#you can see Meronia

[nearlymello]

MELLOS B-DAY HEADCANNONS!

Happy birthday Mello! So here we are with some Mello headcannons!

1)

The last person he thought of when he died was Near, second last was Matt. What he thought of is up to y’all :3

2)

Sometimes Mello attempts to remember his life before Wammys but fails to, it’s constantly happening in fact. When he was younger he would sob all by himself missing what he couldn’t remember just to stop crying and go back to attempting to become what essentially is a ghost.

3)

Matt is somebody Mello holds near and dear to his heart for several reasons mainly due to the fact that having somebody like Matt around who never changes makes him feel comforted, like nothing will ever change.

4)

Mello couldn’t grieve Matt, he couldn’t he knew he’d die soon.

5)

He really enjoyed being high ranking in the mafia and being feared. It made him truly feel number one until he remembered Near that in which caused him to open operations and successfully carry them out so he can feel on top again.

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Likes cats.

Happy birthday Mello! I hope you’re suffering!! (Plus a little coloured in Manga thing by me)

[xruzzakix]

Ship that couldn't ever be canon in any circumstance more than how they were in the canon dynamic:

Ship that 100% could've been canon given a different ending to the show:

Ship I still can't exactly say is canon or not:

Ship that was technically canon but was bound to end tragically:

Ship that definitely has some weird dynamic going on in canon:

Ship that would've been strangely heartwarming if it ever became canon:

Lesbian ship everyone needed to recover from the traumatizing events of canon:

Ship that would've been AMAZING if it was canon:

And finally, ship that SHOULD'VE been canon:

[paradisepoisoned]

We’re all in our own private coffee au traps so to speak.

[queer-omens-in-the-archives]

so we've spent the past three months writing MelloNear daily, and we've worked on enough different pieces in that time that i now have some Thoughts as to the narrative purposes they each tend to serve in our own works (this is not. about canon though i suppose it DERIVES from their canon dynamic. this is very much about how we personally play with the blorbos)

by and large Mello serves to drive the plot, regardless of the position he is put in within the universe. we don't even have to actively be trying to do anything with him -- even in our more Near-centric pieces, as long as Mello is present? his emotions, whims, wants are what shapes the trajectory of the story, his emotional beats are the beats that drive the plot forward. he feels, he impulses, he injects stuff into the sequence of events. things happen because Mello wants them to (or pushes Near to make them happen if/when he himself cannot).

meanwhile Near is much less of a driving force for the plot and more of a reflective force for the story. he isn't IRRELEVANT to the plot, he doesn't do NOTHING, but most of what he does from a plot progression standpoint is reactive. like, he acts not because of an inner drive, not based on his own wants or needs, but largely when his circumstances require action of him. (by circumstances i don't just mean Plot Events. sometimes what he reacts to are his own emotions, like in sweet atonement, when they are so overwhelming that he cannot put them aside to strategise effectively anymore -- the keyword here being "effectively", because even then his first response will still often be to try to strategise.) by and large what Near does do is provide space for reflection, for thought, for analysis. things happen to him, or through him, and he thinks about them a bunch, and he'd leave it at that if Mello wasn't pushing him.

so they make for super neat storytelling when you figuratively drop them together in a jar and shake them around, because it's like. Mello pushes Near into action Near wouldn't take on his own; and then Near adds weight to Mello's direction, provides a deeper sense of spacetime, fleshes out the places where Mello takes him that Mello wouldn't necessarily stop at or consider on his own. like at their core, in the way we write their dynamic, Mello Does and Near Is. and mixing them up, you get: all of the essential elements for a compelling story!

and obviously im not like, talking in absolutes, none of this is true 100% of the time or the only possible reading of them, nuance exists etc etc. but that's the general trends we're starting to notice in our own MelloNear writing over the past few months

[deathnotepolls]

hey guys can you pick what I should write/continue writing first? Ideally I'll finish most of them eventually

-No Kira AU with closeted aroace Light (protags are Light and Takada and Misa is the villain)

-Meronia fic in which a ghost Mello visits Near by unknowingly draining Near's "life force"

-Remisora AU in which Naomi is hunting a different serial killer and Rem is her guardian angel

-platonic? Mellodramattic they survive AU, no plot just recovery and holding each other

-how Mello experiences BPD (they survive AU in the later chapters)

-exceedingly dumb Halle x Matt crack fantasy AU with some bigender matt coding

-significantly dumber Gevanni x Gelus fic

-this is your burden OP. i cannot choose for you

-results

*force

**angel

***each other

****when it's published

[opaleyedprince]

lawlight monster aus are perfect for october. selkie!light and l who keeps trying to hunt down his sealskin, only to be foiled at every turn. werewolf or vampire!light and l who's been hired to smoke out the monster that keeps eating the village's livestock. many thoughts head full

[musical-chick-13]

Fuck it, weird-yet-galaxy-brain take is that Love Is War is rom-com Death Note, but not in regard to the ship that everyone thinks, and what I mean by this is that Kaguya and Miyuki are NOT the lighthearted lower-stakes rom-com version of Light and L, they're the lighthearted lower-stakes rom-com version of Near and Mello.

