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greatestdefective) wrote2016-03-09 02:49 am
greatestdefective) wrote2016-03-09 02:49 am
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Application - Canon Update
((Accepted on the 30th of November, 2017))
Player: Meowzy
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Current Canon Point: After the ending of the first game.
Updated Canon Point: Second game, the beginning of case 4. For spoilery details, highlight to read: After learning of Gregson's death and running off to the crime scene.
Updated Background: See the full history here, canon point lies in November 1st.
Updated Personality: All in all, Sherlock doesn't develop in Dai Gyakuten Saiban 2. The most the game does is further establish bits of his personality that were already hinted at. For example, they state that Sherlock is fully aware of the 'risks' that come with revealing the truth. Iris claims that Holmes will occasionally say the following: “There are probably some mysteries in this world that mustn’t be solved. After all, solving a puzzle means breaking something.” 'As you hurt others, you hurt yourself,' Iris says, yet Sherlock still chases after mysteries without learning his lesson. This is what they refer to as 'The Great Detective's Resolve'.
Indeed, there are a lot of truths that Sherlock keeps to himself for a very long time, only revealing them when he believes the time is right. He doesn't hoard everything, as he does tell Naruhodou several times 'not to look away from the truth, no matter how blinding it is' and talks about the Professor case like it's no big deal. However, certain secrets Sherlock keeps aren't revealed until the situation has escalated so far that the truth is basically coming out on its own.
On that note, when it comes down to it, Sherlock can be very deceiving. At times he'll just imply some misleading things and leave people to come to the wrong assumptions (as with the identity of Iris's father and his partner), but at other times he outright lies as part of a greater scheme. As he says to Naruhodou: “at times, a great detective must tell great lies”. He doesn't mean any harm in it, as it's for a greater good, but the Asougi lie was a particularly cruel one to tell people. Especially people who were Asougi's friends and who, over time, became Sherlock's friends as well. Then there's the Baskerville thing, which he refused to comment on at all and instead just hushed up. Added to that, he promised Iris he'd keep the manuscript safe in the pawn shop but instead he sent it to Yuujin, so that's another lie to toss on the pile. He does apologize to Iris for having her believe that her father was John Watson (or as he says it, he 'made her do something so unnecessary'), but he feels no remorse over the other things at all.
Harmful nature of the truth aside, there's another downside to being the Great Detective. That is, hindsight. A detective only arrives on the scene after a crime has already occurred. As Sherlock says: “…Detectives always appear only after an incident has occurred, idiotic faces hung low. Sometimes, it feels unbearable. …Just what’s happened here?! I’m tired of hearing “Great Detective”!” There's a sort of helplessness that comes with stumbling upon a crime scene and seeing the darkness of society, yet being unable to prevent it. Sherlock knew that Tobias Gregson might die and tried to save him, only for his efforts to fail. It's no wonder, then, that the news leaves him more emotional than we see him throughout most of the game series.
Another thing DGS2 enforces a bit is his (fatherly) love for Iris. Not only is he running around taking on ridiculous part-time jobs just to pay the rent and keep her fed, he becomes quite touched when Iris calls him 'papa' and thanks him for all he's done. He also becomes jealous when his partner gets the papa treatment, insisting that 'he'd been papa longer'. Sherlock tries everything he can to keep Iris safe and happy, not because he made a promise to his partner but because he's just such a great papa himself. Slapping some more fatherly actions on top of this, he convinces Gregson to take in Gina Lestrade and give her a second chance at a good life. This is both for the benefit of Gina, who is taught by Gregson to become a detective (she can't take the conventional route because she can't read), and for Gregson himself. In the end, it's stated that Gregson was thankful for the opportunity to watch over Gina, meaning Sherlock's intuition about sticking those two together was right on the money.
Sherlock's bond with his old partner is worth touching upon, I think, simply because of the time during which this story took place, which is before the year 1900. Yuujin Mikotoba is very similar to John Watson, but there's one very important difference to be noted: his race and how he came to be in England. Sherlock accepted a housemate from a completely different country- an exchange student who'd only just arrived and was still adjusting to England- and forged a friendship unlike any other with him. Characters like Naruhodou and Souseki are often still referred to as 'suspicious Japs/orientals' who 'might possess black magic' sixteen years after Yuujin and his two fellows first arrived, but Sherlock doesn't seem to register a person's country of origin as a factor. ...Well, not unless he believes them to be a 'Russian revolutionist', but then it's the revolutionist bit that brings the negativity and the person who's accused is obviously not Russian. The respect and trust that Sherlock aims towards Yuujin is strong enough to endure even through ten years of separation. (who ever said long distance partnerships don't work?)
Updated Abilities: Sherlock has invented more impossible stuff for his day and age! Remember how in the first game he can somehow take pictures with his goggles and his bag then prints the photograph like a polaroid, which was already ridiculous? WELL. First up, we have the pair of matching keychains, which turn out to basically be walkie talkies with a range to contact someone who's far outside of London. Not only that, but when one pulls the ears of the bunny keychain, the bear keychain reacts with a tugging movement of the arms.
And if you think THAT'S bad, I've got one word for you. Holograms. The keychains are capable of somehow projecting full-bodied holograms, which have the ability to appear and reappear in different spots of the room whenever the person being projected wishes. Sherlock manages to use this technology to project the entire trial, as it's being recorded by the bunny in the courthouse, to the Queen in Buckingham Palace through the bear.
I DON'T KNOW, MAN. I JUST DON'T KNOW....
