Heroes

Ganked this from the awesome tju_tju_tju_tju .

Put your iPod/iTunes/etc on random, and list the first 100 songs that play. No skips, no matter how embarrassing.

1. Final Fantasy VIII opening theme - Nobuo Uematsu
2. Forsaken - Jonathan Davis
3. She loves me not - Papa Roach
4. Remedy - Seether
5. Overture - Sarah Michelle Gellar (Once More With Feeling)
6. The Doctor and I - John Barrowman
7. Pokemon the first movie theme - Billy Crawford
8. Moonlight Densetsu - Sailor Moon (Sub version) theme song
9. Ladies and Gentlemen - Saliva
10. I'm so sick - Flyleaf
11. Coming Undone - Korn
12. Standing in the way - Anthony Stewart Head (Once More With Feeling)
13. Creep - Stone Temple Pilots
14. Stupify - Disturbed
15. Highway to Hell - AC/DC
16. Overprotected - Britney Spears
17. Baby one more time - Britney Spears
18. Sailor Team no Theme - Sailor Moon S the movie Soundtrack
19. Enemy - Fozzy
20. Shine - Collective Soul
21. Rest In Peace - James Marsters (Once More With Feeling)
22. Closer to Mario - Nine Inch Nails/Super Mario Bros. Remix
23. The Rage Beat - Gravitation
24. Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
25. Another Brick in the Wall - Korn (Pink Floyd remake)
26. Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani
27. Tuxedo Mirage - Sailor Moon S Soundtrack
28. I don't want to miss a thing - Aerosmith
29. My Will - Inuyasha soundtrack
30. Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots
31. The Sword of Damocles - Rocky Horror Picture Show
32. Doctor Who theme song - Album version
33. Oops I did it again - Britney Spears
34. Lose Yourself - Eminem
35. Detroit Rock City - KISS
36. Hero - Chad Kroeger and Josey Scott
37. I Can't Decide - Scizzor Sisters
38. Kissing You - Des'ree
39. At Calgary - Vic Mignogna
40. Bleed it Out - Linkin Park
41. Circus - Britney Spears
42. Lips of an Angel - Hinder
43. Link - L'arc en Ciel
44. 1000 Words - Jade (from Sweetbox)
45. Dream On - Ronnie James Dio w/ Yngwie Malmsteen (Aerosmith cover)
46. I'm a slave for You - Britney Spears
47. See me boku tachi no Jidai - Three Lights (Sailor StarS soundtrack)
48. Breaking the Law - Judas Priest
49. The Last in Line - Ronnie James Dio
50. I've got a theory - Once More with Feeling
51. Tick-Toxic - Gwen Stefani and Britney Spears (What you waiting

for/Toxic remix)
52. White Wedding - Billy Idol
53. The Hand that Feeds - Nine Inch Nails
54. Seek and Destroy - Metallica
55. Sailor StarS theme song - Sailor StarS Soundtrack
56. Empty Walls - Serj Tankien
57. Dead or Alive (live version) - Bon Jovi
58. The Slayers theme song - The Slayers soundtrack
59. Paralyzer - Finger Eleven
60. Balls to the Wall - Fozzy
61. Crazy Love - Jason Manns and Jensen Ackles
62. Symphony of Destruction - Megadeth
63. Sailor Moon Theme Song (English)
64. Dumb - Nirvana
65. BYOB - System of a Down
66. Send the pain Below - Chevelle
67. Under Your Spell - Amber Benson (Once More With Feeling)
68. Adrenaline - Gavin Rossdale
69. Satellite - P.O.D
70. Kaze wa Mirai ni Huku - Trigun opening theme
71. We Rock - Ronnie James Dio
72. Trust - Megadeth
73. To Kill a Stranger - Fozzy
74. Lonely Day - System of a Down
75. I write sins, not tragedies - Panic!At the Disco
76. Broken - Seether w/Amy Lee
77. The Power of Love - Sailor Moon
78. The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
79. Falling Away From Me - Korn
80. Holy Diver - Killswitch Engage (Ronnie James Dio cover)
81. Nagareboshi He - Three Lights (Sailor StarS soundtrack)
82. Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden
83. Holy Diver - Ronnie James Dio
84. Womanizer - Britney Spears
85. The Unforgiven - Metallica
86. Tub-thumping - Chumbawumba
87. Getting Away With Murder - Papa Roach
88. Big Bang Baby - Stone Temple Pilots
89. Alive - P.O.D
90. Under your spell (reprise) - Once More With Feeling
91. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
92. Seven Nation Army - the White Stripes
93. Butterfly - Dance Dance Revolution soundtrack
94. American Badass - Kid Rock
95. Creep - Radiohead
96. What's up Guys? - Sorcerer Hunters theme song
97. Moonlight Destiny - Sailor Moon S the movie soundtrack
98. Heart Shaped Box - Evanescence (Nirvana cover)
99. Holding out for a hero - Jennifer Saunders
100. Tear Away - Drowning Pool

And that's just the tip of the iceberg of stuff I listen to, lol,  I have weird tastes, I know. XP

Well! I was inspired by a page on serria 's LJ, where a few people, including me, were talking DN and so I decided to make an actual Death Note Discussion page where we could all talk Death Note, different topics, pairings, etc.

