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Cumberholmes Role Play Twitter Community

Cumberholmes: How am I tuning my violin and Tweeting at the same time, I hear you ask. Because I'm Sherlock Holmes & I can do ANYTHING.

@dilestrade I'm just saying. The enemy of my enemy's henchman is my henchfriend.

-Cumberholmes

This is a page for the Cumberholmes Role-Playing Game, a Fan Work featured exclusively on Twitter. There is a Live Journal that accompanies this community which can be found here.

Based on the Mini Series Sherlock, this RP has expanded beyond the featured BBC cast to include some of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's canon characters, such as Tobias Gregson and one of the Baker Street Irregulars (a group of employed Street Urchins who are all Conveniently an Orphan) named Wiggins. For the uninitiated, an excellent summation of the history and relationships of most of the characters in the RP can be found here.

Basic Components of the RP Tropes

What To Expect In This Fan Verse

Hilarity Ensues. Frequently.
Affectionate Parody
Misaimed Fandom
Incredibly Lame Pun So lame they are sure to make you laugh.
- Disputed. I think of them as rather awesome.
Hurricane of Puns This is the community where wordplay isn't just a game, it's a way of life.
No Fourth Wall
- Includes Medium Awareness
- And it's generally painted, too.
Cops and Detectives
- They Fight Crime!
  - "Sherlock Holmes: He's a doctor scarred by the war in Afghanistan! He's a substance-abusing dilettante private consulting detective! They Fight Crime!"
Criminals
Born in the Wrong Century Victorian England, anybody?
Hired Guns
Iconic Characters
Manly Tears
Showers of Angst
Karaoke Boxes
British Accents
Fridge Logic
- Especially in the case of kidnappings: "In the original toons nobody got kidnapped in the middle of a sentence, but that's really the only way to make the joke funny in a written format. Though the general rule is that he's nice enough to hit Submit for you on the way out." Quote from this page.
Remember the New Guy Occurs pretty much any time a new character shows up.

Character Tropes

Baker Street Residents

Sherlock Holmes alias: Cumberholmes

Sherlock Holmes He has his own Trope Name.
A Born Detective
- that, true to his calling, grew up to become a Private Detective. Although he prefers the term, "Consulting."
  - And yet, he is also a Defective Detective.
Magnificent Bastard
Byronic Hero
Badass Longcoat
Addiction Displacement, sort of.
Potential Broken Ace.
Dark and Troubled Past
Forgets To Eat Or Chooses Not To, When On a Case.
Nice to the Waiter Got him off a murder charge, to be specific.
Sherlock Scan derived from his name; he knows your name, age, weight, blood type, and favourite flavour of icecream at a glance.
- Cumberholmes @irene_adlr_nrtn I can list everything you've touched and how often you've washed your hands over the last 24hrs by tasting your fingers.
Sleeps with Everyone but You
Not So Stoic
When Disguised in Drag he is Berglind, an Attractive Bent Gender.

Doctor John Watson alias: Doctor_Wat

The Watson It is his name.
Badass Adorable
Badass Moustache is unfortunately absent.
Deadly Doctor
Often wears a Homemade Sweater From Hell
- "Sometimes it will actually look like a perfectly wearable sweater, but most characters will react to it as if it were the most hideous thing ever - an Informed Attribute that's like a distant unliving relative of Hollywood Homely."
- Similarly suffers from Impossibly Tacky Clothes that make him a Rummage Sale Reject.
Improbable Aiming Skills
Possesses a Limited Wardrobe
Trademark Favourite Food : Jam!
Usually The Cavalry for Sherlock, but the Yard and Mycroft can also fill that role.
Did You Think I Can't Feel?, less extreme version though; see quote for a detail or two That Sounds Familiar.
- "Alice is an all around nice girl: she's quiet and maybe a bit of a pushover, but every so often she hints at having some deep Hidden Depths. She's sure to do whatever Bob asks her, not just because of her loyalty but because she "doesn't seem to mind". She may even have a crush on Bob, who seldom notices, dates everyone else but her, and asks her for dating advice. Over the course of the story Bob will go on adventures and drag Alice along with him, putting her through progressively more embarrassing, painful, and emotionally hurtful situations while ignoring her feelings. She won't complain, and will likely offer advice and help however she can."

