What's your best advice for writing a taskforce oc?
ah well, if you want to be a member of the task force, then you have to be a member of the national police agency, aka the NPA. the japanese task force is a branch of that, that was created for the sole purpose of finding kira.
the existence of the task force is not known to the public, so you can’t let people know that you’re on it and etc. the names and personal information of all its members are also kept secret, so upon entering you’re given a fake id to use for safety purposes.
take into account that a lot of people were initially a part of the task force, but once light got really ruthless and started killing anyone that decided to go after him, the members were given the option to leave without any worry for consequences.
if you have an oc that is part of the task force, they’re going to need to be dedicated to the case. they should be strong mentally and ready to take risks. i’m not saying they have to be brave or extremely intelligent; they should just be aware of what they’re getting into and that this is not a game or a cakewalk.
actually, if they enter the task force while thinking that this case is no biggie, or that it should be easy as pie then i think it’d make for some good character development later on. the case would help open their eyes and eventually lead to them becoming more mature and level-headed.
give your oc a reason for wanting to take a part in the kira case. especially if they have a family, because they could possibly get killed during this investigation, not to mention it’d take up a lot of their time. their reason for definitely wanting to join it doesn’t have to be entirely meaningful or anything.
they could want to do it to for justice.
because not many people will; a “someone has to do it” kind of outlook
some sort of self-driven goal. maybe something happened in their past and they want to solve this case to make up for their past mistakes/failures.
to gain experience or prove themselves capable
maybe they’re lowkey suicidal or don’t really have a care for the risks involved
or perhaps they’re just bored and have nothing better to do
like i said, their reason for wanting to take down kira doesn’t have to be much, i just think anyone should have a reason for doing something that could most certainly get their asses killed.
