across a fic about those eight months that Jeeves and Bertie were lost at sea after jumping overboard that ship (in the TV show, didn't happen in the books)? I would love to read about that but I've never come across something like it. I suspect it doesn't exist. I would post this in the kink prompts thread but it's really not a kink at all.

[cuddyclothes]

There's a fic on AO3 called "Around The World In A Goodish Bit Of Time" about J&W falling in love on their round-the-world cruise, but nothing I can think of that covers those eight months.

ACK UGH NO

[(Anonymous)]

I just read a newly posted death fic called "To You, Reginald Jeeves" on AO3. Jeeves dies after being attacked and Bertie has to give a speech at the funeral. ACK NO TOO MANY FEELS I WISH I HADN'T READ THAT

I usually give 'Major Character Death' fics a wide berth and again I'm reminded why. However, if you enjoy that sort of thing, it's well done and will definitely make you cry or at least sit in the dark staring at nothing.

Re: ACK UGH NO

[thesadchicken]

I'm going to read that, even though I KNOW it will make me cry a lot. For some reason I'm drawn to those sad fanfics like a moth to a flame.

Film

[darenotspeakitsname]

Hello, I wanted to ask if anyone of the fellow Jeevesians here could recommend a Jeeves&Wooster- film? I‘ve only read the books and watched the series so far, and I was wondering if any of the films are any good; I don‘t want to buy one without knowing if it‘s good...

Re: Film

[cuddyclothes]

The two 1930s Jeeves films are atrocious. I don't know any others.

How Did You Get Your Fandom Name?

[cuddyclothes]

For those of whom who are comfortable doing so, what's the origin of your DW/Twitter/LJ/Tumblr name?

Mine comes from when I first started watching "House". Lisa Edelstein played his boss, Lisa Cuddy. She has a great body and wore the absolute best clothes. I wanted the body, yes, but I really wanted the wardrobe! It's my fandom name across all of the platforms.

Re: How Did You Get Your Fandom Name?

[darenotspeakitsname]

Oh my, are you a mind reader? I’ve wanted to ask the same question for days.
I initially thought your name was CUDDLY clothes...:)

Well, my name is of course the last words of the poem Bosie Douglas wrote for Wilde and which was used as proof for their homosexuality in the 1895 trial against him.
“I am the love that dare not speak its name.”

I rather like the double meaning (because of course I am also reluctant to use my real name).

Jooster on the Sims 4!

[thesadchicken]

I enjoy playing the Sims from time to time and, as someone once cleverly remarked on Tumblr, it does tend to turn into an "OTP puppet show" haha

So I made Jeeves and Bertie in the Sims 4 and I'm having so much fun watching them live happy (albeit a little weird) lives.
I thought I'd share some of their adventures with you!

First kiss!


A peaceful afternoon by the piano


A romantic rendez-vous


With their new kitty!

Re: Jooster on the Sims 4!

[cuddyclothes]

THESE ARE SO SWEET AND ADORABLE AND ALL THE THINGS!! That romantic rendezvous--oh, my heart!

Can you put the images after the first one under a cut? I can tell you how if you like. It's only to save space on a page when someone is scrolling.

How Is Everyone Doing?

[cuddyclothes]

I am so delighted by the response to this comm and how participatory everybody is! (Especially because it gives me so much more to READ!)

The humidity here in NYC is getting me down. It's not all that hot yet but it's coming. In the meantime I've got fans on all over the place. Bleagh.

Re: How Is Everyone Doing?

[quaffanddoff]

It's been gross all right! I've gotten caught in the rain without an umbrella like three times since last Monday. That's really my own fault of course, but I'm choosing to blame the weather anyway.

other Fry and Laurie characters

[worth_a_wound]

What other characters portrayed by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie do you like or ship?

Re: other Fry and Laurie characters

[thesadchicken]

Gosh, I love so many of the characters they've portrayed!

Okay this might sound weird but I find that some of the characters in sketches from "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" are very shippable.

