Its okay to have L>Light, but you have to be logical about it

I feel like a majority of this subreddit believes L is smarter than Light, which i personally disagree with, but is an acceptable point of view considering both of them outsmarted each other many times. The problem with this though is that i see a lot of people use the wrong reasoning and make some conclusion that light wasnt close to L when a heavy piece of their character writing is that both of them are EXTREMELY equal in intelligence.

Many say “L was at a disadvantage of resources since the beginning and Light just kept getting more.” The problem with this statement is that firstly, the technology and authority gap between Light and L is astronomical. Firstly, in order for light to manipulate L before his death and kill him he needs to find his name. Well L had watari since birth hide his identity from the world which makes it virtually impossible for light to find L by normal means. “But light had misa on his side” understanding the show is understanding how the author portrays certain characters, and you need to understand that the author is obviously portraying misa as a liability with Rem literally threatening to KILL Light for 50% of the show. L had authority to place 64 cameras in lights room, send fbi agents to japan, and complete jurisdiction over the investigation. Light targeted L’s resources instead of L himself because, objectively, L had more techological and authoritarian resources than light. “*Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”- Arthur C Clarke*

The worst sentence that i think has done irreversible damage to the death note community is “Light had to figure out L’s name and L had to prove the existence of God (or something) in a court of Law” with this statement three false assumptions are made:

1. “Lights goal was to find L’s name” Well Light literally states He’ll kill L with any means necessary so its not just the death note. But besides that, if you watched the tennis episode, you would understand that firstly everything in this show is going to be a psychological battle for a greater means, and secondly, both light and L need to get close to each other for the other to win. Light however, forced L to be closer than necessary to the police as well and was able to clear his name of all suspicion MULTIPLE times. Lights goal is to become god of the new world while seeming like a normal person, if light kills L while they are hustling becoming close together, would it not be suspicious?
2. “L had to prove the supernatural” i dont think i need to explain why this is stupid but ill do it anyway. Firstly, it doesnt take a genius to realize something weird is going on if criminals across the country are all dying of heart attacks when someone is literally claiming on tv killing people of heart attacks RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. I promise you, if people can believe that the earth is flat or the moon landing is fake, proving that something supernatural is going on wouldnt be much considering LITERALLY RIGHT AFTER THIS THEY HAD A SHINIGAMI IN CUSTODY WITH THE DEATH NOTE AND THEY COULDNT DO ANYTHING AGAINST LIGHT
3. “Proving the supernatural in a court of Law means L achieved his goal” the only thing L had to do was find ANY WAY light is connected to the kira murders. Yet Light kept proving himself innocent cause just as much Light had made egotistical mistakes, L made childish mistakes. If you understood their characters, this should be a no brainer to you

Lastly, even if L had more resources and had a harder task, light killed him in less than a year starting from when he was 17 in highschool, when most detective cases even today where the technology gap between the citizens and the police is much smaller, last years on end. When L suspected Light and called him his friend, light never strayed from his path and continued to play the game like he was the main suspect and didnt fall for L’s fake friendship. When Light used the fake useless messages with the criminals, L was seen visibly sweating trying to decipher their meaning.

**What im trying to say is that they are both extremely equal in intelligence and it really goes either way, but using any of the points ive listed above, is a fallacious way considering the source does not support that point.**

**If anyone wants my opinion on their reasoning for light>l or l>light, feel free to drop them below and ill happily respond :)**