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* [[ABoyAndHisX A Boy And His Shinigami]]: Light and Ryuk. While Ryuk is nothing at all like [[ImaginaryFriend Light's grandmother]] he found that the notebook comes prepackaged with an invisible spirit-buddy to be very cool indeed.
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* CoolPet: Ryuk to Light. While he's not at all like [[ImaginaryFriend his grandmother]] Light found that the notebook comes prepackaged with an invisible spirit-buddy to be very cool indeed.
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* CoolPet: Ryuk to Light. While he's not at all like [[ImaginaryFriend his grandmother]] Light found that the notebook comes prepackaged with an invisible spirit-buddy to be very cool indeed.
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* UnequalPairing: L worries its unethical to get involved with his suspect. Not that it stops him.
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* HelplessGoodSide: Being Kira allowed Light to feel in control. After he [[spoiler: was imprisoned and lost his Kira memories]] he no longer has that sense of security and begins suffering from [[BadDreams recurring nightmares]] again.
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Light's rapist. Everytime he was around Light would stare at him to let him know he knew what he did. The man eventually is consumed by guilt and kills himself.]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Light's rapist. Everytime he was around Light would stare at him [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow to let him know he knew what he did. did.]] The man eventually is consumed by guilt and kills himself.]]
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* KeepingSecretsSucks: L and Light run into this when they actually begin to maybe a little bit ''trust'' each other.
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''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5407216/1/ Solitude]]'' by bahari [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1606840/bahari bahari]] is a ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[SlashFic Light x L]] fic where [[FandomSpecificPlot Light and L fall in love during the Yotsuba arc]] as well as a in-depth, [[FridgeHorror horrifically believable]] [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation character study]] of Light and [[FreudianExcuse why he might have so many issues.]]
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''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5407216/1/ Solitude]]'' by bahari is a ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[SlashFic Light x L]] fic where [[FandomSpecificPlot Light and L fall in love during the Yotsuba arc arc]] as well as a in-depth, [[FridgeHorror horrifically believable]] [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation character study]] of Light and [[FreudianExcuse why he might have so many issues.]]
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* PureIsNotGood: after finding the Death Note, an instrument of pure death, Light feels clean again.
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* StaringDownCthulhu: Light does this to [[spoiler: his rapist.]] Light would stare him down everytime they were in a room together and evidently [[DrivenToSuicide this drove him to suicide]].
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* StaringDownCthulhu: Light does this to [[spoiler: his rapist.]] Light would stare him down everytime they were in a room together and evidently [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide this drove him to suicide]].suicide]]]].
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Light's rapist. Everytime he was around Light would stare at him to let him know he knew what he did. The man is eventually is consumed by guilt and kills himself.]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Light's rapist. Everytime he was around Light would stare at him to let him know he knew what he did. The man is eventually is consumed by guilt and kills himself.]]
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Light, ''in spades.''
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* SecurityCling: L feels safe to Light and clinging to him helps him get back to sleep after another round of recurring nightmare.nightmares.
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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Light was so lonely as a child that he hallucinates that his dead grandmother is there looking out for him.
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''"Most people don't get it, but Light understands loneliness--but then, so does L. And when they meet in the Kira case, perhaps they don't have to be so familiar with it anymore.''
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''"Most people don't get it, but Light understands loneliness--but then, so does L. And when they meet in the Kira case, perhaps they don't have to be so familiar with it anymore.''
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* PostRapeTaunt: [[spoiler: the rapist ''thanked'' him afterwards.]]
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* PostRapeTaunt: [[spoiler: Light recounts that the rapist ''thanked'' him afterwards.]]
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* StaringDownCthulhu: Light does this to [[spoiler: his rapist.]] Light would stare him down everytime they were in a room together and evidently [[DrivenToSuicide this drove his rapist to suicide]].
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* StaringDownCthulhu: Light does this to [[spoiler: his rapist.]] Light would stare him down everytime they were in a room together and evidently [[DrivenToSuicide this drove his rapist him to suicide]].
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* StereotypeFlip: In your typical BoysLove HurtComfortFic the {{Seme}} usually comforts the {{Uke}}. In this fic Light (the {{Seme}}) is comforted by L (the {{Uke}}). [[JustifiedTrope Though this is because Light freezes up or panics every time L tries to switch their positions]].
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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted, there IS a therapist but this makes things worse. Light being [[TooCleverByHalf too clever for his own good]] as he is0 takes away the lesson from their session together [[StepfordSmiler that he must appear normal at all costs]].
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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted, there IS ''IS'' a therapist but this makes things worse. Light worse-Light, being [[TooCleverByHalf too clever for his own good]] as he is0 good]], [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop takes away the lesson lesson]] from their session together [[StepfordSmiler that he must appear normal at all costs]].
