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[vital_signs1719]

I have no excuse for this. Besides the fact that I am utterly insane. And just finished reading the climax of the first book of The Sword of Truth, which made me gag at the sappiness of a plot point want to write drama like there's no tomorrow.

I'm back to writing incredibly long sentences again, and don't really care. I like the feel/sound/rhythm

Comments

[rae00]

Mn. I like the style, but not the content as much as I might. Personally, I don't see the 'romantic' appeal of someone trying to kill another.

[vital_signs1719]

Mm. Thanks, and well, I wouldn't expect you to like the content much anyway, given that it's xxxHolic and Death Note. That aside, "romantic" isn't exactly the word. I don't know what that word means, anyway. But I do know a little about feeling very isolated on a mental/intellectual level and then falling in love with someone's mind, and that's how I interpret L and Light. The fact that they are on opposite "sides" of a battle/game is what makes it physical, and lethal. It's exclusivity on many levels; I think that of anyone in the world, L is the only person that Light respects, and considers worthy of killing. And I like that part.

[rae00]

Mm...I don't know. I think if I found someone like that I'd want them alive. This "worthy of killing" thing doesn't make any sense to me. Unless they killed your family and torched your village, I'm just not feeling it.

[vital_signs1719]

Hahahahaha. Well, we are talking about Death Note here. Light had already killed several hundred people, and if L was alive, there was a good chance that L would get enough evidence to have him executed for it. But that doesn't mean that he doesn't regret killing L (although it's only implied in the anime/manga), not because of any regaining-of-conscience cheesy reasons, but because it doesn't feel "worth it" without his opponent.