#and didn't just start with naruto sasuke et al

[panharmonium]

three things:

1) these are grown men talking about a literal child

2) the hidden leaf’s brand of hypocrisy is next level.  “no one wants to go on a mission with a guy who acts like that” - are you sure???  because a very short while ago you all seemed very committed to the idea that everybody should act exactly like that, all the time, and if anybody ever put a toe out of line they deserved to be harassed and hounded to their death.  

honestly...it’s really something seeing leaf shinobi tear into a child for following the very rules that the leaf’s ninja were previously so committed to enforcing that they drove a man to suicide.  absolutely love the way this community works.  “it’s Bad and Wrong and Against The Law to prioritize human lives over a mission, unless the lives not being prioritized are our own, in which case the opposite is true!  but if you do abandon a mission to save us, we will attack you mercilessly for making that decision!”  like, what the hell are you supposed to do?  you can’t win here.  people come for your throat no matter which choice you make.

3) this is the teacher in me, but it really upsets me to see how early kakashi starts to hear the kind of things about himself that follow him all the way through anbu; eg, the precursors to cold-blooded kakashi.  that is just not right.  you cannot talk about children that way.  you cannot talk about children like there’s something fundamentally wrong with them, ever, and you especially can’t talk shit about violently orphaned children because they’re simply reacting to the circumstances that led to them being violently orphaned.  of COURSE kakashi falls in line and does exactly what everyone said will protect him from the kind of punishment his father faced.  what part of this sequence of events could possibly be surprising?  the lack of self-awareness on display here...you can’t contribute to a situation like that and then be pissed when the child reacts exactly the way you told him to.

#great to see that the hidden leaf's inability/unwillingness to give a shit about lost children has always been a problem #and didn't just start with naruto sasuke et al #*sigh* #also the sub version translates 'he's obnoxious' to 'he's pretty nasty right' which is just...even worse #A LITERAL CHILD #naruto #pan watches naruto #i got lost on the path of life #* #meta #ish