Trope I Really Like Is Self-loathing Characters Desperate For The Catharsis Of Punishment For Frankly

Can I be a wild cowboy running free from daddy’s broken home and trying and failing to make anything significant of myself but goddamn it there’s something special in me I just know it and goddamn im just so tired of being beaten and worked like a bastard dog so can I just-

Can I Just Stay Under The Moonlight For A Few?

cuddled up next to

my extremely common but reliable brown mare and wrapped in my ma’s

worn down shawl that itches something fierce but warms up my legs from under my work jeans like you wouldn’t believe

Also

I have Penis.

And So Does My Lover

trip sitting

2000s ish narusaku

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feels like a good time to admit I was dumb as rocks when I first read the book n genuinely thought there was a beast

Idk what tf I was thinking reading the Simon sees parachute guy but it’s a very possible reality that I wasn’t thinking at all

I also didn’t even ship anyone I just thought it was peak bc of the symbolism, it was of the first classic books I read n I felt sooooooo smart n soooooooo smug abt it. Gtfo. Sigh. Can’t fight the Peter kinnie allegations

canon light yagami needs no fixing— him being an unrepentant, unsympathetic serial killer deluding himself into believing that he is righteous and just no matter what he does works fantastically for the kind of story death note is. death note is a story about how those with power will use it to hurt others (even if they were brought up having everything they wanted already), will abuse the justice system, and will never, ever take responsibility. light is the perfect protagonist for that.

hooooowever. the 2015 live action jdrama death note light yagami is so, so different. he's...pitiful. he's soft. he's wracked with guilt and emotional and a shaking, whimpering thing pleading for validation. and normally i would hate such a drastic change and hate "declawing" an evil character, but weirdly, i adore jdrama light, because he's perfect for the story he's in.

the jdrama is very different from canon in many ways, and one of the biggest ones is that the focus of it seems to be more "what if a regular person got the death note? how would that affect them?". canon light, from the very first time we see him, is VERY abnormal: he's an untouchable, perfect genius, japan's beautiful #1 student, and while it makes him an interesting character for the events that follow, he's never truly relatable to the audience. but jdrama light is. he's not some highly-lauded ultra mega genius, he's a quiet college student with a job as a food server just trying to get by. there's no fanfare for who jdrama light is as a person, and he cares deeply and desperately about others. and that's the thesis of the 2015 version: what if someone like that suddenly got a weapon of mass destruction? what would happen to them?

canon light does get worse, yes, but on the other hand, he's literally already killed hundreds of people 10 minutes into the first episode and feels zero guilt about any of it. the first episode ends with ryuk saying that his death note usage is already unprecedented and light declares himself god of the new world, and we still have 36 more episodes to go after this. but jdrama light has a true corruption arc, because he was never like this to start. his story is one of an average, kind person who is honestly trying to use the death note for good and feels sick with the guilt of it, slowly succumbing to the temptation of power and going mad with it. he falls apart with the death note in the way any of us would; screaming, howling, and settling into a grim acceptance. i think his characterization is a very worthy addition to the death note universe, and i hope that as long as people go in ready to accept the jdrama for what it is, they can enjoy what it has to say, too.

peak

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Kids interact with other shinobi go!!

And а little bonus:

for a long time i really had a semblance of genuine hate against light because i dont like sharing L and i have infact blocked the lawlight tag because i decided that i will only consume lawlight content when i so choose to and not when it jumpscaares me on my feed and ruins my day. but like. man. light is just like me and its so sad and maybe thats really terrible but i feel really soft and gushy about it

i NEVER got over this guy. btw