Oh, Near was nowhere near as good as L (oh jeez, bad pun). He got kind of annoying, though I thought Mello was a lot worse, but I thought Near was a lot closer to L's mentality and way of thinking.
As for Light, though, I actually thought he was in character. If you think about it, he's the kind of guy who puts enormous pressure on himself. He has to think about even the slightest move and about every word he says. And it was clear from the beginning that he was pretty much unhinged. Leading up to the end you could tell he was wearing out--he was getting more reckless, more complacent. His plans weren't as brilliantly thought out as they once were. And in terms of his total freakout there at the end, I kind of figured something like that had to be coming. He hates to lose and he hates to be cornered; he's had those minor freakouts in the past, like when L called him out on TV, when Raye's fiance told him what she knew, and when L came up to him at college. He's competetive and he's a narcisisst, and when you pull the rug out from under someone like that, even if there is a way out (and like you pointed out, he could have just gone to jail and started planning again) they're not going to see it. If only because they're so shocked that they've finally lost.
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Date: 2006-11-29 01:23 am (UTC)Oh, Near was nowhere near as good as L (oh jeez, bad pun). He got kind of annoying, though I thought Mello was a lot worse, but I thought Near was a lot closer to L's mentality and way of thinking.
As for Light, though, I actually thought he was in character. If you think about it, he's the kind of guy who puts enormous pressure on himself. He has to think about even the slightest move and about every word he says. And it was clear from the beginning that he was pretty much unhinged. Leading up to the end you could tell he was wearing out--he was getting more reckless, more complacent. His plans weren't as brilliantly thought out as they once were. And in terms of his total freakout there at the end, I kind of figured something like that had to be coming. He hates to lose and he hates to be cornered; he's had those minor freakouts in the past, like when L called him out on TV, when Raye's fiance told him what she knew, and when L came up to him at college. He's competetive and he's a narcisisst, and when you pull the rug out from under someone like that, even if there is a way out (and like you pointed out, he could have just gone to jail and started planning again) they're not going to see it. If only because they're so shocked that they've finally lost.