I just think if you’re doing a TGAA crossover and you’re using the name Herlock Sholmes. You have to apply that to all crossed-over characters. An encounter with Raffles and Bunny? Forgive me, you must mean J. A. Contests and his dear Hare Sanders. A Wodehouse crossover, you say? Why, surely it’s Wertie Booster and his marvelous valet, Jeginald Reeves!
This Ides of March, make it special by not only stabbing Caesar 23 times, but by robbing from the rich for the sake of the poor. Or, at least, reading gay stories about it.
The Raffles Stories were written by E. W. Hornung in the early 1900s-10s, following the felonious exploits of AJ Raffles and his besotted chronicler, Bunny Manders. You can read all of these excellent stories, conveniently delivered to your email inbox for free, by subscribing to the Letters From Bunny Substack. The first story, The Ides of March will start the series off on, as you may have guessed, March 15th, otherwise known as our favorite Tumblr holiday. More information can be found at the link below:
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I hope you will consider subscribing if you have not yet. Cheers to the death of Caesar! 🗡️
The week leading up to the Ides of March will be dedicated to E. W. Hornung's stories about A. J. Raffles and Bunny Manders. The week starts on Saturday and above you have the official prompts list. The prompts are meant as inspiration, so you can use all of them, pick one or two, or disregard them and do your own thing! All sorts of works are welcome and encouraged - the main point is to celebrate the Raffles stories together as a fandom!
To participate, tag your posts with the official tag #rafflesweek2024. You can in addition use #rafflesweek to add your posts to the general collection of Rafflesweek works from past years.
A reminder that the official Raffles tag on all other days of the year is #crime and cricket, which of course also can be used in addition!
If you have any questions regarding participating in Rafflesweek, do not hesitate to send me a telegram.
So here's what I've been working on for the last 3 weeks.
Be gay and do crime in Victorian London in this new way to experience E.W Hornung's 1898 short story-- a contemporary counterpart to Sherlock Holmes.
The Ides of March is the first of a series of crime adventure stories starring the hapless and sweet tempered 'Bunny' Manders, and his daring, manic former schoolmate AJ Raffles, who drags him into a glorious and dangerous life of criminal sin.
This Visual Novel presentation of the story includes:
--2 sprites with 12+ expressions and poses
--7 backgrounds
--10 illustration inserts
--7,500 word script
Fandom: Raffles - E. W. Hornung, They Might Be Giants (1971), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bunny Manders/A. J. Raffles
Characters: Bunny Manders, A. J. Raffles, Original Male Character(s)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fusion, Alternate Universe - Gender Changes, Depression, Suicide Attempt, Delusions, Mistaken Identity, in the strangest possible sense, but if you've seen Giants you know what i'm talking about, (though you don't have to have seen it to read this fic), Unhappy Matrimony, Adultery, get you a thief lesbian to steal you away from your cheating husband, i'm pretty sure this fic is for like four people and i'm one of them
Summary:
It is a lovely spring morning in 1961, and Sarah Mathers has decided she wishes to die.
Yet, the night before she plans to end it all, a delusional woman breaks into her home, steals her (fake) pearl earrings, and, unexpectedly, gives her a new lease on life.
(A sapphic They Might Be Giants-style take on Raffles and Bunny.)
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sometimes i think my brain considers it a competition to write the nichest possible fanfic idea