#cute little bertie

[spiritundaunted]

Queen Mary, when Duchess of York, with her children, Prince Albert, Princess Mary, and Prince Edward, circa 1897.

Oh goodness, look how cute little Bertie is here - he looks like a little sprite! Sweet little face!

[ilovetheroyals1]

Look, who is there? Little, angelic, smiling Bertie. 😍

[pop-squeak]

real quick one before i head to work but this one’s for @420sadnoodles who suggested jooster as cats!

[littlewestern]

attention anthropomorphic vehicles fandom:

i would like to bring your attention to someone i think we've been neglecting

[justasimplebogcreature]

This dumb ass likes to eat rocks

[sandwichsapphic]

girl tries to draw accurate interpretation of real-life character; 70 dead and 31 injured

i did this like a month ago and then last night i was like "i should redraw this with canon bertie!" so i tried and lord is he difficult

and yes i gave him the little boater hat cause its cute i dont remember if he ever wears one in a story but i saw one of him in the show and its very brideshead revisited of him

[once-upon-an-imagine]

heyy ok so I have this idea with maybe remus lupin or any smart character but your the writer whatever you think best is probably best, anyways so reader is failing a class and is assigned a tutor which would be the character. Anyways character is very in love with the reader and is nervous/flustered  but the reader is more outgoing/flirtyafter a couple lessons at the end the character asked “anymore questions?” And the reader goes “yeah when are you going to ask me out? ”KINDA CRINGE LOOKING BACK BUT TYSM BYE 💜💜💜💜

- submitted by @they-only-want-you-when-your-17

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this is sooo cute! I loved it too much, love! I hope you like it too! 😊Warnings: none, this is pure fluffDisclaimer: I don’t own Harry Potter 😊 gif isn’t mine 😊

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Ask Me Out?

You hated Potions. Not just because it was your earliest class and you weren’t a morning person. But because you were absolutely dreadful at it. You insisted it wasn’t your fault. It was your partner’s. When Professor Slughorn decided to make Remus Lupin your partner, you knew it would be useless. 

You were never able to concentrate with him sitting next to you. Maybe it was because he started wearing his hair differently this year. Or because he smelled stupidly good. Or how shy he got whenever he was around you. Or because he had the most beautiful smile you had ever seen. Or because his friends and your friends kept making stupid faces at you so you would make the first move. 

Things got so bad, that Professor Slughorn suggested you got someone to tutor you for this class, and, much to your luck, Remus had volunteered himself to be said tutor. So, not only did you have to control yourself in his class, but now you were spending two afternoons a week with Remus at the Library or the Common Room, trying to listen to what he actually said, instead of getting lost in his beautiful smile. 

“Are you listening to me?” Remus asked, suddenly snapping you out of your thoughts. 

“I uh-” you said, sitting straight instead of resting your head on your hand. “Y-yes, of course, I was, Rem” you cleared your throat. 

“Really?” Remus asked with a beautiful smirk. “Then what is the last ingredient you have to add to the Draught of Living Death before you stir it anti-clockwise?” 

“Oh, uh- w-well, the um… the bean?” you tried with a small smile. 

“Which bean?” 

“I’m guessing not Bertie Bott’s beans?” 

“No” he laughed adorably. “The Sopophorous Bean-”

“Sopophorous Bean” you quickly repeated. “See? That was my second guess!” you insisted and Remus glared at you a little. “I’m sorry, Remus” you sighed. “I know you probably have better things to do with your time than being stuck here trying to teach the unteachable” you laughed. 

“Hey, don’t be so hard on yourself” he said, his look softening. “You’re not unteachable. You’re doing a lot better now” he encouraged you. 

“Well, to be fair, it’s way more pleasant to look at you and listen to you than to Professor Slughorn” you said, loving the way his cheeks blushed a little. 

“I’ll take that as a compliment” he chuckled. 

“It was” you said, resting your head on your hand again and smiling at him. “Can I ask you something?” 

“Uh, sure” he said, looking through his book. 

“Why did you volunteer to tutor me?” you asked, interested. 

