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3potionproblem) wrote2012-09-14 03:28 pm
3potionproblem) wrote2012-09-14 03:28 pm
Entry tags:
Sorting Hat RP - Application
Player Information
Name: Niko
Timezone: CST
Personal Journal: nikoshinigami
Players Contact/AIM/MSN/YAHOO: NikoYG [AIM]
Email Address: niko[dot]ford[at]spectrumvoid[dot]net
Former/Other Characters in the RP: n/a
How did you hear about us?: Otter aka Tony-mun
Character Information
Name: Sherlock Holmes
Canon Origin/Series: Sherlock
School Year: 6
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Out of school living location: St Albans, England
Blood status: pureblood
Personality: [32 YEARS OLD - CANON] Sherlock Holmes is a brilliant man of incomparable deductive skills. Despite being respected for his intellect, he is disliked and distrusted by most people. A self confessed high functioning sociopath and implied autistic, Sherlock is distant from social norms and considers everything and everyone to be of lesser importance to his work or whims. He is rude and witty, clever with his retorts and entirely egotistical.
Sherlock is manipulative in his means of obtaining what he desires, displaying fine acting skills in their pursuit with both physical disguises and general deceit. He is considered cold and heartless for his dispassionate actions where people are concerned. He gambles with his own life without fear, more terrified of boredom than death. For Sherlock, the pursuit of answers is more important than anything, to the detriment of his own body as far as eating or sleeping are concerned.
It isn't until he met John that Sherlock began to take care of himself and tried to become more considerate of others. John showed the patience to correct Sherlock when he made mistakes in social areas but still showered him in praise for his finer qualities. John taught Sherlock to trust in people again and take down his protective walls to let them in. In the past, other people had made a positive impact on him, such as DI Lestrade who is hinted at having helped with his cocaine habit, but Sherlock never made an attempt to get to know them or let them know him beyond his harsh exterior. Sherlock didn't even know Lestrade's first name and it's doubtful he ever learned Mrs. Hudson's either. John alone was able to teach Sherlock to care and though it caused him to be hurt many times, Sherlock never went back to pretending he had no interest in human connections and relationships.
Sherlock has an older brother, Mycroft, who is smarter than him and socially adept. Seven years older, Mycroft takes it upon himself to look after his younger brother, often in the form of spying or meddling. While Sherlock resents this, the animosity between the brothers is childish and benign. Sherlock knows he can count of Mycroft to help him if he ever needs it though he would rather exhaust all other options before resorting to that end. Their family's emotional detachment makes it hard to show love and much easier to simply tease and hope unspoken sentiments are understood.
As with the original source material, Sherlock plays the violin and is surprisingly ignorant of many elementary things. Sherlock's powers of deduction are amazing; fallible but often spot on. He practices the method of loci, calling it his "Mind Palace" which allows him to remember nearly everything. He has been shown to wield a ridding crop and shoot a revolver with adequate accuracy. Though not seen on screen, it can be assumed the other talents of the original Sherlock are also present making him skilled in martial arts, fist fights, and the use of canes or swords.
[16 YEARS OLD - GAME] Drawing from canon sources, Sherlock was not well liked as a child and had difficulties fitting in with his peers. Despite knowing his deductions made him hated, he never stopped announcing them, believing his peers would change their opinions--never considering the fact that he could change if he wanted to fit in. This and several other factors lead far more credence to Aspergers Syndrome rather than sociopathy--once a common misdiagnosis for the former. Because of his social handicap, he does not have friends and by 16 he is quite embittered at not being accepted as he is. He is learning to accept the fact that he will always be an outcast/freak and continues to just do what he wants--living for himself and himself alone. As he doesn't make a habit of telling people he's on the autistic spectrum, he just comes across as a conceded, heartless jerk.
Sherlock resents Mycroft. Whether by jealousy, a byproduct of their age difference, or simply because Mycroft seems to have chosen their family's side over his, Sherlock wants very little to do with his brother and considers him his arch nemesis.
