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12 | [[folder:Heroes: Civilians]] |
13 | !![[Literature/SherlockHolmes Sherlock Edward Holmes, Esq.]] |
14 | %% * BrainyBrunette |
15 | %% * ByronicHero: He fits nearly every qualification listed on the page. |
16 | %% * ChallengeSeeker |
17 | %% * TheChessmaster: Especially at XanatosSpeedChess in ''The Road to Reichenbach''. |
18 | %% * DarkIsNotEvil: He is often described simply as being "dark". |
19 | * DeathSeeker: Played with - there are times that he does ''not'' want to die, and then there are times that he ''craves'' death. |
20 | %% * {{Determinator}} |
21 | * DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:''Twice''. The Reichenbach Falls, of course, but the middle of ''Mortality'' also counts.]] |
22 | %% * DistressedDude: It's [[TheWoobie a recurring motif]] of the series. |
23 | %% * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette |
24 | %% * AFatherToHisMen Holmes plays these tropes very straight with his Irregulars, especially Davy Wiggins. |
25 | %% * GuileHero |
26 | * HonoraryUncle: The Lestrade children consider him to be this. Yes, that is as ironic as it sounds. |
27 | * InHarmsWay: So often that [[HyperCompetentSidekick Wiggins]] [[CallingTheOldManOut actually calls him out on this]] 'several times]]. |
28 | %% * TheLeader: Type I. |
29 | %% * LikeASonToMe |
30 | %% * LikeBrotherAndSister: With Mary. |
31 | %% * LoveHurts |
32 | %% * ManlyTears |
33 | %% * MrFanservice: See DistressedDude above. |
34 | %% * NotSoStoic: Not at all... |
35 | * RavenHairIvorySkin: It may be AdaptationalAttractiveness, but Holmes is ''definitely'' this in the author's illustrations. He is also 6'2", a nod to Creator/JeremyBrett. |
36 | %% * SharpDressedMan |
37 | %% * SherlockScan: As per usual. |
38 | %% * WhatBeautifulEyes: It's almost ''blatantly'' obvious that [[AuthorAppeal the author fangirls over Holmes's eyes]], and just about as blatantly obvious that they're based on Creator/JeremyBrett's eyes. |
39 | %% * PuppyDogEyes: Oh ''yes''. |
40 | * YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: Culverton Smith [[spoiler:and Colonel Moran]] have to find this out the hard way. It's really not a good idea to make the Great Detective mad at you. |
41 | |
42 | !!John Hamish Watson, M.D. |
43 | %% * BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Holmes - also his BerserkButton. |
44 | * DeadlyDoctor: Eep, do ''not'' mess with Literature/SherlockHolmes. [[BerserkButton You'll be very sorry you did]]. |
45 | %% * DeadpanSnarker |
46 | * {{Determinator}}: |
47 | -->"Porlock, there is no use in arguing the point. I ''shall'' search for Holmes. Whether you help me or not is your choice, but you shan't stop me — [[HeroicVow you have my word on that]]." |
48 | * EnemiesWithDeath: He's [[TheMedic a doctor]]. It's his job. |
49 | * FakeNationality: In-universe. Watson speaks and acts like a Londoner but is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} full-blooded Scot]]. |
50 | %% * HappilyMarried |
51 | %% * TheHeart |
52 | %% * HonoraryUncle: To the Irregulars. |
53 | %% * TheLeader: A combination of Types I and II. |
54 | %% * LoveHurts |
55 | %% * ManlyTears |
56 | * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Never explicitly stated but heavily implied when he [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption interrogates and then kills]] a {{Mook}}. |
57 | %% * TheSmartGuy |
58 | %% * SoProudOfYou: Plays the trope straight with the Irregulars. |
59 | %% * TranquilFury |
60 | |
61 | !!Mycroft Tristan Holmes, Esq. |
62 | * AloofBigBrother: In terms of plot, only. In characterization, he has a definite... |
63 | * BigBrotherInstinct: He's actually quite protective of Sherlock. |
64 | %% * TheChessmaster |
65 | %% * ManlyTears |
66 | * NotSoStoic: Mycroft experiences nearly a full range of emotions in ''Mortality'' alone. |
