History Fanfic / KiraSweetheart

* RealMenHateSugar: Light goes to ridiculous lengths to avoid eating sugar.

* JerkassRealization: [[spoiler: After Light takes a knife for him, L realizes he's been acting like a real jerk.]]

* MetaphoricallyTrue: [[spoiler: Rem tells L that Light and Misa were possessed and corrupted by the notebook.]] Later L tells Light [[spoiler: he's caught and executed Kira.]]

* MetaphoricallyTrue: [[spoiler: Rem tells L that Light and Misa were possessed and corrupted by the notebook.]] And L tells Light [[spoiler: he's caught and executed Kira.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: L, Watari, and [[spoiler: [[{{Series/HouseMD}} Dr. House.]]]]

* ShoutOut: [[NotableCommercialCampaigns "Got Milk?"]], L dreams of TabletopGame/CandyLand, [[PerkyGoth Misa shops at Hot Topic]], "An Excellent Day For An Exorcism" is a quote from ''Film/TheExorcist'', Rem's line [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLgPNilXHM4 "The conversion has already begun"]] is a Shout Out to Music/{{Disturbed}}, L declares [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd "I am the law,"]] [[spoiler: L gets Ryuk]] hooked on ''VideoGame/EverQuest'', [[Series/{{House}} Dr. House]] is Light's attending physician, Light and L watch ''Manga/BlackButler'', and the title of the last chapter, Sugarcoat, aside from being an IncrediblyLamePun was inspired by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU2gCAiDETM the song]] by Music/BreakingBenjamin. Also there's a couple of stealth ones: one to Film/TheGodfather ([[spoiler: even BadAss mafia hitmen know it's not fun getting stabbed in the hand]]). Another scene is inspired by an episode of ''Series/BabylonFive'' [[spoiler: where the doctor restricts the crew from eating their [[TrademarkFavoriteFood favorite foods]] and [[WholePlotReference they deal with it by trying to switch their plates around.]]]]

* DontYouDarePityMe: L to Light [[spoiler: after Light discovers L's scars [[PastVictimShowcase which he received courtesy of Beyond Birthday.]] Light to L [[spoiler: after getting stabbed in the hand.]]

* DeconstructionFic: Say, what do you think would happen if Misa kept her original characterization of being Light's dangerous [[StalkerWithACrush Stalker]] and {{Yandere}} SerialKiller and didn't suddenly become a brainless, obedient moron the moment she met Light?

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/428121/chapters/721376 Kira, Sweetheart]]'' (also available [[http://reaperlight.livejournal.com/4091.html here]], [[http://plannedbyreaperlight.deviantart.com/art/Kira-Sweetheart-Ch1-Do-Not-Want-290648305 here]], and [[http://dn-kink2.livejournal.com/1491.html?thread=1040339 here]]) by reaperlight is a ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[SlashFic Light/L, L/Light]] fanfic. After getting the results back from L's latest doctor's visit, Watari decides that from now on L must eat only healthy food. The poor sugar junkie does not take this well at all, so when his Kira suspect brings cake to work [[HilarityEnsues and all hell breaks loose...]]

* AmnesiacDissonance: Light is ''horrified'' when he remembers that [[spoiler: he booby trapped his desk with a bomb.]]

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: [[spoiler: L has always been a loner but his paranoia and trust issues were made worse from a past incident with Beyond Birthday. Also Light is an anorexic and Misa is [[InformedAttribute the kind of villain it says she is on paper]].]]

* CrazyAwesome: [[spoiler: L gets Ryuk hooked on ''VideoGame/EverQuest'']].

* MetaphoricallyTrue: [[spoiler: Rem tells L that Light and Misa were possessed and corrupted by the notebook.]]

* DismissedGender: yes, it is indeed possible for women to hurt men and yes, men with eating disorders do happen.

* FriendlyEnemy: Light and L. Light reminds L it isn't safe for him to be out and about because of the Second Kira.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: [[spoiler: L has always been a loner but his paranoia and trust issues were made worse from a past incident with Beyond Birthday. Also Light is an anorexic and Misa is [[InformedAbility kind of villain it says she is on paper]].]]

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: [[spoiler: L has always been a loner but his paranoia and trust issues were made worse from a past incident with Beyond Birthday. Also Light is an anorexic.]]

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim?: Light considers poisoning L at one point but decides it's too risky because only with the notebook could he be absolutely sure that L would die.

