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levi-dayne · 4 months

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when L met mello and told him stories about his cases, i think he was trying to pick him apart.

he understood near, near was supposedly the most like him. near was very easy to pick apart. but mello in all of his emotional complexity with layers he hasn't even uncovered himself? L needed to see that for himself to make his choice. he needed to figure out exactly who mello was.

and he did. and his choice was to not choose. because he saw mello, he knew who he was now, he knew that being on par with near wouldn't be enough and choosing both would still drive a wedge between them. but he also saw that mello wasn't as tough as he pretended to be. that he was an insecure kid that wanted to be worth something, and he saw that it didn't REALLY have anything to do with near.

so he chose not to choose. he knew that they would be forced to cooperate sooner or later. he knew that if mello was able to accept his truth, he would be able to work with near (more or less) and help him in his own way. he knew that near would be too confident, and he knew that when push comes to shove, mello would put his pride aside to ensure that kira was stopped. that was what he was looking for. one person wasn't enough, and he knew it. one person alone will always have their flaws. he needed two people whose flaws balanced each other out.

but from the outside, mello looks like a bully. he looks like a cruel individual who doesn't care about anyone but himself. he looks genuinely confident and sure of himself. clearly, that wasn't the case, but L needed to see for himself to really truly figure him out and decide what was next. mello took it as a sign that maybe he was better than near, but L was just testing him and he passed

#death note #mello #mello death note #death note mello #mello dn #dn mello #dn #deathnote #mello deathnote #deathnote mello #mihael keehl

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rly-deathnote-headcanons · 2 years

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deathnote but it takes place in 2022 and Matt leaks all the details of the Kira case to his discord kittens

plot twist one of his kittens is just near in disguise spying on mello

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p0ssywhippedcream · 1 year

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I wonder if Near or Mello met someone (us) and introduced them to L as their girlfriend/partner. Would he be proud of them? Would he be jealous that they found a s/o first? Would he want them to focus on changing the world?

Honestly, I feel like there would be silence for a second as L tries to determine if this is another one of those jokes he doesn't understand. Then your smile falters and you cough nervously and everything hits L at once.

"..."

"Okay." L doesn't really know what to say. He's happy for his boys and proud of them. It briefly crosses his mind to ask if you're a distraction from work or an adolescence rebellion act but then he says the glowing look on their face and remembers just how smart they are, they wouldn't intentionally sabotage their future for something unworthy.

"Congratulations." He offers, with an acknowledging blink.

You look between your boyfriend and his mentor, wondering what the fuck you had gotten yourself into. You hadn't really understood the weird dynamic when he had first explained it to you but seeing it in action made you want to shrivel up and die. You felt incredibly stupid in a room with these people.

L doesn't really ever find himself feeling awkward in social situations because A, he doesn't have many of them and B, he just ignores it, but right now, he feels incredibly uncomfortable.

"Moving on," He starts with glance to you and back to your boyfriend, "Did you.. finish the Norwegian case?"

Then the men talk about boring bank robberies for the next half hour and allow you to indulge in their sweets as you listen to them talk about nonsense. It seems L likes you, maybe? I mean you're not being hypnotized into forgetting ever meeting him so I guess he accepts you?

#mello x reader #near x reader #near x reader fluff #mello x reader fluff #24 hour ticket #ticket 🎟️ time #ticket time #🎟️ ticket time #🎟️ time #oph.answers #oph.ticket time #deathnote fluff #deathnote near #deathnote mello

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tinellesdivine · 2 years

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the best dresser that died like a dog. (watermark is my insta)

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novspygmalion · 2 years

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#why do i not draw shirts #deathnote #mello #deathnote mello #mello deathnote #meronia #art #fanart

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horreurscopes · 5 months

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transfiguration's gonna come for me at last, and i will burn brighter than the sun

#posting a little mello deathnote 5 mins before the end of his birthday. as a treat #its been a couple rough months catching up with the commission queue so #technically this is from september i just went through my sketchbook trying to find something that'd be easy to finish #him....... alex are you still hyperfixated on-- yes. yes i am. death note blorbos save me. death note blorbos please #death note #mihael keehl #mello #mello death note #mello dn #meronia #horreurart

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angelinvasion1 · 8 months

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deathnote peanut

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antaarf · 4 months

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Draw more Mello and Near. But Near with short hair. I love them so much

#deathnote #death note #near #mello #nate river #mihael keehl #death note art

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lemongogo · 2 years

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deathnote days

#mello #deathnote #death note #dn #my art #i recently read theeee newest like. the extra / short stories #i liked the a-kira plotline lawl #the art style is so good tho.....like its so distinctive n Full and like. me gesticulating wildly 2 try and explain how it mkes me feel #seeing near reminded me of mello.melloooooooooooooooooooooo.mellooo i miss melloooo

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deathnotewiki · 5 months

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December 13, 1989: Mello (real name: Mihael Keehl) is born.

