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For the uninitiated, Sherlock Holmes is considered to be the most visible fictional character to use what's come to be known as the Sherlock Scan. Basically, he's trained himself over the course of most of his life to observe small details about persons or situations and deduce facts from those details, all in the span of a few seconds. It's as natural to him as 2+2=4, and it happens more or less immediately when he lays eyes on someone or something.

This scene from the BBC canon is a good example, as it's been lifted almost exactly from A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four. (With a few updates and expansions.)

Obviously, this creates some problems re: infomodding. In an attempt to curb things a bit, I've given Sherlock a loss that scales back how much information he's able to blatantly reveal that he knows (as he is wont to do -- he's kind of a jackass). So, you kids who don't want him reading your deep, dark secrets? No problem! He can't talk about it, and I won't have him treat your characters any differently than he normally would.

However! He's certainly still able to make deductions about people, and those deductions could dramatically change how he reacts to certain characters. If you'd like to be involved in that, well, this post is for you!

If you'd like one of your characters to be Sherlock Scanned, let me know here! To help you out, I've provided a handy dandy form below:

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CHARACTER NAME: Allen Walker
DETAILS: Just C&Ping what I put for House

- 5'8 1/2"
- 123lbs (pretty underweight, he might show slight signs of malnourishment despite being able to eat a horse's weight in food.)
- White hair (Yes, all of it is white. No dye done here)
- While he keeps his hair fairly short (at most a small pony tail), it is noticeable that the style of cut or the way he groomed it...probably changes at least once a month. To explain why he has 234323 hairstyles in canon, my headcanon explanation is that it's a self-conscious thing. He's super self-conscious about his appearance, and he expresses this by fidgeting with his hair and attempting to change it to look more "normal". It...doesn't work well because it doesn't change the fact he looks weird, but it makes him feel better for a bit so he keeps trying.
- Silver-gray eyes (said to be slightly near-sighted but doesn't wear glasses. Might be seen squinting at stuff more than someone with 20/20 vision but at most all he'd need is reading glasses)
- Scar on face. I don't care if it looks like paint or tattoos in the art, it's a scar. It's an older scar from when he was a kid.
- Slim, athletic build. Similar to an acrobat or gymnast.
- Pale pale pale. He's spent most of his life outside, so I'm sure there's a slight tan. Buuut being English? Yeah, not that much of a noticeable tan.
- British accent, but to the trained ear- it's weird due to him trying to emulate Mana. Most of the time he tries to sound like a proper, classy British accent- and after 10 years of practice he's pretty good. However his original accent I headcanon to be a country-side accent (for sanity, hilarity and for Ena, we headcanon northern English) and it's rather thick on top of it. This slips into his speech sometimes when he's angry, very irritated, surprised or among trusted friends (okay, with House it will be the first three)
- Clothing, he alternates between the more formal 19th century clothes you see in canon and very comfy clothes like hoodies and jeans. The main things to note are 1) Always wearing gloves of some sort. 2) almost always wears long sleeves or has a jacket that he can quickly cover up with. He only seems to wear short sleeves when he's in situations where he doesn't have time to be self-conscious (training, battles, etc). 3) Clothing isn't badly treated, but not super well treated either. He'll leave buttons undone, his tie is sometimes loose, wrinkles aren't uncommon, etc. He's more concerned with not standing out than looking prim and proper.
- Oh and he'll never wearing his Exorcist uniform. Since you know, at his canon point he's kinda...fired.
- under his clothes he always wears a gold chain necklace with a purple gem that glows just slightly. It's magic and for the sake of resisting mind control- since Griffith of Berserk is a big fat douche.
- Eh yeah you know about the scars. He earned an additional small one right on the sternum that's about a golden dollar in size- gray skin and that sort of deal. This is what happens when you try to experiment with Cruxis Crystals to solve your problems.
- He doesn't slouch. That would take away inches from his height.
- His stepping is pretty light. You have to be light on your feet to move like he does.
- Wears boots for practicality reasons. Has yet to be won over by sneakers. Since you only see his feet...once in canon during a hospital stay, I'm headcanoning that he's just accustomed to wearing shoes all the time unless he's in bed or will be home all day.
- If you do see his feet, while they aren't horribly disfigured they aren't the greatest. In fact they probably look typical of a guy who spent most of his life walking place to place in craptastic 19th century shoes that poor people could afford in all weather conditions.
- His teeth aren't that great either, since what is a dentist? At least a couple broken or missing molars. Also Hoshino likes to draw him with larger than average canines. idek.
- Left arm is gross and blood red in color. There is actually no blood vessels in here- so no pulse. Nerves are in there however. In of the cross thing on the back of his hand, there's a green glow unless he's in the Dead Zone or w/e. Oh yeah, and it's made up of a substance that the only way to cause it any damage without using powerful dark or light magics? Is to take a diamond tip jackhammer to it. And that would just dent it.
His right hand is normal, and his fingernails are kept cut short on his normal hand (You'd probably need an Exorcist with Innocence nail clippers to get his left hand nails). Like his feet, callouses and evidence of a life with a lot of hard labor.

CANON: Sadly...my wiki goes more indepth with more accuracies than the fandom wiki /cries
OTHER NOTES: Can't think of anything?! Anything i miss, you can ping me about.

Or...welp, you don't know about the scars. there they go through to his back too, and are both grayish in tint.

/NOW DONE.

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