#yagami tbt

[grievedifferent]

❝ no, i'm not from here. i'm actually from japan, so ... a lot of land and a whole ocean away. i just speak english well, that's all. ❞

such a pain. it'd be more convenient if i could speak japanese. even french. not that he was asked if english was his first language, but it always does the body good to do a little light boasting.

yagami takes a glance at his watered-down ginger ale. it's not that yagami is against drinking, but he's not about to be caught with his wits about him in a foreign country. not when my reputation is on the line.

i'm in my third year of university, so this is really important if i want to actually graduate early. these credits mean more than a few "fun nights" out on the town.

he's dressed well enough, though is a bit dull in his casually fitted tan sweater, neutral undershirt, and khaki slacks with brown loafers. compared to this crowd? he's rather stuffy, like a young professional in the making — maybe even a narc type (definitely a narc type) — but undeniably well-maintained and conventionally attractive. he even smells good with whiffs of red apple, old books, and white tea permeating off his heat points, joined gently by a few smoother tones that make him seem all the more clean, approachable, and presentable.

looking between the two of them, he and @medic4te couldn't clash anymore if they tried. even if the other were perfection incarnate, yagami would find faults & flaws. such is the nature of the beast.

i am the beast, he conscience comes to reason. no, not here, his inner narrative comes to the rescue. hark! and herald it true. in another life, in another time, on another ark ...

❝ i'm only here because a few other students in the program are. we're all of age if that's what you're worried about. the younger ambassadors are at the karaoke bar down the street. ❞

a beat. i don't think i can avoid this conversation.

❝ oh. how rude of me. i almost forgot to introduce myself. ❞ he gives a half-bow, figuring he could chalk it up to culturally differences in not shaking hands with this current stranger. i know how to shake hands, he reminds himself without meaning to. i just don't want to shake yours. ❝ YAGAMI RAITO ... but, er, well, all my friends here call me light, if that's easier for you. ❞ don't call me light-o.

[grievedifferent]

this was on a read more post on my namenoted blog but it follows this post above directly:

also on that body count post, it's like ... again, not all of them were full on having sex. yagami sees his body as a pure temple, but also something worthy of being worshipped ... he just needs to find those that are truly worthy of his blessed physical love. sex with misa is rather lifeless, very dutiful, missionary. sex with takada is a bit of a show, he's a better "lover" to her. "better" being a loose term, but still. also, you won't catch yagami doing oral. he just won't. but he will use his hands, and he's very, very good with them. he's also a great kisser, not necessarily by choice, but just something that comes a bit natural to him. he knows how to spark intimacy, how to fake it, but to be truly in an act of intimacy with yagami, something he can sort of lose all thought in, is highly rare.

yagami’s “canon” body count: 2 that we can assume for sure — misa is always debatable, but i believe they slept together at least once. they have a sexually charged relationship in certain and obvious ways. takada i feel most confident about. he spends nights with her regularly, even inferring it (or inferring to infer it).

yagami’s headcanon body count: 6 — two are canon, one is a friend from high school he was experimenting with, one was a girl he briefly dated (they didn’t have sex necessarily but they fooled around), and the others were using his sexuality to his full advantage. these might not have all been repeat or full sexual encounters, but they were encounters (hands, oral, anything supremely intimate). this includes primarily women, but a few men. he’s basically had “full sex” with half of his body count.

[grievedifferent]

❝ it's been a while. you haven't been avoiding me, have you?? heh, and after we've just finally reconnected, huh? ❞ yagami is partially teasing, of course, because the same could be said for him. if pressed on the matter, yagami would simply explain: in my room. ❝ how about we go out, hm? we can finish the night with a movie in my room. i think we have a bit more reconnecting to do. ❞ is my implication enough? or should i be more forward, @fornalhaut?

[imaginarianisms]

[ 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 ] : sender has just told receiver "you belong to me". / for misa from light!

