The whole idea that L ‘takes’ the names of people he’s defeated is SO interesting to me. (We can debate if L really “won” in the B situation, but lets for simplicity). It’s such an intimate way to show ownership over those you defeated. It’s also a type of consumption. L is very much someone who considers himself to have a mutable identity, specifically name wise. The amount of aliases he has! But it seems that each alias isnt exactly a character that L is playing. They are ALL him. (At least I read it this way).
I dont know, its just fascinating to think of L as this person so strangely desperate for connection or identity or SOMETHING to define himself against that he starts collecting names and identities. For some reason it makes me picture a spider taking apart another insect. Does that make any sense to anyone other than me? Becoming, taking on, but also destroying the source of the name… or at least refitting, re-tailoring the identity to better suit L.
In an ‘L wins over Light’ au, I wonder if L would take his name in some way. I think he would. The name Light Yagami would certainly not be released to the public after the Kira case if we are taking into account how little governments tell us about well.. anything. In my mind, Light would be executed quietly, or kept prisoner. (Would L argue to keep him? Ask for him as payment for the case? It’s possible.) I just keep thinking about the utter humiliation for Light if L were to keep him around, and yet use Light’s name as another one of his aliases. Light is still alive, and STILL L has managed to take a ‘trophy’…
In the context of death note specifically names MEAN so much. They give you the power of life and death over someone. One also wonders which name would really kill L if written in the death note? What does L consider his real name? Does he even HAVE a name he feels bound up enough in? Anyway. I was just thinking……….
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