Re the suggestion by several people that Holmes was unlikely to have had children because he was gay... Here's a bizarre suggestion that my eor just came up with: "Watson was a doctor. Perhaps he did some doctoring." Artificial insemination would be perhaps unlikely to have been thought of at the time, but I'm constantly amazed at how much earlier many things WERE actually done than I ever imagined.
Also, supposedly there's an old tradition in the north of England, and perhaps other places, of guys asking another guy who they admired to impregnate their wife so that they can have those admirable genes in their own family. (Of course the only place I can think of to offer as a reference for this is "The Flying Yorkshireman" by Eric Knight, but I do think I've heard mention of it elsewhere as well.)
The biggest stumbling block is that Jeeves is not of the upper classes. Jem's Bird came up with the excuse that he had to be hidden by giving him a false name and background, but, although I enjoyed her story, I really don't quite buy it, given that he has so many relatives who are all of the same class, and you don't pay off THAT many people to stick to a story.
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Date: 2007-10-12 02:12 am (UTC)Also, supposedly there's an old tradition in the north of England, and perhaps other places, of guys asking another guy who they admired to impregnate their wife so that they can have those admirable genes in their own family. (Of course the only place I can think of to offer as a reference for this is "The Flying Yorkshireman" by Eric Knight, but I do think I've heard mention of it elsewhere as well.)
The biggest stumbling block is that Jeeves is not of the upper classes. Jem's Bird came up with the excuse that he had to be hidden by giving him a false name and background, but, although I enjoyed her story, I really don't quite buy it, given that he has so many relatives who are all of the same class, and you don't pay off THAT many people to stick to a story.
So... yeah.