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[ink_n_imp]

So, this speech is old hat for me--found it LONG ago, back in my rabid Sherlockian days. And if I ever pick up a Rex Stout "Nero Wolfe" book, this speech--given at the Baker Street Irregulars meeting in 1941--is the prime reason.

For you see, my dear f-list, Rex Stout puts before his fellow Irregulars the theory that Watson was a Woman.


*Loves her some 1940's fandom crack!*

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[zekkass.livejournal.com]

In other words, Sherlock Holmes/Watson = canon. However, it's up to the reader whether Watson was female or male. XD

...Imma have to go reread those again...

[ink-n-imp.livejournal.com]

Seriously, reading the transcript, it never fails: I always expect Rex Stout to come out and say "And, since the great Holmes couldn't have been homosexual, Watson must have been a woman, writing as a man. Because that explination makes everything less uncomfortable in our 1940's world's view."

[zekkass.livejournal.com]

Oh, those silly 1940ians. Just about eveything is more fun with slash, and they're completely ignoring said subtext.