Problem was that he came off more as an ultracocky psychopathic brat than serious evil mastermind to me.
oh well, getting owned by that autistic Near kid was just what he deserved. lol.
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Born of Lilith wrote:The feeling of deterioration in the show after L's death seemed intentional to me. The downward spiral into tragedy and Light's increasing cruelty was more dramatic and felt without L around as the only sane man, comic relief and most genuinely sympathetic character in the show. When he died my motivation in watching the show changed from wanting to see L do more awesome stuff to just wanting to see Light get his just desserts, which made Light's constant winning streak up until his bitter end so brilliantly frustrating. And then when he died and we got to see all his emotions during his last moments, I was like "fuck, why do I feel sorry for this asshole now?" So yeah, I actually thought the later half of the show was some of its most ingenious stuff.
Born of Lilith wrote:The feeling of deterioration in the show after L's death seemed intentional to me. The downward spiral into tragedy and Light's increasing cruelty was more dramatic and felt without L around as the only sane man, comic relief and most genuinely sympathetic character in the show. When he died my motivation in watching the show changed from wanting to see L do more awesome stuff to just wanting to see Light get his just desserts, which made Light's constant winning streak up until his bitter end so brilliantly frustrating. And then when he died and we got to see all his emotions during his last moments, I was like "fuck, why do I feel sorry for this asshole now?" So yeah, I actually thought the later half of the show was some of its most ingenious stuff.
liquidus118 wrote:Because he's just L; minus the characterisation or attachment the audience had developed for him. Not to mention that if you're just going to replace L with someone almost identical to L, then why get rid of him? Although the show really had been scraping the barrel badly at that point, so a change was probably necesarry.
NemZ wrote:Quite a few police officers come to mind. L. That lady who was going to the station to report a tip. The guy he -thought- was L (not really an innocent, but he certainly didn't seem to care). Hell, everyone the dies as a result of Light's handing the death notes around to cover his tracks are indirectly his fault as well, and clearly he doesn't care because he keeps using this tactic.
pwhodges wrote: But L is a super-detective, dedicated to finding the more difficult, and presumably more dangerous, criminals - Light wanting to kill him goes against his supposed principles of justice, because he "ought" to want the opportunity to kill the kind of people that L finds.
Would you want to live in a perfect world ruled (as a God - his word) by such a madman?
NemZ wrote:...anyway, Light may THINK he has some grand purpose that will justify all this, but in truth he's just flailing around to show off, not really thinking about his actions beyond the most immediate problem and thus constantly making more for himself. Killing people just to make a point and lashing out at anyone who dares to question his methods... it's all incredibly childish.
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