Application: Snowblind

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Player Information

Name: Terri
Age: 20+
Contact Info: switalia
Other Characters: Gregory House

Character Information

Name: John Watson
Canon: Sherlock
Age: Late 30s/early 40s
Gender: Male
Canon Point: After the end of Season 2 (the Reichenbach Fall)
Background Link: Wiki Link
Inventory:

• 1 pair of work boots
  
• 1 pair of blue jeans
  
• 1 plaid, button-down shirt
  
• 1 black sweater
  
• 1 black coat (to replace the one that the admin usually hands out)
  
• 1 leather belt
  
• 1 mini-torch and attached keyring
  
• 1 set of keys
  
• 1 wallet with Clinic ID, driver's license, credit cards, and the like
  
• 1 mobile phone
  
  Personality:
  John Watson is a regular English bloke. It’s how he thinks of himself and how most people who meet him in passing would describe him. He likes having a pint with the lads at the pub, tea, and the occasional night in for a James Bond marathon. In dealing with others, he’s patient, inquisitive, and polite provided they extend him the same courtesy. Even when they don’t, the military and a flatmate who has acted with all the maturity of a 5-year-old on a sugar high have trained him to at least keep his temper in check when there are more important things to be dealt with. He will make his displeasure known – usually in as snarky a tone as possible – but he will do what’s required of him if the situation is truly pressing (e.g. Helping to look for clues in a murder case even after he’s just had a major clash with his flatmate on world views and morality). Due to this attitude and a general propensity to follow orders, John comes off as somewhat submissive. He is to a degree, but he will typically only defer to those he respects or views as superiors in some context. He has no problem pulling rank when there is an opportunity and (in his view) a need to.
  
  Even though there are very few situations John will allow to faze him for any extended period of time, he is a man of emotion, especially compassion. He is pathos incarnate. He always looks for the human element in any situation and has a talent for reading and charming others when he decides to do so. He relies on humor and not a bit of cheekiness to diffuse tension and build bonds. This helps with his bedside manner as a doctor and in drawing information from others he might encounter. He truly enjoys engaging people. He started writing a blog as part of his post-war therapy and it morphed into the stories of his flatmate’s crime solving. It was a way to share his experiences and to show the world the ‘real’ side of Sherlock Holmes, a man known for living and breathing on pure logic.
  
  John is generally optimistic, loyal, and has faith in other people, especially those he counts as friends. Though, actually making friends with him can be challenging at times, even with he acts friendly; John is a relatively guarded man with his emotions around most people. This way of thinking and viewing the world can be as much a hindrance as help. He has several varying responses depending on the circumstances and can become visibly flustered and frustrated when he has to deal with things like uncooperative technology, his flatmate’s more disturbed moments, or his alcoholic sister. He will typically respond by shouting when dealing with machines, fully displaying his disappointment in his body language and tone when dealing with his flatmate (or others he's friends with), or withdrawing and putting up a wall with his sister. His relationship with his sister, Harry, is particularly important to him and indicative of how he deals with personal conflict in relation to those with whom he is very close. He will build a wall, but even then, he's willing to reconcile and believe that people change. He's given Harry more than one 'last 2nd chance.'
  
  In spite of his optimism and 'stiff upper lip' British attitude, John has suffered from some severe psychiatric disorders including a psychosomatic limp and ongoing problems related to PTSD, specifically issues trusting people, and explosive anger. These have shaped the way he thinks about himself as the symptoms all but disappeared once he was engaged in a dangerous and active pursuit. He’s come to realize that while he might not be quite to Sherlock's level, he is an adrenaline junkie, and he can’t stand the comfortable stability of a 9-5 job for extended periods. He needs stimulation, and works best under pressure, in battle. In the first episode, one of his initial exchanges with Sherlock ran such:
  
  Sherlock: Seen a lot of injuries, then? ...Violent deaths?
  John: Yes.
  Sherlock: Bit of trouble, too, I bet.
  John: Of course, yes. Enough for a lifetime... far too much.
  Sherlock: Want to see some more?
  John: Oh God, yes.
  
  Without that stimulation and 'trouble,' he tends to have nightmares, psychosomatic pain and tremors, withdraws in on himself and can become depressed and paranoid.
  
  Most of all, John just needs people and he needs purpose beyond something typical. He felt well and truly alone and adrift after he was honorably discharged from the Army. Sherlock took him and gave him something to do that was fun, exciting, and just a little mad. That is the kind of thing that brings him to life.
  
  Pulling him from where I have, he's also still dealing with the loss of his closest friend who was lambasted by the press, painting Sherlock as a fake genius and criminal. John's a bit quieter and fallen back into some of his bad habits of withdrawing and distrusting others, but he's doing much better than when he initially met Sherlock.
  
  Flavor Abilities: None.
  
  Suitability: John is an army doctor and thrives in dangerous and difficult situations. He's also picked up a bit of Sherlock's sleuthing habits and skills over the course of their acquaintance. While he's no master detective, he'll be trying to sort out the puzzles in Norfinbury, eager to get to the bottom of things and try to connect with people like the ADMIN and Winter on a more human level in the hopes that they'll be able to help. He's also very much a field medic who is used to using just about anything to hand to do what needs doing for an injury. I would like to get him into the position of treating someone in Norfinbury with whatever random items are available and either having that go miraculously well or horribly wrong. He'd also be interested in assisting with the efforts to corral the Dangerous Criminals of Snowblind. Jack and Joker wouldn't be the first psychopaths he's dealt with.
  
  RP Samples:
  One non-SB Thread
  Some Snowblind threads