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Character name: Sherlock Holmes
Series: Elementary
Character history: We canonically know very little of Sherlock’s history, currently. He was clearly born in England, likely London. I would place his age within late 30’s -- perhaps 37. It has been said by Sherlock himself that he attended a boarding school. We hear of Sherlock’s father but we do not receive a name, face, and we never hear of his mother. It is, however, extremely clear that even as a child Sherlock’s father was extremely neglectful. There is a lot of sour emotions in the topic.
Due to Holmes’ high level of intelligence and knowledge it would be easy to assume he attended post-secondary. I, however, do not believe this is true. With the rough estimate of his age and the experience we see he has accumulated I would say he stopped at High-school if he even went that far. It is completely plausible he dropped out of school in order to service his own curiosities and desires. I would say, rather, that Sherlock began obsessing over the human psychology and why people do what they do at a young age. Likely he became involved with Scotland Yard through his own initiative, eventually gaining their trust through pure skill.
When Gregson, the Captain who Sherlock often works under and with now in the NYPD, was questioned by Joan Watson as to how they met he stated that it was at Scotland Yard where Gregson said Sherlock worked majorly on homicides. When or how drugs began to come into his life is unknown. However, it is fairly likely he experimented when he was young for the sake of experimenting and slowly became addicted. Functional, but still addicted.
It is later discovered when Watson goes to meet (a fake) Holmes’ father that there was an important person in Sherlock’s life back in London by the name of Irene. What her part was is still unknown but we later find that she and Holmes were close, potentially a love interest, and she is “dead”. Whether Holmes thinks she is dead, knows she is dead, or means dead metaphorically is not yet known. He says, “I did not take her passing well” which is a possible cause for his downward spiral with Heroin. This is backed up in another episode where a murder was staged to look like a Heroin overdose. Watson says that Heroin is one of the drugs that landed Sherlock in rehab. Holmes later explains that a Heroin addict craves oblivion. It is heavily implied that he speaks from experience. It is also exposed in an interview that Irene is the reason for his departure from London. This string of events is a mystery and a crucial part of who he is now.
At the point of Sherlock’s unraveling it is suggested that he did not voluntarily enter rehab. Nevertheless, between rehab and his escape (he escapes hours before he is released) he finds himself in contact with Gregson in order to return to the one thing that keeps him (thinly) sane: work.
We enter the pilot with Holmes sending home a prostitute, more specifically: a dominatrix. The real psychological reasoning behind his submissive nature in the bedroom is unknown however we do not see mention of it again in later episodes. He claims it is to stimulate his body and mind which may or may not be true (likely partially true) but due to that there is no sign whatsoever of further happenings it is likely yet another way to bring about a sort of 'high'. Like the tattoos, like the drugs, like work. Now he has work, he has his fix.
Joan Watson, a former surgeon, is hired by Sherlock’s father to be his Sober companion for the next six weeks and in so will be living with him. Their relationship unsurprisingly starts out shaky when Holmes dissects her in various ways within the course of the night while they both pursue his first crime scene after leaving rehab. We follow Holmes and Watson as they slowly learn of each other while solving the unsolvable.
Character personality: Sherlock is an extremely complex person. His first and foremost trait, what makes him who he is above all else, is his brilliance. The nonstop activity of his mind which then brings to light his strengths, his weaknesses, his admirable traits and his irredeemable ones. He does not work for money; he works for the puzzle. His mind needs stimulation and craves excitement. There are deep hidden chambers of both personality and mind that we have not yet seen; pieces of his history that have so clearly impacted who he is today that we do not yet know about.
He does not let people in easily and the more you desire to get close, the more he clams up. He's afraid of being vulnerable and goes through great lengths to harden a heart that is not nearly as cold as he claims nor wishes it were. Nevertheless, he cares a great deal about what he does. He is so guarded for exactly this fact. A (potentially not so hidden) truth is that he is lonely. His passion for telling the story of peoples lives; his love for the psychology of the world’s maddest men and women; his keenness for mental excellence makes the world outside of work a bland place. Sherlock cannot stop seeing the puzzle in everything. He tried, once (or more). It landed him in needles.
