#yagami apartment

[craetor]

It's such a vibe that, in truth, Light canonically doesn't give a damn about L's 'loose screw' or whatever Kira-Light pretends to think about L's habits.

His response to L's morbidly fascinated, wide-eyed smirk is simply 😊i knew this would cheer you up <3.

The chemistry in this panel specifically is so wholesome. While the rest of the team still seems a little weirded out after months, Light is just there "Let my hunched friend spin on his chair..; Alright climb on the armrest of mine & put your arm around me bc I won't bat an eye if it's you - Look at this research I did for something I know would release you from your demotivated state. This intense look on your face tells me you're invested. Glad you're back on it *smiles softly*"

#what a healthy & accepting relationship i sure hope nothing bad is going to happen to tare them apart #death note #light yagami #l lawliet #lawlight #Bitches be like they're not soulmates they're not perfect in every way they don't have a almost inhumanly natural-seeming connection

[quicktimeeventfull]

light yagami icons for all your light yagami icon needs. represent yourself with the special murder boy 🖋️ credit isn’t necessary but please like or reblog if you use

#death note #light yagami #icons #mine #if you want one in a different colour lmk and i will put it in that colour #apart from the one of him shouting that one can’t be changed due to the way i coloured it #.png

[twolovelyberries]

people call the second half of death note boring as if it doesn’t contain both the worlds most pretentious love triangle and the worlds most tedious hate triangle. L Lawliet 2: Electric Boogaloo. everyone except light gets a narrative foil. light experiences Teenagers for the first time as a young adult. matt is there. near wears an L mask for no reason other than the drama. light at his most pathetic. excessively convoluted notebook scheming. light constantly saying things like “who is the guy who killed L. i’d like to have a word with him.” death note’s worst and best haircuts, both on the same guy. what more do you guys want

#i’m constantly doing pr for the second half of death note. i will die on the hill that it was a necessary ending to the story #i also love L but do u guys not want to see the Narrative folded in on itself? #the concept of light and L torn apart and glued back together wrong? #i do think mikami has the best haircut in dn but i’m pretending it’s mello for the bit #death note #death note spoilers #i guess? #light yagami #kiyomi takada #teru mikami #dn mello #dn near #shut up miriam

[god-of-this-new-blog]

sit still, do nothing, what if it mattered - Porridge Radio

#death note #lawlight #light yagami #l lawliet #my art #death note fanart #anyway here is some art #go listen to Back to the Radio by porridge radio #one porridge radio is my favorite band rn #two they make me sad in a good way #also that song has a very specific lawlight vibe to me #it's like... slightly healthier lawlight #is that possible? idk #haircut for L tender and holds the potential for violence #Lawlight hair cut bc its the closest Light can get to riping L apart :) #anyhow art art art I love art and I love talking to the gay ppl that live in my phone

[frye7]

If this isn't exactly what happened

#death note #death note musical #death note the musical #misa amane #misa misa #rem death note #remisa #I mean #Look at them #My babies #When I first saw the anime I was surprised but very pleased #So OF COURSE Light Yagami had to go and take advantage of it #Damn him #I was so sad when Rem died #Anyway #Where are my remisa fics at #The musical tore my heart apart #And I need MORE now #The ANGST #It was so good but soo painful #I loved it #Very well done #But I need more now PLEASE #Edit #My edit

[grimalkinmessor]

Light joined the Task Force. ToTo doesn't approve...

(click for better resolution good fucking Christ—)

#my art #matsumisa swap #matsuda touta #yagami light #matsulight #M&M!Matsuda doesn't get jealous as easily as Misa #but he's also harder to dissuade... #the background kicked my ass it took four hours just for me to dim it down to such a low visibility you can't even see it :') #its matsuda's apartment though so i wanted to put some details in #death note #light yagami #M&M!Matsuda took one look at L and went Oh HELL No

[nateriverswife]

the more i think about L's past, the less I believe he was THAT impressed about Light's intelligence.

L comes from the Wammy's House, a place where the smartest kids are living, right?

