#aroace herlock sholmes

[stoatallybored]

When nothing interesting is going on at 221B, Herlock Sholmes entertains everybody with a Dance of Deduction!

Another drawing for Ace Attorney Aspec Week - Day 3: Investigation! Using this opportunity to spread my AroRuno propaganda @aspec-ace-attorney

(...Sure hope this doesn't spark some sort of identity crisis that I end up posting an entire fanfiction about)

Bonus!

[mooseghost]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 大逆転裁判 | Dai Gyakuten Saiban | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Video Games) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Mikotoba Susato & Naruhodou Ryuunosuke, Sherlock Holmes | Herlock Sholmes & Naruhodou Ryuunosuke Characters: Naruhodou Ryuunosuke, Mikotoba Susato, Sherlock Holmes | Herlock Sholmes (Dai Gyakuten Saiban), Iris Watson | Iris Wilson Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, AroAce Ryunosuke Naruhodo, Aromantic Asexual Ryunosuke Naruhodo, Aromantic Asexual Herlock Sholmes, AroAce Herlock Sholmes, Asexual Character, Aromantic Character, aroace character, Coming Out, Grief/Mourning, Background Kazuma Asogi, don't worry it all turns out okay in the end, AroRuno Propaganda Summary:

The deductions of that Great Detective were a bit of harmless fun - until they weren't, Ryunosuke realised. Perhaps it was dramatic of him to feel like one of the criminals he'd often danced around at a crime scene. But a secret had been exposed - and it wasn't even one he'd realised he'd been keeping until it'd been dragged out in the open for everyone to witness.

(I'm never attracted to people. I don't experience romantic feelings at all. How have I never noticed such a thing before now?)

It's an uneventful day at 221B, so Herlock Sholmes entertains everyone by getting a peculiar Dance of Deduction correct on his first attempt. The only problem is... Ryunosuke had not yet deduced these things for himself - sending emotions into a spiral.

(Written for Ace Attorney Aspec Week – Hurt/Comfort)

[pixelartparker]

i know youve done a lot of ace attorney but.,, could you do a herlock sholmes (from tgaa)? no pressure though!!

Of course I can do that! Oh my goodness though his goggle thingys took foreverrrr lmao.

I hope you like it :)

Suggestions, tips, and requests are welcome!!! I don't do any NSFW but I'll create for any fandom. Feel free to use this for something if you want. A like, reblog, or follow if you do would be appreciated!

~ Parker

[lantern-icons]

Herlock Sholmes from Ace Attorney Chronicles

Flag(s): Asexual, Aromantic, and AroAce

Shape(s): Circle with sparkles

Requested by: None

Anyone can use, credit appreciated but not required.

[hopeleselygay]

certainly, you will have many a-headcanon for poor Sholmes.

ohhh I haven't actually given sholmes much thought yet, headcanon wise, but here's what I can come up with on the spot:

-as most sherlock interpretations, I will hc him to be asexual, although I think sholmes is probably somewhere on the aromantic spectrum, rather than fully aro. demiromantic, perhaps?

-in any case, romance is never, has never and will never be top priority to him

-I fully believe sholmes does not conform to traditional gender roles. arguably one of the most gnc characters in aa

-he has for sure experimented a lot, especially in his youth. what has he experimented with you ask? sexuality? drugs? chemicals? gender expression?

-the answer is yes.

-sometimes, his genius mind actually does see through a case on first try. when that happens, he still pretends not to get it and makes wild, outlandish takes, for consistencies sake and bc he has a reputation to uphold

- he has 100% commited at least one crime and carried out a stupidly elaborate plan to get away with it, simply to test if he could

-he could

[wuwubean]

While playing the great ace attorney i assumed that sherlock (or technically herlock) was a complete parody of himself. after reading a couple of pages of a random sherlock book i can happily confirm that no, sherlock holmes is just like that™

[ari-a1357]

I was bored so I did this for vanlock lol

In summary, these two are polar opposites in most areas, so they complement each other quite well IMO. If you wanna see more of my brainrot, read my vanlock fic on AO3 :D

For explanations + extra headcanons, keep reading (MAJOR SPOILERS FOR DGS2):

Barok being 4 inches/9 cm taller makes me think that he has to be the big spoon by default, at least most of the time. That’s also why I thought he was slightly more likely to lend his clothes to Herlock. Also Herlock likes to steal Barok’s cape and pretend to be a vampire.

