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CHARACTER Name: Sherlock Holmes Canon: Elementary Timeline: post S01E13 If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: n/a
Personality: Sherlock Holmes - consultant for the Scotland Yard for many successful years. A brilliant man with the uncanny knack for catching all manner of criminal, but even the most brilliant of men are not without their vices; for Sherlock that vice came in the form of several different kinds of narcotics. To start with, he only dabbled in drugs for recreational purposes; they helped sharpen his senses making him an even more effective investigator, but something changed that.
Enter Irene Adler: The Woman -- his woman. She was unlike any woman Sherlock has been with (he is well versed in sex and its many kinks, he claims he feeds his need for intercourse regularly as his body and brain need it) where most women to him are boring and just a means to an end, she was different. They were together for seven months when he claimed he was quite smitten with her and (we are not given specifics to her just yet) when she was brutally murdered. Her murderer being the notorious 'M', someone Holmes has yet to catch, and this fact devastated him.
Drugs were no longer recreational, the trauma of her death and the pressure of M's activity broke him. Sherlock's drug of choice happened to be heroine, and it was his heroine abuse that landed him in a rehab centre in New York. He was forced into rehab by his father, and Sherlock's activity has been quiet for little over a year following Irene's death. After his stint in rehab (having broken out of the facility the day of his release, claiming he did it out of boredom) he was met with his 'sober companion' Joan Watson. She's someone his father had hired to keep an eye on his son while he recovers and integrates himself into the real world once again.
Sherlock was never convinced that he needed an 'addict sitter', but he could not send her away, one more 'strike' against him and he would effectively be kicked out of the property his father's letting him stay in, thus being on the streets and worse for the wear. To say Sherlock has a strained relationship with his father would be an understatement; he has claimed time and time again that his father does not care, nor does he love him. It seems he abandoned Sherlock most of his young and adult life, and only dealt with his son out of familial obligation. It is very clear that there is no love lost there, but he does seem to hold bitterness for the man (which is understandable given what we know.)
His relationship with Joan was rocky to start, Sherlock is very closed off and is not of a mind to share any aspect of his life to her. While he is guarded he does take her along to crime scenes as she needs to be around him constantly. While in New York he decided to resume his work for the police force, it was hardly difficult for him to get in as he had worked with Captain Gregson previously in London when they needed American help for a case. Gregson knowing of Sherlock's brilliance had no problems with having the man as a personal consultant. The more time Sherlock spent with Joan the more he realized that she was different; she was intelligent, had the knack of deduction and could very well be an investigator in her own right.
Joan, of course, tested her boundaries as it was part of her job as a sober companion, needing to tackle an addict's demons to make sure they won't relapse. Sherlock is a tough patient in this respect, he has many demons and he is not willing to part with any of them. He has no desire to get close to anyone ever again, not after what happened with Irene. But she keeps chipping away, and the more he came to rely on her the more he was willing to share. Soon she's the only one who knows the extent of his love for Irene and the lengths he plans to go for revenge.
Sherlock Holmes is not above revenge.
Beneath the quirky behaviour, brilliance and temperament there is a tortured and shattered man. He thinks about Irene and her murder constantly, and he told Joan clearly that when he finds M he will torture him then kill him. He was ready for it; he found the man masquerading as M, tied him up and was ready to exact his revenge. It took its toll on him, of course, because it's no easy feat committing murder. The man he had tied up started to claim that yes, he did do all those other murders, but he was incarcerated during the time of Irene's death. Sherlock did not want to believe him, because he needed this to be the man, he needed to move on and fix this wound that never actually healed. But he checked up on the information and found it correct.
The man he held captive was one Sebastian Moran: an assassin, hired help. The man who had killed Irene and ruined Sherlock's life? Moriarty. Moriarty, a name he had never heard of before, but is now focused on. Sherlock is a lover of puzzles; he likes to exercise his brain in any way he can. Moriarty is a different kind of puzzle, and now he has to work with a convicted murderer to track this enigma down. Whether or not his plan to torture and kill this Moriarty still stands remains to be seen.
sherlock holmes l elementary l reserved [1/?]
