LawLight

"Good argument. I mean... It would be a problem if you're really Kira because... I feel like you're the only friend I have"

- Lawliet to Light LawLight is the slash ship between L Lawliet and Light Yagami from the Death Note fandom.

Confrontation
As the amount of deaths increase for criminals, the ICPO decides to bring on L. Anonymously, L contacts them and decides to set up his headquarters in Japan. He sets a plan in motion.

Light is in his room watching TV when an announcement interrupts the news. A man calling himself L appears on the screen. He tells the audience about the murders of the criminals and that he is being put in charge to find the person responsible. Light predicted something like this would happen and doesn’t think much of it since the police would need the notebook as evidence. L continues on screen. He knows what “Kira’s” motivations are, and they are evil. Light takes offense to that, and writes L’s name in the Death Note. The man dies of a heart attack on screen, leaving Light ecstatic. The letter L suddenly appears on the screen.

A voice comes through the TV, amazed that Kira doesn’t have to be there to kill anyone. L reveals that the man Kira just killed wasn’t him, but an inmate scheduled for execution. L assures Kira that he is real and dares Kira to kill him. Light is in shock and L realizes that Kira can’t kill them. He lets Kira know that they only broadcast the message in the Kanto region of Japan, not around the world. L would have gone around the world with the message until they found where Kira was, and he knows of Kira’s first true victim, and they were more of an experiment. He’s interested in how Kira commits the murders, and will find out when he catches them. He asks to meet again, and ends his broadcast.

Light is in shock for a moment before becoming excited. He’s up for a challenge. Both L and Light vow to hunt the other down.

Meeting
L and Light meet face to face for the first time during the university entrance exams.

They officially interact during the To-Oh opening speech. They had both gotten perfect scores on all of the exams and thus each got to give a speech. L introduces himself to Light and asks him to join the Kira investigation. A few days later, Light and L engage in an intense game of tennis game. A crowd of university students watch eagerly and Light wins. L tells Light that he suspects him of being Kira, and seemingly tests his deductive skills over coffee afterwards. In reality, L was trying to see if he would reveal information only Kira would know. Eventually, Light passes L’s test and joins the Kira Task Force.

Working Together
After working with L on the case for a while, L reveals to Light that he is the first friend he’s ever made. However, shortly after Light and Misa are confined. Criminals stop dying so Light gives up ownership of his Death Note, finding that the only option. Now, without memories Light begs L to let him out and fights for his innocence. L notices this shift in personality immediately. Misa gives up her ownership as well, leading Rem to find a new owner of her Death Note in hopes to free Misa and Light. The killings continue, but they still remain in confinement. Eventually, L agrees to freeing them. Soichiro drives the two to a secluded location and threatens to kill Light. This was a test to see if either of them still had Kira’s power. They passed the test. L asked Light to work with him and Light agreed enthusiastically. Light is let go, but is indefinitely handcuffed to L and required to be under surveillance at all times.

The two are officially working together on the case at this point. They don’t exactly get along at first. Light and L get into a fight over L’s depression and suspicion of Light being Kira. Later on, they generally seem to get along better. They become more affectionate with increased physical contact and decreased hostility. Light finds evidence leading to suspicion towards the Yotsuba company. The two successfully work together to capture the new Kira, Kyosuke Higuchi. Light regains his memories after touching Higuchi’s apprehended Death Note.

Departure
The two share an emotional scene in the rain, followed by a foot massage. L has come to terms with his eventual death. L is eventually killed by Rem, following Light’s plan successfully. Light falls to the floor and screams, holding his dying body.

Fanon
Fans typically like to build on the relationship built between the two in the Yotsuba arc. Light without his memories means that the two could begin a relationship without Light's role as Kira getting in the way. Fan Fiction will also write the two in a relationship when Light get's his memories of being Kira back and how they both deal with the relationship from there.

Fans also like to build on alternative universes where Light is not Kira, where Light and L meet again in Mu (also known as the shinigami realm), and so on.

Additionally, a scene in episode 25 of the anime, dubbed "the foot scene" by fans, contains heavy references to Jesus and Judas, which in itself can contain a metaphor for homoeroticism. This metaphor carries over to the reference in episode 25, with the fandom making it the frequent butt of jokes and a moment to analyze. The whole scene has also been interpreted as an innuendo by some. Certain lines from the scene such as “I’m actually pretty good at this” and “You’ll get used to it” in addition to the grunt by Light and intimate energy add to this interpretation. One of the writers stated in an interview that this scene was added to add a sense of sadness when Light and L seem like they could have been friends. The scene is absent from the manga.

On AO3, Lawlight is the most written ship within the Death Note (Anime & Manga) tag; Light’s most written, as well as L’s most written.

= Trivia = • Light saw a vision of L before he died. This means that the last thing they each saw before they died was one another

• In the Japanese Drama adaptation, L confronts Light while they are both showering

• “Playing His Game” Alternatively “Into Him” Is a song from the Death Note musical with lyrics that can be interpreted as homoerotic.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * L/Light tag on FanFiction.net
 * L/Light tag on FanFiction.net

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