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ladybug_archive) wrote2012-04-22 02:26 am
ladybug_archive) wrote2012-04-22 02:26 am
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... Odd.
Something a little strange I've noticed: my Detective Conan fics are getting a lot of attention. They have been for the past few months or so. Far more than they ever did when I first posted them, I'm sure. Favorites, Story Alerts, Reviews ... my goodness. Suddenly there's this influx of interest in both my Gin and Vodka and my Gin/Sherry stuff. And I feel bad for those people that it's highly unlikely I'll ever finish the stories that are hanging. Of all my fandoms, Detective Conan is the one least likely for me to return to, for various reasons. I'm still interested in the characters and in what happens to them (if anything major goes on for them), but as far as writing for it, I really doubt it will happen anymore. I'm still trying to figure out what I was thinking by going nuts writing stuff for the Black Org. That is so unlike me. I know sometimes I write for criminals/antagonists, such as how I still enjoy writing for Baby Face and his crew, but that seems somehow different from actually writing for a bunch of villainous assassins.
Now, to the main strangeness. On Saturdays Perry Mason airs earlier in the evening. I was exhausted, so after I watched the episode (The Witless Witness, involving a very upright judge falsely accused of first constructing a governmental fraud and then committing murder) I laid down to have a nap. I was able to go to sleep for a bit, and I dreamed a weird dream. A weird dream the contents of which I think I dreamed before. Not a recurring dream, per se, but a recurring event in the dreams. Usually when that happens it's about that big creepy haunted mansion I think I've mentioned before. This time it was about the Perry characters, an episode I was "watching." And while in the dream I felt I'd watched it before, in real-life I'm sure I've dreamed of watching it before.
A neat trick since it's an episode that only exists in my head.
Also rather hilarious, since it was an episode, I dreamed in black-and-white.
The basic plot, as near as I can remember, started out with Hamilton not feeling well. He thought soon in that he might have a heart attack. Later on he did collapse and was taken to the hospital. Perry and Lieutenant Tragg were worried and hurried off to see him there. I'm not sure if he really had a heart attack or if it was something else. It almost kind of seemed like maybe someone had been trying to harm him? He was conscious when they were there, and talked with them for a bit. There was also some random scene with Perry talking to Tragg as Tragg was lying down to go to sleep. I'm not sure how that fit in.
I also don't remember what the crime was, who got killed, who the defendant was, or anything like that. But I remember talking to someone (not sure who) and telling them this episode was one of the best ever. The other person agreed, but said that the courtroom scenes were sadly "basic." I don't know why that term was used, as what seemed to be meant was that the courtroom scenes were very season 1-inspired and leaned towards Perry and Hamilton not getting along (and by that I mean far more than just regular objections to things going on). I suppose "basic" might have referred to Erle Stanley Gardner's book formula? Anyway, while we were discussing that fact, the episode was still on and we were watching the courtroom scenes. I agreed with the other person's assessment and remarked on what an interesting blog post this episode would make.
I want to say the episode ran through to the end and that there was a nice epilogue with Perry and Hamilton having a nice conversation again. But I can't swear to that. It seems like there was some detail that I'm forgetting that's right on the tip of my tongue/mind. I just can't remember.
I woke up scratching my head, a bit disappointed the episode wasn't real, and weirded out because I was sure I'd dreamed of it before.
It's the kind of dream I might be able to do something with, although if I did I would definitely make some alterations. No season 1 courtroom scenes, for sure. (Actually, I don't know if I'd try writing courtroom scenes at all, but if I did they'd be more likely to be closer to later seasons' courtroom scenes. No wild accusations, no trouble getting along. Just standard objections.) And I don't know what I'd do with the heart attack angle. There was already something canonically done with fake heart attacks (really poisoning), and Paul was the victim there. But I don't think I'd want a real heart attack either. So maybe just the collapse and there would be another explanation for it.
Sometimes I think my favorite hurt/comfort is still the standard knock on the head. Occasionally I get a craving for something more, but usually a good old-fashioned knockout suits me just fine. (And when I want a near-death scene, sometimes that's a good point to bring in some magic/do a Disney death/etc. Because sometimes, dang it, I'd rather have the solution involve friendship squee and have the person be able to recover without a long hospital stay. It's funny how I really don't see what's so great about magic and yet I utilize it like that sometimes. It's a means to an end for me. I'd use something else if something else would get the job done as good or better.)
And I've been doing a role-play involved Hamilton and his always unseen secretary Leon. I might turn some of that into a blurb. I might also put it into my current mystery story, if I can figure out how to make it a subplot that looks like it fits. Hamilton has a lot of staff and what seems to be either several secretaries or stenographers. I don't even really know what Leon is. But he fascinates me more than any of the others. Possibly because I was sure he was the one Hamilton addressed the most, and because he's one of only a handful of male secretaries/stenographers/whatever on the show. And we know absolutely nothing about him! So I can pretty much run wild. I've written for him a little bit, but pretty much standard dialogue, nothing that interesting or character-developing.