[godsofdeathloveoranges]

Super specific senario but i thought of something funny (inspired by a fic i read once, I'll link it if i find it)

(Mello and Matt are still alive in this, faked their death, post-defeat of Kira)

So Mello visited Near one night before his "death", and the two had a mini-confrontation that lead to one thing, then another, and- well. They spent "a night" together, let's say- a beautiful night that neither of them wanted to end... but, sadly, did, with Mello slipping out of the window as the sun rose, shooting one tender glance back at Near, before he was gone, and Near was waking up to an empty space beside him.

Flash forward about 2 months or so, and Near's successfully located the dingy little apartment Matt and Mello are hiding in until the heat dies down (Mello especially is still technically wanted by the American and Japanese police). Cue three little knocks on the door, door opening to a gun in Near's face, that lowers, slightly in shock, as Mello begrudgingly steps back to let Near into the apartment, crossing his arms.

Matt comes into the room, fiddling with his gameboy, shooting Near a grin and a wave, "S'up Near?"

Mello rolls his eyes.

"Don't say hello to him!'

Matt sticks out his tongue.

"M'just being friendly Mels, don't be so rude."

Mello decides to ignore him, looking back to Near. He finds it difficult to keep eye contact, face growing warm as he remembers what the two did the last time they were in a room together.

"Whatever. Just- spit it out already. Why'd you come?" His eyes take on a slightly concerned gleam. "It's not Kira, is it?"

"No," Near softly shakes his head.

"Okay, then what?" Mello unwraps a bar of chocolate, bringing it to his lips. In the background, he can hear the upbeat music coming from Matt's game, recognises it as one of his favourite levels.

Neae fiddles with a lock of hair, tugs on it lightly, before sighing, reaching into his pocket and drawing out a-

Is that a-

Near looks him dead in the eye.

"I'm pregnant."

The square of chocolate falls out of his mouth and onto the carpet.

He stares.

He's aware of the sound of music coming from Matt's gameboy, signifying a game over. If he had it in him, he would be shocked. Matt never loses this level. He-

He hears a thud behind him.

Matt's fainted.

A few moments pass, before he loudly snacks his forehead with his palm.

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Matt slowly comes to.

He's lying on the couch, the concerned faces (at least- he thinks the concerned faces, Mello looks more exasperated than anything, and it's always difficult to tell with Near) of his two friends floating above in his vision.

He groans, rubbing at his eyes.

"Ugh- did I just-"

"Yeah." Mello doesn't sound impressed. "You fucking fainted."

"Aw man," Matt sniffs. "Why did I even-"

His eyes snap open.

"Oh! That's right!"

He lurches up, clasping Near's hands in his, the latter looking thrown off balance, blinking wide-eyed at him from under his shaggy hair, but letting him do so anyway.

He squeezes Near's hands, eyes sparkling.

"Near, this is wonderful! I can't believe it, I- I'm gonna be an Uncle!"

The words hang in the air, before he flushes. He and Mello have a close relationship, and the two may not share blood, but he's always considered him as something like a brother, and Near too, by extension, he's a lot like the little brother Matt always wanted to have, but he never said as much to him, and-

"Sorry," he stammers sheepishly, "I mean- I know I'm not, we don't have that kind of relationship, but-"

"No," Near cuts him off softly. He gives Matt a rare, warm smile. "You're right. You're going to be an- Uncle."

Matt thinks he just might cry.

He wants to hug Near, but... that would probably be too much. He settles for smiling at him instead.

"So, tell me! Whose the father?"

He feels the atmosphere shift. Mello suddenly looks to the side, avoiding his gaze, snapping off a piece of his chocolate.

Near blinks at him slowly, and Matt almost thinks he can see a hint of nervousness in those eyes.

"... That would be Mello."

Matt's hands slowly slip off Near's in shock, landing in his lap. He looks from him, to Mello, to Near, back to Mello again.

"..."

Matt slowly nods.

"I see."

And then promptly faints again.