❝𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.❞ Misa pointed out as she popped a strawberry in her mouth, the sweetness trickling down her throat while the girl turned around to look up at him now that they're alone. An exhale and a shake of the head as she walks over to him, hands rubbing circles on his chest and a momentary brush of fingertips against his jawline for reassurance. Men were usually so predictable, really, though she hadn't expected his jealousy. Then again, Light didn't exactly seem like the type to have anything for himself.

❝𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲 ��𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞. 𝐀𝐬 𝐢𝐟! 𝐈𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭... 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐈'𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬.❞ Extended arms reach out to hook around his neck, fingers laced to crown him god. ❝𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐫𝐚. 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐘𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐢. 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝,❞ her voice is low and quiet, no lower than a whisper now that they're in their new apartment alone with no surveillance cameras to watch over them and their activities. ❝𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐦 𝐛𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐦 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐞.❞ And, as an attempt of a first act of tenderness, Misa sways back and forth, offering him to dance with her in the kitchen.

for you i would. || @prodigum || accepting.

[paperpeachy]

thank u for liking my oc art. it may please you to know the girl in the front has a pair of twin older sisters who are fashion models and also a little insane.

im going to like ur oc art forever n ever <3 insane fashion model twins omg let's hear about it i would love to see them and learn their names i am waiting patiently on the dashboard for the next time u post them like so

[grievedifferent]

❝ @idolmurdr, ❞ he says suddenly, observing her, ❝ indulge me for a moment, will you? if i wasn't kira, would you still be so devoted to me? what i mean is ... if we had met randomly in some other place or time, would you still have "fallen" for me? ❞ he highly doubts it. in fact, they likely would have never crossed paths if not for this book. ❝ there's no wrong answer here, just your answer. call me curious. ❞

[getosscorpio]

Reiji Namikawa

I just remembered this guy from Death Note!!! Why does nobody talk about him? Look what a d!lf he is!!!

[grievedifferent]

❝ see you tomorrow, ❞ both yagami and @ottersden say at the same time, waving to yamamoto as he departs down the road by himself today. yagami has invited keitaro to come in and spend the evening with him — family dinner included. in truth, he's actually invited keitaro here for a reason, not to just to "catch up and hang out". realistically, it's not on purpose that he's been avoiding his childhood best friend. no, it's more what yagami would call a conflict of schedules. this is something he used to be able to cater to better, and while most everything else has co-existed normally thus far, something was bound to slip through the cracks. unfortunately, that something has been keitaro. today, yagami is here to rectify that, and even offer an explanation. over his shoulder, the shadow curls and lingers to observe his next moves carefully, suddenly intrigued as he declares, ❝ come on. let's go upstairs to my room. i have something i want to show you. ❞

[grievedifferent]

you can help it. act right around me. a mental pause. i guess it doesn't matter. he'll learn soon enough how to behave in my new world.

❝ sure, if that's easier for you. ❞ he's an oddly agreeable young man, isn't he? pristine, proper, and composed, yagami swallows the lump forming in his throat. every part of his body, even the fibery ones, tell him to cut and run. now. ❝ haha, ❞ he laughs dryly, practically forcing the sound to echo from his hollow throat, ❝ sure. something like that. ❞

yagami's eyes never leave him, nor do the eyes of the creature, who instead continues to curl and gnarl himself into knots over yagami's shoulder. the chief's son gives an almost warning motion with his hand to brush off the shadow, though makes it seem like he's trying to dissuade some sort of invisible allergen from encroaching too close.

❝ that's fine. in tokyo, you see all sorts. just be yourself. ❞ please, do not be yourself. in fact, be anyone else. ❝ am i making you uncomfortable? ❞ but then michel is asking for his father, something the young king isn't surprised by, and instead indulges. ❝ he's out right now. he'll be back soon. that's why i'm out here, actually. ❞ so able to be seen and interacted with by those that find him friendly and alluring. ❝ otherwise, he'd be in his office. ❞

heart attacks, he says. yagami's eyes narrow. yes. i'm familiar.

