A Scandal in Bohemia: The Motives of Women Are So Inscrutable

[marysutherland.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: A Scandal in Bohemia
Title: The motives of women are so inscrutable
Author: Mary Sutherland
Rating: PG-13

"The motives of women are so inscrutable" -- Sherlock Holmes in The Second Stain

A woman may be clever: that does not make her behaviour logical. I attended Irene Adler's wedding incognito; I deduced the location of the hidden panel at Briony Lodge. Admittedly, once she suspected her mistake, the woman thwarted me most effectively. But I still cannot understand how Irene Adler could love both Mr Godfrey Norton and the King of Bohemia.

Note: Several friends of mine have always reckoned that there's more to this case than meets the eye. I gave one possible solution to Irene Adler's behaviour in my ACD/BBC crossover story The Eternal Woman.

Comments

[debriswoman]

Plenty of scope for speculation:-)

Nicely done.

[ennui-enigma.livejournal.com]

Well written!

As debriswoman says, plenty of room for speculation!

I've always wondered what precisely happened b/t Irene and the Bohemian prince. We hear his side of the story but the only clue we receive from Irene is in her last letter, "The King may do what he will without hindrance from one whom he has cruelly wronged."

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Had she met Godfrey Norton before she knew the King it might have been different.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Excellent question raised. I wonder myself if the link lies with the king's duties -- he was only crown prince then, and may have allowed himself to be freer and more giving. Once he became king, what was expected of him must have changed drastically, and maybe that was when he became the man we meet in the story.

Great work, and thanks for letting me philosophize and theorize for a while! And thanks for posting the link to your longer story - very intriguing indeed!

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[snycock.livejournal.com]

This sounds very Holmesian to me - his common complaint about women's motives and motivations not being comprehensible. He's got the actions and the details down, but he lacks the understanding. Well done!