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[pennyblossom-meta]

Analysis of the romance in Death Note's Spiraling Trap game.

EDIT 02/03/2024: minor edits and fixes, added a few imgs and extra content.

A huge thank you to the folks over at agtteam who translated L - the ProLogue to Death Note: Spiraling Trap into English! Now we can all date L become FBI agents after hours.

I've been playing the game recently and one of the features I love the most is the L Communicator, which allows the main character (referred to as MC henceforth) to take a break from adventuring and listen to L talk about whatever is on his mind.

There's around one hundred different lines available as the MC develops a relationship with L and they paint him as such a sweet, attentive and thoroughly unique individual that I was surprised by how detailed it was. If you're thinking about playing, then this part is definitely worth putting effort into.

The mechanics of the dating sim are relatively simple: during the adventure, you'll pick up a number of recipes hidden among traps and tools. Then, Watari will provide the ingredients and you can give L whatever sweets he specifically craves. These recipes and cravings depend on the time of day and can be season specific.

Character analysis

As stated in-game, giving L sweets causes his appreciation for the MC to grow. However, L being L, means that he craves different sweets throughout the day. He's definitely very specific about what he likes and what he wants for his sugar fix.

However, if you give L something he isn't craving at that specific moment, he will sulk. The way he expresses his displeasure varies according to the depth of the budding relationship he has with the MC.

L: To tell you the truth, there are many other things I would have preferred. L: [F/N], I hate to say this, but I really would have preferred something else. L: F/N], you must know that I was hoping for something else, right? L: [F/N]… It’s not my favorite but, it made me really happy.

Note: Given that the books in the expanded universe (Another Note and L: Change the WorLd) came out before this game, I think some of the quotes further ahead might be a subtle nod to how L is perceived by the police forces as the "creepy murder detective". However, references about his piece of mind lead me to believe that L craves some respite from the burdens he carries on his shoulders — burdens so strong that they managed to curve his spine.

Note: I'm unsure how the system here works, as the MC also gets points for gaining L's trust in the actual adventure when they a) agree with his observations and b) find key objects hidden in unsuspecting places. It might affect the available lines through the L Communicator.

L: Today is going to be a better day… Let’s think positive. L: I wonder what kind of morning this will be. L: It seems the air outside is crisp this morning.

L: I want to finish what I need to get done before night falls. L: It’s nearly sunset. Time for children to go back home. L: If you just stare into space, night will be here before you know it.

L: It’s already evening… Time keeps passing me by. L: There’s something different about the air at night. L: Night-time, dusk… It’s the witching hour.

As a naturally introspective individual, L observes the world around him and draws conclusions. To my surprise, the game actually managed to capture how observant L is about small, unsuspecting details of daily life and give him a slightly poetic side laced with a hint of wistfulness that suits his character well.

This is a side of L in his private life that I personally wish we had been able to glimpse during the Kira investigation. Though, at the time, L was busy trying to prove that Light was, indeed, Kira. It left him little to no time to enjoy the world around him. During the brief time that L could have had a semblance of rest right before the Yotsuba arc, he was depressed that his deductions were "wrong" — though I could see him musing about some of the above, equal parts whimsy and sulking.

L: If I start to lose my touch… I guess I’ll retire. L: Another day, another mystery… L: I have a lot of thinking to do. L: I feel like doing some capoeira… L: I haven't played tennis for a while. L: The weather today is… Well, it matters not. L: I, um… No, ignore me. L: Am I reading too much into it…?

As a thinker, L has a lot of unfinished thoughts he says out loud. Some border on cliché, others are musings about things he'd like to do or that he's missing.

I wonder if some of his thoughts end up trailing off because, suddenly, he catches himself and believes they're not important? Or that he doesn't think the MC would be interested in what he has to say beyond work matters?

L: “In spring one sleeps a sleep that knows no dawn.” Though, too much sleep isn’t good for anyone. L: If you think about things persistently, noticing all the sides to them will come naturally. L: Strawberries… Despite the name, they aren’t actually berries. How berry disappointing. L: The one who has thought it through wins. It’s true for chess, and for deduction. But in the case of love… I don't know.

He's also a philosopher at heart, always thinking about the human condition. In these we can also witness his dry humour, silly puns along with a subtle desire to share his thoughts on the world and give helpful advice.

As for love, L is cautious but willing to learn. It's a topic where he's out of his depth.

L: Um, Watari is… L: I wonder if Watari’s asleep? L: What could Watari be up to? L: Today is Thanksgiving Day. I am truly grateful to Watari for his diligence.

I found it interesting how L's thoughts eventually go back to Watari and what he's doing. He's the one person that L relies on and whom he interacts with the most. Other people are passing acquaintances at best, who show little interest in L beyond work.

Notice how he mentions diligence? Although it is a utilitarian consideration, it also reveals a thankfulness for the comforts of familiarity and the peace of mind that trusting someone close brings. This is a topic we'll explore better at a later stage, i.e., how trust and acts of service work as a relationship builder.

Romance

Neutral stage

One of the first things I've noticed is that, during the early stages of the relationship, L is still very formal and quite a bit dismissive — even borderline rude. As his sugar fix gets sated by the MC's keen suggestions (Watari provides the ingredients, of course), L grows gradually more fond of them and wants to include the MC in his life with an enthusiasm I can only define as endearing.

L: Aren’t you bored? You don’t have to check in on me. L: Don’t you have stuff to do?

At the beginning, L is still wary of the MC on a personal level as they have absolutely no rapport beyond a partnership of circumstance and usefulness in the name of justice. He's quick to get bored and doesn't take it very well when he's given sweets he isn't craving. A bit childish, one could say, the way he sulks when the MC errs by not reading his mind.

L: Did I enjoy it? Let me just say “no comment”. (about sweets that weren't quite to his taste)

It's also very in-character for L to feel both annoyed at someone who is randomly calling him and be suspicious of their motives.

Growing interest

L: Spending the afternoon with you isn’t so bad. L: Even though it’s late, you’re not going to bed, huh? L: You must be a night owl, [F/N]. L: I’m a little curious about you, [F/N]. L: Are you having a good time? I’m just curious. L: You’re kind of… Ah, no, forget I said anything.

He starts addressing the MC by their first name as he becomes more enamoured. It's very sweet. I was pleasantly surprised at how attentive L becomes as he gradually comes to the conclusion that this is a person who understands him.

Mind, due to game mechanics the MC gains approval by giving L sweets, but from a narrative perspective what's really happening is that L not only feels seen and understood, but also accepted. And when that happens, he starts lowering his walls and relaxing.

As a plot device, I would say these are defining moments within L's thought process here; he's curious about the MC, finds them interesting enough to want to know more them and pursues that curiosity to see what they might have in common. It seems he's both a little baffled and content about this development.

L: [F/N], what do you think of when you see a sunset? L: What are you doing this afternoon? Oh, should I not have asked? L: Are you a night owl? Oh, you don’t have to answer if you don’t want.

It should also be noted that L is very mindful of boundaries. There's a tentative, almost shy attempt to connect. He's determined to indulge in his curiosity since the MC's attentiveness towards him shows an opening for closeness he's unused to (but is happy about) and to tend to his more immediate needs (i.e., food cravings), which in turn shows a genuine concern for him. Aside from Watari, I doubt anyone ever extended L similar kindness.

And it is in this determination to get to know the MC that I also find Mello's words (AA: LABB Murder Cases) that L is actually a very active, aggressive individual with absolutely no interest in social conventions perfectly represent him this game, as he navigates a growing fondness with expectation, curiosity and caution — on his own terms, while minding that he doesn't overstep.

L: Staying up late talking to you… It makes me feel calm.

I find it particularly heartbreaking how this confession of L unknowingly makes it more transparent how burdened he is. The spine curved by burdens unseen, the addiction to mind games and sweets; all of these point to stress factors which isolate him further, increasing the loneliness and lack of affection in his life.

That L feels the need to mention the MC makes him feel calm seems telling.

L: We’re both late workers, huh? That makes me happy. L: [F/N]… You’re pretty formidable. L: It’s reassuring to have a partner like you. You’re someone I can trust. L: Your feelings have been received. (Valentine's Day) L: The fact we’ve become so close was an unexpected development on my part.

And here it is, the acknowledgement just as L enters the highest stages of approval, where he expresses admiration and happiness at the close bond he developed with the MC.