Alternative was the first one capable of becoming L, so that must mean something. A kid able to become L? damn.

Then Near and Mello, that, even though were chosen for their "nasty look" (aka they didn't faze in front of the possibility of L being unethical), were still kids that could take over L, when he was well in his 22-24/peak career. like, that's what I expect L being very impressed about.

like, I get it, for L, it must be nice to meet other people that could kind of match him, but it's not like he would get on his knees and worship Light's intelligence, as many people pretend in this fandom. (I could make an essay - hyperbole, because the most I could is like another medium length post - on why I believe L cares about intelligence only when it comes to his work and not in his personal/intimate life)

also, sometimes, when L compliments Light's intelligence, it seems like he's actually taunting/mocking him. like in the cafeteria scene, he gets Light to say what he wanted and we only see L's mouth with a grin and him saying that Light's really smart/brilliant, and even Light thinks "look at how proud of himself he is" or something. maybe he uses it for Kira's profile, so by pointing it out, he basically says that it's more and more probable for Light to be Kira, based on how easy he can put himself in Kira's shoes or whatever. in fact, when the second kira comes around, he points out that they are not as "smart" (they are impulsive and didn't think things through when they sent that tape) as the first one. and we all (should) know that L called Light to help the case only to keep an eye on him and catch him make a mistake/in the act.

#welcome to pick apart light and L's supposed friendship/their ship monday #it's just my opinion lol #death note #l lawliet #light yagami #dn.l

[fire-tempers-steel]

Sunday Six

Was tagged first this time by @carbonatedcalcium :D thank you!! I was just working on my post when I got yours :")

Another bit from the Sawa Lives canon-divergence AU! This time Kuwagami-flavored.

Tagging the regulars on LJ dot tumblr: @passthroughtime, @overdevelopedglasses, @woundedheartwithin and @bibright. (PS. if you write Lost Judgment fic and want to be tagged, just like, tag me on your sunday six and I'll put you on the rotation next week :) )

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I reach for my vape, take a drag. Her student’s long-overdue debts to justice have been paid. They shouldn’t have cost her anything. I hope it’ll just be a sleepless night and some bad memories. The smoke I exhale lingers in the cold winter air, blurring the city lights across Hamakita Park.

Yagami is still here. I clear my throat, “So, where are you going to sleep, now that Tsukumo’s couch is occupied?”

“I feel like you’re also going to need someone to watch your back, tonight, Kuwana.”

“Hmm. Is that an innuendo or an interrogation? I can take care of myself, by the way.”

“Sure, interrogation then. I still want to keep a close eye on you. So where are you headed?”

I stretch my neck, letting my eyes travel from the light-doused night sky, down the skyscrapers, to the alleyways below. I could lose him, easily, I’m sure. But I’m tempted to take him up on his offer. It makes sense, I reason– good to have an extra pair of fighting hands, if RK catches up with me. I can always leave him in the dust then, if I have to.

“I figure if they knew how to find me at home, they would have. So I was going to double back, make sure I’m not being tailed, and head home.” I tilt my head, “Think you can keep up?”

“Lead the way.”

His gait matches mine, naturally. We’re step in step along crowded sidewalks, down the flashing lurid signs of alleyway bars, past the rich scent of cheap ramen followed immediately by the gag-inducing perfume of the nearby dumpster. Yagami doesn’t complain, even hesitate when I take a leap up a ladder, climb, one foot after the other, up eight stories to a rooftop that overlooks Tsurukame Highway.

“Hold on,” I grab Yagami’s shoulder as he’s already making for the rooftop door. 

He turns back, smiles, “Can you keep up?”

#the tag is sorely missing yagami and kuwana having interactions at kuwana's gross-ass apartment <3 #context btw: they've had stupid meaningless sex before the start of this fic. I honestly think they would. messy breakup etc #kuwagami #sunday six #kuwana jin #yagami takayuki #my fic

[breadbirdmp4]

Do you think their thumbs touched in the car?