[thesadchicken]

I had the worst two days and I really, really need Jooster fluff. I'm talking the fluffiest fluff you can imagine. Any recommendations?

(the only reason I'm asking for recs and not posting a prompt is because I know it's impossible to write a fic in 30 minutes, and I'd like to read some fluff before bed <3)

[cuddyclothes]

You can look at the fills posts for what you want. In the meantime, here are some AO3 recommendations. I looked for the tag "fluff".

Forsaking All Others - https://archiveofourown.org/works/15617187
Bertie And The Perfect Gift: https://archiveofourown.org/works/15568506
Jeeves And The Short Attention Span: https://archiveofourown.org/works/15270567
Like The Cat In The Adage: https://archiveofourown.org/works/10825914/chapters/24023880 Bertie and Jeeves are cats, and it's ADORABLE
The Red Herring: https://archiveofourown.org/works/9815969/chapters/22040909

A Question about hats

[(Anonymous)]

I'm trying to write a fill and need to know what kind of hat Jeeves is wearing at 0:31-0:32 and 2:17-2:23 in this scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR9C0Y3PVP0 (sfw, the link is to the montage of Jeeves living it up in NYC)

I've google image searched fedoras and trilbies but I can't be sure. The entire "plot" somehow hinges around the type of hat Jeeves wears for going out at night so I want to get it right!

Re: A Question about hats

[cuddyclothes]

It's called a homburg. Early 20th century versions were larger than present day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homburg_hat
Search for 1920s hat advertisements.

Jeeves's restorative

[outofelsinore]

What ho! I have no idea if this weird story belongs here, but here goes!

Recently, I listened to an audiobook of Jeeves Takes Charge with a friend while we were both rather under the surface, and of course, we ended up discussing Jeeves's hangover cure and agreeing that we wished it existed, because it'd certainly be a godsend the next morning given how sozzled we were both becoming. The story (if I recall correctly) says the recipe calls for Worcester sauce, raw egg, and chili peppers, and while we didn't quite have the guts to follow the recipe (since nobody fancies the possibility of salmonella from raw egg) we came up with a coffee-based drink that we named The Palpitator which indeed has a whole pepper (can be red or green depending on how strong you want it to be) as the secret ingredient of sorts. We made it and tried it out the next morning, and even if it definitely wasn't as magical as Jeeves's concoction (I mean, the man's a paragon, how could two drunk uni students reach his heights) it still helped somewhat and made us feel much less sluggish and cranky! We also tried it out the week after that as we prepared for a nerve-wracking stat final and found it kept us awake and clear-headed enough to finish the exam coverage, ahaha. The only downside is that this drink is /really, really, really/ strong and definitely not something I would give to a person who's caffeine sensitive or struggles with hyperacidity XD

If anyone else has made an attempt at recreating the restorative or wants to discuss it in general I'd love to know! I'm pretty sure it isn't real and that making that exact concoction probably isn't a good idea, but I find it really cool regardless~

Re: Jeeves's restorative

[thesadchicken]

This was really fun to read! hahaha Thank you for sharing the story!
For health reasons, I can't drink anything that contains caffeine, and peppers are also out of the question for me :( But I'm still interested in what the others might suggest!

J&W headcanons

[(Anonymous)]

Do you have any Jeeves and Wooster headcanons you would like to share?

Re: J&W headcanons

[(Anonymous)]

I'll start this off simply: I think of Jeeves as 10 years older than Bertie (although I know there's no official answer). Born in 1890 and 1900 if I want Bertie to be in his mid-20s during mid-Prohibition. Maybe 1900 and 1910 if I want them to be alive and kicking in the 70s and 80s.

question about commenting

[(Anonymous)]

Is it better to comment anon or off anon on the fills? I've seen both here. Does it make a difference to the writer? Does an off anon comment seem more real and more valuable or can an off anon comment maybe be a mood killer?

