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If you have ever read Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories or novels or seen BBC's Sherlock series, you know about Sherlock's extraordinary skills of observation, induction, and deduction. In Sherlock, it takes the likes of Jim Moriarty and Irene Adler to throw him off.

So, this post is for what Sherlock can know. If you want him to know something about your character but can't think of how he could figure it out, tell me. We can work together to decide on something that would indicate it. Otherwise, consult the list below and carefully consider what sort of marks your character would have and what that would reveal, particularly in combination with each other.

A good example of what Sherlock is capable of can be found in the links below.

Things to consider: style of clothes, condition of clothes, brands of clothes, hair style, grooming products used, grooming products not used, amount of grooming products used, personal hygenie, state of fingernails, jewellery, condition of jewellery, kind of make-up, amount of make-up, posture, wallet, purse, condition of fashion and function accessories, cell phone, make of cell phone, condition of cell phone, perfume/cologne, kind of perfume/cologne, amount of perfume/cologne, tan, kind of tan, severity of tan, corrective eye lenses, habits, hobbies, health issues, profession (and the subsequent "marks" it would leave on someone).

Examples of Sherlock in action: with John Watson, examining a body

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[thawing]

Lisbeth dresses to mute her gender into something neutral. She wears baggy clothing usually, occasionally tighter pieces but anything and everything she wears is worn, old, thrift-store bought. Duct tape and sewn and stapled into working condition.

She has multiple piercings in each ear, one in her left eyebrow, and two in her nose (though there is often only one in), one in her lip, one in each nipple, and one in her naval.

Lisbeth has many tattoos as well including a wasp on her neck, a large dragon on her back, a phoenix on her thigh and black bars around her ankles. Her mother's name and date of birth and death are underneath her right breast. She gets a tattoo for each meaningful event in her life.

Her hair is cut very short and if there is any kind of product in it, it would be gel to manipulate it into a mo-hawk. Her eyebrows are light and this could be either a result form her natural hair color (red) or from dyed hair. She uses generic brand shampoo, conditioner and soap.

She would most likely smell like smoke from excessive chain-smoking. She uses matches over lighters but does not have a preference.

She's extremely thin and under-nourished looking for someone who eats an alarming amount of horrible food and drinks barely anything except coffee and Coca-cola.

She has a history of violent tendencies and is awfully anti-social. Her posture and body language and tendency to keep quiet shows that she might have suffered abuse from others and doesn't wish to get close to anyone else.

When the conversation transfers to a subject about her she will either evade or drop the conversation altogether. If she's touched without warning she will flinch away or draw back. Men tend to get a bigger reaction if touched. She has a problem with authority figures and does not trust police or law enforcement on principal.

Since her hands have suffered 2nd degree burns all evidence of motorcycle riding, excessive typing and fighting have either been erased or muffled.

UH THIS IS REALLY TL;DR BUT DO LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE PLEASE.

[holmes_fanatic]

Conan looks and is physically seven! Actually, he is a 17-year-old detective geek who managed to get himself poisoned with an experimental drug while investigating a case, had a 1 in 10 000 reaction to it and shrunk into his current form instead of dying.

Go figure!

Conan is pretty skilled at passing as seven having been doing it for over a year now. That said, there are some pretty big clues that he's not all he seems, namely:

1. Peripheral awareness. Kids and teenagers develop the ability to be aware of stuff around them as they age, which is why small kids are so prone to running out in front of you -- they actually don't see you. Conan does.

2. Most of the time his actions and posture are consistent with that of a child, but when he's thinking seriously about something, or off guard he tends to 'forget' and relax into a more natural posture -- natural for a teenager/adult that is. I'll indicate in comments when he's doing this.

3. Vocabulary and speech patterns -- Conan is able to maintain a childish persona, but this is a lot harder to do when dealing with serious topics. Likewise, his grasp of the implications/consequences of events are way beyond that of a regular seven-year-old!

Generally, I indicate in my comments whenever the real Conan slips through except for vocab etc, which I think should be pretty obvious, but please feel free to hit me up at saaaaaaaveme@gmail.com if you have any questions!