“W-what do you mean?” he asked, nervously. “I mean, you needed help-”

“Well, yes, but I think everyone else would have run for the hills if they had to spend some time with me with fire and so many things that explode around” you shrugged. 

“You’re not that bad” he laughed a little. 

“Remus, I’ve burned more cauldrons than James and Sirius together” you reminded him. 

“W-well, that may be true, but you’re really trying” he reminded you. “So, I’m happy to help as much as I can” he said with a small smile. 

“Well, that’s very sweet of you, Rem” you said, making him look away. “I’m sorry, does it bother you when I call you that? I heard you telling Sirius once you didn’t like it-”

“N-no!” he replied quickly. The only reason he didn’t like Sirius calling him that, was because he did it mocking you. “I don’t mind when uh- when you call me that” he muttered nervously. “Sirius is… just an idiot” he said. 

“Oh” you smiled. “Well, okay” you told him, sitting a little closer to him. 

“Okay, so I think that’s it for today” he said, closing his book before turning to you again. “Anymore questions?” 

“Yeah, just one” you said and Remus nodded for you to go on. “When are you going to ask me out?”

“Uh- w-what-? Um- I’m sorry?” 

“Well, I was just… wondering if you were planning on ever asking me out?” you told him. 

“Y-you want me to ask you out?” 

“If you’d like” you smirked. 

“Well, I um- I would like that, very much” he smiled. 

“Really?” you asked, excitedly. 

“Y-yeah, the only reason why I haven’t asked you is because, I wasn’t sure if y-you’d want me to” he said. “So, um… would you like to go to Hogsmeade with me this weekend? We can celebrate your ‘O’ on tomorrow’s exam” he said. 

“I would love to go to Hogsmeade with you, Rem” you smiled. “But, I think you’re shooting for the stars, thinking I’ll get an ‘O’, I’ll be lucky if I get an ‘A’” you told him.

“We’ll see” he smiled. 

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“REMUS!” 

Remus looked up from the book he was reading and he saw you run down the hallway at full speed, causing you to trip and fall but you quickly got back up, and composed yourself, ignoring the laughter and stares from everyone as you made your way to where he was standing with his friends. 

“Are you okay, love?” Remus asked as soon as you reached them

“I’m fine- uh- d-did you just call me love?” you asked with a big smile on your face and feeling your heart flutter at the blush appearing on Remus’ cheeks. 

“I uh- is that okay?” 

“Yes, it is” you nodded happily. 

“Uh, are you okay?” James asked. 

“Yeah, that was a nasty fall” Sirius said, as he tried no to laugh. 

“Oh, I’m fine” you assured them as you tried to compose yourself. 

“You’re bleeding” Peter stated. 

“I am?” you asked, looking at your knee. “Oh, well, whatever is not that bad! Guess what?” you asked excitedly turning back to Remus. “I GOT AN ‘E’!” you said, showing him the parchment in your hands. 

“You got an ‘E’?” he asked, excitedly. 

“In Potions?” Sirius asked, grabbing the exam from you and looking through it.  

“I GOT AN ‘E’” you repeated wrapping your arms around his shoulders before you planted a big kiss on his lips. Remus was surprised for a second but he quickly wrapped his arms around your waist. 

“I’m really proud of you, love” Remus said, leaning in for another kiss. 

“Ew, get a room!” you heard Sirius yell when you pulled away and you noticed the blush on Remus’ cheeks was back. 

“Fuck off, Black!” 

The End

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A/N: I hope you loves like it! :D 

[sweetie-peaches]

What if Tubbo gained features from the eye creatures, but it went wrong

//gore! Body horror! Emptophobia! General horror!//

As the eye creatures are introduced Tubbo finds himself spending more time with them. The cute creatures are hard to ignore, with their silly attitudes and cute demeanor, despite their unnerving appearance.

And as Tubbo does, his body shifts to accommodate features of the little things

But this time it’s…different.

