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Holy shii- I NEVER TOUGHT I'D ACTUALLY GET A REPOST

Ok, here I am to continue what I started, and I'm quite indecisive about talking about Misa first or about Light's new approach to the notebook and shinigami in general.

Both are relatively long.

Both tap into the territory of plot changes.

So, yeh, hold steady.

Well, about Light and the shinigamis:

As said before, Light is very respectful of both Ryuk and Rem, but I want to expand on that.

Light is not only respectful. She is curious. She submerges Ryuk in questions about everything: she asks in detail about the Shinigami world, about the Mu, about some other rules of the Death Note, and about how Shinigamis have to interact with humans.

For example, when Ryuk tells her that he has to follow her around, she asks how long the radius of his movements is.

He thinks about it and answers: 19 kilometres (and this is canon, I may add).

So now Light has this new info up her sleeve that can be used strategically as she likes.

Then again, she is curious about how Shinigamis know the names of humans beforehand, and eventually, Ryuk tells her about the eyes (another info that she gets early).

There are many times, of course, when Ryuk doesn't know the answer or when he just blatantly tells her to go and find out herself. But even then, she doesn't get mad. This is a god, after all. He has the right to keep secrets from her.

The only time she gets slightly annoyed is when Ryuk tells her that there is no Divine Providence or whatever, and she got the Note by chance.

She responds by saying that just because he doesn't see God or has never heard of him, it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.

Her cosmic view can be summarised this way: both Shinigamis and Humans are creatures made by a superior God and, as such, are subject to his final judgement and act on his behalf (which is a way for her psyche to distance itself from the thought of actually being just on an ego trip. Again, rationalisation does wonders).

Speaking of the Death Note, she experiments a lot with it. Even before coming to the conclusion that simply killing isn't enough and that she has to take a different approach, she pushes the Note to its limits, or at least tries to.

She experiments with criminals on death row, usually making them die in ways that can not be related to the other deaths that are being investigated on the Kira case (this way, she can do as many experiments as she likes without anyone suspecting shit).

She also decentralizes her actions so that it's not obvious that these deaths are related. Having access to the Internet, she experiments on criminals from different countries (those where news travels freely).

Her experiments focus on what she thinks is the most powerful aspect of the Death Note: control.

It is clear to her that the real broken ability of the notebook is that it can control people's actions before they die.

That is the ability she wants to use to transform the world.

She focuses on branching options and complexity:

If I say that X will do A or B, what will the notebook choose?

If I give Y Task C and then specify that, if impossible, he will do either D or E. What will happen?

If I give Z a task that is not physically impossible, but psychologically, will they try to do it, or will they simply die?

What are the bounds of "impossibility" that are set in the note?

How detailed can I be when I control someone? How many pages can I use on a single person? (The answer is 6, fanon, just because the series really likes the number 6)

Can I write conditionals? As in that the person will die either way, but the control thing triggers only if they meet certain conditions?

To clarify: she doesn't start experimenting out of curiosity alone, but to explain the thought process, I have to go in detail on what happens during the "Big L is watching you" Arc.

A few things change even before the arc, like Rey Penbar's death (thanks, Misa), but the result is quite the same: cameras in Light's home.

Now, before the whole cameras thing, Light had already arranged things with her friend Yuri so that they could study together at Light's home in preparation for finals.

In the meantime, Light's mother announces that she will have to stay away from home for a few days to go help a relative doing things. She trusts Light and Sayu to take good care of the house and be welcoming to their guest.

When Light is sure that the Note is hidden beyond any reasonable doubt, she welcomes Yuri and the two study and arrange so that Yuri can stay the night.

Eventually, they end up watching the news and come across a program about Kira.

(Light would've had to eventually watch the news anyway, mostly because that is how she spends quality time with her dad)

The Kira topic is brought up, and, to Light's shock, Yuri doesn't seem too opposed to it.

The girl justifies herself by bringing up the fact that since Kira started killing, crimes dropped, and not only that. The police officers are more efficient, and people feel safer.

She even admits that she has visited the Kira website, tho she has never posted anything.

