#sluggardness

[shoesallinaline]

Bertie, my dear, how do I put this? Jeeves is…your partner, your other half, your group-of-the-two-of-us. When will you realize??!

#seriously #‘the frightful loss of jeeves made any thought of pleasure more or less a mockery’?? #babe you’re in love #jooster #the aunt and the sluggard #my man jeeves #jeeves and wooster

[thethirdromana]

As people seemed to like the tie+hat poll, I thought I might carry on for subsequent stories, and catch up on the ones so far as well. They'll all be tagged 'jeeves and wooster outfit disagreements'.

From The Aunt and the Sluggard:

“If I might make the suggestion, sir, I should not continue to wear your present tie. The green shade gives you a slightly bilious air. I should strongly advocate the blue with the red domino pattern instead, sir.”

Not much to go on in terms of what either tie might look like, but here are a couple of photos for illustration purposes:

The green tie could be any shade of green, but I thought this one looked suitably bilious. I'm also guessing that "domino pattern" means "patterned like a domino", i.e. dots, but I might be wrong.

No third option on this one, there's really not enough information either way so I'm forcing a choice.

#letters regarding jeeves #the aunt and the sluggard #jeeves and wooster outfit disagreements

[yeah-thats-probably-it]

giggling and kicking my feet thinking about all the reaction posts we’re going to see when the Letters Regarding Jeeves subscribers get to “The Aunt and the Sluggard”

#y’all are going to lose your minds #the aunt and the sluggard #for the show watchers this is the one with rocky in new york #letters regarding jeeves #jeeves stories #jeeves and wooster

[n7cloacadestroyer]

Mass Effect's overall plot is a lot of fun, but any fan will tell you straight up that it isn't the tightest run ship. Major sections of the trilogy's overall plot are moved forward by contrivance, and established lore has a reputation for being tossed out the airlock because the dev team thought of something cool. That said, one (1) of the things that irks me the most is something I don't often see talked about--the Citadel Relay.

So here's the reaper's plan, in paraphrase:

Leave one (1) guy behind and fuck off to dark space to get that good sleep.

Oneguy turns on power saver mode and keeps an eye on the meatbags.

Fleshies find mass relays and citadel; use them.

Open murder hole to let the squad through.

Make meatbag soup

Return to step one

Now if something were to go wrong with step four, you'd have quite the pain in the ass in your future if you're a reaper.

Thought experiment: You're leaving your house for the day. You don't want anyone to just wander in, but you obviously need to get back inside later. Do you… A. Lock the door and take the key with you? B. Have someone house sit? C. Leave one of the back windows unlocked and hope no one notices? D. Train your cat to unlock the door when it hears you whistle?

Admittedly that last option would be cool, albeit contrived and prone to failure. For some reason though, the reapers went with that one. And surprisingly enough, someone eventually broke in and retrained their cats. The reapers don't have a single dialogue exchange in the entire series that doesn't include a small diatribe about their intellectual superiority, yet they have no contingency in place for this.

So it's already pretty silly at this point, but it actually gets a little sillier when you realize what the game takes care to avoid explicitly stating--the reapers obviously have a mass relay with them in dark space. One that links to the hub of the relay network but is for some reason isolated from it. They don't even have a backup that just like… links to the Serpent Nebula relay.

I know what some of you are probably thinking. That the closed circuit with the Citadel relay is meant to ensure that the reapers aren't stumbled upon while they're schleepin™. As Vigil states, "In this state, they are vulnerable." So turn it off. We've already established that relays can be deactivated, and that a capital ship like Sovereign can manually open them as it attempted to do with the Citadel. Link that bad boy to the whole network, turn it on when you get the signal, killallhumans.exe ggnore.

Now we turn our attention to Mass Effect 2, which establishes that there is an active relay beyond from which no one has ever returned. So the galactic community put their heads together and came up with a plan--stick some warning signs near it and let the problem take care of itself. Literally just throw hands up and move on. So if the reapers just killed everyone who came through their super secret clubhouse relay? Maybe put some of those weird Collector Laser Probes to take out the stragglers? They'd probably be fine.

