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Name: Sherlock Holmes
Canon: Sherlock (BBC)
Canonpoint: S3E3 - On the plane, just after hearing about Moriarty being back
Age: 38
HMD link: Personal HMD
Story Role: Chaotic Good
History: Wiki History
Personality:
Sherlock is a legitimate genius, a self-proclaimed sociopath, a recovering drug addict, and at times a moody child in a 31-year-old man's body. Throughout the series, we see him go from a cold, aloof man who cares little about the consequences of his actions to someone who's willing to sacrifice his life and everything important to him in order to save the single handful of people he cares about.
Sherlock sees the world in a way that most people don't, because he observes the little things that are easily overlooked. For example, he would be able to look at a surgeon's hands and judge the person's profession by the unique callous marks associated with holding a scalpel or he'd look at the crumbs left on the creases of a person's shirt to deduce they'd eaten a bagel for breakfast.
He has an incredible memory that he organizes through a system commonly referred to as the Method of Loci. In Sherlock's case, he refers to this as his 'Mind Palace.' It's a three-dimensional arrangement where he can store memories in an organized way associated with physical locations. Because he uses this method and thinks of memories like possessions or furniture, he attributes physical space to them; thus, he deletes anything he doesn't feel is necessary for his work. In the third episode, 'The Great Game,' Sherlock reads John Watson's blog where the doctor has made public the fact that Sherlock is incredibly intelligent but remains 'spectacularly ignorant about some things' - one of which includes the well-known fact that the Earth revolves around the Sun. Another thing Sherlock has little patience or care for remembering is politics. When John asks about it, Sherlock likens his mind to a computer hard drive with limited space, once again giving physical properties to his memories in a way that a normal person can understand.
Sherlock is proud of his work and his intellectual superiority. He is not at all modest about being more clever than anyone he's around and he often enjoys showing off, though most people don't take kindly to being on the receiving end of Sherlock's deductions. The first time Sherlock explains his methods to John, he gives a very fast and very blunt assessment on several private aspects of John's life. These include his military career, psychological troubles, and rocky relationship with his alcoholic sibling. When he's finished, Sherlock fully expects John to tell him off and he's genuinely surprised that John finds his skills not only tolerable, but also impressive. In fact, Sherlock expresses that people tend to tell him to 'piss off' after an episode like that. This fact is further proved by the interaction between him and Sebastian Wilkes (an acquaintance from university). Wilkes admits to John that Sherlock had a 'trick' he used to do where he would be able to tell someone's life story just by looking at them, and he went on to say everyone hated Sherlock for it. The camera pans in close to Sherlock's face at Wilkes's words to show the detective looking sobered by the confirmation that he had been disliked.
Sherlock is an addict at heart. Whether it's nicotine, something '7% stronger' (cocaine and/or morphine), or a good case, Sherlock seeks more from life. He hates monotony, routine, and down time so much that between cases, he often exhibits occasionally violent outbursts of boredom. At one point, Sherlock is bored enough to vandalize his rental apartment by spray painting a yellow happy face directly onto the wall and shooting it with John's military-issued pistol. Later, when he's once again suffering from boredom, he demands that John give him a pack of cigarettes despite having quit smoking for the second time in the series. He even threatens to use the 'something 7% stronger' during that interaction until a client successfully distracts Sherlock with a promising case.
In the first episode, Sherlock claimed to be a "high-functioning sociopath" in retaliation to being called a psychopath. This is a self-diagnosis that is evidently inaccurate. First of all, a sociopath, by definition, does everything in their power to hide their disorder by faking emotional responses through a set of memorized rules and patterns, yet Sherlock announces the disorder openly. The next contradiction to his self-diagnosis happens in 'The Great Game' where Sherlock expresses his displeasure to Moriarty for the innocent lives lost in his little game. He also willingly offers up top-secret military files in order to save John's life. Later, we see him mourning the 'death' of Irene Adler so much that he composes an elegy in her memory and refuses to speak or eat much until he hears of her survival. In 'The Hounds of Baskerville,' Sherlock has a full emotional breakdown after seeing the impossible 'gigantic hound' on the moor. He explains to John that he's experiencing fear and doubt. He expresses extreme distaste for the feelings and emotions in general by calling them 'the grease on the lens' and 'the fly in the ointment.' He also admits at this point that he's 'always been able to keep [himself] distant. Divorce [himself] from feelings.' This proves that he suppresses emotions - either because he's been hurt before or because he finds them distracting - instead of not feeling at all. The most profound proof that his self-diagnosis is inaccurate comes from 'The Reichenbach Fall' when he chooses to give up his integrity and work in order to save John, Mrs. Hudson, and Lestrade from certain death by a sniper's bullet. This tendency for self-sacrifice continues in His Last Vow when he chooses to take lethal action against Charles Augustus Magnussen in order to protect John and Mary from his deadly blackmail at the expesnive of his freedom.
