Sep 18, 2015
What if L doesn’t actually give a fuck about justice, like at all, and he literally just finds criminals that he wants to assist him/chill with and he just likes to threaten super harsh sentencing in order to make them work really hard to escape him. So he really has no intention of killing Light ever, he just wanted Kira to bring his best game. So when he wins, but he’s like “Good job, you did well, almost had me there, you slippery rascal. I mean, I won of course but…Hahaha, what? Death penalty? Oh! Nah, totally not worth it. You just work for me now, whenever I want. Yeah, I totally own you now. Let’s go have an Asshole Party and eat cake with Aiber and Wedy. I own them too; this is going to be great. Welcome to the family.”
#love this post#i def don't think of him as this justice machine#i think he's very much resident of the gray area#he will do anything to win#not for the sake of 'justice' or whatever#it's possible he used to be more idealistic#believed in justice as a concept#but grew jaded and apathetic with time#very much a thing that happens when dealing with scum#he probably saw a lot of the systemic issues#decided that he could only control his own actions#detached from it completely#could only cope with seeing it as a game#but nah#he's no woobie#he's very self-aware#hence the 'monsters' speech#l lawliet#death note
