#letters from bunny

[theonekierce]

So you thought I was really gone? Poor old Bunny! But I hope Mackenzie saw your face?" "He did," said I. I would not tell him all Mackenzie must have seen, however. "That's all right. I wouldn't have had him miss it for worlds; and you mustn't think me a brute, old boy, for I fear that man, and, know, we sink or swim together." -The Return Match

poor old bunny indeed :( he had a rough day :(

#crime and cricket #letters from bunny #raffles fanart #lfb #based it on that one rly good shot from granada solitary cyclist of course #cw mild blood #<-truly very mild and its pink anyway but jic!

[teaspoonnebula]

Enjoy receiving emails from besotted biographers about their genius associates?

Then have I got some email bookclubs starting in 2024 for you!

[IMG A cartoon of Holmes and Watson running side by side, dressed in country tweeds. Holmes is pointing. Lettering reads Letters from Watson, the Novels]

Letters from Watson is reading through the Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle throughout 2023.

In 2024 we'll be reading the novels starting January 1st, with A Study in Scarlet. Hold on for more mystery and adventure with the Great Detective and his dashing doctor.

[IMG A cartoon of Raffles and Bunny running side by side, dressed in formal suits and top hats and wearing masks. Raffles is clutching some pearls and has jewels in his pockets. Lettering reads Letters from Bunny]

But perhaps you'd rather take a little trip to the other side of the law?

Letters from Bunny will be reading the Raffles stories by EW Hornung, featuring gentleman thief (and cricketer) AJ Raffles and his burglar companion Bunny Manders, from the Ides of March (March 15th)

[IMG A cartoon of Jeeves and Wooster walking side by side, Wooster dressed in colourful clothes and a boater, Jeeves in a monocrome suit. Lettering reads 'Letters Regarding Jeeves']

For something a little lighter, Letters Regarding Jeeves will be reading the uproarously funny public domain stories featuring chap about town Bertie Wooster and his bulging-brained valet Jeeves, starting February 14th.

Reblogs appreciated to spread the word!

#letters from watson #letters from bunny #letters regarding jeeves #literature #book club #sherlock holmes #raffles #crime and cricket #jeeves #jeeves and wooster #pg wodehouse #reading #to read

[lettersfrombunny]

Who here likes ✨crime✨??

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! 🗡️

#raffles #aj raffles #a j raffles #letters from bunny #bunny and raffles #bunny manders #raffles and bunny #boost #lfb #crime and cricket #ides of march #the ides of march #julius caesar #caesar #et tu brute

[dathen]

“It might have been Bertie who took all those things from the very start,” suggested the little brute hopefully. “He may be like Raffles.”

“Raffles?”

“He’s a chap in a book who went about pinching things.”

CROSSOVER EVENT

Also obsessed with the origin of the gentleman thief genre being described as “chap who went about pinching things”

#letters regarding jeeves #letters from bunny

[yeah-thats-probably-it]

One of his hands fell kindly on my shoulder, while the other slipped into my overcoat pocket, and I suffered him to deprive me of my weapon without a murmur. Nor was this simply because Raffles had the subtle power of making himself irresistible at will.

You guys, uh, weren’t exaggerating, were you

#letters from bunny #bunny and raffles #published homoerotic sherlock holmes criminal au fanfic

[thefisherqueen]

It's been a while since I read Raffles' Ides of March short story, and I not a day has gone by on which I haven't thought of this image:

It's so homoerotically suggestive. Raffles is literally on his knees, head and forearms bare. Bunny is standing so close behind him, leaving over to Raffles like he's either going to whisper in his ear or kiss his neck, and a bottle of oil is literally in his hand. It's so damn easy to come up with captions for this art. I'm offering you a few:

"Bunny, I didn't bring the oil for THAT porpose!"

"You don't need to go on creating holes, Raffles, I have already a perfect one for you to use"

"I have no time for horny bunnies now, dear, can't you see that I'm busy?"

"You really enjoy being occupied with holes, aren't you, Raffles?"

"I'm really good at slipping inside, Raffles, would you care for a demonstration?"

#letters from bunny #raffles #the amateur cracksman #the gentleman thief #bunny manders #bunny and raffles #art #I'm giggling #silly me #crime and cricket

[stephensmithuk]

The Raffles story collections - a quick guide

The Raffles stories are split into three short story collections and a full-length novel. In the order we are covering them:

The Amateur Cracksman: Eight short stories originally published in 1899.

The Black Mask: Another eight short stories published in 1901.

Mr. Justice Raffles: The 1909 full-length novel and the last work Hornung wrote featuring Raffles.

A Thief in the Night: Ten short stories from 1905.

Hornung also did two plays:

Raffles, The Amateur Cracksman: From 1903, based on "Gentlemen and Players" but considerably expanded to a four-act work.

A Visit From Raffles: More of an extended comic sketch, this is a single-act version of "A Costume Piece", much simplified.

#letters from bunny #aj raffles #raffles

[vickyvicarious]

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.

Yeah, I'm familiar with the type.

#letters from bunny

[darchildre]

The Ides of March, part 1

Hey everybody, it's Raffles time! Here are thoughts and noodlings about the first Letter from Bunny.

(nb, this is a reread for me, I am going to talk about these stories like I've read them before, there may be spoilers for future events, so my random thoughts go behind a cut.)