#Death Note #DeathNote #manga #anime #Mello #Mihael Keehl

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undergoing-mitosis · 3 months

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death note has ruined me

someone says "light" in a conversation. my brain goes "is that a death note reference?" someone says "mellow" in a conversation. my brain goes "is that a death note reference?" someone says "near" in a conversation. my brain goes "is that a death note reference?" someone texts me "L". my brain goes "is that a death note reference?"

i need help. i can't escape :,)

#the brainrot is real #death note #deathnote #dn #light yagami #yagami light #mello death note #near death note #l death note #l lawliet #thoughts n rambles

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levi-dayne · 2 months

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anyway i have some more proof for my "mello still would've killed himself if he lost to near" theory. special shoutout to @melloneah for giving me input while i talked my head off about this. ur a real one

first of all, this:

his "great and respected predecessor, the man whose actions were a strong influence on me personally." beyond birthday, the second child much like second place mello. the second child, the backup, the second choice who went off the deep end. he could never succeed, bound for failure. and of course, mello goes so far as to say he's trying not to base his analysis of beyond on his own experience. trying, but not succeeding. he takes influence from B because he understands and relates. he knows what it's like to be second best, to feel like a copy. and the "if this was how i felt, i shouldn't even need to say how bad it was before."

then, there's this:

the emphasis on beyond's failure and loss. but then, mello circles it BACK around to "my poor, poor predecessor," which has a strong undertone of mockery, given what we know about mello and how he views failure. and then he says that B must've "longed for death," and offers condolences for the humiliation that he experienced.

obviously, i can't bring up any of this without mentioning mello's introduction to the story where he knows he's going to die and has accepted that.

mello knows he is going to die because he knows his options are a victory by default if near dies or not beating near and surviving, which as i mentioned before, he implies to be embarrassing and not worthwhile. he studies these actions through beyond as he leads himself knowingly up to his death. but he knows what he's doing. that's why he takes off his helmet. he can't and won't live with the failure and shame. he studied where beyond went wrong in his own failsafe suicide attempt so that he wouldn't make it out alive and suffer the same shame and embarassment.

not to mention the phrasing. "died like a dog," according to merriam-webster, is used to describe a dishonorable or shameful death. he acknowledges that through beyond too, with the embarrassment of failing. he knows his own death will shameful, but he also hasn't died yet, which implies his choice in the matter. he chooses to die a shameful death because he believes it's better than feeling his own defeat. he compares himself to beyond repeatedly and admittedly takes inspiration from his actions all the way until the end.

he references the hardest part of killing someone in one of the paragraphs above, which is important because it's a callback to when he says this:

he acknowledges that killing is hard, and in the part where he makes this callback, he says that humans aren't designed to die easily. so he has to do something more extreme to not make beyond's mistakes. something that would keep him from the same embarrassment of surviving when he meant to die. perhaps even something that violates those natural laws of the universe-- oh, wait, wait.

interesting. very interesting.

i also must point out my own personal views on the labb murder cases book. firstly, i do not think it is canon in the sense that everything in it happened. i do think it is how mello personally views the events that unfolded, but despite his denial i do also think it is largely influenced by his own experiences and worldview. there would be no way for him or L to know the exact dialogue that occurred, or anything beyond the major plot points. a lot of it is left open for interpretation, and mello makes up his own dialogue and perspective. was B or misora really anything like how they were depicted in this story? who knows. most of it was made up. and given he expected near to be the first to read it and the only person to care or understand, i think he knew that near would know exactly what that book was.

mello knew he would die, was yet to die, seemed to know how he would die, foreshadowed it, recognized all of the risks of the notebook and yet continued to show his face, and then all of the connections of himself to beyond especially right before acknowledging his suicide attempt as a power move and the humiliation of surviving through failure. he never had any intention of making it out alive. his case study on beyond was truly an analysis on himself. the labb murder cases wasn't just a story or a fanfiction, it was a suicide note. one last insight into the complexities of mello's mind, and perhaps most importantly, he gets the last word.

edit: i also just realized the full title is "death note: another note the los angeles bb murder cases" but none of the other death note books are called "another note" because the rest of them are not notebooks or notes. but this is. mello says he doesn't want it to be a novel, but it's because it's intended to be a suicide note and that EVEN IF IT TURNS INTO A NOVEL it is always a suicide note first and foremost.

#tw suicide #mello #mihael keehl #labb murder cases #death note #death note another note #mello death note #death note mello #dn mello #mello dn #deathnote mello #mello deathnote #dn #deathnote

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rly-deathnote-headcanons · 1 year

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Mello feels a twinge of guilt for what he did to Sayu. He pays for her treatment anonymously. If he had lived, he would have sent Sayu and her mother money regularly to make sure they were well taken care of.

#death note #deathnote #death note headcanons #death note imagines #deathnote headcanons #deathnote mello #death note mello #mello #mello death note #mihael keehl #sayu yagami #yagami sayu #dnote #wammys house #wammy boys

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m4rscreek · 10 months

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nachtyr-haus-comics · 5 months

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"November 19, 2009 - Mello, who has been hiding in the flat of SPK member Halle Lidner, goes to the SPK headquarters and shares information with Near."

Detail from some artwork I purchased by the very talented @antaarf. Please check out their page!

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I am working on a Death Note doujinshi that focuses on Matt, Mello and Near titled Rewrite, set to release 5.16.2025! Give me a follow for updates! 🍎

#death note #deathnote #near #mello #nate river #mihael keehl #death note fanart #commissions

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jessaerys · 6 months

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or you're a dog and i'm your man

#death note #meronia #mellonear #mihael keehl #nate river #near death note #mello death note #this one might actually get finished i really like it #it's 3 am time to push the d0m near agenda #brat rights! - near deathnote #(don't be fooled this whole piece is an excuse for me to draw a bauhaus chair)#also at some point i decided near wears a tshirt and a chunky boyish cassio wristwatch. a yassification of sorts #my art

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