[sashaisnotokay]

I feel that I have to say something.

What I see people posting here makes me speechless.

My heart breaks from seeing the behaviour of people I was respecting and admiring as artists and writers.

And I feel the need to make my position known.

I want to say this very loud and clear:

I fully and completely condemn celebration of someone’s death.

You don’t have to agree with someone to be humane.

You can hate a person, and still show grace and compassion.

Because your behaviour is not about them, it’s about you.

If it takes somebody saying words you don’t agree with to take away your kindness and humanity, then how much are your kindness and humanity worth?

[sashaisnotokay]

I just love, love, love Near’s theme!

Maybe it’s unintentional, but it perfectly shows his role in the story.

It starts as a calm but collected thinking process, putting things in place, making deductions. It seems insignificant - in the beginning Light is far more concerned with what Mello does than what Near does. But, just like L’s theme, it seems to never stop, and constantly grows bolder.

When the music “breaks”, it shows power you didn’t expect it to have, just like Near becoming Light’s biggest enemy - and eventually beating him in his own game.

And how much it reminds me of a river - constantly flowing, starting as a little creek and turning into a mighty stream, which is so symbolic.

[sashaisnotokay]

I actually don't understand the post in which you explain why you think L had to torture Misa. Sorry if I'm being annoying but I'd love to understand it. On the one hand, you say: "if he has confined her with rather normal conditions only to isolate her from the First Kira and preventing her from using her powers to kill him - that would only be a matter of time when he would’ve had to let her go, because people would’ve started to ask questions". Why? People were already asking questions - the rest of the task force. And yet, they let L keep torturing Misa in the end. How would keeping her imprisoned in normal conditions have raised more questions? It still would have been a secret imprisonment that only the task force and Watari knew about - who would have asked any questions? And you also say "If he was interrogating her in much softer conditions, there was much higher chance that with time either the First Kira will find out the way to contact the Second, or the First Kira will simply kill Misa". Why? I might be missing something but I don't really follow. How would the First Kira find a way to contact Misa in a scenario in which Misa is still imprisoned but not being as tortured as she is in canon? And if the First Kira has her real name, he can kill her anytime, whether she is imprisoned or not. How does torturing Misa stop the First Kira from killing her? Then in another post you said: "If L didn’t care about human rights, the easiest option would be simply to kill Misa and cover it up as an accident." Why would he have done that? He didn't want her dead; he wanted a confession and evidence of how the Kira killings were executed.

Hello!

Nothing annoying here, I’m glad we can have a conversation.

About “people who will start asking questions”, I meant people outside the investigation. If Misa, as a public person, is missing for a long time, it would attract attention, that’s it.

“How would the First Kira find a way to contact the Second if Misa is imprisoned but not tortured?”

So, I considered her immobilisation and lack of sight part of the torture, and I was talking about that. What I was thinking is that L made these kind of arrangements for safety’s sake, because he saw Kira power evolving (I mean from a person capable of killing knowing just a name and a face to being able to kill just seeing a face), so he didn’t want any more surprises, but now I find it highly unlikely. Right now I don’t think this point matters at all.

“Why would L want to kill Misa?”

Because his life was at risk. Misa saw his face. Of course L wanted the information above all, but he could’ve killed her and continued the investigation in safer conditions. But he didn’t, even if it meant he was in danger himself.

But actually, now, when I’ve had a fresh look on Death Note events, I think there is only one point that really matters: L placed a bet on a quick confession. His primary goal was to stop two most dangerous murderers in the world. I’m not “pro-torture”, but I can clearly see how L’s actions are justified. Serial killers are not to be coddled.

[sashaisnotokay]

Well well, who is here again.

I’ve finally rewatched Death Note! And again, I’m reminded about how much I love it, and how heartbreaking and painful it is. A story about finding excuses, huge egos and wasted lives.

I won’t promise to be active, but I’ll try to answer my previous asks and maybe pick up some previous topics I didn’t follow through. I am sorry it took so long to appear here again, but I’m very satisfied with the break I had. It was much needed.

[sashaisnotokay]

Hi there! I wanted to comment about Misa as being "poorly written" by the other Anon. This is also a spoiler alert for anyone who doesn't want to know a slice of the ending. Far from it. She was a key essential character throughout the ordeal along with Light gaining this undeserved power. Can you imagine what would have happened if Light got his way and Misa was never intercepted near the end? Many would have died. The whole investigative team would have died. Anyone who Light ever considered a threat would have died.

The End

That’s true, Misa was always very important, so saying that she was there as an “addition” to Light or purely for fanservice is just baseless, in my opinion.