Herlock canonically calls Barok, “Mr. Reaper” in the games. I don’t know if that counts as a pet name, but it’s the perfect mixture of playful and insulting which I think encapsulates their dynamic pretty well.

One thing some people might not realize is that the original depiction of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle is canonically queer. Yeah, it’s explicitly stated that Sherlock isn’t into women so none of that queerbaiting shit with Johnlock (looking at you Moffat) which is pretty progressive for the late 1800s. Many people speculate Sherlock to be aroace, and since I’m aroace, I like to believe Herlock Sholmes is also on the spectrum.

Obviously, the previous point ties into the horny levels. In my mind, Herlock constantly craves affection, both emotional and physical, but that doesn’t always translate to desiring sexual intimacy. It shifts frequently, much like his moods. Hence, the aceflux orientation. Barok’s horny level is more straightforward, which is the only straight thing about him lmao.

Barok gives off the vibe of a deeply repressed homosexual man with religious trauma, you can’t change my mind. That played a factor into some of my decisions with the sliders, especially his little relationship experience and dislike of PDA.

They’re from Victorian era London there are no cars lmao

I think it is canon that Herlock sucks at cooking or at least it’s heavily implied by the fact that his ten year old daughter does all the cooking. But he’s gotta be somewhat better than Barok who was raised in nobility and has likely never touched a stove in his life.

Barok isn’t scared of bugs (he’s been through much scarier things) but he also doesn’t like squashing them because it gets his expensive shoes dirty. Herlock screams about bugs not because he’s scared of them, but because he gets excited and wants to use them for his inventions.

I think some people might assume Barok is more overprotective since that’s what his character archetype typically falls under, but I’d argue that Herlock is far more overprotective, even to a fault. I mean, he kept so many secrets for ten whole years just to protect his daughter from the pain of knowing her biological father was a mass murderer. Also, he went all the way to Asia to prevent Kazuma from getting assassinated even though he’d never met the man. I rest my case.

The awkwardness level could be changed honestly. While Barok is an introvert, he’s also a highly skilled prosecutor so he is good at public speaking. On the other hand, he is probably terrible at socializing beyond polite conversations with coworkers since he likely doesn’t have friends other than Albert. Meanwhile, Herlock does and says a lot of awkward things, but he isn’t embarrassed about it in the slightest.

[chaosofshadow]

OOC: DGSblr Directory

Player Characters:

Miette [here]

Kazuma Asogi

Barok van Zieks

Gina Lestrade

Ryunosuke Naruhodo

Herlock Sholmes

Klint van Zieks

A. Spellmeyer

Aoibheann Ó Muircheartach

Judge Fairleigh

What's Going On

Kazuma and Barok were made independently, they got introduced to each other, we made some more characters, more people got involved, and now we're basically running a fully homebrew ttrpg.

This is a post-canon TGAA roleplay, taking place a few months post-canon, in a version of events where nothing's really changed but that fey are real and we filled in details that canon didn't bother with. Also, everyone has tumblr via Tumblr Devices (basically just phones that do nothing but operate tumblr). So you can't rp directly through the askbox, but you can send asks and bother everyone that way. ;)

This is also the 'oops everyone's aroace' rpverse: shipping is not expected to ever take place.

[someone-online]

(Cartun) in honour of Aro Week, i ask what characters you see as Arospec! (Headcanon, Canon, whatever!)

