http://sashocirrione.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] sashocirrione.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2012-03-28 06:52 pm

As Long As They Haven't Been Cremated by Saphariel (rated T or probably PG-13)

Fandom: DEATH NOTE
Pairing: none
Length: ~2000
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] saphariel
Author Website: "Bloodshot Eyes" on Fanfiction.net
Why this must be read:

This short, brutal and beautiful gen-fic is a divergence AU set between the manga ending's final showdown and the manga ending's one-year-later epilogue. It involves the use of the death eraser, a device that is canon for the Death Note franchise, but not for the main continuity. The death eraser only exists in the pilot chapter's alternate continuity.

The way the death eraser works is that you can restore anyone who's been killed by a death note to life by erasing their name, no matter how poor the state of their corpse, as long as they haven't been cremated. As you might expect, the death eraser appears in many sentimental and fluffy fanfics, mostly as a way to soften the evil of Kira's killings and to resurrect many favorite characters. This fanfic is decidedly not one of those sentimental fluff pieces. It is dark, spooky and violent, with seriously frightening consequences for using the death eraser.

As Long As They Haven't Been Cremated