Mokusei
Being a shinigami would be a curse upon Light.
He would want to continue his Kira killings, at first he would be happy. But then it would extend his life because of writing so many names, and he would live for such a long time that he would grow sick of never being able to stop the crimes forever.
He would want to continue his Kira killings, at first he would be happy. But then it would extend his life because of writing so many names, and he would live for such a long time that he would grow sick of never being able to stop the crimes forever.
Actually, Raito COULD have become a shinigami, according to one of the rules (In rule... *checks in the rules for number* Oh yeah, from 'How to Use: VI') it is said that "If the user of the death note writes his/her name, he/she dies and become a god of death" (the rules found here)
So by writing his OWN name, he could have become a shinigami - but he did not know of it. He also had no idea that Rem couldn't kill him (even if she threathened to do so) since another rule states that no god of death except the one stalking the owner can kill him with the notebook.
The reason he didn't know this is quite simple - Ryuuku didn't tell him. If he had known, there would probably have been some changes tothe way he played out his game.
Just my thought~