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Character: Dr. John Watson
Series: Sherlock (2010)
Character Age: Late thirties
Job: Maintainer of the Camp Blog
Canon: Sherlock is what happens when you take Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", subtract Victorians and add mobile phones. Dr. John Watson is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, honorably discharged and returned to London with a taste for danger, a psychosomatic limp, and instructions from his therapist to write a blog. Fortunately for him, in the midst of a downward spiral into ennui, he's given a chance to room with Sherlock Holmes, a self-designated consulting detective and self- diagnosed high-functioning sociopath. What results is a modern take on Doyle's classic tales, in which Sherlock and John both dash about London tracking down homicidal cabbies and Czech assassins - when they're not arguing about their needing milk or Sherlock's tendency to leave body parts lying about the kitchen, that is.
John's a perfect complement to the mercurial Sherlock: he's calm and stalwart, loyal and long -suffering - save when his temper gets the best of him and he snaps at some unsuspecting soul (don't worry, his unerring politeness will kick in immediately after). Unlike many, John finds Sherlock's skills of observation and deduction impressive - and also unlike many, John endures Sherlock's temperamental moods and volatile behaviors. It's what John excels at: fierce calm in the face of danger, fast loyalty, a dark sense of humor, and a stalwart sense of morality... which all comes in handy when one frequently gets oneself into scrapes involving serial murderers and organized crime syndicates.
Sample Post:
19th November
America, Then
Not the most illustrative of titles, but when the only things there are to describe are fields upon fields of corn and a giant grain silo, everything blurs together and you end up typing out "America, Then". Right. I can see why I was hired on for this.
Introductions are in order, I suppose. I've not loads of experience writing, so God knows why Ms Sayre asked me to contribute to the online discourse you've got going here at Camp - that name wasn't a joke? Kids read this, don't they? Or have you got it age-blocked? (I'd like to know that trick. Could you set it to keep meddlesome flatmates from your email? I know you're reading this, Sherlock, and I've changed my password again.) Regardless, I'm Dr John Watson, and I was asked to contribute to and maintain a blog of sorts for this place (honestly, it's a summer camp, right? With that name?). Ms Sayre emailed me with an offer and I'm not one to turn down an extra quid, especially if a holiday to a different country's in the plan - and it looks like you're full up on doctors, so may as well work on being a rounded individual, right?
That all being said then, let's get to it. I was handed a list of recent events to announce and/or summarize, so. December's coming on fast (always blindsides me a bit, with the gaudy music and the lights appearing from out of nowhere) and it seems like a standard tradition around here is mistletoe and all of the assorted frivolities. The entry for mistletoe's asterisked, and the footnote says for everyone to "just go with it", whatever that means. Sounds a bit dodgy, if you ask me. Have you had trouble with people taking advantage of the opportunity in the past? Disconcerting. But right, mistletoe, the upcoming month of December, everyone keep their breath mints on hand.
Speaking of breath mints - no, there's no good transition here, we're all going to have to wish for one together - the next and only other point on this list mentions something about moogles. Wasn’t quite sure what moogles were but I did look it up. The fact that the list says you can “all go back to dying willy-nilly” now that they’re up and running is... well, great choice of words and rather funny, but no, mostly bad. It'd be nice to have a job where death isn't standard - unless this isn't a camp, unless we've got some sort of... role-playing subculture, and that's what you're particularly into. Which is fine, by the way! And will, actually, make for a rather interesting list of topics to recount weekly. Right. I'd just rather not be included - which means that at any moment the emails about how I'd look better with a moustache could stop. Thank you.
Voting post.
Series: Sherlock (2010)
Character Age: Late thirties
Job: Maintainer of the Camp Blog
Canon: Sherlock is what happens when you take Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", subtract Victorians and add mobile phones. Dr. John Watson is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, honorably discharged and returned to London with a taste for danger, a psychosomatic limp, and instructions from his therapist to write a blog. Fortunately for him, in the midst of a downward spiral into ennui, he's given a chance to room with Sherlock Holmes, a self-designated consulting detective and self- diagnosed high-functioning sociopath. What results is a modern take on Doyle's classic tales, in which Sherlock and John both dash about London tracking down homicidal cabbies and Czech assassins - when they're not arguing about their needing milk or Sherlock's tendency to leave body parts lying about the kitchen, that is.
John's a perfect complement to the mercurial Sherlock: he's calm and stalwart, loyal and long -suffering - save when his temper gets the best of him and he snaps at some unsuspecting soul (don't worry, his unerring politeness will kick in immediately after). Unlike many, John finds Sherlock's skills of observation and deduction impressive - and also unlike many, John endures Sherlock's temperamental moods and volatile behaviors. It's what John excels at: fierce calm in the face of danger, fast loyalty, a dark sense of humor, and a stalwart sense of morality... which all comes in handy when one frequently gets oneself into scrapes involving serial murderers and organized crime syndicates.
Sample Post:
19th November
America, Then
Not the most illustrative of titles, but when the only things there are to describe are fields upon fields of corn and a giant grain silo, everything blurs together and you end up typing out "America, Then". Right. I can see why I was hired on for this.
Introductions are in order, I suppose. I've not loads of experience writing, so God knows why Ms Sayre asked me to contribute to the online discourse you've got going here at Camp - that name wasn't a joke? Kids read this, don't they? Or have you got it age-blocked? (I'd like to know that trick. Could you set it to keep meddlesome flatmates from your email? I know you're reading this, Sherlock, and I've changed my password again.) Regardless, I'm Dr John Watson, and I was asked to contribute to and maintain a blog of sorts for this place (honestly, it's a summer camp, right? With that name?). Ms Sayre emailed me with an offer and I'm not one to turn down an extra quid, especially if a holiday to a different country's in the plan - and it looks like you're full up on doctors, so may as well work on being a rounded individual, right?
That all being said then, let's get to it. I was handed a list of recent events to announce and/or summarize, so. December's coming on fast (always blindsides me a bit, with the gaudy music and the lights appearing from out of nowhere) and it seems like a standard tradition around here is mistletoe and all of the assorted frivolities. The entry for mistletoe's asterisked, and the footnote says for everyone to "just go with it", whatever that means. Sounds a bit dodgy, if you ask me. Have you had trouble with people taking advantage of the opportunity in the past? Disconcerting. But right, mistletoe, the upcoming month of December, everyone keep their breath mints on hand.
Speaking of breath mints - no, there's no good transition here, we're all going to have to wish for one together - the next and only other point on this list mentions something about moogles. Wasn’t quite sure what moogles were but I did look it up. The fact that the list says you can “all go back to dying willy-nilly” now that they’re up and running is... well, great choice of words and rather funny, but no, mostly bad. It'd be nice to have a job where death isn't standard - unless this isn't a camp, unless we've got some sort of... role-playing subculture, and that's what you're particularly into. Which is fine, by the way! And will, actually, make for a rather interesting list of topics to recount weekly. Right. I'd just rather not be included - which means that at any moment the emails about how I'd look better with a moustache could stop. Thank you.
Voting post.