NaNo Day 9.5: 25K mark!!

[matrixrefugee]

As of a few moments ago, I broke the 25K mark, and I am in utter shock (besides being a bit tired, as well). I'm going to (try and) slow down over the next few days, and keep my word count to around the 1,667 that I should be cranking out in a day, but I fear if I do slow down, I may lose my momentum. That's doubtful, as I'm having too much fun with it.

That and the quantum Rei army of plot bunnies is attacking me. Here's a few fics I may write after WriMo:

--A Death Note/America's Most Wanted crossover. This can be done, as John Walsh has lent his likeness to a 2005 issue of DC Comics' "Outsiders" which had the titular team of superheroes appearing on AMW in a bid to catch some child-slave traders. I recently (finally) finished watching Death Note, and one night, as I walked through our living room to find America's Most Wanted was on, I had the loopy idea that some well-intentioned person who happened to get ahold of a Death Note, could very well have a bit of a field day with it: watch AMW, jot down -- on scratch paper -- the names of the criminals featured and then write them into the Death Note, along with some detailed instructions about said deaths...

--This is an old bunny that has decided to start hopping again: before I decided to leave twilight_sucks a bunch of people had had an inordinate amount of fun suggesting possible cracked Twilight crossovers. There were the usual obvious ones (Supernatural, with the Winchester boys tracking them some sparkle-pires; The Dresden Files, with the sparkle-pires as rejects from the White Court; Blade, which has already triggered a memetic photoshoop), and then there were the weird ones I proposed, including a crossover with Descendants of Darkness, aka Yami no Matsuei. The problem is, much as I might despise Edwierd, having him fall into the clutches of the diabolical Muraki might be overkill in every sense of the word, considering the ghastly things which the not-so-good doctor likes to do to beautiful young men...

Comments

[nightofcydonia.livejournal.com]

I like the Death Note idea. It'd be interesting to see what'd happen if the black notebook of doom fell into the hands of someone without a god complex. Regarding the Twilight crossovers, I once saw a particuarly twisted cross with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, actually *goes to look*

Okay, sorry, I couldn't find it. Shame, it was a work of evil genius. However, I come bearing a consolation prize: http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-18606/UncagedMuse+Staking+out+the+Trash.htm

~ Weaver

P.S. Have you heard about the 'Manga Murder'?

[matrixrefugee.livejournal.com]

Mmm! The Death Note fic looks like it's going to be a very interesting slant on the concept and universe; by any chance, have you read "Death Note 13: How to Read"? There's a bonus chapter in the back of it, featuring the original pilot chapter: it's quite different from how the series turned out, and the protagonist is a bit more sympathetic than Light Yagami (for starters, he's a lot younger and more innocent).

Awesome fic recommendation! And go, Spike, for sticking it to Edwierd. :: Grins::

I think I've heard of the 'Manga Murder'; wasn't that the case that involved a kid who lashed out against some mooks who were bullying him and it came out that the victim-turned-killer was a fan of Death Note? I remember hearing something like this about the time I first discovered Death Note

[nightofcydonia.livejournal.com]

Nope. The, somewhat inaccurately named, Manga Murder is a case in Belgium where part of a dismembered body was found along with notes bearing the phrase 'watashi wa Kira dess' (so whoever the killer is, they don't know much Japanese). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga_Murder

In entirly predictable fashion, the Japanese media has been all over it, and the internet is awash with L wannabes trying to solve the case.

I'm afraid that I haven't read How to Read, most of my knowledge of Death Note comes from the internet and the live action movies (incidently, movie!Light is arguably worse then the manga/anime one).

~Weaver