Talk:Vermouth

Page Name

I think this page should be redirected to Vermouth. Sharon Vineyard may not be Vermouth's first disguise and thus not her true name. Sharon Vineyard had a mother who died in a fire on the day of her debut. Vermouth is more general and thus less likely to need changing later. Chekhov MacGuffin ^talk 23:37, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Plot overview

If anyone want to help with the plot overview for Vermouth, please help format it by case, elaborate, and make it grammatical here: User:Chekhov MacGuffin#Vermouth timeline for Plot Overview. Chekhov MacGuffin ^talk 01:05, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

The timeline part of the plot overview could probably do with being made into a separate article since it is well beyond critical mass. Chekhov MacGuffin ^talk 21:10, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Suicidal Vermouth

Transcribing this here from a talk page because it concerns the article.

About Vermouth's suicidal things, I put the citation needed there as a request for quotes or actions of hers that indicated suicidal intent. I was hoping you could find some for the references. In the mean time, I put it back with an invisible note pending quotes/examples in the reference. The reason I am bothering is I can think of a few lines of hers that are depressing, like "My life has represents a series of misfortunes" and "no angel has ever smiled upon me", but I cannot think of any that indicate desire for self harm, so I am questioning validity of the statement that she has shown suicidal intent. Depressing for sure though. Chekhov MacGuffin ^talk 04:58, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

The inclination is "almost suicidal," as in these lines themselves are a matter of perspective; they can be read that way, but they can also be read as something different. Which way is a matter of perspective and, given the more depressing thoughts, there's plenty of merit to the idea of suicidal as is the idea of a different freedom. That's why I left it listed as "almost suicidal" as opposed to outright "suicidal" and removed the sitation; I can quote a thousand different depressing lines from Vermouth and the perspective of suicidal can be argued in almost all of them. The validity would vary, but the possibility is real, be it in Vermouth or anyone in such a state. Example, I can argue Vermouth cheering on Conan's attempt to take down the Organization as suicidal; treason is punished with murder in the Organization. However, that can just as easily be read as a desire for freedom. The bigger inclination is she always kills her characters off. Sharon Vineyard I can understand, since she was popular enough to require such a problem, but even the serial killer to draw out and kill Shuichi. People disappear, some of whom want to disappear, it's sad but true (and for in canon examples we have Numabuchi and the number of almost suicides disguised as murders). And running with the assumption concerning her, apparently, nobody parents, that would be three deaths that really didn't have to happen (although they also pivot on the idea they were all simply characters and not people like the Araides). It's cleaner for her past with murder, but not necessary. Further, deaths leave evidence no matter what you do, some disappearences don't; it's seems smarter and more Organization like to not kill a fictional character under such free circumstances. While this is all speculation, this is reason to believe Vermouth has a fascination with killing her characters, killing pieces of herself. If you can submit this in some cleaner way, or would rather argue it, I welcome you to it either way. Yes, this isn't really quotes as opposed to actions, but I couldn't think of a clean and simple way to rewrite the article with this in mind. User:Wildcardmma

If you are acknowledging that her lines aren't suicidal, but instead the suicidal-ness is matter of opinion, then simply depressing by itself is enough. The same point gets made but leaves matters of interpretation out. Also, I undid some of the changes. Specifically, the one year ago is important because that is the transition from Sharon Vineyard to Chris Vineyard and thus the time frame that Vermouth would have taken APTX if she did so. Also, it is expressly clear the rest of the Black Organization doesn't know about the shrinking effects of APTX and I added a note with the explanation in the article.

Finally, the point of the following line isn't clear. "Also, taking into account her disguising abilities and the overall uncertainty concerning when she ceased to age, it may not even need to be such a fluke that she regained her youth with it." It sounds like you are saying that because she can disguise her age, she actually de-aged or stopped aging. Chekhov MacGuffin ^talk 19:58, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

"Depressing" alone doesn't grant a look into her well enough; there are varying degrees of depression. "Almost suicidal" gives that perspective. The "suicidal" demonstrates the depth of the depression, while the "almost" leaves it to be made as a perspective; the whole thing is meant to read that Vermouth has said severely depressing things, things that people initiate a suicide watch for, as opposed to mildly depressing, the kind most people ignore unless someone gets dramatic. You can't accomplish such a feat with only "depressing." Even "severely depressing" doesn't cut it, since some people see depressing as black and white; it is or it isn't. There needs to be something more to grant better definition. If you have something better, then by all means post it, or take down the citation.

Further, the one year transition is irrelevant because of my last point. The last sentence was meant to illuminate the fact that we can't actually determine when exactly she regained her youth. Her disguising talents allow her to fake such a feat, so a time limit stating when she began to look young without a disguise grants a narrowed perspective that may ultimately be wrong. The whole paragraph was about APTX 4869, I thought it was logical that "it" was referring to the drug; edit that if you want, but honestly I think it's fine as is. You can add that Chris Vineyard appeared one year ago, but you can't actually say with any certainty that's when she regained her youth for real. Posting as such is posting your interpretation of the facts.

