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consulting) wrote2012-05-20 06:01 pm
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☞ Player Information; Name: Julya Player Journal: mezzanotteAge: 19 Contact: ( AIM ) | outdreamt ( PLURK ) | tealeaves ( E-MAIL ) | anotherchorus @ gmail.com Other characters currently played at Ryan's Gulch: Eames ( forging ) from Inception.☞ Character Information; Character Name: Sherlock Holmes Canon: Sherlock ( BBC ) OU or AU?: OU Canon point: Post-Baskerville Setting: Show information & Sherlock Holmes History: → A STUDY IN PINK When we are first introduced to Sherlock Holmes he is flogging a corpse with a riding crop. Sherlock is a character who's past isn't quite expounded on in both the original Arthur Conan Doyle books and within the confines of the BBC serial. We get a lot of what we know about Sherlock through second-hand recollections and it's pretty much clear that Sherlock despite his ego doesn't enjoy touching on his past. So to expound on the facts we do know: First, he has an extremely strained relationship with his older brother Mycroft and one of them had apparently 'upset mummy' so perhaps the familial strain extends beyond the brothers. When the strain in their relationship occurred is pretty hard to tell because you have both brothers who snipe at childhood recollections ('This time I'll be mummy' - 'And there is a whole childhood in a nutshell' followed by a jab at Sherlock's desire to be a pirate) so it couldn't have been that terrible. Just a mutual feud between two very dramatic siblings. A really paramount portion of Sherlock's background is his cocaine use. The series heavily implies that Sherlock is a recovering cocaine addict (and a heavy user at that, considering it's enough to warrant 'danger days'). Though he's remained somewhat 'clean' since a Study in Pink, there is no actual information regarding how long or how badly Sherlock was using. Another really spectacular insight on Sherlock's history is this brief conversation in the 'Blind Banker' between a former classmate at Uni named Sebastian Wilkes. Wilkes comments to John Watson that Sherlock was hated in University because he would deduce personal information from his schoolmates (and I guess be an absolute git about it). What's really interesting is that prior to this, Sherlock introduces John to Sebastian as his friend and the scene is often interpreted as a 'fuck you, Sebastian. I have friends now' - although John corrects Sherlock by going: 'colleague'. Sherlock is pretty much above a lot of social norms. He just has one person he considers a friend, which is John. He hasn't had any previous romantic attachments and beneath all the lines of absolute genius - he's actually quite socially awkward. Personality: Sherlock Holmes on the surface has a number of distinguishable characteristics. He is crude, erratic, and cold with curiosity that always gets the better of him. He is as equally eccentric as he is brilliant. The first thing to note when breaching the topic of Sherlock Holmes’ personality is the way he views the world. The world is a giant map giant map of connect-the-dots played with formulae instead of proper numbers and he doesn’t understand why people can’t just see the bloody dots or bother to do the math. His methods are simple: he does more than see; he observes. Upon inquiry he will tell you exactly how many steps the set of stairs leading up to his flat are and a he can figure out a man’s habits by his thumb. He thrives off the details and considers them the most important aspect to any situation. He has a number of set rules and axioms that play pivotal roles in his train of thought. They serve as the skeleton for deduction and in deduction does his brilliance shine. His thinking pattern is illustrated quite simply. First he observes, and then he lists down the facts he can gather from those observations and then he eliminates the impossible; whatever is left no matter how improbable must be truth. Sherlock thinks of himself as a disembodied brain. An automation that needs to be constantly at work; without it he stagnates. He needs to be continuously stimulated and if he gets bored he falls under one of his moods where he doesn’t speak for days and becomes reclusive, keeping himself to his experiments. Holmes and his need for mental stimulation is an almost destructive relationship. It’s within his capacities to turn to vices like cocaine and fall to a pattern of odd behaviors. A lack of cases caused him to fire a gun repeatedly at his wallpaper, harpoon a pig and rework the rules of cluedo. Without a case, Sherlock verges on manic. Sherlock also shifts between days of absolute energy and extreme lethargy. In addendum to his thought process, one thing to note about Sherlock is that he considers his brain to be a hard drive. Now, Sherlock believes people clutter up their hard drives with all this ‘useless’ information that prove nothing useful to the situation. He doesn’t concern himself with trivia and the way his information is arranged falls into weird places. For one, he’s completely chucked out the window the Copernican Theorem and was pleasantly surprised when John Watson informed him that the earth revolved around the sun. There are spots in his knowledge he’s brushed off and disregarded entirely. Sherlock knows he’s brilliant. He made his start in this path during his childhood. He worked on something known as the 'Carl Powers' case, which was essentially a case involving a drowned swimmer. He realized then that no one would take him seriously; and a lot of his claims to the mystery (although he was on the right track) were dismissed. He didn't solve the case until he was much older; as a detective - this is where he began. This case, being his first foray into investigations also defined his relationship with the police. This animosity also carries on both sides; where even the police aren't too fond of him but begrudgingly work with him anyway. One of the few people who do appreciate his brilliance, is Detective Inspector Lestrade who has known Sherlock presumably the longest in the cast (save for his brother) and is comfortable enough to give John the most spot-on description of Sherlock’s character: “Sherlock Holmes is a great man - and I think one day - if we’re very, very lucky, he might even be a good one.”