It starts in his face, and his throat

There’s a tenderness to his scars from the lightning, a ‘fuck you’ from the admins for breaking too many rules. It’s not to bad, really, just enough that he finds himself moving around without his helmet and flinching everytime the cold wind blows on his face.

There’s a disgusting feeling in his throat, like a ball was stuck there, pushing the muscle around. And yet he can swallow and eat just fine

He figures it’s just the scars reacting to the weather, he’s pretty sure they do that, anyway

And the odd sensation in his throat must be him just getting sick

Oh, how he was wrong

By the time the day has ended and the tasks come to a close, the scar tissue has swelled in spots, bulbous sticking out, stretching the skin off his face. Like some kind of cyst.

His throat ends up covered in similar cysts, red and irritated to the point it hurts to even try to talk.

He drifts off into an uneasy sleep the bases bunk room, trousers and Bertie curled up cat-like beside him. the pain from the scars seemingly worsening as he does.

They only get worse when he wakes. He isn’t sure what time it is, late, he thinks. Based on everyone sound asleep in their bunks, soft snores emitting from the beds.

The pain is hot, burning. Like someone took a knife under his skin, pushing it up layer by layer. A fever taking hold.

His vision blurs as he stands. The room becomes a disorienting swirl of watercolor, stirring nausea in his stomach.

He barely makes it to the bathroom standing without passing out. He flicks on the lantern, waiting for his eyes to adjust to the light. He stares into the mirror

The cysts had gotten worse

Yellowish-White capped pustules bubble underneath his skin that was red and irritated around them.

He doesn’t know why he does it, maybe it’s an instinct, to scratch and pick the things that hurt, or look like they should.

His nails graze the largest of the cyst, and it pops. Foul smelling puss oozes from it, dripping down his cheek, Tubbo fumbles for a wash cloth. Clutching it to his face and cursing himself for doing that, yet he can’t help but scratch the others under they ooze pus as well.

Holding the cloth to his face. He searches for reasonable answers for this, wracking his mind. Did he get into something and have a allergic reaction? Surely not, he would’ve remembered.

Slowly, Tubbo moves the wash cloth away to check when he feels they stopped leaking.

What’s left behind is gaping slits in his face itself, he can see his muscle and bare flesh through the skin. It makes him sick. His vision blurs with panic as to what the fuck this is

He catches white in the slits, then watches in horror as they role back to reveal eyes. Looking at him. Splitting open his face and vision, spaced between six total eyes, he can see everything, every fucking thing, the feeling is nauseating, spinning around and around in dizzying circles

The pain in his throat reaches a fever pitch, he collapses to his knees and retches into the toliet, a tar like substance drips into the water as he gags.

His eyes fill with tears as the smell hits him. Acidic, tar, and dried blood. Mixing together horrifically

the foul substance from his body expels itself from his body, he retches and gags over and over again. Just trying to get it out. Tears drip from all six eyes, tinted pink from blood. As the tar substance works it’s way from his body so does his lunch, and possibly all food he’s eaten ever.

When he peels open all eyes that he couldn’t even tell were closed. He sees more looking up at him.

Among the vomit were eyes of all different shapes and sizes, looking at him. They were fucking looking at him. And he realizes, in a dim fuzzy part of his mind. He could see himself staring over the toilet.

He forces them shut again, he couldn’t look, couldn’t bear see. His shoulders shake with cries in pain and fear. He wanted to run to pac, or fit, or bad. Or anyone at all. Like a scared little kid. But he wasn’t even sure he could stand. An overpowering ache settled in his legs. Forcing him to the floor.

He couldn’t even scream. He tried, he really did. All that came out was a breathy whistle, that brought forth a wave of nausea and a coppery taste in his mouth. His throat torn to shreds by the eyes.