She compares Kira to a sort of dark antihero that has good intentions but no choice but to act the way he does.

Light does not agree, but she is not judgemental of Yuri's positions. She then calmly tries to explain to her friend that Kira is not helpful at all and that his victims are, statistically, mostly poor people who have no other choice but to resort to crime, while the rich and depraved stay safe in anonymity.

The only way Kira is useful, she concedes, is by indirectly exposing the flaws of current society so that in the future, such flaws can be mended.

(She is, of course, only referring to the second Kira, since she doesn't consider herself a Kira at all, and is genuinely convinced that she is trying her best to be an objective judge)

While continuing the discussion, however, she comes to internally realise that she can no longer defend her own way of thinking because she, too, until now, has only resorted to killing (even if she was more, ahem, "picky" with her victims) and killing alone does not solve the problem's root.

To truly reshape society, you can not just get rid of the bad weeds: you have to push people in the right direction.

To a certain extent, to control their actions.

Going back to her experiments on controlling actions: she chooses a group of inmates from different countries and concedes them the full length of their lifespan, but conditions them to act in a more gentle and friendly way towards others.

The majority of them effectively change, and these people become contributing members of their small special societies.

A number of them, however, simply dies.

Remember that question about psychological impossibility?

Apparently, if a person is rigid enough, or if a certain way of thinking and acting is too hardwired inside their brain, they will be resistant to change: the control will be deemed impossible and the person will simply die of heart attack.

(This is, of course, fanon. But i thought it was an interesting take to explore)

With this strategy, she targets convicted and released criminals, small politicians who are deemed corrupt, low ranking officers who are accused of unjust behaviour and corruption.

All with proper background checks when possible, of course.

Conceding them the full length of their lives, she slightly conditions them into being better people.

And again, many actually change.

Many die, and these deaths get investigated by L and the Task Force.

This ties again to the whole idea of Salvation. When confronted by Ryuk about it, Light states that the fervour of a prayer and the goodness of an action have nothing to do with what has caused it. And if the Note made it possible, then it means that the person could've been pious all along. What Light is doing is simply... giving these people a "gentle push," so to speak.

On a less serious note: the thought of Light hiding pieces of the Death Note in her pad is both grossing and incredibly hilarious. Like, I can totally see her do it.

And while I can see her accidentally making origami out of the Death Note, she only does it when absorbed in deep thought and is sure to burn the pages afterwards. I can, however, totally picture Light making origami in a way that lets her hide small pieces of the Note inside them. Like, that would be incredible.

Adding to the origami thing: Light and Sayu have developed an origami language that they used to communicate secretly as children.

Light, for example, decorated her shelves in a way that, if read right, composed a poem, while Sayu used to put together song lyrics or something.

After she finds the notebook, however, she changes some core meanings so that she can keep reminders without Sayu deciphering them.

So go ahead and imagine a confused little sister wondering why Light has suddenly devolved into composing meaningless buzzwords.

Also I can totally picture Yotsuba Arc Light finding herself in a dire situation and temporarily regaining memories, just to lose them soon after and being creeped out when she finds origami that she doesn't remember doing but that are clearly made by her.

Then she deciphers them, and the message is: "Act like you remember."

Now, speaking of the elephant sized Male!Misa in the room.

(Thought about calling him Shirou. Shirou Amane. Sounds quite good to me)

Anyway.

This Misa is dark. Like, as a person.

We are talking about someone who masks himself as a somewhat gentle and caring individual who is a bit of a dummy, when in reality, he is an obsessive and jealous man.

His backstory is more or less the same as canon: Light executed the man who murdered his parents.

Timeline speaking, it happened when Light first got triggered about Sayu.

Then, his gentle and likeable persona catches the attention of Jealous, who promptly proceeds to commit autokill to expand Misa's lifespan.

Rem gets Jealous Death Note and yadda yadda.

When he obtains the Death Note, he barely hesitates. Most of his very early kills go off radar, mostly because he murders people who might be a threat to his career but that are in no way directly related to him.