Mrs. Hudson alias: mrs__hudson

Never Mess with Granny
Example of the Miniature Senior Citizens Trope.
Could be Employing Obfuscating Insanity}

Mrs. Barthembless alias: MrsBarthembless

The Yard From Scotland That Is Actually Situated In London

Also Known As Scotland Yard.
Donut Mess with a Cop
Must Have Caffeine
Conservation of Competence
Holds Escalating Wars of Prankish Natures.
No Smoking
Let's Get Dangerous
- Or Down To Business
  - TO DEFEAT THE HUNS!
  - DID THEY SEND ME DAUGHTERS
  - WHEN I ASKED FOR SONS?

Detective Inspector Lestrade alias: dilestrade

Inspector Lestrade Own Trope Name, again.
Badass Normal
Deadpan Snarker, although a good deal of the RP could technically fill this Trope at times.
Token Grumpy Old Man by name only.
- Really more of a Grumpy Bear.
Team Dad
Pungeon Master
Employed a Pre-Asskicking One-Liner before nailing Seb in the face.

Detective Inspector Olivia A. Jones ''alias: athelneyjones

Detective Inspector Tobias Gregson alias: T_Gregson

Can often be found Talking to Plants.
The Klutz
Team Mom, kind of. Mostly because Lestrade is the Team Dad.
- "In an ensemble show, especially of the fighting kind, there needs to be someone to hold this Rag Tag Bunch Of Misfits together before they kill each other or wander off into the woods like so many Player Characters."
Fond of Scenery Porn, provided there are lots of plants.

Detective Inspector Stanley Hopkins alias: stanhopkins

Stoic Woobie
Apologises a Lot
Shrinking Violet
Extreme Doormat
Nice Guy
The Geek and the Nerd
- But he's proud to be one.
- He is also a Geek Reference Pool, both in character and out.
  - Example A: Red Shirt
  - Example B: Bowties Are Cool
- To solidify his status as resident geek/nerd, Hopkins wears Nerd Glasses
  - Sadly he's also Blind Without Em
Basically all around Adorkable

Sergeant Sally Donovan alias: sgtdonovan

Surrounded by Idiots
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
The Snark Knight
Sassy Black Woman
~~Illustrates The Smurfette Principle, as she's the only Tweeting Female at the Yard.~~ No longer applicable now that A. Jones is gossiping away on Twitter.
Sarcastic Devotee
Usually participates in, if not causes, an Escalating Prank War.
Hyper Competent Sidekick
- Take that, Original Canon.

Anderson, "Forensics Guy" alias: AforAnderson

Adopts Everything's Better with Dinosaurs as his Personal Mantra.
Beard of Barbarism Caveman-esque, really.

Police Constable Dimmock alias: PC_Dimmock

Loves what everyone else considers to be Horrible Camping Trips.
- The Yard actually went so far as to go on a Team Building Form of this Trope.
Owns a Big Friendly Dog.
- It might actually be more of a Hellhound.
His Tent is Bigger on the Inside.
Potential Mad Hatter

The Office Ficus alias: ficusficusficus

Tahiti!Gregson alias: tahitigregson

Can Never Go Home Again Because of a Dimensional Disturbance and is Now Forever Stuck in Tahiti

The British Government

Mycroft Holmes alias: MforMycroft

Anthea/Ruby/Holly/Whatever-Strikes-Her-Fancy-This-Week alias: AforAnthea

Team Moriarty

Evil Is Sexy
Evil Is Cool.
Murder, Inc. Moriarty's Nebulous Evil Organisation.
The Dark Side
- "We Have Ways Of Making You Talk."

