John Watson: Battle Butler
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Not that one!
Very often, John Watson is the under-appreciated flatmate of Sherlock Holmes. Nevertheless, hardly anyone suspects what he actually means to Sherlock.
This particular little epistle came to me when I was going through Tv Tropes and stumbled on the page concerning the Battle Butler. It turns out that the term 'Batman' originated way before the DC hero. It refers to a soldier or airman who served as a servant of a superior officer. The 'Battle Butler' was really the tradition of the British Army, going back to when most soldiers in the military were born of the upper class and thus would bring their servants into battle with them. On occasion, battle butlers would follow their superiors in times of peace to serve in a domestic capacity, and in wartime, battle butlers can act in espionage as well. I think that to live with Sherlock Holmes, one would truly need all the patience and skill of a battle butler, hence the below interpretation of John Watson.
Another reason I wrote this: I need crack. And epic. There's not enough good-quality crack and epic, hence, I make my own. This is on FF.net; I decided to display it here too.
Sherlock is the product of BBC and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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- Part 1 of John Watson: Battle Butler
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Believe me, to survive living with Sherlock Holmes, a kick-ass battle butler is needed. Especially when consulting criminals get themselves involved...
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- Part 2 of John Watson: Battle Butler
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Sebastian Moran was not a man who spooked easily. Come to think of it, scaring a man who went almost everywhere armed with several sharp, pointy bits of metal or bits that could be assembled into a gun was an exercise in futility just waiting to happen.
His newest visitor scared him more than his employer ever could. Consider that his employer is a psychopath who blew things up on a whim and worked as a consulting criminal mastermind, one wonders exactly how terrifying this man could be to him, one of the RED, as the SAS referred to people like him. Retired, Extremely Dangerous. The movie wasn't far off, come to think of it.
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- Part 3 of John Watson: Battle Butler
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Involving shameless bashing of Bond, TMNT and Discworld. TMNT was by accident, I swear!
Also involves footnotes.
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- Part 4 of John Watson: Battle Butler