Suddenly there’s a hand on his back. He hears the Toilet flush. Something pulls him away from it with a struggle, he doesn’t open his eyes. He doesn’t need to. He knows it’s them, the observers. They squeak and he wishes he didn’t understand what they mean as they wrap themselves around him. His body too tired to fight, he just shudders weakly, tear tracks stain his face

‘Ours’

(ID: the character Tubbo wearing a white button up shirt, torn slightly, he has a blue bandanna wrapped around his left arm. He’s vomiting a black liquid with eyes in it. One hand over his mouth while the other is catching it

End Id)

[parabugz]

intro .. ~ 𖤐⭒๋࣭⭑

basics 💜

🛸my name is milli, you can also call me para or zebub! (other names i like to be called are jecka, zi, seven, lar, twi, & gen)

🌿DID system, AuDHD, cancer survivor, ♐︎, ENG/ESP

👻my prns are irk/it/zir/chem/bot and i also use he/him

🪲ENTJ 1w9 SO Chol, 16yo

🦇nihilist, occultist (daemonolatry study), theistic satanist

toyhouse, twitter (art), twitter (main), youtube, comic, carrd (soon)

`` . . . . `` hellooo! i am a furry artist & casual V-artist streamer but mostly on tumblr i just indulge in fandom stuff ✩ here i sometimes post my art, talk abt my comic & mostly just interact with other people... tl;dr i am a lurker more than a poster

im also a highschool dropout anddd studying to get a GED and get into an art college rn!

fandoms🔥

⋆｡°✩ CURRENT HYPERFIX: vampair, my little pony, hyperdimension neptunia, murder drones💜

murder drones, saw franchise, aggretsuko, invader zim, kakegurui, breaking bad, beastars, l4d2, fnaf, kwite, ironmouse, K-ON, R.A.T.S., gemini home entertainment, bojack horseman, tuca & bertie, sex education, class of 09, transformice, skullgirls, sam & max, meemeows, aphmau, scott pilgrim, regretevator, hyperdimension neptunia, assassins creed, lucky star, DDLC, MMPOH, The Cat Returns, IANOWT, TEOTFW, Yansim (sorry!), Roblox DOORS, MMHOPH, Kittydog, Animaniacs, PATB, Vampair, Mystery Skulls,

kins👽

Uzi Doorman, Luka (FCU), Sadie Miller, Maximillion (S&M), Roxie Richter, ASDF Cow, Starlight Glimmer, Shuriken (Phighting), Dib Membrane, Brett Hand, Tome Kurata, Huohuo (H:SR), Darlene Anderson, Jecka ('09), Neptune (HDN), Zooble, Nana Ashida, Akira Kogami, Konata Izumi, sayori.chr, Haru Yoshioka, Sydney Novak, Figure (DOORS), Mao Mao, Wakko, Missi (The Vampair),

friends😈

@mel10k my best friend ever since we were little babies... he knows my deepest darkest secrets his only flaw is that hes horrible at actually everything

@rt-lots raegan my coworker buddy... very very smart and funny, a beautiful writer, & co-creator of our comic! cute cute CUTE GOOD art & he tries so hard everyday so check her out

@horriblegonzo insane little thing. we bonded over being cringe years ago and now were friends forever. she draws fucked up monsters and shit; read honks comic

@sparrowofsardinia raegans brother... hes cool I FUCKING GUESS. funny and has good taste in stuff.... hi charlie. thanks for being my movie night buddy

+more who either dont have tumblr or idk their tumblr so lmk 👾

DNI

bigots (racist, ableist, transphobic, homophobic, cultural or religious discrimination, etc), TERFs+SWERFs, transmeds, zoophiles, shotacon/lolicon, "MAPs"/pedos, homestuck fans, proshippers, transabled

just a note for me, as a person, if something you say directly upsets me or i think is uncalled for, im going to be blunt about it and try to talk abt it. if you cant have a mature convo then whatever but i hate internet drama so fucking much tl;dr theres a block button and we should both use it

last edit: 04/22/2024

[crisalidaseason]

how do you think each of aot characters kiss?

Hard question, I'll do my best!

Warnings ⚠️ Descriptions of kissing! PDA, Making out.

AoT characters kissing headcannons

Mikasa

Shy kisser, at least in public. Her kisses are very domestic, quick and usually happen early in the morning, right before sleeping, when she's been appart from her partner for too long. I think kissing holds a deep meaning for her and making out isn't frequent unless is a super intense situation.

