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bakerstreet2013-04-20 02:19 pm
thelongcon) wrote in bakerstreet2013-04-20 02:19 pm
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There's always more to your characters than you'll ever play out. So why not share a few of those facts, figures and back story that you've established?
How to:
1. Comment, with a list of head canon facts on your character. (Arbitrarily set at 10. More or less is fine.)
2. Rinse, repeat?
3. Questions from other muns are of course, welcome.
Sherlock Holmes || Sherlock BBC
2. He has been celibate by choice for at least seven years.
3. He is an agnostic; he can neither prove or disprove the existence of a divine being; he and Mycroft were raised Reform, with an exhaustive knowledge of myths.
4. He didn't speak fully until he was eight, though he is rather fluent in BSL. Mostly this was his choice rather than a learning disability. His first word was "murder."
5. Sherlock still likes pirate stories, though he'd never tell anyone that.
6. Sees his brother as someone who tries to manipulate him emotionally, which is a game he refuses to play.
7. Sherlock's father left the family when he was still very young, his mother died in his adolescence.
8. Both had a relatively normal (boring) childhood; though Mycroft preferred a secluded lifestyle while Sherlock was fond of playing outdoors.
9. Sherlock's conversation with Mike about a flatmate was a result of him being evicted from his other flat because of a science experiment.
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And thank you for your acceptance of 3 and 9 - I know they're a bit "unusual" although if I may ask what part of three was most appealing, it's a bit detailed?
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I don't know, I think 9 sounds very reasonable.
As for 3, I think this has been a commonly debated theme in terms of Sherlock Holmes stories since the 19th century? Because given Sherlock's drive to always indulge in intellectual things, people tend to write him off as an atheist without a second thought. It's like him being intellectual/logical = complete inability to accept there being a higher power, and I don't know if that correlation adds up for me. I much prefer him as an agnostic myself.
What's the detailed version of your headcanon on that, if you don't mind me asking? c:
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As for 9, I see it as some people think he was evicted/homeless at the time, but - he doesn't as "at risk" to me - I think Lestrade and Mycroft are keeping an eye on him, but he's (at least relatively at the start of ASIP), clean - but that's just my headcanon.
As for 3, Sherlock and Mycroft were raised Reform, likely there was more ceremony when both boys were younger. Ceremonies and attendance weren't so large of a thing after their father left, and their mother's illness (she was a bit of the driving force behind everything) disintegrated it completely. I think their parents were rather open-minded about beliefs, though Sherlock sort of swore off everything around his mother's death/university.
I put them as Reform mostly because of Sherlock's random knowledge of the Golem, and I couldn't see his mother being Conservative or the other sects.
Sherlock cannot prove by science that there is or is not a divine being, but he knows there are occasional 'forces' at work that cannot be explained - hence being somewhat of a cynic/agnostic. It's probably not something he prefers to have conversations about, and part of the reason why he is not keen on the study of the universe - and it does not affect his Work.
Re: Sherlock Holmes || Sherlock BBC
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