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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?

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...

I usually don‘t use the internet and don‘t even have a smartphone...

Now that's dedication!!

My mom had a nice little collection of the books when I was a kid, and she used to talk about how funny they were. I tried picking up Right Ho, Jeeves when I was about 10, but I guess the language threw me off—I just didn’t “get it”. I tried again a couple years later, and something clicked. I was hooked for life.

I used to read the books out loud to my parents and brother. It was a regular family ritual for a few weeks years. I recently revived the tradition with Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen, the only one we hadn’t yet read.

I didn’t see the show until about 10 years after I picked up the books. I was reluctant to even try it until I heard some music from the soundtrack. I’m very fond of it now and rewatch several of my fave episodes pretty frequently.

I got active in the actual fandom around 2010-ish, but I lurked for a few years before then.

Aww! What a lovely family tradition!

When I was a kid I briefly lived in London. I discovered Wodehouse there. Two years ago I stumbled across this fandom. I watched the episodes on Youtube and re-read the books. On the Discord ffa #jeeves I met like-minded folks and on LJ's indeedsir. I've been a Jeeves junkie ever since!

I knew Stephen Fry only from listening to audio books read by him. Sherlock Holmes was my first one. I liked his voice but for a pretty long time I had no idea that he was known for more than reading audio books.
Jeeves and Wooster stuff kept on showing up on my tumblr dash from time to time and I always found that valet guy very nice to look at. One day he was so attractive in a GIF that I decided to look up that show.
I watched the first episode on YouTube, quickly fell for Jeeves and bought the DVDs. It was funny to find out that he was played by Stephen Fry.
Then I looked up Stephen Fry and crushed on him.
I started reading fanfic and the books, have read most of the books by now and here I am.

By the way I remember being confused when I read the first Wodehouse style Jeeves fic without having read a Jeeves book before. Not having been familiar with Bertie's way of telling the stories, I had difficulties understanding what POV the fic was told from because there was "I" and "the young master" and Jeeves. So who was "I"? XD

That's exactly what my sister said when I tried to make her read a Jeeves novel! hahaha

It's a funny story. And - as weird as it may sound - it all started with Star Trek.

I'm a huge Trek fan. I read and write a LOT of Trek fanfic. One day (about 4 year ago) I strumbled upon a fic called "What ho, Garak!" (Garak being the name of a Star Trek character). Curious, I read it. It was written in what I would later discover was Wodehousian style and humor. I loved it - I reread it a dozen times. I was so impressed that I asked the writer how and why they'd written it in that particular style. Their answer was two words: "READ WODEHOUSE".

I did. I read "Right Ho, Jeeves" and "Thank you, Jeeves" and "Carry On, Jeeves" and I just couldn't get enough. Sadly, it's difficult to get English copies of Wodehouse books in my country, so after reading everything I could find I just felt heartbroken and hungry for more. That's when I started watching the TV series, which I fell in love with as well.

Now whenever I'm abroad the first thing I do is look for a bookshop to buy more Wodehouse (and I still haven't read them all! *sobs*)

That's an interesting story. Would you share the link to that fic?
Fandom life began for me with Star Trek. I was a Trekkie throughout my teenage years and early twenties. My first crush on a fictional character can be blamed on TOS.

Can you get English ebook or audio book versions in your country?

Oh, a fellow Trekkie! Who was your first fictional crush, if you don't mind my asking? Spock? Kirk? Bones? Uhura? (I'm sorry, I get excited whenever someone mentions Trek)

Here's a link to the wonderful fanfic that started it all:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/2887163/chapters/6444233

I could get ebooks or audio books, but sadly I'm one of those people who just don't enjoy listening to books as much as reading them, and I've never managed to finish an ebook - I need the feel of paper between my hands.
So I guess it's just me being very picky lol

Thank you for the link!
I really loved each one of the logic+emotion+balance power trio but it was Bones my teen self would have liked to cuddle with.
Who are your favourite Trek characters?

I can totally understand how you feel about ebooks. Though I like the advantage of quick accessibility/easy portability and the convenient search function that the use of an e-reader provides it will never give me this nice, satisfying book reading feeling.
I used to have printouts of my favourite fanfics for a long time.

Have you tried looking for the books on ebay or Amazon?

You're very welcome!
Ah yes, the good doctor ♥ I love all Star Trek characters (more or less. I wish I could punch Gul Dukat from DS9, lol) but my favorite from the very start has always been Spock ♥ Julian Bashir from DS9 is the one I identify with the most, and I'm obsessed with Q from TNG. Gosh, I could go on and on! haha

I used to have printouts of my favorite fanfics as well!

Actually I ordered "Carry On, Jeeves" from Amazon, but the shipping cost is insane, so I didn't order more :( However I will (hopefully) be travelling to Paris soon so I'll make sure to drop by my favorite English bookshop there :D

Guys, please keep discussions of other fandoms to a minimum okay? You can always take it to another community.

Edited 2019-05-26 23:14 (UTC)

What really makes me feel anxious about this community is not people clogging up threads with off-topic or things I'm not interested in, but people being told to better take their talk elsewhere and that leading to them worrying about bothering someone with what they post. I rather see them spam but have fun and connect. I only feel safe about reading the prompts, fills and anon commenting on them. And I think I should stick to that.

Oh, dear! I'd like to know if other posters feel that way.

Yes, I don‘t mind some other topics being discussed either, if we can talk about our cultural backgrounds, why can‘t we talk about Star Trek or something else for a bit?
And aren‘t it always topic junctions and coincidences which lead to the really interesting conversations?

I'm making it up as I go along, I'm not trying to be punitive. Sorry if it comes off that way.

I also don't see what's wrong with people mentioning other fandoms here, or why they should be called out like this for doing so. Especially in this case where it's still extremely relevant and brief. I don't think it "clogs" a lounge thread that's specifically for friendly discussion. The intro says "anything goes" even "what you had for lunch" but people get scolded if they talk about Star Trek for a minute? Seems like an arbitrary request.
Also I have no problem with people identifying themselves if they want to.

If there are topics I don't want to read about then I simply move on to the next. Just like with everything else here. If there's a pic of naked Stephen Fry and I don't feel like staring at it then I quickly scroll past it. If I know it's not my kink then I stay away from that kink. And if I start reading a fic but find out I don't like it for whatever reason then I simply stop reading it.

tldr The best approach is to pick out what appeals to you and ignore what does not but leave it be because it might appeal to someone else.

Duly noted.

Hello, I wanted to ask since you‘re a fellow Star-Trek-fan/German, do you know/like „Traumschiff Surprise“?
Just a random question, sorry :))

I used to like it back then when it was part of their show on TV but did not like the film so much.

I fell hard for Hugh Laurie during the first season of House and watched everything he's done. After watching J&W I read a bunch of the Jeeves short stories, but most of my Wodehouse knowledge is from the show, and honestly from fanfic I guess! I had a minor phase with J&W fanfic a few years ago but for no particular reason it has recently come back with a vengeance. Well okay, maybe this kink meme is that particular reason.

There was a friend of mine on tumblr who kept posting Jeeves and Wooster gifs and it intrigued me, I already knew both Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry from Fry and Laurie, QI and House and so I gave it a try and got hooked. I haven't read all the stories yet only the ones that are in the public domain, I plan on getting myself the books one day.

Edited 2019-05-29 17:02 (UTC)

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