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Post by kanshu on Aug 24, 2004 6:39:13 GMT -5
This is a thread for random Saiyuki plot bunnies. You know, all the little insane things that will never make it to a story. Let's see... we have the "What would they do for a living without the credit card".... Which so far brought up babysitting, dog-walking, sutra-chantring, salesmen for vaccuum cleaners (suck it, baby! ) and wood chopping. Not to forget, Hakkai, who is usable for almost anything. Any other ideas? I had a thought there, too. I don't know if you remember the fun little (useless) episode where Hakuryuu went missing? Now, there was this hilarious suggestion of Goku to use bicycles, which for some reason was not favored by the other three. What other means of transportation you think they would come up with, should Hakuryuu seriously disappear? And who will become Hakkai's victim for all the cuddling and hair tousling?
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Post by cesmith on Aug 24, 2004 13:30:30 GMT -5
I could see Hakkai peddeling a bike if he needed to. Gojyo would be complaining all the way, puffing from all his cigarrettes. Sanzo would have a bycycle built for two, with Goku doing all the work. Our Monks not stupid.
They could use horses. I could just picture how sore they would be after a few days of riding. Also, Hakkai might have to protect the animal if Sanzo ever stepped in the pile at the end of the day. (Is horse manure used for fertilizer? If so, they could combine this as another job and sell the horse manure to farmers).
Without a doubt Gojyo would get the cuddling that used to be reserved for Hakuryuu. (What else did you expect, though horses are very affectionate too)
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Post by kanshu on Aug 24, 2004 13:52:34 GMT -5
Oi... you think they would stop every time the horse dumps material, just to gather it? The dog-walk picture is done. You might have to hit the 'reload' button. www.geocities.com/lee_fanfic/job.htmlI could almost hear him thinking "Good thing Goku is potty trained" when I labelled the sign... ;D
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Post by cesmith on Aug 24, 2004 14:20:32 GMT -5
Genius, pure genius. Take a bow. I love it, and thank you.
Why should they stop? Just attach a horse sized Pooper Scooper bag at the horses' backside. There would be no work for them (a plus) and Sanzo wouldn't accidently step in the Manure (a plus for the horse, he gets to stay alive).
I printed out the Pooper Scooper picture and it is next to my computer, along with the Gojyo and Hakkai flavored jello and the Sanzo Dessert.
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Post by Me-Nuriko on Aug 24, 2004 15:46:57 GMT -5
I love this picture! You even made the dog cute. Hakkai cuddles without Hakyryuu? Of course cesmith is right. Gojyo, who else? ;D
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Post by cesmith on Aug 25, 2004 17:36:54 GMT -5
Ok, the bikes would be good for roads and hard packed trails and off bike type areas.
The horses would be good for those areas, plus the forests and small mountains.
Now we come to our favorite terrain, the deserts. What would be more suitable that a camel? (Sure, a horse would work too, but camels sound more fun.) It would be a two hump one so they can ride in the middle with plenty of storage for their supplies ( Beer, Cigarrettes, Bullets and food.) Little need to water them. Another benefit, they wouldn't be sitting close enough to argue.
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Post by kanshu on Aug 26, 2004 2:17:25 GMT -5
Camels... *pictures Sanzo on the camel, getting motion sickness from all the swaying* Oi. They could just try taking the bus. Or try to get their hands on one of Kou's flying dragons. And you people are too narrow minded. Poor Gojyo - he'd have to get rid of all the additional cuddling by teasing Goku and Sanzo. How about Hakkai getting a puppy dog for cuddling? I was wondering... what would the guys to to make Hakuryuu return? How would they persuade him to come back? And Hakkai sheeding crocodile tears doesn't count. ;D
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Post by therhoda on Aug 26, 2004 3:02:40 GMT -5
Well, as I keep thinking Hakuryuu is in love with Hakkai anyway. so maybe he flies around until he finds out that they are moving with out him. The wait, wait I am needed thing. I will point out that he didn't mind the cat from the reload episode.
What if Sanzo shot Him? and that was why he ran away. So you get Hakkai and the rest trying to make Sanzo say he was sorry. Grummpy monk apologizing to flying pissed off dragon. Wonder if he would burn off Sanzo's eyebrows? he he he, that picture make me laugh.
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Post by cesmith on Aug 26, 2004 4:58:28 GMT -5
Sanzo with motion sickness from a swaying camel. Nice mental picture. Don't forget the dangers of the infamous camel spit. Kou's flying dragon would probably dump them mid-air and return home. A bus? Too normal! Besides, it would have to follow a road and that would take the scenic route and not the ever straight westward trip. They never did an Uru Sai for a bus, but it would probably be like the train, bored out of their heads without demons to fight. I really doubt Gojyo would mind the additional cuddling. A puppy? Do we really want to remind Sanzo of our Pooper Scooper escapade? Besides, Gojyo's cuter. Thought of one last way to travel, before trying to think how to get Hakuryuu back. For the snowy mountains they could use skis and snowmobiles. It's fun picturing them speeding along on the snowmobile, or the human sized snowballs from when they fall off the skis and roll down the mountain.