#digimon adventure #taichi yagami #koushiro izumi #taishirou #taikou #two bros chilling in a minivan 5 feet apart bc theyre not gay /ref #the moment my 9 yr old brain went: i will remember this duo #taikouvember

[juicequeen21]

Death Note Au

So in this Au L goes to Light’s school but only actually tries to remain hidden and he decides the best way to get into contact with Light is to have him take his notes for him. Light acts as a scribe for many disabled students because it fits with his whole wanting to look good thing. So Light is taking L’s notes for him and sends him images of the notes once they are complete and then one day accidentally sends a picture of the death note rather than the lecture notes. So Light is kinda freaking out because he is suspicious of L and L is just confused.

#death note #light yagami #death note headcanons #l lawliet #death note au #does this make sense? probably not but I like the idea of Light accidentally showing L apart of the death note and this is the best way - #- I can think of to do that #Also love the idea of L using accommodations because anyone who needs them should use them without feeling anything but good about it

[craetor]

You know L & Light have found eachother when this is how L & Watari interact non-maliciously

#death note #light yagami #l lawliet #lawlight #they share an intimate bond your honor #they're much less rude than this #apart from the fact that they're basically trying to get eachother killed ofc #quillsh wammy #watari

[depthlesscanyon]

The true horror of Death Note is that Light's explosive desk is still Real and Out There

#they spend so much time on the desk trap and then it is just never used lmaoooo #and we never see him take it apart either???? #It literally outlives him #Death Note #Light Yagami

[ladyimaginarium]

if it's what you truly want...

anger; lemonade visual poetry — beyoncé & warsan shire. / death note.

#arcana.weaves #arcana.uploads #mine. #fictives. #misa amane. #kiyomi takada. #light yagami. #shit that makes me insane 101 #smth smth the seething anger of being betrayed for someone else & wondering what tf they saw in that person what you didnt do 1000x over. #smth smth god doesn't love you not like i do; you want to tear them apart & Become that person. etc etc. n e wayz misa deserved better

[seventeenlovesthree]

Digimon Adventure Last Evolution Kizuna Relationship Analysis: How the dramaturgy keeps telling the viewer that Taichi and Koushirou are always (and have always been) connected.

More than a year ago, I wrote my very first analysis post on Digimon Adventure Last Evolution Kizuna after having watched it for the first time - and my initial verdict regarding the relationship between Taichi and Koushirou was that there was some kind of implied drift between them. Granted, the narrative keeps hitting the viewer on the head about how it’s not easy to keep everyone together throughout adulthood and that Taichi’s situation (and mental health state) specifically is causing him to keep a distance to (the majority of) the others. Some of these points will still be part of the following analysis - however, after having watched the movie several times now and with a lot of bias pushed aside, I noticed that they’re actually more connected than the narrative makes you believe at first glance. Let’s take a look at this. (Disclaimer: There’s a lot of interpretation on my behalf of course, I’ve tried to gather as much evidence for my claims as possible, but in the end, it’s also still a fanon interpretation of their relationship.)

First of all, it’s noticable that the actual group still defending Tokyo from materializing Digimon has decreased significantly - at least at the time the movie takes place. Besides Takeru and Hikari, we only see Taichi and Yamato being involved in the first fight against Parrotmon, while Koushirou is managing the logistics from afar - not only is he the one able to open gates to the Digital World at will by now, but he is also the one who provides everyone with the technology they need for their fights to turn out successful. Smartphones, headphones, the (prototype) goggles Taichi uses... It’s easy to see how he’s basically their sponsor and Taichi the “guinea pig” to try it all out - and he does so voluntarily. Thanks to this translation here, we know that Taichi took the googles without permission. So while the others are obviously using Koushirou’s gadgets as well, Taichi seems to be particularly interested in trying them out.

