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mustbethetruth) wrote2012-11-24 10:44 pm
mustbethetruth) wrote2012-11-24 10:44 pm
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[Player information]
Player Name: Rachelle
Age: 24/25
E-mail: dulceprosopopeya at gmail
Other characters played at Cape Kore: Bruce Banner/the Hulk
[Character information]
Name: Sherlock Holmes
Canon: ACD canon
Canon Point: Pre-Reichenbach, one year into Holmes and Watson rooming together.
Age: late 30s.
Appearance: Well over six feet tall, Holmes is very lean and angular, though he does possess a good deal of athletic ability. His features are pale and sharp, and he's generally always neat and clean. His eyes are a clear grey, his hair is dark, and his nose is rather prominent. PB is Adrien Brody.
Inventory:
- one very finely tailored suit, complete with pocket watch and top hat
- a silver cigarette case containing very smelly cigarettes
- a magnifying glass
- some Victorian London era money
- one walking stick that conveniently turns into a sword
Abilities: His observational skills are off the charts, and in one glance he can glean a lot of information off someone. He is also an extremely skilled violinist, boxer, swordsman, and singlestick player. His weapon of choice, though, is his hunting crop, and he's fairly skilled with that as well.
History: There is little information about Holmes's childhood, but he does have one brother, Mycroft, who is seven years older than him. Both he and Holmes share the same gift for observation -- with Mycroft perhaps being a shade better than Holmes -- and both lack the patience for socializing. Holmes does, however, manage a bit better than his brother; he went so far as to attend university for a short time before he dropped out to focus on setting up his practice as a consulting detective, due in part to the single friend he made while at school, Victor Trevor.
Holmes needed a roommate to take up some rather agreeable rooms at 221b Baker Street, and a mutual acquaintance introduced him to Watson. Together, they moved in and Holmes's practice took off. He and Watson lived together for a year. During this time, Watson became an indispensable part of Holmes's work, as he finds his presence helpful, often finding inspiration through Watson's attempts to reason through a puzzle. Of course, Watson misses the mark, but through his mistakes, Holmes can see the way to the truth, eliminating the impossible and all that.
It's hard to give a good timeline of Holmes's cases because Sir Arthur Conan Doyle didn't really care about consistency (or, arguably, the stories at all after a certain point), but included in his history is A Study in Scarlet, Sign of the Four, Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, [AND MEMOIRS??]
Personality: Holmes is eccentric, and rather gleefully so. He keeps his personal appearance neat and tidy, but keeps his tobacco in a Moroccan slipper on the mantle, next to his unanswered post, which he affixes there with a knife, just as an example. When on a case, he can go for stretches without eating or sleeping, fueled only by his desire to solve the mystery, and of course digesting or sleeping would take away from that. He can be quite the dramatist -- that is, not only is he a skilled actor and equally skilled in the art of disguise, he takes a great deal of pleasure in putting on a show. He enjoys surprising people with his deductions and with his acting talent, and he's quite playful in general.
Though Watson once describes him as an unfeeling automaton, Watson is pretty much wrong. Holmes is quite capable of empathizing with other people, and often smiles or laughs. Where the 'unfeeling automaton' comes in is that Holmes will disregard peoples' feelings for the purposes of a case; he knows perfectly well what he's doing, and understands the mechanics of emotions and relationships with other people. Sometimes he can be so engrossed in something that he forgets to pay attention to the perhaps illogical social niceties, but that doesn't mean he doesn't understand or can't engage in them otherwise. On the contrary, he's verbally affectionate with Watson and his housekeeper. By the same token, when he's cruel or unkind, it's usually on purpose with the intention of producing a desired effect.
He doesn't have many friends because he isn't necessarily a social person and doesn't seek out friends just to have them; he acquires friends over time through his work, and he's quite pleased when these people in particular show their admiration of his skills. He's kind to his friends (when in the right mood), though his arrogance and impatience can lead him to being, frankly, kind of pissy sometimes.
Really, Sherlock Holmes is a great big queen. The flair for drama, the playfulness, the attitude -- he's got it all, and he even has a keen fashion sense to go with it. He's just a bit of a slob and can get focused on his work -- at least, on his good days.
Holmes experiences periods of high energy followed by periods of low energy, which he calls his 'black moods', and which can leave him moping about his flat, depressed and surly, until they pass. Usually he needs a case to keep himself from falling into such a state; he also self medicates with cocaine or morphine, to stimulate his mind in the meantime.
[Samples]
First Person: With a stranger here.