"An unexpected development on my part" is quite the turn of phrase. One can only wonder, but I'd make an educated guess that L didn't see this coming because:

a) no one showed feelings towards him before. In his line of work, hidden behind a screen there is no time to indulge or get attached to anyone (he would mistrust their intentions anyway) and so L keeps everyone at arms length, sharing little more than a professional side of himself and fostering utilitarian relationships that help him win "games". L ultimately carries various burdens the average civilian would never be able to understand, all due to the pressure of his job. When failing at the "game of cat and mouse" means being responsible for the likely deaths of dozens, perhaps even hundreds or thousands, the stakes are up in unimaginable ways. What started as a thrill chase can have catastrophic consequences should L fail. That in itself alienates him from society at large. It's a game that L plays well and absolutely profits from, but it is also an indicative of two major flaws: his addictive personality and how he suppresses his emotions to carry on. Coincidentally, it's the expanded universe, in particular Another Note: LA BB Murder Case and L: Change the WorLd, that give us the best insight into this. This isn't too dissimilar to the struggles policemen face in high risk jobs or technicians who have to flag and delete sensitive content from online platforms. These people end up changed from what they see — and some carry traumas for the rest of their lives. That's not to say that L doesn't feel for others. He respects people whom he considers good or morally upstanding (Soichiro Yagami), who are competent in their line of work (Naomi Misora, Mogi), worthy of a second chance (Aiber and Wedy), who speak their minds, unafraid (Aizawa) or who are reliable, loyal to him as a person and not just his cause, in whom he can place his trust and feel secure won't betray him (Watari). The MC seems to fall mostly in the last category, though the relationship is rather precocious — and there seems to be a fair amount of wishful thinking and even projecting on L's part, since communication happens over a device connecting two people remotely. He falls both for the idea of the individual and their attentiveness towards him. When L mentions that they make him feel calm, I'd argue it comes both as a surprise to him and a confession of a closeness and safety he intimately craved — though I personally view L as someone who feels lonely and wanting healthy human contact, even if his social skills might not be the best (worsened by his distrust of people as a whole). Someone who ultimately is willing to adapt to him but whom he can adapt to, as well. Someone who sees him as a person and not an unfeeling robot. It's a POV that certainly challenges certain aspects of DN: Vol 13. I would further argue that L's portrayal has evolved significantly beyond the manga, and that his subsequent humanising is partially a result of the creative liberties the English translations took, as well as a more empathetic view of the character and hidden struggles. Each medium displays a separate iteration of L, with common variables.

b) L fosters distant relationships with others as a safety measure. Aside from Watari, L's contact with other people had always been distant, work-focused, perhaps even tainted by notions of his supposed creepiness as a kinky detective "who relished bizarre murders" (L:CtW). He's useful to the police because he achieves favourable results, though L is still viewed as "a human computer, capable only of measuring mass murders in terms of cold numbers, a reclusive sociopath" (L:CtW). He isn't necessarily liked; in fact, I would argue he rubs people the wrong way most of the time — as we can see during his interactions with the Task Force, during the events of Death Note. L is tolerated, a useful asset who is both mysterious and a pain to deal with. However, he's also put on a pedestal due to his status (i.e., Relight, the children at Wammy's). For the latter, he purposely shatters their idea of L as this unbeatable, paragon of justice by defining himself as a monster (anime), a dishonest cheating human being who hates losing (manga). I do share in lux-mea-lex's perspective on L doubting his own humanity and how it fuels a certain self-hatred for distrusting everyone around him. As lux mentions, "love comes with trust" and L is an excellent detective precisely because he questions everything and everyone — but it comes at a cost: his own loneliness. To draw a parallel, L's ultimate flaw — and that which makes him great at his job — is not unlike what we see during the moments of extreme anguish that Veronica Mars goes through in her personal relationships and which draw people away from her when she oversteps boundaries to prove she's not being lied to. That mistrust comes from experience, for people burdened with having seen too much and it's not unlike a kind of paranoia acquired when one has to deal with the worst of humanity on a daily basis.

Full reciprocity

L: [F/N] you’re the light that illuminates the dark night. That’s an exaggeration of course, but… L: What I need to live is glucose… and to talk to you. Nourishment for my brain and heart. L: When we’re together, I feel like there’s no problem we can’t solve. L: The afternoons I get to spend with you are precious to me.

When the MC achieves the stage of full reciprocity with L, he's very open to showing vulnerability and lowering his emotional defenses. I found this to be particularly sweet, as L is such a secretive man with so many hidden layers that him being willing to show such honesty with that one person he holds dear is incredible character development.

Beyond the game, I would say that achieving this stage with L would be much more difficult and, naturally, would involve going beyond picking the best sweets for him.

Something important to keep in mind is that L seems to value acts of service, as the people who interact with him more closely have some utility value and aid his work. However, L's life revolves around his work; he lives and breathes his detective work, which is why having a partner who brings him peace would be so important.

L: The time I spend with you is as important to me as the sweets. L: Good morning. It makes me really happy to see you here. L: For your sake… I’d think of a way to get through anything. We share a bond. L: When you have time, I’d like to take you to a shop that makes the best sweets. L: When you’re free, how about we play tennis together? I will have Watari reserve a court. L: If something were to happen to me… I want you, as the person I hold dearest, to carry on the L moniker. L: When my thoughts hit a dead end late at night, I feel like I’m stuck in a maze. But, having you here makes me feel reassured.

I also found it very sweet how L takes the initiative to plan for activities to do together with the MC. And how their presence, their reassuring words make him feel at ease. It seems that a loving relationship would give L a goal in life beyond his work.

Carrying on the L moniker... this quote might be the result of L's trust in the MC growing during the events of the game, or a sentiment L nurtures due to the MC being attentive enough to understand his specific cravings. But being able to read L and having the mental dexterity to become him are different things, as the latter involves a lifestyle that few would want and a complete focus on work. Even FBI agents have lives beyond work.

L: I learned from you that sweets are the bond that brings people together. L: You give me true peace of mind. No one could ever replace you. L: The way I am now, I… I can’t think straight when you’re not around. L: Being able to share this sunset with you, I couldn’t ask for anything more. L: You understand, don’t you [F/N]? What my heart so strongly desires is something more… L: When I talk to you, I feel like my senses are sharpened. Thanks to that, my radar has become more sensitive.

What a sweet guy. I love how L focuses on the little things and just wants to spend time together with the person he holds dearest. It's almost as if he daydreams a close, loving relationship — a trait that clashes with L's logical side.

This game and the expanded universe of Death Note have convinced me that there are many more layers to L than what we can see in the main story.

As Fu Takahashi, who plays L in the 2020 Japanese version of the musical, said:

“(...) A common thing about L among these versions is that, despite his superficial image as a smart guy who hates losing, he actually feels lonely and needs affection, I imagine. Perhaps he is an orphan – his character suggests so. He tries to control his emotions, like the feelings towards his parents, or romantic feelings; that’s why he is sort of dependent on games or battles of the mind. So I want to play L while thinking about the foundations on which his personality has been formed.”

I think this quote and the game are actually very telling of L's core personality and how it moves beyond that cold, calculating persona that defines him in the manga. It's also more in line with the characterisation that we see in the anime and the books, which help humanise L.

As I mentioned elsewhere, learning how to trust and be comfortable around someone else would do L wonders. Though that person would have to accept him for who he is and help him learn how to navigate a healthy relationship.

Perhaps the true test of love, for L, would even be for him to be confronted with someone who knows who he really is and, is not only kind to him, but also sees the best in him — regardless of his flaws. I think that we've had a glimpse of it in this game and it's a breath of fresh air.

#death note #l lawliet #death note: spiralling trap #spiraling trap #romance #death note meta #watari #character analysis #l lawliet headcanons #l lawliet x reader #in a way #kira #soichiro yagami #aizawa #naomi misora #aiber #wedy #task force

[cat3ch1sm]

This is so awkward, but I was wondering if you could write hcs for if the reader called L, Mello, Near, and Matt "daddy" or "sir" or something else along those lines during sex? 😭 (if not that's totally fine I just got a mental image of Mello being like "what-" and I'm seeking other opinions lol)

🐸~ loll!! don't worry i have gotten much worse requests than this, this isn't at all awkward. this request seemed fun lol i hope u enjoy! i love u lots and thanks for ur support<33

nsfw ahead, gn!reader, sub!reader

how they'd react to being called daddy/sir during sex~ wammy boys

matt

~ it just slipped from your lips in the heat of the moment. you had been really hazy and a bit delirious and matt had been deep inside you when it just popped out. and yes, it did catch him by surprise for about half a second since he wasn't expecting it and it wasn't something you'd ever called him before. but in the same half a second he was caught off guard, matt decided he loved it. he doesn't say anything about it in the moment, but it was the way you said it, with your shaky voice barely coherent and your pretty eyes crossed, overwhelmed with pleasure. matt takes it as a sign that he's doing a really good job, and best believe he makes it his mission to get one of those out of you again every time you two get intimate. on the other hand, expect pretty relentless teasing about it. matt both finds it amusing and a hell of a turn on how easily he can get you off, how he can make you just lose yourself like that.

~ "hey, matt, can you get that over there for me?"

~ "don't you mean daddy?"

~ "you are the worst."

mello

~ mello is someone who enjoys being in control during sex. so when you moan that in this pathetic, trembling voice, pleading with tears pricking the corners of your eyes for him to keep going, it's really such a rush for him. the brief moment of surprise at the unexpected title is quickly swept away by the surge of pride, almost arrogant in its nature. you've fully surrendered yourself to him; your pleasure is in his hands; you've acknowledged his power over your body. he'll probably get rougher in the moment, and later on in future intimate encounters he'll outright make you say it, denying you any release until you do, over and over and over.

near

~ although near does usually prefer it when you both are equals during sex, he can't help the swell of satisfaction in his heart when you call him that. after all, he has an ego like every other man on this list, and near gets something out of being at least somewhat in control, even in your sexual encounters where he does normally prefer not for anyone to be dominant. it's not like he needs to hear you say it every time, but near certainly doesn't mind when you do. besides, it means you like what he's doing and he's making you feel good, which is what he wants most.

ryuzaki

~ he probably spends the most time being surprised out of anybody else on this list. he doesn't have anything against it- besides, it would probably kill the mood if ryuzaki paused mid-sex to ask about it and what brought it on- but he just is somebody who likes having answers. so he may or may not literally interview you about it later- did he do something different? is that something that might happen again? what prompted you to call him that? he must know, even if you can hardly even sit up or form a full sentence yet.

