Which Sherlock Holmes are you?

[Shadow Dweller]

Quiz, Which Sherlock Holmes Are You?

 

 

Mine is Jeremy Brett. 

 

Oh dear, you make being the cleverest and sharpest mind in the room seem like no fun at all. You may gain a certain sense of enjoyment out of solving the many puzzles that life throws in your path but actually you're saddled with such a cast-iron ennui that effectively it just feels like you're passing the time in the least boring fashion you can manage. There's no joy to be had in your achievements, and that's really a tragedy. 

 

Assuming your darker spells are something you wish to address, try not to fixate on the things that you can do that others can not, for starters. And maybe consider the capabilities of others and reconsider whether you might get something out of adapting yourself to their methods after all. Even if you just make the decision to stop treating intelligence as an adversarial sport, you might lose some of the gloominess and solitude that comes with being the best at something. 

 

And if that sounds too much like a climb-down, maybe take up a difficult hobby, like playing the harp or baking exquisite cakes. Anything to make success feel like something worth celebrating. 

[Arcadia]

 

Quiz, Which Sherlock Holmes Are You?

 

Your result: You are Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock from 'Sherlock'

 

You're an odd fish, aren't you? Not content with being blessed with a singular mind you proceed to behave in as anti-social and provocative a manner as possible, never passing up the opportunity to prove your superiority as an observer, whether of scientific phenomena or human interactions.

 

But while other people of your ilk may sneer or take a lofty position above the hubbub of humanity, you can't quite decide whether you want to remain a breed apart or dip your toes in the communal waters from time to time. From what you've observed, social affection can be rewarding, but you're not really motivated by any form of self-indulgence that doesn't feed your almighty intellect. That said, small kindnesses go in very deep with you, and this is something that you sometimes feel the need to acknowledge.

 

You're not quite the imperious snoot you'd like everyone to believe you are, and you're all the better for it.

[Shadow Dweller]

Thanks to Inge's example, I try the quiz the second time. Got Ian McKellen's Sherlock from 'Mr. Holmes'. 

 

Yours is the voice of bitter experience. The painfully bright blaze that was once at the core of your very being has dimmed to a warming glow, even though your mental faculties are still essentially as sharp as ever. And you've had to learn to make some compromises along the way. This is all to the good, and you're now a far more loveable person than you've ever been before, and you can express empathy in a way that has previously eluded you. 

 

You're also someone that knows why you're the kind of person you are. When you were younger it was enough that you were the smartest person in the room, seeing things other people were too lazy to spot and filtering the world in a way few of your friends could match. Now you have old scores to settle, old ghosts to lay to rest, and your ultimate goal is peace. This is no bad thing, and the best part of being a more empathic human being is that people will try and help you along the way, rather than hide from your previously withering sneer. `

 

Could it be that you're finally managing to develop personal wisdom, in the midst of all of that cleverness?

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

Your result: You are Jonny Lee Miller's Sherlock from 'Elementary'

 

You're a tricksy one and no mistake. A sneer never far from your lips and a cunning plan at the back of your mind to manipulate people into doing exactly what you want them to do. More often than not, these things have a higher purpose, but my golly it doesn't make you many friends along the way. All that rushing around is bewildering too.

Should this be a concern (everyone needs at least one friend, surely?) maybe you could tone down the superiority complex. For someone who is so interested in making deductions based on people's common habits, what does it say about you that you can't keep your scathing thoughts to yourself? Scared of being ignored, are we?

Whatever the reason, you may be a perfect thinking machine, but as an associate you're hard work. Whether you choose to do anything about that is entirely up to you.

 

[Inge l-w]

Sorry, ShadowDweller, these were the results of the first attempt, Basil Rathbone:

"Other people may seem more active or more quirky or more sexy, but you are the one they can't beat. You are possessed of total authority, the ability to take over situations that are not yours to dominate and you tend to come out the other side with a certain flourish and the admiration of everyone you did not manage to offend along the way .( nice going, tell that to my students and my long-suffering colleagues ) This is your strength, and it means that you can drag people in your wake, ( thinking of family and friends, especially during BAFTA voting time) as convinced as you are that important things are happening that need to be immediately addressed. Of course, this can cause problems, if you have got hold of the wrong end of the stick, so it's just as well that you're the kind of person to think twice and double check your assumptions (hate that word) before you decide what to do. Just be aware that every leader has to carry the responsibility for the actions of their followers, and maybe try not to set the bar so high that anyone will hurt themselves trying to clear it"

So, you see, I'm either bossing everyone around or being unpredictable, anti-social and provocative, with the only redeeming feature of acknowledging small kindnesses! Either way, I'm sunk as a kindly, sociable, gregarious person!

[Inge l-w]

It got worse!

Below the Sherlock quiz in BBC America there's another one about which Sherlock character you are, and I took it. From the way the questions are phrased, the others must be John, Lestrade, Moriarty, Mycroft and Mrs Hudson. Why am I saying this: turns out I'm Holmes, the high-functioning whatever!

" You see things other people cannot see, and therefore you believe them to be dull and stupid. They, on the other hand, believe you to be rude and callous because you don't abide by the rules of polite conduct. You don't see why you should, they don't see why you would not want to. It's a stand-off that you only get away with because you are talented. There again, if you were not talented, maybe you would have to resort to conventional means of getting along, like smiling."

I strenuously object, Your Honour, as Demi Moore said in A Few Good Men. I have to work with people, get along with them, smile as much as circumstances warrant.

