so.

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For those not familiar with Petshop of Horrors...Count D is a highly mysterious dude who runs a petshop in L.A.'s Chinatown. He periodically claims that he's only managing the shop for the real Count D, his grandfather, who he says is traveling abroad.* D sells animals that tend to look like stunningly beautiful and elegantly dressed human beings

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[dial_m_4_murder]

Hee, although he's not buying a pet, from what I recall of the manga and what you say here, I should mention

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D would probably have a pretty good sense of all that from meeting him yeah, and it won't bother him--D's relationship to humanity is complicated, but he doesn't seem to have a particularly strong sense of human justice. He approves of people who love and care for their pets; he disapproves of people who cruel or selfish or commit evil acts against animals; but he only does the pet mojo thing with people who come to him looking for something out of the ordinary, whether they know they're looking for it or not.

So he'll probably think Mello is an interesting exhibit of humanity, but he won't do anything to him unless Mello wants him to. And of course, he will love Habeas, because D loves all animals, including the ones that regard him as prey.

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Er, I should amend that to say that he disapproves of people committing evil acts against each other--but he doesn't get up in arms over it, because he has a low opinion of humanity to start with. The welfare of human beings is simply very low on the list of his priorities.

[dial_m_4_murder]

Yeahhhhh. I'm glad you're playing that side of D-- I remember showing the anime to a friend once and a moment of 'realization' about how differently D thinks about humanity just hitting him. *g*

[dial_m_4_murder]

[nods] I don't think it'd come up, but I figured I'd provide the information -- you play a wonderfully intact D from what I've seen of him, hee.

(Oh god, I love that chapter in the manga, where D's all "YOU SHOT THE SABERTOOTH WHY?? D: D: D:" at Leon. XD)

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I really want to do him justice. The more I've re-read Petshop, the more I've fallen in love with him--he's such a gloriously complicated person, especially when you realize that [END OF SERIES SPOILERS] no, he's not human, but he's not omniscient or immortal, either. The key moment for me was when he explained in volume 9 to the girl that he does not understand love between human beings. That's where he disconnects from humanity.[/ END OF SERIES SPOILERS]

[dial_m_4_murder]

So far, he really reads like a 'real' D. I was very excited by him, and your play of him, hee! You've got an excellent voice for him, and he READS like you've got that grasp on him that's so necessary for such a complex character.

I, yeah, Petshop of Horrors is one of those long-time loves for me. I had most of the series in Japanese because I figured I'd NEVER get translations, and was working on my own, and then Tokyopop did a damn good job on their release and more and more, I just keep falling in love with it. XD

♥

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I'm glad you think so. ^__^ I will do my damndest to keep him IC. I think I lucked out on this one, because I feel very comfortable with him so far.

I only just found out there's a new series! It's in the same style as the old one--seems to be the same D, but a different setting, presumably chronologically after the first series. I hope to god Tokyopop picks it up. I wish they'd grab those side stories they left out while they're at it--at least one of them actually contributes to D's characterization, and I have the kind of packrat personality that wants to own every little thing related to the series.