* ShoutOut: [[NotableCommercialCampaigns "Got Milk?"]], L dreams of TabletopGame/CandyLand, [[PerkyGoth Misa shops at Hot Topic]], "An Excellent Day For An Exorcism" is a quote from ''Film/TheExorcist'', Rem's line [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLgPNilXHM4 "The conversion has already begun"]] is a Shout Out to Music/{{Disturbed}}, L declares [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd "I am the law," [[spoiler: L gets Ryuk]] hooked on ''VideoGame/EverQuest'', [[Series/{{House}} Dr. House]] is Light's attending physician, Light and L watch ''Manga/BlackButler'', and the title of the last chapter, Sugarcoat, aside from being an IncrediblyLamePun was inspired by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU2gCAiDETM the song]] by Music/BreakingBenjamin. Also there's a couple of stealth ones: one to Film/TheGodfather ([[spoiler: even BadAss mafia hitmen know it's not fun getting stabbed in the hand]]). Another scene is inspired by an episode of ''Series/BabylonFive'' [[spoiler: where the doctor restricts the crew from eating their [[TrademarkFavoriteFood favorite foods]] and [[WholePlotReference they deal with it by trying to switch their plates around.]]]]

* ShoutOut: [[NotableCommercialCampaigns "Got Milk?"]], L dreams of TabletopGame/CandyLand, [[PerkyGoth Misa shops at Hot Topic]], "An Excellent Day For An Exorcism" is a quote from ''Film/TheExorcist'', Rem's line [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLgPNilXHM4 "The conversion has already begun"]] is a Shout Out to Music/Disturbed, L declares [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd "I am the law," [[spoiler: L gets Ryuk]] hooked on ''VideoGame/EverQuest'', [[Series/House Dr. House]] is Light's attending physician, Light and L watch ''Manga/BlackButler'', and the title of the last chapter, Sugarcoat, aside from being an IncrediblyLamePun was inspired by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU2gCAiDETM the song]] by Music/BreakingBenjamin. Also there's a couple of stealth ones: one to Film/TheGodfather ([[spoiler: even BadAss mafia hitmen know it's not fun getting stabbed in the hand]]). Another scene is inspired by an episode of ''Series/BabylonFive'' [[spoiler: where the doctor restricts the crew from eating their [[TrademarkFavoriteFood favorite foods]] and [[WholePlotReference they deal with it by trying to switch their plates around.]]]]

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Subverted. This fic takes the threat of a {{Yandere}} SerialKiller girl seriously. ([[ViewersAreMorons Played straight by some readers who]] thought [[spoiler: Light was [[NoTrueScotsman being sissy and weak]] [[InsaneTrollLogic because he couldn't somehow gain some sort of magic mind control over Misa, who in this fic is his crazy stalker]] ''[[InsaneTrollLogic he's never met before,]]'' [[InsaneTrollLogic while she was stabbing him.]]]])

* DiscreetDiningDisposal: when Light is given the chocolate cake he considers trying to feed it to Ryuk.

L: Yes… Kira is the one I am sworn to defeat.
Rem: No. He means more to you than that. You're just like Misa.
L: ‘’WHAT?’’
Rem: When she thinks of him it makes her cheeks go all red too.

FaceDeathWithDignity:
This shocking announcement came to him while he was still floating above all thanks to the painkillers. [[spoiler: Light]] reasoned that was why he was feeling so numb about what should have been quite shocking news.

Well at least this way he kept his dignity and hadn’t started bawling about it. But then the doctor was saying he wasn’t going to die right away—[[spoiler: Light]] supposed then that he still had plenty of time to work up to screaming and crying. Joy.
FixFic
ForWantOfANail: Because of L’s sugar deprivation, Misa sees Light and L together… and that derails ‘’everything.’’
ForceFeeding: Watari forces L to eat his unsweetened oatmeal. Later L forces Light to eat sugary treats.
ForcefulKiss: [[spoiler: L on Light after L’s been driven insane from lack of sugar.]]
ForgetsToEat: Light.
FriendlyEnemy: Light and L. Light reminds L it isn’t safe for him to be out and about because of the Second Kira.
GeniusSweetTooth: L of course.
AGodAmI: Light of course, also their math teacher.
GhostMemory: Light’s vital signs spike when L tells him [[spoiler: [[MetaphoricallyTrue he’s caught and executed Kira.]]]]
HatesBeingTouched: L, but he momentarily forgets this when he becomes desperate for a sugar fix.
HeWhoFightsMonsters: {{Lampshaded}}.
HelplessGoodSide: [[spoiler: L doesn’t quite know what to do with Light after he turns back into [[NiceGuy an innocent teenager without a malicious bone in his body.]]]]
HowWeGotHere: After the attack, L has a chat with the clearly [[LaserGuidedAmnesia memory-wiped Light]]. Then we have a multichapter FlashBack detailing the maneuvering L had to go through to get to that point.
HurtComfortFic
HypocriticalHeartwarming: [[spoiler: Light gets very upset when he discovers that someone hurt and tried to kill L.]]
ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin: L goes to extreme lengths to get his sugar fix.
IWasHavingSuchANiceDream: L fell asleep during math class and he dreamt he died and went to TabletopGame/CandyLand.
ImmortalImmaturity:
L: But I don't understand. If you care for Misa and knew that it would affect her like this then why give her the notebook?
Rem: I had forgotten this.
L: You forgot?" How could anyone just forget something like that?
Rem: I am very old, human. I have no doubt forgotten more than you have ever learned in your brief lifetime.

