Very interesting! :) You know, Death Note is certainly about morality, but it's also not. I feel now that the real themes aren't right vs. wrong, but rather the plot is on a much more human level - about everyone and their flaws, about no one being a good guy. About people wanting to be righteous, and how two-faced "righteousness" is when a mere human tries to execute. Not only in the case of Light, but every character. on the outside, Death Note seems like it's about right and wrong, but I'm kind of thinking that it's ultimately just about humans and human nature. If that makes sense.
I agree, though. Light wants to believe that he's special, like a depressed bored teenager who is sure that he's meant to do great things. He doesn't want to believe that he's just like everyone else or that things happen just by chance. Even when Ryuk tells him it was random that Light picked up the Death Note, I don't think he really believed it - Ryuk is lying, or maybe some other god ensured he were the one to pick it up. He is starving for a righteous cause where he gets to stand on a pedestal.
L is more difficult to know for sure because he's character is practically based on the fact that his personal information is confidential and he's an enigma. But I agree with your words about L not wanting to be attached. He seems to "own" very little, in the sense that he keeps it. Just a simple top and jeans, everything else it could very well be that he buys brand new every week when he finds a new headquarters or switches hotels.
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I agree, though. Light wants to believe that he's special, like a depressed bored teenager who is sure that he's meant to do great things. He doesn't want to believe that he's just like everyone else or that things happen just by chance. Even when Ryuk tells him it was random that Light picked up the Death Note, I don't think he really believed it - Ryuk is lying, or maybe some other god ensured he were the one to pick it up. He is starving for a righteous cause where he gets to stand on a pedestal.
L is more difficult to know for sure because he's character is practically based on the fact that his personal information is confidential and he's an enigma. But I agree with your words about L not wanting to be attached. He seems to "own" very little, in the sense that he keeps it. Just a simple top and jeans, everything else it could very well be that he buys brand new every week when he finds a new headquarters or switches hotels.