Just to put a lot of my posts and beliefs about Light Yagami's character in one post (headcanons not included):
• He does not do anything for purely moral reasons. The reason he started killing criminals was because he was curious, and then afterward his "crusade" was built from panic and spite. He thought using the Death Note was going to kill him, so he decided to take everyone he considered a threat to society down with him—that way he would still be good. He would still be remembered. If he can't live, then criminals don't deserve to either. The weight loss and the insomnia shown in the manga, were more likely results of a fear of dying than moral stress.
• Then Light discovers he won't die. This negates part of the spite, but not the need for a moral justification to keep himself "good". He no longer needs to be a martyr, so instead he's chosen to become a God.
• During this week and half of time, Light goes from being a bored, lonely, listless teenager disgusted with the world because it's not how his father taught him it should be, disgusted because if he can manage perfection why can't the rest of the world—to a boy with a new friend and a new mission that gives him purpose. Something interesting. If the world can't be perfect on its own, he'll have to help it. The world needs his help, making him its "savior".
• In comes L. It is no longer about Kira, no longer about saving the world from itself, even if he might tell himself it is—it's about the game. Kira was a fun pastime, yes, but L has made things so much more interesting. (Light and Ryuk are actually wildly similar in several ways it's just not immediately obvious). This game is more fun, too, because this time he has an opponent—one not so nebulous as "the criminals of the world", who offered no challenge. Light is still justifying his actions through a lens of morality, because he has to, but they're beginning to run rather thin.
• Both the broadcast and the obvious taunts to L through changing Kira's killing methods supports the above. "You're too stupid, L. If you were just a little smarter, we could've had some fun." Drawing L in was to progress their game, not Kira's goals. If Light truly only cared about Kira's vision, Kira's new world, Kira's righteous justice; then he wouldn't have continued to play the game after the broadcast. There was no way for L to find him without Light drawing him in—the Death Note is literally the perfect murder weapon. Light knew this, he just ignored it because he wanted to play.
• In the same vein: Yotsuba Light doesn't know he's playing the game. He's forgotten that there even is a game, and so he sees L as someone who's been duped, who either isn't as intelligent as he's been made out to seem, or someone who's being purposefully cruel just because he can. Either way, to Yotsuba Light, L's threat level has only increased, because Light no longer has any sort of weapon to go against him with. He can't even wield his own innocence against him, because his innocence is not certain. Even to himself. Yotsuba Light knows that he has to play along with L's plays of friendship and morality in order to secure his freedom, but he does not respect L or like him. At least, not until near the end, where they're closing in on Higuchi. Where his freedom seems closer....and yet he sees his own, true innocence as more tenuous than ever. Notably, even when Light feels positively towards L there, he still does not share his suspicions about himself with him. His own life still takes precedence over any sort of justice or morality he might have, because Yotsuba Light is still Light. And Light will always put his own self-interests first.
• After killing L, something interesting happens. Because the game ends, but Kira is still left. And Light was willing to take risks and make wild plans in his game with L, but Kira's goals always, always came after his own life. And when only Kira's goals are left, Light stops taking those big, potentially lethal risks. (i.e. bomb desk trap, killing Raye Penber in person by handing him pages of the Death Note, killing Naomi Misora in person right in front of the police station, writing Higuchi's name while sitting right beside L with the murder weapon literally in his hand, etc. etc.). Winning the game was worth dying for—Kira's ideals are not. Or, to put it even more simply: His pride is worth dying for, but his morals are not. Five years after his victory against L, he's presented with another game, but instead of feeling fearful and excited as he did with L, Light is angry. Arrogant and angry. Because this isn't a game to these opponents, as it was to L—they're playing against each other, and Light is merely a piece in it. This game is not like his game with L; it's more like his "game" with the criminals of the world. One with no true challenge, just another defense of Kira's world—worth winning, but not worth dying for.
