What do you think would happen if L lawleit and tomura shigaraki ever met? Do you think they'd get along?
They would fall in love is what would happen!!! :D
Okay, okay, okay, let me explain ... I’ve been spreading Shigaraki x L (or Sticky Fingers as I like to call them) propaganda since probably 2018, so now is my time to shine.
A lot of people already talked about how similar they can be, both in design and characterization. They’re both pretty boys with big wide eyes and fluffy hair, more or less fitting the aloof genius trope by being simultaneously very childish and very competent. They also have their differences of course, the most important one being that L considers himself to be on the right side of the law and arrests and despises criminals, and Shig is a chaotic destructive icon.
So if they were to meet, it would make some sparks for sure! I think that they would almost immediately dislike each other BUT it would lay the perfect groundwork for the most iconic from enemies to rivals to lovers relationship of all time. Light? Don’t know her, Shig x L is the cat and mouse sexy mind games ship that we deserve.
I like to imagine an AU where L is part of the BNHA world but is actually a quirkless genius. He was born without a quirk, but his brilliant mind still allowed him to make his fortune and to become the most famous detective in the world (very sexy of him methinks). There would be a lot of theorising about what his quirk actually is because people simply can’t believe that he could be so competent without one, but no my dude ... this is just (1) very smart frog.
And so in this world, Shig is pretty much our canon Shig. I feel like L would have had his eyes on him from the very beginning, even when every other hero was saying that he was just manchild and not much of threat because could SEE the potential in him. And yes, I know that Shig is not smart in the way that Light is, but I think that’s what would make the whole thing so fun. Shig isn’t trying to hide, quite the contrary he loves the attention! But he is also smart about it, and above all, he is chaotic and unpredictable. So I think that in that regard, he could be a lot of trouble for L who is more used to reading people’s mind and predicting their actions.
How can I explain this? If the whole thing with Overhaul happened in that AU as well, L could predict that Shig will make a move on Overhaul after his defeat, but maybe not how or when if that makes sense.
L: Okay so we captured Overhaul and he is neutralized and on his way to jail. But now Shigaraki Tomura will probably use this time of chaos to make a move against him since he would want that erasing quirk bullet. We know that he had two of his people infiltrate Overhaul’s ranks so they might be the ones who will make a move ... or maybe he wills send the compress man and the shapeshifter breaking him out of jail ... but he is very wanted so he will probably stay in the shadows to ...
Policeman: Sir we just received information that Shigaraki Tomura has attacked the Overhaul transport team in broad daylight in a very public highway. He reportedly jumped from a moving vehicle into a police car while screaming like a mad man and then ripped Overhaul’s arms off him and made the whole car explode and walked away.
L: .......... he what now?
So yeah! And there’s also the fact that they’re both incredibly arrogant, so that would add a lot of flavour to the whole thing. Shig would be DELIGHTED to have a very famous detective focusing on him specifically and he would definitely leave little messages for him to flirt like “better luck next time my darling detective ;)”. Same for L, every time he manages to upset Shig’s plan or to get in his way, he makes sure to let him know as well like “you can’t win them all Shigaraki Tomura ;)”. And of course, if they were to ever meet face to face ... oh boy ... they would both be like “what an insufferable bastard, I can’t believe I’m going to sleep with him >:(”
Anyway, I know that this ship is basically just me and my little canoe but I will keep canoeing around until the end because that’s self-care baby.