thomasoftolloller:

something that delights me about the gilbert and sullivan canon is that, by creating a collection of extremely literal-minded characters, who have very esoteric interests, have rules that they won’t break, are unable to lie, and go off on ones with startling frequency and don’t understand metaphor, as well as being frankly MONUMENTAL List People and Rules Lawyers, William Schwenk Gilbert and Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan have essentially made a world populated entirely by autistic characters