#isolation lawlight

[craetor]

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[craetor]

13, holy shit. I can't believe you picked up a pencil because of them,,🙏🏻

They look so lovely.. thank you.. I really like that it's all stylized but still clean & giving that same dusky vibe♡

"You're very skilled. I feel safe watching you perform coordinated tasks so easily."

"I know.."

domestic fem!Lawlight inspired by @craetor's Hot Chocolate ♥♥

[captainhysunstuff]

Light contrasts with his boyfriend a little. Trying to figure out how I wanna draw L's jacket. Also them being silly~.

It’s got a label but there’s really nothing crazy here. *shrug*

[xxlmug]

Lawlight headcannons

Oddly enough, I am fairly uhm, isolated from tumblr sadly. It's shocking how this platform is one that's very alike with my interests and fun and I cannot find the courage to come on here.

But here are some gayass headcannons:

1)

L unironically reads poetry just to piss Light off. They'll be sleeping and L will have the lamp on and reciting poems from poets like Paul Verlaine while whispering almost, and Light would be furious.

L: "Before your light quite fail,

Already paling star,

The quail

Sings in the thym-"

Light: "Ryuzaki."

L: "Yes Light?"

Light: "May you please shut it."

Nightly occurrence, 100%.

2)

L has asked Light multiple times what his favourite cake is. Light assumes that it's some plot to find out if he is Kira, but in reality L just wants to know what Lights favourite cake is to assess their similarities.

3)

They used to share the same bed but then they realised that they would fight too much over blankets, pillows, which side to sleep, and more so they just gave up. (Light sleeps on the bed, L sleeps on a chair close to the bed if he even sleeps that night.)

4)

Oddly enough, Light before the death note disliked Dostovesky and then when he became a suspect for the Kira case and was chained to L he was obsessed with Dostovesky. But on the other side L hated Osamu Dazai until the Kira case. This happens as they both influenced each other to read each writers books.

This only happened due to L constantly quoting Dostovesky and Light reading No Longer Human before he sleeps which in L's eyes is "Odd."

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I'm too sleepy for more. Night, night.

[justwantfanart]

Death note Hot take

Light and L both are terrible people, and while I love Lawlight, and ship it, it would realistically never work out, since L clearly holds a power imbalance during Yotsuba and Light is clearly so self destructive and uncaring for himself and others in the service of his end goal. They would be a pairing of someone who is someone not allowed to feel his emotions and to grow up normally, and someone who is so disassociated from himself and his existence that his only escape from his obvious disconnect from those around him is killing people, and even that loses its charm after L’s death. They just- they need to both go to extensive therapy since they both have CLEAR TRAUMA (im sorry but light has trauma. Both from the start you can infer and throughout the show he clearly goes through a lot, primiarily in Yotsuba arc….) so great ship as long as it’s completely isolated from canon. also hot take: light isn’t a pure sociopath who can’t feel things and react to trauma. Because ASPD if we say light has ASPD OFTEN IS BORN FROM TRAUMA. PEOPLE WITH ASPD CAN EXOERIENCE EMOTIONAL PAIN. Okay sorry I had to shade someone I know for having the worst light takes on planet earth. Okay crazy rambling about my favorite gay detectives is done for the hour.

[craetor]

IT'S BLIND!LIGHT. Oh no now I've got confirmation I'm not alone with this strange feeling that blindness needs to be explored more (by me. Nobody said that ever but the gremlin in my brain). New inspiration is multiplying at an exponential rate...

“It’s not a sob story,” L insisted, “As I said, I’m not most people’s type. They don’t generally go for the lanky, pale, look. I’m not looking for sympathy—in fact I don’t really care.” ( you’re a wasp nest by raisuki)

[pinelohearts]

uhhh 6 for light and another character if you like

Lawlight, 584 words.

I sort of lost the angst in this one, because these two are both insane little freaks (affectionate). But the yaoi is toxic!!!

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Light had lost.

He can still remember the day like yesterday. The breakdown he had when he had discovered that Misa was tailed—exposing them both as Kira.

