#Death Note another note

[legatouwu]

i got really inspired by some artists drawing L which partly brought me back into fandom

[kroosluvr]

when there's smoke there's fire

[theoldworldsrunnerup]

Made several different batches of... these?? (What do you even call these things) a while ago. Here are some of my favourites

[rainworlds7]

"if L's a genius, then B's an extreme genius. If L's a freak, then B's an extreme freak."

[cradletotomb]

absolutely insane how beyond birthday decided to incorporate being a top into his flawless L impersonation. like okay bro tell me why you've considered that before.

[frootloopsl]

them....

[deathnotewiki]

August 22, 2002:

Beyond Birthday attempts suicide by setting himself on fire to make it appear that he is the final victim of the serial murders.

Naomi Misora arrests Beyond Birthday.

[valfeathers]

get out the way (get out!)

[smallsinger5901]

pardon me

THE SCREAM I JUST SKRUMPT

[corpsedessert]

For the labb fans <3

[keithbutgay]

something thats really special about the labb murder cases is that the one thing beyond couldn't fully plan was his own death

well

to rephrase

it was the one thing he couldnt know for certain, because he couldnt see his own lifespan, as he could with his other victims

thats why, when he set the apartment on fire, he hadnt really known if he would actually die, but did it anyways because he has likely been wanting to know that one date for his entire life

and

the fact that he was killed by kira

he must have seen the people dying around him in prison, their lifespans cut short and not known exactly what had happened at first

he's really smart of course, but its not like he *knew* why he could see names and lifespans most likely. thats not often something people like. are gonna talk about, and if it really was only him with the eyes that would be mildly surprising

even on the day he died

he never would have known his own numbers

because he never lived up to his lifespan before light killed him with the notebook

and i think thats an interesting concept

[thanatelle]

My Beyond Birthday design! A couple notes about it, LABB spoilers ahead;

- This is from before BB left Wammy's, so he's not in the L makeup and he's not in a white shirt. This is his actual face.

- Normal people can't see the shinigami eyes, so I made his eyes blue and pupils permanently dilated instead. (I'm shaking please get him some brown contacts)

- I tried making him look different from L, but close enough that if he went into disguise someone who only vaguely knows what L looks like couldn't tell them apart. (Since in the novel he's described as 'wearing a lot of makeup to look like L')

[crimsonsnippet]

A nocturnal serenade

[komicchin]

imiss drawing him,,,,

[diabolicdetective]

Raw Meat.

[satorusluver]

I say "getting laid would fix Beyond Birthday" as a joke but I do truly think half the reason he went rogue (much like Mello) was because he was raised in a shitty orphanage that didn't value him for who he is, only his potential to be molded into the next L. That he was never made to feel like he was worthy simply as Beyond and not "the backup L successor." Not worthy of being valued or loved (did any of those kids ever really feel that way? Just look at A and Mello and possibly even Matt) without surpassing L, and that a genuine and healthy relationship with someone who would love and accept him simply for being Beyond could have possibly kept him from going fully off the deep end.

But he is also a self-fulfilling prophecy because his childhood trauma + being cursed to know when everyone is going to die probably made him too toxic to ever be able to find the very thing that might have saved him.