While he is obsessed with Kira, he also has his own agenda: on the Kira side, he kills criminals by giving them heart attacks, making the extremely recognizable.

Since only the cause of death is reported, however, he doesn't know about the prayer gimmick, which makes it extremely easy for L to figure out that there are at least two Kiras.

Then he also kills people who he thinks might be a threat to his acting career, and he's always very discreet in these murders, making it look like the person died in a way that was completely justifiable and not related neither to him or Kira.

He prediliges overdose due to heavy drug usage. What a horrible way to go.

And suicide, of course. An old classic, usually after the victim has written a letter about unrequited love or something similar.

Rem is not exactly thrilled about this human, but now she's stuck with him, and she surely has no intention to go back to the Shinigami realm.

When L does the Lind decoy, Misa is outraged about it and immediately kills the man on TV, completely ignoring Rem's warnings.

Then, when L declares war on Kira, Misa states that he will be Kira's protector and kill anyone who dares to cause him harm.

He then asks Rem to make the eye exchange so that he can better protect Kira.

Again, he doesn't listen to Rem's objection about Kira already being untraceable and perfectly safe, and takes the Shinigami eyes.

He finds Light almost by chance, during her "date" with Yuri.

Light is using the date to figure out Rey Penbar's name, just as in canon, and everything goes as planned.

When videos of the accident are published online, however, Misa spots Light within the people that are exiting the bus.

He sees her name, but not her lifespan.

And his heart skips a beat.

Soon after, he starts stalking her from a distance, and he starts gathering info on her. Her favourite food, her address, her interests, her academic career. Everything he can get a hold on.

When he finds out that she's the daughter of the police chief, he sighs thinking about how the poor girl must feel, knowing that her father is out there doing such a dangerous job.

At the same time, he thinks about how cruel the universe is for forcing such a beautiful and gentle girl to dirty her hands with the blood of human scum, and makes up is mind: when they'll be together as lovers, she will never have to face such a burden, because he will kill for both of them.

(And she will stay in the kitchen like a good wife)

Yeah, no.

You talked about Misa praising Light for her intelligence?

Forget it.

Not gonna happen.

No, wait.

It might happen.

But only if it helps him seduce her.

Sorry not sorry this man is a scum.

Anyway.

Misa starts stalking Light, and he decides that anyone who is even remotely bad to "his girl" will face severe consequences.

You were bad to Light yesterday? Too bad, get this really strong flu and die.

Eventually, Light catches up on the coincidences and clues, and she understands that the second Kira has his eyes on her and is killing people around her.

And she is so on edge. Like, she is experiencing a psychological horror movie in real life. She starts to wonder why he's doing it. Does he want to kill her? Or even worse: does he want her?

Eventually, Misa decides to go and introduce himself to "his future fiancee".

He sends Rem beforehand to prepare the ground, so to speak, and so Light gets the opportunity to speak to the Shinigami alone.

This also means that the other Kira is in a 19km radius. So Light sends Ryuk to go after him without making his presence known.

Now alone with Rem, Light starts having polite conversation, always trying to get info about the other Kira without giving out too much about herself.

She, however, expresses disdain for Misa, expecially after the fact that he has basically isolated her.

(She is furious, actually, and perfectly ready to kill the man with her own bare hands)

After reuniting with Rem, Misa decides to stay in the shadows and keep his own agenda, as well as the criminal killing. He doesn't make his presence completely known to Light, but he uses Rem as a mailman to exchange info with her.

She hates this but has to stay compliant and maintain her public persona.

This is an unstable individual that knows her face and name and that demands to be her boyfriend.

He could turn on her any instant.

This is when she comes to the conclusion that to catch this monster, she needs the help of a specialist.

So, when L presents themself to her, she thinks that this might be God coming to her aid, finally.

Now.

You remember the thing where Misa loved Light and Rem loved Misa?

I plan to make Rem fall in love.

Just, not with Misa.

Hope you enjoyed it. See ya.

If you actually think about it, if Light was the only genderbent character in deathnote, the show would take very dark turn and would communicate a different message.

