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crack_van2012-03-25 03:48 pm
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DEATH NOTE: Unspoken Rules by Ihasabukkit (rated T or probably PG-13)
Fandom: DEATH NOTE
Pairing: no actual pairings, but one very disturbing attempted rape, and not between the two characters that you probably expect
Length: ~43000
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Fanfiction.net
Why this must be read:
This is the first long fanfic I'm reccing this month, at approximately novella length, and I consider it to be one of the best longer Death Note fanfics in existence. It's a gen-fic, with no real pairings to speak of. Like the canon Death Note, it has an intense focus on plot, plot and more plot! If you've been craving a big dose of gen-fic plotty goodness, with no focus on who is getting it on with who, then this fanfic is probably exactly what you're looking for.
It's a divergence AU that strikes off from the canon storyline shortly before the mid-point climax (so it's only for people who've read/watched to at least that point in canon) and it offers a completely new set of events to replace the canon's second half of the series. L uses a trick at a critical moment, and this backs Light into a corner where he's truly desperate and is willing to try things he'd never risked before. Light's new action changes everything, leading to more tricks from him and from L, to serious violence, to car chases, and to all sorts of twists and turns.
It's not just plotty and intelligent. It also contains a lot of heart, emotion and characterization insights, with a deeper look into L's personality and Light's personality, and an examination of how pitiful Misa's place in things really is. It also explores a topic that was shown in canon but is almost never explored in fan fiction: L's friendly feelings towards the task force members. Yes, L/task force friendship fics are almost nonexistent, and this fanfic does a great job of covering that topic.
DEATH NOTE: Unspoken Rules
Pairing: no actual pairings, but one very disturbing attempted rape, and not between the two characters that you probably expect
Length: ~43000
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Fanfiction.net
Why this must be read:
This is the first long fanfic I'm reccing this month, at approximately novella length, and I consider it to be one of the best longer Death Note fanfics in existence. It's a gen-fic, with no real pairings to speak of. Like the canon Death Note, it has an intense focus on plot, plot and more plot! If you've been craving a big dose of gen-fic plotty goodness, with no focus on who is getting it on with who, then this fanfic is probably exactly what you're looking for.
It's a divergence AU that strikes off from the canon storyline shortly before the mid-point climax (so it's only for people who've read/watched to at least that point in canon) and it offers a completely new set of events to replace the canon's second half of the series. L uses a trick at a critical moment, and this backs Light into a corner where he's truly desperate and is willing to try things he'd never risked before. Light's new action changes everything, leading to more tricks from him and from L, to serious violence, to car chases, and to all sorts of twists and turns.
It's not just plotty and intelligent. It also contains a lot of heart, emotion and characterization insights, with a deeper look into L's personality and Light's personality, and an examination of how pitiful Misa's place in things really is. It also explores a topic that was shown in canon but is almost never explored in fan fiction: L's friendly feelings towards the task force members. Yes, L/task force friendship fics are almost nonexistent, and this fanfic does a great job of covering that topic.
DEATH NOTE: Unspoken Rules