Many of his canon skills are not necessary in the wizard world and as such he is just learning their equivalents in hopes of future mastery. Despite memory charms and the like, Holmeses still are taught the method of loci as the secret to their deductive brilliance.
Canon Background: Wiki Canon Article. The main difference between previous incarnations of Sherlock Holmes and this one is the modern setting and hints towards Aspergers. He is perhaps ruder and less socially accepted as a result.
Background (AU!Canon; HP):Pooting. Sherlock’s family is among the rich and powerful in the wizarding world. Esteemed for their intellectual capabilities, they have been familiar faces in government seats and other important faculties for generations. Sherlock has always been expected to follow in their footsteps by attending Hogwarts and performing well. Sherlock has had other ideas. Very bright but very picky in what appeals to him, Sherlock has barely gotten by in school, deleting most of his prerequisite knowledge to make room for potions, muggle chemistry and every bit of information he can get his hands on pertaining to death, murderers and mystery. He excels in potions and herbology and finds transfiguration and muggle studies fascinating. In all other things he remains nearly ignorant as he continues to focus on only his interests. He has often been disciplined for his behavior which can be obsessive when interested or destructive when bored. He is an intellectual delinquent who never seems to be living up to his fullest potential.
Not able to demonstrate or properly vocalize his feelings of dejection, Sherlock began experimenting with drugs in the summer of his 5th year, settling on cocaine eventually as his stimulant of choice, acquiring it through muggle networks. Having been caught with it once before in Hogwarts, he no longer brings any on campus, using only when off campus as his means to normalize and feel happy. As with most things, he does not like to broadcast his own issues and takes care to wear long sleeves when possible to disguise track-marks if he's been using recently.
Sherlock is expected to finish his classes at Hogwarts and uphold the reputation of his ancestry. He isn't exactly working towards those goals himself. Sherlock would much rather make a name for himself with the muggles who actually have a use for his particular talents and is planning to enter a muggle university once he fulfills his mother's request by completing his Hogwarts schooling. Not having been accepted by his wizard peers, he hopes to find acceptance and admiration in the muggle world.Dragon.
How would your character fit in to each House?
Gryffindor:
Sherlock is very brave and in many cases leaps before he looks, making decisions based on intellectual fact without factoring in the human element in his excitement. He has no real fear of death and will fight against anything that needs to be fought, running away only when nessessary. He is selectively chivalrous, not going out of his way to be courteous to anyone regardless of their station. He treats everyone more or less the same, treating royalty and transients alike as average people.
Hufflepuff:
Sherlock works hard at the things that most interest him, putting an obsessive amount of time and detail into that work. He values loyalty and tollerance in others greatly though he exhibits little of it himself. He is willing to do anything for a good friend but has yet to have found someone worthy.
Ravenclaw:
Sherlock is a genius. Selective in the application of his mental faculties, Sherlock Holmes considers his body simply transport for his mind, all his self-worth put into the existence of his brain and the information stored within. He is creative in the arts (violin) and his thought processes. He is quite sharp of wit with a retort for everything. There is nothing Sherlock values more than his own intellect.
Slytherin:
Sherlock is a self-made young man. Hardly aspiring to greatness, he is still ambitious in his goals to shape the world around himself rather than bend to it. He is very cunning in his lies and not above disguising himself to discover what he wants. He is quite resourceful in the details he utilizes for his deductions, drawing on a single observation to tell someone's life story.
RP Samples: Dressing Room post
Third Person Sample: Sherlock gently pulled his skull from his chest and brought it to rest on his bedside table. The thin fractures along the cranium, dancing across the parietal like dry riverbeds over a barren landscape were dark with age and stressed by travel. He gave the smooth bone a gentle stroke of his fingers, idling along the orbit where generations before there had been keen, brown eyes. The skull had been in his family for years, the friend of a man who had begotten his father's father's father by the tell of it: Victor Trevor--a Victorian gentleman from Norfolk. There were far too many conflicting tales as to why his head became the property of the Holmes family though tradition set his sightless eyes to rest over each Holmes' stay at Hogwarts. Mycroft had favored him as a paperweight. Victor had been Sherlock's dearest friend since his first ride in from platform nine and three-quarters.