Eren

Clingy and annoying kisser, but not in a bad way. He just loves physical affection so kisses are a must! Also doesn't care about PDA at all, will kiss his partner in public shamelessly. He is a messy kisser, will in fact try to eat his partner's face.

Armin

Cute devil kisser. Much like Mikasa, he is not into PDA and prefers more of a domestic setting when it comes to kissing. But he is also a menace a little clingy too, kisses are very slow and soft, also very frequent although he asks for consent every single time!

Connie

Emotional kisser. I know, he is constantly joking, but I think he would be dead serious about affection. He gives his partner little pecks on the cheeks and lips out in public, but real kissing and making out is for important and emotional moments. Since he is a funny boy, he also gets sad easily, so kissing is kind of his serotonin booster.

Jean

Passionate kisser. He is a hopeless romantic, loves kissing his partner anytime, for no reason at all. A very very good kisser, be careful, your legs might not work afterwards. Loves PDA, but HATES seeing it (like, the audacity!). Does the little smile while kissing.

Sasha

Joker kisser. She can't kiss seriously, always teasing her partner. LOVES imitating the "lady and tramp" spaghetti kiss or sharing a pocky. But on a serious note, she is such a cute kisser too, she holds the partner's face and kisses them all over.

Levi

Doesn't kiss in public AT ALL! Kisses are extremely intimate and private, not so frequent. His kisses are usually very soft and long (it usually ends with him kissing his partner's forehead).

Erwin

Much like Levi, he's a complete private kisser. He is way more passionate and his kisses are way more frequent than Levi's, but still holds a lot of vulnerability and intimacy. Doesn't understand the concept of making out though, but will indulge in it for his partner.

Hange

Honestly, doesn't really understand the appeal of kissing but will try for their partner's sake. Will do it like a science experiment and probably ask people how they do it just for researching purpose. For a clueless person, they kiss very well! They prefer brushing noses.

Reiner

The crying kisser. This man is a depressed bean. Much like Connie, kisses are a serotonin boost for him. He is a very desperate kisser, maybe because he's scared of loosing his lover. His kisses are fast, intense and very wet from his tears.

Berthold

Quick and innocent peck kind of guy. He is tall, making out and intense kissing is not something his height allows him to do (unless the partner is also very tall, but Bertie is almost 2 meters!). Although in private, while in bed, he is a very slow kisser, just basking in the moment and caressing the partner's face.

Annie

Awkward kisser. Just like Hange, can't see the appeal but only because she is a little too scared of intimacy. Once she feels safe and more open, her kisses are very romantic and careful. Will hold her lover's neck. LONG kissing afternoon sessions.

Pieck

Pieck is an angel! She loves to kiss her partner anytime and anywhere. Her kisses are lazy and sleepy, but very dreamy too. Although she hates kissing with chapstick or lipstick texture going on, so she will remove it or ask her partner to remove it as well if they wear it.

Porco

Low-key pretends he doesn't like kissing in public but is a sucker for PDA. Also smiles while kissing (I love this man) and is such a messy kisser too! Lots of tongue.

Colt

Extremely shy kisser, even in private. He like to take things slow and calmly and his kisses reflect that. He loves to give small pecks to his partners lips, nose and forehead. He will absolutely die from shame if he tries making out with his partner.

Zeke

Honestly, not much of a kisser. He enjoys it, but doesn't really care (only does it for his partner). His kisses are quite good and he tries his best to keep the beard very clean and tidy to make the experience better.

[spiritundaunted]

Little Bert with his box camera, with his siblings Princess Mary and Prince George, circa 1908. 📷

Bertie is 12 years old here - but he's so tiny! Mary is a year and a half younger than him yet she is quite a bit taller!

Prince Albert enjoyed photography from an early age and also collected picture postcards.

