#dcmk thoughts

I have a silly yet serious question for you.

Why do you guys call Rei "Rei" and Akai "Akai"? What I mean is, why do you call Rei by his first name and Akai by his last name? It seems to be a widespread habit, and I'm wondering why.

Personally, I decided to use both first names in my fic, but I've been struggling with the spelling. Should I use Shuichi? Shuuichi? I can't decide and it's killing me... Ha, maybe that's why you guys keep using his last name! It's short and sweet and avoids the dilemma of having to decide how to transcribe Japanese long vowels.

It is so annoying how Shinichi/Conan is making all the decisions in the relationship, and many see it as a romantic thing that he's "protecting her" and he "doesn't want to worry her."

That is literally why she is being treated like a token girlfriend.

I don't think only one person is strong enough to take down the BO. You have the FBI, the CIA, the PSB, the MI6 and God knows who else are trying to bring them down😂

But if you mean if she's ready to help take the BO down, well she has been on the edge lately and I don't blame her. Imagine having a powerful organisation ready to kill you if they sniff your existence especially after having worked for them and knowing all of their ways.

And yes, she's usually not 'proactive' as in not going out of her way to hunt them down like Conan does because she knows what they're capable of. But, any time she feels her loved ones' safety is about to be compromised she doesn't hesitate to throw herself in harm's way and saves them regardless of her fears. For example:

1 . When she was willing to sacrifice her life in the Hijacked Bus case after sensing Vermouth's presence.

2. Or when she confronted Vermouth in the Halloween Case.

3. Or when she tried to keep Ran away from the detective agency when the BO was lurking there.

4. And finally, when she decided to take the antidote to confront the BO in the mystery train arc.

So yes, while she doesn't go out of her way to go up against the BO, when push comes to shove, she's willing to fight for her loved ones.

and with her being clearly, painfully aware that without a woman (wife or daughter) keeping her father in line, he will stray, then her convincing herself Shinichi must be cheating on her whenever she's not watching him makes sense!

which ain't great! it's actually fucking terrible! her parents' bullshit gave her trust issues to the point she can't even trust the kind of person the guy she likes is despite having known each other their entire lives

and if Shinichi is expecting a relationship like his parents', where both of them might not even be in the same country at any given time because of their careers, but can still happily sync up to traumatize fuck with their recently turned infant teenage son... (where they're both dramatic bitches who enjoy showing off and solving mysteries even if Yukiko is bad at it)

Guy: is so obsessed with his cousin he murders their grandfather for not letting him marry her, and then tries to frame the guy she was actually in love with and just got married to for "stealing her away from him"

Later: I've been thinking about what is the difference between erotic attraction and sexual attraction, and I've come to the conclusion that I think erotic attraction is when you have an interest in someone that is not "I want to look at them and feel them."

They're interested in Kaitou Kid because he's a challenge to them as detectives, and his personality stands out compared to other villains.

Not only do I want to see Ran temporarily break up with Shinichi for not telling her the truth, but I want to see her give full shade to adult Haibara/Miyano for thinking she can make decisions about her and Shinichi's relationship.