Name: syd
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E-mail: everglassed@gmail.com
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CHARACTER
Name: Sherlock Holmes
Canon: Elementary
Timeline: post S01E13
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: n/a
Personality: Sherlock Holmes - consultant for the Scotland Yard for many successful years. A brilliant man with the uncanny knack for catching all manner of criminal, but even the most brilliant of men are not without their vices; for Sherlock that vice came in the form of several different kinds of narcotics. To start with, he only dabbled in drugs for recreational purposes; they helped sharpen his senses making him an even more effective investigator, but something changed that.
Enter Irene Adler: The Woman -- his woman. She was unlike any woman Sherlock has been with (he is well versed in sex and its many kinks, he claims he feeds his need for intercourse regularly as his body and brain need it) where most women to him are boring and just a means to an end, she was different. They were together for seven months when he claimed he was quite smitten with her and (we are not given specifics to her just yet) when she was brutally murdered. Her murderer being the notorious 'M', someone Holmes has yet to catch, and this fact devastated him.
Drugs were no longer recreational, the trauma of her death and the pressure of M's activity broke him. Sherlock's drug of choice happened to be heroine, and it was his heroine abuse that landed him in a rehab centre in New York. He was forced into rehab by his father, and Sherlock's activity has been quiet for little over a year following Irene's death. After his stint in rehab (having broken out of the facility the day of his release, claiming he did it out of boredom) he was met with his 'sober companion' Joan Watson. She's someone his father had hired to keep an eye on his son while he recovers and integrates himself into the real world once again.
Sherlock was never convinced that he needed an 'addict sitter', but he could not send her away, one more 'strike' against him and he would effectively be kicked out of the property his father's letting him stay in, thus being on the streets and worse for the wear. To say Sherlock has a strained relationship with his father would be an understatement; he has claimed time and time again that his father does not care, nor does he love him. It seems he abandoned Sherlock most of his young and adult life, and only dealt with his son out of familial obligation. It is very clear that there is no love lost there, but he does seem to hold bitterness for the man (which is understandable given what we know.)
His relationship with Joan was rocky to start, Sherlock is very closed off and is not of a mind to share any aspect of his life to her. While he is guarded he does take her along to crime scenes as she needs to be around him constantly. While in New York he decided to resume his work for the police force, it was hardly difficult for him to get in as he had worked with Captain Gregson previously in London when they needed American help for a case. Gregson knowing of Sherlock's brilliance had no problems with having the man as a personal consultant. The more time Sherlock spent with Joan the more he realized that she was different; she was intelligent, had the knack of deduction and could very well be an investigator in her own right.
Joan, of course, tested her boundaries as it was part of her job as a sober companion, needing to tackle an addict's demons to make sure they won't relapse. Sherlock is a tough patient in this respect, he has many demons and he is not willing to part with any of them. He has no desire to get close to anyone ever again, not after what happened with Irene. But she keeps chipping away, and the more he came to rely on her the more he was willing to share. Soon she's the only one who knows the extent of his love for Irene and the lengths he plans to go for revenge.
Sherlock Holmes is not above revenge.
Beneath the quirky behaviour, brilliance and temperament there is a tortured and shattered man. He thinks about Irene and her murder constantly, and he told Joan clearly that when he finds M he will torture him then kill him. He was ready for it; he found the man masquerading as M, tied him up and was ready to exact his revenge. It took its toll on him, of course, because it's no easy feat committing murder. The man he had tied up started to claim that yes, he did do all those other murders, but he was incarcerated during the time of Irene's death. Sherlock did not want to believe him, because he needed this to be the man, he needed to move on and fix this wound that never actually healed. But he checked up on the information and found it correct.
The man he held captive was one Sebastian Moran: an assassin, hired help. The man who had killed Irene and ruined Sherlock's life? Moriarty. Moriarty, a name he had never heard of before, but is now focused on. Sherlock is a lover of puzzles; he likes to exercise his brain in any way he can. Moriarty is a different kind of puzzle, and now he has to work with a convicted murderer to track this enigma down. Whether or not his plan to torture and kill this Moriarty still stands remains to be seen.