[obitoslover]

Tl;dr

I don't trust Ohba, keep him away from these characters as much as possible

🌈🐬🐠🌊🥰

[kiyomitakada]

near for the character ask!

oh god. i'm going to be so real i do not understand near at all (or any of the wammy kids honestly) (the serial killers are much more intuitive). this is a fun challenge and i will Try

favorite thing about them: i love when near is a smug little shit. especially the grin on "you let the kidnappers steal the notebook right under your nose" and also calling light just to say "wrong number" and hang up again.

least favorite thing about them:

can you tell ive been having way too much fun with the manga font

favorite line: i love the entire warehouse monologue so much but if i had to pick a part: "even if there is a god… …and i had his teachings before me, i would think it through… …and decide if that was right or wrong myself."

brOTP: hmmmm. i think near and rester are fun. i like when near says shit like "light yagami is a ladykiller" and rester is like "near please take this seriously." i also like that rester is constantly on the verge of a heart attack because of this eighteen year old who needs him to order flight tickets.

OTP: i never talk about meronia because i feel like the manga has said all it needs to say. what if we were child soldiers raised for a single purpose and what if that purpose abandoned us and what if you left me in the pouring rain and i looked down at my puzzle and told myself if you can't win the game you're nothing but a loser and i wasn't sad and i wasn't sad and i wasn't sad and i snuck into your room afterwards just to say some kind of goodbye and found your photograph there and kept it on me for the next five years like some war widow, which i suppose i am, mello, how funny. i fell in love with a war. no one told me it ended. the next time i could find enough reason to talk to you was when you were negotiating a hostage exchange and you cracked a bar of chocolate in half and you must have known i would have recognized you from that, you must have done it on purpose. you killed almost my entire army and pointed a gun at my head. dear mello. i lived five years without you and saw you once and then you left me without saying goodbye. again. what were you thinking? was it for L? was it for me?

it doesn't matter.

nOTP: none i think! i can't really see near with anyone in the spk but i could be convinced

random headcanon: diagnosed with an incredibly poor prognosis very young (chronic illness etc.) and pieced together the kira case with a deep sense of impending doom the entire time. you see this is funny because near outlived everyone else

unpopular opinion: i don't look at successor tags enough to know if this is an unpopular opinion but it's An Opinion: near can do both snarky piece of shit who is remarkably blase about death AND tragic & pining heir to a legacy that never should have been handled alone. near! is! multitalented!!!!

song i associate with them: teen idle, for obvious reasons, but if i had to pick something else… uhhh. oh god i don't listen to enough music for this.

okay i've spent 15 minutes on this question now so im going to say fuck it and assign near a light song. the killing kind

favorite picture of them: it's a tossup between these two i think

cute <3

[nearlymello]

Mello and Nears relationship

Keep in mind that I am a Meronia and Mellodramatic shipper, nothing said is meant to insult and or start a ship war this is merely an analysis on Mello and Near with a splash of Matt.

Whenever we look for people’s description on Mello and Nears relationship you’ll hear “sibling rivalry” or “close sibling rivalry” but I firmly believe against this. I believe that they just have a rivalry more so than any type of sibling relationship, I have multiple reasons for this but I’ll start off on the differences between a rivalry and a sibling rivalry.

There’s no doubt in my mind that a ton of people don’t know these terms in its full scope. “Rivalry is the act of competing for the same thing against another person.” it’s essentially two people with a common goal going against each other to be able to win in a sense. If you want to compare the definition of an actual non-sibling rivalry you can use pop culture references easily like Beatles vs. Rolling Stones, or Taylor Swift and Kanye West but for anime/manga you can use a ton Bakugou Katsuki and Izuku Midoryia, Reiner Braun and Eren Yeager these are four examples of a rivalry.

They don’t hold a key thing that changes this dynamic drastically, they don’t perceive themselves or are related in any way. Bakugou and Deku were childhood friends who grew up with their mothers being friends, with the same goal, and being two sides of the same coin. They are very intertwined characters who aren’t siblings but their rivalry holds a ton of power and history. Their rivalry is very relevant to the plot of My Hero Academia.

But sibling rivalries add a different type of complexity to a typical rivalry, one that you can’t ignore and is crucial to the plot of their entire relationship. You can’t understand a sibling rivalry without analyzing the sibling part of the rivalry as it changes things especially on multiple levels. Near and Mello if they were siblings it would change their entire characters and these changes aren’t within the story at the moment.

Popular sibling rivalries include Shoto Todoroki, Toya (Dabi) Todoroki, All For One And Yoichi Shigaraki are both My Hero Academia sibling rivalries. With the comprehension we have between these different duos we can see that Mello and Near do NOT share the same key traits as a sibling rivalry.

