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Character Name: Sherlock Holmes
Character Series: Sherlock BBC
Character Age: Late twenties to early thirties
Background: Here
Personality: Sherlock's a genius, and he knows it. He's also a supremely irritating arrogant git, and he knows this as well. For Sherlock, great leaps of intuitive deduction that would take a regular person days to figure out, if ever, come to him as easily as breathing; as far as he's concerned, anyone who can't keep up with his intellect (aka nearly everyone) is an idiot, and he won't hesitate to let them know. Politeness and social niceties are dull and take up valuable brainspace that can be used for more interesting subjects. Sherlock is blunt, rude, caustic, insulting, and sees absolutely nothing wrong with being any of these traits.
It's rather telling that not only is he a self-diagnosed high-functioning sociopath, but that no one who actually knows him bothers arguing with this diagnosis. Whether it's accurate is certainly up for debate; however, the point remains that Sherlock very obviously operates on a different emotional scale than most people do. He blatantly ignores social cues and will quite happily commit social faux-pas, such as inviting himself along on other people's dates or ordering his flatmate to come home via frantic text-messages just so he can use the guy's phone. He has trouble empathizing with people; it's not so much that he doesn't bother (although he doesn't) as it is that he doesn't actually understand what they're going through - for instance, he shows confusion at why a woman would still be upset over the death of her stillborn child fourteen years later.
That said, he certainly doesn't see his potential sociopathy as a failing; indeed, at times, he almost seems proud of it. For Sherlock, the work is everything; emotions will only distract from solving the case sooner. Victims aren't people, they're bodies from which he can attain clues from; caring about the dead won't help him catch the killer any sooner, nor will caring about any hostages the killer may take. At one point, he even forces an old woman to remain a hostage for a few more terrifying hours despite having solved the mystery ages ago, just so he could have more time to find more information on the criminal rather than rescuing her at once. Because of this, he can come off as just as cruel and cold as the criminals he's trying to catch, and more than one person has remarked on the dangerously fine line he walks between hero and villain. It certainly doesn't help that Sherlock gets quite giddy and excited over murders, as they're a great way to stave off the everpresent boredom that surrounds him on a daily basis.
Which is what it all comes down to, really. Being so brilliant is actually quite a burden for Sherlock, as with no one around to challenge him, everything becomes dull and slow. Criminals aren't his real enemy here - boredom is. Without anything for his genius to work on, he gets lethargic and sulky and incredibly frustrated, enough that it's heavily implied that he's resorted to drugs before just to take a break from mundanity. Sex is dull, television is dull, social interactions are dull, entertainment is dull; the only thing that keeps his mind from rotting is the work. He's at his happiest when he's pitted against a criminal that can actually challenge him and keep him on his feet, even if it means people dying.
Despite all of these emotional failings, Sherlock actually likely doesn't qualify as a sociopath, for the simple reason that even though he denies it, he clearly has emotions and a moral compass. For all of his excitement over serial killers and his claims that he feels nothing for the victims, when confronted with the criminals in question, he does condemn them for murder. He clearly shows signs of visible distress when an old woman is murdered while talking to him, and when a child is taken hostage. More tellingly, he obviously values John Watson's life and friendship highly, even if it seems like he's trying to drive him away at times; he gets very noticeably worried and even agitated when John is placed in danger. In the end, Sherlock does seem to feel emotions on the same level that normal people do, even if he tries to suppress them.
Sherlock's main strength is undoubtedly his incredibly brilliant mind. He has a vast, almost encyclopedic knowledge for various subjects such as chemistry and biology, but his genius lies mainly with his astonishing deductive skills. He's hyper-observant and will notice the tiniest details about someone the same way most people notice that the sky is blue, before using that information to paint a scarily accurate picture of said person's life history and personality. He's also quite the actor for someone who has so much trouble empathizing and understanding social niceties; Sherlock can cry on cue, flirt outrageously, play a wide range of roles from rich yuppie to security guard, and generally do whatever it takes to manipulate people into giving him what he wants (of course, this doesn't work on anyone who's actually been around his real self for more than a minute, but then he'll just sulk until they give in).
Physically speaking, Sherlock is quite fit; he's able to run long distances and race across rooftops without getting too winded, and he's rather adept at hand-to-hand combat and can generally take care of himself in a fight. As far as emotional strengths go, he's capable of staying calm in stressful situations; he's also brave in that he's willing to risk his life to get what he wants, although really it could just as easily be called no sense of self-preservation.
When it comes to weaknesses, for all of his massive intellect, Sherlock lacks a lot in common sense and common knowledge. He deletes anything that's not relevant to his work, meaning that he knows little to nothing about pop culture, politics, or that the earth goes around the sun. While his determination to see through his goals could be seen as a strength, the fact that he does this at the expense of everything else, including eating and sleeping, does not.
He's also incredibly immature and childish at times. He often goes through wild mood swings, especially when he's not on a case, at which point he'll throw a tantrum, shoot at the walls, before curling up into a massive sulk on the sofa and refusing to talk for days on end. He's prone to melodramatics, referring to his brother as his archnemesis, because the real world is just so dull. He doesn't consider the consequences of what he says or his actions; while Sherlock is rarely intentionally cruel (unless you're Anderson), he has no idea why telling a girl her boyfriend is gay is not a good thing to do. He doesn't make friends easily, nor does he treat them kindly, as the case will always come first and everyone else will just have to try and catch up. His pride is also a major weakness with him; for all of his tricks, Sherlock is remarkably easy to manipulate, so long as one challenges his intellect - he'll certainly see the manipulation coming and know exactly what the person is trying to attempt, but he'll still risk his life just to prove he's cleverer than everyone else...because at the end of the day, Sherlock's kind of an idiot.
Abilities: Hyperobservational skills, remarkable intellect, and decent hand-to-hand combat, none of which he'll need to regain.
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