❝ maybe i could help you? since my dad is gone and all, i'm a pretty good substitute. i mean, i'm no chief of police, but i'm going to be someday. at least, i hope to be. ❞ superintendent, chief of police, whatever the title is doesn't actually matter. it's the crown i'm going for, and i will have it all. ❝ a pen? uh, in my bag, i think. let me check. ❞

Michel sniffs hard through one nostril, and then mimics the bow. He’s clearly not from here - his name doesn’t even sound American. Ma’s French, after all, you can tell in her sandwiches. He’s not trying to piss off the big guy yet - &. even though he had been specifically requested for this case, he could also be specifically requested to GET THE HELL OUT, too.

❛ Raito, huh? Light? Maybe, I’ll just swap between. ❜ He didn’t learn much Japanese before coming. He’s lucky that everybody here speaks English, but man - man             /             MAN, HE’D BE OUT OF LUCK. Basically everyone here has a secret language he can’t speak. That’s fine. 

Bodies don’t talk.

❛ Let me guess, you Light up your dad’s life? You ever heard that one before? ❜ Michel is half - looking at Light and half - looking at the stack of pristine white papers in front of him. A serial killer number of deaths, a majority by HEART ATTACKS. Now, Michel’s cholesterol is as high as any other guy, but this is a strange level.

Michel’s hand spasms as he’s looking at the papers. His wrist cracks as it rotates; Michel pushes down a bout of laughter. He must be freaking this kid out. 

❛ Excuse my mannerisms, Light. They’re just muscle spasms. Hey, these reports are weird. Do you know where your old man is? You’ve got to know what this guy is doing, I mean special taskforce and all.             /             Doesn’t make any sense, tho’. Sorry, not talking to you. Heart attacks. You know. ❜ Michel’s gaze is on the paper. He’ll enjoy cutting the bodies open, cutting open the arteries and peeling open the veins. Checking for cause. For fat, for calcium.

Michel is a bulldozer. He talks without listening. ❛ Hey, kid, you got a pen on you? ❜ Man, man !             /             Michel wants this to be a serial killer he can meet. HE’D LIKE TO POSE HIM ON THE TABLE. Michel actually does laugh. ❛ HA - HA - AH, sorry, kid. Can’t help it. ❜

[5percentkira]

something something lawlight edition…

@faded-smiles as L & @5percentkira as a scruffy Light

[grievedifferent]

How do you feel about the dn demo musical depiction’s of Light? Specifically this song where’s the justice, just out of curiosity!

oh man, this is hard for me, and i'm definitely in the minority here. this literally could be just said yes or no but i also cannot not write 100 paragraphs:

i've kind of avoided it really addressing any LA adaption of DN (the best imo was the one that came out when i was in HS but the big deal about that was that the english cast actually did the dub for it and it was a theater release, i also wasn't looking for "good content", i was looking for more death note content in america when streaming wasn't as accessible, manga had to be illegally torrented or bought from a bookstore, etc. i come from a different time of media in a way than what a kid these days would go into. my nephew just got into death note and watched the whole thing right away, whereas i was waiting for releases of episodes and books thus having to sub in any content while i waited for the real thing.

i think childhood restrictions versus as an adult, i can stream any specific death note content i want basically at any time, makes a huge difference in how i perceived this media, thus why i'd "give the original a pass" but even that is ... i mean, it changes a lot, i don't know if light was cast correctly (though i don't really mind their L, i do like that actor so maybe that's a bias thing idk) but basically ... i don't really like any iteration that's live-action of any series that is typically animated. yes, there are exceptions, i think also that there is a divide in animated media of like "this would translate well to the screen in a live adaption format" versus "this looks goofy as hell, we can't make it realistic without diluting it but we can't stay true to the source material without pushing it into almost a goofy uncanny valley scenario that takes away central focus". take a series like ... idk, dbz. that's so hard to make live-action. now, take death note. that should be so easy, ryuk is the most complicated part of this project imo, like most of this story is just two guys' inner narratives fighting (stares into the void of the silence that is death note if you remove the narrative). yet, it always fails, or just never lands, or stays in japan only, etc. americanized versions flop or are taken off the table before they're allowed to really make it through any production. even the bioshock live-action adaptions have been promised for forever (don't get me started on this one haha).