HI YES HELLO these will be characters from various media i like (not all tho lol. Also sorry to start w the middle grade books i like lmao). All are just headcanons unless stated otherwise

Orion / Kid Twilight (aroace)

Charm Mentum (demiro)

Lena (CANON AROACE AS STATED BY THE AUTHOR BEFORE THE BOOKS CAME OUT AND WHILE SHE DOESNT EXPLICITLY SAY SHES AROACE, SHE SAYS MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE BOOKS SHES NOT INTERESTED IN PEOPLE ROMANTICALLY)

Jillian (alloaro lesbian)

Forsythe “Fort” Fitzgerald (demiro)

Phoenix Wright (grayro)

Miles Edgeworth (demiro)

Franziska von Karma (demiro)

Ema Skye (aroace)

Apollo Justice (grayro)

Trucy Wright (aroace)

Pearl Fey (aroace)

Herlock Sholmes (aroace) (tbh i see all versions of Sherlock Holmes in general as aroace lol)

Gina Lestrade (arospec but doesn’t care rlly)

Tsubomi Takane (aroace)

Tome Kurata (oriented aroace lesbian)

Shou Suzuki (grayro)

Lilith Clawthorne (CANON AROACE!!!!)

Marcy Wu (demiro)

Entrapta (grayro)

Jenna Rolan (grayro)

Marcy Park (demiro)

Merida (aroace)

Elsa (arospec)

And i dont feel like mentioning all of them but I see p much all the main romanceable characters in Monster Prom as alloarospec minus Scott Howl who i see as demisexual demiromantic

[kaetor]

sholmes my bestie sholmes in either the ace or aro colours whichever u think is prettyer <3

[image ID: a drawing of Herlock Sholmes in front of the Aro-Ace flag. He's drawn in the same colors: dark blue, teal, white, yellow and gold, and he is leaning forwards with one hand pointing up and the other behind his back. His eyes are closed, and he is smirking /end ID]

what if I did both. aroace sholmes true and real

[ace-attorney-pride-flags]

[ID: two aroace flags colour picked from Herlock Sholmes from Ace Attorney. The first flag is only the colour picked flag and the second flag has an official art of Herlock overlayed on it. End ID]

i bet he'd be friends with Arsene Lupin

[yourfavessexualityshouldvebeen]

Sherlock Holmes (AKA Herlock Sholmes) from DGS should've been aroace

[Id: Herlock Sholmes from the Ace Attorney series on the aroace flag]

Herlock Sholmes from DGS should’ve been aroace!

[yourfaveisaprideflag]

herlock sholmes is the aroace pride flag?

[ID: The aroace flag color picked from Herlock Sholmes. The first flag has an image of Sholmes over it, and the second is the flag alone. End ID]

Herlock Sholmes from Ace Attorney is an aroace flag!

[mogai-headcanons]

Laurice Deauxnim from Ace Attorney is a genderfluid transfeminine nonbinary lesbian who uses they/them, she/her, and he/him pronouns, and she’s friends with Phoenix Wright, a bisexual trans man with ADHD! Phoenix is dating Kristoph Gavin, a queer omnisexual transfeminine genderflux genderfae person who uses he/him, ey/em, and it/its pronouns, and Miles Edgeworth, an autistic demiromantic demisexual gay man with PTSD! Miles is in a QPR with Shi-Long Lang, a wolfgender man who uses he/him, fur/furs, woof/woofs, and alpha/alphas pronouns!

Miles’ sister Franziska von Karma is a trans biromantic lesbian who’s dating Phoenix’s sister Maya Fey, an asexual lesbian with PTSD! Maya’s sister Mia Fey is a bisexual trans woman who’s dating Diego Armando, a demisexual man with PTSD! Diego is also dating Simon Blackquill, an MLM quoiromantic demiromantic reciprosexual gendervoid person who uses he/him, xe/xem, and mur/murs pronouns! Simon’s sister Athena Cykes is an autistic pansexual trans person with PTSD, and Dick Gumshoe is heteroflexible!

Phoenix’s daughter Trucy Wrick is an autistic pansexual libragender girl who uses she/her, he/him, and luna/lunas pronouns, and her brother Apollo Justice is an autistic nebularomantic aromantic trans man! Apollo is in a QPR with Clay Terran, an autistic caligoromantic apresexual stargender man, and is dating Klavier Gavin, a lithflux bisexual nonbinaJKry pringender Robin Newman person who uses any pronouns! Klavier is also dating Sebastian Debeste, an autistic amicusromantic libraboy musicgender trans man with PTSD!

