#e.w. hornung

[my-mistake-lets-do-this-again]

I have fallen into the pit of Sherlock Holmes inspired characters where one is the brain and the other is the semi-clueless but also mostly normal one whose got a lot of heart and soul and is the viewer’s way of understanding what the hell is happening in the story.

Sherlock Holmes, Poirot, Jeeves and Wooster, and Raffles and Bunny, just to name a few. this character dynamic has me in a chokehold and I NEVER want it to let go.

The stories all work really well because we have that window into characters of such incredible levels of intellect that they NEED another person to make it understandable to the reader and the humanity in the partnership with the other person makes the other character feel more human. It’s a beautiful way to tell a story and I blame Conan Doyle for me entering this rabbit hole.

I’d like to add that this post from @jus-alilcomforblelad is incredibly accurate since I also started with BBC and discovered the other versions of Holmes and have come to truly understand the devices used to make the stories as compelling and interesting as they are. Which then caused my spiral into my current state (which I wouldn’t trade for the world).

#jeeves and wooster #reginald jeeves #bertie wooster #pg wodehouse #sherlock holmes #john watson #granada holmes #sherlock holmes granada #sir arthur conan doyle #agatha christie’s poirot #hercule poirot #captain hastings #agatha christie #raffles and bunny #a.j. raffles #bunny manders #e.w. hornung

[sanguinarysanguinity]

Meanwhile Raffles rejoined me, with a covert coat over his blazer, and a soft felt hat set carelessly on the curly head he shook with a smile as I passed him the decanter. "When we come back," said he. "Work first, play afterward. Do you see what day it is?" he added, tearing a leaflet from a Shakespearian calendar, as I drained my glass. "March 15th. 'The Ides of March, the Ides of March, remember.' Eh, Bunny, my boy? You won't forget them, will you?" And, with a laugh, he threw some coals on the fire before turning down the gas like a careful householder. So we went out together as the clock on the chimney-piece was striking two.

-- E.W. Hornung, "The Ides of March" in The Amateur Cracksman

#raffles #e.w. hornung #the ides of march #the amateur cracksman

[yeah-thats-probably-it]

RIP E.W. Hornung you would've loved Bunny and Raffles erotic fanfiction

#e.w. hornung #bunny and raffles #letters from bunny

[general-sleepy]

"He was that terrible type, the Silly Cynic, his aim a caustic commentary on all things and all men, his achievement mere vulgar irreverence and unintelligent scorn. Ill-bred and ill-informed..."

"Nine Points of the Law" E.W. Hornung

Hornung defining "edgelord" in 1898.

#raffles #e.w. hornung #nine points of the law #i'm adding the phrase silly cynic to my vocabulary #edgelord sounds too almost cool #crime and cricket

[baconpncakes]

Hell and You - Amigo the Devil // No Sinecure - E.W. Hornung // Oscar Wilde // Grim Fandango (1998) // What’s a Devil to Do? - Harley Poe // Letter From Death Row - Amigo the Devil // The Ballad of Me and My Friends - Frank Turner

#i've been collecting these for a while #so i figured #why not post it lol #web weaving #(anyone can feel free to add) #religion #heaven and hell #amigo the devil #e.w. hornung #ew hornung #oscar wilde #grim fandango #harley poe #frank turner #my post

[kraniumet]

imagine you’re a well respected doctor writing these detective stories that you kinda hate and then your cousin just steals your characters and puts them in a series of his own where they’re pathetic and evil and suck and are also gayer.

#e.w. hornung

[vonnegutcunt]

(re: the raffles stories) this is so funny like I'm imagining some victorian era writing enjoyer moaning about how "this nations great literature is being corrupted and really i don't see why these inverts can't just write their own fiction and leave the canon of the sherlock holmes novels well enough alone," etcetera..........