Eventually we learn that the relay leads into the galactic core, and that it checks for a reaper IFF system to engage more accurate protocols to avoid throwing friendly vessels into a supermassive black hole or the hundreds of stars it's throwing around at nearly light speed. So now we've established that at least one relay has an Identify Friend Foe system. Mass Effect 3 further establishes that the IFF system is only usable by the Normandy because of EDI, who explains that the IFF is more of a thinking intelligence than a simple program. So if you aren't an AI, or don't have the help of one, you're kind of screwed.

Shame they couldn't use that technology for anything else. Barring access to certain relays, for example.

Recall the Arrival DLC. Commander Shepard vaporizes ~300,000 colonists because the Viper Nebula/Alpha relay is, and I quote, "their shortcut to the rest of the galaxy." If the reapers had even a single one of these contingencies in place, humanity would've likely arrived to an empty Citadel in a new cycle. They would've had their shortcut already, and there wouldn't be anything to be done about it.

Given that their plan is actually quite flawed, there are only a few explanations that I can think of:

The reapers are actually kind of stupid.

The Catalyst intentionally designed the "reaper solution" to be imperfect. To give the meatbags a chance, I guess?

The biomechanical nature of reaper construction has caused them to inherit more traits from the organics that facilitated their construction than any of them seem to freely admit. Namely arrogance, in this case. You'll notice that Harbinger does talk with the same aloof superiority that the Leviathan use when talking to Shepard in ME3, whereas Sovereign's dialogue reads as something more akin to disgust or hatred.

Development was rushed and somewhat troubled for every Mass Effect game to date, and many of the gaps we see are a result of content being cut to get the game out the door on time.

In all honesty, it's most likely some combination of 3 and 4, but it's kind of frustrating. It's not surprising that so many people write no reaper AUs and/or headcanon a Destroy ending that doesn't kill the geth and EDI simply to fit the framing as the Renegade option. Mass Effect, in the minds of most fans, is a character driven narrative. The reapers aren't really characters. There are only two of them that have names, and only three who actually speak. They're mostly just an excuse to make the plot happen.

If the intention was to imply that the reapers are literal mechanical mass graves haunted by the metaphorical ghosts of the civilizations harvested in their creation? I'm on board. The problem is that we're never told that, and we aren't given enough interaction with different reapers to come to that conclusion definitively ourselves. May as well just call 'em Harby and the Boys, cause it's clear from the outset that Harbinger is the only one that the narrative intends to give even the tiniest amount of weight after Sovereign is destroyed.

The reapers are a constant presence during the trilogy, and yet we only meaningfully interact with four, and that's if you're counting Sovereign's half brother Sluggard.

#mass effect #mass effect trilogy #mele #mass effect lore #reapers #sovereign #harbinger #half-brother sluggard #he's lookin for some payback #I mentioned Leviathan during this post and now I'm mad #spoilers #mass effect spoilers #op #text

[uozlulu]

Finished "The Aunt and the Sluggard" via Letters Regarding Jeeves

spoilers below

I think this one is one of the funniest ones so far and part of what made it that was how deep into the scheme Bertie ended up getting

I know Bertie didn't mean he was literally laying on the floor of the hotel room contemplating his life and choices but the mental image is there in my mind and lol lol lol Poor Bertie

I love the idea of this little powerhouse from Illinois getting seduced by the bright lights only to fall prey to probably the prohibition movement

Loved how both Jeeves and Bertie were like "Oh no" when they realized they had to split up and both tried to figure out how to make the situation stop

Rest in pieces to Bertie's waistcoats

I like that this story did split Jeeves and Bertie up for a while. It was a fascinating predicament even if they could still manage to catch each other for a few minutes here and there

It's also interesting how Isabel and Rocky both went to New York City, spent some time there, and went, "Off to the countryside with me." It makes me think that if Rocky had been truthful with Isabel sooner, he might not have been able to live separately from her since she might have enjoyed his cottage in the future suburbs more instead.

