Not too long ago, I was bored and surfing the Sherlock page on TV Tropes. (Naturally, I should have been in bed instead.)
The description next to Fridge Brilliance is what really caught my attention; this was something I had been thinking about ever since I apped the character, AKA the question of, "What's really keeping Sherlock from becoming a murderer himself? He's certainly clever enough for it. It'd keep him from being bored all the time."
The obvious but not exactly satisfactory answer to this is the fact that he's Sherlock Holmes. The character himself is, with such a rich history and many different versions, expected to solve murders and not commit them.
But if we want to get a little deeper than that, the TV Tropes page gives a good, if only surface reason. (Jen will copy pasta because she is lazy.)
"Sherlock's comment about hubris and the "fragility of genius" explains why he tests his intellect by solving crimes rather than committing them (as Sgt. Donovan suggests he will someday):
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Okay, maybe this is just a weird roleplaying quirk of mine, but sometimes I need to hear the character's voice in my head to "check" and see if my tags are at all in character. Yes, their literal voices. I don't know if this is just me and if this makes sense at all, really, but there you go.
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Not too long ago, I was bored and surfing the Sherlock page on TV Tropes. (Naturally, I should have been in bed instead.)
The description next to Fridge Brilliance is what really caught my attention; this was something I had been thinking about ever since I apped the character, AKA the question of, "What's really keeping Sherlock from becoming a murderer himself? He's certainly clever enough for it. It'd keep him from being bored all the time."
The obvious but not exactly satisfactory answer to this is the fact that he's Sherlock Holmes. The character himself is, with such a rich history and many different versions, expected to solve murders and not commit them.
But if we want to get a little deeper than that, the TV Tropes page gives a good, if only surface reason. (Jen will copy pasta because she is lazy.)
"Sherlock's comment about hubris and the "fragility of genius" explains why he tests his intellect by solving crimes rather than committing them (as Sgt. Donovan suggests he will someday): ( ... )
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Okay, maybe this is just a weird roleplaying quirk of mine, but sometimes I need to hear the character's voice in my head to "check" and see if my tags are at all in character. Yes, their literal voices. I don't know if this is just me and if this makes sense at all, really, but there you go.
So, uh, reference I guess?
Lol acting.
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Finally found the links again. Thought I might have lost them for good.
Here and here.
Dolce & Gabbana? Belstaff? Paul Smith? Good god. Sherlock you are far too expensive for your own good.
Will post a summary when it's not horrendously late. The first link alone is worth it just to stare at the slightly amusing screencap.
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No wonder Sherlock can't afford a flat on his own, he's spending all his money on clothing.
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He has to be the best dressed one, after all.
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