[thebunnylord]

Worst things the engines have received in fan mail

Thomas: a twenty page detailed letter on why I should’ve been portrayed as a Jinty

Edward: a batch of biscuits, I can’t eat but also I didn’t want to waste them so we just threw them in my firebox…

Henry: a custom model of me, but they used a LMS Jubilee Class as a base…

Gordon: a letter detailing a fan’s ride on my brother that was written a very condescending way

James: a scratch ticket that I couldn’t cash in because it’s from Australia

Percy: Scarves

Toby: really, I don’t know what this even is and judging by the look on my driver’s face, I don’t want to

Duck: this LNER badge

Donald: this flag, I don’t know where it’s from but I think it might be a variant of the german flag? *gestures to the pansexual flag*

Douglas: a bunch of stuffed ducks, they were meant for Donnie but the fan mixed us up.

Oliver: a lawsuit from my previous owner saying that sir Topham Hatt stole me from him.

Toad: not the worst thing, but someone sent me this cute little toad sitting on a toadstool with a fishing pool statue.

Bertie: nothing.

Diesel: this weird smut fanfiction that has me and Thomas as humans in high school and [CENSOR CENSOR CENSOR CENSOR CENSOR CENSOR] and then eat spaghetti with a side of breadsticks. And of course because of our tradition, we had to read it out loud… I now promise to never make fun of James and Edward when they receive fanfiction together.

Daisy: Milky, the marvelous milking cow

Bill and Ben: a stink bomb, not a bad thing for us, but it was the wort thing a fan had sent to us according to BoCo

Salty: Coupons to a grocery store

Cranky: a cease and desist from OSHA

Duncan: a Dunkin’ Donuts gift card that we can’t use because the UK doesn’t have Dunkin’ Donuts

Philip: this lovely card that says “!!^%$!! You! Get off the island or we will have you deported back to America!” Complete with a picture of the fan flipping me off.

Harold: a single screw

Emily: some fan threatening a lawsuit against me for some reason.

Sir Topham Hatt: a porn video….

[miscreantahead]

Ask game for Rqg

❤️

❤Favorite character

Zolf Smith!!! BIG honorable mentions to Sasha and Hamid though.

👿Least favorite character

Barrett for sure, dishonorable mention to Shoin.

💐Comfort character

Hmmm I'm still not totally clear as to what a comfort character is vs. like a favorite character, but I must have some idea because I'm inclined to pick Hamid for this one. Idfk he's just a little guy, he's been here the whole time, growing and changing, he's problematic but trying his very best, and he's too cute. He screams comfort.

While I'm at it with the over-answering, Oscar Wilde. I like that even when he's being a pain in the ass on purpose he's quite clearly just a good guy if you read even slightly between the lines. Trusted him with my life ever since the anti-bertie article, and he only got better and better. I want him to have nice things forever and let's face it he got the nicest thing (Zolf) so I'm tearing up right now just thinking about it.

I think answering this question actually kind of helped me figure out what the difference between a favorite and a comfort character is, and why I didn't feel right picking Zolf here. Zolf stresses me out but it's fun.

😍Character you have the biggest crush on:

Z o l f, the crush is massive and a problem on a daily basis. Idk man I'm in love with him, it ouches.

🤝Character you relate to the most

Harrison Campbell. I just wanna write books and please keep Bertrand Macguffingham far, far away from me.

🔥Character you think is overrated

Going to go with Apophis. I don't absolutely despise him but I'm not a fan and he gets so much lore, screen time, and badass moments, which is fine, I won't say they're not cool but I might be shouting "booo" while it's happening at the same time.

🧨Character you love to hate

Oh Bertie easily he's hilariously the fucking worst but I'm so glad he exists.

🙈Character you always forget exists

This is a character flaw of mine but I constantly forget about Ed. Even though I adore Ed there were multiple times when people mentioned an Ed or Edward and I was like who the fuck are we talking about for a second before I was like RIGHT THE HIMBO PALADIN AGAIN.

🐰Favorite non-human character

Considering most of them are non-human I'm going to cheat and instead pick my favorite human character which is Sasha. I still miss her since rome, love how she was acrobatics-sexual, love her relationship with gargoyles and general awkwardness. She changed so much over time but was great from start to finish, and I can't stress how happy I am that she got to live a full and at least somewhat peaceful life.