AFO and Yoichi have multiple monologues, a past, a mother, and history that's sibling aligned. They literally have an entire arc about their childhood and how AFO being who he was affected their blood relationship and how dysfunctional they were despite being brothers due to set morals, physical strength, a society with quirks and more while Mello and Near do not share this. It’s the same with Toya and Shoto, their arcs together surround how their upbringing as siblings affected each other and their bonds.

Mello and Near fit nicely into the rivalry portion but not within the sibling portion of it which makes it hard to actually see them as siblings when you read into the characters.

Wammys did NOT raise siblings, they raised L’s. They raised detectives, geniuses who are so numb that from young ages they can deal with literal extreme crimes. Mello and Near were raised not to bond, but to be rivals competing with the title of L. They were not raised to “bond” or become “L together” they were raised to become L, nothing more or less. They’re time at Wammys isn’t really told but we know that this is the entire ass point of the orphanage. In Wateris character description it’s said that he likes to produce detectives. 

There’s nothing within the entire manga that shows Mello and Nears “sibling” aspects that I could find other than a care for Mello by Near that’s rarely reciprocated by Mello. Mello and Near did get raised within the same orphanage, same idol, and same goal but so did Matt, Linda, the multiple other unnamed kids, Beyond Birthday, and A that’s not the most important part of Mello and Near being raised together at Wammys, the goal of Wammys is what’s important. 

Near was a very closed off child, he was isolated by choice even if he did enjoy other peoples company and needed support. Do you think that he truly would’ve reached out and tried to make friends? No, he didn’t. Linda tries multiple times to invite Near to play with her only to receive a no in a panel, and others around her already know his answer to this question as he never says yes. He’s isolated from anybody else and so from understanding you can understand that Near was isolated at Wammys and never bonded with Mello in any sibling form, most likely their only interactions were them studying, looking at scores and Mello possibly being aggressive. That’s it. 

Near did know Mello well though, he understood Mello and I think that’s because they’re so intertwined due to trying to be L, they’re intertwined characters but not in a sibling sense. Near understood and enjoyed Mellos presence, he didn’t care about the competition of L, he was happy to work with Mello but Mello wasn’t.

Mello in Wammys was clearly aggressive and also isolated. I doubt that it’s the same isolation as Near, as he had Matt. We love Matt here, we support him. But Mello dedicated almost all his time studying, he dedicated himself to the grind of becoming L from a young age and when he was out-shined by Near he put even more time into his study so it’s easy to see that Mello possibly just wanted to study and become L so that was a part of why he was isolated. 

I fear that this is getting too long but all in all everything about Near and Mellos relationship doesn’t signify “siblings” but a typical rivalry. And that’s fine, they don’t need to be romantic partners, nor siblings they can be but they don’t have to but Near and Mello were not written to be brothers and I will die on this hill. The creators are homophobic so obviously not romantically written. 

In my eyes Mello and Matt show much more sibling-esque relationship than Mello and Near but that’s possibly as Mello and Matt have a much more on those sibling relationship that I can perceive from short screen time from Matt. I wish we saw more of Matt though.

[blondiest]

HELLO! this is the first supposedly-annual nealloblondiest "mello isn't dead" bonanza, and this rec list is my main contribution. i have not made a rec list before, and i'm sure this isn't anywhere near comprehensive, but while compiling this, i found several new-to-me fics that i loved and am excited to include! the criteria for this list are mello/near fanfictions that are set after the end of the kira case in which mello survives or comes back from the dead. i'm not listing out the tags for these fics, since i trust everyone can check that for themselves and make judgments accordingly :-)

i will be including one (1) fic of my own here, but you can also find a list of all the fics i have which fall into this category over here <3

meronia authors: if you have a fic that fits this criteria, please feel so incredibly free to reblog and add a link to it [and i will in turn reblog your version so we can all see more fics!!] i am tagging the authors whose tumblr URLs i know, but i very well may miss someone; feel free to tag them in the replies if you think they would like to see it!

without further ado, the list is below the cut!! ^_^

heaven is a place on earth with you by @neallo

rating: E | category: M/M | chapters: 1/1 | words: 1.4k

There is no blood or body of Christ, no priest and no pews, but it’s here and now that Mello finally rediscovers a long-lost sliver of faith. Hands on Near’s hips, Mello lowers his face and presses his mouth to Near’s soft abdomen. “I love you,” he murmurs, head bowed and eyes shut as if in prayer.

getting mine out of the way at the start here :-) this is a sequel to my only one, my smoking gun but can very easily be read as a standalone.

