[ SECRET POST #3741 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3741 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[fscom]

03. https://i.imgur.com/qvIBz0q.png

[(Anonymous)]

Just make sure you keep your shit flipping pan separate from your pancake flipping pan. Basic hygiene, please.

Yeah, he gonna be straight. Why would you think otherwise. Start practicing your shit flip now, y'all.

[(Anonymous)]

...I mean, Light canonically having zero interest in women is kind of an important part of his character. He literally just uses them even as they gush over him, there's not a single moment where he ever expresses any interest in them. Even when he's not being Kira. Like, making him interested in women would be an actual huge change in his characterization, so there's a pretty good reason people might be annoyed if he's portrayed heterosexually.

(not saying there's a chance that he'll be portrayed as gay, but still, not straight is a reasonable expectation)

[(Anonymous)]

Lead character in a westernized production and you think he won't be straight? Riiiiiiiiiiight. Okay.

[(Anonymous)]

Why would that change be a silly thing to be mad about? I don't get what you're trying to say.

Plus, are you really suggesting that all male leads in Western movies have to have an active sexual interest in women? That's... not true. Especially since this movie is produced by Netflix.

[(Anonymous)]

He doesn't have to be straight. Plenty of Western characters show no sexuality. He can be 'not anything' like those, since not being swayed by sex is important to his character.

OP isn't saying they need him to be gay.

[(Anonymous)]

there is not a single moment where he expresses that interest in anyone. light only loves light.

that said the secret is not that they don't want to see him portrayed in a romance, stat, it's about heterosexuality in particular which means it's just your run of the mill shipping goggles. he could be straight or queer, no one knows because the show didn't show him being attracted to anyone

[(Anonymous)]

What I got out of it was that OP wants Light to remain asexual instead of the only other possible option, straight.

They're hardly going to make him gay. There's not even a chance.

[(Anonymous)]

and that's why they chose those panels, sure sure..

[(Anonymous)]

Eh, I'm not a shipper but it's hard to deny that Light's most major character interaction is (non-sexually) with L. I don't think Light is gay - like you said, Light's in it for Light only - but forcing in a het romance that eclipses that interaction would bother me too, just because it'd make it less important.

[(Anonymous)]

I guarantee you, he's gonna fuck Misa. Or whatever her American name is. I promise you that's gonna happen. I'd bet a million dollars on it.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah probably. But will it be out of genuine attraction or out of power/keeping her pacified?

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt but I think it'd be really cool if they made Light gay. The manga itself poked at the idea. Not a fujoshi, but I did think there was a sort of... element to the Light and L scenes that went deeper than just typical rivals, on some intellectual level they constantly seemed to be hate-fucking. At least, to the point where gay readings of Light don't make me mad.

But at any rate, the movie would be best off not showing him explicitly sexually interested in anyone. I think Death Note was one of those shows in general where less is more, because it really invites the audience to come to their own conclusions.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't really ship it, but I can see where you're coming from in that the only intellectual equal to Light in the manga was L and Light would hardly go for someone lower than that. If the canon - or a fanfic - was going to force a pairing, that'd be the only believable option, really.

I don't think he's actually gay in canon or that he'd go for anyone at all though.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, let's make the self-righteous serial killer gay and have him kill his lover interest. That won't reinforce a bunch of negative stereotypes.

[(Anonymous)]

lmao

[dahli]

From the trailers I wouldn't be surprised if they make him straight, though.

But honestly, I just see him as powersexual.

[(Anonymous)]

Regardless of the fact that he was just using her and had no genuine fellings for her, Light was still in a relationship with Misa for years.

[(Anonymous)]

In a relationship is different from straight though? There are literally scenes of Misa trying to be sexy and seduce Light, and he gets annoyed and thinks about punching her. There's no evidence that he was sexually interested in Misa, even beyond just not having feelings for her.

[(Anonymous)]

Last I checked he had no confirmed sexuality so why

[ibbity]

If you're implying that Light is Most Definitely Canonically Gay For L and therefore it would be erasure to make him straight, you're way off track imo. Light's sexuality as presented in canon is pretty much "meh, I guess I'll bang Misa sometimes since I can get something out of it but I'm not really interested in anyone like that for realsies." There's nothing else there that isn't highly subjective. I mean, I get shipping it, because it's a really interesting ship, but I don't think you can really pin Light down as anything, including not-straight.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think "meh I guess I'll bang Misa sometimes" remotely describes his sexuality. He's not interested in Misa at all. He would only bang her to keep her from literally murdering any other potential girl he needs to use/pretend to date. I'd say "not straight" is a pretty fair assessment of Light, considering how often he's put in positions where he needs to seduce/be around/impress young beautiful women and he never ever once is anything but annoyed by them and there's not a single moment when he even indicates in internal dialogue that he likes them. It's pretty safe to say Light is canonically not interested in women.

[ibbity]

But there's also nothing to indicate that he is canonically interested in men either. He's pretty much asexual if we go by canon. OP seems to believe that Light is gay for L, which isn't supported by canon any more than any other ship.

[digitalghosts]

I googled it as have been convinced it is another theoretical chat of such adaptation but nope, it will come out in August with Netflix.

Trailer was um ... weird so I see why Secret OP is side-eying that. Essentially, it seemed like the LA part action mash up with only the notebook itself, apples and Ryuuk's voice making sense to me. Light was snogging someone like he was very into it as well (Takada? No idea, am used to blonde Misa). He is a grand actor though but how well will they pull off ... shall see, personally would like more about whole background as Whammy's House is ... absolutely like a cult rising child soldiers.

The only person who interested Light was ... Kira. Yes, speaking about amnesia phase. I do not think him being straight or anything else would be important as long as they do not go outside of canon with his relationships (so him being really into anyone bar obsessive or intellectual interest).

[maskitheclown]

Racism you can excuse but you draw the line at homophobia? I'm guessing that was the bait no one else took but since I always answer too late I should be good.