Finally, Haibara had said that one rat shrank and that she didn't report it to the Boss. However, her father also happened to be working on such a drug, Pisco's words. She said she wouldn't continue her father's work, but we know neither when she said that nor if the Organization tricked her into continuing. This is what's called an open experiment; instead of having subjects who are kept in certain conditions, they experiment with things off the street, the varying conditions of such subjects allow them to establish things that can interact with the drug and alter its destined effect. Drug companies do this, though usually when there's more certainty that they're not lethal, and people make a killing off them. Shinichi was clearly a test of the drug, both Gin's words and Haibara's presence in his house prove this. Exactly what they were testing is unknown, since we haven't heard from the Boss on this matter. While the Organization doesn't reportedly know there was a success with Haibara t the helm, this is nothing to say that they weren't testing for such a feat, and it also doesn't mean that the drug suddenly stopped being worked on. Yes, Haibara was important to the research, but losing the important scientist has never stopped scientists and companies from continuing before. Once you again, to allow such a comment to remain up is argumentative and a matter of perspective. Which is it: are you not allowing any perspectives and just the facts, or are you allowing these and their counters up? You can't keep only one interpretation up and then take down any that disagree with it just because we don't have the time to word it perfectly and you lack either the time or patience to research, change your perspective to see if it fits, and edit it to make more sense yourself. I don't have the time to carefully word my sentences, so I need someone to edit me. I thank you for these posts since they're letting me help you edit these, but don't be hypocritical.

You make a good point on when Vermouth would have taken the drug. My reason for specifically specifying one year ago, the transition between Sharon and Chris, is because it is the time window most people have speculated she took APTX 4869 (if in fact she did). I think leaving out the one year ago is fine as well.

Your claim that several of Vermouth's quotes show a suicidal nature is entirely your opinion, and really should not be included in the article unless you provide a reference for it. That she has said depressing things is undebatable, but trying to say those things indicate suicidal tendencies has moved too far into the realm of personal interpretation. Vermouth hasn't shown any suicidal aspiration, she willingly helped rescue herself in the New York case when she could have not grabbed the railing and allowed herself to fall. She has rescued herself from other situations where her safety was in jeopardy (shipping yards in Vermouth arc showdown). Not all depressed people are suicidal. If she is suicidal, then please provide clear evidence from the manga indicating that she would like to end her life.

What I said previously about leaving it out is that you can make the same point without saying anything that is a matter of opinion, "However, given that Vermouth has said depressing things over the course of the series, both as a role she plays and as herself, it is possible she took the drug hoping to die, but was made younger like Haibara".

Regarding the last bit about the drug, while the intended purpose is unknown (see APTX 4869 and the discussion about intended purpose), the Organization is currently using employing the incomplete version only as a poison. They are not trying to experiment on people on the street to shrink them (or whatever APTX is intended to do), they are trying to kill them with it. The Org took great pains to ensure the people it was used on were dead, evidenced when they sent Shiho out to investigate Shinichi's case twice to confirm his death. (V18-9 pg 6) If Gin knew it failed to work some of the time, he would have never left Shinichi alone while it acted, and would have gone looking for him after his body disappeared if that was the case. Also, the boss, who has been stated to be cautious to a fault, would, if he knew about the risk, not let his subordinates use APTX 4869 without letting them know there was a chance it would leave people alive because if someone escaped, they could talk to the police or someone else and leak the secret of the Black Organization's existance. Here are multiple manga references indicating that APTX is currently exclusively being used as a poison.

• "We'll use this, the new poison the Organization developed. You can't find any signs of poison on the body with this stuff..." (V1-1 pg 37)
• "If I reported your condition to the Organization, it's very likely you would have been terminated before I could do something useful." Haibara, explaining that Kudo would have been killed by the Organization anyway even though he was an "interesting specimen." If the Org was field testing, they would try to capture Kudo alive. Shiho was still project manager when use on humans began, so she would know what the Org's reaction towards people who didn't die would be. (V18-9 pg 7)
• "I thought that since I was going to get killed anyways, I would take the APTX 4869 which I secretly held. To my luck, the drug that I took thinking it would kill me shrunk by body..." - Haibara telling Conan she planed to commit suicide with APTX thinking it would kill her .(V18-9 pg 8)
• "How could I understand a person who created a poison to kill people?!..."It can't be helped. It is not like it was my intention in the first place to create a poison." The conversation here pretty unambiguously relays that the current state of APTX 4869 is a murder weapon. (V18-9 pg 9)
• "Anyway, our superior has ordered us to kill him before he rats us out. Don't screw up, Pisco! If there is any complication, you can use the 'experimental drug' [APTX 4869]" - Gin telling Pisco he has the go ahead to use the drug for an assassination - a situation where it would be unacceptable if the drug failed to be lethal because the boss ordered him killed. (V24-7 pg 17)

All the points I have made so far I can and have backed with references and solid logical arguments. I have no problem with including the alternate theory that Vermouth may have taken APTX 4869 to kill herself and wound up getting younger because it is reasonably plausible (although I disagree with it). That said, it needs to be held to the same standard as the other theory; there needs to be a reference for unambiguously suicidal things Vermouth has said. The problem could also be solved if the sentence was stated the following way, leaving out the suicidal bit: "However, given that Vermouth has said depressing things over the course of the series, both as a role she plays and as herself, it is possible she took the drug hoping to die, but was made younger like Haibara".

Also, please rephrase that final sentence. (Also, taking into account her disguising abilities and the overall uncertainty concerning when she ceased to age, it may not even need to be such a fluke that she regained her youth with it.) It is grammatically awkward, and it isn't clear what meaning is. Chekhov MacGuffin ^talk 04:37, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Non aging section

An IP edit brought to my attention that the speculation about why Vermouth isn't aging should be more clearly marked, so I added a sub-section to explicitly mark it as speculation. If there are any objections to the labeling, free free to revert, but please discuss your reasons here. Chekhov MacGuffin ^talk 07:14, 18 May 2011 (UTC)