L had immediately forced him onto the ground, and Light had screamed to any listener to try and manipulate them too. L locked his hands behind his back, and sent him away. 

His father’s face haunts him.

The prison cell is cold, and the bed is hard. It’s been like this for months. L had gotten him imprisoned with no trial. The circumstances of the Kira case were unique in that regard. How hypocritical.

Light’s head aches. It’s been like that for months, ever since he was forced to take the Shinigami Eye Deal. That was the agreement L made with Ryuk: he took the Shinigami Eyes to give half his lifespan, and Ryuk doesn’t write his name until the end of his life.

He wears a blindfold to protect the safety of his guards. He’s only allowed to take it off in short intervals under intense security, just to reset his eyes. This is also when he takes a bathroom break, and he tries to stick thinking about how someone’s watching that to. Then it’s back to the infinite darkness.

Light’s not sure what happened to Misa. Perhaps Rem bargained for her life. Perhaps she committed suicide in some grandiose “romantic” move. He honestly doesn’t care.

His hands are raw from the handcuffs he’s locked in. It’s stupid rule: he’s already blindfolded, how would he be able to write? But, no. He’s chained up like a dog.

Light’s never been more bored in his life. He doesn’t leave the cell. It’s in the isolation block, that’s what he’s sure of. He can’t even leave to get meals. Food is brought to him and fed to him; it’s so demeaning that he wants to scream.

The loud bang of the isolation chamber’s doors opening takes Light out of his thoughts. He instinctively turns his gaze to the person who enters, despite not being able to tell who they are. Probably a guard.

Soft footsteps pad over, and he furrows his eyes. He knows those steps, they’re so familiar. But his family hasn’t visited in weeks, so who—?

“Light-kun.”

No. No, no, no. Not him. Anyone but him.

“L,” his mouth acknowledges in a snarl, without permission.

Slender fingers brush against his cheek, before slowly tugging the blindfold off. Light forces himself to go still at the contact, to not react in the slightest.

He blinks as his eyes adjust to the light again, before his gaze locks on to the name above L’s head.

L Lawliet.

“Bastard,” Light snarls. “You absolute bastard.”

L’s expression cocks into a small smirk.

“Light-kun seems irritated.”

“You know why, you—” Light seethes. “It’s all your fault.”

L’s expression flattens immediately.

“I recommend Light-kun thinks about what he’s saying.”

“No, no. How dare you. You messed me up. You fucked me over and what—”

“How dare I? No, Light-kun, how dare you,” L replies, sharp and low. “You are no savior, no saint, and certainly you are no god. You’re just a monster.”

Light snarls again. “You—”

L’s hand brushes a strand of hair behind Light’s ear, and he stills.

“You’re a monster, just like me.”

[undergoing-mitosis]

i've been listening to sofia isella's entire discography today cause im insane and it's crazy how well some of the songs fit with death note characters. or maybe im just too i deep in and im slowly losing my mind. anyhow

Death Note Characters as SOFIA ISELLA Songs

Light: I Looked The Future in the Eyes, It's Mine. a song about being high on the power trip of believing the near future is yours for the taking hello???????? 'they ask us, "how's it feel to be god's favourite?" we say, "we don't know, we've never known different."'

L: Cacao and Cocaine. more specifically fanon L. more specifically lawlight L. plus L feeling unfufilled if his life isn't riddled with the danger of detective work. 'would you like your heart to get attacked? would that feel better than boredom in another beige and bland cul de sac?'

Mello: Hot Gum. a slutty song with fire imagery and religious metaphors. need i say more? 'i watch us burn and fall, the heat is ten feet tall... and the flicker flames weave in through my teeth.'

