[ SECRET POST #282 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #282 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 09 pages, 208 secrets from Secret Submission Post #041.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 ] broken links, [ 1 2 3 ] not!secrets, 0 not!fandom.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Monday, October 15th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

7. While Light is in theory the "bad guy" here, he's in fact as much of a victim to the note as all those people he killed. Not to substantiate any of his actions, or the fact that he is such an overconfident, smug, immature, pretentious bastard (then again how many people were disappointed and bored when he reverted back to nice Light for a short while there?) prone to swimming lessons. His objective was still what most people would feel is an ideal world, even if the ways far from justified the means.

However, it kind of annoys me when people don't take time to understand that Death Note isn't trying to define what good, evil, black, white or justice is. The story was definitely designed to make you think of all those things, though. Not following it at least somewhat objectively -- like you would with a book -- ruins the experience. Point was to illustrate that everyone has their own take on justice, just like everyone has their own take on the characters and the story. It's not saying Light is Right, nor is it claiming he's 100% off track.

Personally, I just enjoyed seeing how easily a fairly “normal” human being with an outlook on life that most people relate to can be ruined by their own actions in a short period of time. There are plenty if characters out there who are popular despite being assholes, but sadly in Death Note we never really get to see a different or more "human" side to any of these because it is such a plot-centric story.

11. Tsuna, Sena, Sora.

37. Don't even get me started on all the unjustified Near-hate. 99% of the time it's either "he's boring" or "he's a cheap L knock-off" which kind of shows how difficult it was for people to understand him. Or maybe they just had a hard time paying attention due to the infamous WALLS OF TEXT. The rushed last arc of Death Note didn't exactly give room for any decent character development, either.

Most of the time you just had to guess your way to what characters went through emotionally (like try to read their minimal body-language) and what happened in-between the big gaps of their appearance in chapters. Just look at Mello. Ohba was only devoted to the plot while Obata was paid to illustrate. This sucks for fans who usually get attached to characters and expect some reward in return for following the story.

[haleysings.livejournal.com]

(then again how many people were disappointed and bored when he reverted back to nice Light for a short while there?)

Not me! XDD This'll sound odd, but I'm a fangirl of him that way. He seems like a genuinely nice guy. That's what makes Death Note such a tragedy to me--if he hadn't picked up that notebook, he probably would've become an investigator and perhaps TRULY have been the next L and have a normal, uncrazy life.

[(Anonymous)]

I wasn't disappointed at all, actually. But I know a lot of people complained. It just made the contrast painfully clear - old Light in reflection to the corrupted one. It also made it obvious to me why you shouldn't think of Light as the true antagonist of the story, or even evil. The Note is the real villain.

It's not like the fans of Light-o are claiming he's not an arrogant bastard, anyway. Who says you can't like characters despite that one quality?

[pimmy.livejournal.com]

i so agree. that was the biggest thing to realize for me, in the series.

"hey guys maybe kira manipulated light and now passed on his power lol!"
me: ...holy crap Kira really IS manipulating Light! In a totally effed up weirdo crazy kind of way!

[haleysings.livejournal.com]

...You know, I never really thought about that, but that's totally RIGHT. Light IS being manipulated! O.O The Note/Kira's manipulating him, and so is Ryuk for his own twisted amusement...

Even though I don't excuse Light's actions, the more I think about it, the more I see him as a tragic figure.

[pimmy.livejournal.com]

yeah pretty much! or another way to think about it: he's like, manipulating HIMSELF. He's all "I know because that's the kind of person I am" and junk. LIGHT NOT ONLY USES OTHERS AROUND HIM BUT ALSO HIMSELF.

[haleysings.livejournal.com]

Wow...that's incredibly twisted and bizarre, but it makes a TON of sense. Evil!Light knows what he used to be like, so bases his plan around that...

He's so...wow. So far gone.

7 OP

[(Anonymous)]

I'm sure that Death Note is an awesome series with lots of interesting philosophical issues to deal with and good for you if you enjoy it, but I wouldn't know about it because I never read it past volume two of the manga. It just didn't grab me, and Light in particular drove me away.

I'm not trying to assume anything about the series or say that I think it's a bad series or that Light is a bad character or anything like that. It's just that my initial impression of his character was what kept me from reading more of DN.

Because Light is the center of the story and I disliked him so strongly - partly because I thought he was a jerk but also because I just can't relate to his actions and state of mind at all - I figured Death Note was just not the manga for me.