#a J Raffles

[zoelinalivlens]

sherlock fans in a frenzy looking for johnlock crumbs while raffles fans sleep peacefully knowing wikipedia calls them homosexuals

[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! 🗡️

[desiccatedthyme]

13th October

"AU"

it's Raffles and Bunny! i found myself thinking about Rope (1948) while drawing, and i think it really shows. raffles also ended up looking a bit like tplosh holmes but i refuse to erase the accidental stage makeup

[reine-du-sourire]

So this is my new favorite GIF

And if that doesn't just about sum up AJ Raffles...

[kajaono]

My Sherlock Holmes-shelf. Need a second one soon

Details:

And yes, there are elephants in the room

[gato-con-sombrero]

✨ Compañeros en el crimen✨

[mismeandart]

So these guys are basically like au's of each other right

[jessdosestuff]

"But they've never met a devil like you"

[the-prince-of-professors]

RAFFLEITES, IT IS TIME!

The week leading up to the Ides of March will be dedicated to E. W. Hornung's stories about A. J. Raffles and Bunny Manders. The week starts on Saturday and above you have the official prompts list. The prompts are meant as inspiration, so you can use all of them, pick one or two, or disregard them and do your own thing! All sorts of works are welcome and encouraged - the main point is to celebrate the Raffles stories together as a fandom!

To participate, tag your posts with the official tag #rafflesweek2024. You can in addition use #rafflesweek to add your posts to the general collection of Rafflesweek works from past years.

A reminder that the official Raffles tag on all other days of the year is #crime and cricket, which of course also can be used in addition!

If you have any questions regarding participating in Rafflesweek, do not hesitate to send me a telegram.

Let's go a-Raffling! 💎

Banner art by @maturiin ✨

Prompts list in regular text below the cut:

day 1 / 9th March - AUDACITY

day 2 / 10th March - INNOCENCE

day 3 / 11th March - FEAR

day 4 / 12th March - ADMIRATION

day 5 / 13th March - JEALOUSY

day 6 / 14th March - LOVE

day 7 / the Ides of March - ENTRANCED

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Raffles & Bunny

(Handmade Soft Toys inspired by the characters of E W Hornung and beautifully portrayed by Anthony Valentine & Christopher Strauli in the Raffles television series)

~ Happy Birthday Anthony Valentine ~

[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

[mismeander]

[knitepercival]

🎩💎🐰 Happy Ides of March~ 🎩💎🐰

[reine-du-sourire]

This is literally the face of Bunny Manders.

[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.

[eirinstiva]

This feels very holmesian...

Raffles went from tricking a moneylender on chapter 4 to becoming a detective and investigating the dissapearance of Teddy on chapter 5.

This feels refreshing and a bit holmesian, with one making the biggest part of the investigation and the other one at his side as biographer. Infinite love to this pair!