K:- " If Light was the only genderbent character in death note, the show would communicate a diffrent message, yes, primarly because the show was written in the early 2000s with 90s values, and its creator was not good at nuanced portrayal of women, to put it mildly. Look at how Death Note treats Misa. Shes treated as a legit threat until she joins up with Light where she becomes more of a joke. Yes the sexism and being talked down to for being a girl would drive Light nuts, but its nothing she didnt already deal with growing up. Would it be harder for them to take her seriously? Yes-"

E :- "Which is obvious considering the early 90's 00's Japanese work culture. Even now it's still a breakthrough.

But they may or may not be trying to say Fem Light would suffer under male hands or something of that issue.

Would the Task Force hurt fem Light? Doubt it. Most of them are respectful men, the worst I can say is they can get hot headed with each other as men.

Laying hands on Fem Light? No.

They never did that to Misa not counting the time with Soichiro as that was with Light under the impression they were suspects."

K:- "Misa being under arrest and filmed was pretty yikes. And Solitary confinement was already a pretty dark and messed up angle to go. But Light here is the chief of police's daughter. She has the power of Neoptisim and a prior connection with most of them on her side. "

E:- " True true. He already had a bond with them. Misa's arrest was more hostile. Maybe that is what they were referring too?"

K:-"Misa was both treated like a threat and not.

Later on in the prisonorship she had police escort shopping privlages, but at first that image is pretty wack.

And why? What are we supposted to infer from this?"

E :-"I know right? She's a threat enough to keep around surveillance but not enough to stop her from swapping places with friends.

She can show she is capable of fooling people but it's not enough to treat her as a genuine threat. I doubt Misa minds it. It gives her so much leniency to get away with things.

But for fem Light it's infuriating.

But here I wonder if L would see her as a threat?

My canon L doesn't give a fuck about your gender. Only if you can actually play the game. Violence is not restricted by gender. Anyone is capable."

K:- " Are we supposted to infer something about L from Misas outfit while being filmed? I guess its interpritive, but I see it more as L breaking social boundries to make her unconfortable and push her closer to hopefully breaking. Same with the handcuffs really."

E:- " L does that with everyone. She ain't special in that which makes it oddly open minded.L does that to me by getting his damn feet on things."

K:- " I don't think L cares about Gender. But the steryotypes at the time imposed preformances of gender upon most of the players"

E:- "Right right. Such as expected reactions"

K:- "And I admit, I AU for fun. I'm not intrested in exploring the darker timeline where the taskforce is a skeevy to female Light.

And we acknowledged that the world would treat them diffrently by gender from where the concept was first incepted with female L.

Its always been part of the considerations, the Sexisim present in Japan at the time at which Death note was written. Hell, I'm probably missing nuances from it, from not being Japanese nor Not being an adult in the 90s"

E:- "We can only gather what we know and work with it. And once again this is for fun."

: )

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jeanne-d-arch · 12 days ago

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Hello, this is still me (and by me, I mean @humburgerr ), but with a different device.

I came across your response tonight and slept on it. Now, I come with a few more details after reading some of your posts.

Of course, this too is written for fun, and it's wholly headcanon-ish for shitsts and giggles.

First off,the fem!Light I came to imagine would be at least a bit more humble than the Canon one.

Like, she respects Ryuk more and is far more reasonable in understanding that he doesn't really owe her any kind of help.

(In the anime, it always made me cringe how quick Light was to call Ryuk stupid or get angry at him because he didn't tell him everything right away)

And even when it comes to the notebook, she is way more hesitant at first. For example, she waits at least a few more hours before using it. And even then, she doesn't immediately go after other victims to experiment and is instead brought to it by necessity (the second time she uses it is to protect a girl from assault, just as canon, but there is far more emotional investment).

When she is sure beyond doubt that the Note is a thing, she experiences a mental breakdown. Ryuk finds her with the notebook almost empty because she spent literal days debating whether it was her right to actually judge and kill people or not.

Now, the trigger is her sister Sayu.

