I’m sorry I’m just so obsessed with this post I come back to it like every other week— if you’ll allow me to add to it…?
I think Light could almost do Spy x Family, like he pretty much has what it takes (perfectly non-threatening fake persona, can easily fake a romantic relationship, could ABSOLUTELY be an assassin, etc…). The only problem is, he would entirely lose his mind after .3 seconds of dealing with Anya.
Karma can totally do SxF because he’s charismatic enough so that nobody would suspect him of being an assassin if he really wanted to hide it. At most, he’d have slightly-odd-parent-that-lives-next-door energy.
Kaguya would pull off the “wife and mother” act perfectly with enough prep time. She wouldn’t really have a reason to become an assassin but I believe she’d do it if she had to (as long as it’s not some Kira-level mass-murder stuff). Though she’d use more discreet methods, like poisoning or something. She’d absolutely never get caught of course, she’s too meticulous for that.
Lelouch can, in fact, do SxF because, unlike Light, he actually can take care of children.
Now Yor I believe couldn’t do Death Note because, despite operating under a similar logic as Kira (Thorn Princess “only kills monsters and traitors”), she never claimed to know who deserves to live and who doesn’t. She’s a hired assassin, she kills her targets. She doesn’t have the ambition of re-shaping the world to her image or anything, she just wants to protect the ones she cares about. Also, she likes cold weapons wayyy too much to use the Death Note lmao.
Yor can do Assassination Classroom for similar reasons than Kaguya can: this type of guidance is really something Yor would’ve needed as a social recluse orphaned teen. And duh, she’s literally an assassin, she’d be top of class E in that regard!
She can’t do Love is War because she’s really not a manipulative person and is way too naive for all the scheming that goes on in that show.
She can’t do Code Geass either because, again, she’s not ambitious or manipulative enough to become a Zero-like figure.
L can’t do Spy x Family because he can’t do social situations. He’s so blunt he’d out himself as a spy in less than three seconds.
I believe Nagisa CAN do SxF cause like, just like Karma, he’s actually decently good at convincing people he is normal (I know I sure fell for it for a good chunk of the series). He’s not really a strategic person, but he doesn’t need it to be a good spy because people naturally trust him.
Miyuki would be so good at SxF because he’s good at improv which is GREAT for a spy. Also I fully believe he’d be quicker at the whole “dad” thing than Loid is.
Continuing the trend of Suzaku being useless (I’m sorry I love him); I actually do think he could do SxF as Yor, but as Loid?? Poor kid would try so hard to infiltrate powerful pro-war Ostania politicians circles that he’d accidentally join Desmond’s political party and start fighting for their cause for real. God save his soul, he’s trying to change the system from the inside but accidentally becomes the system…
Twilight’s whole shtick is he can play any role, so you’d think he could do all of these, right?? WRONG. This man would never, in a million years figure out who Kira is. I mean he literally hasn’t noticed he’s married to an assassin. His observation skills operate by Roger Rabbit rule, therefore he couldn’t pull of being L.
However I do think I can do AssClass, because again, tortured childhood&teenage years, he’d fit right within class E. He’s also strong and agile enough to be an assassin. He’s perfectly capable of killing someone, as we’ve seen.
Loid could do Love is War better than Miyuki. C’mon, the guy is probably the god of honey-traps! He’d struggle more with the emotional side of it, but he’d get there eventually.
He wouldn’t guess Zero’s identity (again, Roger Rabbit observation skills), but honestly, neither really did Suzaku (he had suspicions but wouldn’t believe it). Still, I’m pretty sure he could pilot a Knightmare just fine. Really, it’s almost comical how that man can do pretty much anything (except get his daughter to earn Stella stars).
Obligatory #feminism but I’d like to specify that Anya’s role in these stories would slightly differ: she’d just find her way into the plot and have a gay ol’ waku waku time listening to everyone’s thoughts.
