#both Light and L CONSTANTLY refer to their battle of wits as a game | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs | Tumgik

#both Light and L CONSTANTLY refer to their battle of wits as a game

a-model-of-propriety · 9 months

Text

i can't stop thinking about the "game" motif in the Death Note musical i need to write an essay about it i swear

#seph speaks #death note #death note musical #LIKE !!#both Light and L CONSTANTLY refer to their battle of wits as a game #like even titles of songs show it too. 'the game begins' 'playing his game' 'stalemate' (<- game terminology counts i have decided)#and then in 'secrets and lies' Light says 'i'm smart enough so it appears to win this stupid game'#and in 'the way it ends' he goes 'i've won the game but never gave up half my years'#they BOTH only think of the whole Kira thing as a massive game. that's all it is to them #just a chance to outsmart each other #Light has his grand ambitions but the moment L enters the scene all he cares abt is beating L #L doesn't really care about saving people from Kira. we see firsthand he's more than willing to sacrifice people's lives–#–to get an edge over Kira/Light #Ryuk also uses the game motif in 'kira' with the line 'don't know he's Light Yagami playing his dangerous game'#but it makes sense for him to view it as a game! he's a shinigami! the lives of mortals are just a source of entertainment for him!#but y'know what really gets me?#iirc L Light and Ryuk are the ONLY ones that lean into this motif #the closest i remember anyone else getting was Misa + Rem saying 'love makes you break all the rules' in 'mortals and fools'#so they refer to the rules of the 'game'#BUT ONLY IN THE CONTEXT OF BREAKING THEM #L and Light are playing this massive game but for everyone else it's extremely real #real people are dying. and the two smartest characters in the show don't care #even Rem doesn't consider it a game! Kira is using Misa – anything that hurts her is incredibly real to Rem #DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M GETTING AT ??#anyway props to Jack Murphy you wrote some banger lyrics

9 notes · View notes

Last Seen Blogs

henrydiasof

henry

gdll

无标题

jsummerfield

JASPER.

bottledsmoke

bottled smoke

000yul

fishing in the eldritch sense