Trying to take your points in order, rather than just exploding with squee. We'll see how long THAT lasts.
I use Bunny and Raffles. Dunno why apart from, as you said, it sounds right.
Bunny's livid jealousy at Raffles's association with the Australian girl was wonderful and hilarious
Eeeee, yes! And the whole thing being prefaced by Raffles objecting to "my "apostasy," my "lapse into virtue,"", and saying "You--you've grown such a pious rabbit in your old age!" and then Bunny saying "to annoy me, or perhaps to punish me for my long defection, he must turn his back on me and devote himself to this chit." Poor Bunny, it's okay to be gay! You don't have to go trying to convince yourself you're straight and kicking Raffles out of bed, forcing him to go chase ladytypes, making him try to seduce you back by leaning over you in his bunk and planning NAKED HEISTS, for heaven's sake! Oh Bunny. Poor sweet Bunny. You don't have to be ashamed of who you are. *sniffles* I bet you regret it when Raffles is off being presumed dead and you're stuck in prison, with hopefully not all manner of horrible things happening to you although with THAT face it makes me very nervous and oh, our poor, poor little rabbit!
A-hem. Yes. Possibly I did get a bit carried away there, yes. But y'know how you said Baffles doesn't break your heart like Holmes does? For me, it's just that Watson breaks my heart openly, and Bunny breaks it between the lines. In a good way, though.
One of the things I like about Bunny is that he's not afraid to get really angry at Raffles, yell at him and act sanctimonious
Yes! It proves he really loves Raffles, rather than just hero-worshiping him, that he's willing to stand up and object when Raffles is putting himself in unnecessary danger. Plucky Bunbun!
(I think a good 42.5% of my love for this fandom may be the sheer adorability of having a narrator named "Bunny" and the many possibilities for calling him by still more adorable nicknames.)
Apart from all the superficial similarities to Holmes, Raffles isn't really like him at all, not when you get down to it. Raffles doesn't get depressed, which is hugely important.
And again: yes, yes, a million times YES. Also, no music, no chemistry, no monographs; Holmes is an ardent polymath in a way Raffles just isn't, and it's because Holmes HAS to keep his brain busy in a way that Raffles just doesn't. Raffles is much healthier, really, but it makes him less deep, less believable, less human, and less admirable. Which also makes Bunny less deep than Watson. Bunny is brave and loyal and sweet, but he doesn't have that absolute, unfathomable nobility that's the cornerstone of Watson's personality. I do love Bunny and Raffles, don't get me wrong. But Holmes and Watson will always hold a majority share of my fangirlish heart.
We DO need icons!
(also, because you are the only person who will squee with me about this: I love that Bunny's last name is Manders, because thence commeth the verb "bunnymandering." I haven't decided what it means yet, but it NEEDS to happen.)
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Date: 2009-10-13 02:19 pm (UTC)I use Bunny and Raffles. Dunno why apart from, as you said, it sounds right.
Bunny's livid jealousy at Raffles's association with the Australian girl was wonderful and hilarious
Eeeee, yes! And the whole thing being prefaced by Raffles objecting to "my "apostasy," my "lapse into virtue,"", and saying "You--you've grown such a pious rabbit in your old age!" and then Bunny saying "to annoy me, or perhaps to punish me for my long defection, he must turn his back on me and devote himself to this chit." Poor Bunny, it's okay to be gay! You don't have to go trying to convince yourself you're straight and kicking Raffles out of bed, forcing him to go chase ladytypes, making him try to seduce you back by leaning over you in his bunk and planning NAKED HEISTS, for heaven's sake! Oh Bunny. Poor sweet Bunny. You don't have to be ashamed of who you are. *sniffles* I bet you regret it when Raffles is off being presumed dead and you're stuck in prison, with hopefully not all manner of horrible things happening to you although with THAT face it makes me very nervous and oh, our poor, poor little rabbit!
A-hem. Yes. Possibly I did get a bit carried away there, yes. But y'know how you said Baffles doesn't break your heart like Holmes does? For me, it's just that Watson breaks my heart openly, and Bunny breaks it between the lines. In a good way, though.
One of the things I like about Bunny is that he's not afraid to get really angry at Raffles, yell at him and act sanctimonious
Yes! It proves he really loves Raffles, rather than just hero-worshiping him, that he's willing to stand up and object when Raffles is putting himself in unnecessary danger. Plucky Bunbun!
(I think a good 42.5% of my love for this fandom may be the sheer adorability of having a narrator named "Bunny" and the many possibilities for calling him by still more adorable nicknames.)
Apart from all the superficial similarities to Holmes, Raffles isn't really like him at all, not when you get down to it. Raffles doesn't get depressed, which is hugely important.
And again: yes, yes, a million times YES. Also, no music, no chemistry, no monographs; Holmes is an ardent polymath in a way Raffles just isn't, and it's because Holmes HAS to keep his brain busy in a way that Raffles just doesn't. Raffles is much healthier, really, but it makes him less deep, less believable, less human, and less admirable. Which also makes Bunny less deep than Watson. Bunny is brave and loyal and sweet, but he doesn't have that absolute, unfathomable nobility that's the cornerstone of Watson's personality. I do love Bunny and Raffles, don't get me wrong. But Holmes and Watson will always hold a majority share of my fangirlish heart.
We DO need icons!
(also, because you are the only person who will squee with me about this: I love that Bunny's last name is Manders, because thence commeth the verb "bunnymandering." I haven't decided what it means yet, but it NEEDS to happen.)