A Tale Of Autism And Loss

I can't get over the fact that not only does the fandom canonize Near as a blank, emotionless individual, but it is also generally accepted that even characters within the story, like Mello, see him as such. People use the term "emotionless robot" as if humans actually operate in a way that makes hyper-analytical people incapable of having feelings. It also bothers me when people use the word "logical" as if it was a personality trait. People can't be logical, they can be rational, practical, stoic, analytical, etc., because people don't "make sense" in the way patterns and concepts do, they are physical beings, not abstract systems.

But apart from the semantics, stereotyping people into categories such as "feeler" and "thinker" without understanding the cognitive processes behind them is plain oversimplification.

I think Near's character has endless potential for theorizing about why he doesn't express his feelings openly. Is he suppressing them? Is he doing it on a conscious or unconscious level? What if his work ethic is a form of escapism or some kind of dissociation resulting from early childhood trauma? What if he has niche moral or philosophical principles, given that he's a highly intelligent individual? Giftedness is usually associated with sensitivity, not detachment from it. What if he sees the world in a different way? What if he's autistic? That doesn't exclude the ability to feel, it simply means that he operates differently, which is endlessly fun to explore.

Light Yagami- Xander Pang

L- Colin Ryan

Misa Amane- Stephanie Zaharis

Ryuk- Telly Leung

Rem- Grace Mouat

Soichiro Yagami- Paolo Montalban

Sayu- Elsie Buckley

and...

Chloe Saracco as Jerasu.

I wonder if 'Jerasu' is 'Jealous'. It would be the first time seeing it in the musical.

Colin Ryan- L | Xander Pang- Light Yagami

Coming to the Barbican this summer. 50 performances only.

Death Note will star Xander Pang (MacBeth, Beyond Paradise) in the lead role of Light, with Colin Ryan (Hamlet, My Brilliant Friend, The Lightning Child) as the detective, L. Further casting is to be announced.

In English, he says “for the love of murder”, which captures the meaning, but it’s very obvious he’s talking about murder. I was thinking it’d be funnier if he said “good grieve”. It’s clearly “grieve” in text, but when said out loud, can sound like “grief”. Even though it doesn’t capture the murder aspect, it has both the hidden meaning aspect, as well as the fact the word grieve is often associated with death.

Mello Death Note Art 🙌

I can’t tell if I like it better plain or with the background and overlay . .

(Based on the recent merch)