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L Headcanons Part 3

Since the author confirmed L is the smartest character in the series (How to Read), I’m in full agreement. I’ll also take it further. He’s THE most intelligent person in the world but he never got his IQ tested. L finds IQ to be a poor measure of a person’s potential and capacity to learn because it’s a flawed system. That’s actually what IQ measures: capacity, not intellect. He is fully aware that creativity, social smarts, street smarts, and other skills are forms of intelligence.

L is definitely a child prodigy. He skipped most of grade school and graduated High School (or the French equivalent since L was in France at the time and their school system is different than the USA’s) at 6. He was also dual enrolled and taking college courses at the time. When his parents were murdered at age 7, he had to put his classes on hold for mourning and because the French orphanage did not let him (it made him too “different” and “intimidating”).

After Wammy took him in when he was 8 and moved him back to England, he made up for lost time by taking lots of extra classes (like 6 or 7 classes a semester) and summer classes. He graduated with his Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Psychology with a focus in criminal psych at age 9. He got his first Master’s (upgrading the previous one) when he was 12. He turned that Master’s into a PhD at 15. He also has a Bachelor’s in IT (he got that at 17).

He is naturally gifted different things (psychology/reading people, technology, and a few musical instruments). This allows him to be very skilled in hacking, playing video games, figuring out how things work, putting things together, taking them apart, and playing and composing music.

He is very knowledgeable about laws. He knows the laws in all major countries and most minor ones. If he doesn’t know, he finds out. He has enough knowledge about legal stuff to go to law school and become a lawyer (either a prosecutor or defense), but he doesn’t want to.

L has special permission to carry a gun everywhere, even in countries with strict gun control laws. This extends to Wammy and his other official agents/proxies. It does not apply to his informants or criminal employees. Being the greatest detective in the world comes with tons of perks.

As I mentioned in a previous post, he plays piano, flute, lyre, and duduk (a double reed wind instrument from Armenia that is ancient). He can also play organ (which is impressive since organs are the most complex instruments) and does so when there is one around. He likes big church organs.

He sees things as equations or puzzles to be solved. People are more complex, ever changing equations/puzzles.

Since those with autism (especially less severe versions like Asperger’s) can develop/learn the social skills they lack if they want, L is fully capable of doing that. He just doesn’t care about being socially acceptable unless he is in a situation where he has to. He has plenty of social skills and uses them when he needs to. He will also play up his autistic traits to annoy others and get them to make mistakes.

L actually gets irritated if someone mentions or believes the myth that autism is caused by vaccines. He’ll go into a long, scientific explanation on why that is false. If they don’t listen/believe him, he’ll just be like “well, I’m a genius but I can’t fix stupidity”.

He will also correct misinformation about autism and other disorders. He’s a psychologist, so he knows what he’s talking about. Most people realize this and just let him point out why they’re wrong.

He supports autism rights, disability rights, and LGBT+ because he was treated badly in the past for being autistic. He donates heavily to charities and he does research to make sure they ACTUALLY help people before giving them money.

He also supports scientific research (as long as it’s ethical) and environmental stuff (as long as it’s ethical and doesn’t screw working class people over). He has a lot of places that he gives money to.

In terms of politics, L is an independent voter. He’s not a Tory (conservative) or a Labour Party person (using the British English spelling, it’s the more liberal party). He is a mix of conservative and liberal. There are things he’d side with the Tories on and things he’d side with the Labour Party on.

L purposely suppresses his emotions during a case or other situation that requires him to be serious because he doesn’t want emotions to get in the way of hard facts and logic. He’s also British and is very familiar with “stiff upper lip” and “keep calm and carry on”.

Since he’s autistic, he also has trouble displaying his emotions in a way society deems acceptable and distinguishing between similar feelings (frustration and anger, for instance). This DOES NOT mean he can’t tell what emotions are. He sometimes can’t tell WHY he’s feeling a particular emotion (because I have this issue too).

He has a high level of empathy, though many people see him as cold. He can quickly tell what someone is feeling and why, although he is not good at comforting others and generally keeps people at a distance. It’s been shown through research that a lot of autistic people have higher levels of empathy than “normal” people do or a different type of empathy.

Wammy actually did adopt L, who does consider him to be his adoptive father as well as his assistant. As Wammy’s son, L will inherit all of his possessions and the orphanages (since there’s more than one) on top of L’s personal fortune.

No one but L and Wammy know how much money L has. He’s a billionaire and that’s all people need to know. L does invest in the stock market to get more money, but he won’t be concerned if he loses some (he’s super loaded, so losing a few million is nothing to him). He gets tons of money from working difficult criminal cases. He’ll get back whatever he loses and more.

When staying at one of his own houses, buildings, or bases, his bills are rather high. He cranks the AC constantly, he has a huge internet bill (since he uses the latest tech), his water bill is big... All together, it’s probably around $2,000 (or less/more depending on the currency of whatever country he’s in) a month. But it’s not like he can’t pay. He’s filthy rich.

L’s pillows and bed sheets are all made of nice materials. He likes to be comfortable. During Yotsuba arc, his sheets are imported fine linen. He put similar sheets on Light’s bed.

He does enjoy video games every so often. He’s very good at them.

He also likes reading and researching. L will research whatever is relevant and necessary to the case he’s currently working on. So if a serial arsonist was leaving codes in the the form of memes, L would research memes. He’s definitely done that. He knows about internet culture.

He also keeps up to date on world events (he has an information network, so of course he’s well-informed about whatever is going on).

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