#neverallnorman

Bridgette’s ninth birthday was coming up in just a few days and Allison had yet to buy her a present. Between getting off work and stopping at the grocery store for party supplies, somehow she found a little chunk of time to stop at the bookstore. Unlike most kids, Bridgette was thrilled whenever she was gifted with books, which made both her parents very proud. Allison browsed through the kids’ novels, trying to recall the titles and authors that her daughter was fond of, when suddenly a shiver ran up her spine. It felt like cold fingers crawling up her back and on her neck, like a spider. 

neverallnorman replied: like imagine trying to set breaking bad in the uk. you can't. breaking bad is about the failures of the american health care system. death note is about the huge amount of pressure put on the eldest son of a japanese family and top student in a japanese public school, and how that kind of perfectionist cultural mentality contributed to his decision

neverallnorman replied: also!! i wasn't against the idea of a death note story set in america, i just wanted it to be like, a different story in the same universe. maybe someone AFTER kira's downfall trying to take up the mantle or something. gah. im mad lol

jesus you said it all so perfectly thank you maddie

i agree with you so so much and it’s absolutely true. i was reading this article and it’s exactly what you said. death note is such a quintessentially japanese story. i’m gonna quote the article directly bc it phrases it way better than i ever could lol but “death note is a distinctly japanese cultural product in many ways. the presence of japanese shinigami, or death gods, plays a huge role in the plot, as does the clash between traditional japanese values and modern idol worship and pop star culture.”

like that’s exactly it and also your breaking bad comparison is so spot on. breaking bad wouldn’t have fit in the uk setting at all because it’s so focused on the american health care system. it just would have been entirely different and it’s the same with death note. same here too! like i wouldn’t have minded a death note story set in america and if the characters stayed japanese. really what upsets me the most is just the whitewashing and the fact that it changes the original story so much

your idea is so awesome too, like getting to see a different story set after kira’s downfall would have been amazing

"I'm from Perth," soft smile offered up, though she still picks at her sleeve, pulls it down to hide the raised scar tissue that wraps around wrists, "Have you ever been to Australia?"

There are times that Amber shied away from speaking about her home. There were monsters of the past there. She's easily recognizable there as one of the few survivors of the illusive and prolific Outback Killer.

America seemed safer.