If There's Any Justice.
Aug. 24th, 2023 03:58 pmOh, God, listening to the musical soundtrack has nudged me back into full-blown Death Note mode. Save yourselves.
I just caught myself watching and rewatching the first ending credits sequence from the anime, one of my favourite ending sequences of all time. I'm obsessed with how intimate the little glimpses into quiet moments of Light's life feel.
There's that shot of Light lying fully clothed on his bed in a crucifixion pose, next to the Death Note, and I have not stopped thinking about it since my last Death Note rewatch three years ago. Sprawling on your bed, fully dressed and exhausted, is such a private and such a human thing; it's a reminder that Light is a person, that he's a kid. But he's lying next to his murder weapon.
I've actually just caught a bit of symbolism I never noticed before! There's a shot of Light with doves flying away, and then the same shot reflected with crows flying in; the symbolism there isn't exactly subtle. But I never caught that Misa's in the background of the original 'doves' shot; in the reflected shot, she's missing. Out in the real world, Misa's a person. In Light's internal world, she might as well not exist.
I always forget how much I love Light! What a hideous tragedy of a person. I still haven't written any fanfiction in which he makes out with himself, and this feels like a serious oversight, because I've wanted it for fourteen years. (This isn't an exaggeration; I wrote the line 'Light has to be the most perfect character for narcissistic self-sex ever created' back in 2009.)
EDIT: Whoops! I didn't actually mean to post an entire entry almost solely about the Death Note end credits sequence, but I hit the Enter key and posted it accidentally. I suppose this is a complete enough entry to let it stand? So, er, please enjoy this entry almost solely about the Death Note end credits sequence.
I just caught myself watching and rewatching the first ending credits sequence from the anime, one of my favourite ending sequences of all time. I'm obsessed with how intimate the little glimpses into quiet moments of Light's life feel.
There's that shot of Light lying fully clothed on his bed in a crucifixion pose, next to the Death Note, and I have not stopped thinking about it since my last Death Note rewatch three years ago. Sprawling on your bed, fully dressed and exhausted, is such a private and such a human thing; it's a reminder that Light is a person, that he's a kid. But he's lying next to his murder weapon.
I've actually just caught a bit of symbolism I never noticed before! There's a shot of Light with doves flying away, and then the same shot reflected with crows flying in; the symbolism there isn't exactly subtle. But I never caught that Misa's in the background of the original 'doves' shot; in the reflected shot, she's missing. Out in the real world, Misa's a person. In Light's internal world, she might as well not exist.
I always forget how much I love Light! What a hideous tragedy of a person. I still haven't written any fanfiction in which he makes out with himself, and this feels like a serious oversight, because I've wanted it for fourteen years. (This isn't an exaggeration; I wrote the line 'Light has to be the most perfect character for narcissistic self-sex ever created' back in 2009.)
EDIT: Whoops! I didn't actually mean to post an entire entry almost solely about the Death Note end credits sequence, but I hit the Enter key and posted it accidentally. I suppose this is a complete enough entry to let it stand? So, er, please enjoy this entry almost solely about the Death Note end credits sequence.