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Impulse by @empressofthewind

rating: M | category: M/M | chapters: 1/1 | words: 2.5k

In the span of a few weeks, Mello and Near’s rendezvous had quickly become a regular part of Near’s work day; Mello would suggest a time and place, and Near would always agree. Near was perfectly content with the arrangement, as long as his employees didn’t find out.

a sexy little post-kira workplace-romance oneshot in which mello helps near out with a case. and also gives him many hickeys ^_^ <3 the kissing scene in this makes me chewing-off-my-hands insane (highly positive)

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orchid by anonymous

rating: M | category: multi | chapters: 1/1 | words: 269

mello wonders about what he's gotten himself into, sometimes.

very sweet, very short smutty ot4 fic (mello x matt, mello x near, mello x linda, with an implication that all four are dating each other).

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reflection by @squidish

rating: E | category: M/M | chapters: 1/1 | words: 2.7k

Their bedroom door was open and the bed faced it. When Near closed the door, Mello raised an eyebrow. Just the one. There was a mirror on the back of the door that hadn’t been there yesterday. It was vertical, rectangular, with a simple black frame. Near looked at him with an expression so blank it could have meant literally anything.  “You don’t have to,” he said, beginning to twirl his long hair, “but I’d like it if you watched.”

very intimate & adoring, yet still filthy [<- very positive] smut <3 ray imo excels beautifully at established relationship fics & captures a delicate dynamic that i'm very fond of.

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Arsonist's Lullabye by TzviaAriella

rating: T | category: M/M | chapters: 1/1 | words: 3.3k

Two years after the end of the Kira case, Near and Mello pay a visit to L's grave.

i love the dynamic in this one very much; it's very contentious / antagonistic (esp at the start) but not without tenderness underneath :')

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ringing... by @madmeridian

rating: T | category: M/M | chapters: 1/1 | words: 1.8k

Near receives a phone call and reflects a bit on his past.

mello and near get in touch over the phone after the end of the kira case; great dynamic here. it's a cute and charming story but without feeling de-fanged; their dialogue still has teeth to it :D

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august underground by @brothercrush and @firebuggg

rating: E | category: M/M | chapters: 2/15 | words: 10.5k

Hell spits them out on a little Greek island.

was not going to include in-progress fics on this list, but had to make an exception. slowburn alternating POV story in which near drags mello out of hell. beautiful prose & a complex, compelling dynamic <3

[queer-omens-in-the-archives]

D.Nd: Poisoned text walkthroughs

hello meronia community. if any of you would like text walkthroughs for all endings in D.Nd: Poisoned (the MelloNear visual novel by Akane), you can find them here :3 (with tickable checkboxes for each step! and an ugly but serviceable PDF you can easily print if so inclined)

[aaxzlyte]

2024 Fic Masterpost

A list of every one of my Death Note fanfiction works on AO3 in the year 2024.

【General warning going in to read the tags on ao3 and be mindful. Triggers and sensitive content is included in some of the below works.】

2024 events collections:

Death Note Kinktober Collection on ao3

Remisa {Misa/Rem}

satisfying pleasure

1.1k | F/F | E

Rem finds another reason to hate Light Yagami. And another way she is better than him, as well.

watch

1.6k | F/F | E

"Please," she whines. Her wrists twist away from each other, but remain flush due to the rope connecting them. Misa groans in frustration and partial embarrassment. She glances back up to the mirror in front of her and bites her lip. She really does look pretty, though.

break all the rules

<1k | F/F | M

Rem indulges in Misa's public exhibitionism.

my heart is rose-tinted (a dream world)

2.3k | F/F | E | ongoing

Rem visits her nearly every week. Since she turned eighteen, the succubus (that is what she claims to be —Misa sees her more as a Goddess) has been draining her for all she is worth. It is perhaps due to the manipulations of her mind and body —the way Rem always knows the right place to touch, how hard to press, how much pain to inflict to balance out the pleasure— that Misa has found herself unable to be truly upset about it all. Rem is perfect, really. It’s to be expected, considering her role. But Misa cannot help but feel attached to her, foolish as it is. Love makes you foolish; Rem says it all the time.

baby blue

<1k | F/F | G

Misa paints Rem's nails.

good boyfriend

<1k | F/F | M

Rem doesn’t technically have a gender, so does it matter if she lets Misa refer to her as a man for Misa’s own comfort?

Meronia {Mello/Near}

bloody mess

2.9k | F/F | E

Near is unfortunate enough to have a menstrual cycle, but Mello is there to take care of her.

only you and i

3.1k | M/M | E

It's, honestly, exactly what he'd wanted upon initiating this. Mello would take Near's virginity and no one else would get the chance to even look at him. Near wouldn't want anyone else to look at him, because Mello would finally be enough, in some aspect.