Matt: Rainbow Rocket Ride. literally the mellodramattic song we've all been waiting for. with video game metaphors n references??? could something be more perfect? 'i found my joy with a runaway boy, and the cosmos is so big it won't notice we went missing'

a few more under the cut:

these next ones im less sure about but i still think they fit the vibes of the character:

Near: All of Human Knowledge Made Us Dumb. technically this is a song about the internet rotting our brains, but the general vibes of disconnection from reality and numbness, and everything making more sense in fiction and theory than reality is very near-coded in my opinion. i have always headcanoned near as a hikikomori, though less because he just doesn't want to go out and more because he physically can't function in the world. high support needs autism who???? 'and i can know every answer that's ever been known, but when everyone's together everyone's alone'

Misa: Everybody Supports Women. again a bit of a stretch, im not completely sold on it. but there are moments that make me go ugh yes. it feels like the toxicity of the idol industry along with, well, everyone around her going against misa, or at least that's how it feels to her. i think it encapsulates the isolation of her character and how people don't see her suffering cause she has a pretty face perfectly. misa is such a tragic and ultimately lonely character who lost everything she has ever loved. and she does not get enough comfort and sympathy for that."she's probably self-centred, we hate her and she's nothing, if everybody leaves her then she had it coming"

[quicktimeeventfull]

🔪✨ quicktime's horror fics ✨🔪

hello! since halloween is coming up, i’m going to be absolutely shameless and collect all the death note horror stories i’ve written

my cold deep home 5.3k words, lawlight L calls to light from beyond the grave. based on the shinto story of izanagi's journey into the afterlife to bring home his wife. the things you tame 3.3k words, lawlight in which light is a kitsune and L has trapped it in his basement, where he is determined to save it or let it starve to death. spiritually, a reflection on the yotsuba arc mirror box 4.5k words, gen when L comes to visit the hospital, beyond preforms a little quick-change magic and steals him away moonlight 2k words, mello/near near has an arrangement. profoundly isolated by his own volition, he's volunteered to let the vampire Mello feed on him, in exchange for -- what, exactly? beetles 600 words, lawlight yellowjackets au. twenty-five years after the crash, L is finding it difficult to keep his promise not to investigate what his lovely wife and the rest of the yellowjackets did in the woods. carrion 800 words, matsulight yellowjackets au. matsuda leads a prayer circle in the woods

hammer and nail 2k words, gen au which closely parallels canon in which light really and truly isn't kira -- he's just a regular person with ocd who has found himself under L's surveillance. (i think it is maybe not 100% clear why i consider this horror BUT to explain myself it's because i wrote it as reversal of the common psychological horror trope wherein a sane person is gaslit into believing they are mentally ill)

[craetor]

Also going down the more asexual route means they prefer heated arguments & suppressing the urge to sometimes clear a table or two to drain whatever's bottled up. If they smoked you could just imagine Light standing outside afterwards with a cigarette like "hell yeah, that was great. So refreshing"

"i ship lawlight because they have so much sexual tension!" — You don't get it!

That is such a small part of their relationship! The entire appeal is that they UNDERSTAND eachother like no one else has before! L has chased after so many physically and mentally attractive criminals— but none of them mattered before Light because Light understands L at a fundamental level! He doesn't care that Light is a murderer! Their tension comes from the fact that they are ultimately drawn to one another but they can't be together, they are the same but on opposite sides of a war even though their mentalities and morals are so similar!

Their love was fast but slow, an instant intrigue and attraction at their first meeting that only grew as they came to know eachother more.

It was the "dates" they went on together in public, the late working nights, solving bits of the case together and not alone like the norm, being chained and in eachothers space for months, learning the small quirks and ticks, body language, habits, eating preferences, peeves, negative reactions, morning routines, night and sleeping routines, all of the small stuff that only made them fall deeper.

They feel so romance heavy to me, tender touches, leaning against eachother, hair getting tangled while they sleep and thinking about how nice it feels and smells, their scents becoming similar because they use the same soap and detergent, just holding and cherishing eachother and every moment they have, soft kisses igniting passions that can lead to more.

It's also how monstrous they are. They are both so weird and strange, they don't feel all lovey dovey about one another all of the time, they can be violent and mean and downright hateful but they can take it. They love eachother for it because it's honest and exciting, they can't get bored together. The hits, scratches, kicks and punches, then licking eachothers wounds and patching eachother up with a peck.

So yeah, sex can definitely be a thing for them, but this is what they are for me. So much more than that.

