#kindly request: beyond the animal magnet

[craetor]

//Beyond Birthday concept i'd like worked out

What if Beyond was more shinigami than just physically? What if it's not limited to his eyes? They are part of his body and have been connected to his body and brain all his life, after all...

I always get twitches in my fingers when it comes to theorizing about Beyond's behavior and how it might affect his appearance in turn. He seems to have similar motor patterns as Ryuk (specifically). He cackles often, and seems quite schadenfreudig when it comes to humans..

Moreover, B seems to suffer from some kind of constant mental imbalance. He stimulates himself my popping his joints and maniacal laughter, which (some might diagnose as the stimming of an ADHD riddled autistic person, but in this case:), in my hypothesis here, I want to put on his human body reacting to the, basically supernatural flesh connected to him. Specifically one that belongs to a being solely existing to bring death to people.

What if this is something B has always struggled with? What if his shinigami side is also connected to his health?

We know that shinigami who prolong a human's life die; are deemed 'useless' and are erased. How would it be if Beyond discovered that his body reacts with flu-like illness to performing generosities. He doesn't have a death note but simply aiding a human in ways that might save them from illness or misfortune will result in an almost allergic response, or maybe something like the effect of antibiotics (his body breaking down on itself). Not death, perse, but definite punishment.

This isn't negated by the canon & I'm kinda liking this to explain his liking for literature (as he soon in life began favoring knowledge gathering over social functioning) as well as his sort of sour attitude. Also the way he could commit murders so cleanly and easily despite (presumably) never having committed one before Believe Bridesmaid.

I want to underline his possible relationship with A here. If he was truly friends with A as the fandom likes to imagine, how would it have impacted B to feel (or perhaps not feel) empathy for A's suffering, yet being forced to just sit by and watch it unfold? Would he feel some disgraceful delight over his friend succumbing to depression? Would he have angst and guilt about not being able to help? I'm not the perfect person to write a fic about this but. Thoughts?