He has a habit of being extremely offstandish to people upon first meeting them. He tests them in various methods if he even speaks to them in the first place and comes off as quirky and rude. His lack if social ability is glaringly obvious. Holmes is often unpredictable, changeable, and volatile. To say that Sherlock might also be a little obsessive is an understatement. Whether or not the case has been solved by police standards, Holmes needs to know that all the pieces of the puzzle are in place. The end result is important, yes, but the puzzle MUST be completed.
Sherlock also exhibits classic signs of Aspergers syndrome. He has a variety of physical tics and oddities in his gait that suggest it among his various other traits and quirks. In everyday life he is wretched with relationships; terrible at making them, horrible at keeping them. He doesn't show a desire to know people for the sake of company. Instead, he hungers for company that is equal in mental capability. He does not understand the human need for constant attention. This is not to say that Holmes cannot attach for that is far from the truth. What is true is that if Holmes ever attaches, he'll attach very quickly. It's extremely black or white. His emotional maturity has been crippled in contrast to his mental and intellectual maturity that has excelled beyond genius. When Holmes is confronted with something emotional he clams up if he cannot escape it.
An addictive personality barely begins to explain another major quirk of his. It is likely the cause for his tattoos, his drug habit (among other things), his twitchy behavior as the time with Watson comes to an end. He has attachment problems, addiction problems, mild dependency problems. He's fairly broken. Not only is he obsessive but he becomes so attached to things, not just people of interest but objects of interest, he cannot let go of them. It hurts, it's a need. As well as a need to solve the puzzle; a need to do the right thing according to his moral code is also very prominent in what drives him to do the (sometimes reckless) things he does. However furthermore, knowing how it is to be ostracized for lacking social skills growing up there is a deeper reason to his strong sense of justice. It is proving to himself he is above turning coin as it would be very easy for Sherlock Holmes to become a criminal himself.
The way in which his mind functions is very similar to an existing psychological profile known as an INTJ. Sherlock’s primary mode of absorbing information is through observation. Once he has observed he analyzes and deduces and then deals with it in the most logical manner appropriate. This process is, however, is not perfect nor constant. As he is a human there are a variety of factors that come into play when dealing with things. When in need to process thoughts he will often talk through what is going on in his mind outwardly to animate and inanimate objects. It helps him relate a to b so to speak and while sometimes it does not make sense to the listener, it is a great help to Sherlock’s process. It greatly frustrates him when he is wrong; he takes personal offence when he has deduced incorrectly or has missed details.
This is just a sampling of who Sherlock is and I am certain we will see more of himself as time progresses.
Log Sample
Strange enough, considering his history, waking up in a hospital was not part of Sherlock’s usual regiment. He consumed the information given to him as eyes scanned the hospital room picking apart every last detail in attempt to search his memory for where he might have ended up and how he came to be here.
“If you please, what hospital is this?” You wouldn't believe the look on his face when he heard the name New Moore. “New Moore drowned two years ago. Now, I would very much appreciate knowing where I am. See, I have arrangements.”
Yet they assured him he would slowly come to understand as they explained. He listened, of course while pating his own self down and seeking answers from about the room. However, one thing caught his attention: he was told that prior to this moment he was fictional. Everything after became ludicrous and attempting to further question them was useless. Like animated persons, almost, they said their piece. Irritated.
The welcoming meeting ended abruptly enough, especially when he was told to not punch the monitors. What a better way to prove or disprove he was dreaming then do just that? Conclusion: he was conscious and this was real. Leaving the hospital with phone in hand and a bandage wrapped over his right, he went to exploring.Scrunch his face and eyes narrowing, he thoroughly goes through the various compartments of this new phone to test what will and will not work and gather all lodged data within as he looks about the immediate area. Assuming he believes what he was told; the mechanics of the entire matter highly interest him. How?
His eyes dart from the phone to the atmosphere of his immediate surroundings; the language upon the buildings; the general population and their ethnicity (if visually determinable); any accents he hears in passing; the technology he can view as his feet walk forward and he plugs in the coordinates of the housing he was given.
Network Sample
[ A text message comes across people’s screens: ]
AiZdd0MY+f6y82dJ/gOR2VGTT/5f3NQH2e15tn84omI=
[ After half a minute, another ]
Can’t think coffee into hand. Claimed cause of arrival: bullocks.