Jim Moriarty alias: M_forMoriarty

Magnificent Bastard
Evil Counterpart to Sherlock, of course.
Enfant Terrible Started his reign of terror as a youth with the horrible, virtually untraceable murder of Carl Powers; the adorable part is potentially disputable, however.
The Don
Mad Bomber
Psycho for Hire It is practically his job description.
Draco in Leather Pants Potentially also applies to Seb.
Villain with Good Publicity More so for the name than the actual Trope.
Psychopathic Manchild
Big Bad
I Lied He's soooooo changeable.
Sharp Dressed Man One Word: Westwood.
- So Sharply Dressed that he is, in fact, a Man of Wealth and Taste.
Subverts the Vegetarian Clause in the Noble Profession Trope. (Although technically he is a Pescatarian and therefore may not count.)
Affably Evil
Card-Carrying Villain
Mad Mathematician

Sebastian Moran alias: SebMoran

Acquired Poison Immunity to pretty much every lethal toxin known to MAN and BEAST.* Rated M for Manly
Colonel Badass Also his actual army rank.
The Dragon
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Colonel Kilgore
One-Man Army
Major Injury Underreaction, arguably the King of This Trope.
Real Men Eat Meat
Definitely has Improbable Aiming Skills
Great White Hunter
The Man Your Man Could Smell Like
Professional Killer

Mary Peck Butterworth alias: MizCounterfeit

Has a fascinating Back Story which can be found here: Painted Dreams and Burning Fires
Femme Fatalons

Thirty-Two alias:henchman32

Other ACD Canon Characters

Irene Adler-Norton alias: irene_adlr_nrtn

Black Widow
- Curiously enough, dealt with a Bluebeard that ran a Super Slave Market and successfully took him out.
Classy Cat Burglar
Impossible Thief
Like Sally, is also a Snark Knight
May be a Fat Girl but can still Screw The Rules Because She's Beautiful, honey.

Mary Morstan alias: Mary_Morstan

Took a Level in Badass some time before the RP's beginning, which makes her aBadassTeacher
The Piano Player
She always has a quip at hand.
- In other words, she's taken many levels in Witty Banter

Wiggins alias: Wig_out

Langdale Pike alias: PickledPike

Basement Dweller
Generally a physical embodiment of a Dartboard of Hate.
Frequently Utilises Insane Troll Logic.
Fond of Malicious Slander.
Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant
Slave to PR
Nosy Neighbour
Red Shirt Reporter
Eyepatch After Time Skip
Seems to be under the thumb of a Corrupt Corporate Executive who leaves him Chained to a Bed.

Henry Knight alias: _HenryKnight

Dr. Stapleton alias: DrStapleton1

Dr. Louise Mortimer alias: DrLMortimer

Other BBC Canon Characters

Angelo alias: Angelo_ok

Catch Phrase : Ambiance.
Could be considered a Pyro Maniac, although a friendly one.
Part of The Clan with a Family Business featured in this RP.
Subverts the One Steve Limit
Almighty Janitor
Gratuitous Italian

Ella Thompson alias: ellatheshrink

The Shrink
The Movie Buff
Fond of Action Adventure
- Will employ Implausible Deniability if caught partaking in them, however.
Maiden Aunt Except not elderly and probably Straight Gay for Mary.
Not a Friend To All Children
- Just her nephews
You will never see her participating in a Shopping Montage. Ever.

Harry Watson alias: HforHarriet

The Alcoholic
- Potentially a Lady Drunk, although she went to Rehab.
Token Lesbian

Sarah Sawyeralias: DrSarahBear

Deadly Doctor
Feminine Women Can Cook See Number Two.
The RP's Butt Monkey, poor lass.

Bluebell alias: Glow_Bunny

Kitty Reilly alias: kitty_reports

Sebastian Wilkes alias: WilkesSebastian

Other Twitter Canon Characters

Hector Smythe alias: hectorsmythe

Bracken Holmes alias: brackenholmes

Geoff Lestrade alias: lestradesnr

Mummy Moriarty alias: MummyMoriarty

Different Detectives

Inspector Poirotalias: bloodypoirot

Exotic Detective, mentioned on the actual page; one could argue that his twin moustaches are rather exotic.
Poirot Speak
- Funetik Aksent
- As Long as It Sounds Foreign
- Everything Sounds Sexier in French
  - See also: Everyone Looks Sexier If French
  - HE EES BELGIAN, EENGLEESH PIG DAWG!