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[bugs1nmybrain]

Kisses with L 😊🩷😊

People really liked Tomura's kisses headcanons. L deserved one too because I KNOW this boy knows how to give a good smooch.

Minors Don't Interact

Warnings: NSFW, not that many headcanons

Bro his lips are so SOFT

His lips are plump and he's very affectionate when he kisses you

His breath is very plain tasting unless he recently ate sweets, in which he kind of tastes like black coffee lol

Kisses come very frequently actually. Make outs depend on how busy he is but he'll always kiss you before leaving and here and there while he's around you

Very good tongue and lip ratio

He gets touchy sometimes. He gets in these little moods where he's a little more drawn to you and almost becomes clingy. Though it's not a constant, he's L and he likes his space and privacy

If you manage to touch his hair you'll find that it's soft and fine feeling. If he recently washed it it gets fluffy.

Loves pecks on the cheeks or forehead whether it's him or you receiving

Doesn't really like PDA

He has kissed you in front of the task force but it was kind of a test to see how they reacted

Your identity is very altered and falsified for you to be able to accompany him

Definitely generous with kisses in bed

Does indeed get flustered but catches it very quickly. He'll act as if he's indifferent but omg you just made him give you heart eyes.

Make outs could end in sex, especially if his workload is light that day. Your neck is his favorite point of attack but please also kiss his jaw.

Gets soooo cocky if he makes you blush

He's flirty and gets horny when he sees you flustered

Gosh, he's like really good, too, and it's strange because L is what somewhat might consider incapable of something like that, but he has a surprisingly sensual appeal to him in a romantic relationship

#l lawliet #l lawliet headcanons #l lawliet x reader

[p0ssywhippedcream]

My current fantasy: L figuring out that you can squirt, and then after insists on making you do it every time cause he absolutely loves it. He’ll want to make you squirt even though you’ll be too loud and promises he’ll keep you quiet but secretly doesn’t care if others nearby hear you moaning. (He’s a menace)

BROOOOOO YOU CANNOT

…mmhm but i agree

he’s got such a fucking fat ego, baby boy would be obsessed with proving himself to himself. So when he’s giving you the most mind blowing head, drooling all over your pretty pussy and you’re crying from overstimulation, he tells you to scream.

He wants you to scream, loud, break your vocal cords and make your voice sore tomorrow. Make sure he has to gag you with an ice cream cone to relieve the pain. You whimper, shake your head and cry as he sucks your clit back into his mouth.

“I can’t..mmmMM! Baby, god! I can’t!” You shake your head violently, it’s too much, you can’t cum for a fourth time.

His thumb takes over his tongue’s work.

“Oh, baby. But you can. You will.” He’s mocking you, making sadistic faces and you can tell he find your reactions amusing.

“B-but! The ta-A-skforce, gon’ be heRe soon!”

His hands fly to pin your quaking thighs down and his eyes shoot up to yours with a telling look.

“Then you should listen to me and orgasm, if you’d like to save yourself embarrassment, that is.”

Your body feels weak, full and wet. So very wet. You’re sweaty and tired and everything is in overdrive but inside you, it feels like fairies taking shots. Your boyfriend’s tongue drags from your weeping cunt to your pudgy clit and he salivates all over it, pressing and flicking it as you feel your pussy clench and you take in a final gulp of air.

And let it out in a satisfactory scream, broken by moans and curses as you feel something you’d never felt before. Sheer liquid gushes from your twitching cunt and douses L’s lower face, it feels like the fairies finally left the party. Your head slumps against the pillow with a groan and your eyes close without your permission.

From between your still shaking legs, you hear,

“Interesting, very interesting. What a reaction! We’ll have to do that again.”

Then you feel L shift and you know he’s standing over you now.

“You did amazingly tonight, my dear. I’m proud of you. I’m sure our detectives in the other room are too, they must’ve been worried you wouldn’t finish due to their early arrival.”

#oph.thoughts #oph.anons #death note #l lawliet x reader #l x reader #deathnote x reader smut #l lawliet x reader smut #l x reader smut #l lawliet headcanons

[muuurder]

Listen, I don’t know who needs to hear this but like L Lawliet absolutely fucks.

He’s incredibly autistic coded and I’m not saying he’s a sex god but like he’s 23-25, with tons of money. He gets needs met I’m sure.

Like obviously you can be autistic and a virgin (we exist lol) but I’m so tired of seeing the narrative of like he’s a virgin because he’s a weird dude.

Like please, he’s not a sex god but he is a fucking human, with insane amounts of money. You can’t tell me he hasn’t used that to his advantage.

#which I’m also of the mind he has fucked aiber and wedy #like once #stop infantalizing his ass also #he’s very human #and very fucking autistic #the author has got to be like #autistic with how coded he is. #it’s fucking insane #I’m just tired of seeing #the same rinse and repeat ideas #I guess #let him fuck #he’s a creature #l lawliet #death note #l death note #death note headcanons #l lawliet headcanons #quinn speaks

[secretanimeart]

hes a 10 but he died in 2004 😔

#death note l #death note #death note headcanons #death note x y/n #death note x reader #l lawliet #l lawliet headcanons #l lawliet x reader

[pillow-anime-talk]

gender swap.

request: how do you think a female wammy’s boys, lawliet and light would be?

# tags: headcanons; gender swap; slice of life; mostly fluff; maybe angst or drama; also comedy (a bit); sfw

includes: light yagami, l lawliet, beyond birthday, nate river, mail jeevas & mihael keehl {death note}

— LIGHT

↘ Oh, she is definitely one of the most beautiful women in the university and gets a scholarship every year for her academic achievements. She is not competitive and doesn’t try to be; she simply has an innate talent for quickly remembering informations and numbers and uses it to get the best grades, and thus awards or recognition among professors.

↘ She is not very interested in relationships; many boys chase after her, but she doesn’t care at all. Brown-haired girl much more prefers to focus on her career and private goals (both in the Kira case and her job in the investigative department).

↘ Nevertheless, if the situation requires it, she will use her charm and grace to achieve what she needs. This woman will stop at nothing when her own life is at stake.

— LAWLIET

↘ I imagine she’s wearing these cool, fluffy hoodies and huge pants tightly tightened around the waist. She is the definition of a woman who likes to play video games, drink energy drinks, watch anime and sit in her own room (alone).

↘ Just like the original L, she also likes sweets and juicy fruits. I imagine her favorites are mango or peaches. In my head I think that she is a vegetarian and cooks well to maintain a healthy, balanced diet based on the right products.

↘ She is an introvert and it’s hard to make friends with her, even though I personally find her a very attractive woman. However, she seems to be unapproachable and therefore has no success in friendship or love.

— BEYOND

↘ She is a loner who devotes herself to her own projects. She has at most one friend, but she lives alone in a small studio apartment with her beloved cat (she is definitely a cat-person).

↘ She studies criminology or forensic psychology and likes to listen to podcasts. She has very good grades, but very rarely appears in class (he comes to universities only when there are exams). The professors have no problem with her, but they know that she is a rather mysterious girl who struggles with personal problems. Nevertheless, she does very well, although she is an outcast.

↘ That girl enjoys night time and loves spending time with her cat while watching crime shows on Netflix. She definitely has trouble sleeping.

— NATE

↘ Another nerd. The best student in the year, the best student in the field and the best student in the entire university. In addition, she is artistically and musically talented (playing the violin and piano, #canon). Although she doesn’t have many friends, she is quite popular and her white hair catches the eye of most students. She is very liked by the professors, even if she looks at the window during classes and does not write anything in her notebook.

↘ I think she is fluent in French, German, English, Japanese and Swedish. She likes to learn new things – she remembers everything so easily. And also has a natural talent for this type of thing.

↘ She doesn’t have a driving license and is afraid to drive. She’s definitely using other people for a free ride.

— MAIL

↘ Not studying. I think she found work as a graphic designer, game tester or digital game designer. It’s something she likes and she’s really good at it. In the future, she would like to set up her own studio where she would create games.

↘ I have a vision in my head that she is sharing a room in an apartment with several people and she is that girl who likes to party and come home late. Plus, she smokes cigarettes and likes to sleep in late – a real example of a bad girl you don’t have to worry about if your boyfriend hangs out with her after school on a project.

↘ Nevertheless, she is a girl who sleeps with her favorite stuffed animal at night and I have no excuse for that, I just feel in my heart that she has a little brown teddy bear without one eye that she got from her favorite grandma and always sits on her bed waiting for her to come home.

