#appeasing the longtime fans who know what's coming but intriguing those new to the story

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i am just so earnestly curious. i read the books a long time ago, i am struggling to put myself in the shoes of someone who doesn't know what's coming. the latest promo that has the sinister projection of L: does this come across as menacing to people who are book-innocent? do those audience members have anxiety about him showing up in paris?

i know he was fucking excoriated by a lot of viewers for season 1 and ep 5 especially (no matter one's experience with the canon), and a lot of people now despise the character.

but does like. anyone actually have concern abt the guy showing up and making trouble? it seems to be the reaction they want people to have, I'm curious if it's working?

#yes i'd love your thoughts (but ofc i am trying so hard to keep this out of the tags aha) #I feel like they gotta run this thing on like two different tracks: #appeasing the longtime fans who know what's coming but intriguing those new to the story #and this latest promo along with the chair photo from earlier seem to be directing ppl to be Concerned #as someone who can't unknow what's coming i'm curious how their choice to double down on making L unlikable is coming off #bc lbr he's at the center of this property and at this point they've cultivated a significant portion of audience who #wouldn't piss on him if he were on fire #and i hope they have some god-tier writing in store to hang a sharp u-turn on this massive semi-truck of hate? #i appreciate they have to meld a property she nearly retconned from book 1 to the rest of it and #the writers made a daring choice to demonize ldl and query ldpdls memory #i'm assuming for maximum angst and to make it all creatively come together #but framing him as the biggest Big Bad for s2 is a lil odd to me when you have the obviously sinister TdV crew *right there* #does he really come off as scary to people? #between the threat of ldl and the TdV are newcomers meant to see A as ldpdls soft(TM) savior love interest? #lol it's so frustrating not being able to see this innocent of the knowledge of events...to get how it's coming off to other viewers #i can't unknow the fucked-up flip side to this story #but i am v curious!