Death Note as a show is such a 'trying to order a milkshake at home depot' situation to many people - I've seen it claimed over and over that Code Geass or Monster are equivalent to if not better than Death Note because they do human drama so much better.
And it just makes me stare at a wall because Death Note was never meant to be about interpersonal drama or grand nuances of morality. Of course that is part of what we take out of it and focus on as readers, but it was never meant to be the main focus at all.
Death Note isn't failing these aspects, because failing something implies that you were actually trying to accomplish it.
At its core, Death Note is a suspense story designed to entertain people. That's it. That's the goal here. And it's good at that goal.
I think once you realize this, it is easier to make peace with the canon.
A cropped screenshot of a Discord message by Ph1LzA. It reads “Hey guys @/everyone I’m sure many of you know Shelby (shubble) came forward about abuse she had suffered at the hands of Wilbur during their relationship. After watching her stream last week myself and Kristin immediately reached out in dm’s to show our support. As you can imagine I am deeply saddened by all this, I’m struggling even now to put this all into words, so I ask that you please support shelby and other victims and I will still do my best to make my streams a safe space for everyone. Believe victims. always.”
A cropped screenshot of a twitter reply by Slimecicle @/Slimecicle. It reads “ok so I maybe didn't realize the final video would be this calm when I recorded my lines”. Attached is a clip from the QSMP trailer with Charlie speaking over it, transcribed as follows:
Charlie (speaking normally): Okay… Quackity what’s up, I’m just gonna give you these, uh, I guess in a few different, uhhh, inflections and tones and just tell me what. you. like.
Charlie (sounding desperate and scared): I just keep wondering why they’re putting us in different trains! (Screaming) IT DOESN’T MAKE ANY GODDAMN SENSE! Como se dice “WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?” EN ESPAÑOL? DONDE ESTA? LA BIBLIOTECA! [Last part is nearly unintelligible due to being screamed and is cut off abruptly.]
[Translation Note: “Como se dice […] en español” means “how do you say […] in spanish”. “Donde esta le biblioteca” means “where is the library?”]
A cropped screenshot of a tweet and reply by spookytexas @/sophietexas_.
Sophie’s tweet reads “i miss you so much. thank you for being my friend. you’re with me always”. Attached are 2 photos. The first shows Sophie’s arm with a coloured tattoo of the Techno bongo emote. The second is a cropped screenshot of a discord message by Techno, consisting of the Techno bongo emote.
Sophie’s addition reads “this was his last message to me ❤️”.
unknown / La voce della luna The Voice of the Moon (1990) dir. Federico Fellini / unknown / Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being / Euripides, Erakles / unknown / Ocean Vuong, A Letter to My Mother That She Will Never Read / Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
Every day on this website I see the most baffling takes about Light Yagami's personality. You'd think with how much time we spend in the guy's head, the view of what his personality even is would be more unified but no... No.
(And half of the time fanon Light is literally just describing Mikami, which never ceases to amuse and frustrate me in equal measures.)
5 sets of 2 identical instagram story screenshots with the UI either visible or hidden each. They are from BagheraJones, Jaiden_animations, Quackity and Slmccl. All show various arrangements of the group of Phil, Foolish, Jaiden, Pac, Roier, Charlie, Cellbit, Forever, Quackity, Bagi, Fit and Baghera at night in an area filled with tree, lantern, benches and decorative pebbles. Baghera’s caption reads “Qsmp 💛”, Jaiden’s caption reads “:)’, Quackity’s caption reads “QSMP IN BRAZIL ❤️ ❤️ ❤️” and Charlie’s caption reads “Everyone 💚”.