Have you played fighting games? In those they frequently state someone's likes/dislikes, not because it adds to the story/plot, but because it adds to the building of the world. Making someone openly straight/gay does the same thing, as addressing their sexuality makes the character more detailed.

Agree 100%

I disagree, but it isn't even the same thing as a list of likes/dislikes. They put their blood type, too, in most Japanese fighting games, and no one is randomly saying their blood type as part of a story. I'm talking about in a movie or TV show, where there's no reason for a character to announce that they're gay, and they feel the need to shoe-horn it in there. 

On a similar note, why is it so often that a gay character is either evil or dies? wtf, lol

And how are we determining whether or not it's shoe-horned in? By whether or not you like it? Why does it bother you if someone says they're gay? Even if it's not essential to the plot? Movies and TVs have plenty of scenes/details that can be considered as not being essential. Are we going to eliminate side-quests in games too because they're not essential to the main plot?

Well first off, L looks white just like all other anime characters pretty much in death note. Second off, not just the look but the personality of L in the show was off... way off. You could've had a pale emo white dude and it would've worked well regarding looks. L in death note movie looks like a regular dude, which made the odd things he did not look correct. If you're going to have an odd character he has to look you know odd.

Well, that's an excellent logical fallacy you have there with the side-quest question. I may steal that for my own use later if you don't mind.

And I am very much against non-essential scenes in movies. Like about 35% of the Last Jedi, lol. If something is superfluous in a film, it's better off not being there. Games are an entirely different medium and have completely different rules. If someone in a movie leaves the main plot for half an hour to do a side quest that has nothing to do with it, it's going to murder the pacing of the film. Anything that isn't needed is a distraction that can ruin immersion, and I don't like muh immersion being ruined.

I agree 100%. Diversity is good. Having diversity just for the sake of diversity isn’t.

The character looks more white than they do Japanese in the anime. I had to remind myself they are in Japan constantly just like Yugioh.

Both personalities were way off, but I could at least see how Light kind of looks the part. L was just an embarrassment all around.

Asking a question is a logical fallacy? Again, how are we even determining what is considered to be essential? If it adds to the atmosphere/lore it serves the purpose of making the world more detailed/lively.

An emo pale white guy being portrayed by a regular black guy. Jeez I wonder what the problem is.