As mentioned, the phones the Chosen Children are using were also made by Koushirou’s company; he’s the connector who manages the Chosen Children network, he is being on-call and has all his contacts, chats and calls ready if required. It’s his logo that continuously appears throughout the movie. And why is it notable that it’s there? Because he and Taichi keep communicating with each other through electronic means; headphones, phones, text messages. And while Koushirou also contacts Yamato and Takeru to gather them all in his office, making it appear like a rather formal “work arrangement”, meeting up like that seems to be something Taichi definitely enjoys ditching his adult obligations for. Taichi immediately shuts down Koushirou apologizing to them for calling them despite knowing how busy they are; he dryly says that it’s an emergency, implying that it should have been natural for them to come after Koushirou asked - but seeing how giddy he appears to be upon going on an “adventure” with his closest buddies again, it does give the impression that he welcomes it all.

It seems to be something that boosts his confidence, so him reassuring Koushirou that everything will be fine is a nice change of pace - especially when you take into consideration that we’ve seen him being quite gloomy in previous scenes, unsure about his future, unhappy in his part-time-job, all alone in his tiny flat. Probably dealing with a lot of insecurities, self-doubt and maybe even inferiority issues - because even if it was never outright mentioned, a (potentially) subtle little nudge towards Our War Game tells the viewer once more that Taichi Yagami (understandably) doesn’t like it when smart people around him make him feel dumb - or when Koushirou actually interacts with people he deems much smarter than himself. (Perhaps - despite it being quite a stretch - he might even feel inferior towards Koushirou himself, who, being the CEO of his own company at the age of only 21, already has his life together for the most part, whereas Taichi hasn’t. And thus, we do not see Taichi confide in Koushirou throughout the span of the movie - which doesn’t mean that they don’t talk about personal issues at all, but Taichi seems to be more inclined to - superficially - mope about his future angst with Yamato, while still keeping the majority of his doubts to himself. Again, that’s mainly interpretation.)

Back to the communication part: One of the things that has been a constant throughout all of Digimon Adventure was that Taichi is relying on Koushirou figuring things out, giving him/them the information he/they need to progress. And even during adulthood, that still seems to be a thing. Sure, the narrative always required Koushirou to be “info-dump-boy” who easily figures out what is going on (because plot), but no matter how bleak things appear to be and even if they don’t seem as close with each other as they used to be on an emotional level, these two still trust in and rely on each other.

Taichi asks him about where Menoa resides, stays on the phone with him to make sure he’ll definitely know how to get to the place Hikari is being held hostage at - because he knows he can trust Koushirou 100%. In fact, despite the implied (emotional) distance, he actually seems to know quite a lot about what is going on with him - implying that, after all, he’s still attached to him. This is not only shown by him being the one who talks about Koushirou being the owner of a company to Yamato, but generally in the way he continuously mentions or refers to him.

Looking at Koushirou’s perspective, he will go as far as to completely commit to the cause and sacrifice himself for the sake of making sure Taichi (and Yamato and everyone else) won’t lose their partners. His facial expressions throughout the movie tell you how bitter he is that he hasn’t figured anything out yet to stop the departure from happening. 

The novel-only part about “The Candle Of Life” eventually foreshadows that Koushirou is indeed willing to sacrifice himself (which is something he has always done): “Instead of taking things from people against their will, I’d rather give to them what I have before my end.” And that is exactly what he does - he manages to get the coordinates to the Digital Realm to Taichi before losing his consciousness, by typing on a pre-paid-phone behind his back like it’s the easiest thing in the world. Obviously, Taichi trusts in that information without a single shred of doubt - because it’s Koushirou it’s coming from.

And Koushirou himself? It’s not really a surprise that he - and Hikari - are the ones who latch onto Taichi while they’re being turned back into children. Because Taichi has always been among those people he’s been the closest with. My theory back then was that it may have been a subconscious action, fueled by the wish to stop Taichi from destroying this ideal world, in order to bring back old times, easier times, times in which they were much closer than they are now. But then again - is it really the case? Because the connection between them hasn’t really vanished. Koushirou - as shown above several times now - has always stayed in touch with Taichi; telling him about Digimon attacking the city, about trouble coming up, about his sister being in danger, always making sure he’d be okay and safe. (Which might also explain why he was so furious about Taichi taking the prototype goggles - since he has made goggles for him for several years now, it’s fair to assume that he wants his own creations to not be a safety hazard to his friend. Plus, Koushirou has always been worried about Taichi doing reckless things - even the stageplay picked up on this, repeatedly and with emphasis -, so this should not be surprising either.)

