Why Do I Subject Myself To These Things?

[said_scarlett]

Oy, I haven't even been up an hour and already I have a headache.

So, D sent me an email, letting me know there were a bunch of new Death Note fics on ff.net that revolved around/were inspired by Another Note. Since I don't really read DN fic unless it's written by someone I know or revolves around Naomi, I decided I'd wander over and check them out.

I'm not sure why I did this, because a vast majority of DN fic makes me want to hit the authors over the head with a good psychology book.



It bothers me enough when Light and Misa are turned into stereotypical bloodthirsty, murder, raping types, but since I rarely read fic about them, I generally can avoid the whole issue altogether and not freak out and want to shake people and scream 'MISSION BASED KILLER! LOOK IT UP!!!!!'. But with Another Note centric fic....

Argh. B. I love B's character, and I love his psychological makeup. And yet....every fic I've read has turned him into a blood thirsty killer who slashes apart anyone who looks at him wrong and can't stop himself from killing/takes delight in murdering people.

Did people even pay attention to why he killed the people he did? Did they not notice the insane specifics of his victims? Did they completely miss the entire scenario in which he killed? Did they somehow manage to overlook it was not a compulsion, but rather a carefully laid out plan with a very specific goal in mind? He's not your garden variety serial killer, people!

Sometimes I seriously wonder what the hell people are watching/reading when it comes to Death Note. It also makes me wonder why the hell anyone would try and write these characters without doing research and understanding all the different subtleties between various abnormal criminal disorders. And makes me cling to the damned Light and Misa like a lifeline, even though it's not fic.



Whew, I feel better!

I had really bizarre Death Note/Venture Bros dreams last night. L was some sort of....super hero/genius thingy, and Light was his arch, and he went by the name Death God, and there was all sorts of bizarre stuff going on.

I'm also once more severely confused as to days, because when I turned on AS at 11:30 last night to watch Shin Chan, Venture Bros were on instead, making me panic and wonder how the hell it got to be Sunday so quickly. Oh, AS, you never fail to give me a moment's confusion when I forget to check your scheduling ahead of time.

talia_speaks linked me to the UPS site where I can get free boxes! So I put in an order, and within a week, should have plenty of boxes for packing. I'm thinking today it's time for my stuffed things and plushies to go into a large bag. SPEAKING OF! I found my Munich Ed plushie. He'd been stuffed into an obscure compartment of my duffel bag, not killed by plushie!Light as we had assumed. And plushie!Near is doing a very good job of keeping Light in line, so Ed should be perfectly safe.

Plushie!L has missed his husband!

Comments

[speaky-bean.livejournal.com]

Really? I've never once read B-fic like that, but I suppose it must exist somewhere...most of the B-fic I've read is rather excellent. I guess I haven't been on ff.net in a while, that could explain it. I tend to stick to LJ for my fanfic needs these days.

[nijiirono.livejournal.com]

Hey! I've been re-reading FMA and I saw this (http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e164/Bexifer/scan0019.jpg) picture and thought of you. So I made this:
(http://s39.photobucket.com/albums/e164/Bexifer/?action=view&current=lustsmoke.png)

Which could...be better, sorry. But yeah. Lust smoking.

[snowpatrol89.livejournal.com]

hello there! Just found this entry interesting, so sorry if I sound like a stalker :P

I'm glad you made that point with B. I get pissed too when writers or artists splatter him wih blood and make it seem like he enjoys it. He's really a pitiful character, not even valuing his own life compared to his goal...so why can't people create works that don't portray him as a total monster?

I don't know. Fans of Death Note vary and some don't even pay attention to anything but the yaoi doujinishi ( being a little critical here). I guess it's a bit tiring because DN does have fascinating, layered characters and people tend to overlook or cheapen their personalities. That's why I look hard to find a good DN fanfic.

[brightredosca.livejournal.com]

Your Death Note/Venture Bros. dream is roughly 100 times better than any dream I've ever had! The only fandom related dream I've ever had is one in which the DN characters were malignant ghouls. Wanna trade brains?