#aunt agatha

[ellis-ofwoolworth]

i like to think that a j&w modern au would involve aunt agatha making a tinder profile for bertie. it seems like the most modern equivalent of arranged marriage and i think the image of a ~70 year old women swiping right on a 20 yro girl she deems acceptable for her wayward (see: gay) nephew is... fitting

[travelbasscase]

I love how in the first few Jeeves and Wooster stories, Bertie insists that he isn't that dumb and that Jeeves is just abnormally intelligent, but then in the later stories Bertie gives up on pretending to be anything other than a complete and utter himbo. In the first tales, he's denying being as fatheaded as Aunt Agatha insists that he is, but he's openly admitting not having half the wits he ought to by the one where he kidnaps that child on the oceanside vacation so that his friend might impress a woman with this kid that he napped (nabbed?).

He's become more self-aware. Character development!

[aspiring-creative-person]

Ok but I was just thinking

Jooster is kind of the only actual solid relationship in Jeeves and Wooster?? Like platonic or romantic, let me explain

Like obviously it’s the focus, but like. Listen.

Everyone else hops from girl to girl, or guy to guy, and each one is filled with turmoil. This is just talking about Bertie’s friends, right?

But also, as friends, they really suck. They constantly get him to do things for them and do nothing in return.

Even the aunts and uncles don’t usually have spouses that are actually on screen!! Who knows if there were divorces or something?? Like people’s parents are hardly ever present it’s always some rich aunt or uncle, with Bertie yes but even with all his friends 😅😂

Everyone in that show is just so… detached from each other. There’s a particular moment where Bertie is driving Bingo and Tuppy home, and they’re just ranting about their women to each other and not listening to the other, and Bertie is just so done with it. I think that illustrates this point pretty well.

Anyway, Jeeves and Bertie are so not that. There’s another post somewhere on Tumblr talking about how Bertie always replies to Jeeves’ subtext and they pick up on each others moods essentially, which I think is a great point. And generally they just really like each other. Just read any of the books to see how much Bertie admires Jeeves, and read “Mr. Wooster Changes His Mind,” which is from Jeeves’ perspective, and you can see how he cares a lot for Bertie as well.

And like. They have their own language. Bertie is used to Jeeves materializing into rooms (this generally freaks out other people), he is now comfortable with it. Also he knows that whenever Jeeves is cold to him it’s almost always about his fashion choices, and that is a constant theme of how they interact. They have their quips about music sometimes. Jeeves always helps solve Bertie’s (and friends’) problems, and even when Bertie gets the short end of the stick, if it’s Jeeves’ plan he immediately is satisfied with the conclusion.

The biggest thing, though, is probably their brief break-up. Like. They had a disagreement and broke up, and then missed each other. There weren’t even any hard feelings, just longing tbh. And at the end they got back together, and stayed together, and were happy to see each other again. They clearly enjoy each others’ company. And Jeeves seemed to think that the other candidates for his employer did not even compare to Bertie.

Name another couple in this show who is as devoted as they are

Half of the women go for men for their status, the other half at whims

All of the men go for women on whims, and half of them find another girl when they have some sort of disagreement with the previous one

And even if they get back with a previous partner, there’s no guarantee that they will stay together

But Jooster is in for the long haul. The most consistent relationship, the most caring relationship, the most in-tune relationship, the most long-term relationship.

Oh yeah also with familial relations and all that. Aunt Agatha has been quoted to say she thinks Bertie should probably be put in some home. Like, that’s pretty rude and everything. She also tries to get him to marry all the time, she doesn’t care about him in a way that is healthy at least, only so much as he can be out of the way and out of trouble. Even Aunt Dahlia, who says he is her favorite nephew, and who takes advantage of his nature to get him to do things for her, insults him and throws things at him sometimes. His cousin Gussy, when he gets drunk, insults him in front of a crowd, going so far as to say he hates him. Claude and Eustice put him into the soup without a care for how mad Aunt Agatha will be at him.

Jeeves never insults him, or not his character at least. Yes, they have their disagreements about fashion and music. But Jeeves never insults his intelligence. He never calls him clumsy. He never underestimates him. Yes, he is his employee, but I have a feeling that it doesn’t have to do with that. Even when he was split up, like I mentioned, he came back and said the other employers weren’t up to snuff compared to Bertie.

Omg and then there’s all the women who think Bertie loves them/who want to marry Bertie. Of course, they all have delusions about him, because if they knew him at all they would know he is not in love with them. They would know that he’s too much of a pushover to say no to them. But they don’t. Which just shows further the disconnect everyone has in this show.

Ok referencing one more post because I like the point they have. It was something about how the actors keep changing for the side characters, unintentionally showing how Jeeves is really the only constant in Bertie’s life. Again showing the difference in their relationship vs his disconnected everyone else is. While I’m sure it’s not an intentional choice in that regard, it certainly is an interesting connection.

Anyway like I said at the beginning of this, you can interpret their relationship as romantic or platonic or somewhere in between, but it’s definitely the only solid one in the series.

[eirinstiva]

Heavy heart

What-ho!

We Woosters are men of iron, but beneath my intrepid exterior at that moment there lurked a nameless dread.

I lost count of how many times Bertie has said "we Woosters" so far.

Poor Bertie! He has to deal with Aunt Agatha again! and for so long!