67 | %% * TheQuietOne |
68 | |
69 | * SharpDressedMan |
70 | !Baker Street Irregulars |
71 | |
72 | !!David "Davy" Jonathan Wiggins |
73 | * CallingTheOldManOut: Does to Holmes regarding [[InHarmsWay his recklessness with his own safety]]. ''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome several times]]''. |
74 | %% * DeadpanSnarker |
75 | %% * {{Determinator}} |
76 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Wiggins's first scene neatly establishes him as a [[DeadpanSnarker sardonic]], [[WiseBeyondTheirYears concerned]] HyperCompetentSidekick. |
77 | %% * HyperCompetentSidekick: To Holmes. |
78 | * TheLancer: To Holmes's, then Watson's, [[TheLeader leadership]]. |
79 | %% * TheLeader: Or "lieutenant", of the Baker Street Irregulars. Combination of Types I and II. |
80 | * PromotionToParent: Had to step up to be the man of the house and the father-figure to his siblings when [[ParentalAbandonment his father abandoned them]]. |
81 | %% * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight |
82 | %% * StreetSmart |
83 | * WiseBeyondTheirYears: Davy is just 22, but he tends to act older (and, in some cases, wiser than his own employer). Though he has a mother and a home, he worked as a beggar and pickpocket before being hired by Holmes. |
84 | |
85 | !!Peter Wiggins |
86 | * TheLancer: To his brother's [[TheLeader leadership]] of the Irregulars. |
87 | %% * ParentalAbandonment |
88 | %% * StreetSmart |
89 | * WiseBeyondTheirYears: Approximately 19 or 20, his backstory is the same as his brother's, barring Davy's PromotionToParent. |
90 | |
91 | !Supporting Women |
92 | |
93 | !!Mary Watson ''neé'' Morstan |
94 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Mary's first scene sets and cements her [[LikeBrotherAndSister sibling-esque relationship with Sherlock]]. |
95 | %% * FirstNameBasis: With Sherlock. |
96 | %% * HappilyMarried |
97 | %% * TheHeart |
98 | %% * InnocentBlueEyes |
99 | %% * PintsizedPowerhouse: |
100 | %% -->She raised an eyebrow. "John, in the event that you have somehow forgotten, I am now quite capable of defending myself. You made certain of that, and I believe I proved myself last Christmas." |
101 | |
102 | !!Rose Hudson |
103 | * LoveHurts: When her characterization finally starts coming through in ''Mortality'', it's when she's acting very much like a [[ParentalSubstitute surrogate mom]] to a ''very'' damaged Literature/SherlockHolmes. |
104 | * TeamMom: Very much on the sidelines, but still there. |
105 | |
106 | !!Annie Rebekah Lestrade ''neé'' Rhys |
107 | * BrainyBrunette: Annie is incredibly well-educated for a working-class woman, having largely taught herself through books. [[CunningLinguist She can speak several languages]] aside from her native ones: French, German, Italian, and Breton, as well as classical Greek and Latin. |
108 | * BreakoutCharacter: Annie was intended to be used extensively as the series progressed, but the unexpectedly enthusiastic response to her initial minor appearances in ''Mortality'' led to more scenes than originally planned. |
109 | * DarkIsNotEvil: Dark hair, dark eyes, ''and'' fairly brown skin. |
110 | %% * HappilyMarried |
111 | %% * HotBlooded: Oy ''vey''. |
112 | * OddCouple: Not exactly a "fire and ice" deal with Geoffrey, but it's not far from the truth, either. |
113 | * OneSteveLimit: Played with. "Annie" is revealed to be the name of Sherlock Holmes's deceased fiancee. |
114 | %% * PintsizedPowerhouse |
115 | %% * TheSmartGirl: Of the Yarders' wives. |
116 | %% * IrishmanAndAJew: Annie's parents, Dai Rhys and Ruby Rhys ''neé'' Eisenman. |
117 | * YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Subverted. Yiddish was her ''first'' language ''alongside'' English. |
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120 | [[folder:Heroes: Scotland Yarders]] |