❤️‍🩹Character who deserved better

Sumutnyerl's abrupt death so far from home in such miserable circumstances and the way the timing made it impossible for anyone around to have time to mourn mildly devastated me (thank you Skraak). Not to mention the way Tesla took advantage of their relationship and the guilt she must've felt and how that didn't get explored beyond one night she was miserable and resetless and the next day she was dead. Super brutal when life and death for the NPC's is controlled by cold chaotic dice rolls (and whether or not a player character is in love with you 😉).

[vickyvicarious]

I can't decide my favorite part of this update...

The drawback to this otherwise singularly fruity binge was, of course, the fact that Jeeves wouldn’t be on the spot to watch me in action. Still, apart from that there wasn’t a flaw. The beauty of the thing was, you see, that nothing could possibly go wrong.

Bertie wanting to show off to Jeeves so much. Also, his confident assertion that there are no issues with his plan whatsoever (right before everything about it goes wrong).

I had decided to open the proceedings by sort of paving the way for young Bingo. I mean to say, without actually mentioning his name, I wanted to prepare the girl’s mind for the fact that, surprising as it might seem, there was someone who had long loved her from afar and all that sort of rot.

Knew exactly how this was going to go immediately, but honestly Bertie is SUCH a good pal. He's so so good to his friends, it's really sweet.

Well, on the night the misguided female forgot to stand by, and it was a full minute before the search-party located her and shot her on to the stage. And all that time I had to stand there, waiting. 

This is such a nightmare scenario??? Oh my god.

When I had finished getting the water out of my eyes and had time to take a look round, I saw him about ten yards away, going strongly and using, I think, the Australian crawl. The spectacle took all the heart out of me. 

Poor Bertie! But I gotta admit that's hilarious.

“You are funny!” she said again. “First proposing in that extraordinary roundabout way, and then pushing poor little Oswald into the lake so as to impress me by saving him.”

I can definitely see where she started thinking of him as a cute dumbass. And he is but not specifically for her, haha. Honoria's reaction here makes me like her all the more, except then the talk about making something of Bertie is kinda sucky. Too akin to his aunt, as I think he said last time? Still I'd love it if this whole situation resolved with her and Bertie being friends (alas I don't expect it).

Two days later I got a letter from Jeeves.

“… The weather,” it ended, “continues fine. I have had one exceedingly enjoyable bathe.”

Trying to decide if this is pure coincidence or if Jeeves has his temp spying on Bertie or something and is making a sneaky snide reference. I lean towards the spying.

Also though, Jeeves writes him letters on his vacation! That's adorable. (Also, how to say... not your typical employee-employer relationship, no?)

[yeah-thats-probably-it]

J&W S01E04 “The Hunger Strike”

Adapted from: Right Ho, Jeeves

Jeeves telling Aunt Dahlia that Bertie was up late because he had a business meeting as if anybody would ever believe that in a million billion years, let alone Bertie’s good and deserving aunt who knows him so well

At first I kind of thought Hugh Laurie’s acting was a little too over the top and goofy (Bertie is a silly guy, but he’s still more grounded in reality than most of the characters he surrounds himself with and at least attempts to seem dignified)

But on thinking about it a bit more I can see why an actor would play it like that. Book!Bertie does often have a marked quality of affectedness when he’s trying to pass himself off as more nonchalant or confident or worldly than he actually is (e.g. laughing down from lazy eyelids and flicking a speck of dust from the irreproachable Mechlin lace at his wrists like a bird in one of those historical novels).

This hit me when show!Bertie told Aunt Dahlia he was laughing derisively (this happens in the book too). Of course our boy has to explain that he’s being derisive. He probably read a pulp historical novel where the hero laughed derisively and has been daydreaming about looking that cool ever since

His expressions while Aunt D is telling the shark story are more realistically downplayed, so I’m leaning toward calling the previous over-emoting a legitimate acting choice

Watching Jeeves put the flower in Bertie’s buttonhole reminds me of that fanart that’s like “the inherent homoeroticism of being a man’s valet”

Some of the hilarious dialogue from the “life would be simpler if we were newts” sequence was cut for time, but the show makes up for it by having Gussie actually demonstrate the newt mating display

It’s lucky Bertie is so chatty, because some of the narration we’re missing from the books can be added back in via small talk with Jeeves

Stephen Fry’s withering stare and delivery of “very good, sir” when Bertie reveals he brought the mess jacket himself are A++

“I say, Jeeves, I’ve just had another thought.” “Oh, I am relieved, sir.”