One day, she tells Light that some creep has been following her all day long, and she doesn't feel safe. Light, seeing that her sister is rightfully terrified, comforts her and tells her that everything will be ok.

She then sits at her desk, opens the Note, and commits mass murder of criminals. This is the first time her rage and anger towards society fully come to light. Because she has loathed humankind and the scum that comes with it since she can remember (she would never admit such thing, of course).

And now, she has a target.

Eventually, she tries to rationalise the thing by convincing herself that this is God's will and that she can not oppose it. That opens up to the fact that she is not a narcissist. She doesn't enjoy it. And she does not see herself as a God. She is more of a weapon that God sent to push humanity in the right direction. The method is cruel, but it's God's will.

Also, she revels in the ironic thought that humanity was damned by the actions of Eve, a woman, and now God sends another woman, Light, to remake earth into a new Eden. which, in her mind, is even more of a proof of her divine task.

Eventually, when she comes back to her senses after the first outburst, she regrets it. Mostly because she eventually understands that in the passion of the moment, she clearly has misjudged some people and has killed many who were unjustly convicted.

After this, she puts a lot more thought into who to kill, and often doesn't stop at surface level info. This means that she proceeds far more slowly, yes, but also that police will probably take longer to notice a pattern.

Now, there are, of course, cases where info is unavailable, but she is rarely bothered by it. She is, after all, convinced that God will guide her hand and would stop her if she is about to kill a truly innocent person.

Regardless of info or not, however, what I want to pass here is that this Light has a sense of justice that is more refined than her Canon version. As much as she wants to resent her dad, she also wants to gain his approval, and this has led to Light internalising the sense of duty and justice of Sochiro. Her father, as limited as he might be, is truly a good officer, and even before that, a good man. She has learned that the system is flawed, that people get punished for things that they haven't done, and that simply killing criminals is not enough because the root of the problem lies somewhere else.

(And this is why she despises Misa, who goes around killing criminals without the proper background checks).

As for now, she keeps killing as usual, but I might have in mind to make her find a better way to use the Note. Will not discuss it here because it is not completely formed. People would still die? Yes, but that wouldn't be the main course of action anymore.

Anyway.

When she finds out about the Kira websites, she isn't exactly thrilled. I mean. It's good that people now know that someone out there is passing judgement. But the worshipping is no good at all. Also, the people who post the names of those they want dead claiming that these are criminals are no good either.

In general, she pretty much doesn't consider herself "Kira", which in her mind is even more of a backup when L questions her about it. Since she doesn't consider herself Kira, she isn't technically lying, is she?

Now.

L and Light.

I don't know how famous L is to the general public, but given the fact that THIS Light is very passionate at the thought of becoming an investigator, I will assume she has at least heard about them. Maybe even has read about some of the most famous cases.

When L does the whole Lind decoy, Light sees right through it and opts to do nothing (because L has literally no real proof). It would be insane to straight up murder a guy just because he called you evil on TV.

The guy dies anyway. Live.

L goes on to do their monologue, just as in canon, and Light just sits there, frozen and freaked out because this only means that there is another Note user and this could fumble everything she has worked on so far.

Lind's death is male!Misa first appearence, in a way.

Misa is far more present and is far more dangerous, but maybe we'll talk about it later.

So, now L has enough proof anyway.

They deduce basically everything the same way as Canon, but L then deduces two more things:

1. Probably Kira is a woman. Analysing the list of victims, it is found out that Kira seems to prefer male victims, and among them, people who were associated with crimes against women.

2. There may be more than one Kira. Again, there seems to be a difference in the way the victims are found dead. The vast majority just seem to die of heart attack, but a minority dies of heart attack while engaging in some kind of activity that symbolises atonement for sin. For example, some die while praying, others die after writing an apology letter, and so on.

The minority is Light's fault. She wants to "save" these people. She believes that maybe, by making them show regret, God will take them back in heaven.

Now, all of this is just a massive mask that covers an infinite ego and power trip, but Light is too "humble" and modest to admit it even to herself.

The point here is that she is basically tripping on repressed power fantasies and is expressing the rage at a society that has denied her a lot.

