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[functionals]

[Character Name] Sherlock Holmes
[Canon] Sherlock
[Point Taken from Canon] Post- The Great Game

[Age] 31
[Gender] Male
[Sexual Orientation] Asexual it seems

[Eye Color] Light blue
[Hair Color] Dark brown
[Height] 6ft
[Other] Skinny and as pale as a ghost.
[Clothing] with the coat and without the coat

[Background]

The series 'Sherlock' is basically a modern rendition of Arthur Conan Doyle's 'Sherlock Holmes' stories. In this series, the various differences are the fact that Sherlock is seen with nicotine patches (since he says that it's becoming impossible for smokers to maintain their habits), and uses technology such as a webpage and texting, along with the various advances that are used nowadays. John Watson has returned from the Afghanistan war after being shot in the shoulder, and like in the original canon, he was an army doctor, and instead of publishing Sherlock's stories as books, he posts them on his blog. It's 3 episodes long.

A Study in Pink
The Blind Banker
The Great Game

[Personality]

Sherlock is....he's not normal. One of the first things that one notices about him is his lack of social skills. No, this man can tell you who you were sleeping with last night and he will not care if the Prime Minister was next to you. If he doesn't like you, he can and he will humiliate you by telling you your darkest secrets and not regret a single thing. Because of that, he is clearly disliked by the other characters, and the closest thing he has for a friend is John. He is arrogant, and doesn't mind showing off his abilities to prove a point. Sherlock is the type that does not like to be proven wrong nor does he like being questioned, and when he always gets angry when he deduces something wrong, even if it is the most minor detail. He either must win the argument or end it in a tie. He considers the others around him to be inferior to him when it comes to intellect and he does take jabs at the other characters, questioning their skills or calling them idiots be it directly or through sarcasm. Though he will take compliments with a smile. He likes to be acknowledged for what he is, even if he already knows it.

He is usually inconsiderate and rude to most people around him, including his only friend John, taking jabs at the fact that they're not as smart as him, it's to the point that when he says that John is an idiot, he tells him to not take it personally, since he considers most people to be that way. It seems that he shows some sociopathic tendencies (and he even considers himself a 'high-functioning sociopath'). He doesn't seem to show any emotion towards the victims, considering them to be very intricate puzzles instead of humans. As long as he can solve the puzzle, not much else matters. He doesn't care about the social norms like what's decent and what's not, and he'll be overjoyed at the news of a complex murder, since it means that he won't be bored. During the third episode, The Great Game, he is challenged to solve very complex mysteries, and even when there were people's lives on the line, he still treated it like a game. And even when one of the kidnapped victims is blown up, he doesn't show much guilt, since he did solve the puzzle. He cares very little about how people think of him, and he doesn't matter if they call him 'freak' or 'psychopath' (though he will correct on the psychopath part.). He's not a stranger to manipulation and disguise, and he is able to cry on the spot or trick people into believing something else, all to get what he wants. While he is not as influential as his brother Mycroft (who according to Sherlock is the British Government) he does have his own network of....spies, which is basically the majority of the homeless in London.

As said before, he doesn't react normally to stimuli like other people. Complex murders will be like Christmas day for him, and he loves the thrill of being in a dangerous situation. Sherlock's emotions are always in the extreme poles, ranging from jumping around in glee to shooting the wall in anger. He needs to keep his brain working, and for that he needs stimuli such as danger and or complex puzzles to solve. This is why he is so picky about the murders that he has to solve, since they have to be things like serial murders, closed room ones, something that makes him think. He constantly needs to be interested in something, or he will become bored. This also may be the reason why he is a bit over dramatic in some things. He considers his own brother as his arch enemy just because he is meddling with him. When John tells him that people don't have arch enemies, Sherlock simply says that that's dull.

Which follows up to his problems when he's bored. As I said, Sherlock needs constant stimuli to keep his mind at work. And the reason for that is because even when he has nothing to do, his brain is racing at a thousand miles per hour, and when he has nothing to solve it causes his mind to tear itself apart. When he's bored he falls into a sort of depression and can do destructive things like shooting his own walls, or in the Arthur Conan Doyle canon, take drugs to relax his mind. Of course in the BBC canon he's clean, but it is known from the pilot that he has had a history with drugs.

