Line #108 FanFic/LowLight


1	''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4601242/1/Low_Light Low Light]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1686155/Dragonrider4000 Dragonrider4000]] is a DarkerAndEdgier (yeah really) ''Manga/DeathNote'' Fanfic.
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3	Upon realizing his [[HoYay feelings for Light]], L uses the Notebook to save his life. L goes to the DarkSide [[NonstandardGameOver and with Light they go on to]] [[WeCanRuleTogether rule their Evil Empire together...]] ([[MyGodWhatHaveIDone except that Light's beginning to realize he's created a monster...]])
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6	!! ''Low Light'' provides examples of:
7	* AGodAmI: deconstructed as it shows how Light's God Complex makes it easier for L to take advantage of him...
8	%%* AlternateUniverseFic
9	%% * Bastard Boyfriend: Evil!L with Light.
10	%% Bastard Boyfriend has been rehauled into FetishizedAbuser (for then the narrative portrays an abuser as sexually desirable). Otherwise, it's an example of DomesticAbuser. If both people display toxic behaviors, it's RomanticizedAbuse. If the romantic partner is an unpleasant person but not outright abusive, then they are just a JerkAss. Please sort accordingly.
11	%% Also, it's a ZeroContextExample.
12	* BetterLivingThroughEvil: [[spoiler: L, Matsuda, Mello, and Matt]] all get high status in Kira's Empire.
13	%%* BlackKnight: [[spoiler: Matsuda]] when acting as [[TheDragon Kira's bodyguard.]]
14	* BondVillainStupidity: [[spoiler: L decides to let a few of his successors live for the sake of a challenge and to give some the option to join him.]]
15	%%* BoysLove
16	%%* BrainsAndBondage
17	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Matsuda... [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation maybe...]]]] There's also the implication that Light and L have both been corrupted by the notebook.
18	%%* BurnTheOrphanage: [[spoiler:This is what L does to [[spoiler: Wammy's House.]]
19	%%* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: Sayu has figured out what her brother's been up to, and is just biding her time...]]
20	* CheapCostume: Light's [[CostumePorn FABULOUS]] Kira costume [[InstantCosplaySurprise which he already assembled for the day he could come out and publically claim his place as the God of the New World.]] It seems he's been taking hints from the ''Anime/CodeGeass'' costuming design department... Later he makes a matching one in black for [[spoiler: Matsuda]].
21	%%** BadassLongRobe
22	%%** BodyPaint
23	%%** DominoMask
24	%%** FrillsOfJustice
25	%%** LightIsNotGood
26	%%** SlaveCollar: well you see L is into bondage...
27	%%** SuperheroesWearCapes
28	%%** WhiteGloves
29	%%** WhiteMaskOfDoom
30	%%** WigDressAccent: odd that no one recognizes Light... [[spoiler: except for Sayu...]]
31	* CliffHanger: The series stops right before [[spoiler: Light goes home [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine to have dinner with his family...]] [[LivingWithTheVillain most likely to the tune of a messy reveal as Sayu and Halle Lidner know his secret, have it in for him, and will be attending...]]]]
32	* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Ryuk manages to piss off the Shinigami King and so the King tells Ryuk that he's made him violently allergic to [[TrademarkFavoriteFood apples.]]
33	%%* TheCorrupter: Light
34	* CouldntFindAPen: {{Lampshaded}}:
35	-->'''L''': You can be incredibly creepy when you want to be.\
36	'''Light''': Creepy?\
37	'''L''': You question whether writing a message to someone in another's blood upon the floor is creepy?\
38	'''Light''': I suppose you have a point there L, but it was the only writing material I knew the man would have readily available.
39	* CrazyJealousGuy: Evil!L is very possessive of Light and becomes jealous when Light is spending so much time with Matsuda.
40	%%* DarkFic: FromACertainPointOfView. Though it's also an AU [[FixFic where many of the fandom's favorite characters get to live.]]
41	%%* TheDarkSide
42	%%* DeadFic
43	* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler: Rem wants to die [[WhoWantsToLiveForever but the Shinigami King won't let her.]]]]
44	%%* DrunkOnTheDarkSide
45	* DudeWheresMyRespect: [[TheDreaded The world trembles in fear of Kira,]] but among [[WithFriendsLikeThese his inner circle,]] Light is the ButtMonkey.
46	%%* TheEmpire
47	%%* EnigmaticMinion: [[spoiler: Matsuda]]
48	%%* EqualOpportunityEvil: "It's always good to have more followers."
49	%%* EvilChancellor: L
50	%%* EvilLaugh
51	%%* EvilMentor: Light to L.