If she actually took the time to see things objectively, she would understand that it was never about godsent punishment or protecting the weak or justice. This is not about her sister.

It actually is about her being denied the dream of her life by a father who does not accept that his precious daughter wants to do a job that he thinks is not suited for women.

If she took the time to look at herself, she would probably understand that the whole point is: "You do not want me to pursue my dream of administration of justice. Fine. I will do it anyway. And I will do it the hard way."

This is, of course, a clue that L takes immediately.

L is, however, unsure of how many Kiras there actually are.

Two? Three? One with a taxating personality disorder?

No clue.

The reason of that unsureness is that there still is that initial outburst that quite stands out, and L cannot exactly pinpoint what Kira is responsible for it.

Did Kira develop the power by accident, and those murders were the result? Or perhaps the more superficial Kira (Misa) is actually the first, and the other is trying to put some balance on the tables. Or maybe there is a third kira that operated just that time before passing the power to the other two. Can the power even be passed?

Anyway.

L has some difficulties with the task force. Like, not only this "woman" wants to give us orders, but she also demands that we refer to "her" as neutral? No fucking way.

I have the feeling that Sochiro would probably be the only one to at least listen to them from start to finish without interrupting with dumb questions or rude comments.

And maybe Matsuda. Given how he treats Misa in the anime, I would say that he is at least sufficiently respectful.

He probably doesn't understand the pronouns thing, tho.

Like, I can totally picture him saying to L: "BUT miss, we already know your face, no need to hide the fact that you are a girl anymore!" Like, total misunderstanding of the intent. And L facepalms so hard because they are so done with this mf.

Then, when L proposes to put cameras in the homes, there would be maybe less reluctance because there wouldn't be a man watching the cameras, but a "woman."

Then, Light absolutely fangirls for L.

She doesn't even know what they look like, but man, that is the greatest detective on the planet. It's the equivalent of a kid who wants to be a basketball player idolizing Michael Jordan.

The fact that L is on the hunt for her, even if they do not know it, fills her with equal terror and thrill.

She becomes insanely cautious and spends days plotting her next moves. She stays awake at night studying L's old cases and the info that transpires through the police database.

Light doesn't want L dead.

L is not a criminal, after all, even if they seem unbothered by the thought of bending the rules sometimes and does seem to have a general disregard of the human life.

What Light wants is to help L catch the second kira, who is the real nauseance here. He is the one who might actually foil her plans.

Now, the fight becomes farier: both have to prove the other wrong, no mutual killing involved (at least in Light's view): Light will have to prove her innocence, and L will have to find the culprit and demonstrate how they kill.

When she discovers that L put cameras in the house, she is still extremely grossed. As a first reaction, she immediately leaves the house and expresses her anger by throwing pebbles down a river.

Then she calmly thinks about it, and she comes to the conclusion that her father probably has given thumbs up to the idea (and so she loathes him a bit more), but would've never let a bunch of grown men watch his wife and daughters change or shower.

So, beside L, he's probably the only one allowed to view the tapes.

After coming to this conclusion, she is still pretty nervous at the thought that at least one stranger will watch her doing private girl things, but she also decides that she will take it as a challenge: not only she will keep killing passing judgement without them noticing, but she will also impress L to the point where her father will have no choice but recognizer her intellect (outside of academics, of course).

I also laugh so hard at the thought of Sochiro having a heart attack when he sees Light read a porn magazine full of women. And L's response: "I wouldn't worry. She's still a young girl. It is normal for her to feel curious and want to try different things."

And Sochiro dying on the inside but unable to bring up the topic with her because Secret Task Force reasons.

At the same time, L would be biting their nails because a closeted lesbian was unexpected, and this could actually explain so many inconsistencies in Light behaviour that made her the perfect suspect-

And it was all part of Light's masterplan.

Also, Light wanting to take down the cameras, but they are hidden, and she can not justify it in any believable reason so she elaborate an extremely complex treasure hunt for her sister (that involves quizzes and math, as she sells it as a fun way to improve her sister's grades) so that Sayu can "accidentally" stumble upon one of them and justify the search for other cameras.