is this to say that i think no animated material should be translated to live-action? not necessarily. but if it was supposed to be live action in the first place, why is the media of animation even necessary? some stories, to me, have to be animated in the way some stories have to be games or have to be novels or have to manga or have to be movies. adaptions are great, i get that, but like ... they usually just miss the mark. it's so rare to get a "live one".

like, ouran should have been easy to make a live-action, but so many of them have failed. arguably, the stage play is solid, which also ... ouran kind of lends itself to that, right? i'm not really considering stage plays as a whole. imo they always have better casting at least aesthetically and the props / costuming / etc is always superior. the yyh live action stage play is way more structurally sound in its aesthetics than the netflix adaption.

here is also my problem generally with other people taking properties in general and remaking them: they're always through a fan's eyes. that's great, i love fans, but also, sometimes i think it's almost better ot have someone that isn't a fan. it allows the lens of fanon to disappear, the fog of headcanon or "i think". sure, some adaptions have had the creators come back, even the original casts, but it's always awkward, isn't it? why is that? because that creator has not cared or touched that property save for some promo images maybe yearly or some callbacks or something because they have moved on. coming back? they aren't in the mindset they were writing it originally. they'll likely want to rewrite and change things. sure, it's "canon" because it's that author, but their intent is likely different now, or they just simply cannot remember the series the way they used to.

so that brings me here:

i was also never a theater person, my taste in musicals is kind of weird maybe or just small ... but getting more diverse bc of otter who lettered in theater LOL so i have more understanding of like what is theater especially compared to like ... what is movie production and tv show production, etc, then splitting into animation versus live action, so. now we're here:

the actual musical. i think that most retellings of death note really just cannot capture yagami's character be it in the acting or the intention. he is written so specifically by ohba and drawn so specifically by obata which is then translated into an animated style that's supposed to reference obata (it falls in that early 2000s thing, give it a pass rip) and basically, aside from maybe glossing up the ending a bit in a way that i think is pretty pivitol (yagami is given no pity in the manga, he's put down more honorably in the anime, which idc about i like that he barks like a dog and cries in the manga, but what i like in the anime is the scene where his dying self passes his younger self ... it's very intense to me). so, then you take mamoru's interpretation of yagami, the first one we get that isn't just text, and it's literally perfect. brad comes in second and nails it. they are arguably different yet so similar, i describe brad as accurately making yagami sound more natural in english than most can when relying on a japanese source. he just gets it, and he intentionally does emulate mamoru. i've spoken to him about this actually.

now, while i might not be a huge theater musical person, i love music. it's my main inspiration! i listen to it daily, it's a huge part of my life, and i'm not a musician at all.

lyrically, i get it. it's a little pointed, but i understand the message. it's fine as a song on its own, it's not like bad to me, but i have such a hard time seeing light as a character that sings. ironically, mamoru and brad can both sing (mamoru sings a lot in his roles, but think tamaki from ouran, while brad was in a band for a long time!). so, in a way, it's not really right or wrong for me to say one way or another that light is a bad singer or a good singer. i can see him having to go to karaoke socially, so maybe he is a good singer, or picks songs just in his range to "appear good enough" to get the pass a pretty boy.

