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Eccles, Schmeccles

Introduction

This is a January 1998 message from Miss Roylott to the HOUNDS-L list, originally with the subject line "sex in the canon". There had been a recent HOUNDS discussion over whether the character John Scott Eccles from "The Adventure of the Wisteria Lodge" might be gay.

Eccles, Schmeccles

by Miss Roylott

My goodness!
I do without Hounds for a week, and what do I find in my mailbox when I get back? Nothing but music, music, music, and sex, sex, sex! :) I seriously believe that you've all corrupted me, especially whoever it was that quoted something like, "to the right reader, *everything* is dirty."

Look at this passage from THOR:

"Suddenly, however, as we neared our destination he seated himself opposite to me--we had a first-class carriage to ourselves--and laying a hand upon each of my knees he looked into my eyes with the peculiarly mischievous gaze which was characteristic of his more imp-like moods."

BOTH knees! Looked into his eyes! I know perfectly well that this is just the passage preceding Holmes asking Watson excitedly if he has got his gun, but still.... Both knees, Holmes! Just how much do you have to touch him just to say, "Hey, chum, you've brought your gun, haven't ya?" I begin to wonder why it is so often that they have a first-class carriage to themselves!

And in PRIO, just listen to Watson being awoken--aroused--by Holmes:

"His eyes shone, and his cheek was flushed with the exhilaration of the master workman who sees his work lie ready before him. A very different Holmes, this active, alert man, from the introspective and pallid dreamer of Baker Street. I felt, as I looked upon that supple figure, alive with nervous energy, that it was indeed a strenuous day that awaited us."

And possibly a strenuous night! I shall never be able to listen to the word "supple" with a clear mind ever again. Eccles, schmeccles--he neither said nor did anything half as suggestive as Watson and Holmes.

Now I shall get back to unfilthy thoughts, hopefully....

Miss Roylott

Notes

*everything* is dirty
Miss Roylott refers to a message by Les Moskowitz in the previous December. He quoted thus from the 1950s-60s entertainer Tom Lehrer: "When correctly viewed, EVERYTHING is lewd."
THOR and PRIO
THOR and PRIO are standard four-letter abbreviations for canonical stories. They stand for "The Adventure of Thor Bridge" and "The Adventure of the Priory School", respectively. I have a full list of abbreviations.
if he has got his gun
In THOR, Holmes investigates a death brought about by the special rigging of gun. During the train ride, Holmes has the idea to test his theory with Watson's gun--though he did not tell Watson at the time.

Comments

Now there's a guestbook from which I will copy comments. Sample comments would look like this:

  1. Somebody; "Yeah!";
    Right on, sister! Watson's always describing H in obsessive detail, and it's like he's in LOVE with him or something!
  2. Some One Else; "Free and over 21";
    Ahem, it might be pointed out that Miss Roylott wrote this message on her 21st birthday, and she may have... well, been feeling a little "spritely" at the moment. ;)
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