My muses have the most ungodly schedules....

[splinteredstar]

So, it was a little past midnight. I had gotten everything done, and was settling in for bed.  Lights were off, and I was curled up under the covers, thinking about a story that serria  had written. (Lovely story. Halloween fic, too.) There was probably some of edmondia 's Marrakesh floating around in there, too.  At any  rate, I was trying to go to bed.

At about fifteen, thirty after, the opening lines to a rather interesting story started running through my head. Now, I'm used to this, though it hasn't happened lately much, and keep a memo pad by my bed for such an occasion. So I sat up, turned on my reading lamp, and started writing.

I finished somewhere around one a.m.

 It's a rather interesting fic - I'm not sure entirely what's up with it, aside from me getting the Death Note canon and my desire to have a certain rather dead character stay around ('cause it's more interesting that way) to work together. I think I found away around the lack of an afterlife in the DN universe, at least for the character concerned.

I also over-used dashes. I didn't change subjects as much as I usually do, but I had an idea of what I wanted to happen, so that helped. I did change tenses a few times, and didn't even notice. I don't usually do that, but I fixed them later so it doesn't matter much.

I'll probably type it later. It's kinda odd... Right. Friend is over and wants me to help her on Final Fantasy 6, so I'll probably type it tonight. *nods*

Comments

[serria.livejournal.com]

Wow, cool! :D I like supernatural ghost-type fics. Though I think it's an important element in Death Note that when all humans die, they simply become Nothingness... in my Samhain Waltz fic, I tried to be ambiguous and let the reader decide if the "ghost" was really there, or if Light was simply imagining it. If he was really there, perhaps there was just something he wasn't ready to let go of, so his spirit was clutching on to the human world tooth and nail before it finally finished dissipating. Anyway, point being, I want to read your pic! Will you post it on FF.N?

[starsplinter.livejournal.com]

Well...I can see why you would think that, but I don't. Our only source in the series itself is Ryuk, and he's not exactly the most honest soul. He very well could have told Light that for the sake of watching him freak out when he died. (Besides, the rules in the Note itself are a bit iffy on the subject)But more on that some other time.

I'll post it here first and iron it out - as I said, it was written at an ungodly hour - and then I'll probably post it on ff.net. I need to type it first, though....


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[serria.livejournal.com]

I see what you mean about Ryuk valuing entertainment above everything else. Yet, he didn't even tell Light the "truth" at first, he simply said that Light wouldn't be allowed in heaven or hell. Then Light smiled and said something like, "I get it - there is no heaven or hell, is there?" And Ryuk had this surprised look on his face, and said, "I thought all humans believed in that crap!" or whatever it was. And the Death Note says itself - I think it's as blunt as, "When all humans die, they become nothingness."

I guess I see no reason to think that it isn't true (though some of my favorite fanfics play with the idea of Light and L in an afterlife). Also, I think the concept of "nothingness beyond life" is just so appropriate for everything Death Note was about - people running around wildly, screaming about justice and righteousness, good and evil - and in the end, the Shinigami have the last laugh, because none of those concepts exist beyond the mortal's life. In the end there is no judgment, no heaven or hell - just natural decomposition. The plot was ALL about these complex and adverse ideals - to me, it's just the most awesome irony that in the end, they were all deluding themselves. XD

But yeah, still - can't wait to read your fic. ^^

[starsplinter.livejournal.com]

Ryuk does say that there is no heaven or hell. That doesn't meant that there is no afterlife. Heaven and Hell are types of afterlives. And the Note says, according to the translation I saw, "All humans die without exceptions. When they die, they go to nothingness." Roughtly. However, about that...

That section of the note was written by Ryuk as a 'how-to' section of the note, possibly with notes added in by Light as he discovered things. No 'how-to' I've ever seen has ever changed from how to use the weapon (or whatever) it's about to what happens after people die, or a similarly disconnected subject. Also, Ryuk would have no reason to write that in it. He wanted whoever picked up the note to use it, and such a proclamation would be more likely to scare the finder against killing, instead of making them use it. Also, most if not all of the rules in the Not apply to only the owner of the Note and/or the people killed by the Note. That rule just makes me ..suspicious, I suppose the word is.

*shrug* That's fair. Though to me, what Death Note was about was a man who was so close to being a amazing fighter for Light who could have helped a lot of people, but threw it all away in the name of saving the world. So my opinion will be coloured by that. Though I'll admit, the idea of an equal afterlife appeals to me, simply because the look on Light's face when he realizes, as a friend put it, "Exactly where he is and how many people might want a brief word with him." would be farking _Hilarious_.

And I've typed it up, so I'll probably do that tonight. I may put my first, late night draft up first, and then edit it and add to it and generally spruce it up, and then post that too.


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[nenya85.livejournal.com]

At some point I'm going to have to read Death Note, although I've been resisting it as long as possible because I really don't have the time for another fandom. Nooooooooooooooo <-- me resisting Death Note.

I know what you mean -- I get a lot of my ideas at the most inconvenient times -- the middle of the night, when I'm in the middle of doing something that really needs my concentration...

Talk to you later!

[starsplinter.livejournal.com]

*chuckles* It's a good series. Not the best after the first half, but still decent. And the first half still makes me squee. And hey! It's got crazy boys and police and really awesome drama and slashy subtext! My god does it have slashy subtext... But I do understand.


Yeah...And they're always the "OMG this is such an awesome idea that I can't bear to lose!" ideas, too. The shower is a popular place, too, because I don't have anything to write it down on or with. *needs to get wax paper*

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