And in the end - as much as Taichi relies on Koushirou, Koushirou always relies on Taichi too. Hence why he sent the coordinates to him specifically. Because he’d always call/contact him first. He has done so since he was 10/11 and still does so as an adult.

And since they’ve always been plan crafting like this together, it’s actually still fair to assume that this attitude has never really changed. 

#taichi yagami #koushirou izumi #digimon adventure last evolution kizuna #digimon adventure kizuna #taishiro #taishirou #my two cents #meta #anime #digimon #koushiro izumi #izzy izumi #tai kamiya #look this is purely platonic because when i first watched this movie i was kinda sad #i mean the overall tone of the movie was sad but it reeeeally felt like my boys had drifted apart #but looking at things a year later it actually doesn't seem to be that grim anymore

[quicktimeeventfull]

the only found family i will accept is light, L & misa bc its like. you found a family and they are just as horrible as the blood family you were trying to escape. have fun.

#light’s family is bad bc of light to be clear #the yagamis seem fine apart from their murder son

[smartzelda]

How do you think a female light and mello would turn out?

Sorry it took me so long to get around to this ask, anon! But I will give my thoughts as of now

In terms of "female Mello", most of my thoughts on that would actually be explained by this post:

But just in case, the tl;dr of that post is that I think "female mello" wouldn't actually end up all that different from canon Mello, given my interpretation of his personality and environment

But female Light? Good question! I'll put my thoughts under the cut

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Okay, so in the post I linked above, I did some comparison between Mello and Light. Specifically, I said that Light, given his place in society and how he deals with his knowledge of societal standards, is more likely to change. I'll touch on this more later, but my general statement on this is that (in opposition to Mello, Near, and L, who are aware of societal standards in different places but use them as tools rather than subscribe to them or feel completely constrained to follow them) Light follows them (publicly at least) to the extent he has to to keep/raise his place in society and keep his image. Even if he doesn't actually believe any number of societal standards, he will uphold them to the extent he needs to (because he also cares about being a "good person" in the eyes of society).

Now, as I said in the previous post I linked above, I believe to get a much more accurate grasp on determining something like "how would this character be if gender swaped" (given death note's setting in Japan in the 2000s) would be to keep in mind *Japan's* societal standards, expectations, class differences, etc at the time. I am no expert on this, and I'm from the USA, so I can only do my best based on what I do know and from my analysis of the story itself. This is to say I'll do by absolute best, just keep all that in mind as you read further

So, to answer your question "How do you think a female Light would turn out?" I'll first have to break canon Light apart a bit.

Starting with his morals, his idea of what constitutes "good" or "bad"/a sense of justice is highly influenced by his father's ideals. Out of the members of his family, his father has the most rigid idea of justice and morality, accompanied with the fact of his occupation. It is not at all unnatural for canon Light to look up to his father (Chief in the NPA) as a "good" and "moral" person.

Light’s original goals for the future pre–the death note also build off of this concept (his relationship with and admiration for his father). He's an intelligent kid, and everyone knows it, including him. He's always far surpased his peers and worked through school unchallenged. Even if his father didn't particularly push for Light to follow in his footsteps, it's also not at all unnatural for others to see this intelligent boy who seems to take after his father and get to talking. Light’s smart, he already takes after his father, and he's even helped out the police a couple times himself, so it would be *natural* for him to follow in his footsteps, right? And, as far as I'm aware, the concept of potential still exists. So, even if Light doesn't necessarily pursue his father's occupation, if he doesn't make something of himself, go to a high end/prominent university, use that intelligence for something, use his gifts to do something most people can't, that's a "waste of potential" isn't it? So, to me, it's not at all unlikely that this mindset and Light’s boredom go hand in hand. Everything is the same, people are the same, society is going down the drain (yadda yadda), and he's taking a pathway (a pathway without the challenge and stimulation he so craves) because "he should".