overall, i'm not like anti musicals, nor am i anti-stage plays of anime because i think they're very pretty to look at and some (like mp100's for example) have huge creator input (and he is fresh off that project or was at the time) with like actual mob's VA (who the creator has said is mob) playing mob in the stage play with content that is considered basically exclusive but canon, like they "did something" with that whole stage play to add to the experience of mp100 and made each show different, so like, go all the way or not, right? again, kny, every anime has had a stage play, and typically you'll just see higher production in japan, but i also come from a time where i was pirating live action cutie honey and mirrored animated lucky star on youtube before it was "youtube" as we know it, so maybe my experiences are so specific that it's hard for me to adapt.

i'm so manga and anime focused that it's hard for me to sit here and say "well, i disparage these versions" but i can be at least honest and say that none have (to me) held a candle to the original property. how can you? it's old now, so it's nostalgic, and it's iconic, so it has a lot going for it.

i actually also have to somewhat contradict myself here, i think if ohba went all in maybe something could happen because we see such solid continuity in the one-shots we get every 100 years from him, so idk. this is a rare thing to have, i think. like, look at rumiko and the follow-up series to inuyasha. she's done with inuyasha, so she didn't go back. eithe way, i don't think it would have landed well regardless if she was on the project.

tl;dr: it's not necessarily "for me" but i'm not anti any DN content. i'm just manga first, then anime second for my inspo. if i wasn't, i might go insane keeping track of the details of every iteration, especially playing not only the MC but also other characters (especially BB, he changes depending on where you're sourcing him from, which is why the novel is one of the few fanon pieces i accept as canon bc they make a point to mention it in the anime when it originally listed as "that case" in the manga when L refers to naomi and he working together in the past).

i get why we want more ... but i am also a person who's like "i've seen the story told the way it was intended, it was good the way it was, i liked it as it was, and it's okay for things to end". i'm like this with remakes, too. it's rare that a remake is necessary to me. but i understand the appeal as a logical person, it doesn't not make sense to me why it's a draw in for a crowd.

[fictophile-sandwich]

Tbt when Madame Yagami scared the hell out of everyone

[grievedifferent]

❝ no, ❞ he says earnestly, looking up to pause his reading. ❝ i didn't know you had a sister. ❞

❝ are you asking me to go with you? ❞ he closes his book, drumming his fingers on the cover several times. ❝ if you are, i will. it's only right of me. ❞

'𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃' ⸺ yes, that's her role to play in this parody of a relationship , if she had to give it a name. yumeko is fairly certain that these sorts of connections are often built upon mutual affection. whatever she shares with yagami raito, however, is constructed from mutual boredom. the lines are blurry.

❝ nothing as fun as becoming a god. ❞ a daring quip she ought to consider herself privileged to be allowed, ❝ i was thinking about visiting my sister. have i ever told you about her, raito-san ? ❞

the unnecessary formalities linger.

❝ she's an inpatient at a university hospital. she has been since i was quite young. ❞

[hydrangeasimagination]

Know what should happen you and whoever helps you with Mochi/Tenshi/Mitsu should make a playlist for them.

Well @starchaser-the-prophet has already got a playlist for Mochi! I’m sure they wouldn’t mind linking it?

Though I’m not really sure about the latter two?

Oh! And Prophet helped me come up with Mitsu and we talk about different situations and how either they or Mochi would handle it. We don’t talk a lot about Tenshi otherwise I’d have to delve into spoiler territory and they don’t read the manga.

They also got something about TBT in the works too and I can’t wait to gush over it once they’ve posted it.

I don’t think I can come up with a playlist for them since I don’t really listen to music when I write!

I draw inspiration from certain songs but I usually stick to instrumental or rain noises or even Yagami Yato ASMR when I write.

~ Dari

[5percentkira]

“Ryuzaki, please focus on the investigation.”

“I am.”

L - the lovely @faded-smiles & Light - @5percentkira

[a9saga]

tbt - hyosung (secret) - goodnight kiss // that post about how funny it is light yagami lies down on his bed quietly and politely reading a porn magazine yeah that's how I watch hyosung stages on my phone