Vidder: kittehpaws (a.k.a. KittehPawz)
Musical artist: none (no music)
Pairing: L/Light
Vidder on LJ: Unknown
Vidder's website: kittehpaws on YouTube | buttercupbabyppg on DeviantART
Why this vid kicks ass:

This is one of the most famous fan-made Death Note videos of all time, with copies floating all around the internet, but this link is to the ( Read more... )

Fandom: DEATH NOTE
Pairing: none
Length: ~3000
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Fanfiction.net
Why this must be read:

One of the most popular subjects in Death Note AU fanfics is "What if Light never found the death note ( Read more... )

Fandom: DEATH NOTE
Pairings: Wedy/L but with hints of L/Light
Length: ~2500
Author on LJ: kinda_chocolate
Author Website: Unknown
Why this must be read:It is rare to see Wedy paired with anyone, but this fanfic does it elegantly, through a lot of spot-on characterization and excellent writing. The details work perfectly with the little we see of Wedy in canon, ( Read more... )

Fandom: DEATH NOTE
Pairings: Many, but mainly Light/Misa and Ryuk/Rem
Length: ~4000
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Fanfiction.net | Skull & Dog on Blogspot
Why this must be read:

Canon Death Note is overall a very serious piece of fiction, but it does have some brilliant, subtle touches of humor here and there. This makes it very tempting ( Read more... )

Fandom: DEATH NOTE
Pairing: L/Light
Length: ~2700
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Fanfiction.net | fortunehasfallen on Tumblr
Why this must be read:

L/Light or Light/L is one of the most pervasive pairings in the Death Note fandom, and yet the circumstances of canon are such that believably pairing these two is a very tricky process, nearly ( Read more... )

Fandom: DEATH NOTE
Pairing: none
Length: ~700
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Fanfiction.net
Why this must be read:Occasionally a fanfic appears where a much-ignored minor character is examined brilliantly. This tiny ficlet does just that with Lind L. Tailor, and is also something of a character study of L as well. I like it for a number of ( Read more... )

Fandom: DEATH NOTE
Pairings: L's Dad/L's Mom in the past-setting portions, plus L/Light in the present-setting portions
Length: ~5000
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: AO3 | Fanfiction.net
Why this must be read:This fanfic has two distinct parts that are interwoven counterpoints to each other: one part being the story of how L's parents met and ( Read more... )

Fandom: DEATH NOTE
Pairing: Matsuda/Misa
Length: ~6000
Author on LJ: Unknown, as the anonymous author never outed themselves, at least not that I could find. Their single known fic is on both dn_kink and on dn_kink2, but comments can only be left on the new meme's copy, because the old meme is defunct.
Author Website: Unknown
Why this must be read:

The Death ( Read more... )

Fandom: DEATH NOTE
Pairing: L/Light
Length: ~3500
Author on LJ: tierfal and tierfallen
Author Website: Fanfiction.net | AO3 | Fan Fiction Masterlist
Why this must be read:

This is a fun fanfic by Tierfal, one of the well-known masters of Death Note fan fiction. The story is lighthearted, it's mainly about a TV Tropes reference, it's smoking hot, it's an angst- ( Read more... )

Title: "Plaything of the Gods" by reaperlight (author also known as plannedbyReaperLight)
Pairing: The Shinigami King/Light
Author on LJ: reaperlight
Author Website: AO3 | DeviantART | Fanfiction.Net (no longer updated)
Why this must be read:The Shinigami King is a minor canon character who is mentioned but never appears (at least, not until the one-shot ( Read more... )