[gameplaying]

physical

loki is lean, and stands at over 6'0"*. he's somewhat (a lot) stronger — both in terms of durability, endurance, as well as strength in general — than his lithe appearance would imply. as a jötun rather than an asgardian, loki's true form is blue, but his natural appearance — that is, what he seems to be natural for him — is more human: pale, with black hair and blue eyes. he's vain, and his choices in clothing tends to reflect that — when posing as a human, albeit briefly, he opts for suits. the rest of the time, he opts for variations on asgardian dress. his posture tends to reflect his arrogance, and belies little of his deep-seated (and deep-buried) insecurities and self-loathing. the way he holds himself also reflects his upbringing as a prince and prospective heir to the throne of asgard. ALSO asgard is home to warriors, so he has that ... under his belt, too.

OH since I forgot: he is exceptionally impervious to the cold (lol frost giant), and it is likely that his body temperature is slightly cooler than what is considered average, although not by much.

*comics canon has him at 6'4", however tom hiddleston is 6'2" and as I'm playing from movie canon, I'll go with the second height.

other

loki is known as both a lie-smith and a word-smith. both are ~his things~. he's exceptionally good at lying, and it's rarely clear whether he's telling the truth or not. he's perfectly aware of the power of words, and takes great delight in using them to his own benefit. he has remarkable control over his own reactions, although there are a few things guaranteed to get a rise out of him, the most assured of which is family. he appears to have an almost knee-jerk reaction (of irritation and frustration) to the mention of thor by others, particularly when thor is mentioned as his brother. he seems to have a similar reaction to the mention of odin as his father.

ugh i think this is most things, if there's anything else/clarification is needed, just ask gklfsh

wow I wrote you an essay I guess

[zothiquekey]

First off, the most important thing to know is that Moran isn't human. She gives off no body temperature, she has no pulse, absolutely nothing; although she does have a need to breathe. Rather than organic parts, she's composed of gears, circuits, and wires; roughly 99% percent of her is artificial. Instead of blood, oil is spilled when she's wounded. She runs off electricity and is capable of pulling cords out of her body to connect to an outlet when she needs to recharge, which is her equivalent of eating/drinking/sleeping.

That aside, Moran is older than she looks, which could be anywhere from her early thirties to late forties. She's also quite tall (6"0-6"5) and very heavy due to all the metal in her. She has a rather slim build, although the uniform hides most of it. Her hair is wavy and long, but she constantly keeps it in two braids and pinned up rather than letting it loose. Being seen with her hair down, like being seen without her heavy coat, makes her feel especially exposed and thus, she tries hard to avoid dressing down.

She exclusively wears men's clothing, although more due to comfort and convenience rather than as a stylistic choice. Her waredrobe is very formal, as she's almost always wearing her army uniform, but occasionally tries on a tuxedo if the situation calls for something not so noticeable. She always wears a pair of thin gloves, as she dislikes physical contact unless she initiates it first, especially skin-to-skin.

She never does anything to accentuate her appearance, in fact, she does what she can to avoid drawing attention to herself. She often wears a cap and if feeling insecure, she pulls it down over her eyes to further hide her expression. She has no markings on her skin which might indicate it's synthetic, and no calluses, beauty marks, or rough patches.

She carries herself with an air of seriousness at all times. Even towards the people closest to her, she is almost always no-nonsense and stern. She speaks in short, quick sentences and has a verbal tic of saying "Yes. No." Or "No. Yes." when she is being evasive, and constantly contradicts herself even when there is blatant proof against what she says.

While she is physically healthy, her emotional health is on the decline. She has little sense of self-worth beyond that of James Moriarty's weapon. She suffers from extreme depression, intimacy issues, and occasional episodes of emotional masochism. She's also devoted to the point of being suicidal, and has been recently facing an existential crisis due to there being another Sebastian Moran. But few ever get to see this damaged side of her, as she hides it as much as she possibly can by denying ever having emotions at all.