Thing 1: I love the way Bunny remains stuck on the idea that he is in total disgrace and that everyone (including Raffles) will treat him that way the minute they know he's written a bad check, while Raffles absolutely does not care about Bunny writing him a bad check - he has skipped over that entirely and gone straight into problem-solving mode.

Thing 2: "You used to be a literary little cuss," he says, like he doesn't have bits of Bunny's terrible schoolboy poetry memorized, the complete and utter nerd.

Thing 3:

...had fear or horror flown to my companion's face, I shudder to think I might have died diabolically happy with that look for my last impious consolation. It was the look that came instead which held my hand. Neither fear nor horror were in it; only wonder, admiration, and such a measure of pleased expectancy as caused me after all to pocket my revolver with an oath. "You devil!" I said. "I believe you wanted me to do it!" "Not quite," was the reply, made with a little start, and a change of color that came too late. "To tell you the truth, though, I half thought you meant it, and I was never more fascinated in my life..."

Raffles over here all, "I have been (unconsciously) trying to kill myself by engaging in wildly reckless and dangerous behavior for years now and this little rabbit is just going to go all the way and shoot himself right now in front of me. Fucking wild. I must immediately adopt him and find out what other crazy stuff he's willing to do."

Thing 4: It says something about how overwhelmingly gay these stories are that I had forgotten that Raffles just casually puts his hand into Bunny's pocket in the very first scene of this story.

Thing 5: "What a boy it is for jumping to conclusions!" Genuinely Bunny's besetting sin.

Thing 6: I love the couple of little moments where Raffles is pacing and thinking and almost says something to Bunny but then stops himself - figuring out the proper approach on this newest shiny thing he's decided to steal for himself. (The proper approach is, obviously: 1) get Bunny drunk, 2) compliments and flattery, 3) outrageous boldfaced lying. Works every time.)

Thing 7:

"He must be a very intimate friend!" "Intimate's not the word. I have the run of his place and a latch-key all to myself." "You would knock him up at this hour of the night?" "If he's in bed."

Bunny thinks this is about a very different kind of crime, you know? Like, he absolutely thinks he's being invited to some sort of weird sex thing, right? (I mean, he's not entirely wrong...)

#letters from bunny #raffles #ides of march

[theonekierce]

His own hands were firm and cool as he adjusted my mask for me, and then his own. “By Jove, old boy,” he whispered cheerily, “you look about the greatest ruffian I ever saw!” - A Costume Piece

im a day plus two weeks late but i thought it might b fun to start posting doodles along with each letter from bunny! accidentally fully lined and colored this one but yk how it goes

#raffles fanart #crime and cricket #letters from bunny #lfb #so cool how thats where the line ends and the next sentence is completely normal (:

[calllay]

Very excited to start reading the Raffles and Bunny stories via @lettersfrombunny! I have zero background beyond being told it was slashy, and from the first section of the first story, can definitely confirm. (And so dramatic!!)

I had already gotten the (correct) impression that Bunny is extremely smitten with Raffles ("I see his indolent, athletic figure; his pale, sharp, clean-shaven features; his curly black hair; his strong, unscrupulous mouth." But who's looking?) but consider me extremely intrigued by how Raffles treats Bunny.

Raffles is so familiar and dismissive in how he refers to Bunny - starting with calling him Bunny, for one. And he's a "a literary little cuss", "a plucky little devil". "You were the right sort of little beggar then, Bunny; you didn’t talk and you didn’t flinch." Whew!

I'm so curious to see how things develop - if Raffles just keeps leading Bunny around by the nose, I will eat that up with a spoon just like Bunny himself, but I will also be happy to read some affection there. Despite their hierarchical relationship at school, Raffles answered Bunny's "Is there any chance you remember me from school (I was in love with you)" with fond commentary about what he was like and what they did. Just how much is actual fondness vs being happy to take advantage of Bunny's submissiveness agreeableness remains to be seen. I'll be happy either way!

#raffles and bunny #letters from bunny #not to overreact here lol #but isn't overreacting to slashy things ones of life's few remaining joys? #I'll try bestirring myself to join the discord this weekend...

[lettersfrombunny]

I've been collecting my memoirs and my dear friend Dr. Watson has encouraged me to send them out - I'm preparing to begin in 2024. You can subscribe to my publication here. I look forward to having you, dear readers.

#raffles #bunny manders #a j raffles #aj raffles #letters from bunny #lfb #crime and cricket #buffles #bunny and raffles #raffles and bunny #rafflesweek2023 #repost #i made a new post bc i changed the design of the site a bit ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ #rabbit

[un-monstre]

Is this story fanfiction of “Charles Augustus Milverton?” Yes. Is it still a fun read? Also yes

#letters from bunny #letters from watson

[mr-nauseam]

Im late but Happy Ides of March!!

#crime and cricket #aj raffles #bunny manders #letters from bunny #fan art

[yeah-thats-probably-it]

#that's it that's the entire premise of the stories #bunny and raffles #letters from bunny

[eirinstiva]

Things that I expected:

Bunny being more active in this plan.

Raffles telling more details of the plan to Bunny.

Things that I didn't expect:

Bunny struggling to keep a conversation.

Raffles making a copy of the picture.

Congrats on your first burglary alone, Bunny!

#letters from bunny #crime and cricket #nine points of the law #aj raffles #a j raffles #NINE #bunny manders #letters in the underground