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* The NextGenFic starring an OC that is Light and Misa's kid. Expect L to have a kid too and GenerationXerox of most of the characters.

* For the [[HetIsEw rare het fic]]: Misa is a stupid puppet that does whatever Light tells her.

* Light develops [[GollumMadeMeDoIt Dissociative Identity Disorder.]]

** [[ForWantOfANail Another character picked up the notebook instead of Light.]]

* [[RapePortrayedAsRedemption Light gets raped]] and [[HurtComfortFic L comforts him.]]
* L gets raped or just hurt/traumatized by Beyond Birthday and [[DracoInLeatherPants Light]] kills Beyond and [[HurtComfortFic comforts L....]]
* ...OR L gets raped or just hurt/traumatized by Light and [[DracoInLeatherPants Beyond]] kills Light and [[HurtComfortFic comforts L.]]

* Light becomes a Shinigami.
** He's often much prettier than canon Shinigami and this is also an excuse for [[FreakinessShame WingFic]].
** Almost as frequently L becomes a Shinigami.

* [[FixFic Rewrite the show so that Light never picked up the notebook.]]
** [[ForWantOfANail Another character picked up the notebook instead...]]

* [[spoiler: GhostShipping]] with L.
* [[EnsembleDarkhorse Matt]] saves the day.

* A MarySue with a tragic past falls into the Death Note world [[SelfInsertFic from our world]] and derails the plot with her charms.
* A MarySue with a tragic past arrives at Wammy's House but eventually gets kicked out for being smarter than everyone else and goes on to pair up with the character of choice.
* A MarySue with a tragic past has a super special Life Note and the Eyes and a Shinigami buddy at her side and goes on to pair up with the character of choice.
* A MarySue with a tragic past is the top student at Wammy's House but is also [[CharacterDerailment BFFs with Mello]] and Matt.

** Just as often it's a College AU where the cast goes to college together.

* For [[spoiler: ContinuationFic]] Matsuda is either a) very guilty about [[spoiler: shooting Light]], b) [[spoiler: becomes the next Kira]], c) hooks up with Sayu or d) all of the above.

* [[FixFic A character is brought back to life with the death eraser.]]

* For the epilogue Misa is [[spoiler: easily talked out of killing herself]] so that shipping may commence--usually with Matsuda or Sayu.
* Mikami [[spoiler: carried a backup page]] for the final confrontation.

* For ContinuationFic: Sayu [[spoiler: discovers where her brother hid the real notebook, becomes the next Kira, and [[AvengingTheVillain avenges him.]]]]
* A MarySue just happens to recognize L and instead of getting freaked out about it (as L would in character) sex ensues. The same formula goes for a MarySue with Kira.

** The AU where Light is a male model and L is his creepy boss.

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* [[{{Rule63}} The AU where one or more characters is female. Or are turned into girls.]]

* The Literature/SherlockHolmes [[FriendlyFandoms fusion]].
* The [[spoiler: Kira's Victory]] [[AlternateUniverseFic AU]] where Light is so grateful to Misa/Takada/Mikami/follower of choice that sex ensues.
* Rem invoked some unknown or little-used Shinigami loophole in order to spite Light [[spoiler: so that L is still alive.]]

* For ContinuationFic: An [[OriginalCharacter OC]] [[spoiler: [[JackTheRipoff picks up the notebook and decides to continue Kira's work.]]]]

* The characters are in high school or college together.

* Many years after [[spoiler: Kira wins,]] it's up to a couple (usually teenage) OCs to end his reign once and for all. Due to the far-future nature of this fic expect lots of {{Worldbuilding}} (with mixed results).

* An [[OriginalCharacter OC]] is reincarnated as Sayu.

* L and Light team-up against an [[EvilerThanThou eviler]], incredibly brutal [[OriginalCharacter OC]] Kira. The OC will often be 1) so brutal in his/her methods that it makes Light ill to show how much more eviler s/he is 2) a graduate of Wammy's House.

* Mello experiences {{Gayngst}} over his attraction to and/or relationship with Matt (or just boys in general) [[AgainstMyReligion vs]]. [[ChristianityIsCatholic his religious beliefs]].

* [[CommonCrossover The]] ''Franchise/CodeGeass'' CrossOver.