[sashaisnotokay]

It shows that I have one incoming ask, but when I enter my asks, there is none.

I don’t know what is happening, so, if any of you wrote something to me, I apologise, I have no idea how to fix this. Maybe you could try writing in the comments or directly?

[sashaisnotokay]

I didn’t know Die wrote the English himself, I thought big gurl was a mistranslation. How do you know this? Thanks for adding it!

I don’t know for sure if he writes himself on Instagram, I just assume it.

Sometimes his captions on Instagram are in Japanese only, but much more often they are in both Japanese and English, and sometimes even only in English.

As much as I know, Die is believed to be the best English speaker among Dir En Grey guys, so I assume he writes his captions himself.

[sashaisnotokay]

Everytime I hear The Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson Those!Light just pops up in my head. There is some bitter arrogance in this song that reminds me of him instantly. It is also kind of relevant to canon Light Yagami.

[poofmalyakaet]

the world is rotten… except for light yagami, of course

[gorkloum]

Q: Have you ever cooked a dish in your life for at least once? A:

(last spring we with @nnenteyn-new and our secret friend :> tried to start DN ASK just for fun! (also i created the bot for generating stupid questions for us) the idea died quickly due to our poor free time, but at least we tried lol 😸)

[sashaisnotokay]

btw, your art is amazing

Thank you, I really appreciate that!

[sashaisnotokay]

Hi Sashai, it might be a bit late, but happy new year. Wish you have a lucky year :33.

Hello and thank you, may you have a good year as well!

[sashaisnotokay]

I don’t like how this art has turned out, but I don’t think I know how to make it better.

He doesn’t need an introduction, I guess.

[sashaisnotokay]

I still haven’t reread or rewatched Death Note, but I’m left speechless by some posts lately that claim Misa is a “poorly written” character.

For me, Misa is one of the deepest and most complex characters in the whole Death Note.

I don’t like her, but through the story I think I see her.

I see a lost girl who desperately avoids taking responsibility. She wants someone strong and safe to lead her. She craves love and connection, but doesn’t know how to get it in a healthy way - or maybe she knows, but is terrified of rejection, to the point that she lies to herself (remember her coming out of that meeting with Kyomi, telling Mogi that she “won”).

Really, a genuine question, is Misa really “badly written”?

[mrs-yagami]

Saying Misa is “badly written” is ironically in itself a poor choice of words to describe her. She’s cohesive, consistent, her motivations and what drives her are clear, she’s nicely designed. Conceptually, she’s a great character. The narrative just primarily portrays her as obnoxious and delusional and doesn’t try to endear you to her despite her having all this depth and turmoil behind her behaviour.

It mentions the death of her parents maybe twice? And then mostly makes a mockery of her resulting trauma and codependency by using her as cheap and distasteful fanservice and comic relief. It doesn’t have too much interest in her besides the fact that she’s obsessed with this fantasy she projects onto Light, and doesn’t really care to explore what kind of person Misa was or could’ve been without the death of her parents.

Doesn’t mean she’s badly written. She’s just only really used to drive the plot forward, not make a meaningful or deep statement of any kind with respect for what she experiences. It’s lame in terms of personal taste, but not “bad” in terms of cohesive writing. Agree lol

[sashaisnotokay]

I’m afraid I disagree with you completely.

It’s not the narrative that portrays Misa as obnoxious - it’s Light’s opinion of her. Also, I don’t see why the narrative should teach people how to think about a certain character.

I also don’t see how fanservice and comic relief makes mockery of her trauma. A character can be tragic and funny simultaneously. The parts that can be called “fanservice” can be also interpreted as a part of her personality - Misa is flirtatious and likes to get attention through being attractive. And in comic relief - I doubt she can match Matsuda and L. How is comic relief offensive?

I don’t see why the narrative should have interest in Misa (and anyone else) besides her involvement with the storyline. Even L is less explained than her. This is a story about Light Yagami, he should be explained, his story should make a meaningful statement, and if nobody else is explained, I think that’s completely fine.

[mrs-yagami]

The narrative absolutely portrays her as obnoxious and delusional, specifically to Light as you said, and we are supposed to view the story through Light’s perspective.

Stories by default give you an impression on their characters based on how they interact and behave in universe, but whatever that might be will be interpreted differently based on the individual. Naturally, even though a lot of people dislike Light, I like him instead as my impression of him comes from a different perspective.

Comic relief can 100% be offensive because it’s subjective, which you’re entitled to disagree with. Doesn’t mean it can’t be perceived that way and just isn’t at all. That’s usually what it is that make people have a negative perception of her to begin with and why I described it as such. While I think Misa is a grown woman with agency, Ohba is still an author with a sexist bias that clearly influences how she’s depicted.