121 | !!Geoffrey Michael Lestrade |
122 | %% * BewareTheNiceOnes |
123 | * ConsummateProfessional: Or, in Holmes's own words, the "best of professionals." |
124 | * DarkIsNotEvil: Like Holmes, Lestrade is often described as "dark". |
125 | * DeadpanSnarker: Oh so much. The narrative from his PointOfView tends to be ''very'' dry... |
126 | -->'''Watson:''' ''(concerning Moran)'' I think you'd know him if you saw him, Lestrade. The man has a presence.\ |
127 | '''Lestrade:''' Well, then, that limits our man to half the men in that room. Come along, let's get you back out there. |
128 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: As an AscendedExtra - Lestrade is one of the three major [[PointOfView POV]] characters. |
129 | %% * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette |
130 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: The scene that introduces all of ''Mortality's'' Yarders (excepting Sean Youghal) establishes Lestrade as a [[DeadpanSnarker dry-witted]], OlderAndWiser, [[SeenItAll generally world-weary]] TeamDad and OnlySaneMan. |
131 | * FakeBrit: Another in-universe example, as Lestrade is a London-born ''Breton''. |
132 | %% * FriendOnTheForce: To Holmes, Watson, and Wiggins. |
133 | * GenreSavvy: When you've SeenItAll, it's a little hard ''not'' to be GenreSavvy. |
134 | -->'''Lestrade:''' I mayn't be a genius — I may even be an imbecile, as Literature/SherlockHolmes [[InsufferableGenius is always so kind to point out]] — but I ''do'' know how criminals think. |
135 | %% * HappilyMarried |
136 | * HeroicBSOD: When he believes Holmes to be dead - he suffers it again later on, [[spoiler:in the aftermath of the raid.]] |
137 | %% * InspectorLestrade: Played positively. |
138 | * TheKirk: To Patterson's [[TheSpock Spock]] and Gregson's [[TheMcCoy McCoy]]. |
139 | * OddCouple: As mentioned in the folder above, not exactly a "fire and ice" deal with his wife Annie, but not far from the truth, either. |
140 | * OlderAndWiser: Combine SeenItAll, OnlySaneMan, and TeamDad, and you've very much got this. |
141 | * OnlySaneMan: Whether he's interacting with the rest of the "FiveManBand" or his own colleagues, he is so very much this (even when Watson's around). |
142 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: Lestrade is fairly short at 5'7", [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry but he's also known to be a holy terror to his subordinates and colleagues alike when he's worked up]]. |
143 | ** Not to mention the fact that his [[DeadpanSnarker dry wit]] is a superpower all of its own. |
144 | * TheQuietOne: Another of Lestrade's superpowers - he's incredibly long-suffering. |
145 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Just watch his interactions with Wiggins. |
146 | * SeenItAll: He's been on the London Met for over two decades, longer than most of his colleagues. |
147 | %% * SharpDressedMan |
148 | %% * SixthRanger: To Sherlock Holmes's unofficial "FiveManBand". See the main page for further details. |
149 | * TeamDad: He even considers himself something of a father-figure to Holmes. |
150 | * TranquilFury: He's TheStoic that [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry you wouldn't like when he's angry]]. |
151 | %% * TheWatson: To Patterson's "Holmes". |
152 | |
153 | !!Tobias Gregson |
154 | * DeadpanSnarker: |
155 | -->'''Gregson:''' ''(concerning Patterson)'' Have to admit, I've always wondered what it would be like to have Literature/SherlockHolmes as JustForFun/OneOfUs. Now I don't have to wonder, and I don't like it one bit. |
156 | * DumbBlond: Inverted. Gregson is the Sherlock Holmes[=-=]acknowledged smartest man at the Yard. |
157 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: He is quickly established in his first scene as a [[InsufferableGenius smart]], [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] JerkWithAHeartOfGold. |