(I also have an ace4ace hc tbh)

Made this because the top/bottom discourse was pissing me off like shut up please let people do what they want no one cares

[macni-art]

Tagged by @novaae thank u ☺️💕

Three ships: makoharu, eruri and idk… yumihisu

First ever ship: lawlight, but when I was little I looked for PhineasxIsabella content xd, idk if that counts.

Last song/album: Pablo honey by Radiohead

Last movie: the mario bross movie

Currently reading: pride and prejudice

Currently watching: attack on titan and the office

Currently consuming: coffee

Currently craving: not really hungry for anything these days so I’ll go with: sleep, isolation, be able to read and listens to music 24/7 with no responsibilities and swimming.

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Tagging: anyone who wants to do it consider yourself tagged by me. And have a good weekend :)

[craetor]

You know what time it is. Sweater Weather

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[13eyond13]

Random ask, from all media that you've consumed until now (books, tv series, movies, manga, etc), have you ever met any couple (canon or non canon) that remind you of the dynamics of L/Light? Who are they?

Hello! I think I answered this exact question recently already actually, on this post: (X)

The true answer is that no, I haven't found another one that reminds me exactly of L and Light's relationship. What I find unique and interesting about Lawlight is stuff like how restrained and ambiguous and continuously tense and unspoken and mindreading-ish their relationship is, the insane level of hilarious morbid innuendo going on constantly, and the way Light continues to secretly revere L long after he's gone.

The closest thing I can think of is Will and Hannibal's relationship in NBC Hannibal, but it's not an exact parallel – the thing about Hannigram that reminds me most of Lawlight is the mutual obsession, the killer / investigator and frenemy dynamics, and especially the constant innuendo and the speaking on multiple levels at once to each other that they are doing – but from what I remember it stops feeling quite as similar of a parallel to me with the aspect of Will being sort of tempted into becoming a killer himself, Hannibal never really having an uneasy relationship with his own guilt or morality at any point the way that Light does in the beginning, L not really being a tortured empath type guy like Will so much as somebody looking to entertain himself and win at a hard challenge, and the power dynamics/imbalances between Hannigram not always being extremely comparable to Lawlight and such.

As for others, sometimes when I was reading Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky the interactions between Raskolnikov and the police officer Porfiry Petrovitch reminded me a bit of L and Light (Porfiry is good at being fake friendly and nonchalant at times and driving Raskolnikov a bit crazy with dread and paranoia while being secretly immensely tuned into his psychological state and knowing more than he's letting on as well). I distinctly remember some part of the book where they interacted made me lol while being on the edge of my seat at the same time, much in the same way Lawlight often does? And the way Crime and Punishment focuses so intently on Raskolnikov's mental state and guilt and isolation from everyone else due to becoming a murderer is definitely reminiscent of Death Note. But that story does not really hinge around that relationship very much in comparison to how much Death Note hinges around the Lawlight one.

Other than that nothing else is really coming to mind right now, but it's such a great tense and restrained interesting dynamic to me that it would definitely be fun to come across something else like it again.

Oh! I actually also just thought of another one: the movie Rope by Alfred Hitchcock. It's intentionally homoerotic and full of suspenseful and dark-humoured innuendo, and it features an arrogant young guy committing a murder basically to impress his professor; he then throws a dinner party where he's hidden the body and murder weapon in plain sight to prove he can get away with it / show off to this professor he admires. Definitely has a few Death Note vibes at times, and a big recommend from me!

[hello-nichya-here]

Imo Light can't be called a hero, in fact in the end he was getting so fixated with the idea of becoming the god of the new perfect world that he wanted every human on Earth to agree with, to the point where he started killing innocent people and was almost ready to kill his family. Manga Light could definitely be counted as a villain, anime Light at least reflected on his actions, maybe even regretted picking up the death note before his death. Seriously Light with his memories erased and the Kira!Light are like two different people...

But at the same time I'm so sick of people deifying L, saying that he's a "hero" with always good intentions. Like, L's goal was to catch Kira, to beat him in a game because he was bored. I'm not even sure that L really cared about Kira's true intentions. And to win the game, he also did selfish things that affected other people. If L was heroic, he would have solved more crime cases to benefit humanity, not just those that he was solely interested in. This quote describes the truth the best:

"Kira is childish and hates losing. I'm also childish and hate losing." - L Lawlight

And yet these two have the audacity to call themselves justice. What do you think about this?