52	%%* EvilOverlord: Light
53	%%* EvenEvilHasStandards: Light is disgusted by L's most recent activities...
54	%%* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: L.]]
55	%%* FallenHero: L, [[spoiler: and Matsuda, [[HazyFeelTurn and Mello and Matt]]]]
56	%%* FauxAffablyEvil: Evil!L
57	* {{Foil}}: Evil!L really puts [[WideEyedIdealist Light's idealism]] [[VisionaryVillain into focus...]]
58	%%* GodEmperor: Light.
59	%%* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler: Mr. Yagami is forced into retirement... but you know that this is where it's going...]]
60	%%* HazyFeelTurn: [[spoiler: Mello and Matt.]]
61	%%* HeWhoFightsMonsters: L realizes he's become this when he [[spoiler: kills Misa with the Death Note.]]
62	%%* HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath: L after using the Notebook, [[spoiler: Near]]
63	%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: Mello and Matt
64	* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[WhatTheHellHero When Light calls L out on]] [[spoiler: blowing up an orphanage. "They were a threat!"]]
65	* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: Light and L do this as Kira to intimidate Near via letter. As in 'I know all about you but you don't know anything about me. How do you know all about me...' See TheReasonYouSuckSpeech below.
66	* InHarmsWay: L apologizes that he keeps putting Light in this position... [[TheStarscream he assures it isn't intentional but...]]
67	%%* LoveMakesYouEvil: L
68	%%* LoveMartyr: Light.
69	%%* TheManBehindTheMan: L for Kira.
70	%%* MindRape: L knows exactly what buttons to press to get to Near...
71	%%* MoreThanMindControl: What Light and L [[MindRape do to]] [[spoiler: [[BreakTheCutie Matsuda.]]]]
72	* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Mello and Matt are loyal to L no matter what.
73	%%* NewOldFlame: Ryuk and Rem.
74	%%* NobleDemon: Light.
75	* NotInThisForYourRevolution: [[spoiler: Mello and Matt sign up to support Kira's regime out of loyalty to L and get the various organized crime syndicates to do the same in exchange for their lives.]]
76	* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: Light giving Rem back her notebook, [[ManipulativeBastard despite the fact that he monologue's that it's for the sake of ensuring her loyalty.]]]]
77	* PowersThatBe: the Shinigami King seems to have taken interest in Ryuk's project...
78	%%* PragmaticVillainy: L
79	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
80	-->''Good Morning Near,''\
81	''I hope that you are well this morning, and my impromptu greeting has not interrupted any important investigation work this man was pursuing. I would not wish to deprive you of your important information, but when I realised that you were attempting to find me I knew I it would be remiss of me not to greet you.''\
82	''As is my way, I shall prove to you my identity, as if this were not enough already. I believe you have an Ellickson Thomas and a Larry Conners working for you, yes? I also know that if you had been more thorough in your investigation you would have realised they were perhaps not quite as virtuous as you were led to believe. I shall say no more on that.''\
83	''I must say that taking on L's persona in front of the American President really was quite rude. L was a far more worthy opponent to my righteous justice than you could ever hope to achieve. I suggest you admit your real identity to him soon, as well as to those who are blindingly following you in the hope that you are L, or I will tell him who you are. I assure you the president will escape retribution for his transgression, I believe in second chances.''\
84	''[[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay Oh, and Near, you should stop twirling your white hair so much, you could damage it.]]''\
85	''Yours Faithfully,''\
86	''Kira.''
87	%%* RelationshipUpgrade: Light and L.
88	%%* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized
89	%%* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Linda]]
90	%%* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: L with Watari.]]
91	%%* SlashFic
92	%%* SmartPeoplePlayChess: [[TheChessmaster Light and L]] of course, and Matsuda wants to learn...
93	* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: When "Kira" sends Near a message L reveals to Near that he's still alive and has joined Kira's cause when he includes the line that Near should stop twirling his white hair.
94	* TrumanShowPlot: [[spoiler: [[CosmicPlaything Light and L]] are (for reasons yet unknown) favored by the Shinigami King who makes it so that they cannot be killed (at least by the Notebook)... [[LivingForeverIsAwesome they’re loving it so far...]]]]
95	%%* WeCanRuleTogether: Light upon realizing L's FallenHero status...
96	* WhatIf: The basic premise of this fic is WhatIf L joined Kira to TakeOverTheWorld?
97	%%* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: [[spoiler: Wammy's House]]
98	* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: L uses the notebook once and then proceeds [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope to take a nosedive off the Slippery Slope and signs up for Kira's evil league of evil.]]
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