The first topic to speak of is: Light Yagami.

Which includes; his motivations (pre-Kira!Light), his ideals (Kira!Light), his prettyness/smexyness, innocent!Light vs Kira!Light, his battles with L, etc.

I DON'T want to include pairings for the simple fact that the Pairings will have a seperate discussion on their own, with different discussions for different pairings, which will include yaoi, het and femmeslash.

My Views:

His Motivations: I think that his motivations are good ones, and those, unfortunately are what lead him down the path he goes down. He values justice and using the Law to put those who do wrong, where they belong. He abhors the using of women (as we see when L suggests to innocent!Light to use Misa to get closer to Yotsuba) and is horrified by the thought. He is rather chivarous in that respect and he is also kind. He also has a temper, which he first exibits when L makes a suggestion of them giving up. He has the belief about the goodness in people and the bad that infects people as well. He takes up the Death Note, first using it, rather morbidly curious to see if it actually worked, and then the second time to confirm it (and also to stop the attempted rape of a woman by a crowd of skeevy men on bikes) It started to take hold on him soon after. The second time he used it, I believe.

His Ideals: He seeks a world free of crime and suffering. While THAT is a noble cause, he seeks to become the Ruler, the "God" and oversee it all and that is a contradiction. I think that it is a contradiction, because his motivations from pre-Death Note are still there, but warped from the desire of the Death Note, a tool which should never be in a human's hands. Humans are MUCH different than the Gods of Death, the Shinigami, who use Death Notes, and not just in looks. He first kills the worst offenders, the murderers and rapists. He is not afraid to use anyone or anything to reach his goals. He sees everyone as tools and not much more. Especially women it seems. As he uses Misa and Takada so efficiently and sees Mikami as something, though not an equal, something closer. He is also willing to use people who may also be innocent (like the 12 FBI agents) to further along his goals, seeing them as nothing more than pawns, seeing it as a "sacrifice for the greater good." He covers his contempt for L and those around him, like the NPA, with a facade of the way he was before he picked up the Death Note. This is good enough to full almost anyone (with a few exceptions) and...

His prettyness/smexyness: he is not afraid to use his looks to get what he wants. He KNOWS he is a good looking guy and is also rather vain. The people he uses the most, are also good-looking. I think this is also to his Vanity. He doesn't want anyone who works for him to be anything less than great, as they are spreading Kira's message/speaking for Kira, etc. I think part of the reason he picked Mikami, was because of how he looked. (He didn't even look at Mikami's Kira's Kingdom information until AFTER)

Innocent!Light vs Kira!Light-Who would win?: That's a good question. Innocent!Light is more inclined to fight with his fists with Kira!Light relying more on the Death Note and others. If you take the Death Note out of the equation it would be more equal footing, BUT I actually have to see Kira!Light winning, because he would not be afraid to take it as far as need be, as I think innocent!Light would get Kira!Light cornered, but then hesitate to give the final blow, giving Kira!Light the opening he is looking for.

His Battles With L: These make for some of the most exciting parts of the manga (and anime) obviously and it creates an incredible dynamic. He sees L as a threat, but acknowledges some of their similarities. His time against L is his favorite and his least favorite. Because L poses the biggest threat to him, but at the same time, it was the first time that he could really remember that he was actually EXCITED; something to come along to kill the evergoing boredom. I think part of him was saddened at the end of their battles, not only because of it would mean a end to all the excitement, because he himself, underneath all of the Death Note's darkness, would miss the man. The dynamic of their battles has not been equaled in any of the manga (or episodes) after.

Etc: I see Light's refusal for the Shinigami Eyes not simply because he wants the longest time to reign, but for his very real fear of Death. He sees his using Ryuk and getting him to do what he wants, as a way of overcoming and beating Death. For him, I think him to also be in the mistaken belief that by becoming the Ruler overall, that he can find a way to master the masterless: Death.

Okay! Now it's your turn! Tell me your opinions! =D =D =D