somarium app

Jul 30, 2011 02:50

[Player name] Vicky
[Age] 16
[Personal Journal] iciclefall
[Other characters currently played] N/A

[Character name] Sherlock Holmes
[Age] 31
[Canon] Sherlock
[Point in time taken from canon] Post 'The Great Game'

[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.

[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.

[Other important stuff]
    N/A

[Sample post]
[First Person]
    - What do you think of your home world?
    A place filled with idiots that can't think, for the most part, though there is sometimes something exciting to keep me from being bored.

    - If you could go back home, would you? Why or why not?
    I would. There is something I need to finish.

    - If someone provoked or attacked you, what would you do?
    I'm not an easy man to provoke physically, but if I were attack, then I'd attack as well of course.

    - You're asked to take someone out for a date. Do you agree? If so, describe what you would do. If not, tell why.
    I wouldn't do such a thing, because I consider myself married to my work and I'm not looking for a relationship. It isn't my area.

    - Do you prefer adventure or the peaceful life?
    Adventure! Like I said before I need adventure to keep me from being bored. If all I do is watch the clouds my brain will rot.

    - Murder. What is your opinion?
    If it's done right then to me it will be a good puzzle to solve. The more impossible, the better. Still it wouldn't be something I would do, despite the accusations.

[Third Person]
    (1st prompt)
    To a normal person, chasing a murderer on a cold and rainy day on the bleak streets of London was never a good idea. To Sherlock however, it was something to look forward to. The feeling of the adrenaline pumping through his veins as he chased after the dark clothed man. Quite a spectacular case, no one had even thought that he would be the culprit. 'But when do they think?' Sherlock thought as he turned around a corner.

    But there was no one. Not one soul could be seen out on the street, and especially not the man he was searching for. It was to be expected though, considering that the man had a considerable advantage. In frustration, Sherlock kicked the pavement, before realizing that, no, he couldn't let his emotions take over. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, before opening them once more, sharp and ready to observe. "Three possible places." Sherlock started, talking to himself. "The hotel over there is too nice, this is a person who's been in the rain, muddy clothes, he wouldn't want to bring attention to himself, no, he'd chose a place that wouldn't bring him any attention."

    He then turns his head towards the shack that was almost next to him. He studied it carefully, and pondered about it for a moment before, "No." He simply said. "While I was running the murderer had an advantage of about 6 to 8 meters, the sound of the footsteps would have stopped long before I arrived at the corner. While it is a likely place, this can't be where he is hidden." Turning his head to the other house down the street, a triumphant smile grew across his face. Quietly approaching the house, he observed the outside of it. Quiet, another good place to not attract attention, abandoned for possibly....10 years, with constant visits from gangs and any other sort of people. Red paint was on the windows, and from what Sherlock observed it was recent. Reaching to his phone, he started to send a text to Lestrade.

    He's five blocks away from the crime scene. Come pick him up and arrest him. It's what you do best.

    SH.


[Why do you want to play this character in Somarium?] There's just something about Sherlock that I'd like to play out here, mostly because this is a place that he's not used to, and I'd like to play him out in a setting where he doesn't know everything about everything and everyone.
[Which rule was your favorite and why?] I'm tied between the no god-modding and the no metagaming, mostly because it's the rules that apply to Sherlock the most!
[Where did you hear about Somarium?] Plurk!
[Any questions?] nope!
Next post
Up
[]