The fact that Gordon's a scientist is trivial, even without the labcoat. At any given time there are chemical stains, laser burns, and the like on his hands, clothing and hair. This implies either an ingrained sloppiness to his methods or exuberance overreaching his sense of self-preservation, probably both. He's got a considerable knowledge base and a quick and logical mind, though he occasionally tends to let it stray from the path of logic and into the wild valleys of metaphor and humanism, making him either a theoretical physicist or a hopeless romantic.
Gordon is an American, obviously, but his skin tone and allusion of red to his hair implies primarily Scottish descent. He's very wiry despite what some fanart may suggest, and his movements and muscle tone suggest that he was once a long-distance runner, possibly collegiate*. The prescription on his glasses imply nearsightedness with slight astigmatism, and the frames are just a little too tight--purposefully so, so that they'd never fall off. He has a tendency to rake his hands through his hair when he's thinking, and it's only by virtue of the short cut that it isn't a complete mess.
He's also in his mid-to-late twenties, which is by all accounts pretty damn young for a career like his. Managing the age differential was probably a problem for him sometime in the past*; after all, the only reason a man under the age of thirty would ever grow a beard is to make themselves look older so that they'd be taken seriously by their peers.
His clothes only reinforce this; turtlenecks and button-down shirts and slacks are the costume of a professional, and his are usually wrinkled, sometimes mismatched, and never exactly pristine. His hair is cut well but is still in a permanent state of dishevelment. He takes reasonable care of himself but he values appearance only insofar as the way it effects the attitude of others.
One more thing: if Sherlock were ever in a position to see them, there are numerous small symmetrical scars on his spine and lower back... puncture wounds? Injection sites? It's hard to say.* There are a couple fine scars to his face and upper neck as well, although strangely few anywhere below that. Also his left shin has the signature minute bone-swelling of having been broken somewhere where medical attention was sparse.*
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The fact that Gordon's a scientist is trivial, even without the labcoat. At any given time there are chemical stains, laser burns, and the like on his hands, clothing and hair. This implies either an ingrained sloppiness to his methods or exuberance overreaching his sense of self-preservation, probably both. He's got a considerable knowledge base and a quick and logical mind, though he occasionally tends to let it stray from the path of logic and into the wild valleys of metaphor and humanism, making him either a theoretical physicist or a hopeless romantic.
Gordon is an American, obviously, but his skin tone and allusion of red to his hair implies primarily Scottish descent. He's very wiry
despite what some fanart may suggest, and his movements and muscle tone suggest that he was once a long-distance runner, possibly collegiate*. The prescription on his glasses imply nearsightedness with slight astigmatism, and the frames are just a little too tight--purposefully so, so that they'd never fall off. He has a tendency to rake his hands through his hair when he's thinking, and it's only by virtue of the short cut that it isn't a complete mess.He's also in his mid-to-late twenties, which is by all accounts pretty damn young for a career like his. Managing the age differential was probably a problem for him sometime in the past*; after all, the only reason a man under the age of thirty would ever grow a beard is to make themselves look older so that they'd be taken seriously by their peers.
His clothes only reinforce this; turtlenecks and button-down shirts and slacks are the costume of a professional, and his are usually wrinkled, sometimes mismatched, and never exactly pristine. His hair is cut well but is still in a permanent state of dishevelment. He takes reasonable care of himself but he values appearance only insofar as the way it effects the attitude of others.
One more thing: if Sherlock were ever in a position to see them, there are numerous small symmetrical scars on his spine and lower back... puncture wounds? Injection sites? It's hard to say.* There are a couple fine scars to his face and upper neck as well, although strangely few anywhere below that. Also his left shin has the signature minute bone-swelling of having been broken somewhere where medical attention was sparse.*
* = not even Gordon is aware of these things yet.