"Another year," Sherlock said out loud, speaking as he always did to his bedside companion. "Two more and then we'll have made good on our promise to Mummy." He pulled out a few more items from the chest: satchels and boxes containing little more than knickknacks to keep his mind from stagnation. There were books aplenty on advanced potions and basic muggle chemistry. His violin had already made itself a new home beneath his bed.
"Just two more years," Sherlock repeated, a small smile pulling at the corner of his lips. "And then, well, then things can begin to get interesting."
Name: Niko
Timezone: CST
Personal Journal: nikoshinigami
Players Contact/AIM/MSN/YAHOO: NikoYG [AIM]
Email Address: niko[dot]ford[at]spectrumvoid[dot]net
Former/Other Characters in the RP: n/a
How did you hear about us?: Otter aka Tony-mun
Character Information
Name: Sherlock Holmes
Canon Origin/Series: Sherlock
School Year: 6
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Out of school living location: St Albans, England
Blood status: pureblood
Personality: [32 YEARS OLD - CANON] Sherlock Holmes is a brilliant man of incomparable deductive skills. Despite being respected for his intellect, he is disliked and distrusted by most people. A self confessed high functioning sociopath and implied autistic, Sherlock is distant from social norms and considers everything and everyone to be of lesser importance to his work or whims. He is rude and witty, clever with his retorts and entirely egotistical.
Sherlock is manipulative in his means of obtaining what he desires, displaying fine acting skills in their pursuit with both physical disguises and general deceit. He is considered cold and heartless for his dispassionate actions where people are concerned. He gambles with his own life without fear, more terrified of boredom than death. For Sherlock, the pursuit of answers is more important than anything, to the detriment of his own body as far as eating or sleeping are concerned.
It isn't until he met John that Sherlock began to take care of himself and tried to become more considerate of others. John showed the patience to correct Sherlock when he made mistakes in social areas but still showered him in praise for his finer qualities. John taught Sherlock to trust in people again and take down his protective walls to let them in. In the past, other people had made a positive impact on him, such as DI Lestrade who is hinted at having helped with his cocaine habit, but Sherlock never made an attempt to get to know them or let them know him beyond his harsh exterior. Sherlock didn't even know Lestrade's first name and it's doubtful he ever learned Mrs. Hudson's either. John alone was able to teach Sherlock to care and though it caused him to be hurt many times, Sherlock never went back to pretending he had no interest in human connections and relationships.
Sherlock has an older brother, Mycroft, who is smarter than him and socially adept. Seven years older, Mycroft takes it upon himself to look after his younger brother, often in the form of spying or meddling. While Sherlock resents this, the animosity between the brothers is childish and benign. Sherlock knows he can count of Mycroft to help him if he ever needs it though he would rather exhaust all other options before resorting to that end. Their family's emotional detachment makes it hard to show love and much easier to simply tease and hope unspoken sentiments are understood.
As with the original source material, Sherlock plays the violin and is surprisingly ignorant of many elementary things. Sherlock's powers of deduction are amazing; fallible but often spot on. He practices the method of loci, calling it his "Mind Palace" which allows him to remember nearly everything. He has been shown to wield a ridding crop and shoot a revolver with adequate accuracy. Though not seen on screen, it can be assumed the other talents of the original Sherlock are also present making him skilled in martial arts, fist fights, and the use of canes or swords.
[16 YEARS OLD - GAME] Drawing from canon sources, Sherlock was not well liked as a child and had difficulties fitting in with his peers. Despite knowing his deductions made him hated, he never stopped announcing them, believing his peers would change their opinions--never considering the fact that he could change if he wanted to fit in. This and several other factors lead far more credence to Aspergers Syndrome rather than sociopathy--once a common misdiagnosis for the former. Because of his social handicap, he does not have friends and by 16 he is quite embittered at not being accepted as he is. He is learning to accept the fact that he will always be an outcast/freak and continues to just do what he wants--living for himself and himself alone. As he doesn't make a habit of telling people he's on the autistic spectrum, he just comes across as a conceded, heartless jerk.