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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted, there IS a therapist but this makes things worse. Light being [[TooCleverByHalf too clever for his own good]] as he is0 takes away the lesson from their session together [[StepfordSmiler that he must appear normal at all costs]].
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* [[spoiler: RapeAsBackstory]]: RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler: Light was raped when he was eleven by one of his father's coworkers.coworkers. Light never reported it and kept it hidden from everyone for seven years.]]
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''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5407216/1/ Solitude]]'' by bahari is a ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[SlashFic Light x L]] fic where Light and L fall in love during the Yotsuba arc as well as a [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation character study]] of Light in which this canon divergence becomes believable.
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''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5407216/1/ Solitude]]'' by bahari is a ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[SlashFic Light x L]] fic where Light and L fall in love during the Yotsuba arc as well as a in-depth, [[FridgeHorror horrifically believable]] [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation character study]] of Light in which this canon divergence becomes believable.
and [[FreudianExcuse why he might have so many issues.]]
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''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5407216/1/ Solitude]]'' by bahari is a ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[SlashFic Light x L]] fic where Light and L fall in love during the Yotsuba arc as well as a [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation character study]] of Light in which this CanonDivergence becomes believable.
''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5407216/1/ Solitude]]'' by bahari is a ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[SlashFic Light x L]] fic where Light and L fall in love during the Yotsuba arc as well as a [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation character study]] of Light in which this CanonDivergence becomes believable.
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"Most people don't get it, but Light understands loneliness--but then, so does L. And when they meet in the Kira case, perhaps they don't have to be so familiar with it anymore. Oneshot LightxL Light x L fic, examining Light's past and how they come together."
''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5407216/1/ Solitude]]'' by bahari is a ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[SlashFic Light x L]] fic where Light and L fall in love during the Yotsuba arc as well as a [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation character study]] of Light in which thisCanonDivergence canon divergence becomes believable.
''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5407216/1/ Solitude]]'' by bahari is a ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[SlashFic Light x L]] fic where Light and L fall in love during the Yotsuba arc as well as a [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation character study]] of Light in which this
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''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5407216/1/ Solitude]]'' by bahari is a ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[SlashFic Light x L]] fic where Light and L fall in love during the Yotsuba arc as well as a [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation character study]] of Light in which this CanonDivergence becomes believable.
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!! ''Solitude'' provides examples of:
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Light, ''in spades.''
* {{Angst}}
* BackStory: [[spoiler: Light's childhood is examined and L gives Light his (or, [[ManipulativeBastard knowing L]], at least ''A STORY'') after they've been together for a while.]]
* BadDreams: Light
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: because L was nice to Light [[spoiler: Light gives up on Kira, the notebook, and his plan to kill L.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Light
* DatingCatwoman: L and Light.
* DirtyCop: [[spoiler: Light's rapist was one of his father's coworkers.]]
* DontYouDarePityMe: [[spoiler: Light never reported what happened because it wasn't expected of him and he didn't want to cause a fuss.]] Later Light is utterly humiliated when he wakes up crying in front of L.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:
* ExactEavesdropping: Light hears what his parents really think of him when they think he's asleep.
* FreudianExcuse: Light [[{{Deconstruction}} first there's how he’s been broken as a result of his "perfectly normal" childhood]] when he is not "perfectly normal" and it's made worse when [[spoiler: [[RapeAsBackstory he’s raped by his father’s coworker.]]]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Light]]
* HurtComfortFic: Light is hurt and L does the comforting.
* IChooseToStay:
-->'''L:''' Light-kun would give up all the rest of his life because he'd rather spend it with me?
-->'''Light:''' Yes.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Light grew up very alone because there was no one smart enough to understand him.
* ImaginaryFriend: Young Light imagined the spirit of his dead grandmother watching over him as a coping mechanism.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Light. Acting as Kira allowed him to take back power that was taken from him.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Solitude, it's right there in the title.
* LoveMartyr: Light is happy around L even when they fight or when L accuses him because when L's around he's not alone.
* AMatchMadeInStockholm: {{Lampshaded}} with L and Light.
* NotSoImaginaryFriend: Ryuk
* PostRapeTaunt: [[spoiler: the rapist ''thanked'' him afterwards.]]
* [[spoiler: RapeAsBackstory]]: [[spoiler: Light was raped when he was eleven by one of his father's coworkers.]]
* RelationshipUpgrade: L and Light
* SecurityCling: L feels safe to Light and clinging to him helps him get back to sleep after another recurring nightmare.
* SexFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Light and L are in a relationship by the Light makes the decision to give up on Kira.]]
* SlashFic: non-explicit Light/L
* StaringDownCthulhu: Light does this to [[spoiler: his rapist.]] Light would stare him down everytime they were in a room together and evidently [[DrivenToSuicide this drove his rapist to suicide]].