[theonekierce]

Midnight Was His Hour - a comic adaptation of E.W. Hornung's Raffles stories

Bunny Manders has nothing left to lose, a revolver in his pocket, and a gambling debt to settle. If paying with his life is not an option, what will A.J. Raffles ask of him? The fact is that it does not matter what Raffles will ask; Bunny will reluctantly be the man for the job. In a previous life, the two boys were schoolmates — but as gentlemen about town, they must join felonious forces in order to maintain their Mayfair lifestyles and Raffles’ public image. There’s nothing very terrible in it, you see.

Hey i've been working on this comic for a few months and what better day to launch than the Ides? The first few pages are up already and the rest of the first story will be going up as i finish them 👀

This is intended as a pretty direct adaptation so you don't need to know anything about the original stories; if you like stealing from the rich, codependent gay drama, and Late Victorian Intrigue™, you're in the right place!

#crime and cricket #raffles fanart #raffles comic #this is the only full page i'll post on here most likely #but obv i will post previews whenever i update #also lemme know what yall think as to whats easier for keeping up w it #for now im just posting links from this blog #but if a sideblog is easier? #idk!

[speedwayy]

the knees of the gods, e.w. hornung // key west (philosopher pirate), bob dylan

#crime and cricket #do i still have my like. singular raffles follower #he is the whole war to me as i look back now… gawd.

[doctorcorby]

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

#renpy #visual novel #indie games #crime and cricket #aj raffles #bunny manders #bunny and raffles #a j raffles #raffles and bunny #a.j. raffles #victorian era #classic literature #gay art #queer art

[r2y9s-notartblog]

9 People You'd Like To Know Better

Three Ships: acd johnlock, snotacon, shaundes

First Ever Ship: ngl it was probably ash/gary or red/blue from pokemon

Last Song: Partners In Crime by Set It Off

Last Film: Sherlock Holmes - Dressed To Kill starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce

Currently Reading: The Complete Raffles: The Exploits of a Gentleman Theif by E.W. Hornung

Currently Watching: Good Omens

Currently Consuming: Scooby Snacks

Currently Craving: pizza

ty for the tag @it-spirk-to-me !!

not gonna do 9 ppl but i am gonna tag @loki-lock @amypihcs @possumsum @gentleman-detective

#tagged #for first ever ship if u wanna go waay back before i even knew whar shipping was #it was buzz/woody from toy story lmaooo

[yeah-thats-probably-it]

Right, okay, so. Can anyone who's more up to date on their E.W. Hornung explain what his deal was?

Because obviously he was married to ACD's sister, and his Wikipedia entry doesn't mention any speculation about his sexuality or indications that he might have been closeted gay or bi- but there's also, without exaggeration, not speaking figuratively, no way to read this burglary scene as NOT being a metaphor for gay sex.

Was he just a REALLY enthusiastic ally to his buddies Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas?

"Before? My dear Bunny, you offend me! Did it look like a first attempt? Of course I have done it before."

I'm losing my mind

#letters from bunny #bunny and raffles #ew hornung #e.w. hornung

[pix-writes]

I'm sure someone's connected this before, but I'm sure in the good omens universe, Crowley put the a. j. in his name inspired from E.W. Hornung's character A.J. Raffles!

OR BETTER YET, Crowley partly inspired his creation of raffles, alongside the irl crime, which is why he added the character of Bunny - the round faced, innocent like friend who nevertheless participates in his crimes... like a certain angel we know 👀

#it's my personal hc that that is why it's a j Crowley #good omens #crime and cricket #a j crowley #a.z. fell #bunny manders #a j raffles #raffles #just thinking about it bunny is a lot like aziraphale abd they go dining out a lot together omg #I've connected the dots; you haven't connected shit; I've connected them

[keepthemacramesecret]

now i havent read iwtv but i think The Rest Cure (E.W. Hornung, 1905) –

#a #raffles #tbh i am having fun w raffles and bunny being toxic™ #theyre both terrible <3

[cantsayidont]