(The password is three)
Name: Meek
Email: andwiththeworms@gmail.com
AIM: Bonepistol
DW username: Bonepistol
Munhead or previous character journals (optional): N/A
Timezone: Eastern Time (EST)
-THEM-
Character name: Sherlock Holmes
Series: Elementary
Character history: We canonically know very little of Sherlock’s history, currently. He was clearly born in England, likely London. I would place his age within late 30’s -- perhaps 37. It has been said by Sherlock himself that he attended a boarding school. We hear of Sherlock’s father but we do not receive a name, face, and we never hear of his mother. It is, however, extremely clear that even as a child Sherlock’s father was extremely neglectful. There is a lot of sour emotions in the topic.
Due to Holmes’ high level of intelligence and knowledge it would be easy to assume he attended post-secondary. I, however, do not believe this is true. With the rough estimate of his age and the experience we see he has accumulated I would say he stopped at High-school if he even went that far. It is completely plausible he dropped out of school in order to service his own curiosities and desires. I would say, rather, that Sherlock began obsessing over the human psychology and why people do what they do at a young age. Likely he became involved with Scotland Yard through his own initiative, eventually gaining their trust through pure skill.
When Gregson, the Captain who Sherlock often works under and with now in the NYPD, was questioned by Joan Watson as to how they met he stated that it was at Scotland Yard where Gregson said Sherlock worked majorly on homicides. When or how drugs began to come into his life is unknown. However, it is fairly likely he experimented when he was young for the sake of experimenting and slowly became addicted. Functional, but still addicted.
It is later discovered when Watson goes to meet (a fake) Holmes’ father that there was an important person in Sherlock’s life back in London by the name of Irene. What her part was is still unknown but we later find that she and Holmes were close, potentially a love interest, and she is “dead”. Whether Holmes thinks she is dead, knows she is dead, or means dead metaphorically is not yet known. He says, “I did not take her passing well” which is a possible cause for his downward spiral with Heroin. This is backed up in another episode where a murder was staged to look like a Heroin overdose. Watson says that Heroin is one of the drugs that landed Sherlock in rehab. Holmes later explains that a Heroin addict craves oblivion. It is heavily implied that he speaks from experience. It is also exposed in an interview that Irene is the reason for his departure from London. This string of events is a mystery and a crucial part of who he is now.
At the point of Sherlock’s unraveling it is suggested that he did not voluntarily enter rehab. Nevertheless, between rehab and his escape (he escapes hours before he is released) he finds himself in contact with Gregson in order to return to the one thing that keeps him (thinly) sane: work.
We enter the pilot with Holmes sending home a prostitute, more specifically: a dominatrix. The real psychological reasoning behind his submissive nature in the bedroom is unknown however we do not see mention of it again in later episodes. He claims it is to stimulate his body and mind which may or may not be true (likely partially true) but due to that there is no sign whatsoever of further happenings it is likely yet another way to bring about a sort of 'high'. Like the tattoos, like the drugs, like work. Now he has work, he has his fix.
Joan Watson, a former surgeon, is hired by Sherlock’s father to be his Sober companion for the next six weeks and in so will be living with him. Their relationship unsurprisingly starts out shaky when Holmes dissects her in various ways within the course of the night while they both pursue his first crime scene after leaving rehab. We follow Holmes and Watson as they slowly learn of each other while solving the unsolvable.
Character personality: Sherlock is an extremely complex person. His first and foremost trait, what makes him who he is above all else, is his brilliance. The nonstop activity of his mind which then brings to light his strengths, his weaknesses, his admirable traits and his irredeemable ones. He does not work for money; he works for the puzzle. His mind needs stimulation and craves excitement. There are deep hidden chambers of both personality and mind that we have not yet seen; pieces of his history that have so clearly impacted who he is today that we do not yet know about.
He does not let people in easily and the more you desire to get close, the more he clams up. He's afraid of being vulnerable and goes through great lengths to harden a heart that is not nearly as cold as he claims nor wishes it were. Nevertheless, he cares a great deal about what he does. He is so guarded for exactly this fact. A (potentially not so hidden) truth is that he is lonely. His passion for telling the story of peoples lives; his love for the psychology of the world’s maddest men and women; his keenness for mental excellence makes the world outside of work a bland place. Sherlock cannot stop seeing the puzzle in everything. He tried, once (or more). It landed him in needles.