* StepfordSmiler: Light
-->''But he got it now. He got what everyone was looking for. It wasn't for him to be happy, and he wasn't trying to be mean thinking about that. People wanted other people to fit into a nice, neat package with smartly tied bows that were the right color to match the wrapping paper. People wanted to be able to classify other people, and for them to behave according to code.''
-->''Light found his code.''
-->''His role is son, older brother, protector, student, genius, role model, kind, earnest. His role is to be perfect so they don't have to worry again, so they won't say he's abnormal, strange, worrisome (all whispered in the dark night across the kitchen table when they thought he was asleep).''
* StockholmSyndrome: L fears Light has developed an advanced case of Stockholm syndrome when he asks L if he could come with him when the case is over if he's been proved innocent.
* TalkingInYourSleep: L figures out what happened to Light by watching him sleep.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Light goes to extreme lengths to make sure he's "normal" so his parents won't worry and that daddy might even be proud of him.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Light [[spoiler: but he gets better in the end.]]
* YaoiGuys: L and Light
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''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5407216/1/ Solitude]]'' by bahari is a ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[SlashFic Light x L]] fic where Light and L fall in love during the Yotsuba arc as well as a [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation character study]] of Light in which this CanonDivergence becomes believable.
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!! ''Solitude'' provides examples of:
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Light, ''in spades.''
* {{Angst}}
* BackStory: [[spoiler: Light's childhood is examined and L gives Light his (or, [[ManipulativeBastard knowing L]], at least ''A STORY'') after they've been together for a while.]]
* BadDreams: Light
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: because L was nice to Light [[spoiler: Light gives up on Kira, the notebook, and his plan to kill L.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Light
* DatingCatwoman: L and Light.
* DirtyCop: [[spoiler: Light's rapist was one of his father's coworkers.]]
* DontYouDarePityMe: [[spoiler: Light never reported what happened because it wasn't expected of him and he didn't want to cause a fuss.]] Later Light is utterly humiliated when he wakes up crying in front of L.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:
* ExactEavesdropping: Light hears what his parents really think of him when they think he's asleep.
* FreudianExcuse: Light [[{{Deconstruction}} first there's how he’s been broken as a result of his "perfectly normal" childhood]] when he is not "perfectly normal" and it's made worse when [[spoiler: [[RapeAsBackstory he’s raped by his father’s coworker.]]]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Light]]
* HurtComfortFic: Light is hurt and L does the comforting.
* IChooseToStay:
-->'''L:''' Light-kun would give up all the rest of his life because he'd rather spend it with me?
-->'''Light:''' Yes.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Light grew up very alone because there was no one smart enough to understand him.
* ImaginaryFriend: Young Light imagined the spirit of his dead grandmother watching over him as a coping mechanism.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Light. Acting as Kira allowed him to take back power that was taken from him.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Solitude, it's right there in the title.
* LoveMartyr: Light is happy around L even when they fight or when L accuses him because when L's around he's not alone.
* AMatchMadeInStockholm: {{Lampshaded}} with L and Light.
* NotSoImaginaryFriend: Ryuk
* PostRapeTaunt: [[spoiler: the rapist ''thanked'' him afterwards.]]
* [[spoiler: RapeAsBackstory]]: [[spoiler: Light was raped when he was eleven by one of his father's coworkers.]]
* RelationshipUpgrade: L and Light
* SecurityCling: L feels safe to Light and clinging to him helps him get back to sleep after another recurring nightmare.
* SexFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Light and L are in a relationship by the Light makes the decision to give up on Kira.]]
* SlashFic: non-explicit Light/L
* StaringDownCthulhu: Light does this to [[spoiler: his rapist.]] Light would stare him down everytime they were in a room together and evidently [[DrivenToSuicide this drove his rapist to suicide]].
* StepfordSmiler: Light
-->''But he got it now. He got what everyone was looking for. It wasn't for him to be happy, and he wasn't trying to be mean thinking about that. People wanted other people to fit into a nice, neat package with smartly tied bows that were the right color to match the wrapping paper. People wanted to be able to classify other people, and for them to behave according to code.''
-->''Light found his code.''
-->''His role is son, older brother, protector, student, genius, role model, kind, earnest. His role is to be perfect so they don't have to worry again, so they won't say he's abnormal, strange, worrisome (all whispered in the dark night across the kitchen table when they thought he was asleep).''
* StockholmSyndrome: L fears Light has developed an advanced case of Stockholm syndrome when he asks L if he could come with him when the case is over if he's been proved innocent.
* TalkingInYourSleep: L figures out what happened to Light by watching him sleep.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Light goes to extreme lengths to make sure he's "normal" so his parents won't worry and that daddy might even be proud of him.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Light [[spoiler: but he gets better in the end.]]
* YaoiGuys: L and Light
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