Apollo’s sibling Nahyuta Sahdmadhi is a desinoromantic asexual presexual nonbinary pangender person who uses he/him, she/her, they/them, fae/faer, ae/aer, and yin/yins pronouns! Ema Skye is an aroace woman with ADHD, Wocky Kitaki is a pansexual vulpisgender trans man, Vera Misham is an autistic nonbinary bellusromantic caedromantic lesbian, Jean Armstrong is a GNC gay drag queen, Robin Newman is a trans lesbian, and Simon Keyes is an aroace harlequingender person who uses she/her, they/them, key/keys, and honk/honks pronouns!

Phoenix’s ancestor Ryunosuke Naruhodo is a cassgender gay man who uses he/him and they/them pronouns, and he’s dating Kazuma Asogi, a bisexual trans man, and Herlock Sholmes, a pansexual nonbinary magiman with BPD who uses he/him, they/them, and bun/buns pronouns! Herlock’s daughter Iris Wilson is a venufluid trans demigirl who uses she/her, fae/faer, mouse/mouses, pink/pinks, and it/its pronouns! Susato Mikotoba is a trans girl, Satoru Hosonaga is an aegoromantic asexual agender person, and Soseki Natsume is a catgender libramasculine man who uses he/him, xe/xem, paw/paws, purr/purrs, and one/ones pronouns!

dni transcript here

[secretagentspydetectiveninja]

Idk if you know about the video game Octopath Traveller, but if the character Cyrus Albright isn’t aro then neither am I (impossible).

I feel like I should have more Ace Attorney aspec hcs, but because there’s so little actual romance in the series, it’s hard to single out characters who seem aroace. I feel like Herlock Sholmes is too obvious, but I always got an alloace vibe off of Gumshoe.

Actually, in the good old days when tumblr group chats were still up, I was in an AA one, and the subject of asexuality got brought up. I kid you not, every single person who was active at the moment came out as ace one after another. And this was like a good ten or so people.

We talked about it for a while, and decided that AA is just appealing to us over other media because it lacks sexualization and romance. There are no romantic subplots among the main characters other than the low-key Wrightworth or Klapollo flirting moments. The romantic relationships that do exist are fairly minor to the plot in the sense that they don’t have a ton of emotional investment packed into them, they’re just a part of the bigger story.

We also decided that we like mystery stories in general because the average one has twists and turns, suspense, and excitement, but doesn’t rely on sex appeal or romantic plots. Unless it’s noir or action thriller or something, mystery protagonists aren’t usually interested in that stuff. Sherlock Holmes is famously ace-coded. Hercule Poirot and Mrs. Marple don’t think about that. And if there is a romantic subplot, then it’s usually more about the case than about love.

Just thought it was interesting. Really putting the Ace in Ace Attorney.

I haven't played Octopath Traveller yet but your aro headcanons are always so well thought out, so if I do play it at some point then I'm excited to see this character and their aro-ness for myself!

You have such an interesting point about Ace Attorney and tbh I think that's why I ended up such a fan of it myself -- there are all these complex, interesting relationships that form an important part of the main plot, but none of them are explicitly romantic in nature. A lot of the time in media the romantic relationships seem "deeper" than the platonic ones, but it really isn't the case in these games and it's felt so refreshing for me. And a lot of the time it's ambiguous (like Wrightworth) so these relationships absolutely CAN be read as romance if you want to, which is awesome! But the important part is the trust and the love, whichever form that takes, and platonic love isn't any lesser than romantic love, so essentially it can just be whatever feels best or most relatable to the player. It doesn't force any romance. I used to always be drawn to kids shows (like ML of course haha) to avoid the over-sexualisation of other media but those usually still have a lot of romance, but now it feels nice to be able to have an interest in something more mature and still have it cater completely to my interests (and avoid things that I'm not interested in!).

"it's hard to single out characters who seem aroace" -- okay I'll be honest, my own brain's solution to this was just to headcanon them all as aroace (or at the very least, almost all). It was an accident I swear, I didn't mean to! It just sort of uh... happened? But yeah, Sholmes as aroace was absolutely a given for me, considering he's basically just Sherlock Holmes. And alloace Gumshoe is a great headcanon, I can totally see that! I didn't think about it before but he definitely gives off that vibe!