The RP involved Yami Marik trying to get a rift going between them. Yami Marik would not feature in the blurb or fic; that would be changed to one of their enemies in my stories or someone working for one of their enemies. But the plot was succeeding and Leon was getting upset thinking Hamilton didn't trust him. The climax was when Yami Marik set up a fake phone conversation that made it sound like Hamilton was doing something illegal. But instead of having the desired effect, it backfired and Leon realized he was being manipulated, as he knew Hamilton would never do anything illegal. So he went running off to the courthouse, certain that Hamilton was in danger. Which he was; Yami Marik had broken in and was on top of the judge's bench, blasting at Hamilton. Leon tackled Hamilton to the floor and took the blast himself, ending up seriously injured. He managed to tell Hamilton that he was sorry for falling for the tricks at first, before lapsing into unconsciousness and leaving Hamilton stunned and shaken with his body. Right now they don't know if Leon will survive. (He will, of course.)
I'm sort of considering writing a test blurb using![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
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Now, to the main strangeness. On Saturdays Perry Mason airs earlier in the evening. I was exhausted, so after I watched the episode (The Witless Witness, involving a very upright judge falsely accused of first constructing a governmental fraud and then committing murder) I laid down to have a nap. I was able to go to sleep for a bit, and I dreamed a weird dream. A weird dream the contents of which I think I dreamed before. Not a recurring dream, per se, but a recurring event in the dreams. Usually when that happens it's about that big creepy haunted mansion I think I've mentioned before. This time it was about the Perry characters, an episode I was "watching." And while in the dream I felt I'd watched it before, in real-life I'm sure I've dreamed of watching it before.
A neat trick since it's an episode that only exists in my head.
Also rather hilarious, since it was an episode, I dreamed in black-and-white.
The basic plot, as near as I can remember, started out with Hamilton not feeling well. He thought soon in that he might have a heart attack. Later on he did collapse and was taken to the hospital. Perry and Lieutenant Tragg were worried and hurried off to see him there. I'm not sure if he really had a heart attack or if it was something else. It almost kind of seemed like maybe someone had been trying to harm him? He was conscious when they were there, and talked with them for a bit. There was also some random scene with Perry talking to Tragg as Tragg was lying down to go to sleep. I'm not sure how that fit in.
I also don't remember what the crime was, who got killed, who the defendant was, or anything like that. But I remember talking to someone (not sure who) and telling them this episode was one of the best ever. The other person agreed, but said that the courtroom scenes were sadly "basic." I don't know why that term was used, as what seemed to be meant was that the courtroom scenes were very season 1-inspired and leaned towards Perry and Hamilton not getting along (and by that I mean far more than just regular objections to things going on). I suppose "basic" might have referred to Erle Stanley Gardner's book formula? Anyway, while we were discussing that fact, the episode was still on and we were watching the courtroom scenes. I agreed with the other person's assessment and remarked on what an interesting blog post this episode would make.
I want to say the episode ran through to the end and that there was a nice epilogue with Perry and Hamilton having a nice conversation again. But I can't swear to that. It seems like there was some detail that I'm forgetting that's right on the tip of my tongue/mind. I just can't remember.
I woke up scratching my head, a bit disappointed the episode wasn't real, and weirded out because I was sure I'd dreamed of it before.
It's the kind of dream I might be able to do something with, although if I did I would definitely make some alterations. No season 1 courtroom scenes, for sure. (Actually, I don't know if I'd try writing courtroom scenes at all, but if I did they'd be more likely to be closer to later seasons' courtroom scenes. No wild accusations, no trouble getting along. Just standard objections.) And I don't know what I'd do with the heart attack angle. There was already something canonically done with fake heart attacks (really poisoning), and Paul was the victim there. But I don't think I'd want a real heart attack either. So maybe just the collapse and there would be another explanation for it.
Sometimes I think my favorite hurt/comfort is still the standard knock on the head. Occasionally I get a craving for something more, but usually a good old-fashioned knockout suits me just fine. (And when I want a near-death scene, sometimes that's a good point to bring in some magic/do a Disney death/etc. Because sometimes, dang it, I'd rather have the solution involve friendship squee and have the person be able to recover without a long hospital stay. It's funny how I really don't see what's so great about magic and yet I utilize it like that sometimes. It's a means to an end for me. I'd use something else if something else would get the job done as good or better.)
And I've been doing a role-play involved Hamilton and his always unseen secretary Leon. I might turn some of that into a blurb. I might also put it into my current mystery story, if I can figure out how to make it a subplot that looks like it fits. Hamilton has a lot of staff and what seems to be either several secretaries or stenographers. I don't even really know what Leon is. But he fascinates me more than any of the others. Possibly because I was sure he was the one Hamilton addressed the most, and because he's one of only a handful of male secretaries/stenographers/whatever on the show. And we know absolutely nothing about him! So I can pretty much run wild. I've written for him a little bit, but pretty much standard dialogue, nothing that interesting or character-developing.