• Light's pride is more important to him than anything. He needs to be able to take pride in himself and his actions. Pride comes before everything else, before Kira, before family, before L, even before his own desires and physical health. He does not enjoy killing—he just turned it into something he could be proud of. Into another mastering of craft. Light is not particularly sadistic, he's just spiteful. He'll only take pleasure in someone's suffering if they make someone else suffer first, especially if that someone is him. Attacking his pride would count as making him suffer, because that's the most important thing in the world to him. Even though Light also values his life incredibly highly, attempting to kill him wouldn't invoke as much hell-hot wrath as attempting to humiliate him would. And Light will always get even. Always. He does not forgive and forget.
• He believes every lie he tells himself. Every. Lie. He is a Good Man. He is Good Son. He is a Savior. He is Better. He is NOT Evil, he is Good. He's incredibly adept at not only fooling other people, but fooling himself. Even if he's vaguely aware of the truth, he'll take great pains to make sure that truth never comes to light—because it would crush him.
• Light does not take his own desires into account. If he likes or wants something that contradicts with the perfect image he's crafted, he purges it from his mind. Makes excuses for why he doesn't need it, or even convinces himself very thoroughly that he didn't even want it in the first place. If it's not something he can be proud of (or convince himself to be proud of), he doesn't allow himself to desire it.
• Light sees everyone as beneath him (family notwithstanding, Light loves his family deeply), and while it's a pyramid scale of how far beneath him they are, it's not actually ranked by things like gender, sexuality, race—it's ranked by morality and intelligence. The more intelligent and moral you are, the higher up you are on the scale. Light feeling hostile towards someone does not always mean he sees them as further down beneath him; with L and Misa specifically, it means that they're a threat. Light tends to only see people near the top of the intelligence pyramid as threats; evidenced by him dismissing Matsuda completely even with the knowledge that Matsuda was a marksmen, and yet him immediately setting out to kill Naomi when he found out she figured out one of Kira's secrets. With Takada and Mikami, he treats them exactly the same as each other because they're both on the same level of the scale—and he didn't hesitate to get rid of either of them. (Or try to get rid of, in Mikami's case). Everyone is either a tool, a threat, a criminal, a citizen, or family to him. People to use (tool, criminal), people to serve and/or placate (citizen, family), and people to eliminate (threat, criminal). Everyone falls into at least one of these categories for him.
• Light Yagami is a tragic character. And he's a tragic character because he refuses to believe he's part of a tragedy. He would rather swallow broken glass than be considered a victim of anything.
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❛❛ THEY UNDERESTIMATE ME TO THE FULLEST, DESPITE THE COLD RIDICULE… ❜❜ ━ THE LEADER.
⌕ ࣭ ͘ ⸰ 𓍼 ⸻ GENERAL .
FULL NAME › Baek Junho ❪ 뱥 준호 ❫
BIRTHDAY › October 13, 1996
BIRTH PLACE › Seoul, South Korea
ZODIAC SIGN › Libra
HOMETOWN › Seoul , South Korea
NATIONALITY › South Korean
HEIGHT › 1.78 cm ❪ 5’10 ❫
BODY MODIFICATIONS › lobe piercings, neck tattoos
MBTI › estj ❪ executive ❫
PERSONALITY TRAITS › reliable, trusting, judgmental, dedicated, empathic
IMMEDIATE FAMILY › mother, father, grandmother
SPOKEN LANGUAGES › korean, english, japanese
⌕ ࣭ ͘ ⸰ 𓍼 ⸻ CAREER .
STAGE NAME › JUNO ❪ 주노 ❫
OCCUPATION › idol, producer, songwriter, endorser
COMPANY › dask records, starblock
GROUP › LOOBII ❪ 2016 — present ❫
DEBUT DATE › May 23, 2016
POSITION › leader, main rapper, sub vocalist
DISCOGRAPHY › 5 digital singles, 1 extended play
⌕ ࣭ ͘ ⸰ 𓍼 ⸻ TRIVIAL FACTS :
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ JUNO is an only child, was raised by loving parents
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ HE was trained to be a vocalist, but changed last minute his position, due the line-up being restricted in five and for the lack of rap positions.
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ JUNO is the brand ambassador for BVLGARI, BURBERRY and many others.
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ Although being the leader of the group, JUNHO is said to be act very childish around the members behind the cameras.
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ JUNO made his much anticipated debut in March 2023 with the extended play “FADE”.