— MIHAEL 

↘ She has many friends, but only one true bestie, with whom she is perfectly matched in characters. She swears, she smokes, she’s always late, she’s sophisticated, she’ll take your boyfriend away if you get in her way... She does not like nosy people and gossip about herself, which is why she always deals with such matters personally, preferably behind the walls of the building or between the garages.

↘ She is brutal and emotionless. She has definitely not yet met a person who could heal this little, wishing for happiness heart. Currently, she lives alone and spent nights in the arms of random men. She doesn’t mind.

↘ Somewhere in the back of my mind I have a vision that she has been to the police station more than once for theft or battery. But she has a rich dad, so she gets away with everything. 

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[juicequeen21]

L would not respond to someone's email and then like 4 years later finally responds

#wouldnt even acknowledge the time passed #death note #l lawliet #death note headcanons #l lawliet headcanons

[nighttimeebony]

Reasons why I think L has autism (updated now that I've been diagnosed with autism):

He does not emote very often. L's facial expressions and tone of voice are very flat and almost never change with the situation no matter what happens.

He does not know what is considered appropriate for social interaction.

The fact that he doesn't wear shoes implies that he has sensory issues with physical stimuli. In the same way that autistic people are bothered by tags on clothes or certain textures of fabric, some autistic people don't like wearing shoes because they like to be able to feel the ground or because they don't like how tight or restrictive shoes feel. (I also hate wearing shoes for this exact reason, and I will go barefoot whenever physically possible. If given the opportunity, I would literally never wear shoes)

Autistic people can also struggle with physical care and maintaining proper hygiene, which we can see in L by the fact that he wears the same shirt and pants every day, and by how messy and unkempt his hair is

It's fair to say that detective work and psychology is L's special interest. He's driven more by how the work stimulates him mentally rather than because of a particularly strong moral compass.

It's safe to conclude that L also has low empathy. It's not that he doesn't care about people, because he does, but he doesn't seem to understand it when people get upset with him for making certain decisions for the sake of solving the case. He is very much a "logic first" kind of person, and for the most part, he makes decisions based on what makes the most practical, rational sense to him, even if it seems morally dubious.

Literally the only thing we ever see him eat is candy and sweets. Autistic people are often picky eaters and have difficulty eating certain kinds of food because of either the texture or sensory processing issues, so a lot of autistic people tend to eat primarily sweets and junk food because of this. (My bf and one of my close friends, both autistic, are also like this. My bf doesn't like most vegetables bc of the texture, and the only thing I've ever seen my friend eat is Uncrustable PB&Js and chocolate; chocolate is like a whole thing for her.)

He has a tendency to touch his mouth, but he also rubs his feet together while he's sitting. These are both examples of stimming. (I also have a habit of touching my mouth and picking at my lips)

The bags under his eyes indicate that he has difficulty sleeping

He interprets certain instances of conversation literally, like the infamous "Yes, that would be dark" line

Incredibly blunt and doesn't waste time with small talk, even coming across as rude a lot of the time

L's level of eye contact is abnormal. A lot of autistic people don't make eye contact because it makes them uncomfortable, but some autistic people will go in the opposite direction and overcompensate by staring, which is exactly what L does: staring directly at people without blinking for inappropriate amounts of time (Wednesday Addams does this too)

The way he sits

The way he holds objects with the very tips of his fingers

In the deleted theater scene when Light and L meet for the first time, L wipes his hands off after shaking Light's hand

He frequently invades other people's personal space (again, see the deleted theater scene)

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[strawberry-valentines]

Hi!! May I ask for headcanons with Lawliet crushing on Reader? Like the little things he does when he's crushing hard? Also if you could make the Reader addicted to sweets like him as well? Have a nice day <3

Lawliet with a Sweet-addicted Crush 🍬🍬

AN: Thank you so much for the ask!! I hope you have an amazing day wherever you are ♡♡ (Don't forget you are loved and make sure to stay hydrated <3)

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☆ L is certainly...interesting when he has a crush.

☆ He is so out of tune with his own emotions that he tends to push away all the signs, chalking them up to admiring you as a colleague. Well at least until they accumulate into something so glaring it can no longer be ignored.

☆ It probably hits him all at once when you are doing something completely ordinary and mundane like just sitting and eating your sweets while you're working. You aren't even paying attention to him right now but...He feels so at peace when you're here.

☆ As he processes that first thought he just...finds himself realizing that you are the most valuable person in his circle. He likes your smile...The way you carry your sweets around with you and get so happy when you get to eat them. The way you remind him of himself and don't...Just...the way you ARE.

☆...How your so unique from anyone else hes met.

☆ This absolutely terrifies him and his first reaction is to isolate and reflect. Literally psychoanalyses himself for days to try and figure out why the hell he feels like this...

☆...What makes you so special?

☆ And his conculsion is literally unexplainable in terms he understands. He just...LIKES you.

☆ Once he figures that out he doesn't quite know what to do with said information but...you find him staring at you a lot more when you're around, and sweets you like mysteriously showing up in your bag.

☆ He even shares his OWN with you. Something he would rarely do with anyone...

☆ Besides that he doesn't change dramatically but...Hes noticeably softer with you, toning down his signature bluntness a smidge and getting a bit more passive aggressive when people disagree with your ideas.

"Be quiet all of you. Y/N what is that you were saying? I believe you were trying to bring up a point before these idiots began talking over you."

☆ He wants to hear what you have to say...Your opinions matter greatly to him.

☆If anyone ever pointed it out he would deny it and try to look unaffected but...Oh god does it affect him. Its just an 💫 internal struggle 💫

☆ Before he confesses he probably tries to gauge to see if you feel the same through various tests and checks and well if his conclusion is you feel the same....Your3e in luck.

☆ Probably confesses to you over coffee offhandedly.

"You know Y/N...I didn't ask you here for no reason. I came here to tell you about something quite shocking that has come to my attention as of recently. I have discovered...that my feelings for you have been growing exponentially and...I believe that with you by my side I could win over any case I pursue. To put it simply I am confessing my romantic attraction to you and wish to...be in a relationship with you. I truly hope you feel the same.

#l lawliet headcanons #L #l lawliet x reader #deathnote #Lawliet

[woooyeahbaby]

Hi!!!Can i request platonic L lawliet x reader hcs??like maybe reader is his assistant and they end up developing a really close friendship!!

And if you do fem readers could the reader be fem?if you’re not comfy with that I’d prefer gn reader!!

Anyways I hope you have a great day/night!!

sure can!! :D sorry it took me a bit to write this for you, i’ve been busy. btw i’m comfortable with writing any gender of reader for future reference 🫶🏻 (little note after writing it, i used you/yours for most of it with a few she/her’s sprinkled in there. sorry!!!)

so,, L got a new assistant, he wasn’t too happy about it because he knew he’d have to teach her all the little things he needs his assistants to do all over again.

but this time it was surprisingly easy to teach you! it didn’t feel like as much of a chore as it did when he was training the last assistant.

his favourite part was how quickly you memorized how he takes his tea and coffee, and you didn’t lecture him how unhealthy the amount of sugar he likes in it is! perfect.

within the first week of having your job, you remembered all the little things about him. he definitely appreciates that, since like i said it felt like a chore having to repeat all the simple things to previous assistants.

over that small bit of time, he felt kind of bad for not knowing the same amount of stuff about you that you knew about him. so, he started paying more attention.

after another week, he knew everything about you. and yes, EVERYTHING. this is L.

into the second month of being his assistant, he gave you a gift for “being such a wonderful addition to the workplace and being so helpful”. he’d never done that for anyone before, but he wasn’t about to tell you that. it’d be far too embarrassing.

it was a gift you’d wanted for years but never really had the money to buy it for yourself, however you never mentioned wanting it to anybody other than a few of your friends. how he knew? he’s L!

despite being a little confused on that matter.. you of course gratefully accept it and then go on to buy him something this time!

even though you’re his newfound friend who knows quite a bit about his personality and mannerisms, you don’t exactly know what to get him.. so you settle on a tea set.

you’d been anxious he wouldn’t like it as much as you liked your gift from him, but he actually enjoyed it quite a bit. the next day you see him sipping overly sweet tea from one of the cups from the set.

the others in the workplace weren’t blind to the newfound friendship between you two, and they found it a little strange considering how cold L was to them but it seemed like he had a soft spot for you. they could tell it wasn’t romantic, but they still found it cute.