I mean, that IS the point. Light and L are two sides of the same coin. Both characters:

1 - Show a disconnect from the rest of the world (Light has really shallow, basically performatic relationships with others, L has isolated him almost completely).

2 - Show little to no real care, respect, or affection to other people, with some exceptions (his sister and father for Light, Watari and Naomi for L).

3 - Are absolutely brilliant, and that contributes to their isolation (both because they can't relate to others AND because they see themselves as superior).

4 - Are VERY obsessive.

5 - Found something that allows them to get away with basically anything (L had money and influence, Light had his reputation and the death note, both had the fact that their crimes couldn't be connected to them).

6 - Did a few good things for completely wrong reasons (Light killed some truly awful people who would have hurted others if he had not killed them, L tried to capture a literal serial killer with a God complex).

7 - Did HORRIBLE things to try assuring their own victory.

These two are pretty much one in the same, that's why they got so fixated on each other. All the times they made the same monologue at the same time in different places were deliberate attempts at showing that the only thing that makes them different is circumstance.

Now, regarding regret and Light being a "completely" different person without his memories, we need to keep in mind that:

1 - The death note did NOT create Light's bad traits, it only intensified them AND gave him the means to get away with almost anything.

2 - Light was possessed by a "demon" (Shinigami) and that messed with his sanity. Like I said, it didn't change him COMPLETELY, but it did make him worse, and we don't know how things would have played out if he had the death note, but wasn't possessed.

3 - Both in the manga and in the anime, Light demonstrated some kind of regret/guilt. In the manga it is shown that he struggled to come to terms with what he had done once he started killing people, while in the anime he had that moment when he was moments away from being killed.

4 - L "joined" humanity when he accepted the fact that he was going to die. Light (in the manga) kept trying to separate himself from it by convincing himself that death would not be the end for him/that he was beyond being killed like a mere human, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. He was STILL forced to join the rest of humanity, and to truly become one in the same with his rival because, in Ryuk's own words, DEATH IS EQUAL.

Fans might love to misinterpret the "I am justice" speech as making it about either Light or L being correct, or even about them being the "two extremes of justice" as I've seen people claim once or twice, but the real point of the story is in the name DEATH Note. Death makes everyone the same. It just so happened that Light and L were the same while they were alive too.

If you want to read me ramble about Light and why death was the ultimate fuck you to him, click the post bellow:

https://hello-nichya-here.tumblr.com/post/664420189770743808/why-was-light-yagami-wrong

[baranedizille]

could you recomend favorite dn fanfiction? i love you those who stand fanart and started to read it thnks to you, but it's so long i need warm ups lol

Ohohoh. First of all, thank you, I'm glad you started reading the monster because of my art. Khem-khem, so....

Fanfiction rec list

(it’s all lawlight, sry)

⚫ means multichaptered

⚫  Iridescence by raisuki on ao3. + a oneshot Radiance

Rating: Mature

This is my favourite-favourite one, really. I can’t express how much I love it, just read it!!! Beware: angsty and hopeless.

⚪ You are a wasp nest  by raisuki on ao3

Rating: Mature

Blind!Light, college au, kinda fluff.

⚪ Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies by  Hedonistic Opportunist on fanfiction net

Rating: Mature

It’s angst and hurts but really worth to read.

⚪ Sugar and pumpkin spice by deleted acc on ao3

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Very fluff very nice very ahhh, coffee shop au with Light as barrista and L as his annoying client.

⚪ Shame is pride's cloak  by youremyqueen on ao3

Rating: Explicit

Submissive L and Light who took Watari’s (who’s dead oops) role to look after L. And well, he’s pretty good at it, you kno.

⚪ By night we go naked, by day we go blind by youremyqueen on ao3

Rating: Explicit

Just a really good smut (as any smut by the author).  Written for a kink meme, prompt was: sensory deprivation.

