you know, a couple weeks ago, when you mentioned reading the List of Saw Traps article on Wiki, I got bored enough to do the same thing. A lot of them didn't really squick me too awful bad (the only one that really did was the Angel Trap, though the Inescapable Trap where the guy has a hook in his jaw comes close), so I'm actually kind of surprised in myself. Maybe I'd need to actually watch them, you know? Still, I like sleep and I don't like being weirded out by gorror porn movies, so I'll pass ^^

Anyway! This is one of the fics I'd read a while back but forgot to do a comment for, so here it is! It's a fantastic story, and you're totally right about L being the type to just logically do what's best for himself - the cost of an eye is totally worth walking away alive and all that. The Light-getting-cut-in-half thing was actually a nice touch, too, as I expected something more along the lines of...like...getting his brain partially and forcibly removed somehow.

And Chief Yagami's "don't talk to me" line was wicked powerful. Great job!