Because what else would he do? It's not like he's interested in anything else, and anything less would "be a waste".

Now, as for female Light, it isn't impossible for all this to be similar. While it's easy to say that she'd be more like Sayu or Sachiko, and I can't say for sure that she would connect to her father the exact same way, I maintain that it's not impossible. While there is the idea that's it's generally sons who take after their fathers and seek their approval, this can still happen with female Light. Now, any aforementioned talk from before would most likely change a little bit due to the gender change, but even if more people doubt her due to this, Light is stubborn. If she already has it in her head that following in her father's footsteps is natural for someone as intelligent as her, giving up simply because someone said it would be hard to move into that position as a woman would be well...a waste to her. Plus, given that she would also rarely feel challenged intellectually, as canon Light seems to (given his reaction to finding a rival in L) she would most likely see a challenge in working up to high positions in the NPA despite her gender.

But, of course, given his knowledge of society, you may be wondering. *What if* she comes to the conclusion that surpassing her father is actually impossible to do (or impossible without compromising her current ideals)? Well, then I surmise if she's still helped out the police a bit and taking after her father, she'd find some sort of higher position connected to this idea of helping out the country/common people as adjacent as she can get.

After all, even if Light actually has no intrinsic passion in following in their father's footsteps, pre death note they NEED an endgoal.

That all being mentioned as well, I have no idea whether you would see women in the NPA at the time. Even in adaptations of Death Note that take place later in the 2000s or early to mid 2010s have maybe one or a few onscreen NPA members. So I can't tell you whether it's possible or how possible it is that female Light would get into it around 2010 or earlier. All I can say is that if it's not impossible, there's a chance she'll try.

BUT, whether "female Light" follows in her father's footsteps are not, there are some plot points we know that could still occur. Namely, Light’s getting into To-Oh university.

Luckily, Death Note delivered us Kiyomi Takada, who I personally believe to be a good frame of reference for a fem Light (it's no secret in my friend groups that I feel that Takada shares personality traits with him). Because of her, I feel comfortable saying that whatever fem Light chooses as an occupation, she will still inevitably end up at Toh-oh, still inevitably take the top score on the exam and outperform her peers (and still date men for the image of it, but most likely not more than one, given that dating multiple people most likely makes canon Light a desirable successful man in the eyes of society, but it would leave fem Light labeled as a slut, counterproductive to upholding her image. So while Light dates multiple before sticking with Misa, I think fem Light would try to stick with the same person for as long as possible).

Now in the Mello post, anon asked if I think that fem Mello would hate men, and I answered that she probably wouldn't more than canon Mello does. Would Light, though? I think so.

Now, the jokes about Light Yagami being a misogynist, we've all seen them. But before I explain why I think a fem Light would "hate men", I'm going to have to explain my take on Light being misogynistic first

The popular take on Light’s Misogyny is that he's always been like that, coupled with the idea/joke that he's gay *because* he hates women. In all serious, though, I find the former a bit more complicated, and I feel that the latter actually influences his growing misogyny.

Canon Light is very aware of his place in society, his presence, and how he can influence people with his looks and his talent for words. He's very intelligent (the most intelligent one in his class even), he's bored (given his absence of a rival/something to truly challenge him), and has always kept all his "friends" at arms length. We even find early on that he considers certain women (Yuri for example) as one of his "friends" as well. There's no proof that Light early on (even pre death note) hated women or thought of them as inherently lesser than men. In fact, I'd argue that Light Yagami is one of those "I hate you all equally types", or, in this case, "I treat you/think of you based on how stupid you are, and gender has nothing to do with it". My prime example is him having no trouble telling Misa AND Matsuda that they're being stupid in areas they can hear (and of course he doesn't nail Matsuda nearly as much as L does, but by comparison tbh L mostly nails Matsuda while Light nails Misa when it comes to "being stupid". It...evens out one might say)

So let's add this to Light’s file. He starts out being annoyed/more unfair in analysis of character towards those he finds to be "dumb", regardless of their gender.