L wasn’t one for going for walks or going to coffee shops unless he absolutely needed to to get information out of somebody.. but when it came to you and you offered those situations almost daily? he’d nearly jump out of his seat. let him finish reading up on that criminal first, though.

when it comes to the kira case, he feels bad for not being able to spend quality time with you and instead ordering you around constantly and only working. not that he tries to do anything about it, since admittedly he finds his work more important than friendships, but he does feel bad deep down.

he finds it funny how you both share a glance when light or misa say something rather suspicious. almost like you two have the same thoughts about the two suspects.

if light or misa ever say something rude to you, and you don’t stand up for yourself, he’s shutting that shit down! he doesn’t go too hard, though. or else light may think you’re a weak spot for him. however, if you were to die next, that’d be an interesting plot twist…

not that he wants you to die, he just finds that it wouldn’t help light’s case if that situation were to occur. it would be a little more evidence against that justin bieber lookalike.

he’d love to convince you to sit the way he does and have a conversation about the case with him. maybe even share a few of his sweets with you, too.

he’d also like to see you accidentally start to sit the way he does without realizing it. seeing his friend slowly get into the same habit of sitting with her knees to her chest, even shoving sweets into her mouth and listening as he explains his ideas? L would adore seeing that slowly come into play.

if you also started adopting his fashion sense? oh, he may have to promote you to BEST friend.

in the odd occasion you two have free time, he’d love to listen to you talk about things you like. L is sure you’re tired of listening to him drone on about cases all the time, so he’d be totally fine with hearing you talk about your passions. no matter what it is.

and he wouldn’t just listen in and out, he would pay attention to every single detail. he would research it more in his non existent free time just so you could talk about it together!

little after-fic note, sorry if this is less headcanon-y and more.. like, drabble-y? i tried to make it a bit of both. if you’d like to ask for part 2 and maybe add a few things you’d like to see more of then i’d be totally fine with that! totally up for writing for more L :) hope this was platonic enough for you!

#l lawliet #l lawliet fanfiction #l fanfiction #l death note #death note fanfiction #death note headcanons #l headcanons #l lawliet headcanons

[pennyblossom-meta]

L Lawliet: a deep dive into the expanded universe pt.01

EDIT (07/04/2024): Added some imgs.

Apologies for being so late to give this a follow up to @maevearcher's meta which can be found here and here. As usual, she’s made excellent points and I'll try to answer the ones which caught my eye.

Since this post ended up gaining a life of its own and becoming a bit too long, I’m splitting it in 2 or 3 parts. The core of the content for part 01 starts after under the button to Read More.

Here we talk about L's humanity.

I'll start with a disclaimer of my own: while I consider the manga as the base for the story, I'm very much open to the expanded DN universe as a complementary study of the characters and their motivations — sometimes even filling in the blanks for some of the background mysteries, such as the dynamics of Wammy's House and how L's successors view him.

To further clarify: by canon I mean the manga and any works by Tsugumi Ohba as the base material. I think @maevearcher and I are more or less in agreement on that, from what she mentioned in her own posts. As she said, the written word is indeed the baseline truth.

The expansion of the DN universe also has its own very special set of problems; for example, in many ways, L:CtW (L: Change the WorLd) commits the sin of overindulgence by throwing in considerations that, arguably, go against canon. Besides the ending where L lives for a final 23 days and Watari dies, the portrayal of Near in the movie (though in the novel he's also walking a fine line between becoming partially and very much OOC) is also a point of contention. I confess that I really wasn't fond of the way they portrayed Misa as a potential crush of L given canon insights on his opinion about Light whether in the role of Kira or as a person (pg.64 of Vol 13: How to Read, henceforth referred to as V13:HTR), but aligning L to become more humane and forgiving was at least interesting.

The same happens with the live action movies, the 2015 series, and the musical. At least the game Spiraling Trap isn't clashing with canon elements — that I could tell. The main plot is separate from the events of DN and the dating sim is a little slice of heaven into L's thoughts and emotions which I dearly love.

However, while L:CtW does indeed overindulge, the novel AN:LABB (Another Note: LA BB Murder Cases) gives us a singular glimpse into L through the eyes of Mello while keeping the events mostly accurate to the main plot, even with its slight deviations. It's certainly an optional perspective to the core of DN, but one that I always found very insightful. In V13:HTR, Obha mentions how he would’ve liked that there were more novels about L and how he solved previous cases, in a similar fashion to how Nisio Isin approaches AN:LABB. Here’s what Ohba says in pg.61 of V13:HTR:

(...) I didn’t think up much for [L’s] past. For him to be in such an influential position, he must have solved an amazing amount of cases, but I have no idea what kind of cases they were or how he solved them. But I would love for NISIOISIN, who wrote the Death Note novel, to write more stories about that (...)

This means that, to some extent, even the original author, Ohba, accepts AN:LABB as close to canon — or rather, as canon as it can get given the creative liberties allowed to a third party writer. To that point, Nisio Isin took L’s capoeira demonstration during the Yotsuba arc and made it a whole thing in the novel, with L taking inspiration from Naomi Misora’s skills. However, given the importance of that event, in the main story, L takes a while to even remember Misora so we can infer that either the stress of the case is getting to him OR learning capoeira and subsequently Misora’s role in it didn’t leave that much of an imprint on him because true canon didn’t really put that much emphasis into it. Either way, it’s an extrapolation that works. The technicalities can be overlooked given how ambiguous the scene is, as there is more than room to deduce a different past.

At the same time, I am an apologist that there are shared characteristics to L throughout the different mediums. My own interpretation of L's character has the manga as a baseline, but the expanded universe has taught me that there are sides to him that might not be so easy to perceive in dialogue bubbles or illustrations alone. Little things like L's addictive personality or the way he represses feelings are visible in the manga but caught beautifully in the novels, for example.

Going from the written word into the screen also represents a loss of the purity achievable only within the narrative in-book, where you can extrapolate and reach your own conclusions without being subject to the bias of sound and movement — though manga aggregates the visual to words and with it an altogether different dimension of meaning. That's one of the many things I enjoy about elements of fiction introduced through books; the stillness of the images and the narrative are more complex. Every time the baseline gets adapted, it loses something or that something shifts to fit into the perception of others. It ceases being pure and its essence is fundamentally shattered. Like the concept of a musical score on paper that gets played by an orchestra, there will never be an adaptation as good as the source material because it breaks the illusion.

While I can certainly extrapolate and accept the loss, I find that the written word from the novels, the tone of a VA's voice and the body movements in a live action still complement the manga well, despite narrative clashes.

About L’s humanity

Recently I've been re-watching the anime and it's incredible how Alessandro Juliani's understanding of the character resulted in such a well-rounded voice for L. I actually prefer the EN version to the JP because of the voice acting. It's superbly brilliant, even if L becomes less listless. He's certainly still aloof, but his aggressiveness is portrayed more vividly; in contrast, L in the manga feels a bit more dangerous and scary to me due to the range of expressions that the anime didn't manage to add in due to time and budget constraints. If anything L tones down how dangerous he can be. He does this on purpose so that he can trick and trip his adversary, as can be seen during his earlier interactions with Light. At times, L makes a mockery of himself, apparently placing himself in the position of a more demure individual while sharply observing the world around him and forming conclusions.

As to @maevearcher ‘s first point:

(...) An image of this lonely autistic genius, locked inside the confines of his ways, waiting for the right person to come along and save him from the banes of his solitary existence…until he meets Light and realises there’s someone out there who he can relate to, for understanding and stuff. I personally don’t buy too much into that.

The depth to which L relates to Light can be overestimated, but not without reason. Theirs is mostly an adversarial relationship with varying deviations throughout the expanded universe, but if we solely consider the manga then we get this comment from Ohba regarding whether L has any friends on pg.64 of V13: HTR:

Nope. And when he says that Light is his first friend that’s a big lie. He never considers him a friend. He probably secretly thinks really negative things about him.

During the Yotsuba arc, L is at a disadvantage. Light has turned the tables, tricked him into what Beyond Birthday could not do and thus gained a solid position into rendering L almost powerless to charge him. To elaborate on the latter point: BB wanted to create the perfect, unsolvable crime to humiliate L, making him lose, and thus “spend the rest of his life trembling in fear of B’s shadow” (pg.163, AA:LABB); L would know who the guilty party was but wouldn’t be able to prove it or bring that person to justice. As such, L would not be able to solve the mystery. At the end of the novel BB fails due to Misora��s quick thinking and that’s that. However, Light has several advantages that BB lacked, starting with his own social position, charm and the impeccable reputation of a model student and the prized son of a police chief who helps solve cases every now and then.

We can argue that, what truly happens in manga canon, is L and Light showing how much they respect each other for their detective skills, forming a sort of strange kinship within the cat and mouse game, especially when Light loses his memories of the Death Note. The game thrills them and they enjoy pushing each other’s buttons. No one else has ever challenged them like this. That being said, the first time they meet up for coffee after the tennis match, L is observing Light like a hawk, keeps testing him for a reaction and seems somewhat irritated at how much Light talks. I would venture a guess that L doesn’t actually like Light that much, even when he loses his memories. He might even find Light a nuisance when he waves the flag of morality — though this is a common problem L is confronted with when dealing with the Task Force, in particular Chief Yagami and Aizawa. This also places him at another gruesome disadvantage, as he’s surrounded by people who openly dislike and criticise his methods. The Task Force is also extremely wary of the way L pursues Light and think he’s being stubborn without proof to substantiate his reasoning. Ironically, it’s Aizawa, one of L’s most critical subordinates, who initiates Light’s downfall years later once he starts to consider L’s suspicions in light of Near and Mello’s tactics. 

Both L and Light respect the game, no matter where it takes them. I would further make an educated guess that Light even preyed on L’s vulnerabilities during the Yotsuba arc, predicting how L might fall into depression for failing at the game. Light was more than capable of understanding that L’s competitive and childish side would make him a sore loser, especially given that he had already “lost” the first round of battles just by showing his face. Even if there is a sliver of friendship between both during Light’s months of amnesia, it’s dead and buried the moment he becomes Kira again. 

