What he says is not actually true, Light Yagami uses his magical weapon of indiscriminate slaughter to murder all those who disagree with him. He has this deluded notion that he is a god of justice and goes about raising himself by slaughtering everyone he perceives as being a criminal - not that there is any judgment actually involved, anyone suspected of a crime is automatically guilty. And Light or his loyal thralls are exempt from this as well. Of course he also executes anybody who actually stands in his way. A lot of innocents get murdered for refusing to submit to the worship of Kira, notably world leaders, he also murders anybody investigating him that he cannot directly control. His objective all along was to be perceived as a god. And he achieves this through mass murder.
Death Note is one, really the only, anime series I ever got into at all and while the whole 'power corrupts' thing is the whole point of Light's character I wouldn't take as a given that all fans view him as 'evil', well-intentioned megalomaniac zealot but not quite Sith Lord. He could fit a vig role, or, obviously, a serial killer... and I think he's arguably a little cleaner than Deadpool and well, I was wrong about that. I would view Light as a high-prob scummer... but... I'm getting a hint that we may have more than one person from some settings, and if we do, and we have two death note characters, their identity is probably pretty obvious and while that could just be cop and DF, it could also be SK and anti-SK, arsonist/firefighter setup. If we don't have multiple people from a setting, then Light could conceivably be a vig instead of a scummer of some sort, though I'd not hold my breath on it obviously.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
- Albert Einstein
King of Cairhien 20-7-2
Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
- Albert Einstein
King of Cairhien 20-7-2
Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
Mafia game 20 Day One: Hikari to Yami
08/12/2010 11:04:35 PM
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I'm gonna go ahead and RC, plus questions
09/12/2010 01:47:45 PM
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Interesting.
09/12/2010 07:16:00 PM
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Demonstration would be:
09/12/2010 07:36:38 PM
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That's not a great demonstration
09/12/2010 07:55:11 PM
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Let's do this.
09/12/2010 08:24:57 PM
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On a complete wild jump...
10/12/2010 04:29:41 AM
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He's trying to create a world WITHOUT evil. Don't you know anything!?!
10/12/2010 05:44:15 AM
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He's failing pretty hard
*NM*
10/12/2010 06:52:15 AM
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Well, that shouldn't matter anyway for the purposes of the question
10/12/2010 07:51:49 AM
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I assumed he was kidding.
10/12/2010 08:25:38 AM
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He does have a certain tragic vilian thing going on
10/12/2010 12:02:19 PM
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Yes, I can agree that there's something debateable about the nature of his evil.
10/12/2010 06:24:21 PM
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Re: Yes, I can agree that there's something debateable about the nature of his evil.
10/12/2010 07:38:42 PM
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It's less about his descent into villainy, and more about Light vs. L
10/12/2010 08:23:30 PM
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Yeah, I was kidding. I agree with what you said
10/12/2010 02:32:31 PM
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It just means that he's inappropriate.
10/12/2010 02:55:25 PM
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Re: I'm gonna go ahead and RC, plus questions
10/12/2010 04:41:44 AM
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Hah, me too. Dragonball is honestly terrible...
10/12/2010 05:34:00 AM
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Ditto on DragonBall-Z
10/12/2010 01:06:52 PM
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Haha so true
10/12/2010 02:24:59 PM
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Exactly!
10/12/2010 03:49:22 PM
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Initial Info (Table)
09/12/2010 07:36:31 PM
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What's with all these yeses from ranagrande?
09/12/2010 08:28:40 PM
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So... we have no anime experts here? I think we should all name 4 sources
10/12/2010 03:30:45 AM
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I was going to agree to this...
10/12/2010 06:59:09 AM
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I'm going to have to agree. I think I may have said too much, or
10/12/2010 07:41:02 AM
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This might not be a good idea.
10/12/2010 11:54:09 PM
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The 4 sources, or the linking to tvtropes? *NM*
11/12/2010 10:02:15 PM
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Both? I atleast tend to get trapped in tvtropes for hours when someone links a page.
*NM*
11/12/2010 10:21:25 PM
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Glad to know I'm not the only one
11/12/2010 10:55:56 PM
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A question for Isaac
12/12/2010 08:20:35 PM
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Re: A question for Isaac
12/12/2010 09:28:55 PM
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Re: A question for Isaac
12/12/2010 10:17:43 PM
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RBIRL
13/12/2010 05:27:26 AM
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Speculations
13/12/2010 09:21:04 AM
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Why do you think there are multiple factions?
13/12/2010 11:23:33 PM
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So it seems like some people don't want to do the 4 sources thing
13/12/2010 02:38:24 PM
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Re: So it seems like some people don't want to do the 4 sources thing
13/12/2010 03:35:15 PM
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It SOUNDS like there should be more than one s!
13/12/2010 03:49:24 PM
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Re: It SOUNDS like there should be more than one s!
13/12/2010 04:17:56 PM
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Oddly enough, my name is Daniel
13/12/2010 04:24:34 PM
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Hmm... I guess I didn't
13/12/2010 03:52:18 PM
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Damn, they spelled your name wrong on your Social Security card?
13/12/2010 06:26:22 PM
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I used to write 'Issac' out of finger-memory of typing 'Caasi'
. I think it's better now.
13/12/2010 09:25:43 PM
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I'm here. But not for long. These next few weeks will be quite busy.
13/12/2010 07:16:17 PM
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Any thoughts or clues?
14/12/2010 10:26:15 PM
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Finals suck.