Sherlock doesn't feel confined by the same social conventions that govern the 'normal people.' He tends to see nothing wrong with being blunt and even his attempts at being 'kind' go poorly. One example of his unsuccessful efforts of kindness comes when Sherlock tells Molly that her brand new boyfriend is gay. What he intends to do with this information is save Molly from pain and heartbreak later on, but what actually happens is that he hurts her sooner. He often overlooks other people's feelings, most likely because he has an almost childish way of not understanding them. Because of this, he doesn't see why people would be angry by a few body parts in the fridge, an explosive experiment in the kitchen, or violin playing at 3'o'clock in the morning when he needs to organize his thoughts.
Sherlock makes it very clear that he detests using evidence and bending it toward a biased conclusion, but he has at least two canon accounts of doing just that. First, in 'A Scandal in Belgravia,' Sherlock deduces (quite cruelly) that Molly Hooper is going to see a lover later that night evidenced by the carefully wrapped gift that has paper mirroring the shade of her red lipstick. She tells him that the gift is actually for him which surprises him. In the next episode, Sherlock comes to the incorrect conclusion that he and Henry were drugged and that's why they saw the gigantic hound. He attributes this to the sugar in Henry's house, using the logic that he and John had consumed all of the same foods and drinks since arriving save for the fact that John does not take sugar in his coffee. He was correct about the drug, but not the way it had been administered.
Sherlock can be incredibly childish at times. On one occasion, he is invited by government officials to meet with a very important client's representative at Buckingham Palace. Because he'd been dressed in only a bed sheet when the officials came to the door and the fact that said officials tried to order him to put on clothes, he refuses and insists on going to the palace in just his sheet. Eventually, it takes Mycroft stepping on the sheet to convince him to put on proper clothes. His childishness isn't limited to directly defying authority, either. In the same set of scenes, John makes the off-hand comment that he's tempted to steal an ashtray. In an effort to joke around and please John, Sherlock does just that and surprises his friend in the cab trip home by giving him the ashtray he'd wanted.
Money seems to be of little value to Sherlock. Either because he has more than enough to take care of himself financially or because he simply feels more interested in other things, he never appears to worry about paying bills or over-indulging in expensive cab fares and take away dinners, even when John expresses concern about his (John's) unemployment. In fact, Sherlock is so unconcerned with money that he does all of his work for Scotland Yard for free. At one point, in 'The Blind Banker,' Sherlock gets a client request to help Sebastian Wilkes out with a case at his bank. Sherlock is in the process of emailing his declination when John interrupts him. In the same scene, John starts to ask Sherlock if he can borrow some money for bills. Sherlock then suddenly decides to take the case with the bank. When offered financial compensation, Sherlock tells Wilkes that he needs no incentive, then leaves the room quickly because he knows John will take the payment (5,000 pounds up front and five-figures when the case is solved) for him. This way, Sherlock could give John the money without the awkwardness surrounding a loan.
Powers & Abilities:
Highly intelligent and observant - He's built his entire life around his ability to see the world differently than normal people/
Retentive memory - Method of Loci / Mind Palace
Increased tolerance to opiods and narcotics - Due to addiction.
Violin - He can play from memory, compose music, and improvise based on his mood.
Judo - He's got a Judo Mastery Certificate hanging in his bedroom.
Knows several languages - British Sign Language, Serbian, German, and others.
Graduate chemist - He knows his way around a chemistry lab.
Fears, Weaknesses:
Short answer: Jim Moriarty.
Fears:
Being alone - Being alone means having only himself for company. It puts him face to face against his inner demons and his addictions.
Looking incompetent - He wants the world to see his genius and when it's questioned, it shakes the foundation he's built his image after.
Causing hurt/death to innocent parties - While he pretends to be detached from emotion, he's strongly affected by it. Innocents being harmed because of his actions cause him extreme guilt and pain.
Losing John Watson, his brother, or his friends - This is the one thing Sherlock would die to prevent happening.
Weaknesses:
Emotion - He's just starting to come to terms with having them after years of bottling them up.
