No, seriously, that was excellent. Irene Adler has been one of my literary heroines since...well, long before the internet. The last stricken line made me laugh out loud because that is so truly a mystery that even the great Sherlock Holmes cannot unravel. The 4th one made me think of Jeremy Brett's delivery, and how sheer boredom would drive him to propose criminality with that hopeful lift in his voice. And the first of course - biting and clever and would probably be appreciated by the woman. Okay, I love them all like crazy. :) Thank you!
Also, because the second set reminds me how much I love Jim Gordon...man. 5 just hit me the hardest because in that storyline...yeah, it would have been so easy to just turn around and stop adding another level of difficulty to their situation.
Seriously, thanks very much; I'm glad you liked it. I tried the list format at first and then realized, no, Holmes wouldn't have done it that way. Now, Watson, perhaps: "Sherlock Holmes, Things He Would Not Say To Irene Adler."
I am going to have to pimp Holmes as a fandom more, I think. It's just so much fun.
Jim's third was the one that encapsulates the dilemma for me: he can't console Bruce Wayne on the loss of Jason because they're not supposed to be close friends, but he can't console Batman on the loss of Robin because he's not supposed to know about it. I mean, ag.
This is what awesome is made of. The only bad thing about this is that it makes me want so much the sort of Holmes who would have written this letter, and tons more of Jim canon.
Since the death of Professor Moriarty, I find myself bereft of capable opponents. May I enquire as to whether you have ever considered a career in crime?
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All of Jim's things make me ache for him, but especially the second, both because of Jim's anger and his ability to let go of it, a little.
I think Holmes deleted that sentence because he was worried she would take him up on it. And that her husband, reportedly a far better man than the king (not that that's hard) would cheer her on.
That Jim bit riffs on something John Ostrander did in the Oracle origin he wrote for BATMAN CHRONICLES: Barbara did find out. I suspect she and Jim hide their knowledge of it from the other to this day.
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No, seriously, that was excellent. Irene Adler has been one of my literary heroines since...well, long before the internet. The last stricken line made me laugh out loud because that is so truly a mystery that even the great Sherlock Holmes cannot unravel. The 4th one made me think of Jeremy Brett's delivery, and how sheer boredom would drive him to propose criminality with that hopeful lift in his voice. And the first of course - biting and clever and would probably be appreciated by the woman. Okay, I love them all like crazy. :) Thank you!
Also, because the second set reminds me how much I love Jim Gordon...man. 5 just hit me the hardest because in that storyline...yeah, it would have been so easy to just turn around and stop adding another level of difficulty to their situation.
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*waggles eyebrows seductively*
Seriously, thanks very much; I'm glad you liked it. I tried the list format at first and then realized, no, Holmes wouldn't have done it that way. Now, Watson, perhaps: "Sherlock Holmes, Things He Would Not Say To Irene Adler."
I am going to have to pimp Holmes as a fandom more, I think. It's just so much fun.
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Do it.
Now.
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*smirks*
All of Jim's things make me ache for him, but especially the second, both because of Jim's anger and his ability to let go of it, a little.
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That Jim bit riffs on something John Ostrander did in the Oracle origin he wrote for BATMAN CHRONICLES: Barbara did find out. I suspect she and Jim hide their knowledge of it from the other to this day.
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