Re: question about commenting

[cuddyclothes]

Whichever way you're comfortable. I comment as myself on fills I'm comfortable doing so, otherwise I'm anonymous. Safety is the primary concern here. As for comments, any comments are welcome comments!

Fic rec for a newbie?

[(Anonymous)]

Hey y'all! My partner just told me she finally wants to check out some of this strange "Jeeves and Wooster fanfiction" that I've been talking about for a while now. I'm excited that she's finally intrigued enough to give it a try. Does anyone have recommendations for a good fic to start with? Something on AO3 maybe? She's seen like one episode of the show and hasn't read any Wodehouse, so she isn't terribly familiar with the details of the series. She's also not a fanfic person in general. She's more curious to learn what's so compelling to me about the sex/erotica aspect of the fanfic. So, something hot and accessible to non-fans is what I'm looking for.

Re: Fic rec for a newbie?

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, and a length on the shorter side.

required knowledge for writing a Jooster fic

[(Anonymous)]

Suppose there is a fandom newbie. What do they have to know before they can start writing a Jooster fic? Any must have reads/seens or basic facts?

Re: required knowledge for writing a Jooster fic

[cuddyclothes]

That's quite a question! I had already read a lot of Wodehouse when I started but hadn't watched the series. I don't base my characters on HL & SF but some do. I'm hoping others will make suggestions. It's great that you want to write Jooster fic (btw, it took me forever to get used to that name!).

1) Read at least 2 short stories (not the one narrated by Jeeves. That was an experiment by Wodehouse and he abandoned it as a bad idea) or a novel. Preferably the latter. You get a great feel for the rhythm of the writing and how great Wodehouse was as a wordsmith. They're gutbustingly funny.

2) Watch several J & W eps on YouTube. Especially if you want to base your characters on the series

The basic facts are easy to learn but the rest of it very much derives from the media/writing.

Anybody else?

question about homosexuality as a crime

[(Anonymous)]

What I would like to know is how homosexuality was handeled as a crime back then. What exactly was punishable and what would the punishment have been? Was there anything gay one could have done without fearing punishment?

Re: question about homosexuality as a crime

[cuddyclothes]

Here's an article about "Downton Abbey" and how Thomas Barrow's homosexuality was handled, https://www.bustle.com/articles/62849-was-it-illegal-to-be-gay-in-1920s-england-or-is-thomas-barrows-struggle-on-downton

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jul/03/gayrights.world

Personally, I feel that Oscar Wilde is used much too much in Jooster fanfic. He wasn't the only gay man punished for being gay.

[(Anonymous)]

Hey guys, I love this community! Not only do I enjoy reading and re-reading the fills but also do I always have such a great time just going through all those wonderful and inspiring prompts. This place is filled with so much potential and creativity. It's a goldmine! I would like to say thank you to every prompter, writer and commenter here for making this one of my favorite happy places on the internet. ♥️

[(Anonymous)]

This is so sweet! ❤ And I completely agree!

Jeeves's invisible penis: the meme

[tremendousdetectivetheory]

Re: Jeeves's invisible penis: the meme

[cuddyclothes]

BWAHHAAAHAAA!

Could you perhaps post this in the Dirty Meme post? This is fantastic!!!

[(Anonymous)]

I'm so looking forward to the holidays. I'm going to spend a good amount of time here. 🙂

[(Anonymous)]

Me too!

[(Anonymous)]

Happy Holidays! 🎄 🎁 ❄

[cuddyclothes]

Happy holidays to you!

2020

[hot_for_jeeves]

Happy New Year! 🎉 🎆 🍾

Re: 2020

[worth_a_wound]

I wish you all a happy and healthy 2020!

[(Anonymous)]

Jeeves/Bertie, having to spend some time in prison and sharing a prison cell

[(Anonymous)]

sorry, wrong topic 😅

this belongs here

[tremendousdetectivetheory]

Re: this belongs here

[cuddyclothes]

OMG that is perfect!