Abuse of Power

1.5k | F/M

Mello’s head is fucking killing him and it makes his mood worse. Not that it could actually get much worse than it is now. Being tied up in the brightest room known to man is pretty fucking annoying. “This isn’t legal,” he speaks up. His voice is hoarse and he has to swallow down the scratchiness in his throat before he can speak again. “It fucking can’t be.” The voice that answers is far smoother. And quieter, calmer. It makes a small little part of Mello feel more at ease to hear it (he snuffs out that part quickly). “You’ve never been one for following the rules. You are also a criminal, after all.”

F sharp

3.7k | F/M | T

[for femininity] Near keeps having weird, totally out-of-the-blue thoughts. Near has a hard time accepting that these thoughts may not be so weird or out-of-the-blue, but mostly can’t get comfortable with what they imply. or 4 times Near should’ve known she was trans, plus 1 time she finally figures it out.

close my eyes, you're here

<1k | M/M | M

This is the only time Near ever allows himself to cry, to mourn for Mello. The only time his thoughts fill with what could have been, what he really wanted.

Stuck in the Dryer...

1.6k | M/M | M

Mello deserves a trophy for dealing with this shit. Firstly for putting up with Near at all, let alone being charitable enough to allow Near to live with him (as if Near couldn't afford his own, nicer apartment on top of a caretaker). Secondly because Near trying to be seductive is like watching a teenager fumble with shitty pick up lines on their first date. And thirdly for not giving into Near's admittedly shitty, yet somehow alluring attempts at getting into Mello's pants. or Mello might be slightly delusional and too horny for his own good. Near gets stuck in a dryer.

Lawlight {Light/L}

tie the knot

3.4k | M/M | E

This isn't really what Light had in mind when L decided to chain them up together. Sure, it might have felt like some sort of fucked up marriage certificate that Light had no choice but to sign. A sort-of ‘death do we part’ kind of agreement. But Light was also well-aware (too fucking aware) of how ridiculous he sounded when he told himself that. ‘The old ball and chain’ was a stupid saying anyway. Light is kidding himself.

Focus

<1k | M/M | M

Light and L are watching porn and yet Light can’t seem to keep his eyes on the screen.

Bathroom Break

<1k | M/M

L uses Light's mouth.

monsters who suck blood (and monsters who always tell lies)

3.5k | 2/2 | M/M | E

Seeing Light bent over a body, scooping ludicrous amounts of blood into his mouth and missing almost entirely sent L reeling. His first thought was that he was right; Light Yagami was clearly a vampire.

Other {Misc. Ships & Gen}

Forgive Him Before He's Dead

<1k | Gen | T

Light bites back a frustrated huff. Of course, he's still just as predictable to L. The man even saw his own death coming. Although... he seemed genuine. Even in the face of saying words that should mock Light's need for a mask, L looks like he means it. And he seems disappointed that Light took the path he's supposed to in order to uphold his facade. Light wants to surprise L, for once. He wants to give him what he wants, what he thinks he can't get. or The rain scene goes slightly differently, yet it changes nothing.

Misa-Misa

<1k | Gen | M

Misa-Misa bleeds out next to her stalker and perpetrator in the alley of her porn industry building on the 12th of March at 21:13 in Tokyo, Japan.

can you stomach it

<1k | Gen / M/M | Implied Bloodmoon

Light’s lips part obediently to take B’s fingers into his mouth. He sucks and gags slightly at the taste. B knows, in time, he will no longer shiver as the blood runs down his esophagus.

MY HUSBAND IS A BOTTOM!

2.7k | F/M | E | Yagamane

Misa is not above breaking out of her ‘perfect, obedient wife’ shell if it means Light will finally pay attention to her.

Closed Game

1.7k | F/F | M | Kiyomisa

Kira is dead. The world doesn’t know that, of course. Not even the current owner of the notebook understands that the original Kira is long gone. Light was a stand-in. A temporary substitute until Misa finally assumed her role. That is what Kiyomi will tell Mikami —and Mikami will believe her. Light may have paved the way, experienced the original vision of a New World, but Misa will be the one to experience the fulfillment of that vision.

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[magicaii]

Ooh...I think you're the first person (that I know amd follow) that love Near/Mello ship. See, most of my Death Note moots love L/Light and a few love Matt/Mello. But none love Near/Mello....(I was the only one).

