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Another Lawlight Yuri Piece I did a while back :) I think I prefer the designs for the more recent ones, but I'm still proud of this rendition <3

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A gift for my dear friend @judgeandjury :>

Please read their fic You Checkmate Me on Ao3!! It's really vivid and evocative, and it was a pleasure to draw this for them <3

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insanely messy sketch i just had to get out

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thought of them immediately

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How horrible and ironic and tragic is this that the first thing L tells Light after he screams in pain and regained his memories was “Anyone would have been scared after seeing that monster”

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Obsessed with this image of Light from the first ED. It’s such a good example of perspective fuckery where, as long as your shoulder is sufficiently behind your neck, you seem to be in an assertive posture with your shoulders back and chest out— even though you are, in reality, drawing your shoulders IN and hunching your back (which is more weary looking and makes you seem small). It’s a cool detail because what does that mean?? The real Light Yagami is purely borne from perspective? That Light only sees himself as who he WANTS to be?

Another thing I love is the colour contrast, where Light in the mirror is given “real” saturated colours while the real Light is desaturated, maybe to represent how dissociated he actually is from the whole Kira thing. Or maybe it is to show how Light’s persona is the only thing he sees as valuable and “bright” in his life— his mirror self, which is not as pathetic as who he really is. Ie; who is NOT a bored, powerless schoolboy.

It’s also got a very claustrophobic feel. Academic, with books lining his shelves (hell, he’s wearing his school uniform) and there’s nothing which shows personality. The balcony’s parapet seals his view of anything other than the clear blue sky.

I love Light sm.

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One of the og doomed yaoi

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CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT LOWLIGHTPRIMED IS HOLY SHIT

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White man jumpscare

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L would never come out

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Female Light Yagami is FINE AS HELL.

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How the fuck do people feel comfortable using AI to write whole fanfics, I feel like I’m cheating by using the rewrite suggestions on word.

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New templates, new templates!

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- the Ellipsus Team xo

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Look at how upbeat Light appears to be just after he gets validation from L lmao:

Light: *provides an essay to prove that his deduction skills are in fact excellent*

L: correct

Light: :DD I'm right, you say? Just like that? :DDD (*actually beaming with a wide grin can y'all believe it?! :)

[Light probably:

"This is great. I’m going to get a good grade in flirting via deductive reasoning, something that is both normal to want and possible to achieve"]

...and when L is flippant about it, Light deflates a little- Oh Light, my poor little meow meow XD

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Light Yagami is an INFP. When he manipulates he tries to capture the emotional essence of a person and morphs into whatever can score him the best brownie points. He appeals to sympathy instead of using cold hard facts to prove his innocence because that’s what’s relatable to him. His best plans involve manipulation or has a week’s long time span to be executed because he can’t actually plan that well beyond that. That is why he could more or less outmaneuver Ray Penber but had no long term strategies to ensure Kira’s reign was successful and efficient. He reacts instead of acts; he’s perpetually the mouse in the cat-and-mouse game. Instead of making safeguards to protect himself in case of future threats, he doubled down on denialism and living in a fantasy. Classic INFP self-sabotage. Even in the Yotsuba arc, his master plan was that he was chosen and had willpower. That’s not xNTJ intellectualism to me, baby. He ruminated on how “rotten” the world was even before he got the note, meaning he looked at it in very emotional terms. Not “inefficient”, not “generally unsympathetic”, just an ambiguous “rotten”.

/s kinda but not really at the same time. Like, I don’t know enough about MBTI theory to say anything and this is for fun but how on Earth is he a THINKER when he literally feels his way through situations and only actually responds enthusiastically if he has to prove something?

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I sometimes wonder about the design choices which led to Kaiba, Light and Lelouch because while the latter two may be inspired by the first, it’s crazy to me that nearly everything about them is the same. From the hair (roughly same colour, shape and length), to the skin tone (tan to pale in different lightings) to the physique (tall and lean, not bulky) to the wardrobe (somewhat regal and always proper), they literally look like the same character in different fonts.

It’s kind of funny to me but it makes complete sense given the archetype. You want someone to look smart and grounded (so the hair should be a darker tone, black or brown. However, black hair is much more common so to make them “unique” among the others, brown is a better choice), they should seem cerebral (make them tower above other and not be overly muscular) and they should be intimidating (angular, refined features, high cheekbones, longer nose) and ta-da! You get the smart brunet with burning passion.

These are only a few comparisons but there is a very big similarity in the way they pose and emote, it’s very cute! It’s amazing they even got it down to the slight hip-lock.