158 | * FriendlyRival: Is this to Lestrade, [[CharacterDevelopment who doesn't reciprocate the "rival" bit anymore]]. |
159 | %% * HappilyMarried: To a sweet woman named Lisbeth. |
160 | * InsufferableGenius: |
161 | -->'''Lestrade:''' Come off it, Tobias — you look like a thunderhead about to erupt.\ |
162 | '''Gregson:''' Volcanoes ''erupt'', Ferret Face. Thunderheads ''burst''.\ |
163 | '''Lestrade:''' What's going on in that bright head of yours, other than the incessant need to demonstrate your superior knowledge? |
164 | %% * JerkWithAHeartOfGold |
165 | * TheMcCoy: Surprisingly so, but [[TheSpock Patterson]] seems to bring out the trait in him. (Canonically, Lestrade and Gregson are more like TheMcCoy and TheSpock, respectively - even in ''Mortality'', they go back and forth as needed.) |
166 | -->'''Gregson:''' [Patterson] could have had enough consideration for [[TheWatson the poor Doctor]] to make his announcement less abruptly. |
167 | %% * ReasonableAuthorityFigure |
168 | |
169 | !!Daniel Patterson |
170 | * AscendedExtra: From ''one mention'' in "The Final Problem" to supporting character. |
171 | %% * TheChessmaster |
172 | %% * ConsummateProfessional: Another heroic example. |
173 | * TheCynic: Then again, he's rather entitled to it, after all the years he's spent undercover in the underbelly of VictorianLondon. |
174 | %% * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette |
175 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Patterson's is the most concise, introducing him as [[TheCynic cynical]], [[TallDarkAndSnarky sarcastic]], [[GoodIsNotNice cold]], and something of an in-universe {{Expy}} to Literature/SherlockHolmes. In other words, a true KnightInSourArmor. |
176 | * {{Foil}}: Patterson to Holmes, rather as a [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] of [[MemeticMutation the popular image]] of Sherlock Holmes, in-universe but also in RealLife. |
177 | -->'''WordOfGod:''' I think that by Patterson ''living'' [[TheStoic the image]] Holmes attempts to ''project'', it makes Holmes [[NotSoStoic that much more human]]. |
178 | %% * GoodIsNotNice: Nooo, not really. |
179 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: He's spent ''most of his career'' - fifteen years at least - investigating Moriarty. |
180 | * IcyBlueEyes: Often described from Lestrade's PointOfView as icebergs or chips of ice, with just as much emotion. |
181 | * InsufferableGenius: So much so, in fact, that Sherlock Holmes actually decides to cut back on his own arrogance whilst around Watson and Lestrade in the future! |
182 | %% * KnightInSourArmor |
183 | %% * ReasonableAuthorityFigure |
184 | * %% SharpDressedMan |
185 | * SherlockScan: He can do this just about as well as one of the Holmes brothers. |
186 | %% * SixthRanger |
187 | * TheSpock: To Lestrade's [[TheKirk Kirk]] and Gregson's [[TheMcCoy McCoy]], as far as team dynamics go... Really, he's just TheSpock, period. |
188 | %% * TheStoic: But, [[SubvertedTrope for just one moment,]] NotSoStoic. |
189 | %% * SupportingLeader |
190 | %% * TallDarkAndSnarky |
191 | * WhatTheHellHero: Gets this from Lestrade and Gregson a few times in ''Mortality'' alone. |
192 | |
193 | !!Roger Bradstreet |
194 | %% * BoisterousBruiser |
195 | %% * GentleGiant |
196 | %% * ReasonableAuthorityFigure |
197 | |
198 | !!Harold Morton |
199 | %% * FriendOnTheForce |
200 | %% * ReasonableAuthorityFigure |
201 | |
202 | !!Stanley Hopkins |
203 | * TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: |
204 | -->'''Hopkins:''' (solemnly) "Literature/SherlockHolmes, detective genius forever and ever, world without end, Amen." (winks at [=MacDonald=]) |
205 | %% * ReasonableAuthorityFigure |
206 | |
207 | !!Athelney Jones |
208 | |
209 | !!Alec [=MacDonald=] |