Other: Planning to have him leave on the 25th, then return on the 30th, if that's cool!
Questions: None!
Player: Meowzy
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Current Canon Point: After the ending of the first game.
Updated Canon Point: Second game, the beginning of case 4. For spoilery details, highlight to read: After learning of Gregson's death and running off to the crime scene.
Updated Background: See the full history here, canon point lies in November 1st.
Updated Personality: All in all, Sherlock doesn't develop in Dai Gyakuten Saiban 2. The most the game does is further establish bits of his personality that were already hinted at. For example, they state that Sherlock is fully aware of the 'risks' that come with revealing the truth. Iris claims that Holmes will occasionally say the following: “There are probably some mysteries in this world that mustn’t be solved. After all, solving a puzzle means breaking something.” 'As you hurt others, you hurt yourself,' Iris says, yet Sherlock still chases after mysteries without learning his lesson. This is what they refer to as 'The Great Detective's Resolve'.
Indeed, there are a lot of truths that Sherlock keeps to himself for a very long time, only revealing them when he believes the time is right. He doesn't hoard everything, as he does tell Naruhodou several times 'not to look away from the truth, no matter how blinding it is' and talks about the Professor case like it's no big deal. However, certain secrets Sherlock keeps aren't revealed until the situation has escalated so far that the truth is basically coming out on its own.
On that note, when it comes down to it, Sherlock can be very deceiving. At times he'll just imply some misleading things and leave people to come to the wrong assumptions (as with the identity of Iris's father and his partner), but at other times he outright lies as part of a greater scheme. As he says to Naruhodou: “at times, a great detective must tell great lies”. He doesn't mean any harm in it, as it's for a greater good, but the Asougi lie was a particularly cruel one to tell people. Especially people who were Asougi's friends and who, over time, became Sherlock's friends as well. Then there's the Baskerville thing, which he refused to comment on at all and instead just hushed up. Added to that, he promised Iris he'd keep the manuscript safe in the pawn shop but instead he sent it to Yuujin, so that's another lie to toss on the pile. He does apologize to Iris for having her believe that her father was John Watson (or as he says it, he 'made her do something so unnecessary'), but he feels no remorse over the other things at all.
Harmful nature of the truth aside, there's another downside to being the Great Detective. That is, hindsight. A detective only arrives on the scene after a crime has already occurred. As Sherlock says: “…Detectives always appear only after an incident has occurred, idiotic faces hung low. Sometimes, it feels unbearable. …Just what’s happened here?! I’m tired of hearing “Great Detective”!” There's a sort of helplessness that comes with stumbling upon a crime scene and seeing the darkness of society, yet being unable to prevent it. Sherlock knew that Tobias Gregson might die and tried to save him, only for his efforts to fail. It's no wonder, then, that the news leaves him more emotional than we see him throughout most of the game series.
Another thing DGS2 enforces a bit is his (fatherly) love for Iris. Not only is he running around taking on ridiculous part-time jobs just to pay the rent and keep her fed, he becomes quite touched when Iris calls him 'papa' and thanks him for all he's done. He also becomes jealous when his partner gets the papa treatment, insisting that 'he'd been papa longer'. Sherlock tries everything he can to keep Iris safe and happy, not because he made a promise to his partner but because he's just such a great papa himself. Slapping some more fatherly actions on top of this, he convinces Gregson to take in Gina Lestrade and give her a second chance at a good life. This is both for the benefit of Gina, who is taught by Gregson to become a detective (she can't take the conventional route because she can't read), and for Gregson himself. In the end, it's stated that Gregson was thankful for the opportunity to watch over Gina, meaning Sherlock's intuition about sticking those two together was right on the money.
Sherlock's bond with his old partner is worth touching upon, I think, simply because of the time during which this story took place, which is before the year 1900. Yuujin Mikotoba is very similar to John Watson, but there's one very important difference to be noted: his race and how he came to be in England. Sherlock accepted a housemate from a completely different country- an exchange student who'd only just arrived and was still adjusting to England- and forged a friendship unlike any other with him. Characters like Naruhodou and Souseki are often still referred to as 'suspicious Japs/orientals' who 'might possess black magic' sixteen years after Yuujin and his two fellows first arrived, but Sherlock doesn't seem to register a person's country of origin as a factor. ...Well, not unless he believes them to be a 'Russian revolutionist', but then it's the revolutionist bit that brings the negativity and the person who's accused is obviously not Russian. The respect and trust that Sherlock aims towards Yuujin is strong enough to endure even through ten years of separation. (who ever said long distance partnerships don't work?)
Updated Abilities: Sherlock has invented more impossible stuff for his day and age! Remember how in the first game he can somehow take pictures with his goggles and his bag then prints the photograph like a polaroid, which was already ridiculous? WELL. First up, we have the pair of matching keychains, which turn out to basically be walkie talkies with a range to contact someone who's far outside of London. Not only that, but when one pulls the ears of the bunny keychain, the bear keychain reacts with a tugging movement of the arms.
And if you think THAT'S bad, I've got one word for you. Holograms. The keychains are capable of somehow projecting full-bodied holograms, which have the ability to appear and reappear in different spots of the room whenever the person being projected wishes. Sherlock manages to use this technology to project the entire trial, as it's being recorded by the bunny in the courthouse, to the Queen in Buckingham Palace through the bear.
I DON'T KNOW, MAN. I JUST DON'T KNOW....
Other: Planning to have him leave on the 25th, then return on the 30th, if that's cool!
Questions: None!