[Shadow Dweller]

That's entertaining, Inge. :D Basil Rathbone's often called as being action- Sherlock Holmes (unsurprising considering its time), proto James Bond and 'warmer, kinder' version than Jeremy Brett's. Guess with this test we see a different opinion about the WW II version (and it is really funny). Make me appreciate BBC's version more, Sherlock got smacked and his bad behaviour called for by people around him in 'every action have consequences' way.

[Van Buren Supernova]

I am Ian McKellen, and

Holmes on another quiz, I need to smile more (I thought I'm already borderline crazy with my smile and laugh quota)

[Inge l-w]

Good on you, Van Buren, as you can see above, I'm either a bossy know-it-all or anti-social and provocative, talented but rude! O_O

[Shadow Dweller]

Dang it! Now I really want to see The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes! o_O

[SherlockedCAMPer]

I got Basil even though I've not seen his version of Sherlock all the way through (caught the last 5 minutes of 1 of his Sherlock movies a few months back).

[Inge l-w]

Then you need to watch The Hound of the Baskervilles because it's their period-accurate one and The Woman in Green, where the creaking step stops Sherlock's violin playing as Moriarty comes to visit him. Try the other quiz about which character you are, too, dear SherlockedCamper!

[SherlockedCAMPer]

Then you need to watch The Hound of the Baskervilles because it's their period-accurate one and The Woman in Green, where the creaking step stops Sherlock's violin playing as Moriarty comes to visit him. Try the other quiz about which character you are, too, dear SherlockedCamper!

I've done that quiz before and get Sherlock.

[jadpdr]

Apparently, I'm Robert Downey Jr.

"Your mind is a wonderful thing, but it's only one of the many muscles you use in order to get stuff done. You're a constant ball of energy, making quick deductions and then acting on them at a speed that leaves your friends and associates panting for breath in your wake. This can make you difficult company, just because you appear to be an inspiring combination of physique and intellect, but thankfully you have a huge dose of arrogance and ego to puncture the balloon of perfection and allow more modest personalities to live with themselves. Not that you care, you're too busy swinging from the rafters and punching adversaries to notice. But if you do find yourself a bit lonely from time to time, just tone down the brashness of your personality and you'll be just fine"

For a rather shy, introverted person, it is a "bit not good"!

[Arcadia]

The other quiz Inge mentioned is here. The answers for Moriarty are hysterical!

 

I got John (I always get John!) ...

Some people are born leaders, others are born foot-soldiers: you are neither. You are a great second-in-command.

That's not to say you're deficient in any way, it's just you are at your best when you are enabling someone to achieve their vision. This is partly due to your intense loyalty, and partly due to your need to take part in something you can truly believe in.

We could all use as good a friend as you.

 

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

There's a coffee question -- why is there always a coffee question?    How am I supposed to answer if I never drink coffee (or tea, for that matter)?

 

Yay!  I'm Watson (again, I think).

 

[sittything]

Hey!  I got John Watson this time!  Normally I'm Mrs. Hudson!

 

I also got Basil Rathbone for which Sherlock...

[Inge l-w]

OK, I shall go another round to see if I can get Moriarty or Mycroft! If I end up being Sherlock again, I shall probably smash my MacBook or something! High-functioning know-it-all, indeed!

[Carol the Dabbler]

There are, after all, only six options that they're trying to cram everyone into.  And they make no claim to being scientific!

 

[sittything]

I managed to get Mycroft (while intentionally trying to get Mycroft):

 

It's a terrible thing, to have to work hard for what you've got when you have a sibling – with identical genetics – who appears to have been given a magical gift. No matter what you achieve, there's always that lingering sense that your best, hardest won work does not match that which comes naturally to your sibling, and as a result, you take no joy in them. 

 

It's a bitter cross to bear, so why not put it down once in a while? 

[Inge l-w]

Yep! Got Moriarty, and it's surprisingly accurate, considering all the fights I got into at school because I was provoked:

"Oh, dearie me. You were the smart kid in school that had to wait until everyone else caught up, weren't you? And did that win you friends and ease your passage through the world? No, because kids are nasty, spiteful creatures who can't see anyone else's point of view and live only to entertain themselves, because they are easily bored. Sad to say this, but so are you"

Shouldn't all the above apply to Sherlock, as we know him in this series? It's getting a bit complicated!

[Shadow Dweller]

I managed to get Mycroft (while intentionally trying to get Mycroft):

 

It's a terrible thing, to have to work hard for what you've got when you have a sibling – with identical genetics – who appears to have been given a magical gift. No matter what you achieve, there's always that lingering sense that your best, hardest won work does not match that which comes naturally to your sibling, and as a result, you take no joy in them.

 

It's a bitter cross to bear, so why not put it down once in a while?

0_0;; I think the quiz creator was quite drunk when typing the Mycroft result.....

[T.o.b.y]

I got John too. I think most ordinary people who answered honestly would.

 

I really think I am Molly and will some day be Mrs Hudson. If I could be any woman in Sherlock's life, I would choose to be Mrs Hudson.

[Carol the Dabbler]

If I could be any woman in Sherlock's life, I would choose to be Mrs Hudson.

 

You need to do the groundwork, then!  Have you been keeping up with your exotic-dance lessons?

[Arcadia]

 

I managed to get Mycroft (while intentionally trying to get Mycroft):

 

It's a terrible thing, to have to work hard for what you've got when you have a sibling – with identical genetics – who appears to have been given a magical gift. No matter what you achieve, there's always that lingering sense that your best, hardest won work does not match that which comes naturally to your sibling, and as a result, you take no joy in them.

 

It's a bitter cross to bear, so why not put it down once in a while?

0_0;; I think the quiz creator was quite drunk when typing the Mycroft result.....

 

And a bitter drunk, at that! :D