Blurgh. XD;

Isn't this a great icon? XD Tinuviel428 made it in the Monk community, and it reminds me of myself and my constant need for things to make sense, even in comedies.

I do wonder, why can't I just be intrigued by Kaitou Kid like the majority of the Detective Conan fanbase? I really like him, but somehow I don't think I'll ever be really analyzing him a lot.... Gin, on the other hand, has completely captured my fascination. That's ... pretty bad. XD; He's a terrible person! I really consider someone like him as being worse than even CSM, because of their motivations. CSM, at least, is working toward a goal that will eventually help humanity. But I'm pretty sure Gin's motivations are selfish. I guess maybe I like him because of his mysteriousness, and because I wonder if he has any spark of goodness left. And, especially after Aubrie sent me the song Diary of Jane, I'm intrigued by the idea that Gin had some sort of romantic relationship with Sherry. I think I may be pursuing that angle in my fics.

Last night I wrote a one-shot that takes place toward the end of episode #178. Conan shot Gin with a tranquilizer dart at one point, and Gin then shot himself in the arm to keep himself awake. But I figure that the drug would take affect sooner or later. XD The fic is a pretty random little thing, following Gin and Vodka as they make their escape from the hotel and as Gin eventually passes out from the combination of the drug and the blood loss from his wounds. (Gotta thank Aubrie for the blood loss thing....) But I still think it's missing something. I even take my random one-shot fics seriously. XD


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Aubrie showed me a lot of House clips in the morning, which were priceless, and then she found a little music video using the DuckTales theme. LOL. So that made me want to watch my DuckTales DVDs. And I found another really good one that I'm amazed that Disney got away with. A Japanese show could do it easily, but I was so surprised to see an American show do it.

It's called Sphinx for the Memories, and it involves Donald Duck on shore leave from the Navy somewhere in Egypt. He gets picked up by this cult that believes him to be the physical reincarnation of their leader, the Garbled One. (The episode's best line, upon getting him to their village: "He certainly sounds garbled." XD) So Scrooge and the nephews set out to rescue him, but not before the villagers set up a midnight ceremony during which the Garbled One's spirit enters Donald's body and, well, possesses him. Then he sentences the other ducks to die in the desert so that the "vultures can pick their bones." (Yes, he really said that!) But Scrooge gets out of it by saying that he and the boys should build him a pyramid, since "all the great Pharaohs have pyramids."

Throughout it all, there's an evil high priest who's trying to kill Donald by siccing a cursed mummy on him. During the second time the mummy attacks, Scrooge and the boys are there and they witness Donald's spirit trying to break free of the Garbled One's grasp. (It's done in a more humourous way, but still, I'm surprised that Disney did this at all.) So they get Donald and set up another midnight ceremony, during which the Garbled One's spirit is released. He then releases the mummy from the curse, as the mummy was his friend in life, and the two spirits float away together. The villagers decide to stop living in the past and relying on superstitions, and the ducks are able to leave. Ah, a classic. Disney just doesn't make 'em like they used to. **mourns the old Disney shows.**