Aww, I'm thrilled if this made what sounds a lovely evening even better! Thank you!
Holmes's somewhat obtuse response to the fact that Watson thought of him during the rape and that he as much as said it would have been a pleasurable experience if the other man had been Holmes. You've got to love it when smart people miss the most obvious points.
Well... yes, on the one hand, Occam's Razor would seem to have some good news for Holmes. But at the same time, I actually kind of agree with his take on that. It’s not really up to him to decide what, if anything, that meant. Much as Watson would like to know what the fuck it was about, Holmes can’t really give him any pointers without it getting kind of... opportunistic. And really I think finding out that your beloved thought of you in place of his rapist would be less encouraging and more “I would like to claw my own brain out, punch it and throw it out of the window, except that I did that already when I found he was thinking about killing himself.” And I also think that while Watson really wanted that off his chest, he was also pretty scared it would inevitably change everything between them. So “whatever helped, try to let yourself off worrying about it,” is the beginning and end of it, in a way, as far as Watson’s thoughts at that particular moment go. Any ongoing feelings he might now be aware of having about Holmes would be another story... ;)
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Holmes's somewhat obtuse response to the fact that Watson thought of him during the rape and that he as much as said it would have been a pleasurable experience if the other man had been Holmes. You've got to love it when smart people miss the most obvious points.
Well... yes, on the one hand, Occam's Razor would seem to have some good news for Holmes. But at the same time, I actually kind of agree with his take on that. It’s not really up to him to decide what, if anything, that meant. Much as Watson would like to know what the fuck it was about, Holmes can’t really give him any pointers without it getting kind of... opportunistic. And really I think finding out that your beloved thought of you in place of his rapist would be less encouraging and more “I would like to claw my own brain out, punch it and throw it out of the window, except that I did that already when I found he was thinking about killing himself.” And I also think that while Watson really wanted that off his chest, he was also pretty scared it would inevitably change everything between them. So “whatever helped, try to let yourself off worrying about it,” is the beginning and end of it, in a way, as far as Watson’s thoughts at that particular moment go. Any ongoing feelings he might now be aware of having about Holmes would be another story... ;)