ImpaledPalm: [[spoiler: Misa stabs Light in the hand.]]
InsaneEqualsViolent: [[spoiler: Misa upon seeing Light and L together.]] In canon Misa did say that if she saw Light with anyone else she’d kill them.
IntoxicationEnsues: [[ArtisticLicensePharmacology Light has a weird reaction to painkillers.]]
IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery: [[spoiler: Misa attempts to capture Light’s attention by dressing up as L, much to L’s horror.]]
JerkassRealization: [[spoiler: After Light takes a knife for him, L realizes he’s been acting like a real jerk.]]
KeepingSecretsSucks: [[spoiler: Poor Mr. Yagami.]]
KinkMeme: This story was written for [[http://dn-kink2.livejournal.com/4933.html the Death Note Kink meme.]]
LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Light is stabbed in the hand. Also because of his poor dietary habits he’s developed heart problems.]]
LoveEpiphany: [[spoiler: L realizes he has feelings for Light after he nearly loses him.]]
MamaBear: Rem for Misa.
ManipulativeBastard: L decides to use Light’s newfound infatuation with him to sneak sweets, oh and work on the Kira case.
MetaphoricallyTrue: [[spoiler: Rem tells L that Light and Misa were possessed and corrupted by the notebook.]]
MoralityPet: Sayu, Yumi Aizawa, [[spoiler: and L]] to Light.
MouthfulOfPi: Light and L in math class—and L thinks about how he would very much like some pie.
NeverHurtAnInnocent: Light’s moral code, though he doesn’t regard L or anyone trying to catch him as “innocent.”
Learns he is a victim.
NobleDemon: Light.
NotADate: L asks Light out for coffee.
NotSoStoic: [[RuleOfFunny L breaks down sobbing when Watari takes his candy away.]]
** [[BadAss Light]] screams and loses his shit after [[spoiler: Misa rams a knife through his hand.]] In Light’s defense, getting [[spoiler: stabbed in the hand]] isn’t fun.
NoteToSelf: [[spoiler: L records a message to himself before giving up the Death Note so that he’ll remember all the pertinent details.]]
NothingPersonal:
Rem: As a species, on the whole, [[HumansAreUgly humans disgust me]]—no offense.