15/12/2010 01:36:47 AM
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I'm not going to do this.
15/12/2010 01:52:13 AM
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Sorry, I won't do this.
15/12/2010 04:18:00 AM
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Fair enough.
15/12/2010 04:23:08 AM
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There's nothing wrong with suggesting it.
15/12/2010 04:25:51 AM
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How about Isaac? He has shown himself to be pure evil on numerous games!
*NM*
15/12/2010 07:48:38 AM
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Hm. Well, I don't think we should give out any more role info
15/12/2010 09:19:07 PM
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Re: Hm. Well, I don't think we should give out any more role info
15/12/2010 10:03:43 PM
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Yeah, as of yet we don't know that much about anyone
16/12/2010 01:55:59 PM
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The GREAT AND POWERFUL INFODUMP (chart)
16/12/2010 03:52:55 PM
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Mine's wrong
16/12/2010 08:39:51 PM
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Thank you for doing the chart by the way *NM*
16/12/2010 08:44:30 PM
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Sure. Now we just have to see if it's useful at all...
16/12/2010 09:07:27 PM
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Not me! I'm not quiet! See? I'm talking! *NM*
16/12/2010 09:39:49 PM
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Not me either!
16/12/2010 11:25:31 PM
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FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!
17/12/2010 05:39:36 PM
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They can take our land!
18/12/2010 03:06:47 AM
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I actually said a massclaim was a BAD idea. Hm. Is Haemophilus influenzae Light Yagami?
18/12/2010 02:28:39 PM
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Am I missing something?
19/12/2010 05:18:17 AM
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He really isn't.
19/12/2010 08:14:32 AM
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Yeah, I was just confused, because we suddenly had a big convo about it
19/12/2010 03:39:12 PM
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Okay, I found the discussion.
19/12/2010 05:17:29 PM
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Well if he WAS Light, I would vote to lynch
19/12/2010 09:31:47 PM
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I think there's a consensus of Light=KiraKiller=bad
19/12/2010 09:51:21 PM
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I really don't see Light Yagami as being obviously evil
19/12/2010 11:24:42 PM
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He's the textbook definition of a serial killer.
20/12/2010 02:19:45 AM
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3 in 30 days? I could beat that out over a long weekend. *NM*
20/12/2010 04:52:22 AM
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The time limit means there is a cooling period, and rules out crimes of passion. *NM*
20/12/2010 05:05:35 PM
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Their bell tower? *NM*
16/12/2010 11:21:00 PM
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Oh sure
16/12/2010 11:53:09 PM
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... so that was more depressing that I was anticipating.
18/12/2010 03:09:52 AM
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It's a rather obscure reference to Charles Whitman, translate as 'going postal'
18/12/2010 03:57:17 AM
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Oh and I forgot to mention this. I did say that I was from a modern setting. *NM*
20/12/2010 01:42:13 AM
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Update
20/12/2010 04:50:48 AM
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Hahaha awesome.
20/12/2010 05:31:05 AM
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Re: Hahaha awesome.
20/12/2010 05:59:42 AM
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Oy.
20/12/2010 05:20:38 PM
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F-T made it pretty clear that Light was eeeeevil.
20/12/2010 09:48:57 PM
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I think the real issue is, should we try to control him, or should we just lynch him?
20/12/2010 11:55:09 PM
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Well, the obvious choice is not to kill anyone Tonight
21/12/2010 03:01:57 AM
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Yeah, I won't be killing anyone Tonight.
21/12/2010 04:29:53 AM
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Something about this situation bugs the heck out of me
21/12/2010 04:49:11 AM
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Improbable how? *NM*
21/12/2010 05:01:00 AM
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The pieces don't add up
21/12/2010 06:00:07 AM
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Well, Death Note is pretty popular.
21/12/2010 04:59:27 PM
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Is it?
21/12/2010 06:06:16 PM
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Actually, yeah. It's th only legit anime I hear about besides DBZ and Gundam and that stuff.
21/12/2010 07:03:09 PM
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No, you're definitely overthinking it
21/12/2010 08:50:45 PM
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That's not what I meant
22/12/2010 01:44:45 AM
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Actually, my initial post description does fit Light "like a glove"
22/12/2010 05:40:00 AM
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I just glanced at the wiki- it's pretty dense, without explaining much
22/12/2010 05:43:30 AM
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Re: I just glanced at the wiki- it's pretty dense, without explaining much
22/12/2010 05:56:17 AM
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Re: I just glanced at the wiki- it's pretty dense, without explaining much
22/12/2010 03:02:26 PM
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Honestly, I could very easily believe an Operative=Town claim.
22/12/2010 04:00:07 PM
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I should have said "Operative if he intended to rule, instead of kill himself"
22/12/2010 04:46:58 PM
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Just popping in.
21/12/2010 07:47:18 AM
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Vote for HI!
21/12/2010 02:25:56 PM
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Re: Vote for HI!
21/12/2010 09:21:11 PM
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I think HI made a minor error when F-T guessed he was Light, and the "limited use vig" is an attempt
22/12/2010 01:22:51 AM
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Blooooood
28/12/2010 06:58:25 PM
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Vote: Haemophilus influenzae
29/12/2010 12:08:17 AM
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Re: Vote: Haemophilus influenzae
29/12/2010 12:49:51 AM
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Yeah, I just didn't want to appear to be trying to get him lynched wile people aren't around.
29/12/2010 04:20:08 AM
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