ext_8761 ([identity profile] leaper182.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] darktrent182 2006-03-04 11:15 pm (UTC)

Considering the discussion on [livejournal.com profile] indeedsir, I might just end up having to have Jeeves take a ready distraction and exacerbate it, just so that Bertie has his hands full.

Jeeves strikes me as the kind of guy who clings to propriety and duty like a security blanket. He knows that he's a cut above the rest of the valets, but instead of resting on his laurels, he keeps himself to a very high standard. He doesn't smile, his lip just twitches. He doesn't animate his face into a look of "Say what?", he raises an eyebrow a significant eighth of an inch. From the book, I gather that Jeeves is almost stone-like. Stephen Fry did his best in the series, but part of the comedy is that there's interaction between Jeeves and Wooster, and Jeeves has to be a little less superhuman in terms of facial expression in order for it to work, imho.

Bertie, otoh, is so expressive and unafraid to show himself and how he's feeling that he's the perfect foil for Jeeves. I really think that Jeeves would be attracted to that forthrightness, along with the good heart, and Hugh Laurie looking absolutely adorable and edible at the same time as Bertie.

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