And yet he really does love his Bunny, I do believe.
I believe so too. I really feel like Hornung was writing these in response to Holmes in some ways, because Raffles is constantly apologizing, sincerely, for being a jerk. It's like for every time I read Holmes do something callous to Watson and I go "Gah! He never says he's sorry!", there's a scene where Raffles says he's been such a brute, etc. etc. One of the reasons I like Holmes more is because he has that reticence, that inability to express affection, that obviously doesn't trouble Raffles even as mean as he can be.
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Date: 2009-10-15 11:32 pm (UTC)I believe so too. I really feel like Hornung was writing these in response to Holmes in some ways, because Raffles is constantly apologizing, sincerely, for being a jerk. It's like for every time I read Holmes do something callous to Watson and I go "Gah! He never says he's sorry!", there's a scene where Raffles says he's been such a brute, etc. etc. One of the reasons I like Holmes more is because he has that reticence, that inability to express affection, that obviously doesn't trouble Raffles even as mean as he can be.