The RP involved Yami Marik trying to get a rift going between them. Yami Marik would not feature in the blurb or fic; that would be changed to one of their enemies in my stories or someone working for one of their enemies. But the plot was succeeding and Leon was getting upset thinking Hamilton didn't trust him. The climax was when Yami Marik set up a fake phone conversation that made it sound like Hamilton was doing something illegal. But instead of having the desired effect, it backfired and Leon realized he was being manipulated, as he knew Hamilton would never do anything illegal. So he went running off to the courthouse, certain that Hamilton was in danger. Which he was; Yami Marik had broken in and was on top of the judge's bench, blasting at Hamilton. Leon tackled Hamilton to the floor and took the blast himself, ending up seriously injured. He managed to tell Hamilton that he was sorry for falling for the tricks at first, before lapsing into unconsciousness and leaving Hamilton stunned and shaken with his body. Right now they don't know if Leon will survive. (He will, of course.)
I'm sort of considering writing a test blurb using
31_days's theme The network of the lie.
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Clearly, you had a fetal plotbunny in your brain, and the dream was its way of gnawing itself out into the real world. ...and wow that metaphor got gross. I'm tired.
People collapsing in courtrooms makes me think of that sad, sad Ally McBeal episode...what parts of the dream were you planning to make into a fic?
Your h/c comment pretty much echoed the posts I keep seeing in TF2 fandom..."we like hurting our favorites, but we don't want them to hurt indefinitely, thank the h/c and guro gods for Respawn and the MediGun!" I will admit, it is a tempting aspect of the fandom...you can do whatever you want to them, and they'll be fine at the end of the day, and there's always "machine errors" if you want angst. Of course, nobody considers that magic...it's clearly ~*science*~. Australian science.
I can totally see the appeal of Leon...there is such fun to be had with a blank slate. or rather, a blank slate with a big "connected to Hamilton" message chalked on it, anyway.
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LOL.
That does sound like a sad episode. What happened in it?
Well, I don't know if any of it would be made into a fic, really. It probably wouldn't be unless it becomes seriously insistent. Hamilton didn't collapse in the courtroom, by the way, although I'm not sure where he did collapse. It was somewhere with a whitish desk and a carpet. In the fic, if it ever comes into existence, he might just collapse from sheer exhaustion/overworking himself. Although there would have to be exceptional circumstances for that; Perry is a far more likely candidate for it.
Yeah, I remember you mentioning that! That is some freaky science. But very nice for hurt/comfort purposes.
Yessss. I'm kind of thinking that whole subplot would get in the way of my current mystery fic. Maybe I should make it a separate fic.
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It's been years since I've seen it, but one of the lawyers had a brain tumor...I think he'd finally decided to have it operated on, and then later that day he just fell down dead in the middle of the courtroom. I think he showed up now and then as a spirit-advisor to the main character afterwards.
Overwork aggravating an injury left untreated? Seizures? Migraines? There are so many possibilities!
Also, Respawn doesn't seem to heal scars, so there's always that reminder, even if they heal up fine otherwise.
I think I would definitely aim for a separate fic, in that case.
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Oh gosh. So saaad. That's interesting about the spirit-advising. I was thinking Ally McBeal was kind of an off-beat show, from the previews I used to see when I watched classic TV on FOX, but I didn't realize it ever stepped into the supernatural.
Indeed, many possibilities! He might be overworking himself because of trying so hard to get some particularly horrid criminals convicted.
Wow. They'd probably have a lot of scars, then.
Yeah, most likely.
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I don't think I watched it very much, but I remember a lot of hallucinations and visual metaphors and stuff like that. The spirit-advisor guy didn't show up very often, just when Ally "really needed him."
Stress can trigger all kinds of nasty conditions! The possibilities are endless!
[insert Drosselmeyer raepface here]One would think, but the only scar I know of for sure is Sniper's Spy-inflicted knife-fight scar...but given the MediGun seems to be capable of regrowing lost teeth and healing clothes, I can't help but wonder if Sniper just willed himself to keep the scar somehow because it made him look cool.
Just watch, that fic will spawn its own universe.
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Ahh.
Yes! Very much so!
LOL.
Haha, it does seem to be doing that. I exposed some holes in the plot and realized I couldn't write the thing the way I'd intended. So I instead salvaged most of the thing, turned it into a blurb, and now am writing a follow-up. Plus, Leon is going to be a major supporting character in my new mystery.
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I'm vaguely aware of things going on with him and this Bourbon character, but I haven't heard anything about Gin and Vodka recently, and they were the ones I usually wrote about, so I'm still surprised by the recent wave of interest in my old stuff.
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Sera appears to be Shuu's little sister who is searching for him. She seems to think that Okiya and Akai are the same person. Haibara has the feeling that Okiya is her sister's boyfriend and already tried to have a look at his neck. I don't know why, though, perhaps she is searching for a voice changing device because we get a look at Okiya's naked neck and there is no sign of a scar or anything odd. He just uses a small comb to brush back his collar when nobody is watching him. And at that time he was brushing his teeth and only gestured at Ran and Sonoko. Hence the guess that he is using a voice changing devicel I'm not sure, though.
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Now if it would just all go somewhere instead of fizzling again....
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