❛❛ IN THIS PLACE WHERE NOT A SINGLE WIND BLOWS… ❜❜ ━ THE COOL ONE .
⌕ ࣭ ͘ ⸰ 𓍼 ⸻ GENERAL .
FULL NAME › Sato Hideyoshi ❪ さと ひでよし ❫
BIRTHDAY › April 26th, 1997
ZODIAC SIGN › Taurus
BIRTH PLACE › Fukuoka, Japan
HOMETOWN › Fukuoka, Japan
NATIONALITY › Japanese
HEIGHT › 181 cm ❪ 5’11 ❫
BODY MODIFICATIONS › none
MBTI › enfj ❪ protagonist ❫
PERSONALITY TRAITS › social, inspiring, charming, hardworking, kind, intuitive
IMMEDIATE FAMILY › mother, father, grandmother
SPOKEN LANGUAGES › japanese, korean
⌕ ࣭ ͘ ⸰ 𓍼 ⸻ CAREER .
STAGE NAME › HIDEYOSHI ❪ 히데요시 ❫
OCCUPATION › idol, producer, songwriter, endorser
COMPANY › dask records, starblock
GROUP › LOOBII ❪ 2016 — present ❫
DEBUT DATE › May 23, 2016
POSITION › lead rapper, lead dancer
DISCOGRAPHY › 2 digital single, 1 extended play
⌕ ࣭ ͘ ⸰ 𓍼 ⸻ TRIVIAL FACTS :
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ PRIOR his debut with LOOBII, HIDEYOSHI was an active freestyle dancer, he specialized in contemporary pop, participating in many competitions and successfully winning medals.
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ HIDEYOSHI loves doing and say funny things, even with people he doesn’t know very well or doesn’t really talks to. This is a part of him that most of his friends envy a lot.
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ HE is better at cooking Korean traditional dishes than Japanese and the members particularly love them.
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ THOUGH he works as a full-time idol, in the main time he revealed that he likes to write poems and short novels.
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ HE is the second member to have a solo debut, in fact he released his first extended play “MORE OF U” in November 11.
❛❛ DON’T YOU REALLY THINK I'M THAT EASY… ❜❜ ━ THE ACTOR .
⌕ ࣭ ͘ ⸰ 𓍼 ⸻ GENERAL .
FULL NAME › Park Seungyoon ❪ 밬 승훅 ❫
BIRTHDAY › June 4th, 1997
ZODIAC SIGN › Gemini
BIRTH PLACE › Busan, South Korea
HOMETOWN › Busan, South Korea
NATIONALITY › South Korean
HEIGHT › 180 cm ❪ 5’11 ❫
BODY MODIFICATIONS › none
MBTI › istj ❪ logistician ❫
PERSONALITY TRAITS › reflective, self-critical, spontaneous, mindful, responsible, humble
IMMEDIATE FAMILY › mother, father, younger twin sisters
SPOKEN LANGUAGES › korean
⌕ ࣭ ͘ ⸰ 𓍼 ⸻ CAREER .
STAGE NAME › SAEM ❪ 샘 ❫
OCCUPATION › idol, actor, songwriter
COMPANY › dask records, leed company, starblock
GROUP › LOOBII ❪ 2016 — present ❫
DEBUT DATE › May 23, 2016
POSITION › lead vocalist, sub rapper, face of the group
DISCOGRAPHY › 7 digital singles
⌕ ࣭ ͘ ⸰ 𓍼 ⸻ TRIVIAL FACTS :
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ SAEM initially auditioned as an actor, but at the time of the audition was asked to sing and eventually he signed a trainee contract. He would later debut as an actor in 2018
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ HE’s considered the most “chill” member according to LOOBII’s fans and “innocence” for his cute-like face, but he hate when people call him cute.
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ SEUNGYOON has a really bad allergy to peanuts, this resulted to him being hospitalized at just 7 years old and now he can’t even come near to them.
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ HIS most favorite animal are geckos and as of now he has three of them, which he takes care with his father.
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ SAEM has the most credits in term of lyricism in the group and has also wrote some songs for other artists.
❛❛ IT WILL CAUSE A STIR AND TURN EVERYTHING UPSIDE DOWN… ❜❜ ━ THE VISUAL .