Drug addiction - While he claims he is a user and not an addict, he reaches for drugs when he's in emotionally stressful situations.
Varying degrees of social incompetence - He doesn't usually intend to insult people when he's talking to them, it just sort of happens.
Sentimental attachment - It's a distraction and causes biassed thinking, but he can't divorce himself from it no matter how hard he tries. Whether it's Redbeard, John, or anyone else he cares about.
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☽☾ Character Information
Name: Sherlock Holmes
Canon: Sherlock (BBC)
Canonpoint: S3E3 - On the plane, just after hearing about Moriarty being back
Age: 38
HMD link: Personal HMD
Story Role: Chaotic Good
History: Wiki History
Personality:
Sherlock is a legitimate genius, a self-proclaimed sociopath, a recovering drug addict, and at times a moody child in a 31-year-old man's body. Throughout the series, we see him go from a cold, aloof man who cares little about the consequences of his actions to someone who's willing to sacrifice his life and everything important to him in order to save the single handful of people he cares about.
Sherlock sees the world in a way that most people don't, because he observes the little things that are easily overlooked. For example, he would be able to look at a surgeon's hands and judge the person's profession by the unique callous marks associated with holding a scalpel or he'd look at the crumbs left on the creases of a person's shirt to deduce they'd eaten a bagel for breakfast.
He has an incredible memory that he organizes through a system commonly referred to as the Method of Loci. In Sherlock's case, he refers to this as his 'Mind Palace.' It's a three-dimensional arrangement where he can store memories in an organized way associated with physical locations. Because he uses this method and thinks of memories like possessions or furniture, he attributes physical space to them; thus, he deletes anything he doesn't feel is necessary for his work. In the third episode, 'The Great Game,' Sherlock reads John Watson's blog where the doctor has made public the fact that Sherlock is incredibly intelligent but remains 'spectacularly ignorant about some things' - one of which includes the well-known fact that the Earth revolves around the Sun. Another thing Sherlock has little patience or care for remembering is politics. When John asks about it, Sherlock likens his mind to a computer hard drive with limited space, once again giving physical properties to his memories in a way that a normal person can understand.
Sherlock is proud of his work and his intellectual superiority. He is not at all modest about being more clever than anyone he's around and he often enjoys showing off, though most people don't take kindly to being on the receiving end of Sherlock's deductions. The first time Sherlock explains his methods to John, he gives a very fast and very blunt assessment on several private aspects of John's life. These include his military career, psychological troubles, and rocky relationship with his alcoholic sibling. When he's finished, Sherlock fully expects John to tell him off and he's genuinely surprised that John finds his skills not only tolerable, but also impressive. In fact, Sherlock expresses that people tend to tell him to 'piss off' after an episode like that. This fact is further proved by the interaction between him and Sebastian Wilkes (an acquaintance from university). Wilkes admits to John that Sherlock had a 'trick' he used to do where he would be able to tell someone's life story just by looking at them, and he went on to say everyone hated Sherlock for it. The camera pans in close to Sherlock's face at Wilkes's words to show the detective looking sobered by the confirmation that he had been disliked.
Sherlock is an addict at heart. Whether it's nicotine, something '7% stronger' (cocaine and/or morphine), or a good case, Sherlock seeks more from life. He hates monotony, routine, and down time so much that between cases, he often exhibits occasionally violent outbursts of boredom. At one point, Sherlock is bored enough to vandalize his rental apartment by spray painting a yellow happy face directly onto the wall and shooting it with John's military-issued pistol. Later, when he's once again suffering from boredom, he demands that John give him a pack of cigarettes despite having quit smoking for the second time in the series. He even threatens to use the 'something 7% stronger' during that interaction until a client successfully distracts Sherlock with a promising case.