* Matt/Mello fanfics often include a teen romance (perhaps unconsummated) in Wammy's House, Matt's heartbreak over Mello leaving to join the Mafia, which he usually copes with by using drugs and alcohol and self-harming, and then later include angst over [[spoiler: either Matt's death, Mello's death, both, or if their canon fates are avoided, their near-brushes with death]]. If the fanfic is non-angsty, Matt/Mello often appears as a [[BetaCouple secondary couple]] in a ShipMates fanfic along with L/Light, with all four working as detectives together and getting along surprisingly well, despite Light being a (possibly reformed) serial killer.

* Light is caught as Kira and [[FakingTheDead L fakes Light's execution in order to save him.]] Light may or may not be aware of L's plans but more often than not [[PoorCommunicationKills L will not mention his plan to rescue him]] for extra angst or L being dick or for the especially stupid reason "so that [[MasterActor Light's]] reactions would look genuine."

* Matt/Mello fanfics often include a teen romance (perhaps unconsummated) in Wammy's House, Matt's heartbreak over Mello leaving to join the Mafia, which he usually copes with by using drugs and alcohol, and then later include angst over [[spoiler: either Matt's death, Mello's death, both, or if their canon fates are avoided, their near-brushes with death]]. If the fanfic is non-angsty, Matt/Mello often appears as a [[BetaCouple secondary couple]] in a ShipMates fanfic along with L/Light, with all four working as detectives together and getting along surprisingly well, despite Light being a (possibly reformed) serial killer.

* Matt/Mello fanfics often include a teen romance (perhaps unconsummated) in Wammy's House, Matt's heartbreak over Mello leaving to join the Mafia, and then later include angst over [[spoiler: either Matt's death, Mello's death, both, or if their canon fates are avoided, their near-brushes with death]]. If the fanfic is non-angsty, Matt/Mello often appears as a [[BetaCouple secondary couple]] in a ShipMates fanfic along with L/Light, with all four working as detectives together and getting along surprisingly well, despite Light being a (possibly reformed) serial killer.

* Light and L forget that they are working on a high profile murder case and are paranoid neurotics and go to the movies / beach / mall / candy store / fun place for no good reason.

* The characters are in high school or college together.

* ReincarnationRomance.

* The Shinigami King is actually [[Franchise/HarryPotter the Master of Death]].

* A MarySue just happens to recognize L and instead of getting freaked out about it (as L would in character) sex ensues. The same formula goes for a MarySue with Kira.
* The AU where Misa is doing her modeling work and L becomes her creepy boss.

* Mello is [[OverlordJr the son of a mob boss]].

* As the psychological warfare continues to escalate the characters challenge each other to a game of Truth or Dare or Spin the Bottle or Strip Poker.

* [[SwirlyEnergyThingy That portal network]] that connects the human world with the Shinigami world is a CommonCrossover method. It apparently works for TimeTravel and dimensional travel as well.

* [[CommonCrossover The]] ''Franchise/CodeGeass'' CrossOver.

* For ContinuationFic: An [[OriginalCharacter OC]] [[spoiler: [[JackTheRipoff picks up the notebook and decides to continue Kira's work.]]]]

* Ryuk makes Light his sex slave.
* For ContinuationFic: An OC [[spoiler: [[JackTheRipoff picks up the notebook and decides to continue Kira's work.]]]]

* Ryuk makes Light his sex slave.

* One or more characters is actually a sexy vampire. Or a sexy werewolf. Or a sexy whatever. The important part is that they can't be killed with the Death Note and sex ensues.

* There are other kinds of Notes and have the appropriate kind of god or spirit haunting them--The Life Note, The Debu Note (Fat Note), the Love Note, the Sex Note, the Yaoi Note, the Math Note, the Study Note, etc.

* Fluff where Light hangs out with his little sister and gets a PetTheDog moment.

* Light forgets that he's on a righteous crusade to eliminate evil and because of the power of twu lub gives up the notebook to be with L.

* Rem invoked some unknown or little-used Shinigami loophole in order to spite Light [[spoiler: so that L is still alive.]]

* The [[spoiler: Kira's Victory]] [[AlternateUniverseFic AU]] where Light is so grateful to Misa/Takada/Mikami/follower of choice that sex ensues.