And L just sitting on their chair and watching two girls completely foil everything that the task force has worked for so far.

And L starts to have a hunch that maybe it wasn't exactly an accident and Sochiro, who sits beside them, watches with horror as L starts fucking grinning like a cat that has just laid eyes on a cool bird.

"Mr. Yagami, your daughter truly is as bright as she seems."

Now.

Light knows that this is fire she's playing with, so she decides to leave one single camera active in her room. It's not facing her desk, so there wouldn't be any way to see what she is doing, but it would still give that false sense of lingering hope to the task force.

This is also brought up when L and Light finally meet:

"I am L."

Still on their seat, the detective watches carefully the young girl that sits right beside them. Is she worried? Is it a hint of panic that they are seeing in her eyes?

Light Yagami blinks for about half a second, just a little longer than the normal blink. Then she breathes, and even if she tries to make it sound normal, L instantly recognizes the shakiness in it.

She gives them a sideways look. Her eyes are calculating, yes, but not as cold as the detective would have imagined.

There is something else, beyond them. An underlying sadness. The trace of a burden.

"Prove it."

L blinks, for but a moment. Of course. And they know exactly what to say.

"You forgot one. Right. In. Your. Room."

Light Yagami gulps silently, and nods. She doesn't say anything, however.

If L had been speaking to any other individual, then they could have guessed that said person was trying to remain calm. But here, in front of them, Light Yagami was trying to look as subtly agitated as possible, when she was already quite calm to say the least. How... interesting.

"I'll go home and look as soon as possible. If I find what you say... expect a punch in the face next time we meet."

Well... this was unexpected.

Wrote it on a whim, but it captures what I have In mind.

Final notes: Light loves origami. She is a skilled craftsman and could probably do them in her sleep. She makes them absently, mostly when she is in deep thought, or when she's anxious and needs to calm down. She makes a lot of them. Like. Entire shelves.

And I dunno, I find the idea of L and Light working side by side at the same desk with bunch of origami and sweets all around quite cute.

And now I remember that I haven't talked about Misa at all.

I wanna cry. Probably will edit this post some other time.

See ya.

If you actually think about it, if Light was the only genderbent character in deathnote, the show would take very dark turn and would communicate a different message.

E :- "Which is obvious considering the early 90's 00's Japanese work culture. Even now it's still a breakthrough.

But they may or may not be trying to say Fem Light would suffer under male hands or something of that issue.

Would the Task Force hurt fem Light? Doubt it. Most of them are respectful men, the worst I can say is they can get hot headed with each other as men.

Laying hands on Fem Light? No.

They never did that to Misa not counting the time with Soichiro as that was with Light under the impression they were suspects."

E:- " True true. He already had a bond with them. Misa's arrest was more hostile. Maybe that is what they were referring too?"

K:-"Misa was both treated like a threat and not.

Later on in the prisonorship she had police escort shopping privlages, but at first that image is pretty wack.

And why? What are we supposted to infer from this?"

E :-"I know right? She's a threat enough to keep around surveillance but not enough to stop her from swapping places with friends.

She can show she is capable of fooling people but it's not enough to treat her as a genuine threat. I doubt Misa minds it. It gives her so much leniency to get away with things.

But for fem Light it's infuriating.

But here I wonder if L would see her as a threat?

My canon L doesn't give a fuck about your gender. Only if you can actually play the game. Violence is not restricted by gender. Anyone is capable."

E:- " L does that with everyone. She ain't special in that which makes it oddly open minded.L does that to me by getting his damn feet on things."

K:- " I don't think L cares about Gender. But the steryotypes at the time imposed preformances of gender upon most of the players"

E:- "Right right. Such as expected reactions"

K:- "And I admit, I AU for fun. I'm not intrested in exploring the darker timeline where the taskforce is a skeevy to female Light.

And we acknowledged that the world would treat them diffrently by gender from where the concept was first incepted with female L.

E:- "We can only gather what we know and work with it. And once again this is for fun."

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#death note #light yagami #L #genderbend

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