Cannot Understand Holmes/Watson slash...Holmes lived too much in his head for him to really be attracted to or even like anyone...unless, of course, they were as intelligent or more intelligent than him. And he had the quaint and sometimes erroneous assumption that women were, shall we say, not exactly the most intelligent of creatures. With the exception of "that woman"

And yet, if they are as intelligent or more than he is he obsesses over them. Some authors have taken this in different directions. Some of them decently written. Carole Nelson Douglas has a series of Irene Adler stories. Fred Saberhagen in one of his Dracula/vampire stories (which are an interesting take on the whole vampire mythos, btw) has Holmes in it. I'd read it for the way that he describes both Dracula and Holmes...which was kinda cool.

Err...ok, I geeked out for a moment there.

Yep, bananas attract mosquitoes. I think it has something to do with the potassium. And yet, if you eat citrus it helps keep them away.