⌕ ࣭ ͘ ⸰ 𓍼 ⸻ GENERAL .
FULL NAME › Kasemchai Wachirawit ❪ เกษมชัย วชิรวิชญ์ ❫
BIRTHDAY › June 17th, 1997
ZODIAC SIGN › Gemini
BIRTH PLACE › Las Vegas, United States
HOMETOWN › Bangkok, Thailand
NATIONALITY › Thai
HEIGHT › 1.77 cm ❪ 5’10 ❫
BODY MODIFICATIONS › lip piercing
MBTI › esfp ❪ entertainer ❫
PERSONALITY TRAITS › modest, vivacious, naive, balanced, directed, incisive
IMMEDIATE FAMILY › mother, father, older sister, older brother
SPOKEN LANGUAGES › thai, english, korean
⌕ ࣭ ͘ ⸰ 𓍼 ⸻ CAREER .
STAGE NAME › ZYON ❪ 자이온 ❫
OCCUPATION › idol, producer, songwriter, endorser
COMPANY › dask records, starblock
GROUP › LOOBII ❪ 2016 — present ❫
DEBUT DATE › May 23, 2016
POSITION › main vocalist, lead dancer, visual
DISCOGRAPHY › 3 digital singles
⌕ ࣭ ͘ ⸰ 𓍼 ⸻ TRIVIAL FACTS :
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ ZYON was born in Las Vegas, but soon moved in Bangkok due family issues at 10. He had many friends and for this reason, English has remained one of his first languages.
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ HIS stage name was going to be “ALCYON” but he changed last minute because he thought it was too “weird”.
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ HE is one of most followed idols on Instagram, even tho he’s not very active on the platform.
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ INSIDE the group he’s considered the visual, but also the “mysterious” one, due his strange looks who can rude to other people.
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ KASEMCHAI has claimed that he loves his given name, but he didn’t choose it as the stage name, because it sounded weird in the Korean language.
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ HE hates drinking water and acknowledged that it’s unusual for human being, so he had to force himself to drink an amount of it.
❛❛ THE COMPASS POINTS TOWARDS THE SHINING SUN, I KNOW, I'M A LITTLE WEIRDO… ❜❜ ━ THE PRODIGY .
⌕ ࣭ ͘ ⸰ 𓍼 ⸻ GENERAL .
FULL NAME › Choi Hyungjae ❪ 최 흉재 ❫
BIRTHDAY › March 17th, 1999
ZODIAC SIGN › Pisces
BIRTH PLACE › Incheon, South
HOMETOWN › Incheon, South Korea
NATIONALITY › South Korean
HEIGHT › 1.75 cm ❪ 5’9 ❫
BODY MODIFICATIONS › left lobe piercing, neck and arm tattoos
MBTI › infj ❪ advocate ❫
PERSONALITY TRAITS › calm, cooperative, magnanimous, sensitive, passionate, creative, reserved
IMMEDIATE FAMILY › mother, father, younger brother
SPOKEN LANGUAGES › korean
⌕ ࣭ ͘ ⸰ 𓍼 ⸻ CAREER .
STAGE NAME › JE ❪ 제 ❫
OCCUPATION › idol, songwriter, endorser
COMPANY › dask records, starblock
GROUP › LOOBII ❪ 2016 — present ❫
DEBUT DATE › May 23, 2016
POSITION › lead vocalist, main dancer
DISCOGRAPHY › 2 digital singles
⌕ ࣭ ͘ ⸰ 𓍼 ⸻ TRIVIAL FACTS :
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ JE had braces from thirteen until his first year of debut.
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ DUE him being the last member to join the group, the others admitted they felt a little intimidated by the “little kid”, but tried to befriend with him either way.
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ HE is the one who debunks every weird rumor about him and the other members even before his own company.
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ ACCORDING to JUNO he’s the calmest member, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t get into troubles.
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ JE is considered the most “real” one of the group, he likes to do different things and doesn’t lose time to show his true colors every time something that makes him angry happens.
♡̷ ͘ ࣭ HIS fashion style mostly consist in black clothes and thick necklaces.
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