The pyjamas incident is another of those WHAT. THE. WHAT?! moments! Like, there are potential theories, but they don't make sense! I think Stout probably meant that either they are Archie's faaavourite pyjamas (in which case: hahaha Wolfe knows which Archie's favourite pjs are, but why would Archie be that upset about lending them? annoyed maybe, sure, but not that much?) or that maybe they are Archie's only pyjamas and he doesn't like sleeping naked (which, no way does Archie mind sleeping naked - unless he sleepwalks, which I think I read in a fic about Why They Bought The Gong Alarm and loved as an idea, but seems unlikely as a point in canon). The theories that are more logically coherent aren't ones that seem likely for Stout to have meant: Archie thinks he looks hot in the pjs and Wolfe knows it and is making fun of him for it! Archie thinks the pjs don't look good on him and Wolfe is making fun of him for that by implying they'll look better on Clara!
I love that even Archie thinks "Ethelbert Hitchcock" is a terrible name. Hee.
I mean, cue the violins. I need a cigarette. - dude, seriously. I put a post-it in my copy at that point and it just reads !!!!!!!!!!! Cause wow, in Archie's universe, Wolfe really is the sun. Aww.
(Also on the opposite page in mine is Archie telling Clara to keep her feminine wiles away from Wolfe because he's got "three wives and nineteen children in Turkey" lololol oh honey.)
"Man of action" is totally both how Archie wants to think of himself and how Wolfe puts it to be probably both sliiightly mocking and adorable. :D (I also love the "Tell me about it." - it's just so spouse-after-other-spouse-has-had-a-bad-day. Aww.)
Other stuff:
Archie directs "a Bronx cheer" at the gumshoe at the bottom of the steps, and I looked it up and that means blowing a raspberry. I.e. ARCHIE IS MAYBE TWELVE. AT MOST. AHAHAHA.
I think this is the first instance of Archie "shaking down his trouser leg" or similar, which crops up several times later, and, um: what the hell? Does he just mean that when he sits down his trousers ride up above his shoes and then he shakes them over again, or what?
He meant that he had drawn his sword in defence of Clara Fox because I had told him she was the ideal of my dreams. made me aw, even though the next line is I suppose it was me that sat and recited Hungarian poetry to her., which is classic I'm Not At All Jealous! What? Archie. :)
Archie yelling "If this keeps up another ten minutes I'll get Weltschmerz!" is also really cute, especially with Wolfe then going o_O and Archie throwing his hands up like the giant drama queen he can sometimes be. *g* I love the moments where Wolfe is like "Archie, what dictionaries have you been reading?" and it really seems like Archie collects and stores up his more unlikely words just to release them at the right time to get a reaction. *g*
I love the bit where Archie accidentally solves the mystery and Wolfe is like, ARCHIE DID YOU DO THAT DELIBERATELY? and he didn't. Aww. Although the bit that immediately comes next - Archie saying to Saul "If he requests anything grotesque, consult me." - is also kind of weird. I mean, what the hell does he think Wolfe might be requesting?! HAhaha.
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Date: 2010-04-24 02:35 pm (UTC)I love that even Archie thinks "Ethelbert Hitchcock" is a terrible name. Hee.
I mean, cue the violins. I need a cigarette. - dude, seriously. I put a post-it in my copy at that point and it just reads !!!!!!!!!!! Cause wow, in Archie's universe, Wolfe really is the sun. Aww.
(Also on the opposite page in mine is Archie telling Clara to keep her feminine wiles away from Wolfe because he's got "three wives and nineteen children in Turkey" lololol oh honey.)
"Man of action" is totally both how Archie wants to think of himself and how Wolfe puts it to be probably both sliiightly mocking and adorable. :D (I also love the "Tell me about it." - it's just so spouse-after-other-spouse-has-had-a-bad-day. Aww.)
Other stuff:
Archie directs "a Bronx cheer" at the gumshoe at the bottom of the steps, and I looked it up and that means blowing a raspberry. I.e. ARCHIE IS MAYBE TWELVE. AT MOST. AHAHAHA.
I think this is the first instance of Archie "shaking down his trouser leg" or similar, which crops up several times later, and, um: what the hell? Does he just mean that when he sits down his trousers ride up above his shoes and then he shakes them over again, or what?
He meant that he had drawn his sword in defence of Clara Fox because I had told him she was the ideal of my dreams. made me aw, even though the next line is I suppose it was me that sat and recited Hungarian poetry to her., which is classic I'm Not At All Jealous! What? Archie. :)
Archie yelling "If this keeps up another ten minutes I'll get Weltschmerz!" is also really cute, especially with Wolfe then going o_O and Archie throwing his hands up like the giant drama queen he can sometimes be. *g* I love the moments where Wolfe is like "Archie, what dictionaries have you been reading?" and it really seems like Archie collects and stores up his more unlikely words just to release them at the right time to get a reaction. *g*
I love the bit where Archie accidentally solves the mystery and Wolfe is like, ARCHIE DID YOU DO THAT DELIBERATELY? and he didn't. Aww. Although the bit that immediately comes next - Archie saying to Saul "If he requests anything grotesque, consult me." - is also kind of weird. I mean, what the hell does he think Wolfe might be requesting?! HAhaha.