Also, lol at Jeeves being like "You know what this lady needs? Some religion," and then finding basically the old timey equivalent of a TV evangelist.

I really like how at the end of the story both Jeeves and Bertie are content at being back together again.

#reaction post #jeeves reaction post #letters regarding jeeves #the aunt and the sluggard #jeeves and wooster

[best-curse-word-tournament]

Best Curse Word Tournament!

うっせぇわ (Japanese) usseewa No IPA shut the fuck up

sluggard (English) /ˈslʌgərd/ a lazy person

#polls #curse words #sluggard #うっせぇわ #season 1 round 1

[eirinstiva]

Wonderful gay life

Reading "The Aunt and the Sluggard" in 2024 brings me joy, just like the joy Jeeves brings to Wooster's life. Jeeves is already an essential part of Bertie's life and he knows that Jeeves "loves to exercise his giant brain", so the oportunity to help Rocky with his letters about "the gay life of New York" is perfect for Jeeves.

My brain is a bit tired to write something in English, but at least I can choose some instrumental songs for this letter.

Rocky enjoying his calm, solitary and very lazy life:

The life that Rocky's aunt wants for him:

Jeeves, your plan is amazing as always!

I was sitting in the apartment one afternoon, about a month after the thing had started, smoking a cigarette and resting the old bean, when the door opened and the voice of Jeeves burst the silence like a bomb.

Wait, what?

“Miss Rockmetteller!”

#letters regarding jeeves #the aunt and the sluggard #jeeves and wooster #pg wodehouse #letters in the underground #playlist for the underground #Youtube #SLUG

[delurkr]

Headcanon that the A-boy's are all Very Sleepy tm (I'm sure this has roots in that moment when Andrew thinks he wasn't falling asleep), and what it looks like is Andrew and Anthony being your typical bed huggers getting yelled at to get up for school etc while Abraham is out here journaling stuff like "SO lazy this morning. Stayed in bed until 4:15 instead of 3:45 😱" or however that translates in 1600s speak

#“an incorrigible sluggard i was this day - had not the fortitude to rise before an hour til daybreak” #“well past the hour which hitherto was my usual custom” #idk something like that lol #headcanons #andrew little hope #anthony clarke #abraham alastor #the dark pictures anthology #little hope

[oca-rinn-a]

when people are like "wake up! you're so lazy! it's ____ o'clock!" it's just like... um, i had no plans today? i didn't set an alarm and i don't keep track of time when i'm

//asleep//.

like if u want me up at a certain time, ya gotta let me know, before i go to sleep.

#sleepy #this isn't even a rant for my current era #i'm just ranting for my middle/high school self #i've never understood this line of... reasoning #text #i only thought of this bc in LotR:RotK Merry is last to wake up and Legolas calls him Master Sluggard #like bro my guy was asleep #how are you gonna know everyone else is up and doing stuff before you #you're asleep

[bills-bible-basics]

Faith for Today Graphic 09 Visit https://www.billkochman.com/Graphics-Library/ to see more. "Don't Worry, Trust in the Lord" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse323.html "Be Not Slothful in Business" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse343.html "Strive for Your Crown of Life" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse321.html "Faithful in the Least" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse160.html Article: "Sluggards and Sloths": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/Sluggards-Sloths-Faithful-1.html Article: "Study, Work, and Don't Be Ashamed!": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/study-01.html Article: "Parable of the Sower: Salvation and Service": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/parsowr1.html Article: "Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/seek1st1.html Article: "Are You a Burning Ember for the Lord?": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/ember-01.html https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/faith-for-today-graphic-09/?feed_id=159324&Faith%20for%20Today%20Graphic%2009

#All_Posts #Bills_Graphics #bible #bible_study #bill_kochman #bills_bible_basics #christian #faith #faith_for_today #faithful_in_the_least #fret_not #fret_not_for_the_morrow #have_faith #king_james_version #kjv #scriptures #seek_ye_first #slothful #sluggard #verse_lists #verses

[quotesfromscripture]

Proverbs 23:19-23 NRSVA

"Hear, my child, and be wise, and direct your mind in the way. Do not be among winebibbers, or among gluttonous eaters of meat; for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them with rags. Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old. Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding."

