#cant believe i never heard about that

[feyd-meowtha]

Oh no, mota gave me world war(s) brain worms....

[anxious-al]

Magic Kaito & Dead Boy Detectives

Okay I might be overanalyzing but since it was called out by name I wanna talk about how Magic Kaito allows us to deepen our understanding of Niko.

I might be explaining this badly but Magic Kaito is about Kaito Kuroba who has an alter ego as master thief Kaitou Kid. He does heists to try and steal this gem that the organization that killed his dad wants (side note his dad was the former Kaitou Kid). Kaito's clever kid, he's good at magic tricks, he's very confident in himself (he sends letters to the police detailing his heists), and ultimately isn't a bad guy cause he returns the items that he stole, as they aren't the gem. Kaitou Kid has appeared in Detective Conan a few times as an antagonist to Conan.

Now how can this connect to Dead Boy Detectives, more specifically Niko? First of all, since Magic Kaito is connected to Detective Conan we see more of Niko's enjoyment of detective media (of course she also loves Scooby Doo). Niko's consumption of detective media reveals her desire to be a detective, explaining her excitement when learning Edwin and Charles are detectives. Additionally, Niko shows respect to one of the antagonists of DBDA, the Cat King. Despite Kaitou Kid acting as an antagonist in Detective Conan, he possesses redeeming qualities, such as returning his stolen items, and serves as the protagonist of his own story. This connects to Niko's respect for the Cat King as it shows how Niko can have respect and empathy for supposed antagonistic figures. Furthermore, there's an interesting parallel between Kaito and Niko as they have both lost their father. When Kaito loses his father he assumes his father's role as the Kaitou Kid and makes an effort to destroy the gem the organization wants. Niko expresses a desire to bring her father back when talking to the Night Nurse. Could be interesting in a season 2 to dive further into Niko's grief for her father and how that affects her journey from the igloo back to the agency.

Apologies if I explained Magic Kaito badly, I have never read or watched it (tho now I definitely want to). If anyone has additional connections feel free to share! I'd love to hear more! I also linked the only 2 posts I could find about this mention in Dead Boy Detectives as I was surprised people weren't talking about it.

[bunnyboy-juice]

spent the first hour and change at work deleting some old files and am having a grand ol time laughing at myself for not realizing i was a lesbian sooner

[swagging-back-to]

i love when the weed makes you so extestential it makes you think of how many times the universe has started and died and restarted again, and how many other universes there actually are

and i dont mean multiverse theory. i mean entirely separate universes. from a far enough distance, our own universe really would be a cell.

just like how you have billions of separate cells in your body, there must be separate universes existing right now that do not actually mirror our own.

[jungkxook]

in disbelief about moonbin💔

[girlcrushau]

[im-sorry-what-ii]

One thing about me is that I will absolutely make stuff. A mutual makes a post about how that song is so them coded and needs to be edited with them and I am launched head first into their dms at frightening speeds. No hesitation no questions asked I WILL be making that thank you very much

[vonlipvig]

billybroccoli's videos really blow my tits clean off i gotta say

[gladiatorcunt]

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[theswirlersisterscircus]

um so i just watched the mentopolis trailer and this season was literally tailored to appeal to me oh my god

[skitskatdacat63]

Oh my god....Strollonso are so "The Boy With The Thorn in His Side" coded

[meatriarch]

specifically looking at the hewitts since granted i know more on the remakes than the others but,

the hewitts only got vague, limited police action looking into them in '03 after erin chops thomas' arm off and gets away. and even though theres' coverage of it and everything, that literally ONLY happens after 4-5 straight years of the hewitts doing what they do, from 69-73 in terms of solely the remake timeline.

that's still a shitton of time to be ACTIVELY killing people to y'know. not fucking die yourselves. then combine that with the sawyers - their additional family members, their own trails of ruthlessness added into the mix, and this entire combined family unit likely has kill counts all around in the hundreds if not even way past that.

but even with the police involvement in the remakes?

its all SO SLOPPY, its hardly conducted with any real CARE about their own well-beings. like??? ya'll went into that house while THOMAS was STILL THERE... didnt even SECURE THE HOUSE.....

and even with the found footage? no arrests, presumably. the remaining hewitts are still at large, thomas is still at large. like... all ya'll did was corral them to their fucking confusing ass tunnel system and made luda (if we count the comics) far more involved and ruthless in the actual killings than she was in the movies lol

and yes technically speaking with charlie's death that could sever the stronghold they've got on the police and sheriffs' around them - but at the same time - how bad would it look of them to SUDDENLY flip a switch and try to unpack the years worth of missing persons, cold cases, murders, kidnappings, break-ins, assaults, etc etc that they swept under the rug? that's WAY too much man power, esp for back then. no one is gonna do that shit.

so. i truly dont think they have much to worry about even in the event of charlie dying - because the fear and influence they've instilled stands for law enforcement to continue to do fuck all - to save and cover their own asses.

[royal-skies]

there's something that makes me so so emotional about fall out boy lyrics and gets me thinking abt them constantly and leaves me with an ache in my heart and such a specific feeling that i've felt before and i just can't quite place that leaves my very soul and essence in pain but also euphoria and it's something that i'll never have the words to describe

[meatriarchived]

me crawling out of bed to type this and disappear back to my cocoon right after but-specifically looking at the hewitts since granted i know more on the remakes than the others but,

the hewitts only got vague, limited police action looking into them in '03 after erin chops thomas' arm off and gets away. and even though theres' coverage of it and everything, that literally ONLY happens after 4-5 straight years of the hewitts doing what they do, from 69-73 in terms of solely the remake timeline.

that's still a shitton of time to be ACTIVELY killing people to y'know. not fucking die yourselves. then combine that with the sawyers - their additional family members, their own trails of ruthlessness added into the mix, and this entire combined family unit likely has kill counts all around in the hundreds if not even way past that.

but even with the police involvement in the remakes?

its all SO SLOPPY, its hardly conducted with any real CARE about their own well-beings. like??? ya'll went into that house while THOMAS was STILL THERE... didnt even SECURE THE HOUSE.....

and even with the found footage? no arrests, presumably. the remaining hewitts are still at large, thomas is still at large. like... all ya'll did was corral them to their fucking confusing ass tunnel system and made luda (if we count the comics) far more involved and ruthless in the actual killings than she was in the movies lol

and yes technically speaking with charlie's death that could sever the stronghold they've got on the police and sheriffs' around them - but at the same time - how bad would it look of them to SUDDENLY flip a switch and try to unpack the years worth of missing persons, cold cases, murders, kidnappings, break-ins, assaults, etc etc that they swept under the rug? that's WAY too much man power, esp for back then. no one is gonna do that shit.

so. i truly dont think they have much to worry about even in the event of charlie dying - because the fear and influence they've instilled stands for law enforcement to continue to do fuck all - to save and cover their own asses.

[youngestdaughtersyndrome]

sitting in bed eating cheese absolutely stewing

[qumiiiquinnquin]

i wonder what my life would've been like if i wasnt abused until. well i dont know. its still not over