But is also slows down time we see this when Ranpo and Yosano are transported into “House of tragedies” they spend around 1-2 hours there, but in the real world only 10-20 minutes have passed. (Like a rip off Little Woman! [Louisa’s Ability])

That, and it can change a victims state— I think, or at least keep them regulated even if they are damaged, this is shown in chapter 83.5 when Fukuchi aims to attack Atsushi, but instead hits Ranpo— Ranpo then reads Poe’s novel and is able to use the ability, which brings us onto our fourth thing.

IT CAN BRING PEOPLE INTO NOVELS. IT TAKES PEOPLE INTO ANOTHER WORLD. WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU BURN THE BOOK WHILST SOMEONE IS IN IT?? WHAT IF YOU ERASE AND WRITE WORDS?? (Kinda like Lucy’s ability except… uncontrollable)

Poe’s ability is able to be used by all he allows, this is used a LOT by Ranpo so I won’t use any examples, but this is the same way Akutagawa gave rashomon to Atsushi to create “Black Claw” I’m assuming it’s like Akutagawa’s in a different way, as Akutagawa’s was combined with Atsushi’s, what I mean by this is that Poe’s ability isn’t automatically created as soon as someone reads his work, this is again found out when we see Louisa proof checking Poe’s stories. (So, like.. Rashomon… kinda)

Poe’s ability is long distance too, meaning if he were to simply leave a poem out or send a text message with his story— he could activate it, this uses two examples, with when he uses it on Mushitaro in the car, and literally every other instance than the first time we see him use it. (So does this mean he gains a point on Dazai?? Well never know)

Poe can write a short story and tape it to a pole and still activate it as long as they read one word.

If there is a person near the victim of Poe’s ability they may also be drawn in, but this isn’t a fact. Im assuming this from when Ranpo fights Chuuya, seeing only Chuuya read the words, not Ranpo.

As long as a person understands it’s words or text of a sort, his ability can still be activated, so if he went up to someone who doesn’t read/speak English, and showed them his book, it could still be activated, again this is from Mushitaro.

Poe’s ability is painful by the way, upon activation it feels like your floating in a place between reality and fiction, your throat is blocked and up your unable to breathe, having too much air and too little a once, your ribs are closing in on you like your own death sentence before your freed into his world.

BUT ITS BEEN A WHILE SINCE IVE TALKED ABOUT POE’S ABILITY AND I LOVE HIS ABILITY SO………

Poe’s ability… does not being someone into a book the moment they use it I THINK.

The reason I’m so confused about this is because every time Poe’s works have been shown, his ability is also used. And we can tell his ability was used and it’s not that he just read them because Ranpo is always doing something with the work bro… (/silly) it’s also shown Poe has been writing more works for Ranpo not even for his missions Ranpo just keeps needing to use them or something.

Anyways, I’m going to go out on a limb and say there might be 3 instances where Poe’s works have been read without needing his ability too, except this isn’t canon, and I’m assuming, and we aren’t shown this.

1. When Poe goes to the ADA party with a manuscript for Ranpo..

2. When he was making that meeting room for the ADA and it was proofread by Mushitaro or something

3. Ranpo’s emergency novel he carries around, and he can know the mystery because it’s shown that you have to say the mystery in order to be let out and so maybe you can revisit a novel… but this also contradicts a bit because of when Poe was fretting about the novel in #2, but this also could be because Poe doesn’t know the extent of his ability and he always says his answer out loud as he figures it out.

OK WAIT NEVER MIND I THINK ITS CANON THAT POE’S ABILITY DOESN’T BRING SOMEONE INTO THE BOOK UNLESS ACTIVATED SO IT ISN’T A RESTING ABILITY KINDA LIKE DAZAI’S

When Louisa proofreads Poe’s work that was based off of love craft and 80% of humanity is wiped out!!

I <3 POE, A YAP ABOUT THE NAME OF HIS ABILITY.

When Poe's gakuen trailer comes out (IF he gets one) you guys should be scared

also I'm crying TWO guild members present and its Lucy and Edgar everyone else is COOKED huh??

Poe... AH, anyways, Poe's ability name is so cool and uhm I'm gonna talk about the 'Black cat' because I skimmed over the murders in the rue morgue and would prefer to talk about it after properly reading it, y'know?

In the black cat, a man, who previously used to have an affinity for animals, pets, soon becomes an alcoholic, to which leads to him abusing his pet cat (Pluto,) to which it bites him for, he rips out the cats eye in a rage, he then hangs it from a tree, his house soon burning down, the image of a noose tied to a cat embedded in the wall that survived, later he finds a stray black cat, which looks almost exactly like Pluto, missing eye, just a white pelt stomach.

Annoyance grows with the cats presence, we see him try kill said cat with an axe but his wife stops him, he kills the the wife, hiding her in a brick wall, the police arrive and the remains of the wife falls out, the body a heap on the floor.

REALLY rough explanation, but you should get the point, i think his affinity to animals/Pluto/the black cat is his writing, something he cares for and treasures, perhaps the black cat being more of his ability-- his own personal escape.

The alcoholism is Ranpo beating him I suppose The noose is the guild, the fire is the guild, the death is the guild... it was his escape and his prison.

The wife is his sanity, The police are the Moby dick and the guilds fall.

Ah, ok I have since read 'The murders in the rue morgue', although I read the Wikipedia page instead, here's what i have to say.

The orangutang is his own obsession with being smart, being better, knowing he had an advantage, when he was in his worst parts of his life at least he was smart, he could deduce things, I do not think Poe is a humble nor shy man, I think he is a social recluse and socially anxious, but upon given the chance he will flaunt his prowess. The sailor is Ranpo's wit, or-- at least how easily he beat Poe, Edgar wishes to beat him the same, be it dead or alive, that is the orangutang.

The mother and daughter is his home, I like to think he struggled terribly to write for many years of his life, more specifically-- IF he had left his childhood home then, and after joining the guild, while Poe has never called a place home, he finds comfort in normalcy, even if he isn't normal at all.

Dupin, well, who is he? I think he is a mix between Ranpo and his writing, in some way they are interchangeable, a head canon of mine is that Ranpo restored Poe's interest in writing, and his writing gave him a meaning of life-- and in some odd way, his desire to defeat Ranpo stemmed from his writing, for Ranpo is a detective and he is an author.

BUT, I WILL SAY. ALL OF WHAT I HAVE JUST SAID IS WRONG

for Poe has had his ability long before the guild and Ranpo. So, I will finish my previous comments and say the narrator is Poe, in some way the narrator will always be Poe.

ANYWAYS quick speed redo of my previous things

The black cat The animals: They stay his writing, Poe will always have some discontent towards his writing, yet I say, he would have never had it if it were not for The alcoholism: His ability, its a curse to him, a reminder he will never be normal The wife: Will stay his sanity The police: The public, the public will see him as insane. The noose: His own self-hatred.

The murders in the Rue morgue The narrator: Stays poe Lupin: Will stay his writing, he has wrote to appease himself. The mother and daughter: His perception of his world, the word normal. The sailor: The word love. The orangutang: ... what is it? His needs? His ideals? His overwhelming idea to have people look at him with respect?