2/10/2010:
1) I just ran across the name Kurosaki, and I was like, why is that so familiar? Kurosaki, Kurosaki... oh god. Kurosaki Hisoka, Kurosaki Ichigo. What is it with that name and shinigami? I mean, yeah, you could interpret 黒崎 as meaning "the bit of cliff that sticks out over the abyss", but so? I'm sure I can think of much more symbolically coherent names for death gods. That said, I'm kind of scared of a story that involves both of them.
2) I'd gotten an odd idea in my head about daevas from Aion winding up in Ivalice, because hey, there's not that much difference between "the Abyss" and "the Dark," right? And I was like, okay self, you have clearly overdosed on both Aion and Vagrant Story, why not think of something completely different? Like, oh, say, Detective Conan. (And Magic Kaito; it's the same universe, and in my mind, they're inextricably linked.)
( This was a mistake. )