Smile for Me
A Joker's tale
I looked into his eyes. They were cold, merciless, and inhumane with every elaborate twitch of his evil being. Encircled with black face paint, he had put large, attention-grabbing emphasis on them. They appeared just as a clown's eyes should, the only difference, is that it was not for the purpose of making people laugh. He wants to see suffering. He wants to witness the torments that he puts them through. He wants to manipulate the 'schemers' and watch as their 'little worlds' fall devastatingly apart. He wants to change things, forever. He wants to savour the little emotions people show him in their la
Smile for Me
A Joker's tale
I looked into his eyes. They were cold, merciless, and inhumane with every elaborate twitch of his evil being. Encircled with black face paint, he had put large, attention-grabbing emphasis on them. They appeared just as a clown's eyes should, the only difference, is that it was not for the purpose of making people laugh. He wants to see suffering. He wants to witness the torments that he puts them through. He wants to manipulate the 'schemers' and watch as their 'little worlds' fall devastatingly apart. He wants to change things, forever. He wants to savour the little emotions people show him in their la
A Sherlock Holmes Top Ten by mouselady, literature
Literature
A Sherlock Holmes Top Ten
Top Ten Reasons Sherlock Holmes Never Married:
#10. Getting nagged at every time he goes out on a case.
#9. Coming home to find his entire lab in the trash.
#8. "Stop playing that violin and come to bed!"
#7. The Irregulars not being allowed in the house.
#6. Catching hell for disappearing for those three years.
#5. "Are you and Dr. Watson going to yak all night?"
#4. Tension with Mrs. Hudson.
#3. "Take that nasty pipe and smoke it outside!"
#2. Suspicion a
'Romance' of Sherlock Holmes by mouselady, literature
Literature
'Romance' of Sherlock Holmes
The Romance of Sherlock Holmes
An Essay by E. Grimes
Devotees of the Sherlock Holmes canon are well aware that The Great Detectives
many adventures abound with his eccentric personality traits. While they may have been exasperating to Dr. Watson and especially Mrs. Hudson, they have fascinated and intrigued his readers for decades. Yet one of the most noted---and most disputed--- of The Great Detective's idiosyncrasies is his attitude toward the opposite sex.
" he (Holmes) had a remarkable gentleness and courtesy in his dealings with women," observed Dr. Watson in The Adventure of the Dying Det