May 1942. Since he's not pictured on this inventory cover, you might wonder, "Who is Mr. Baffle?" He's a debonair gentleman burglar, newly arrived from Europe (in the opening pages, we see him using the loot from his last robberies to escape a firing squad), who sets himself up as a society columnist in order to compile "a list of extremely rich people whose safes need opening!" Baffle is obviously a pastiche of E.W. Hornung's famous character A.J. Raffles, who had been featured in two different American film adaptations in the 1930s, first with Ronald Colman in 1930 and then with David Niven in 1939. Bill Finger and Bob Kane apparently favored the Colman version (as well they should — it's grand), as Baffle looks and sounds very much like Ronald Colman.

What does Batman do when confronted with such a charming and chivalrous gentleman thief (Baffle's nom de plume is "Charles Courtly")? If you've seen any of Batman's early confrontations with Catwoman, you may have an inkling, but let's take a look:

If you guessed "flirt outrageously," you were correct! Batman first encounters Baffle (who has not yet become Charles Courtly) when the Dynamic Duo stumble onto Baffle's first local robbery. Baffle finds this all smashing good fun, and Batman responds in kind. (Robin, meanwhile, takes it on the chin.)

Baffle then escapes, calling, "Adieu, old top!" to Batman.

The page above is also an example of a minor Batman trope I love: when Batman stumbles onto something completely by accident, but others, knowing his reputation, assume it's the result of some brilliant ratiocination, and of course Batman doesn't correct them.

If you're familiar with Ronald Colman, who had a famously mellifluous voice, it's easy to imagine him delivering all of Mr. Baffle's lines. Here's what Colman looked like in the 1930 film RAFFLES, BTW:

Colman's Raffles doesn't have Baffle's Van Dyke beard, but Mr. Baffle soon shaves his beard for his role as "Courtly," making the resemblance that much clearer.

Baffle goes on to do some more crimes, hits on Bruce Wayne's girlfriend Linda Page, briefly claims to be Batman (!), and then regretfully takes Linda hostage. This does nothing to dampen Batman's regard:

Note that Batman more or less lets Baffle escape, much as he generally let Catwoman escape during this period.

This was unfortunately Mr. Baffle's sole appearance, which is too bad, because it cries out for a followup that introduces Catwoman into the mix. (One can't help but notice that Bruce clearly has a type: slick burglars or jewel thieves who aren't TOO evil, but aren't too good either.)

#comics #detective comics #bill finger #bob kane #jerry robinson #batman #bruce wayne #robin #dick grayson #mr baffle #raffles #ronald colman #catwoman #batromance

[r2y9s]

My Dear Bunny - Chapter 1

Fandom: Raffles - E.W. Hornung

Rating: M

Relationships: A.J. Raffles/Bunny Manders

Additional Tags: Sugar Baby AU, POV Bunny, POV First Person, I always have this urge to write Sugar Baby AUs and Bunny is my newest victim, WIP

"My dear Bunny! Is that really you?" Hearing my old school nickname in this familiar voice stirred something long locked away in the pit of my stomach. I ignored it. Pulling myself together, I shifted slightly on my client's lap to get a more comfortable look at my old schoolmate.

"Why, Mr. Raffles!" I said with as coy an air as I could muster. "What a strange surprise."

#aj raffles/bunny manders #sugar baby au #r writes #crime and cricket #bunny manders #aj raffles #raffles #do they have a ship name #anyways i hope u don't mind me putting my writing on here too? #no beta we die like men #also i'm not familiar with the etiquette for posting fic on tumblr so sorry if the post is out of sorts #also haven't written in a long time so apologies for the dust #also also been writing this at work bc i'm avoiding uh. work. trying to look busy lmao. #really just for my records too but if someone else likes it then that's fine #will i ever actually finish this? who knows. #might be just an episodic thing we'll see #the title is also a work in progress #i couldn't think of anything better lmao but it's fine #my dear bunny