. There's quite a bit of give and take in the relationship. DI Lestrade trusts Sherlock, enough to bend the rules a bit so Sherlock can assist him. He's also more willing to deal with Sherlock's childish antics then the rest of the world. Sherlock is very fond of doing things like 'pickpocketing' the Detective Inspector and kind of 'trolling' him on national television by sending group texts to a room full of strangers. Lestrade remains a primary source of his casework. This along with his own and John’s website are what really earns him cases. Sherlock doesn’t have a lot of friends; reasonably so. During his time at Uni, he was often called a ‘freak’ for his flaunting his skills. Not quite being grossly unpopular, but renowned enough that people avoided him. A ‘friend’ in university stated he had gathered a bit of reputation for both his crassness and his genius. He’s also solved a number of cases during his stay at uni. It is also implied in a Study in Scarlet that Sherlock took Chemistry as a degree but had a broad variety of interests apart from that. It is also heavily implied that Sherlock's university was quite a prestigious one (most likely Cambridge or Oxford), but there are no specifics on whether or not he actually graduated. He’s not the most sociable person and often self-diagnoses himself as a, ‘high-functioning sociopath’. He likes chiseling in the fact that people have little or no meaning to him whatsoever. It’s not that Sherlock particularly dislikes them; he just honestly believes that he is above them. Partly due to the fact; that in his eyes they remain ‘predictable’ and dull. Although, this may not at all be true. A short explanation as an easier way to hide the fact his priority will forever be the mystery. Logically, it would seem kinder. When it comes to taking work, he’ll take nothing short of ‘fascinating’; it’s not beyond him to disregard the welfare of others for an edge. Sherlock and tact pretty much don’t belong in the same sentence unless the words: ‘has no’ is wedged in the middle. Sherlock is brilliant, he knows he’s brilliant and he hates the fact that people don’t think at the same pace as he does. It’s easy for him to belittle because he’s more or less always right. He is in no possession of sympathy either, telling children their parents don’t go to heaven and are burned by a machine and just genuinely tossing in a snide remark whenever he can. He constantly comes across as arrogant and doesn’t mind it when people have this opinion of him. There is little he reveals about his family life and he seldom talks about it. Parents or close relatives draw a wonderful blank. He has an older brother, Mycroft, who he is constantly at ends with. Mycroft is extremely protective of his younger brother to the point of bribing his flatmate to look after him. They also share a bit of a rivalry that bends as far as letting Mycroft call himself Sherlock’s arch nemesis. Whatever exactly went on between them in the past does remain a mystery; with the only fact that we're entirely certain of is that one of them upset mummy. Sherlock does however regard Mycroft as having the superior mind between them. Sherlock sees the potential that Mycroft could have been had he not succumbed to laziness. Their relationship also not without its faults on both ends and as the series progresses it becomes tremendously rockier. Sherlock at one-point screws things up pretty badly for Mycroft and his actions to amend what he did is for his sake more than it is for Mycroft. That said, Mycroft’s course of actions do lead him to jumping off a building. Sherlock also has a background in taking cocaine to stave of boredom. But, 'has been clean for months' from the start of the series. Which should allude to his stopping to be pretty recent. Sherlock's portrayed to be a bit of junkie or at least have a history of using; and is once in a while described in the books to have a bit of 'vacant' look to him. It's a vice; he hasn't quite quit but has somewhat, managed. Sherlock also sustained a bit of a smoking habit but like the drugs has stopped that in favor of Nicotine patches. With the way the series is modernized, a three-pipe problem is now a three-patch problem. By Baskerville, he is quitting the vice in its entirety and inflicting himself on everyone. That said, Sherlock does have ‘danger days’ where he’s prone to receding back to his old habits. This implies he was a pretty big user considering both Mycroft and John agree to watch over him during those days. Sherlock is also not as wealthy as eluded in the books. In the books; he runs a fixed fee for his work. Taking clients as prestigious as even the King of Bohemia. While in the TV Serial he mostly does a lot of free work and goes as far as rejecting a cheque even when it's handed to him. Which is probably how and why he ends up getting introduced to John Watson when he's in need of a flat mate. Apart from issues of finance it’s also reasonably difficult for Sherlock to seek a flat mate due to the simple reason that he’s pretty much intolerable unless your John Watson. Sherlock's relationship with John over the span of everything is pretty interesting. Sherlock is insufferable and John endures. They complete each other in wonderful ways. Within the first times they meet - John realizes that Sherlock brings back a 'spark' to his life. While on the other hand, Sherlock - who is cocky and alienating - Sherlock, realizes that he cannot carry on without someone to fall back on. There is the depth of loyalty earned within the first 42 hours of friendship when John goes as far as killing someone to save Sherlock's life. And in the Adventure of the Three Garridebs, it is clear that Sherlock would do the same when he loses his composure entirely when Watson get's shot; going as far as to tell the criminal that if Watson had died then the criminal would have not left the room alive. He cares and greatly so. John is his greatest asset and he plays the conductor of light to Sherlock’s brilliance. Abilities:
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