Johnathan Creekalias: jonathan_creek

Nancy Drewalias: ndrew_nvstig8s

The Dearly Departed Who Also Have Access To Twitter

Not Quite Dead
- They're more like Only Mostly Dead than Not Quite Dead.
  - Let's just call them Almost Dead Guys. They did deliver important-ish messages.
  - Fuck it, they're The Undead.

Bad Cabbie, "Jeff"alias: bad_cabbie

Not My Driver Parodied when he comes back from the grave on Halloween to drive characters to a Party at the Holmes Estate.

Carl Powersalias: PoorCarlPowers

Godfrey Nortonalias: godfrey_nrtn

Was Once a Jerkass

Jennifer Wilsonalias: thelady_inpink

Molly Hooperalias: Molliarty

Love Makes You Crazy
Jumping Off the Slippery Slope Was eventually pushed off of one, too.

Shan, Ghost Of alias: Brack_Rotus

Politically Incorrect Villain
Intentional Engrish for Funny
- Funetik Aksent
Fantastic Racism (As Long as It Sounds Foreign)
Accent Adaptation
- Could be considered Just a Stupid Accent.

Victor Trevor alias: victor_trevor

They Never Tweet But We Still Tweet About Them

Twenty-Six

Brown

The Chief

Cannot Tell a Joke
Causes Collective Groans.

Daddy Holmes

Firmly believes that Misery Builds Character

The Deputy Chief

Cook

Badass in a Nice Suit

Louise

To her, There Is Only One Bed and his name is Greg.

Lee

Fights Generic Ethnic Crime Gangs.

Mummy

Number Five

Peters

Clueless Deputy
Frequently holds the Idiot Ball.

Pat

Hair-Trigger Temper
- Went through Anger Management but still tries to Throw a Barrel at It.
Near victim of a Red Shirt incident.

Semi-Related Role Plays

Infinite Universe

Infinite Sherlock alias: Ananta Sherlock

Infinite John alias: Ananta Watson

Infinite Mycroft alias: Ananta Mycroft

Infinite Irene alias: Ananta Irene

Infinite Jim alias: Ananta Moriarty

RoboHudson alias: RoboHudson

Infinite Jam alias: Ananta Jam

Death Frisbee alias: Ananta Hat

Gata alias: Gata

The Hound/Snuffles alias: TheBaskerHound

MJN Air

Cpt Martin Crieff alias: FlyMeImFriendly

Douglas Richardson alias: SirDouglasMJN

Arthur Shappey alias: ArthurKnappShap

Carl alias: FittonATC

Mary Sue Smiley alias marysuethatswho

The Doctor and His Sexy Tardis

The Doctor alias: DrDoctorSmith

Idris Tardis alias: SexyIdrisTARDIS

Relationship Tropes

Love Dodecahedron The constantly-breaking-and-reforming relationships, crushes, and flirtations in this RP require graphs to understand.
Parental Favoritism See Mummy's varying attitudes towards Mycroft, Bracken, and Sherlock; perhaps even Mrs. Moriarty's with her multiple sons named Jim, as well?
Enough Ho Yay to keep you warm at night, but Jim also offers Suspiciously Specific Denial.
Mistaken for Gay Applies to practically everyone in some form; most notably Sherlock and John; Seb and Jim.
- dilestrade: @M_forMoriarty @SebMoran You two are starting a trend of showing up at exactly the same moment. Like a gay echo.
Batman & Robin Lestrade and Wigs.
- They do not, however, star in a terrible film.
  - Well, not yet, at any rate.
Cargo Ship Many a character has a beloved item.
- Example A: Sherlock's Coat.
- Example B: John and Jam.
Heterosexual Life Partners Seb and Jim; Sherlock and John
Polyamory in the form of an Open Relationship Suggested label for the John/Sarah/Mary triangle that went on.
Captain Smooth and Sergeant Rough Lestrade and Sally.

Event Tropes

Accidental Marriage When Cumberholmes married irene_adlr_nrtn in Vegas.
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Sometimes their Henchmen do, too.
Bar Brawl Started by Seb ends up with Lestrade carting him off to a Holding Cell.
Freaky Friday Flip Sherlock and John accidentally Body-Swapped for about a day.