Lowkey Wrightworth, hehe... the "unnecessary feelings" line is undoubtedly gay, in my brain these two are a strong QPR. Edgeworth gives me aroace vibes (especially after he talked about never wanting to get married) and I'm probably just being self-indulgent at this point but aroace Phoenix too (his love for Dahlia always seemed too over-the-top to me to be real, like he was trying to "perform romance" correctly). But with Edgeworth I think of it as aro-spec, like "oh god what are these sudden horrible mushy feelings that I've never felt before and how do I make them go away >:(" idk I think I've overthought it... And in fact I do actually quite like Klapollo, but I'm very... picky? I have to be in the right mood and the stars have to be aligned just right and even then there's a 60% chance I'll just go "oh nvm, Apollo is aro now actually", no idea why. I said to a friend once "I only ship it when it's funny" and I think that probably explains it. They can be bi if it helps the joke land!

God I have such few actual ships in these games... the only one that's coming to mind that I unambiguously like all the time is like, Aura and Metis for some reason??? Minor characters and one of them's long dead? I have no clue why but this one just makes me so emo! Aaaaaand that's about it, I think. I'm so obsessed with the brotps I actually genuinely forget the concept of romance exists sometimes when I'm playing these games, lmao.

Same about the mystery novels hehe, I remember devouring every Poirot book my local library had when I was like 13 or 14, I really should get back into those because I enjoyed them so much! It was really refreshing, since I was also really into teen dystopia books at the time but they're usually full to the brim with romance, which got pretty annoying sometimes.

My reply to this got so long, sorry! (My reply to your next ask is probably gonna be long too, I have so much to say, but I'll answer it in that ask!)

[jawsofbalmung]

in honor of pride month, ive decided to post all my main-character gender and orientation hcs for all aa games (except investigation-only characters). certain characters are missing from the list not because i don't like them or i only think they're cishet or something, but because i didn't know what to write, or i wasn't sure if they were a major enough character to include, or my memory is like swiss cheese and they somehow slipped through the cracks.

Original Trilogy

Phoenix Wright (he/him): Transgender bi-gay man

Miles Edgeworth (he/him): Transgender demiromantic demisexual gay man

Maya Fey (she/her): Cisgender aroace lesbian

Franziska von Karma (she/her): Cisgender aroace lesbian

Ema Skye (she/they): Nonbinary lesbian

Mia Fey (she/her): Transgender bi woman

Diego Armando/Godot (he/they): Cisgender polyamorous pan man

Pearl Fey (she/her): Cisgender heterosexual girl

Larry Butz (he/him): Cisgender heterosexual man

Dick Gumshoe (he/him): Cisgender bi man

Iris of Hazakura Temple (she/they): Transgender heterosexual woman

Dahlia Hawthorne (she/her): Transgender bi woman

The Judge/Udgey (he/they): Cisgender pan man

AA4

Apollo Justice (he/him): Transgender polyamorous gay man

Klavier Gavin (he/she/they): Cisgender nonbinary asexual gay man

Kristoph Gavin (he/they): Cisgender gay man

Trucy Wright (she/her): Cisgender bi girl

Dual Destinies

Athena Cykes (she/her): Transgender asexual pan woman

Simon Blackquill (he/they): Cisgender greyromantic homoromantic pansexual man

Aura Blackquill (she/her): Cisgender bi-lesbian

Metis Cykes (she/they): Cisgender lesbian

Spirit of Justice

Nahyuta Sahdmadhi (he/they): Cisgender aromantic gay man

Dhurke Sahdmadhi (he/him): Cisgender pan man

Datz Are'bal (he/him): Cisgender gay man

Rayfa Padma Khura'in (she/her): Cisgender bi girl

DGS Duology

Ryunosuke Naruhodo (he/him): Cisgender polyamorous gay man

Kazuma Asogi (he/they): Transgender nonbinary bi man

Susato Mikotoba (she/her): Cisgender bi girl

Barok van Zieks (he/him): Cisgender demisexual gay man

Herlock Sholmes (he/him): Transgender polyamorous gay man

Yuujin Mikotoba (he/him): Cisgender pan man

Gina Lestrade (she/they): Transgender lesbian

Enoch Drebber (he/they): Transgender aroace man

Genshin Asogi (he/him): Cisgender bi man

Klint van Zieks (he/him): Cisgender polyamorous pan man