My conclusion here would be that, while what happened with Light was extreme, it was also somewhat similar to Beyond Birthday’s eternal enmity towards L: the challenge, the need to humiliate and take down the greatest detective, one of the most brilliant minds to ever walk the Earth. There are some notable quotes from AA:LABB that reference what it is to be L, surrounded by future challengers and individuals who both look up to L and want to prove they’re better than him:

Pg.69

By simple arithmetic, L's ability in 2002 was the equivalent of five ordinary investigative bureaus, and seven intelligence agencies (and by the time he faced off against Kira, those numbers had leapt upward several more notches). This is easy to think of as a reason to respect and admire someone, but let me say this as clearly as possible: that much ability in one human is extremely dangerous. Modern danger management techniques rely heavily on diffusing the risk, but his very existence was the exact opposite. In other words, if someone was planning to commit a crime, they could greatly increase their chances of getting away with it by simply killing L before they began. That was why L hid his identity Not because he was shy or because he never left the house. To ensure his own safety For a detective of L's ability, self-preservation and the preservation of world peace were one and the same, and it would not be correct to describe his actions as cowardly or self-centered.

Pg. 117

L was the goal of everyone in Wammy's House. Everyone of us wanted to surpass him. To step over him. To step on him. M did, N did, and B did. M as a challenger, N as a successor. B as a criminal.

Pg. 160:

B approached Naomi Misora, calling himself Rue Ryuzaki. Rue Ryuzaki - L.L.  For anyone from Wammy's House, there could be no higher goal than identifying yourself with that letter - and Beyond Birthday seized this case as his chance.

One of the biggest problems with these quotes is that they paint a very complicated — and, ultimately, suffocating — picture of what it is like to be L. Ohba himself mentions Watari’s predisposition towards collecting geniuses from all over the world and what Wammy’s House has turned into, under the snippet for Watari’s character (pg.60 V13:HTR):

He’s a guy who cultivates detectives for fun. That’s kind of terrible, isn’t it?

Everyone profits from L. Watari becomes richer than ever. Wammy's House becomes breeding ground for geniuses who end up dreaming of a life where they enjoy constant thrill and challenge. However, in order to do so, the dream cannot be complete until the successor crushes the original; until M, N, B and A defeat L. At least one of L’s successors couldn’t handle the pressure and committed suicide. B, known as Backup, runs away from the orphanage and goes on a murder rampage. Having never met L in person, he deduces several personality quirks that the “original” demonstrates, going as far as exacerbating them in order to be creepy and repulsive. Mello, who boasts of having met L in person and being privy to stories about how he defeated several other detectives (then taking their aliases as a trophy) both fervently admires L and wants to step on him. 

Step on him. That’s quite the turn of phrase. It does sound scary, doesn’t it? To be surrounded by people who would take the opportunity to pull you down, no matter how much they admire you. They want to be you, to prove that they’re better than you. It’s game and ego. Life and death. Winner and loser. 

And that’s perhaps the most blatant summary in approved canon of what it is like to be L that we’ll ever get. We can, of course, argue that Watari cares about L. He’s not only his handler, but also the one who brought him into Wammy’s House. It’s fairly clear that he nurtured (and even enabled) some of L’s most distressing character traits, though I wouldn’t necessarily say it was with a purely utilitarian agenda. It’s perfectly acceptable to extrapolate how Watari might’ve wanted to keep L, a child of great intellectual genius, happy by allowing him to be challenged and properly educated. In fact, AN:LABB (pg. 145-46) even gives us L’s perspective on the kindness that justice can achieve, which is confirmed within the expanded universe to be similar to Watari’s teachings as L confronts Kujo in L:CtW. 

"I have nothing to do with him," L said. "To be completely accurate, I do not even know B. He is simply someone I am aware of. But none of this affects my judgment. Certainly I was interested in this case, and began to investigate it because I knew who the killer was. But that did not alter the way I investigated it, or the manner in which my investigation proceeded. Naomi Misora, I cannot overlook evil. I cannot forgive it. It does not matter if I know the person who commits evil or not. I am only interested in justice." "Only... in justice... " Misora gasped. "Then ... nothing else matters?" "I wouldn't say that, but it is not a priority." “You won't forgive any evil, no matter what the evil is?" "I wouldn't say that, but it is not a priority." "'But..." Like a thirteen-year-old victim. "There are people who justice cannot save." Like a thirteen-year-old criminal. “And there are people who evil can save." "There are. But even so," L said, his tone not changing at all. As if gently admonishing Naomi Misora. “Justice has more power than anything else." "Power? By power ... you mean strength?" "No. I mean kindness." He said it so easily. Misora almost dropped the phone. L The century's greatest detective, L. The detective of justice, L. Who solved every case, no matter how difficult... " ...I misunderstood you, L." "Did you? Well, I'm glad we cleared that up."

I would, once again, venture another educated guess that, while Watari’s primary reasons for starting a program of successors to L was noble, it ultimately backfired on an individual level. Society wise, the letters, as L calls them in L:CtW, are a force for good. They solve crimes, help law forces around the world to keep peace. Some of them even become scientists like Dr Kujo — though she becomes the main antagonist in the spin-off novel. However, the pressure this kind of lifestyle fostered creates a group of individuals who are highly competitive and manipulative. Some, like A, can’t handle it. Even L has his own troubles, being called a reclusive sociopath, possibly by the police forces who treat him as a utility rather than a person. He’s someone they admire and resent, who is tolerated given how effective he is at cracking down cases. 

This passage from L:CtW paints a grim picture of the way L suppresses his own feelings as he breaks down for not being able to prevent Maki from being kidnapped (pg. 150-51):

"Light...it hurts. My heart--" It was a hurt that L Lawliet had suppressed, that he had to suppress in order to continue his existence as the peerless Detective L. How had the world's top detective been described in regard to facets of his personality rather than his ability as a detective? He had been called a kinky detective who relished bizarre murders, a human computer capable only of measuring mass murders in terms of cold numbers, a reclusive sociopath. What L thought of such estimations of his personality only L could know. But no one could truly understand L. How L did not and could not forget the faces of thousands of victims. Who could comprehend the man who had lived his life, and had to live confronting all the lives that ended prematurely, the tears of grief-stricken survivors, the devaluing of life as a daily reality. How was it possible to measure the pain of such a man? Was it a strain so heavy that L's back curved under all its weight? Was it an agony so terribly to leave the indelible dark circles around his eyes? Was it a feeling so bitter that every bite he took needed to be coated in sugar? The chronically rounded shoulders, the inevitable dark circles, the eccentric tastes--L suppressed the pain of being a champion of justice, but the evidence of the pain was moulded into his very body.”

Even within the clear disparity from the official canon, this passage slaps. It humanises L further, making the detective become a person and not just a machine who is content with his lifestyle. I know there’s a tendency for those who prefer the manga to see L as someone who is unabashedly himself and perfectly alright with the life he lives. I would argue that the Kira case was not only the most difficult challenge L ever faced, but also a series of moments where he had to be at his best — and at his worst. He had to do everything within his power to solve the case, not only because of his pride but because of what he considers to be his sense of justice. Saying with such confidence ‘I am justice’ is a rather cheesy and childish thing to say out loud, though I read it as both what started as a child’s stubbornness and what L became, as he positioned himself as a barrier to prevent crimes. 

L suppresses himself, represses his emotions; he tries to control them, as Fu Takashi says in an interview, he is “dependent on games or battles of the mind”. Perhaps this is a consequence of the foundations of his personality. Despite L’s innate stubbornness, it could be argued that this is as much his fault as it is Watari’s, who didn’t nurture L’s social skills as he should have when he was a child. By not having an outlet outside of his hobby, L is trapped in a prison of his own making. Superficially, L is a “smart guy who hates losing”, but what about the rest? What about the things that make him human, the connections with others? In the same interview, it is mentioned how L feels lonely and needs affection. But what affection can you get when you isolate yourself from the world and keep everyone at arm’s length? He’s not a machine. Even machines become obsolete with time, and need outside help to keep functioning.

As for the latter point, if everyone around L is trying to step on him, humiliate him and surpass him, then it’s only natural that his emotional defences would be up. Aside from Watari, whose loyalty he can count on, he’s alone. L has no one else. And everyone around him will have a dangerous, significant probability to betray him.

Next in part 02: About romance, having someone close and intimate, the meaning of the Monster speech.

Tagging @rinneroraito, @flametrashira and @sharkiethrts who might be interested in this meta.

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[cat3ch1sm]

Okay so this has been on my mind for a few days and when I saw your requests were open I just KNEW I had to ask!

(Also I adore your fics and hope you're doing well. Remember to take care of yourself :D)

Onto the request!

Can I get a fic/drabble about what L would do if Light started slightly harrassing/bullying L's partner? Like even if Light was being mean about stupid stuff like where they put papers or how they always sit really close to L, for example (Light might be a lil jealous if you wanna add that?)