Bertie looks very cute in the white mess jacket, but when you actually have a visual image of it, you can understand why Jeeves disapproves. They also explain the issue that that style of jacket is associated with service workers, which is something I had to find by looking up when I was reading the book because Plum presumably thought the jacket’s inappropriateness would be self-explanatory to his contemporary readers

Not being bound to strict Bertie POV allows the episode to actually show Anatole reacting throughout the meal as people send their food back, which is great

It’s a shame they left out the line where Bertie advises Gussie to say something to Madeline about the sunset and gives an example of something Jeeves said to him

I really like the physicality Hugh Laurie brings to Bertie, always moving and shifting positions. Getting up from the bench he’s sitting on, walking around it, leaning over to talk and then climbing up to sit on top of it. Fidgety, restless energy. ADHD king ❤️

Being able to have Madeline say “that dumb, yearning look in your eyes” and cut to Bertie demonstrating said (decidedly non-yearning) look is one of the biggest advantages of the visual medium

THERE are those Quorn-and-Pytchley-cultivated pipes we heard so much about in the books. When this version of Aunt Dahlia is called on to shout, boy can she deliver

[t4tboblin]

"Oh, yeah, there’s Olivia Vogel from the class above me. Aw, I told all my friends I had a crush on her. So they wouldn’t bully me."

"Yikes."

"Yeah, it didn’t really work. Look, here’s all the teams! Basketball, baseball, croquet-eh, I was never that sporty. Let’s skip ahead to my class."

"And you’re totally sure you don’t mind me looking?"

"No, no, it’s fun! It’s bonding."

"Mm." 

"You don’t have to share if you don’t want to, Bobby."

"It kind of feels like I… should? Like it’s only fair?"

"No, really. We can just look at my pictures and talk about me. I’m great at that, right? Ha!"

"You… are. Very good."

"And little closeted grade-school Linda was kinda cute. In a way. An awkward, insecure way."

"I’m sure grade-school Linda was adorable."

"Thank you, Bobby. Oh, look, here’s my grade! Let’s see, D, E, F-oh, there I am! Aw, yeah, she’s cuter than I remembered. Little baby Linda."

"…Ohhh my god."

"What, what? What’s wrong with your face?"

"Your deadname is Robert?"

"Well so what, what’s wrong with Robert? You know, it’s a perfectly good name, Bob-ohhh now I hear it."

"Why didn’t you tell me-"

"I forgot, I didn’t-it just occurred to me just now!"

"How do you date someone with your deadname and not realize? Do you know how dumb that sounds?"

"Now I’ll have you know, Bob-"

"Short for Robert."

"Yes, yes, thank you. I’ll have you know I never went by Bob, alright! I was a Bert. Or a Bertie. How was I supposed to put that all together, huh?"

"It’s just crazy, is all, that’s crazy. It’s a crazy coincidence."

"It’s a good name! And, come on, I mean it’s not exactly uncommon."

"What’s that supposed to mean?"

"Well, it’s not like you’re a Lorenzo or something. Robert is probably, what, number five in the country? Maybe even number four?"

"It’s my dad’s name, Lin, I don’t know what you want me to-wait, since when did this become about me? I thought we were talking about your past."

"Maybe I’m tired of reminiscing and it’s your turn, smartass!"

"I thought I didn’t have to share anything if I didn’t want to."

"Yeah, well, that was before you made fun of me, so cough it up."

"Well, fine, if you must know. I was a Belinda, so."

"…"

"…OH MY GOD!"

"WHO’S STUPID NOW, BOB?"