⚪ See me by  Shadow_of_Quill  on ao3

Rating: Explicit

Innocent!Light and open ending (quite happy!).

⚫ Seeking his hand (unfinished) by  magic__mind  on ao3

Rating: Explicit (actually there��s really little of explicit content, because yeah, it’s unfinished)

“A historical regency-esque romance AU in which L seeks Light's hand in marriage”. It’s pretty ooc as you may suppose, but ah, anyway, this one is really good!

⚪ Sola Fide by Serria on ao3

Rating: Mature

The first fic I read in dn fandom and let me say, it raised the bar of quality very high.  Misora gives L the lead he needs so he captures Light and tortues him to find the truth. Open end.

⚫ The Lies of Light Yagami by  kildeer on ao3

Rating: Explicit

Additional pairings: Light/Mikami, Light/Takada

Light wants to make L love him so he can destroy him by that, I’m not going to say more, just read it. Really good and angst.

⚫ The Life and Time of Genius Detective L Lawliet & Repentant Murderer Light Yagami by Devilinthebox on ao3 + a collection of drabbles Photographs

Rating: Mature

A tag: It's a fic about a fictional biography about two fictional douchebags, - so that’s it. Light is without his memories of being Kira and given the second chance by L. Also they’re in love and travelling. Really worth to read + sad ending hemh

⚫ Our Bodies, Possessed by Light by Devilinthebox on ao3

Rating: Mature

Additional pairings: B/Misora, one-sided Mello/L

“L. Lawliet is a gifted photographer who believes he has understood the light and its secrets. Light Yagami is a young, unstable and slightly crooked model. Together, they kill time”. Really good and, wow, happy ending!!

⚪ A Kiss For Christmas by Rachello344 on ao3

Rating: General Audiences

Very nice one, college!au. L, Light’s roommate is invited to spend Xmass hollidays at Yagamis.

⚪ Buried Alive by avoidfilledwithcelluloid on ao3

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

“ post-apocalypse AU where L is subtly implied to be a doomsday prepper, Light does small gardening+cooking, and they watch a VHS of Murder She Wrote”. It was a real gift to me to find it, post-apoc au and Lawlight isolated together ohmygod.

⚪ Tell me I’m good  by avoidfilledwithcelluloid on ao3

Rating: Explicit

“L recieves a drunk call from light who is hiding in the bathroom at a party”. Reeeeeally atmospheric, just read it, I’m not going to explain, it’s not just another smut.

⚫ Hand in unlovable hand by avoidfilledwithcelluloid on ao3

Rating: Explicit

Trans!Light, a collection of drabbles nsfw and not. I love James’ writing what else to say.

⚪ In your shoes by avoidfilledwithcelluloid on ao3  

Rating: Explicit

Warning!professor/student. “After L sees his student/paramour Light step in mud, he rushes to give him the shoes off his own feet“. Really nice one.

⚪ Special credits by Serahne on ao3

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Professor and student but without any warning. More humorous than shippy, Light is an overconfident student and L is an asshole professor.

⚪ Love is War by Zara_Zara on ao3

Rating: General Audiences

School au and oh so sweet. “This is secretly a 4 + 1 fic in which Light and L almost confess plus the one time they did”.

⚪ Is that my shirt? by Zara_Zara on ao3

Rating: General Audiences

As you can gues hehe, they steal each other’s clothes, oh dorks.

⚪ A Tithe to Hell by Aja on ao3 (one chapter but long so it’s actually ⚫)

Rating: Explicit

Kind of classic and for a reason. The middle of it is kinda crazy but ok hahah, I just warned you. “Light has thirteen days to find out how it will feel--not just to kill, but to destroy”.

⚫ Nights  by youremyqueen on ao3

Rating: Explicit

Additional pairings: L/Aiber, L/B, Light/Misa

Another classic. I’m going to be honest, I read it really briefly hhahah. I can say though, it’s reaaaally well written and lawlight is very good in it. Totally would recommend it to L stans.

⚪ (x) ao3 profile is inkfeathers

Rating: General Audiences

I’m a sucker for hogwarts au and this one is soooo good, Light and L are students.

