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vaguely-concerned · 22 days ago

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bunter keeping peter from being swallowed up by an evil bog with the kind of hysterical strength otherwise only known by mothers deadlifting cars to save their tender babes is something that can actually be so personal

#lord peter wimsey #mervyn bunter #so jigencore of him honestly. if lupin or peter were inside a irrevocably burning house jigen and bunter would be running #directly and determinedly into the fire to get to their personal Little Guy and that's just the way it is #with the slight distinction that I think bunter might genuinely and uncomplicatedly be *gentle gasp* straight (??? listen i KNOW)#I'm only just about to start book 3 so my opinion is by no means conclusive or comprehensive of course. but those are my vibes #you know how rarely and hesitantly I bestow the 'heterosexual' headcanon upon a beloved blorbo but I think this is one such situation #his attachment and devotion to his silly lil guy seems to come from some far deeper and less readily explicable source #than any such humdrum motives as human sexuality or romantic feeling however sincere could account for lol #it's not exactly parental but sometimes it feels like peter has two moms. his mom. and bunter who actually does most of the mom stuff lol #(or arguably also the wife stuff if we start to look uncomfortably deeply into the overlapping roles in traditional gender politics)#also wrapped up soooo much class stuff and the politics of caretaking physical AND emotional inherent in that #don't worry tho I am seeing rampant queercoding in plenty of other places lol (can we TALK about parker marrying peter's sister.#like ok king. I'm sure that means nothing. also everything about sir impey biggs. what a delight of a character I'm obsessed with him)#(one thing I really noted in clouds of witness is that denver's valet doesn't note Anything about his employer's mail or general mood #can you IMAGINE for even a second bunter not being on top of all of peter's correspondence. not attuned to his emotional state #or interested in his well-being at any moment in time. no you cannot. that is a thing that just would not happen.#I suppose denver does not have the sheer pathetic sad wet cat energy peter has that awakens the protective instinct in people lmao #I jest but I do have deeper thoughts about for all the fantasy of financial independence and freedom from worry he represents #wimsey is right from the getgo a character defined by his vulnerability and interconnectedness -- in being dependent #on the people in his life to help him manage his mental health. he is so fundamentally not a lone detective he's so deeply entrenched #in a social and societal context right from the beginning!!! he seems lonely in many ways but he NEEDS people around him #in a way and with a urgent fragility I feel is rare in the genre and with the tropes at play. and bunter #is in many ways the emotional center of that here in the early days. he keeps peter's world together more than anyone. fascinating stuff #(peter holding on to parker's trenchcoat at the end of whose body hit me so tenderly right behind the ribs my god)

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