Sherlock is not the easiest guy to live with either. He keeps the flat in a constant mess, the kitchen is used more as a lab than as a place to eat, he stores body parts he's gotten from the morgue in the fridge, and basically everything is covered in papers. His mind isn't a very organized place either, but it doesn't matter to him, because he knows where everything is in its mess. And as he says in canon, he plays the violin when he's thinking (and sometimes the noises sound like as if he were murdering the violin, but it helps him concentrate) and there are times when he doesn't talk at all. He's quite childish too, and sometimes when he's annoyed he won't act like the adult he is, and just throw himself on the couch in a fetal position and ignore the other party. He seems to have little care about his health as well. While he does like hygene (I doubt he can go a day without taking a shower), he doesn't seem to pay attention to eating or sleeping. In fact, he can go days without sleeping and or eating during cases, because it slows him down, and he needs his body to keep up with his mind.

As mentioned before, Sherlock is a genius. He's arrogant enough to say that he sees everything and because of that he deduces everything, but it's mostly true. He's the type that focuses on details instead of the wider picture. These details can be the the mud on your shoe that's characteristic to one spot, or the simple and almost invisible marking on your ring finger saying that you were previously married. All of those details help him get a better wider picture, and with his amazing memory he doesn't forget the necessary details. In canon, he says that his whole life revolves around his work to the point that he considers himself to be 'married' to it. But his job even affects his intelligence. Yes, he is smart, and yes he can see mostly everything through people, but he is ignorant about things that everyone could know. In other words, he can recite to you the whole periodic table of elements and their atomic masses, but he won't be able to tell you for the life of him the planets of the solar system. This is explained though, because, like everyone else, he has a limit on how much he can learn. So all he does is push out the unnecessary things (who's prime minister, celebritiy stuff, etc.) so he can have more room for the things he does need to remember.

Now, it may seem that Sherlock is basically a bunch of bad stuff mixed together right? Well, it's because for the most part, he is. His lack of social skills doesn't make him an easy guy to socialize with, but if he does take a liking to someone, they can be assured that they will never be bored. And there is something else about him, and that is the fact that deep down, he really does care about his friend. Even if he is inconsiderate to him, making him return from the other side of London to send a simple text, or keeping heads in the fridge, he does care about John when he's in danger. And even DI Lestrade has said that with a lot of luck and help from Watson, in the future, Sherlock might just turn out to be a good man.

[Specialties/Abilities]

He has the ability to be an ass.

Sherlock doesn't have any magical abilities, but I guess it is worth mentioning his ability to observe even the tiniest of details, and his intelligence. With these two combined, he can tell someone their life story and be right on most accounts (he is wrong sometimes!).

He is also a pretty good fighter even with his body type, knows how to handle a gun, and can run fast enough to chase a cabby on foot through part of London. He also seems to be able to resist a few days without food or sleep.

[Affection] I think that for the sake of this character I'm limiting it to a kiss on the cheek or something. Mostly because Sherlock is not an affectionate guy at all, and he is not interested in anyone sexually. Even with a hug he'll react awkwardly. So yeah.

[Fighting]

Fight: Yeeeess. Sherlock is a good fighter, even with his skinny frame, considering that he fought a man with a sword with no weapon at all and he's not bad at all with a gun. He has a pretty good shot.
Injure: Yes, but if it's serious can you contact me first, please?? Just saying.
Kill: Again, you can but only with my permission.

[Other Permissions] I'm okay with telepathy and it's okay to bring up anything (though he doesn't keep many things hidden except his previous drug use) though I'd prefer not to fourth-wall?? Unless it's absolutely necessary then contact me.

[Other Facts] He plays the violin? So if he does get ahold of one here in Somarium then expect something that sounds like an angry cat in the middle of the night. O o o p s.