What do you think are Mello and Near's greatest personality strengths and weaknesses? Why? What do you love about their dynamic? In which moment that you start shipping them?Also, I know you are meronia shipper, but can I ask your opinion on these ships : L/Light and Matt/Mellow? Thanks...

yeah, unless you really go looking for them, its hard to find meronia circles. a lot of death note fans are averse to them/deem it too problematic (which... i wont even touch upon the irony of that).

mello:

i think mello’s greatest strength is how well rounded he is. he’s obviously very intelligent, but on top of that, he was ambitious enough to be in the running of L’s successor as well as make his way up in the rank of the literal mafia. as a TEENAGER. you don’t pull that off with smarts alone. we can infer from this and his actions throughout the story that he’s a very adaptive, crafty, and sociable individual. he handles all situations related to kira gracefully yet unpredictably, bargaining with the enemy in a way that backs them into a corner and gets him closer to his goal. and when things don’t go his way, he improvises (save for takada. lmao).

as for his weaknesses, it was definitely his ego. my mans had every right to be confident, but would it have killed him to play it safe? the prime example of this is obviously refusing to outright team up with near. it’s pretty much a fandom wide headcanon at this point that he would’ve survived had he and near worked together officially, but he was determined to prove himself and do things on his own. achieving a victory with near’s help would’ve hurt his ego. furthermore, if he had taken more precautions in his last encounter with takada rather than assuming everything would go according to his plan... well, i’d like to think he would’ve lived too. unfortunately, he made a slight oversight due to his confidence.

near:

near is interesting because i truly believe that the point of his character is having only 1 strength and lacking in mostly everything else. like with mello, it doesn’t need to be pointed out that he’s exceedingly intelligent. and yet, he has little else going for him. he gains his allies through the government, gets to stay in their cushy funded tower, once used a literal flood of cash to get out of a tough situation, and relied a lot on mello’s schemes and out-of-the-box plans to solve the kira case. 

i think if i could sum up his weaknesses, it would be that he’s too comfortable. he lacks direction. he’s rarely ever motivated to do things. he’s doesn’t have true relationships in his life, and he doesn’t go out of his way to make them. he has sensitive feelings, yet never expresses them. he admires mello, but avoids being upfront about this and leaves mello in the dark. he could go after the new kira that arises, but there’s no point. he only took the first kira case, took up the mantle of L, because he was appointed as the successor by wammy’s. at some point you start wondering if the guy truly wants or cares about anything in his life. some of us near fans think that he has some form of depression after mello’s death/the kira case and that’s why he is so demotivated. or maybe he has never had a true sense of identity/purpose in the first place. but when it comes to mello’s death, i often see it as near losing his ability to reach his ‘full potential’ with mello making up the other half of L. now he’s just complacent.

meronia:

what i love about their dynamic is of course the matching wits. i think that in many avenues, they are drawn to each other in ways unmatched by other people, because there’s just something that fundamentally clicks between them. mello thinking of near as a pompous brat yet being unable to deny the syngery between their minds, and knowing that he’s ultimately mello’s most reliable ally. i like the idea of mello and near arguing about the best course of action to take and both disapproving of each other’s worst vices (mello’s overambition, near’s lack of it). them being able to read each other and predict each other’s movements better than anyone else (i have to go save near’s ass because i know what he’s thinking already. that idiot). all their allies in the room being stunned into silence as they take jabs at each other with snide remarks. the way they would both look out for each other and yell at each other over safety precautions if they worked together. there’s something so interesting about how evenly matched they are in terms of intelligence, yet can be so utterly opposed in terms of planning and strategizing. i think working together would eventually result in a lot of care between them, and considering how they can both be so reckless, they would constantly be saving each other’s lives. and then they’d go straight back to bickering. 

i can’t pinpoint the moment i started shipping them tbh. i think it mustve been on my first death note rewatch when near finally started to pique my interest and i took note of mello’s strong reactions to near? and i was like ooh, there’s something deeper here. 

lawlight:

this was my first death note ship, and i REALLY got into them back in the day. it’s pretty obvious why, enemies to lovers, the way they never could’ve been something because they were obsessed with their game, the fact that no feelings could come to fruition lest they get in the way of what both of them lived for. however, while i still largely see what people like about it, i slowly fell out of love with them. the main reason is because the way i saw them changed a lot. because to me, while they are clearly obsessed with each other, i do think they are not so much obsessed with each other as people, but instead what they both represent. in fact, they seem to heavily dislike each other as people. light mostly thinks L is a genuine weirdo and L thinks light is a pretentious, haughty kid who doesn’t know his place. i don’t think they find each other very interesting beyond that. L cares only about light’s intelligence and his evil deeds, but sees him almost like a challenging video game boss that he’s having a lot of fun trying to take down. and light has a massive ego so he enjoys being challenged, and sees L as a worthy opponent who is unrelenting in pursuit. but that’s it. and that’s why the anime only scenes between them feel so weird, because they kind of come out of nowhere and make them seem a lot more invested in each other on a personal level, which they were never supposed to be in the death note manga. anyway, i just don’t see any romantic chemistry between them, is what i’m trying to say. i will still like and reblog funny lawlight memes. 

