Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-226878-20150710200046/@comment-70.27.67.203-20151123064434

Hi, Cyrania!

Sherlock boxed, too. Conan Doyle intended to introduce bartitsu as one of Sherlock's fighting abilities but the publisher had never heard of it and changed it to jiujitsu (sic) instead. He's got to be our last man standing so to speak, as we give a weapon to one, we take it away from SH. Give Father Brown a hose (I'm giggling horribly) and Nicky a gun -- 'The Thin Man' is set at Christmas, and Nick starts shooting the ornaments off the tree with Nora cheering him on. (She was unbelievably rich and could have bought the hotel they were staying in if the management didn't like it.) Hercule probably would use his cane; I'd love a sword-cane but I don't know if any of them could be legitimately drawn as using one. Still, it's fun to think about.

I have got to start thinking of them in their RWBY names. Hey, if we make Perry Odyssey our leader and give him the job of explaining at the end of the crime just who did it and how it was done, that really is the role of a leader. Way to go, Perry! Way to go, Cyrania!

Um, semblances: Sherlock's disguises make for a good illusion semblance; I think I said it before but I can't quite recall. Fr. Brown kinda sits there while everyone else talks, and I was wondering if you thought invisibility would make for a good semblance for him. Cinder seems to have something of the like as she changes from her catsuit into her evening gown, so it might not be as 'out there' as it seems at first. What do you think?

Nicky and Hercule: I can't come up with any easy solutions. Nicky's strong point is drinking with EVERYONE, police, lawyers, all kinds of criminals, neighbours, relatives, anyone old enough to hold a martini glass. They love him and confide all sorts of things to him and he's the happiest man in town. Qrow, only happy. What kind of semblance might that make? Hypnosis at the bottom of the glass? Hercule with his little gray cells percolating away apparently needs a semblance which doesn't require depiction. He's a dandy, a ladies' man, and a transplanted Belgian policeman who was injured in WWI and was moved to England to convalesce. Gosh, I'd like to give him a sword-cane!