He has a habit of being extremely offstandish to people upon first meeting them. He tests them in various methods if he even speaks to them in the first place and comes off as quirky and rude. His lack if social ability is glaringly obvious. Holmes is often unpredictable, changeable, and volatile. To say that Sherlock might also be a little obsessive is an understatement. Whether or not the case has been solved by police standards, Holmes needs to know that all the pieces of the puzzle are in place. The end result is important, yes, but the puzzle MUST be completed.
Sherlock also exhibits classic signs of Aspergers syndrome. He has a variety of physical tics and oddities in his gait that suggest it among his various other traits and quirks. In everyday life he is wretched with relationships; terrible at making them, horrible at keeping them. He doesn't show a desire to know people for the sake of company. Instead, he hungers for company that is equal in mental capability. He does not understand the human need for constant attention. This is not to say that Holmes cannot attach for that is far from the truth. What is true is that if Holmes ever attaches, he'll attach very quickly. It's extremely black or white. His emotional maturity has been crippled in contrast to his mental and intellectual maturity that has excelled beyond genius. When Holmes is confronted with something emotional he clams up if he cannot escape it.
An addictive personality barely begins to explain another major quirk of his. It is likely the cause for his tattoos, his drug habit (among other things), his twitchy behavior as the time with Watson comes to an end. He has attachment problems, addiction problems, mild dependency problems. He's fairly broken. Not only is he obsessive but he becomes so attached to things, not just people of interest but objects of interest, he cannot let go of them. It hurts, it's a need. As well as a need to solve the puzzle; a need to do the right thing according to his moral code is also very prominent in what drives him to do the (sometimes reckless) things he does. However furthermore, knowing how it is to be ostracized for lacking social skills growing up there is a deeper reason to his strong sense of justice. It is proving to himself he is above turning coin as it would be very easy for Sherlock Holmes to become a criminal himself.
The way in which his mind functions is very similar to an existing psychological profile known as an INTJ. Sherlock’s primary mode of absorbing information is through observation. Once he has observed he analyzes and deduces and then deals with it in the most logical manner appropriate. This process is, however, is not perfect nor constant. As he is a human there are a variety of factors that come into play when dealing with things. When in need to process thoughts he will often talk through what is going on in his mind outwardly to animate and inanimate objects. It helps him relate a to b so to speak and while sometimes it does not make sense to the listener, it is a great help to Sherlock’s process. It greatly frustrates him when he is wrong; he takes personal offence when he has deduced incorrectly or has missed details.
This is just a sampling of who Sherlock is and I am certain we will see more of himself as time progresses.
Log Sample
Strange enough, considering his history, waking up in a hospital was not part of Sherlock’s usual regiment. He consumed the information given to him as eyes scanned the hospital room picking apart every last detail in attempt to search his memory for where he might have ended up and how he came to be here.
“If you please, what hospital is this?” You wouldn't believe the look on his face when he heard the name New Moore. “New Moore drowned two years ago. Now, I would very much appreciate knowing where I am. See, I have arrangements.”
Yet they assured him he would slowly come to understand as they explained. He listened, of course while pating his own self down and seeking answers from about the room. However, one thing caught his attention: he was told that prior to this moment he was fictional. Everything after became ludicrous and attempting to further question them was useless. Like animated persons, almost, they said their piece. Irritated.
The welcoming meeting ended abruptly enough, especially when he was told to not punch the monitors. What a better way to prove or disprove he was dreaming then do just that? Conclusion: he was conscious and this was real. Leaving the hospital with phone in hand and a bandage wrapped over his right, he went to exploring.Scrunch his face and eyes narrowing, he thoroughly goes through the various compartments of this new phone to test what will and will not work and gather all lodged data within as he looks about the immediate area. Assuming he believes what he was told; the mechanics of the entire matter highly interest him. How?
His eyes dart from the phone to the atmosphere of his immediate surroundings; the language upon the buildings; the general population and their ethnicity (if visually determinable); any accents he hears in passing; the technology he can view as his feet walk forward and he plugs in the coordinates of the housing he was given.
Network Sample
[ A text message comes across people’s screens: ]
AiZdd0MY+f6y82dJ/gOR2VGTT/5f3NQH2e15tn84omI=
[ After half a minute, another ]
Can’t think coffee into hand. Claimed cause of arrival: bullocks.
(The password is three)