Third Person: With Watson here, and with a stranger here.
Anything Else?
Player Name: Rachelle
Age: 24/25
E-mail: dulceprosopopeya at gmail
Other characters played at Cape Kore: Bruce Banner/the Hulk
[Character information]
Name: Sherlock Holmes
Canon: ACD canon
Canon Point: Pre-Reichenbach, one year into Holmes and Watson rooming together.
Age: late 30s.
Appearance: Well over six feet tall, Holmes is very lean and angular, though he does possess a good deal of athletic ability. His features are pale and sharp, and he's generally always neat and clean. His eyes are a clear grey, his hair is dark, and his nose is rather prominent. PB is Adrien Brody.
Inventory:
- one very finely tailored suit, complete with pocket watch and top hat
- a silver cigarette case containing very smelly cigarettes
- a magnifying glass
- some Victorian London era money
- one walking stick that conveniently turns into a sword
Abilities: His observational skills are off the charts, and in one glance he can glean a lot of information off someone. He is also an extremely skilled violinist, boxer, swordsman, and singlestick player. His weapon of choice, though, is his hunting crop, and he's fairly skilled with that as well.
History: There is little information about Holmes's childhood, but he does have one brother, Mycroft, who is seven years older than him. Both he and Holmes share the same gift for observation -- with Mycroft perhaps being a shade better than Holmes -- and both lack the patience for socializing. Holmes does, however, manage a bit better than his brother; he went so far as to attend university for a short time before he dropped out to focus on setting up his practice as a consulting detective, due in part to the single friend he made while at school, Victor Trevor.
Holmes needed a roommate to take up some rather agreeable rooms at 221b Baker Street, and a mutual acquaintance introduced him to Watson. Together, they moved in and Holmes's practice took off. He and Watson lived together for a year. During this time, Watson became an indispensable part of Holmes's work, as he finds his presence helpful, often finding inspiration through Watson's attempts to reason through a puzzle. Of course, Watson misses the mark, but through his mistakes, Holmes can see the way to the truth, eliminating the impossible and all that.
It's hard to give a good timeline of Holmes's cases because Sir Arthur Conan Doyle didn't really care about consistency (or, arguably, the stories at all after a certain point), but included in his history is A Study in Scarlet, Sign of the Four, Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, [AND MEMOIRS??]
Personality: Holmes is eccentric, and rather gleefully so. He keeps his personal appearance neat and tidy, but keeps his tobacco in a Moroccan slipper on the mantle, next to his unanswered post, which he affixes there with a knife, just as an example. When on a case, he can go for stretches without eating or sleeping, fueled only by his desire to solve the mystery, and of course digesting or sleeping would take away from that. He can be quite the dramatist -- that is, not only is he a skilled actor and equally skilled in the art of disguise, he takes a great deal of pleasure in putting on a show. He enjoys surprising people with his deductions and with his acting talent, and he's quite playful in general.
Though Watson once describes him as an unfeeling automaton, Watson is pretty much wrong. Holmes is quite capable of empathizing with other people, and often smiles or laughs. Where the 'unfeeling automaton' comes in is that Holmes will disregard peoples' feelings for the purposes of a case; he knows perfectly well what he's doing, and understands the mechanics of emotions and relationships with other people. Sometimes he can be so engrossed in something that he forgets to pay attention to the perhaps illogical social niceties, but that doesn't mean he doesn't understand or can't engage in them otherwise. On the contrary, he's verbally affectionate with Watson and his housekeeper. By the same token, when he's cruel or unkind, it's usually on purpose with the intention of producing a desired effect.
He doesn't have many friends because he isn't necessarily a social person and doesn't seek out friends just to have them; he acquires friends over time through his work, and he's quite pleased when these people in particular show their admiration of his skills. He's kind to his friends (when in the right mood), though his arrogance and impatience can lead him to being, frankly, kind of pissy sometimes.
Really, Sherlock Holmes is a great big queen. The flair for drama, the playfulness, the attitude -- he's got it all, and he even has a keen fashion sense to go with it. He's just a bit of a slob and can get focused on his work -- at least, on his good days.
Holmes experiences periods of high energy followed by periods of low energy, which he calls his 'black moods', and which can leave him moping about his flat, depressed and surly, until they pass. Usually he needs a case to keep himself from falling into such a state; he also self medicates with cocaine or morphine, to stimulate his mind in the meantime.
[Samples]
First Person: With a stranger here.
Third Person: With Watson here, and with a stranger here.
Anything Else?