mellodramattic:

i really don’t mean any hate, but i’ve never particularly liked this pairing? i don’t dislike it, either. i can see the appeal. they’re a ride or die type of pair who tragically lost their lives one after the other. matt was among mello’s last thoughts too. but i think i see matt as a very straight person (he’s made multiple comments about women!) and while i guess it’s sweet that mello relied on matt and stuff, i don’t think they have a particularly deep relationship. matt is a smart, tech savvy dude that mello knows, so like with the mafia, he’s pulling out his best connections. however, matt seems even less driven of a person than near, and unlike near, does not even care a little bit about solving cases. i can’t really see them coming together in any meaningful way for the long term, and they both don’t really seem interested in each other beyond a surface friendship level. i feel like life would take them in different directions.

thank you for the ask!! sorry it ended up being so long D:

[alarici]

For Meronia ballet AU, maybe a back stage moment or something? As a prompt I mean (: Love Reading your stuff!!

content: injury, word count: approx 500

It's the middle of dress rehearsal. Near's demi-solo is almost finished. She's collapsed in some soloist man's arms, not a finger out of place, languishing in the scattered applause. Catching her breath for the coda. Mello watchers her from the wings, as she has for seven years and counting. She's still captivated, as is everyone else.

The final chord drifts out of the orchestra pit, and then the string section begins again--and Near is alive, again. Most of the coda is a petite allegro. Small jumps, precise, exhausting. Even if Near's perfect, this is one thing that has never been her specialty. Where Mello's athleticism lends to her explosive jumps, her dynamism; Near's technique is impeccable, but Mello can pick out every moment here Near could jump higher, could move faster, could do more, more, more. Yet it's undeniably good. And Mello is lost in the sight. Near's eternal gentle smile--a delicate interpretation of the role. It fits.

Still riding off of the high of them both being promoted to the corps de ballet--no longer under threat of being a probationary apprentice (dancing every night, dead on their feet, the treat of 'there's only room for one of you here' looming in the spring, than then a revelation: we want you both, don't ruin it), Mello isn't fixated in her anger. They're playing the same part--corps in one cast, soloist in the other. Maybe, for this ballet at least, their opposite interpretations can coexist, and Mello will practice her breathing exercises, and they will keep a tally of who prefers whose version of the part. The ballet mistress likes you. The critic liked me.

The worst is yet to come, someone pulls at her, a prickle in her spine.

Mello bites her lip as the end of the coda draws near. It's a nerve-wracking sequence to perform. Mello's dress rehearsal was earlier that day, and she'd scrapped by with a few, small, inexcusable errors in the exact same routine.

The fantasy of a moment of peace, a truce, an intermission of repose rips ugly four counts before the end of the sequence. Mello hears it and can't look away as Near crumples to the stage, barely catching herself with her arms out in front of her.

Mello's seen multiple bad landings. Jumping is always a gamble with god. A gamble they make hundreds of times every day. Near's misfortune finds her limping, instead of running of the stage, one more act, forty minutes, in the dress rehearsal left to go. In the opposite wing, she looks ready to run back for the mid-show bow.

Mello doesn't think. She runs. The vast area behind the stage narrows to the opposite stage door. Mello sees her, sitting standing on one leg in the corner. It looks bad.

She takes the razor out of its place in her character shoes, wrapped in cardboard and thin cloth, sitting against the knuckle of her big toe--a trinket for luck--and feels Near's ribbons tearing under the blade, Near panting, weak arms protesting at Mello's elbow. It's the only way Mello will know Near won't go and try to dance on a broken foot--you can't dance without your ribbons. It's over.

"You cut me," Near says. A grimace of pain, well hidden. A small prick of blood expands on her white tights from where the ribbons gave.

"You're not going back out there." Mello can't look at her, can only stare at her swollen foot, limp on the ground.

"Now, I'm not." Mello would appreciate some anger. Instead, all she sees is nothing. Grief? Leave it to Near to start caring now, of all times.

-

It'll take Near five year to thank her for it. When they learn that the artistic director would have been happy to see Near ruin herself, her shattered sesamoid, that very night.