In the first episode, Sherlock claimed to be a "high-functioning sociopath" in retaliation to being called a psychopath. This is a self-diagnosis that is evidently inaccurate. First of all, a sociopath, by definition, does everything in their power to hide their disorder by faking emotional responses through a set of memorized rules and patterns, yet Sherlock announces the disorder openly. The next contradiction to his self-diagnosis happens in 'The Great Game' where Sherlock expresses his displeasure to Moriarty for the innocent lives lost in his little game. He also willingly offers up top-secret military files in order to save John's life. Later, we see him mourning the 'death' of Irene Adler so much that he composes an elegy in her memory and refuses to speak or eat much until he hears of her survival. In 'The Hounds of Baskerville,' Sherlock has a full emotional breakdown after seeing the impossible 'gigantic hound' on the moor. He explains to John that he's experiencing fear and doubt. He expresses extreme distaste for the feelings and emotions in general by calling them 'the grease on the lens' and 'the fly in the ointment.' He also admits at this point that he's 'always been able to keep [himself] distant. Divorce [himself] from feelings.' This proves that he suppresses emotions - either because he's been hurt before or because he finds them distracting - instead of not feeling at all. The most profound proof that his self-diagnosis is inaccurate comes from 'The Reichenbach Fall' when he chooses to give up his integrity and work in order to save John, Mrs. Hudson, and Lestrade from certain death by a sniper's bullet. This tendency for self-sacrifice continues in His Last Vow when he chooses to take lethal action against Charles Augustus Magnussen in order to protect John and Mary from his deadly blackmail at the expesnive of his freedom.
Sherlock doesn't feel confined by the same social conventions that govern the 'normal people.' He tends to see nothing wrong with being blunt and even his attempts at being 'kind' go poorly. One example of his unsuccessful efforts of kindness comes when Sherlock tells Molly that her brand new boyfriend is gay. What he intends to do with this information is save Molly from pain and heartbreak later on, but what actually happens is that he hurts her sooner. He often overlooks other people's feelings, most likely because he has an almost childish way of not understanding them. Because of this, he doesn't see why people would be angry by a few body parts in the fridge, an explosive experiment in the kitchen, or violin playing at 3'o'clock in the morning when he needs to organize his thoughts.
Sherlock makes it very clear that he detests using evidence and bending it toward a biased conclusion, but he has at least two canon accounts of doing just that. First, in 'A Scandal in Belgravia,' Sherlock deduces (quite cruelly) that Molly Hooper is going to see a lover later that night evidenced by the carefully wrapped gift that has paper mirroring the shade of her red lipstick. She tells him that the gift is actually for him which surprises him. In the next episode, Sherlock comes to the incorrect conclusion that he and Henry were drugged and that's why they saw the gigantic hound. He attributes this to the sugar in Henry's house, using the logic that he and John had consumed all of the same foods and drinks since arriving save for the fact that John does not take sugar in his coffee. He was correct about the drug, but not the way it had been administered.
Sherlock can be incredibly childish at times. On one occasion, he is invited by government officials to meet with a very important client's representative at Buckingham Palace. Because he'd been dressed in only a bed sheet when the officials came to the door and the fact that said officials tried to order him to put on clothes, he refuses and insists on going to the palace in just his sheet. Eventually, it takes Mycroft stepping on the sheet to convince him to put on proper clothes. His childishness isn't limited to directly defying authority, either. In the same set of scenes, John makes the off-hand comment that he's tempted to steal an ashtray. In an effort to joke around and please John, Sherlock does just that and surprises his friend in the cab trip home by giving him the ashtray he'd wanted.
Money seems to be of little value to Sherlock. Either because he has more than enough to take care of himself financially or because he simply feels more interested in other things, he never appears to worry about paying bills or over-indulging in expensive cab fares and take away dinners, even when John expresses concern about his (John's) unemployment. In fact, Sherlock is so unconcerned with money that he does all of his work for Scotland Yard for free. At one point, in 'The Blind Banker,' Sherlock gets a client request to help Sebastian Wilkes out with a case at his bank. Sherlock is in the process of emailing his declination when John interrupts him. In the same scene, John starts to ask Sherlock if he can borrow some money for bills. Sherlock then suddenly decides to take the case with the bank. When offered financial compensation, Sherlock tells Wilkes that he needs no incentive, then leaves the room quickly because he knows John will take the payment (5,000 pounds up front and five-figures when the case is solved) for him. This way, Sherlock could give John the money without the awkwardness surrounding a loan.
Powers & Abilities:
Highly intelligent and observant - He's built his entire life around his ability to see the world differently than normal people/
Retentive memory - Method of Loci / Mind Palace
Increased tolerance to opiods and narcotics - Due to addiction.
Violin - He can play from memory, compose music, and improvise based on his mood.
Judo - He's got a Judo Mastery Certificate hanging in his bedroom.
Knows several languages - British Sign Language, Serbian, German, and others.
Graduate chemist - He knows his way around a chemistry lab.
Fears, Weaknesses:
Short answer: Jim Moriarty.
Fears:
Being alone - Being alone means having only himself for company. It puts him face to face against his inner demons and his addictions.
