Playing His Game (reprise)

Playing his game (reprise)

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To everyone who writes Ryuk as not giving a damn about nobody nowhere… I see Ryuk as a very sentimental character in canon but only about one (1) person. Ryuk enjoyed talking with Light so very much that to go without their conversation was grounds to bitch at length.  He regularly followed his commands when he didn’t have to do so, bent the rules as much as he seemingly could for Light, moving the notes around at the man’s wish, responding to unconventional wording for contracts and undoing contracts as if its good enough to give up on the Death Note, never reveals the man to anyone else even when it would be interesting to do so, is respectful towards his father, and in the scene he has to talk to Mikami he can’t WAIT to get back to Light, he looks like he’s going to bust a gut with joy whenever Light addresses him positively, I don’t know what else to say guys… because Ryuk cares about three things in canon 1) this rare enjoyment of his dreary eternity 2) because of *written in flashing neon lights* Light Yagami 3) coming at him with those fukkin apples

that’s my Ryght absolutely has subtext in canon (at the very mildest some one-sided pining) ted talk thanks for coming

light yagami as a sometimes sorta cute slightly fucked up little dork who is detached from other people but wants to (and thinks he can) fix the world anyway AND is also cold and manipulative as an extension of these traits is a more interesting interpretation of his character than seeing him as an edgy sigma male who does not care about anything archetype

just thinking about like. how incredibly fucked up it would be if light actually weren’t kira and L was basically torturing this random kid he’s decided to fixate on? i think there are actually a wide range of reasons someone might think they were unknowingly killing people based on the conditions L has set up, and this never really crosses anyone’s mind. he’s created a literal nightmare scenario and it’s real lucky for everyone involved that he was right.

i feel like we are too hard on light yagami sometimes. imagine learning that you have absolute power over death itself and also the universe is cosmically uncaring and knowing for sure that there is literally nothing beyond the veil of death. you are being haunted by a perpetual ghost that will kill you if you don't do something interesting with that power. there is no higher power than you and the pen in your hand. and also you are in high school.

head canon (?) that light has been so uptight his whole life and doesn’t really let himself smile or joke a lot bc he has these like weird image he has of himself but he meets L who shows him to find the humor in life (this is so messy but i just had a vision of this) sdjdjfksnfj

YES, I understand what you mean!!! This also reminds me of a post by @gh0stbeeee where Lawlight are the only ones that can make the other ugly laugh!

I think it would start with L muttering responses to stuff the task force says under his breath and because Light is sitting so close he hears and he desperately has to hold himself back from laughing. Eventually it gets to the point where Light is turning red from trying to stop himself from laughing so hard. Eventually L would realize this and amp it up some, make more comments and just do more trying to get Light to fully laugh, cackle, something more than turning red and looking odd.

I think to tie in with this one, the head canon that Light’s crazy evil laugh is just his normal laugh. So when L finally manages to get Light to actually laugh as much as he’d like to say he though it was immediately cute, he actually was quite alarmed. He obviously found it adorable later on, also fun fact! Light also snorts when he laughs!

Eventually L can get Light in moods where he finds anything that L does as absolutely hilarious and is just curled up clutching his stomach from how hard he is laughing. L knocks something off the table slowly and Light is crying from laughing so hard.

In the beginning he still would hide it around his family but once him and L are like together he’s not afraid to be more open like that around others. His family is quite shocked to hear Light truly laugh for the first time. Overall this is a super cute head canon thanks for sending it in!!