ickaimp: (Default)
Icka! M. Chif ([personal profile] ickaimp) wrote2009-05-12 08:52 pm
Entry tags:

FANFIC CHALLENGE: Gorey Deaths

This was meant for the Detective Conan/Magic Kaito fandoms primarily, but feel free to play with any fandom.

The 'The Gashlycrumb Tinies' is the fate of 26 kids, their demise written in rhyme by Edward Gorey.

Challenge: You have the Who and the How. Figure out the Why, What and When for the children's untimely deaths. One, Two or all of them, your call.

Gashlycrumb Tinies (<---images)

A is for Amy who fell down the stairs.

B is for Basil assaulted by bears.

C is for Clara who wasted away.

D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh.

E is for Ernest who choked on a peach.

F is for Fanny sucked dry by a leech.

G is for George smothered under a rug.

H is for Hector done in by a thug.

I is for Ida who drowned in a lake.

J is for James who took lye by mistake.

K is for Kate who was struck with an axe.

L is for Leo who swallowed some tacks.

M is for Maud who was swept out to sea.

N is for Neville who died of ennui.

O is for Olive run through with an awl.

P is for Prue trampled flat in a brawl.

Q is for Quentin who sank on a mire.

R is for Rhoda consumed by a fire.

S is for Susan who perished of fits.

T is for Titus who flew into bits.

U is for Una who slipped down a drain.

V is for Victor squashed under a train.

W is for Winnie embedded in ice.

X is for Xerxes devoured by mice.

Y is for Yorick whose head was knocked in.

Z is for Zillah who drank too much gin.

[identity profile] candy--chan.livejournal.com 2009-05-13 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
It sort of makes me think of the poem in Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, my all-time favorite mystery. But this is an interesting challenge! I shall think on it!

...after sleep *zzzZZZzzz*

[identity profile] gracie-musica.livejournal.com 2009-05-13 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
OH I LOVE YOU.

A friend of mine has that book and it's ooooooh so disturbing in a fantastic way.

[identity profile] ickaimp.livejournal.com 2009-05-13 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
Been thinking about this for a while, then realised that hey! I didn't have to wait to do it. ^^;; Is a very Conan-y feel already.

... if this would be a good 'weekly challenge' for MC1T, feel free to crosspost.