⚪ Groundstroke by VerdePradera on ao3

Rating: Mature

L and Light are professional tennis players, and Light isn’t going to come out of closet and L is upset and I love the fic really much.

Addition how could I forget it wtf

⚫ Coexistence is boredom (unfinished) by Sakurazukamori6 on fanfiction net

Rating: Mature

Golden classic. “This story takes place after Raito gets his memories back, but for the mere sake of fun, L leaves the handcuffs on for a big longer". Just fucking good, ok?

[translightyagami]

1, 3, 9, 10, 19, 23, 25, 26, 46, fandom ask please?

What was the first fandom you got involved in?

Oh, well, wouldn’t you know it: the first fandom I got actually involved in, like writing fic to publish online and talking to other fans and trading fic and all that … was DEATH NOTE. Mind you, this was back in like 2008 and I didn’t revisit the series again until 2017, but yez. The first fandom experience I had.

What is the best fandom you’ve ever been involved in?

Ah, they’ve all been pretty all right experiences! (except for when I was in the Beatles fandom but, uh, well, that was more a personally distressing experience than overall fandom blues.) I do have very fond memories of when I was in the sort of general horror movie fandom, writing silly fics for Re-Animator or Evil Dead. Tbh, the current fandom of DN has been pretty fun to inhabit.

What are the best things about your current fandom?

I really like how many people are so open in their praise for each other, how people are more willing to reach out and connect. When I was into DN as a teen, the experience was fun but felt pretty isolated a lot of the time. Now, I definitely feel like the fandom is a lot more in-touch with each other than not, altho there are still islands where I do not tread lmao. I also love that there is rlly great fic and fanart being put out, and that there’s a pretty sizable amount of great trans-specific stuff! Not enough, obvs, but it’s there and growing!

Is there a fandom you read fic from but don’t write in?

Nah, not really. I’m not dipping my toe into fic that much anymore, even when I get into a new show/movie/whatever. Most stuff I like is a pretty closed loop. The only exception is when I will go back and read fic from fandoms I used to be into that I never ended up contributing to, like X-Men fic or *gasp* One Direction RPF. Some of those fics were as important to me as the books I was reading at the time.

Is there a ship which you wished you could get behind, but you just don’t feel them?

I’d love to enjoy the taste of Matt/Mello since that’d widen my fic options, but much like cilantro, I just think that ship tastes like soap.

Name a fic you’ve written that you’re especially fond of & explain why you like it.

I really, really, really like that Hotel AU I wrote. It’s not one people bring up to me a lot, or that gets a lot of revisits, but I love it. I had a whole world I built in my head about Light working in his family’s hotel, his slow developing relationship with L that turned romantic, the entire enclosed world of the actual hotel/resort area and how Light’s uncle who owned it before was a closeted gay man whose spirit very much resides in Light, and also I have always played around with writing a little extra addition where Light wears a maid outfit for sexy shenanigans with L. Idk. I love “At Your Service,” because it was a lot more like the actual fiction I like to read.

But also I am very fond of the Cryptid AU for similar world build-y reasons, and the Vampire L AU because vampires are sexy and it took a lot of work to write, and I really love all my fics tbh.

What’s your most popular fanfic?

Going by AO3 kudos, my most popular fic is technically my giant omnibus of all my lawlight tumblr prompt fics, “hand in unlovable hand,” and the runner up is “tell me i’m good,” aka the fic where Light drunk calls L for some dirty talk.

How do you come up with your fanfic titles?

I panic right before I post the fic and just write whatever is short and gets the point of the fic across. Sometimes it’s just a phrase from the story. I’m not a very creative title guy.

If someone was to read one of your fanfics, which fic would you recommend to them and why?

I’d rec them Change. It’s my best work for the Death Note fandom, and I think it encompasses a lot of my feelings on lawlight. It’s also pretty lowkey in terms of weird shit, which sort of abounds in my other fics lol. Consider this fic my commercial success, and then try out the Cryptid AU or "Fantasy of a Fantasy" next. Or just read all of my fics. That’s what I’d do!