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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:

<b>CHARACTER NAME:</b> (self-explanatory! yes?) <b>DETAILS:</b> (what is it specifically that you want Sherlock to gather? small details about your character's manner/dress/etc. that could help him reach this conclusion are super helpful and welcome, but not absolutely necessary. also good to mention if there's anything you specifically DON'T want deduced.) <b>CANON:</b> (if you could, some links to canon and character wikis that I can research myself would be great, in case I'm not familiar. para wiki is fine if it covers most of the relevant bases!) <b>OTHER NOTES:</b> (basically anything else you can think of that didn't get covered above!)

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CHARACTER NAME: Conan Edogawa (Shinichi Kudo)
DETAILS:
*Appears to be a seven-year-old boy.
*Always wears a pair of oversized glasses
*Prefers more formal clothing. His most common outfit is a blue suit and red bowtie.
*Soccer player and skateboarder
*Fluent in English and Japanese
*Has the mannerisms and knowledge of a much older boy, although he often attempts to disguise with with childish acts.
CANON:
Here (http://paradisa.wikia.com/wiki/Edogawa_Conan_(Kudo_Shinichi)).
OTHER NOTES:
*Sherlock Holmes was Shinichi's role model. He grew up modeling himself after Sherlock, and developing his own deduction ability in a similar style. Logic, observation, and calmness. And yes, he does canonly pull of Sherlock scans all the time.
*He is a total Holmes fanboy, and has nearly everything from the entire canon memorized. And is capable of talking about it for hours.
*As Shinichi, he earned the nicknames 'Holmes of the Modern Era' and 'Great Detective of the East'
*He is technically an expy of Holmes, and there are numerous reference to Holmes canon in his series. A lot of his acquaintances are based off of Holmes characters.
*He once solved a murder case at a Holmes fanclub retreat.


CHARACTER NAME: Danny Fenton
DETAILS:
*Black hair, blue eyes, a little scrawny for his age
*nervous and paranoid about something
*has a habit of disappearing at odd times
CANON: Here (http://paradisa.wikia.com/wiki/Danny_Fenton_(Danny_Phantom))
OTHER NOTES:
Danny is very paranoid about keeping the whole half-ghost thing secret. I'd be open to figuring it out eventually, but lol, I'd expect that Sherlock won't believe in ghosts.

CHARACTER NAME: Will Stanton
DETAILS:
*twelve year old British boy from 1970s Buckinghamshire
*brown hair, grey eyes, absolutely ordinary in appearance
*solemn, but vague and absent minded at times.
CANON: Here (http://paradisa.wikia.com/wiki/Will_Stanton)