Anyways thank you for your time and I totally understand if this makes you uncomfortable in any way (^v^)

🕯~ hello, my dear, im so sorry for the wait :((( thanks so much for being patient, i love u @multi-write

🕰~ watched death note today so im newly inspired 😁 im gonna set this in the yotsuba arc, when they are finding out Kira’s killings are related to yotsuba:) also, nothing here is directly quotes from the manga, i just made up the dialogue

⋇⊶⊰📺⊱⊷⋇ gender neutral reader

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“So, Light- you’re entirely sure that the Kira that has appeared recently is someone affiliated with the Yotsuba Group?”

It was just you, L, and Light in the dimly lit room, illuminated only by the screens of a dozen monitors in front of your group. You and Light stood at one computer, observing the long list of the usual criminals Kira had been killing along with a good mix of business executives- an out of character move for the Kira the task force was familiar with.

Light sighed, a dubious expression on his face. “I can’t be one hundred percent certain- but that’s what it looks like. The names that don’t belong to criminals on this list belong to officials of almost every surrounding business in the area- but there are no names belonging to any of the higher-ups from Yotsuba.”

“That’s true,” you added, moving over to L and leaning over his body to point at the monitor right next to him. “And if you look at this live line graph containing the revenue that each of these businesses is gaining, it’s obvious the Yotsuba’s group is way up while the other corporations are clearly suffering.”

“Yeah, Y/N, we can see that.” Light joined you and L in front of the monitor, handcuffs clanking; you on one side of the detective’s swivel chair and him on the other and L in between you both. “There’s no need for you to bend over Ryuzaki like that.”

You looked over at Light, brow furrowed, and L glanced in his direction as well before both of you decided to brush it off. L ‘s arm wrapped around your hips as he opened his mouth to talk, drawing a noticeable scoff from Light, which again he chose to ignore. “The both of you are quite sharp- and judging by the rest of this data, Light’s conclusion is a safe one. We seem to have pinpointed Kira again- and this time, we cannot afford to lose him.” He let out a deep breath, eyes narrowing in thought. “So I suppose our next course of action would be to gain material evidence of this- perhaps an infiltration may be necessary. But that is something that would require the help of everyone here.” L turned to look up at you. “Y/N, would you mind calling the rest of the task force upstairs? No sense in both Light and I going down there cuffed together like this.”

“Alright. I’ll be right back.” You let a hand brush L’s shoulder passing him, but when you walked by Light, his shoulder suddenly blocked your path and made you bump into him, causing you to stumble backward.

You shot Light an beseeching look, clutching your upper arm while Light kept his eyes averted to one side, his expression stony. Finally, L turned around, a questioning expression on his face as he looked from you to Light and then back to you.

“Light- is there an issue?”

Light seemed surprised as he turned his gaze down to meet L’s eyes. “Not at all. Why do you ask?”

“Then I’d appreciate it if you wouldn’t purposely knock into Y/N.” The curious expression L had before was gone, replaced by a more serious one. “And don’t think I failed to notice your attitude towards them earlier. I’m not sure if there’s something going on that I’m unaware of, but let’s keep it out of the Kira investigation, shall we?” His tone was deadpan and monotone, his gray eyes burning into Light’s, finally forcing the other man to look away. “Sure,” Light replied gruffly, his eyes flicking in your direction. You avoided meeting his gaze as you simply stepped away from Light and made your way downstairs.

𝒾 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝓊, 𝒾 𝒽𝑜𝓅𝑒 𝓊 𝑒𝓃𝒿𝑜𝓎𝑒𝒹 <𝟥

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[bugs1nmybrain]

L Lawliet Relationship Headcanons

Meeting Him 

 You met in the cafeteria of your college. He was there to snoop around on someone he was investigating but decided to take a break and get some sweets

 He notices you because you're the only one sitting by yourself. And oh dear, oh my, there's nowhere else to sit! (How convenient)

 You're a bit taken aback when he sits down in front of you. Here's this dude with messy hair and dark circles around his eyes, sitting in a particularly odd position before you. You aren't sure what to think. He didn't even ask if he could sit there. 

 You took note of his cake in front of him, and how he held his fork with his thumb and pointer finger instead of the typical way.

 He had a cup of tea as well. He reached over to the middle compartment of the table where there was sugar/salt/pepper/jelly, and the like. And you see him take about 6 sugar packets and dump every single one into his tea. 

 All you could think was, "what in the ever-loving fuck?????"

 BUT, despite how odd this person seemed, you found his quirks a little cute and endearing

 "Are you bothered by me sitting here?" He asks, noticing your demeanor toward him 

 You didn't realize how rude you were being by staring at him

 "No! I was just a little startled that someone sat here."

 "I can move."

 "Don't worry about it."

A few moments of silence go on between you two

You decide to break the silence and get to know this strange stranger 

"So, what's your name? I haven't seen you around before" 

"Hideki Ryuga. I'm pleased to make your acquaintance. And your name?"

"Y/N"

Establishing a Relationship

After meeting each other for the first time, you continued bumping into each other at school

You try to get to know him more. You ask what his major is. He lies to cover his image and tells you "Criminal Justice."

You both took quite an interest in each other. At first, you weren’t sure why you were attracted to this odd man, but it was simple. He was different, intelligent, (sort of) polite, and unintentionally funny. There was no one else at your school who was like him. However, you questioned if he’d ever like you

As for him, it took him a few meetings with you to figure out if he liked you or not. He initially admired your appearance; the way you did your hair, the way you dressed, and your facial features. However, L naturally distrusts people, so it took him a bit to become mentally attracted to you as well.

He bombarded you with questions about yourself, particularly about your trustworthiness and intelligence. He asked what your major was, how well you did on your assignments, what your relationships were like with those around you, what you thought about current events in the world, and, of course, what your favorite sweets were. 

Once he was able to deduce that you were a well-intentioned person, that’s when he recognized he felt a little different toward you than he did with other people

While he was well-behaved around you for the most part, he found himself becoming a bit fixated when you hung out. He intensely observed your mannerisms. He would stare at you with his buggy eyes with a finger pressed to his lips, which admittedly freaked you out a little, but you got used to it and just assumed that was how he was. Little did you know, he did this out of complete admiration for you.

L is a decently motivated person, so he made the first move soon after he decided he liked you. He’s not a fool; he could easily tell that you liked him just as much as he liked you by the way you reacted around him. 

He gives it to you straight when he approaches you

“Y/N, is it safe to assume that you’re romantically interested in me?”

You blushed immediately at his question and it took you a bit to scramble up a response. A smile crept on your lips. Just by this alone, he could tell he was correct.

“Yes, Ryuga.”

He gets close to your face and softens his gaze (as much as L can, he's pretty expressionless) 

"That's good, because I like you as well." 

There's an awkward moment between you two where nothing is said 

"Y/N?"

"What is it Ryuga?"

"Would you like to be my girlfriend?" 

Instant happiness fills your soul as you're mentally processing the fact that this guy feels the same way about you as you did of him. You honestly thought he wasn't interested in being romantic. Now he was asking you to be his girlfriend

With a vigorous nod, you respond, "I'd love that."

You barely knew anything about L before dating him, and that included his name 

It takes him a while, maybe even several weeks or months to tell you that his name wasn't Hideki Ryuga 

He approaches it very casually despite it being a not-so-casual discussion

"Y/N, I have something I would like to share with you."

"What is it?"

"This information may come as a surprise to you, please try your best to process it. My name is not Hideki Ryuga, and I am not a student at (Your School's Name). I am the detective known as L."

At first, you don't believe it. You think it's a joke. 

But rest assured he's telling the truth

Admittedly you feel a bit betrayed. How could he trick you like this? But your rational thinking quickly realized that someone so renowned would have to conceal their identity, even around people they liked

It takes him even longer to reveal his full name to you. He explains that this isn't out of malice. He simply cannot risk his identity being shared by anyone. After more time and assurance that you'd keep it under wraps, he tells you his name; L Lawliet.

Relationship Headcanons

After he reveals his occupation to you, you find yourself spending time with him more. You worked on homework as he did his detective work, and he'd bring you along with him to wherever he traveled for his career, under the condition that you'd use a false identity

His love language is sharing sweets haha. He’ll share his treats with you all the time and sometimes gifts you with them

If you ever by chance decide to make him some homemade sweets, he will cherish you forever

When he isn’t terribly busy, he’ll take you on dates. They’re surprisingly a lot of fun. His favorite place to take you is to amusement parks. He loves rollercoasters (but he doesn’t even flinch at them, so you’d never be able to tell) ((this is canon according to L File.15)). He’d also probably take you bowling or something. Random little activities. 

He isn’t a big fan of PDA, but he’ll agree to hold hands if there aren’t too many people around

He won’t cuddle or sleep with you very often because this guy can go several days without sleeping, but in turn, after those days he’ll crash for about 17 hours ((also canon in the L File.15)). This is the only time you’ll get so use it wisely. 

Sometimes he’s too busy to even remember he’s in a relationship with you. He’s just so focused on his cases that he doesn’t allow an outside life to take precedence over them. Don’t take it personally.

Before you, he wasn’t with anybody before. He’s new to this whole love stuff. Just the fact that he took a liking to you is saying a lot. Be patient with him. There are things he’s not going to understand immediately.

Isn’t very good at consoling your feelings if you’re not feeling happy. He’ll try to reason with you and encourage you to analyze your feelings and rationalize them. He’ll try to cheer you up with cake. This isn’t exactly nurturing, but it’s his way of telling you he cares. 