Study questions:

(1) Why does the author warn his child about drunkenness and gluttony?

(2) What does the author mean by "drowsiness"?

(3) How does someone "buy" truth, wisdom, or understanding?

#proverbs 23 #new revised standard version anglicised #parents #parenting #the bible #bible verse #drunkenness #sluggard #laziness #wisdom #truth

[muhammadgiovanni]

Frederic Lord Leighton “The Sluggard” 1890, bronze. Antoine-Louis Barye “Theseus Slaying the Minotaur” c. 1840, bronze.

#Frederic Lord Leighton #The Sluggard #The Sluggard (1890) #1890 #Bronze Sculpture #Antoine Louis Barye #Theseus Slaying the Minotaur #1840 #1800s #19th Century #Sculpture #Me

[thethirdromana]

“By the way, Jeeves, she wants you to prepare her bed.” He looked wounded. “It is hardly my place, sir⁠—” “I know⁠—I know. But do it as a personal favour to me. If you come to that, it’s hardly my place to be flung out of the flat like this and have to go to an hotel, what?”

I'm not sure quite how to interpret Jeeves' statement that preparing the bed for a guest isn't his place. I assume it's because it's not part of the role of valet; it's too menial for Jeeves. (If I'm wrong about that assumption, then the entire rest of this post falls down).

But if that's the issue, then whose place is it? Would Jeeves be happy to make Bertie's bed, but not those of guests? Is there a housemaid, or a charwoman who comes by occasionally to do the kind of cleaning that's too lowly for Jeeves? The latter feels like the most likely explanation to me.

More generally, I'm interested in the way that servants are invisible in a lot of literature (I wrote about it in the context of The Woman in White here). It's fascinating to get a hint that even in the Jeeves stories, where one servant is very, very visible, there might be other servants in the background who are just as invisible as ever.

#letters regarding jeeves #the aunt and the sluggard

[kylacloete]

Ants

Look to the ant, thou sluggard! I do, I see them in my cupboard! Consider her ways and be wise. Well, they’re busy but that’s no surprise? Which having no captain, overseer or ruler, provides her supplies in the summer. So, it’s ant season now is what you’re saying – boy that’s just a bit of a bummer. And gathers her food in harvest. Or my pantry at home – how marvelous! How long will you…

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#ants #can #creatures #life #plans #proverbs #sleep #sluggard

[a-space-for-mimi]

‭‭"The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied." - Proverbs 13:4

#I feel like I should look up all the proverbs about sluggards #and then put them on post it notes all over the house lol #I do think I've gotten a lot better about it though

[deremerstudios]

GO TO THE ANT

Go to the Ant! A timely APJ and how the Bible uses Proverbs 6 to show us how we can view the grand book of creation to point to the beauty of God's Holy Word.

An Ask Pastor John Highlighting the Beauty of the Two Books of God’s Revelation to Mankind Pastor John Piper’s long-running APJ (Ask Pastor John) podcast recently touched on something near and dear to the heart and ethos of this blog, and I thought it fitting to share. In APJ 1999, Pastor John shines a light on Proverbs 6:6f and how this example illustrates how the principles that make for sound…

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#Ask Pastor John #Book 2 #Christian #Christians #Example #Go to the Ant #Laziness #N.V. Deremer #Proverbs 6 #Sluggard #The 2 books #Theology #two books #Video