Sherlock resents Mycroft. Whether by jealousy, a byproduct of their age difference, or simply because Mycroft seems to have chosen their family's side over his, Sherlock wants very little to do with his brother and considers him his arch nemesis.
Many of his canon skills are not necessary in the wizard world and as such he is just learning their equivalents in hopes of future mastery. Despite memory charms and the like, Holmeses still are taught the method of loci as the secret to their deductive brilliance.
Canon Background: Wiki Canon Article. The main difference between previous incarnations of Sherlock Holmes and this one is the modern setting and hints towards Aspergers. He is perhaps ruder and less socially accepted as a result.
Background (AU!Canon; HP):
Not able to demonstrate or properly vocalize his feelings of dejection, Sherlock began experimenting with drugs in the summer of his 5th year, settling on cocaine eventually as his stimulant of choice, acquiring it through muggle networks. Having been caught with it once before in Hogwarts, he no longer brings any on campus, using only when off campus as his means to normalize and feel happy. As with most things, he does not like to broadcast his own issues and takes care to wear long sleeves when possible to disguise track-marks if he's been using recently.
Sherlock is expected to finish his classes at Hogwarts and uphold the reputation of his ancestry. He isn't exactly working towards those goals himself. Sherlock would much rather make a name for himself with the muggles who actually have a use for his particular talents and is planning to enter a muggle university once he fulfills his mother's request by completing his Hogwarts schooling. Not having been accepted by his wizard peers, he hopes to find acceptance and admiration in the muggle world.
How would your character fit in to each House?
Gryffindor:
Sherlock is very brave and in many cases leaps before he looks, making decisions based on intellectual fact without factoring in the human element in his excitement. He has no real fear of death and will fight against anything that needs to be fought, running away only when nessessary. He is selectively chivalrous, not going out of his way to be courteous to anyone regardless of their station. He treats everyone more or less the same, treating royalty and transients alike as average people.
Hufflepuff:
Sherlock works hard at the things that most interest him, putting an obsessive amount of time and detail into that work. He values loyalty and tollerance in others greatly though he exhibits little of it himself. He is willing to do anything for a good friend but has yet to have found someone worthy.
Ravenclaw:
Sherlock is a genius. Selective in the application of his mental faculties, Sherlock Holmes considers his body simply transport for his mind, all his self-worth put into the existence of his brain and the information stored within. He is creative in the arts (violin) and his thought processes. He is quite sharp of wit with a retort for everything. There is nothing Sherlock values more than his own intellect.
Slytherin:
Sherlock is a self-made young man. Hardly aspiring to greatness, he is still ambitious in his goals to shape the world around himself rather than bend to it. He is very cunning in his lies and not above disguising himself to discover what he wants. He is quite resourceful in the details he utilizes for his deductions, drawing on a single observation to tell someone's life story.
RP Samples: Dressing Room post
Third Person Sample: Sherlock gently pulled his skull from his chest and brought it to rest on his bedside table. The thin fractures along the cranium, dancing across the parietal like dry riverbeds over a barren landscape were dark with age and stressed by travel. He gave the smooth bone a gentle stroke of his fingers, idling along the orbit where generations before there had been keen, brown eyes. The skull had been in his family for years, the friend of a man who had begotten his father's father's father by the tell of it: Victor Trevor--a Victorian gentleman from Norfolk. There were far too many conflicting tales as to why his head became the property of the Holmes family though tradition set his sightless eyes to rest over each Holmes' stay at Hogwarts. Mycroft had favored him as a paperweight. Victor had been Sherlock's dearest friend since his first ride in from platform nine and three-quarters.
"Another year," Sherlock said out loud, speaking as he always did to his bedside companion. "Two more and then we'll have made good on our promise to Mummy." He pulled out a few more items from the chest: satchels and boxes containing little more than knickknacks to keep his mind from stagnation. There were books aplenty on advanced potions and basic muggle chemistry. His violin had already made itself a new home beneath his bed.
"Just two more years," Sherlock repeated, a small smile pulling at the corner of his lips. "And then, well, then things can begin to get interesting."