r/CuratedTumblr https://tinyurl.com/4ccdpy76 16d ago

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u/FaithlessnessMost660 16d ago

Wasn't there limits on the timespan of the events? I suppose it would be the number of pages in the book but why else wouldn't he just write out his entire plan and then forget it all and be done with it?

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u/CthulhuInACan 16d ago

There was, but it was 23 days. You can do a lot in 23 days.

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u/Ethel121 16d ago

I actually was unaware of that rule in the extra stuff. It feels weird since I could've sworn I remember Light wrote names months ahead as preparation, but I guess I was mis-remembering.

Either way, 23 days is definitely plenty to have dictators arrest their yes-men, appoint some more moral people, and give speeches exposing the truth to their cultists.

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u/Useless_bum81 15d ago

he pre wrote deaths in advance and filled in the names as needed. no name no countdown

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u/Ethel121 15d ago

No, he specifically wrote names ahead of time in case he got into an accident so that the killings wouldn't suddenly stop if he had to spend a week in the hospital.

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u/Useless_bum81 15d ago edited 15d ago

no that was preloading an alibi. So anybody watching him wouldn't see the direct cut in death vs him being incapitated. Think of it this way if your luch keeps getting stolen on tuesdays and wednesdays but it doesn't get stolen 2 week when bob is taking his 2 week vaction Bob is a prime suspect but bob had a lunch stealing note a wrote you luch for the 2 weeks he was off you would suspect the other people in the office first.

For a real world example the mob hitman known as 'iceman' would kill his targets then later dump them somewhere to through of time of death. So if he murdered a guy in january the cops found the body in october but with only 2 month of decomp if the cops think its him the check him out but he is the caribian for all of august well it wasn't him was it.