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it’s hilarious to me how differently wammys house is depicted in the different media surrounding death note

wammys in labb: horrible. Horrible fucking place. Ruined the lives of all of L’s successors, put immense pressure on everyone until someone killed himself, someone else went on a killing spree and another person willing and knowingly sacrificed themselves just to be of use. *spits on the ground by its feet*

wammys in L change the worLd: everyone fucking loves watari so much L feels so guilty that he died that he considers himself personally responsible. There were generations before and after L and in them only 26 per generation got a letter signifying that only if they wanted to, their specific interests could help them change the world. The mere thought of it redeems one of the main villains (an ex-wammys kid)

wammys in the anime/manga: woahh look at that look place L came from (never mentioned again)

wammys in the 2015 tv drama: seemingly just watari and his two(three) adopted sons that he loves more than anything. Simultaneously the most heartwarming and heartbreaking thing ever

wammys in the musical:

this has probably been talked about before but damnit i want to see more of the death note characters struggle.

i want to see light flinching at fireworks and his father's touch after the faked execution. i want to see him habitually turning to an empty chair, picking up a tennis racket, absentmindedly making tooth-rotting coffee before he realises L isn't there anymore.

i want to see misa installing multiple locks on her door after her parents' murders, making multiple trips at night just to check the doors are locked. after she gets married to light, i want her to complain to the empty air, to say a hasty goodnight before realising that no-one is there to listen any longer.

i want to see kid L staying up late alone, face lit by a computer screen. i want to see him before his death: i want to see his last moments with the man who raised him, his last night with the only one who understood him, him knowing that death's finally starting to catch up.

i want to see near trying to live up to the title of L. i want to see him staying up more at night, dropping sugar cubes in his tea even though he knows it's stupid.

i want to see mello digging his nails into his skin, chugging energy drinks, just to stay up and study for a little while longer. i want to see him doing anything to win and regretting it later on when he's alone. i want to see him keeping matt's goggles in his pocket after his death.

i want to see matt blaming himself after he sees mello spiral, maybe even blaming L and purposely scoring lower on his tests so he won't become the next L. i want to see matt choosing to follow mello out of the orphanage anyway and them having a big argument about it because mello didn't want matt to have to sacrifice everything he'd known for him.

i want to see kid sayu trying her best to live up to her brother's image, trying to be 'the smart one' because that's what light was and so she figures that's what she has to be, too.

i want to see sachiko, after her son's and husband's death, make a portion large enough for four, set a table for four and leave the door open every day at nine until she realises no-one is going to come home.

okay so i know that death note is an action-centered anime and having things like these would slow down the plot and maybe bore the readers. but i also think that all these show their humanity and also is part of the problem that light and L both show the readers: sometimes you get so caught up in the game, in the thrill of it all, that you forget the pawns you're playing with are not plastic pieces but real, living human beings.

"Mello would be so judgemental of his partner based on their looks/hobbies/personality" If that's the case what the fresh fuck was he doing dating this guy;

ID [Screenshot of Matt from the Death Note anime. He is sitting and playing video games on a brown chair, hunched over]

Knowing this is how he dresses????

I know tables HATE to see him coming

It may surprise you who is who

Y'know the drill, more memes :3

ignore the way half of these are mello & matt

(I’m so crazy about them they are the only thing in my head)

Made several different batches of... these?? (What do you even call these things) a while ago. Here are some of my favourites

i really don't think Mello gets enough credit for how good he is at staying calm in a crisis. like when he finds out Takimura is dead:

the rest of the mafia is in shambles, but Mello? smirking. unbothered. already moved onto his next plan.

and when the police force kills all his allies and raids his hideout:

he exhibits mild annoyance at best. he's certainly not happy about it, but he looks kind of pissed for about 2 panels, and then he immediately launches into action, focusing on self-preservation and taking measures to prevent the Death Note from falling into their hands. he's still moving, still calculating, still thinking on his feet. he didn't expect this but he's prepared for it, and when we next see his face in the monitor room:

smirking. totally unbothered yet again.

compare this to how Near reacts when the SPK raids his base:

angry. immediately breaks something. he does have a plan, and he jumps into action fairly soon after this, but he stays angry even while he's making preparations, and starts insulting the people who are attacking him.

to contrast this specifically against the scene of Mello's base being raided; both are about to lose access to their main hideout, both are at a genuine risk of being killed, and both have backup plans for their respective predicaments, yet the notoriously cool, calm and collected guy reacts more emotionally than the emotional guy.

yeah