Pre Death Note Light is also a "good kid" (heck, even post dn and Yotsuba arc Light tries as hard as possible to keep the emotions in and the mask showing out). He's not the type to needlessly insult people or tell everyone what he's thinking about them to their face. A little joke? Sure, but I think you're more likely to find him channeling his annoyance and using his words in such a way that they come off less as an insult and more as an observation intended to help them out. If he's tutoring his peers to help out and one of them makes a glaring error, he's more likely to think "they are so stupid", and more likely to act in such a way that "Here. This is the *right* way you should do it so you don't make stupid mistakes. Remember this. You don't want to make dumb mistakes". Basically...a kind of hidden insult if you will with a bit more of a constructive framing.

Now, second thing to add to his file. Superiority. He's smart. He knows it. He's never really been challenged or found a "true friend" because of it (and because he's constantly putting up that mask of the good moral teenage boy that requires him to look good in the eyes of society, which also requires society to not see and know the him without the mask). It's not unlikely that he would develop a sort of complex in which he values intelligence while simultaneously believing that he's above everyone for being the smartest (because no one can challenge him, right? And because everyone thinks so), so it’s not unlikely that he would place people in a metaphorical heirarchy based upon his analysis of their character (which is influenced by how intelligent he believes them to be).

Now, I also sort of hinted at a moment ago that I believe it's "he's misogynistic because he's gay" (if I had to reduce my take as much as possible down to a simple phrase) over "he's gay because he's misogynistic", or that his being gay is something that makes him more misogynistic as the series goes on. This is a pretty long post as it is, so I'm not going to make an entire breakdown on why I think Light being gay (for the record, I personally feel that he's gay and aspec) is a valid interpretation of canon. So if you don't agree with me on it, have fun. If you decide to keep reading, know that what I'm about to say is said upon the basis of this being true.

As mentioned earlier, Light is very aware of his place and influence in society. He's aware of how his looks affect others (and he has no problems using them to his advantage, even in canon. Adding that to the file), and he's combined them with his words in canon to win over characters no matter their gender. What matters (especially when he becomes Kira) is that society *sees* him as a good person, which means often that he can ignore his own actions/feelings that don't fit society's ideals of a "good moral person" as long as no one knows/can see it (because if no one sees it, it may as well not be real) or as long as he believes it *will* become accepted in society. It's a very pointed choice that Light Yagami does not date anyone (and in fact, canonically tells his family that he's too busy to right now) pre death note, even though he makes it clear that he has girls' contact information and COULD initiate a date if he wished to. This is why his jump from dating no one, to going to Space Land with Yuri, to dating a bunch of girls at once is...interesting behavior.

But he's under suspicion of being Kira. We know the lengths he goes to so he can come off as normal teenage boy material (like *cough* reading porn mags on camera), and dating all those women at once is no exception (because it's totally straight behavior to make excuses about why you won't date anyone to jumping to dating a bunch of girls at once so you seem like a totally normal girl crazy teenage boy /s).

He thinks that he understands society and how people act fundamentally (as shown with how he talks to Ryuk about how society will respond to Kira over time). And while there's no proof that he believes that junk that all women will inherently be drawn towards men (comp het, and some other things), given that he uses his looks to his advantage regardless of gender or romance, he is aware that he *can* win over people with his looks (and with society as it is, especially at the time, whether he has male admirers and knows it doesn't matter in terms of his dating life, because dating men will *not* contribute positively to his "good normal teenage boy" persona), it's true that he does use a lot of women in pursuing his goals.