The result being that she regards me as a worm and an outcast and would gladly drop something on me from a high window. Am I right or wrong, Jeeves?” “Perfectly correct, sir.”

Your self-esteem is really low, dear Bertie. Also receiving a telegram without name is a good mystery to keep yourself entertained.

Remember when you come here absolutely vital meet perfect strangers.

Ok, this is too mysterious.

What could go wrong with some days with Aunt Agatha, Bingo Little, no alcohol and no smoking? Oh, right. Bertie has to impress someone... A new engagement is coming? Sorry Mr. Wooster. You can run away from Aunt Agatha :(

On another point:

At the last moment before she sailed to America, Rosie decided that I had better stay behind and look after the Peke. She left me a couple of hundred quid to see me through till her return. This sum, judiciously expended over the period of her absence, would have been enough to keep the Peke and myself in moderate affluence. But you know how it is.”

What did you do, Bingo Little?

“You mean you planked the entire capital on a horse?” Bingo laughed bitterly.

Ricardo Pablo Gilberto de las Mercedes Facundo Little

RICHARD P. LITTLE!

HOW THE HELL CAN YOU SPEND ALL THAT MONEY ON A HORSE???

Rosie is the dearest girl in the world; but if you were a married man, Bertie, you would be aware that the best of wives is apt to cut up rough if she finds that her husband has dropped six weeks’ housekeeping money on a single race. Isn’t that so, Jeeves?” “Yes, sir. Women are odd in that respect.”

Your wife works hard writing those books so you both could have a house and all those servants? Why didn't you spend it on food, cigarettes and alcohol like usual? And now you're asking for Jeeves help? Bingo never learn. NEVER.

[bananapajama87]

JEEVES AND WOOSTER!

Characters in order: Bertie, Jeeves, Gussie Fink-Nottle, Aunt Agatha, Honoria Glossop, Madeline Bassett,Trixie

I love them so so so so much so I did some character designs :3

[44ratsinatrenchcoat]

My friend and I wrote this gem (she's never read wodehouse):

“Jeeves,” I said. 

“Sir?” 

“This ‘Pushkin’ chap, eh, is he any good?” 

“I’ve heard that his writings lean towards the depressing side, sir.” 

“Oh,” I said. “Very well then. Continue on.” 

Jeeves returned to polishing the tea kettle. I often wonder why that man can’t just bally well quit his job as a valet and go be prime minister or something. I don’t see what it is about me that keeps him so engaged. 

“Shall I lay out our funeral attire, sir?” 

“Right,” I said, remembering the blasted thing that was Aunt Agatha’s mangled corpse. “I say, it is a rather horrible situation, eh, Jeeves?”

“You are referring to, of course, Mrs. Gregson’s untimely death due to Mr. Fink-Nottle’s failure to properly contain his twenty-seven newts, followed by the loosed bear mauling her, then that sixteen-wheeler crushing her by running over her, followed by the fire and being tied to a wooden pole and beaten against the side of an apartment complex for a few hours, sir?” 

“Yes, that’s the one, old fruit.”

“Then I can’t help but agree with you, sir.”

[v-thinks-on]

The most grim room of all was the study which belonged to the lady of the house. Even now, I look back with regret on how I dutifully led the hapless young Mr. Wooster directly into the lion’s den, like a lamb to the slaughter. Lady Worplesdon was already seated in her tall, winged chair beneath the narrow window. Mr. Wooster nervously straightened his back as he approached, worrying at his hands.

[ladyhawke]

POLDARK Season 1, Episode 6

[cfffrk]

What if Jeeves had worked as a page boy at a private boys' school in his youth?

[movietonight]

Every PG Wodehouse chapter: Bingo is in love again. Jeeves won't help us come up with a scheme because I wore something orange last week.

[dathen]

If you ask my Aunt Agatha, she will tell you⁠—in fact, she is quite likely to tell you even if you don’t ask her⁠—that I am a vapid and irreflective chump. Barely sentient, was the way she once described me: and I’m not saying that in a broad, general sense she isn’t right.

These books are all Fun Sillytimes until you get unironically attached to the Silly Little Guy and start noticing how much he’s internalized the constant derision of his family

[end0r4]

Zelda Spellman, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | Chapter 𝟚𝟚 : Drag Me to Hell

[eirinstiva]

So... Bertie travelled for at least five days to America, looking for his cousin just because his aunt Agatha told him. That woman is scary as fuck...

[thethirdromana]

What are our views on the cummerbund?

... the rather fruity cummerbund I had bought six months ago and had never had the nerve to put on. One of those silk contrivances, you know, which you tie round your waist instead of a waistcoat, something on the order of a sash only more substantial. I had never been able to muster up the courage to put it on so far, for I knew that there would be trouble with Jeeves when I did, it being a pretty brightish scarlet.

[yeah-thats-probably-it]

>be me >re-reading Indian Summer of an Uncle >Aunt Agatha calls Jeeves “Jeeves” >be taken aback >“she literally hates him why is she being so familiar” >“it's weird that she would call him the same thing Bertie calls him” >remember that Bertie calls him Jeeves because that is his literal actual name that everyone calls him

[neonshrike]

JUST THE FEW OF US (template by @marissources)

This was kind of tricky since it’s such a non-traditional family, but here’s a little bit of an AU for Somewhere in the Woods, Waiting where Earl is alive, a happier ending.

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