IDK the book canon very well, but yes, I can imagine that Holmes just kind of knowing all sorts of obscure things about sexual practices (Holmes: "The Hutu tribe of Borneo use thirteen piercings of the genitals to signify their sexual coming of age." Watson: "What? D:
I think it's equally accurate to say that Watson and Mike wouldn't trust anyone else (sexually) with kink other than Holmes and Rudy.
I definitely agree. I don't think Mike would EVER go to a particularly kinky place in his life if it weren't for Rudy. If I were going to write a very NC-17 story about them (which, probably I won't, though I've been tempted and written some bits in my non-posting folders) I would definitely write rich-inner-life kinky-on-the-inside Rudy, who manages to get Mike to agree to all kinds of crazy stuff just by suggesting once and then watching Mike wind himself up thinking about it. Because Mike is basically putty in Rudy's hands, whilst at the same time totally in control of their love life. Rudy's just really really good at these little whispered comments that make Mike's brain RACE and his eyes go O.O and his blood rush south. He probably wouldn't go there independently, without Rudy thinking it up, and there's probably this weird dynamic where there are some things that he agrees to pretty quickly, and some things that it takes him a while before he's like, OKAY, YES, LET'S GO, and some things where Rudy backs off from properly suggesting whatever it is because Mike's making EW, OMG, NO! faces over his early overtures.
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I think it's equally accurate to say that Watson and Mike wouldn't trust anyone else (sexually) with kink other than Holmes and Rudy.
I definitely agree. I don't think Mike would EVER go to a particularly kinky place in his life if it weren't for Rudy. If I were going to write a very NC-17 story about them (which, probably I won't, though I've been tempted and written some bits in my non-posting folders) I would definitely write rich-inner-life kinky-on-the-inside Rudy, who manages to get Mike to agree to all kinds of crazy stuff just by suggesting once and then watching Mike wind himself up thinking about it. Because Mike is basically putty in Rudy's hands, whilst at the same time totally in control of their love life. Rudy's just really really good at these little whispered comments that make Mike's brain RACE and his eyes go O.O and his blood rush south. He probably wouldn't go there independently, without Rudy thinking it up, and there's probably this weird dynamic where there are some things that he agrees to pretty quickly, and some things that it takes him a while before he's like, OKAY, YES, LET'S GO, and some things where Rudy backs off from properly suggesting whatever it is because Mike's making EW, OMG, NO! faces over his early overtures.