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Post by cesmith on Aug 26, 2004 20:39:59 GMT -5
therhoda: Did Sanzo mean to shoot Hakuryuu, or did it happen accidently while he was aiming at Goku and Gojyo? Hakuryuu is too sweet for someone to hurt on purpose. Maybe he was afraid Goku would eat him. Didn't Goku keep chanting Harahetta in Reload episode 17 as he played catch with Hakuryuu on the bed? Didn't he also say, in his sleep, that he was going to roast and eat Hakuryuu if he didn't come home, in the episode Hakuryuu disappeared in? Me-Nuriko: Would Hakuryuu be jealous enough of Gojyo to run off? Reminds me of the story, The Trouble With H, by Karu Leonnese. Chapter 3, The Trouble with Hakuryuu. OptiMoose: How in the world would we ever get Sanzo to appologize? In the Gunlock episode where Hakkai takes the gold card, did you get the feeling Sanzo appologized to Hakkai, or did you think Hakkai just forgave him? Optimoose: Might have found the Saiyuki OVA. There were two listed. One Gensomaden Saiyuki OVA, the other was Saiyuki OVA Requiem. I ordered the Gensomaden Saiyuki OVA, and it's supposed to be mailed out by 5-7 days, so should know in approx. two weeks. If it turns out to be the choose your own adventure one, that will be ok too, I wanted to get it too.
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Post by kanshu on Aug 27, 2004 1:14:12 GMT -5
therhoda: If Sanzo shot Hakuryuu... I think that Hakkai would go ballistic. Even if it was just by accident.... *That* would actually make a very good story, thinking of it. cesmith: LOL! Kou's dragon dumping them, eh? Darned, now I have three scenes in my mind that need doodling. The horse-size-pooper-scooper... Sanzo sea sick. And Dragon Dump. In the Gunlock ep, Sanzo never apologised. He just said "Why don't you forgive them already", after Gojyo and Goku wholeheartedly grovelled. And if that's really the first movie I'll officially love you. (more later, got to get my butt into gear and start working...)
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Post by cesmith on Aug 27, 2004 15:48:19 GMT -5
Three scenes to doodle? Yeah! Ah, so Sanzo felt he had done nothing wrong and didn't need to apologize. That was what I thought happened. Having trouble thinking of how to get Hakuryuu back, if we can't use Hakkai. Why would he really want to? He's in danger from Sanzo's gun, being burned by Sanzo's and Gojyo's cigarrette butts, Goku threatening to eat him and Youkai attacks. He's overworked, and under appreciated, just like Hakkai. It's a wonder he doesn't kidnap Hakkai and leave the rest behind. The only one who really appreciates him is Hakkai. He feeds him every episode and sleeps with him, or makes him a little nest on a pillow. Goku occationally plays with him, or is that teasing him?
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Post by kanshu on Aug 28, 2004 12:57:20 GMT -5
Actually, Goku and Hakuryuu go along pretty well, a long as Gojyo is around to keep Goku occupied in the evenings. Though - I like that idea about Hakuryuu kidnappng Hakkai. *That* sure is a story that never has been written before. BTW, I received the four-volume English version of "Journey to the West" today (the original story), and that one is bustling with ideas. Like, chapter 27 focusses around Son Goku and Sanzsang splitting up after a really nasty fight about killing people (Goku killed a demon who tricked the monk into seeing him as a human). And that monk is SO our Sanzo. Well, except for crying his eyes out when later on being captured by demons after he managed to get himself lost wandering alone through the woods...
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Post by cesmith on Aug 28, 2004 14:22:48 GMT -5
Four volumes? If I remember correctly the journey lasted something like 27 years? And the real Sanzo was always needing to be rescued, as he was a normal, Religious Monk. Sounds good. I love reading Myths of other countries, and adding to it, that it is the basis of Saiyuki, makes it even more appealing. Where did you get it? Quite honestly, I hadn't even though of it as being in book form, though I should have.
Actually, that does sound like an interesting idea, Sanzo and Goku fighting over the death. Who was upset about it? Sanzsang because the human-pretending demon was killed or Goku, because he thought he had killed a human? I could see OUR Goku being upset if he accidently killed a Human. Sanzo would be upset, but tell him to get over it. Goku would angst over it.
Oh, but how would sweet little Hakuryuu manage to kidnap Hakkai? Him driving away with Hakkai yelling at him to stop. Hakkai all the while holding on for dear life as Hakuryuu bounces over the bumps at breakneck speed. The others, being left in the middle of nowhere, running after the jeep. No food (gulp), No bullets(gasp), No beer (Horror) and No cigarrettes (Oh the inhumanity). Such melodrama, so much fun tormenting our foursome.
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Post by kanshu on Aug 29, 2004 9:56:42 GMT -5
The original journey took 17 years. And there's an interesting "Afterword" in the last book by the translater. He says that in the earliest reports, the monk was not as much a "damsdel in distress" as he's made out to be in "Journey to the West". He had a lot of spiritual power, but then, Monkey was extremly smart. Oh, and in the end, they all leave their mortal shells behind and become heaven dwellers again... And some other important difference - the "limiter" in the original is a punishing device, pretty much like Inuyasha's necklace. Whenever Sanzang recites a certain sutra, Goku was in pain - and Sanzang used the sutra quite frequently for punisment. Sanzang was upset because Goku killed "humans". Keep in mind that they are following the Bhuddist ways, unlike our friendly group. But as far as story ideas go, both versions should be a great story to write. How would Sanzo react if it looked as if Goku really killed a human? And how would Goku react if he had killed a human - by accident, maybe? LOL, I like that mental image you create about Hakkai&Jeep driving off like that, and the other three being left behind.
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