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J&W headcanons

Date: 2019-07-07 05:42 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Do you have any Jeeves and Wooster headcanons you would like to share?

Re: J&W headcanons

Date: 2019-07-08 03:52 am (UTC)
From: (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.

Re: J&W headcanons

Date: 2019-07-08 03:20 pm (UTC)
thesadchicken: (bertie)
From: [personal profile] thesadchicken
I tend to go with Wodehouse's purposefully vague idea of when the events in the Jeeves stories take place. I mean, obviously it's somewhere between the early 20s and late 30s, but I like not knowing exactly when. It's almost as if there is no War, no Great Depression, no Prohibition in the Wodehouse World. Everything is oojah-cum-spiff. I quite like that, to be honest, that sort of complete innocence. I find that not knowing exactly when things are happening makes it all the more light-hearted and happy.

My headcanons for Jeeves and Bertie's ages are only a little bit more specific. I place Jeeves as approximately 10 years older than Bertie, and I like to think that when they met Bertie was in his early-to-mid twenties.

In my mind they look a bit like they do in the TV show, but not exactly. It's hard to describe really. Let's just say that their general appearance does resemble that of the TV show, but there are little details that in my mind are different.

Other than that I have a few random headcanons I'd like to share:
- They only get together after a few years of good ol' pining
- Even when they're alone, Jeeves almost never calls Bertie by his name. He uses a myriad of terms of endearments (such as "darling", "my dear", "dearest") but never "Bertie" or "Bertram".
- Once or twice Jeeves actually does call him Bertie/Bertram, but only in cases of immediate danger. When they've had a row, Jeeves goes back to calling Bertie "sir", even when they're alone.
- Bertie keeps calling him "Jeeves" for quite some time, but eventually it becomes "Reg" or "Reggie".
- They eventually adopt a cat (Bertie with a cat is just too adorable)

Re: J&W headcanons

Date: 2019-07-08 04:41 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Aaaaw kitty!

ladykeane's modern AU Bertie's Blog stories have this adorable thing where Reg calls Bertie all sorts of silly nicknames. Such as "my radiant faun" and "my peppermint". In that context it works perfectly. I highly recommend all of them.

Re: J&W headcanons

Date: 2019-07-08 07:03 pm (UTC)
quaffanddoff: (Default)
From: [personal profile] quaffanddoff
I am into the "dignified endearments normally, Bertram or sir occasionally" paradigm. There's also a part of me that likes "Mr. Wooster/sir" forever no matter what kind of relationship that develops.

Re: J&W headcanons

Date: 2019-07-08 09:29 pm (UTC)
thesadchicken: (bertie)
From: [personal profile] thesadchicken
We all seem to agree hehehe
And I love the idea of Jeeves calling Bertie silly nicknames in the context of that modern AU! So sweet and funny! I really have to read that fic ~

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Re: J&W headcanons

Date: 2019-07-12 06:14 pm (UTC)
worth_a_wound: (Default)
From: [personal profile] worth_a_wound
I think it would be a loss if Jeeves stopped using "sir" and "Mr Wooster" because I'm really into that. Dignified endearments are fine but I like thinking they keep "Jeeves" or "sir" and just change the way they say it.

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Re: J&W headcanons

Date: 2019-07-14 07:24 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Awesome headcanon I came across on Tumblr (https://dorkshadows.tumblr.com/post/113749310661/i-might-kind-of-sort-of-be-developing-a-headcanon) and immediately adopted for myself:
I might kind of sort of be developing a headcanon for young!Jeeves. Since he worked at an all girls’ boarding school in his adolescence, one of the girls could have been lazy about her classes and bribed him to crossdress and attend in her place (when he’s off-duty). And going by Bertie’s descriptions of him, Jeeves probably was pretty enough to do that.

Re: J&W headcanons

Date: 2019-07-15 08:44 pm (UTC)
thesadchicken: (bertie)
From: [personal profile] thesadchicken
OH ME GOSH YES? YES!
Someone needs to write the fanfic!

Re: J&W headcanons

Date: 2019-07-12 07:53 pm (UTC)
worth_a_wound: (Default)
From: [personal profile] worth_a_wound
The way I imagine them depends on what I'm reading.

