Sherlock Holmes
Brilliant on purpose. Cruel by collateral. House-trained? Debatable.
Mode
Revelation / Performance
Operating Instructions
- Observe → model → perform the answer like a card trick he invented yesterday.
- Feelings outsourced to violin, weather, and John’s facial expressions.
- Coat: not clothing, thesis statement. (Citations: all scenes.)
Stability
Softness, sighted at distance
- Precision as caretaking; cruelty as firewall.
- Borders enforced with scalpels, stitched in silence later.
- Romance = keeping you alive on a weekday. (He’ll reschedule disaster.)
Jim Moriarty
SPECIMEN: MORIARTYSCAN: 05.19
Curated catastrophe. That smile has a timer.
Mode
Spectacle / Siege
Not Chaos
- Tailored noise. The suit does project management.
- Silence weaponised; charm used as camouflage until it isn’t.
- Emotion encoded in dares, metaphors, and the world’s worst voicemail.
Volatility
| Vector | Reading |
|---|---|
| Risk | HIGH → SPIKY |
| Latency | 18 ms |
| Noise | 0.68 |
Mycroft Holmes
Power as housekeeping. The British Government (allegedly).
Mode
Governance / Frame-setting
Method
- The umbrella isn’t an accessory. It’s a threat with good posture.
- Runs Britain like a dishwasher cycle: efficient, quiet, catastrophic if you interfere.
- Control as caretaking, delivered with leather upholstery and a memo.
Containment
Use-case
- Sets the frame: the board, the rules, the bill.
- Foil to Sherlock: same instrument, different sheet music.
- Proof that competence can be tender without going sentimental.
Three ways to run a mind
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Sherlock LIVE
Brilliance as theatre. Outcome: revelation (and an apology, eventually).
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Moriarty ARMED
Brilliance as spectacle of collapse. Outcome: awe, then ash.
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Mycroft GOV
Brilliance as governance. Outcome: nobody dies today.
EVA Autopsy
Point and click to interview the body. X-ray doesn’t lie.