And I ended what I wrote by saying that it’s personal taste rather than poor writing to use her to drive the plot forward instead of giving her more attention and respect as a nuanced and complex character. I never said that it had to so, or that it was an objective failure not to do so.

You don’t have to agree or see it that way! I’m just shedding light on the feelings she evokes that leads people to the poorly expressed take that she’s badly written and that I can understand where it’s coming from.

I don’t care for Misa very much obviously, so I’m fine with how she’s portrayed. But I get people who do care wishing she was treated differently because they’re interested in her.

[sashaisnotokay]

Sorry, it doesn’t make sense to me.

If, as you say, it’s all about the interpretation, why do you say the narrative created by a sexist writer is what shows Misa as delusional and obnoxious?

It seems to me that the narrative shows us Misa’s personality from different sides, giving us every tool to understand her and think of her as someone far more complex than just a stupid obsessive girl. If the purpose of the narrative was to show her as simply irritating and obsessive, we wouldn’t have been told anything that would explain her or make us feel compassionate towards her.

If a reader doesn’t see her complexity, isn’t that the reader’s fault?

Also, I have decided to make a separate post about this issue. I think I’m onto something.

I’m hoping this dialogue didn’t sound rude or mean, I respect you and your opinion, but I’m also very determined to figure out the truth about this issue. Sorry about long writing!

[sashaisnotokay]

I have a genuine question.

You are welcome to answer in the comments or asks if you want.

What exactly makes you think Ohba’s writing was misogynistic towards Misa? Please, point out particular situations in Death Note plot that made you think so.

[sashaisnotokay]

I still haven’t reread or rewatched Death Note, but I’m left speechless by some posts lately that claim Misa is a “poorly written” character.

For me, Misa is one of the deepest and most complex characters in the whole Death Note.

I don’t like her, but through the story I think I see her.

I see a lost girl who desperately avoids taking responsibility. She wants someone strong and safe to lead her. She craves love and connection, but doesn’t know how to get it in a healthy way - or maybe she knows, but is terrified of rejection, to the point that she lies to herself (remember her coming out of that meeting with Kyomi, telling Mogi that she “won”).

Really, a genuine question, is Misa really “badly written”?

[mrs-yagami]

Saying Misa is “badly written” is ironically in itself a poor choice of words to describe her. She’s cohesive, consistent, her motivations and what drives her are clear, she’s nicely designed. Conceptually, she’s a great character. The narrative just primarily portrays her as obnoxious and delusional and doesn’t try to endear you to her despite her having all this depth and turmoil behind her behaviour.

It mentions the death of her parents maybe twice? And then mostly makes a mockery of her resulting trauma and codependency by using her as cheap and distasteful fanservice and comic relief. It doesn’t have too much interest in her besides the fact that she’s obsessed with this fantasy she projects onto Light, and doesn’t really care to explore what kind of person Misa was or could’ve been without the death of her parents.

Doesn’t mean she’s badly written. She’s just only really used to drive the plot forward, not make a meaningful or deep statement of any kind with respect for what she experiences. It’s lame in terms of personal taste, but not “bad” in terms of cohesive writing. Agree lol

[sashaisnotokay]

I’m afraid I disagree with you completely.

It’s not the narrative that portrays Misa as obnoxious - it’s Light’s opinion of her. Also, I don’t see why the narrative should teach people how to think about a certain character.

I also don’t see how fanservice and comic relief makes mockery of her trauma. A character can be tragic and funny simultaneously. The parts that can be called “fanservice” can be also interpreted as a part of her personality - Misa is flirtatious and likes to get attention through being attractive. And in comic relief - I doubt she can match Matsuda and L. How is comic relief offensive?

I don’t see why the narrative should have interest in Misa (and anyone else) besides her involvement with the storyline. Even L is less explained than her. This is a story about Light Yagami, he should be explained, his story should make a meaningful statement, and if nobody else is explained, I think that’s completely fine.

[sashaisnotokay]

I still haven’t reread or rewatched Death Note, but I’m left speechless by some posts lately that claim Misa is a “poorly written” character.

For me, Misa is one of the deepest and most complex characters in the whole Death Note.

I don’t like her, but through the story I think I see her.

I see a lost girl who desperately avoids taking responsibility. She wants someone strong and safe to lead her. She craves love and connection, but doesn’t know how to get it in a healthy way - or maybe she knows, but is terrified of rejection, to the point that she lies to herself (remember her coming out of that meeting with Kyomi, telling Mogi that she “won”).

Really, a genuine question, is Misa really “badly written”?