OnlyAFleshWound: Averted. [[spoiler: [[ShownTheirWork The author consulted First Aid websites and attempted to realistically show what to do and what to expect if you’ve been stabbed in the hand.]]]]
OOCIsSeriousBusiness: L breaks down sobbing when Watari takes his candy away.
OperationJealousy: [[spoiler: Misa attempts to make Light jealous by dating his best friend Yamamoto.]]
OurVampiresAreDifferent: After talking to Rem, L deduces that Shinigami are like vampires—they need to drop their notebooks, converting humans to create more Shinigami and they feed off human life.
OverprotectiveDad: Souichiro Yagami
PapaWolf: [[spoiler: Light gets protective when he sees how badly someone hurt L.]]
PersonOfMassDestruction: Invoked, because L doesn’t know the source of Kira’s powers, when [[spoiler: Kira is injured]] L fears that he’ll flip out and kill everyone and so [[WrongGenreSavvy L invokes]] the CooldownHug.
PillowPistol: Misa keeps her notebook hidden under her mattress.
PleaseIWillDoAnything: L gets desperate for his sugar fix and starts making crazier promises to ensure Light’s cooperation.
PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler: Because Light brought cake to work L thinks Light is torturing him and L’s response to this causes Light to think L is coming onto him…]]
PretentiousLatinMotto: “Carpe saccharum” is L’s motto.
PromptFic: Written for the prompt “Watari decides that from now on L must eat only healthy food.”
RealMenHateSugar: Light goes to ridiculous lengths to avoid eating sugar.
RelativelyFlimsyExcuse: In order to accompany Light to the hospital, L claims to be his brother.
RoomFullOfCrazy: Misa’s apartment.
SadistShow: It’s a humorous fic based on ‘’Manga/DeathNote’’
ScarsAreForever: [[spoiler: Beyond [[CarvedMark left his mark on L]] and Light gets a scar from getting stabbed in the hand.]]
SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: [[spoiler: The taskforce burned the notebook, Light no longer remembers being Kira but Light still has [[GadgetWatches his watch.]]]]
SeamlessSpontaneousLie: [[spoiler: Rem tells L that [[ItsAllMyFault it’s all her fault]] that Misa is a murderer and they manage to convince the taskforce that neither Light or Misa are at fault because they were [[DemonicPossession possessed]].]]
SeriousBusiness: For L it’s his sugar. For Light it’s maintaining his perfect image. For Misa making Light HERS.
ShirtLessScene: L rips up his shirt [[spoiler: to make bandages for Light.]]
ShoutOut: [[NotableCommercialCampaigns “Got Milk?”]], L dreams of TabletopGame/CandyLand, [[PerkyGoth Misa shops at Hot Topic]], “An Excellent Day For An Exorcism” is a line from Film/TheExorcist, Rem’s line [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLgPNilXHM4 “The conversion has already begun”]] is a Shout Out to Music/Disturbed, L declares [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd “I am the law,” [[spoiler: L gets Ryuk]] hooked on VideoGame/EverQuest, [[Series/House Dr. House]] is Light’s attending physician, Light and L watch Manga/BlackButler, and the title of the last chapter, Sugarcoat, aside from being an IncrediblyLamePun was inspired by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU2gCAiDETM the song]] by Music/BreakingBenjamin. Also there’s a couple of stealth ones: one to Film/TheGodfather ([[spoiler: even BadAss mafia hitmen know it’s not fun getting stabbed in the hand]]). Another scene is inspired by an episode of Series/BabylonFive [[spoiler: where the doctor restricts the crew from eating their [[TrademarkFavoriteFood favorite foods]] and [[WholePlotReference they deal with it by trying to switch their plates around.]]]]
ShutUpKiss: L on Light.
SlashFic: It’s Light/L, L/Light.
SoapOperaDisease: [[spoiler: If L keeps gorging on sugar… he will die. If Light keeps starving himself… he will die.]]
SpitTake: L’s reaction to finding no sweetener in his oatmeal.
SpoiledBrat: L
SpySpeak: L and Light take to passing notes in class and invent a new code by which to communicate.
StalkerWithACrush: Misa to Light and Light to L. Pre-story there was Beyond to L.
StalkerShrine: Misa has one for Kira/Light.
StalkingIsFunnyIfItsFemaleAfterMale: Averted, Misa’s obsession with Light is taken much more seriously than it is in canon.
StepfordSmiler: Light. Also Misa.
TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: When Misa tries to kill L in a jealous rage, Light gets between Misa and L.]]
ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted, L gets Misa psychiatric help.
TitleDrop: In Misa’s StalkerShrine to Kira:
--> Girlie, heart-shaped stickers stuck to the glass of the picture proclaiming Light to be a "darling" and a "sweetheart."
TheTropeWithoutATitle: “The Punishment”
UglyGuyHotWife: [[spoiler: Misa ultimately hooks up with [[{{Adorkable}} Yamamoto]].]]
UnreliableNarrator: [[spoiler: When Rem tells L how the notebook works she is no doubt exaggerating [[TheCorruption the effects of the notebook]] on humans since she wants to save Misa.]]

VillainousBreakdown: Misa when she realizes she’s [[spoiler: hurt Light.]] And Light after [[spoiler: he’s been stabbed in the hand and Ryuk looks like he’s strongly considering writing his name down.]]
Light: [[ItHasOnlyJustBegun No. NO! IT'S NOT OVER!]]
WeightWoe: [[spoiler: Light applies his KnightTemplar-ish Perfectionism to himself as well as on the world at large. He’s anorexic as a result.]]
WhatTheHellHero: Watari to L.
Watari: No, something else has been troubling me. The way you've been toying with that young man's feelings—and don't try to say it's for the case because Wammy's House is not a brothel and that's not how I trained you to solve cases!
WhyDontYouJustShootHim?: Light considers poisoning L at one point but decides it’s too risky because only with the notebook could he be absolutely sure that L would die.
WorldWarIII: L prevented it once and [[spoiler: he worries it will start if he turns Kira over to Interpol.]]
WorthyOpponent: At the start of the story Kira and L regard each other this way.
WouldHitAGirl: L kicks Misa across the room [[spoiler: after she tries to kill them]].
{{Yandere}}: Misa for Light.
YouDidntAsk: This is Ryuk’s response when [[spoiler: L asks him why he didn’t warn them about Light’s exploding desk drawer.]]
YouKeepUsingThatWord:
Misa: ‘’YOU… PERVERT!’’
L: You're really attached to that word, aren't you? Very uncreative. You might want to invest in a thesaurus… no, before you ask it's not a kind of dinosaur.

[[YouRemindMeOfX You Remind Me Of A]]: L reflects that Light reminds him of A, his original successor, [[spoiler: who committed suicide.]]