Looking incompetent - He wants the world to see his genius and when it's questioned, it shakes the foundation he's built his image after.
Causing hurt/death to innocent parties - While he pretends to be detached from emotion, he's strongly affected by it. Innocents being harmed because of his actions cause him extreme guilt and pain.
Losing John Watson, his brother, or his friends - This is the one thing Sherlock would die to prevent happening.
Weaknesses:
Emotion - He's just starting to come to terms with having them after years of bottling them up.
Drug addiction - While he claims he is a user and not an addict, he reaches for drugs when he's in emotionally stressful situations.
Varying degrees of social incompetence - He doesn't usually intend to insult people when he's talking to them, it just sort of happens.
Sentimental attachment - It's a distraction and causes biassed thinking, but he can't divorce himself from it no matter how hard he tries. Whether it's Redbeard, John, or anyone else he cares about.
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1. 「Backtagging?」 I'm always up for finishing old tags.
2. 「Threadhopping?」 Sure, just ask first. :3
3. 「Comments in Subject line?」 I love it.
4. 「Is there anything you do no want mentioned around this character? || Fourth Wall Breakage?」 Go ahead and mention anything.
5. 「Offensive subjects?」 I don't have any triggers.
in character;
1. 「Hugging this character」 Why not? He probably won't hug back, though.
2. 「Kissing this character」 Same as above^
3. 「Flirting with this character」 Sure.
4. 「Fighting with this character?」 Sure.
5. 「Punching this character (provided they can fight back)?」 Always.
6. 「Injuring/killing/etc. this character?」 You can injure him all you want with or without permission, but if it involves killing, we should probably discuss it first.
7.「Using telepathy/mind reading abilities on this character?」 Sure.
8. 「Triggers?」 He's inconsistently sensitive about people's opinion of him. (ex: his website being unpopular)
9. 「Medical info?」 History of cocaine and heroin use. ; He uses nicotine patches and occasionally smokes cigarettes. ; Extensive liver/lung damage from gunshot wound.
10. 「Using magic on this character?」 Sure. It will confuse the crap out of him at first.
opt in/out of deductions;
Sherlock is able to deduce many things by looking at a person. This includes profession, hobbies, meal consumptions, whether or not they're lying, and several other things that could get into infomodding territory.
1. If you would like Sherlock to deduce something particular (whether he'll be right or wrong in the deduction), please respond to this post and tell me what you'd like him to deduce.
2. If you would like him to see your character as a complete blank, please let me know that as well.
Without express permission for or against deductions, I will limit his deductive abilities to general things. (Example: He'll notice callouses on the hands and assume the character works with their hands in some fashion. Or he'll see a character that appears student age and assume they're a student.)
2. 「Threadhopping?」 Sure, just ask first. :3
3. 「Comments in Subject line?」 I love it.
4. 「Is there anything you do no want mentioned around this character? || Fourth Wall Breakage?」 Go ahead and mention anything.
5. 「Offensive subjects?」 I don't have any triggers.
in character;
1. 「Hugging this character」 Why not? He probably won't hug back, though.
2. 「Kissing this character」 Same as above^
3. 「Flirting with this character」 Sure.
4. 「Fighting with this character?」 Sure.
5. 「Punching this character (provided they can fight back)?」 Always.
6. 「Injuring/killing/etc. this character?」 You can injure him all you want with or without permission, but if it involves killing, we should probably discuss it first.
7.「Using telepathy/mind reading abilities on this character?」 Sure.
8. 「Triggers?」 He's inconsistently sensitive about people's opinion of him. (ex: his website being unpopular)
9. 「Medical info?」 History of cocaine and heroin use. ; He uses nicotine patches and occasionally smokes cigarettes. ; Extensive liver/lung damage from gunshot wound.
10. 「Using magic on this character?」 Sure. It will confuse the crap out of him at first.
opt in/out of deductions;
Sherlock is able to deduce many things by looking at a person. This includes profession, hobbies, meal consumptions, whether or not they're lying, and several other things that could get into infomodding territory.
1. If you would like Sherlock to deduce something particular (whether he'll be right or wrong in the deduction), please respond to this post and tell me what you'd like him to deduce.
2. If you would like him to see your character as a complete blank, please let me know that as well.
Without express permission for or against deductions, I will limit his deductive abilities to general things. (Example: He'll notice callouses on the hands and assume the character works with their hands in some fashion. Or he'll see a character that appears student age and assume they're a student.)