Angst

So no Silver Diamond this month either. This saves me some cash, but still. No Silver Diamond - for two months running. That's never happened before, and I weep.

Also, 30_lemons. I currently have my second fic written, and then some. Oh, but there is extraneous verbiage that needs to be cut. Problem is, I know it's there, but I don't know what to do with it exactly. It all needs to be in the story, but not in the form/place it is at the moment. Ugh. After three years in this country, my ability to write clear English is not what it once was.

In a spot of good news, however, the Death Note How To Read: Chapter One is most enlightening. It solves the Raito/Light debate, for one - the mangaka stumbled upon 'light' while looking up 'star' in a Japanese-English dictionary, and intention was always to have a light-based name, with no mention made of the light/right pun.

Other interesting bits: L's posture and tendency to go barefoot were in the character design from the beginning, but Obata came up with the clothing, under-eye circles, and predilection for junk food. (Quote: It got really hard trying to come up with new things for L to eat.) L and Light are both a few centimeters taller than I am, but I weigh ten kilograms more. Light is exceeds L in all areas - knowledge, willpower, drive, and especially social ability (of which poor L has none whatsoever). So sorry, Light-just-knew-more fangirls, it looks like Light really is just better all around. (L's sweet tooth, on the other hand, is unparalleled. Hee!)

これで以上です。