Death Note - G vs. E. I loved that show.
Aug. 23rd, 2004 05:18 pmSo there's this "what state are you from? See if you match the stereotypes!" meme here that ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
falxumbra posted. And I match New Jersey's, far too well. ><; Dammit, this is why I went out of state for college! So that I'd no longer be a victim of childhood geography!
( Cut for Death Note fanfiction plus notes )
( L Has a Complex Too, You Know )
And a Death Note-related question, because it's been bugging me:
What makes one name any more "real" than any other? What if the name you were given at birth, the one you are legally recognized by in the present day, and the name you think of yourself by are all different? How can any metaphysical device relying on the "true name" of the victim operate under such conditions?
What if, for example, L doesn't think of himself by the name he was born with, but as L? Like Bruce Wayne doesn't think of himself as a "Bruce" but as a "Batman"?
falxumbra posted. And I match New Jersey's, far too well. ><; Dammit, this is why I went out of state for college! So that I'd no longer be a victim of childhood geography! ( Cut for Death Note fanfiction plus notes )
( L Has a Complex Too, You Know )
And a Death Note-related question, because it's been bugging me:
What makes one name any more "real" than any other? What if the name you were given at birth, the one you are legally recognized by in the present day, and the name you think of yourself by are all different? How can any metaphysical device relying on the "true name" of the victim operate under such conditions?
What if, for example, L doesn't think of himself by the name he was born with, but as L? Like Bruce Wayne doesn't think of himself as a "Bruce" but as a "Batman"?
