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badgirlcoven-official · 1 month ago

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No you misunderstand tumblr user writing long analysis post the people saying ACAB about death note are fully aware that the theme of the anime is "no one should have the power to kill" it's just that this message is fucking stupid and idealism perpetuated mainly by the privileged to stop their victims from violent uprisings

And the fact they chose a cops son and he only really targets criminals (an oppressed class, even if the things they've allegedly or assuredly done are awful) to illustrate this point further highlights how self-righteous and poorly thought out this message is

#and like #yeah fucking of course LEGALLY no one person should have the power to kill #but wholesale condemning killing and violence and the perpencity for it as some moral failing is largely ignoring the actual world #we live in like #yall r like be gay do crime but only if that crime is palatable and hurts no one ever <3 #cmonnnnn #like I WOULD do good things if I had a death note #I can think of many ppl who could #if his target was billionaires and government leaders he would have been doing good #death note is a power fantasy and from the perspective of the mainstream privileged demographic that power is corrupting and forbidden #for the rest of us that power fantasy punches up #it envisions a world where we don't have to sit with the knowledge people we care about are getting their brains blown out #without doing anything direct to stop it because we can't and have no individual power #if you're looking for media that involves corrupting power in leftist movements that addresses what actually corrupts well intentioned #people then I reccomend the locked tomb #it's an overarching theme but it's explored in depth during the flashback sequences of the 3rd book #the villain started as a regular marginalized dude who is in activist spaces #but is given godlike supernatural abilities #and they do corrupt him but it isn't because these powers are inherently corruptingb #it's because his hatred for the privileged came first before his love for the oppressed (which includes himself)#he does these bad things bc he failed to decolonize his brain #and it's a cautionary tale that hits a whole lot harder imo #bc he's a good guy initially. bit of an asshole on a personal level but certainly not a planet killing supervillain #and his morals don't change very drastically #its just so much morr interedtkng to me

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