If it's fanfic then I tend to picture them looking and speaking pretty much like their TV actors but with Jeeves being about 10 to 15 years older than Bertie.

When I read the books I imagine them in a different way but the age difference of 10 to 15 years stays the same here. I like to think that Bertie has an average or slightly below the average height and Jeeves is tall. Also that Jeeves has noticeably manlier (as in terms of looking mature) build than Bertie with broader shoulders but nothing muscle heavy or bulky and a bit of body hair in all the right places. Bertie is slender but not skinny and still has a more teenage boyish build and about the same dose of body hair as Jeeves. He will naturally get a more mature build with the years passing by but will always be a rather slim guy and narrower shouldered than Jeeves. I imagine them speaking more like how Martin Jarvis reads them on the audio books. I love how he reads Jeeves. To me his version comes closer to canon Jeeves than Stephen Fry's Jeeves if one chooses to rely on Bertie as a narrator when it comes to the description of Jeeves' emontionlessness. (I love Stephen Fry's Jeeves but his version requires accepting that Jeeves is able to express quite a lot of emotion with his micro expressions, his rather expressive eyes and his eyebrows move more than that famous fraction. ;) Martin Jarvis' Bertie may require a bit of getting used to but he makes him sound so much younger than Jeeves, which I think is great and he is good at expressing Bertie's cheerfulness and carefreeness. One can clearly hear the smile in his voice when he speaks.
I headcanon the stories taking place over the course of many years because it can be nice witnessing the age progression of someone you like and being able to look back on many years spent together.

Re: J&W headcanons

Date: 2019-08-16 12:57 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
I have this headcanon about Spode that he's romantic and gentle as a lover. I also like to imagine him as secretly gay and a total sub. 😋

Re: J&W headcanons

Date: 2019-08-17 03:18 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Ooh, write that!

Re: J&W headcanons

Date: 2019-09-01 11:58 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
I have this headcanon about Bill Belfry being the only one who knows about Bertie's romantic interested in Jeeves. Bill is secretly bisexual himself but decided to only ever follow the safe path. He once had a crush on Bertie and is still very fond of him. Bill never tried to become one of Bertie's closer friends, is content with admiring him from afar but he cares about Bertie like none of Bertie's other friends and pays close attention to him. That's why things are obvious to Bill whenever he hears Bertie talking about Jeeves. After getting to know Jeeves, Bill hopes for Jeeves to notice and return Bertie's feelings.

Re: J&W headcanons

Date: 2019-09-01 05:31 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Who is Bill Belfry? An OC?

Re: J&W headcanons

Date: 2019-09-01 06:49 pm (UTC)
worth_a_wound: (Default)
From: [personal profile] worth_a_wound
William Belfry, Ninth Earl of Rowcester is the main character in the novel "Ring for Jeeves". Jeeves works for him as temporary butler while Bertie is away.

Re: J&W headcanons

Date: 2019-09-02 12:25 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
William Egerton Bamfylde Ossingham Belfry 😋

- amiable and beloved by all who knew him
- far from being a mental giant
- his heart unquestionably in the right place
- extremely good-looking
- member of the Drones Club since leaving school


Re: J&W headcanons

Date: 2020-02-16 12:09 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
I'm convinced that Bertie sometimes only pretends to be ignorant just to amuse Jeeves.

Re: J&W headcanons

Date: 2020-02-16 05:25 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
I can see that! Or maybe he deliberately puts himself in certain situations so he can watch Jeeves disentangle him. Like asking outright, "I say, Madeline, will you marry me?" And then telling Jeeves it was an accident (heh)

Re: J&W headcanons

Date: 2020-02-29 04:06 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
I like the thought of Jeeves having a praise kink.

Re: J&W headcanons

Date: 2020-03-04 07:08 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
headcanon: they both enjoy role-playing

Re: J&W headcanons

Date: 2020-03-06 03:31 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
"All right, Jeeves, I'll be Little Mary and you'll be my wee lost lamb."
"Baaaa, sir."

Re: J&W headcanons

Date: 2020-03-07 07:02 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
"Let's say a year has passed, Jeeves. It's a hot day in summer. Let me take off my shirt quickly. I'll be the handsome shearer and shall free you from your wool."

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