Try again with less severity. You do not need to stretch your features to their limits. For your presence, a subtler smile without showing your teeth would fit you better and seem more natural.
[He proceeds to twitch like a malfunctioning robot -- but as the twitch subsides, he appears to have something... a little more natural, actually. Granted, it looks like he's up to something, but it's certainly better.]
[ He is still attempting to not laugh lest he discourage T-800. ]
That is a marked improvement. Practice with slight variations to that and see how others react. You'll also want to experiment with how long you hold that smile. Humans will become uneasy if you hold the same exact expression without change for long periods of time.
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Date: 2024-02-02 05:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-02-02 08:43 pm (UTC)[ Give Sherlock a monograph, a chemistry set, or a cadaver over having to make aimless small talk with many people. ]
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Date: 2024-02-06 08:13 am (UTC)I have attempted smiling as well, but have been informed my smile is 'off-putting'.
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Date: 2024-02-08 12:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-02-09 08:13 am (UTC)[His eyebrows start to move rather mechanically, in perfect synchrony.
His lips pull at the same time into a very questionable smile that says 'I do not know how to fucking smile'.]
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Date: 2024-02-10 01:40 am (UTC)Try again with less severity. You do not need to stretch your features to their limits. For your presence, a subtler smile without showing your teeth would fit you better and seem more natural.
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Date: 2024-02-18 04:10 am (UTC)[He proceeds to twitch like a malfunctioning robot -- but as the twitch subsides, he appears to have something... a little more natural, actually. Granted, it looks like he's up to something, but it's certainly better.]
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Date: 2024-02-18 08:54 pm (UTC)That is a marked improvement. Practice with slight variations to that and see how others react. You'll also want to experiment with how long you hold that smile. Humans will become uneasy if you hold the same exact expression without change for long periods of time.
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Date: 2024-02-20 10:43 pm (UTC)[Thanks, John Connor.]
Would specifying which emotion I'm conveying verbally help?
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Date: 2024-02-21 02:29 am (UTC)1/2
Date: 2024-02-23 04:30 pm (UTC)I'm satisfied with this answer.
[STRAIGHT AND HONEST COMMUNICATION.]
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Date: 2024-02-23 04:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-02-24 03:02 am (UTC)[ For starting out in a very bad mood, Sherlock is now feeling a little better. ]