So, let us set the stage, shall we? We have a man who doesn't respect very many people, nor does he find anyone worthy of his level intelligence wise. He makes judgements on people's character influenced by how smart he believes them to be. He's never had an actual close friend before. He's a man who likes men (who may not know that he likes men) and values intelligence, who surrounds himself with women (and women he dislikes at that)

Even if he needs this to be true for his goals, I doubt Light finds many people who fall for his manipulation of them (aided by his looks) to be very smart. He doesn't believe all women are inherently stupid or lesser, just that none of the ones he's met are worthy of him (not to mention that because he's not a woman himself, he doesn't fully grasp their place in society/how society affects them as much as he thinks he does)

Most people are stupid (no one is as smart as me) -> people are so easy to manipulate -> I keep manipulating women, women are easy to manipulate -> I dislike women being obsessed with me. Why? She is a bit stupid. I have to dislike her for a reason. I dislike her because she's stupid and therefore not worthy of me -> women are stupid

(And even then, as I said, he still doesn't really think women are inherently lesser in the end. I think his reactions are just heightened here by the fact that he just does not like Misa. I mean, heck, when he gets angry he throws men under the bus too (sorry Mikami). I think our perspective is a bit skewed given how much time he spends with her. Even if he was acting about it, it's telling enough that he recognized that Takada *is* intelligent)

So, what would this all mean for fem Light? Well, to keep her experience largely similar (or to keep her as close to the original as possible), let us assume that fem Light is a lesbian. Of course, given her status as a woman, she's going to face a bit more hardship and actually be impacted by misogyny herself this time around, but she has a supportive family. Light Yagami is a "good normal teenager" you see.

She may have told her parents she wouldn't date boys because she's focusing on her studies before, but when she comes under suspicion of being Kira by L, she needs to seem like a "normal teenage girl". She goes on a date with a guy who'd asked her out or a guy friend she knows likes her to initiate the bus jacking incident. She could still read porn mags on camera, although I surmise that just talking about how much she definitely likes guys or making collages of hot shirtless men from regular magazines could do the trick. She picks someone to date long term until getting into university (in which she'll tell people that it just wasn't going to work out because they were going different places after high school). She gets the highest score on the entrance exam to her university of choice (To-Oh of course) and finds another long term boyfriend from her university (or the equivalent of Takada, given that she was intelligent AND pretty, miss To-Oh herself). She already kind of doesn't like men based upon her experiences, but we enter into the second Kira event. Assuming the plot beats are mostly the same and our masc equivalent of Misa still demands to be her boyfriend, he becomes an obsessive obstacle in Kira's path, earning her ire for being an obstacle and because it annoys her "for some reason" that he likes her. It's so easy to get boys to do whatever she wants given her looks and charisma, so they can't be too smart. And of course all the ones she's surrounded herself with she has been annoyed at for them liking her so much. It can't be for no reason, so it must be something else. So clearly none of the men she's dated/dating are worthy because they're stupid and men are stupid.

You see where this goes.

Like I said, Takada happens to be a great frame of reference. She's smart, intelligent, loves Kira. If intelligence is why he could not love Misa, then surely Takada is his type, right?

Mikami is another great frame of reference. He's smart, intelligent, worships Kira obsessively (hmmm curious how similar he is to Misa in that regard and yet he doesn't find *him* annoying) , looks like L is very pretty. ...Light picks him after only seeing his looks on tv and doesn't appreciate any of his other pawns/allies just as much

Anyways, I digress. I've Light essayed you all enough

Tl;Dr, I think it's entirely possible that a fem Light could turn out largely the same (just maybe a men disliker instead of a women disliker or with a different occupation), just because gender would not really change his values morally or in terms of intelligence, nor how he interacts with society. Heck, even if she would have to be more wary of getting exposed about it, fem Light could very much be a femme fatale type (I think canon Light already has the vibes) given that she would use her looks to her advantage as well. She would face naturally a bit more or different hardship than canon Light, but it’s not impossible for her to turn out largely the same with a couple things swapped about her.

#Thanks for the interesting ask anon! #And sorry it took me so long to answer!! #I hope this essay...maybe hit your expectations a bit? #Idk in any case I find this point of topic fascinating #especially since it gives me the excuse to break apart these characters and dissect em a little and put some of my interpretations out there #death note #light yagami