Fandom: DEATH NOTE
Pairing: Rem/Misa
Length: ~23000
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: Fanfiction.Net | FictionPress.com | PhilTheTimeWizard on DeviantART
Why this must be read:

This novella-length fanfic is known in the Death Note fandom as the most epic treatment of the Rem and Misa pairing, a pairing that is mostly ignored by fans despite ( Read more... )

Fandom: DEATH NOTE
Pairing: Misa/Sayu
Length: ~1200
Author on LJ: jenwryn and also used to be at jenwryn-fic, but I see that's now been purged
Author Website: AO3 | Fanfiction.Net (no longer updated) | Fanlore | Dreamwidth, and I'm sure I've seen some other Jenwryn websites too, but I'm not finding them at the moment.
Why this must be read:Jenwryn is a giant of the ( Read more... )

Fandom: DEATH NOTE
Pairing: Mello/Matt, sort of
Length: ~1500
Author on LJ: plaguebird
Author Website: Skin and Pit on Fanfiction.net | Skinandpit on AO3
Why this must be read:This short, imaginative piece is based entirely on an idea that is not canon: Matt doesn't actually exist; he's just a figment of Mello's imagination. Despite not being canon, it makes ( Read more... )

Hello! I'll be driving the anime/manga crack van for November, for the Death Note fandom again. I started a little later than I anticipated, but I've been waiting for this opportunity for months and I've got a long list ready to go... the list is actually long enough that it needs some unfortunate pruning to fit within the crack_van requirements, but I'm ( Read more... )

Vidder: Daniel Bean
Musical artist: Sound and music credits in the film list Tim Beacham, Priddis Music (priddis.com) & Tyler Langford
Pairing: none
Vidder on LJ: Unknown
Vidder's website: Daniel Bean Films | danielbeanfilms on YouTube
Why this vid kicks ass:This is a parody of those "I'm a Mac and I'm a PC" commercials. What is better, a killing ( Read more... )

Vidder: Go-Devil-Dante
Musical artist: Kelis
Pairing: L/Light (actually, L/Raito since Light is named Raito here) plus a second surprise pairing that is squicky.
Vidder on LJ: Unknown
Vidder's website: Go-Devil-Dante on deviantART | Go-Devil-Dante on newsgrounds.com
Why this vid kicks ass:This original animation is a cruel kick in the face for L. ( Read more... )

Vidder: B of TeamJAMB
Musical artist: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, David Bendeth
Pairing: L/Misa
Vidder on LJ: Unknown
Vidder's website: TeamJAMB on YouTube
Why this vid kicks ass:This melancholy song-vid tells a story through the song itself, clips from the anime, and the added device of a letter from L to Misa. The premise of the video is that L ( Read more... )

Vidder: sdsw
Musical artist: Michael Jackson
Pairing: none
Vidder on LJ: Unknown
Vidder's website: Kantoku point of View
Why this vid kicks ass:

With all-original animation, this parody video has some dead Death Note characters (plus several who never died in canon) all rising as zombies to torment Light. It's hilarious and contains a lot of ( Read more... )

Vidder: witegots
Musical artist: none (no sound)
Pairing: L/Light
Vidder on LJ: Unknown
Vidder's website: witegots on deviantART
Why this vid kicks ass:

This short silent film (with written dialogue) is an original animation that tells a story between L and Light. It's a parody of the L and Light pairing, and very amusing.

Sketchnote

Fandom: DEATH NOTE
Pairing: none
Length: ~22000
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Fanfiction.net
Why this must be read:This gen-fic series presumes that L and Light met before canon, when Light was a kid and L was a teenager. They gave each other the false names of Dupin and Tsuki, and then later (mostly) forgot about it. This might sound like ( Read more... )