This is going to sound sketchy, but he will occasionally lie to you to see if he can evoke a certain reaction or response from you. Especially during arguments. He’ll usually reveal the truth later, but this still pisses you off. 

While you’re his significant other, it sometimes feels like you act more as a friend or even an acquaintance. 

You have to have quite a bit of patience to be with him.

On a positive note, L really enjoys being around you and wants to be your boyfriend to the best of his abilities 

Introduces you to Watari, who’s mainly just happy L has found something that he’s interested in besides a case 

Though one could argue that you are a case for him

Flirts with you in subtle ways, typically by dry humor pick up lines that baffle you.

L can seem a little condescending at times. There’s a small chance that you’re anywhere close to as smart as he is, so sometimes it’s hard for you to catch up to him. He can be a little annoyed by this, but he does understand and tries to be easy on you.

He will help you with your homework if you ask, but he’ll try to help you find the answers yourself rather than completely hand them over to you

He likes to keep tabs on you. He cares more than he expresses to you. He wants to know what you’re up to in your life and will call or text you pretty often to check in

This may seem a little yandere of him, but if you’re in his headquarters he’ll keep an eye on the cameras you’re around to see what you’re doing. 

You guys agreed that he could set a tracking device on your phone in case of emergencies.

(But sometimes he checks it even when it’s not an emergency. He’s nosy)

Again, he’s great when it comes to dates. He’ll take you out for ice cream or to get coffee. Sometimes even a walk around a city (expect to get stares. He’s a little odd looking to most people).

In terms of the five love languages, he’s good at some and not so good with others

Words of Affirmation: He’s not very good at cheering you up when you’re insecure, but he will actively compliment you when he likes something that you do or likes how you look. He’s not shy about it. “You look especially beautiful today.” “That’s quite excellent of you.” 

Acts of service: He’s not exactly considerate and he’s used to having chores and errands done for him by Watari. He’s not going to do a lot out of an open will.

Gifts: This is something he’s very good with. Honestly, it’s one of the only ways he knows how to show love. It’s no secret that he’s financially equipped, so he’ll spoil you sometimes if you guys are at a shopping mall or the like.

Quality Time: He struggles with this because he’s always so focused on his work. If you want, you’re totally welcome to be in his general vicinity while he works as long as you don’t distract him. As mentioned before, he’ll take you on dates, but they don’t happen all the time. 

Physical Touch: It takes him a while to get comfortable with hugs and kisses, but from the start, he likes to stand close to you and sometimes he’ll sneak up behind you when you’re doing homework and place a hand on your shoulder. When he does get comfortable with hugging he’s light and brief with them, but he’s surprisingly warm. 

When he kisses you for the first time he only plants a small peck. He doesn’t know what on earth he’s doing or how to execute it. You’ll probably have to initiate it.

Once he learns the ropes a little more, he’s actually a very good kisser. I mean, he can tie cherry stems with his tongue. That says enough. 

He likes it when you dress nice. He doesn’t dress well himself, but he enjoys seeing you in cute clothing; dresses, skirts, or if you’re not into that, whatever you define as pretty. Be total eye candy for him and he’ll stare at you like a creep.

L won’t realize he loves you for a long time. Your relationship doesn’t start out as love. He knew he liked you more than the average person, which is a lot. His definition of love isn’t conventional either. He’s not going to sweep you off your feet and he won’t even say out loud that he loves you. He isn’t head over heels for you and he doesn’t consider you his other half. He just knows he wants to spend his free time talking to you and being around your presence. When he looks at you, he feels a sense of comfort that he doesn’t feel from anything else. In his own way, he does love you. Just not in the way other people would express it. 

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[p0ssywhippedcream]

L’s stomach flexes when he cums. It’s one of the only defining signs you can witness externally and it’s extremely noticeable. His face gets red, mostly the cheeks and the ears and his jaw shakes, literally shakes, as he clenches it. There’s hardly any noise besides the occasional whimper and deep groan.

The only way you can see it effecting him is the curling fingers that hover over your body like he can’t decide whether or not he wants to break you. That, and his stomach.

The barely-there abs flex and protrude, his breathing uneven in his diaphragm as his muscles contract to fit his exertion. He tenses up, hard, and he can’t control it even when he tries to save his ego and pretend he’s unaffected. His body longs for your touch, the flesh jumping for your warm fingers as you lay them there and watch as he sees stars.

He looks like he’s seeing stars, having epiphanies maybe or discovering something unknown but really, he’s thinking of you. Even if he can’t look at you out of pride, he wonders how your hand would place a stack of files and dessert on his desk and the diamond on your ring finger would glow just like you do. And when he does look at you, it’s the only time he believes in luck. Everything else he worked hard for, everything else is calculated down to the millisecond but you are the only thing that came into his life from sheer good luck and he’ll never forget how happy he is you do.

When you smile at him, when your pretty lips and your pretty eyes are visible and your pretty hands push your pretty hair out of your face. When you kiss his hips and his neck, when you hold him like you’d die without him. When you look at him like he’s good, even when he knows he isn’t.

He thinks of you, always, when his stomach flexes, his cheeks flush, his eyes close and his dick jumps and spurts his appreciation for his good luck.

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[amaya-writes]

Death Note spoilers!

For the event, can I request reborn!L Lawliet? He died in 2007, so he would be 15 today, so I just wanted some fluff with teen!reader (platonic or romantic, whatever) maybe being friends from school and liking true crime, chatting, just doing normal teen stuff without a care in the world :') thank you so much

Event Masterlist About The Event

Notes: I was going to make this romantic but ran out of ideas lol

Warnings: n/a

Characters involved: L Lawliet, mentions Watari

Gender-neutral reader, you/yours

You had been friends with L ever since you saw him win a middle school dodgeball match by using physics.

You thought he was one of the coolest people you knew. He thought you were annoying.

L Lawliet wasn't exactly the type of teenager people would talk about. His real name was Ryuzaki but for some reason unknown to most he had decided to be referred to as L sometime during elementary school, a decision everyone seemed to automatically accept.

He was quiet and went about his days at school perched on his seat at the back of the class with his owlish eyes observing everyone around him.

Everyone thought he was weird. Even the teachers.

The only reason they never said anything was because of how awfully smart he was.

You prided yourself on being one of the top students in your class. But that was before L came along.

You might have been smart, but he was on another level.

Perhaps that was why you had originally been so vexed by him. Him and his stupid sliver tongue and quick reflexes that ensured even if he was regarded as an outcast, no one could ever ridicule him for it.

Especially not when he came from such a rich family.

You heard rumours about how he had a butler who would follow him around wherever he went. And how that butler was responsible for the chemistry teacher's sudden disappearance a week after she dared to mark L's answer wrong.

The second part was obviously a lie. But you found that it was enough to intrigue you even more.

In the end, it was your love for true crime that brought the two of you together.

There was a famous detective known for his books about the serial killers cases he had handled in your country who had a book signing in your city, and you just had to go.

As luck would have you found a familiar raven-haired boy standing outside the bookstore just as you arrived.

At first, you thought he would avoid you. But that was before he dropped by your table after the book signing to cheekily impose on your reading.

"He was never imprisoned."

"What?"

L took your question as an invitation to occupy the vacant seat across from you.

"The killer. He was a politician who got away with it just because his party refused to believe he could ever do such a thing."

The two of you were quick to share your sentiments about how awful that was, and before you knew it, a simple talk about a book both of you adored turned into reading recommendations and swapping social media.

Apparently, L had only downloaded Tiktok and Instagram to watch videos about the cases he liked to keep up with but actively spent time tweeting about all sorts of things.

You thought the two of you would be restricted to discussions outside of school after that but were pleasantly mistaken the next day when you found L excitedly leaning against your locker ready to talk about how your favourite author had announced they were going to do a podcast.

The two of you became quick friends after that.

It started with both of you reading together and listening to true crime but quickly turned into L tugging you along to a million bakeries and forcing you to play chess with him in exchange for long walks through the park and shopping sprees.

You learned the reason he wanted to be called L was that his late mother had named him Ryuzaki, and he seemed to hold a grudge against everything related to her. He learned about your struggles with perfectionism and need to be the trophy child of your family.

You loved fashion almost as much as he didn't, and he held an interest in all the sports you had never once bothered to learn.

The two of you were different yet somehow still so awfully alike.

It helped that you both lacked any artistic abilities whatsoever. Whether it be dancing, singing, or art.

That was where your other friend came in.

Unlike L who didn't have any friends before you, you had secured a tight-knit but fun group of friends you cared for deeply. One of them was a digital artist who had even gone viral on Tiktok, the other an aspiring doctor who was secretly a theatre kid.

You were acquainted with a few others too, but L preferred to stick around you or the other two.

Everyone else seemed to be glad that you were helping L come out of his shell.

The two of you quickly turned from the peculiar pair everyone would gossip about to normal best friends, and over time people began to stare more when you weren't accompanied by one another.

You cared for each other deeply and would often spend hours on end holed up in L's ridiculously large bedroom as you did everything from reading to studying to watching bad comedy horror movies.

One school year turned into another, and you soon began to think of L as someone you would be friends with forever.

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