210 | * TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Lestrade holds that [=MacDonald=] and Hopkins are Literature/SherlockHolmes's biggest {{fan}}s, [[TheWatson John Watson]] aside. |
211 | %% * ReasonableAuthorityFigure |
212 | |
213 | !!Sean Youghal |
214 | * AscendedExtra: WordOfGod states that Sean is actually the Inspector Youghal mentioned in "The Mazarin Stone". ''Mortality'' takes place twelve years before MAZA. |
215 | %% * FriendOnTheForce |
216 | %% * StreetSmart |
217 | [[/folder]] |
218 | |
219 | [[folder:Villains]] |
220 | !!Professor James Richard Paul Moriarty |
221 | %% * BigBad |
222 | %% * TheChessmaster |
223 | %% * ConsummateProfessional: Absolutely The Best at [[DiabolicalMastermind what he does]]. |
224 | * TheCorrupter: [[spoiler:He wanted to be this for Literature/SherlockHolmes. Fortunately for the world, Holmes was rescued by TheCavalry.]] |
225 | %% * DiabolicalMastermind |
226 | %% * DisneyVillainDeath |
227 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: He calls out Culverton for killing his step-nephew. |
228 | * EvilGenius: He's not just a DiabolicalMastermind - he's an astrophysicist as well, one far ahead of his time. |
229 | * IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Even from his own brother. |
230 | %% * LightIsNotGood |
231 | * TheManBehindTheMan: To the Red-headed League, Culverton Smith, and purportedly many others. |
232 | * OddFriendship: Played with. He trusts Moran more than anyone else of his subordinates, but he makes it ''very'' clear that Moran ''is'' a subordinate. Their dynamics are pretty much as "fire and ice" as it gets. |
233 | %% * SharpDressedMan |
234 | * TheSyndicate: He's not just the DiabolicalMastermind - he IS TheSyndicate. |
235 | %% * WickedCultured: He puts the "wicked" in "cultured". |
236 | |
237 | !!Colonel Sebastian Moran |
238 | %% * AffablyEvil: At times, particularly while in the Tankerville Club. |
239 | %% * ConsummateProfessional |
240 | %% * TheDragon |
241 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Turns out that Moran ''does'' have some respect for the holiness of Christmas. |
242 | * RefugeInAudacity: How he survives after [[YouHaveFailedMe disobeying Moriarty]]... |
243 | -->'''Moran:''' “Professor, I do not enjoy disobeying your orders. But I could not, [[EvenEvilHasStandards in good conscience]], carry that one out. Not at that time.”\ |
244 | '''Moriarty:''' “And what does that make you, Colonel? A soldier with a heart?”\ |
245 | '''Moran:''' “I hope so, sir. It would be deucedly difficult to live without one.” |
246 | %% * SharpDressedMan |
247 | %% * WickedCultured |
248 | |
249 | !!Culverton Smith |
250 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: Undoubtedly from so much time in the tropics - Holmes thinks that he could almost pass for a native of Sumatra due to his coloring. |
251 | %% * BrainyBrunette |
252 | %% * DarkIsEvil |
253 | * DeadlyDoctor: Played with, as he has all the knowledge of a Ph.D. without actually having acquired his doctorate (or even an M.D.) due to financial difficulty. |
254 | * EvilUncle: Out of {{Greed}} for his ''half'' brother's estate. Called out on this by the BigBad, himself. |
255 | * SerialKiller: Officially called a "multiple murderer" and unofficially labeled a monster by Holmes himself. |
256 | * YouHaveFailedMe: Gets a verbal, non-lethal form of this from Moriarty, along with a second chance. [[TooDumbToLive He blows it]]. |
257 | %% * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: His ultimate fate. |
258 | [[/folder]] |
259 | |
260 | [[folder:Minor Characters]] |
261 | !!Fred Porlock |
262 | %% * TheAtoner |
263 | %% * BeingEvilSucks |
264 | |
265 | !!Major Dick Sharon |
266 | %% * ChickMagnet |
267 | * TranquilFury: Upon learning of Holmes's captivity and Moran's hand in it, Sharon is described as being quietly outraged. |
268 | [[/folder]] |
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