#dunno how else to tag this

[tamelee]

I think a lot of sakura hate is undeserved. Like ik she's said and done some things that were out of pocket, but then again so did almost everyone else and no one else gets scrutinized as much as her. I don't even like her and her fans are incredibly annoying, but I feel this much is true. I think she'd still be one of the most hated characters in all of anime if her undeserved hate went away, so it doesn't really make much of a difference. I feel like her hate is kinda like sasuke's, sometimes it feels like he gets hated on just for being sasuke bc ik some things he's done would've been swept under the rug if another, more popular character did it (eg when he killed some samurai) for sakura, there are lots of incel fanart memes dudebros made to make fun of her, so it seems like they hate her for just being a woman who rejected a loser man and likes a better man. It's no wonder her fans are so annoying, that's what happens when your fave character gets undeserved constant hate. My fave is sasuke and sometimes even I wanna do some petty annoying shit just to piss his haters off too lol. Also since she's a woman, there's definitely some misogyny at play when her character is being analyzed by men. Or even women with internalized misogyny. It's stupid to deny that, misogyny is the most normalized oppression everywhere. So many ppl don't even realize they're being misogynistic, that's how normal it is. Sure it's not always the case but ignoring it is just being dumb. Her fans using the misogyny card to actual genuine criticism is definitely stupid though. Like it's possible to not like a woman and not be misogynistic ofc. Also when they use that when sns fans ship sasuke with naruto instead of sakura, that's even dumber 😂 how is not shipping a woman with a man and instead shipping him with another man misogynistic in any way lol. But yeah, I'm definitely not on her fans side, or even a fan of her myself, but I can still acknowledge this

+ 2 Asks - long post:

When talking about critiquing characters and analyzing stories, it doesn't really matter who's doing the talking – whether they're fans, critics, or just people who love or don't love a particular show or character. We can't always figure out why (especially anonymous) people feel the way they do and how do we even discern the motivation or background of those who do so? —whether they're misogynistic, incels, dudebros, fans, or critics of whatever other stories, among other factors. In fact, in this case it’s pretty irrelevant? Or only relevant here because you brought it up.

Nevertheless, that doesn’t take away the fact that a significant portion of the 'Naruto' audience finds Sakura's character unlikable. She consistently is found at the center of conversations about the most disliked Anime characters. This is ultimately a reflection of storytelling, rather than solely an audience reaction. And that leads to a broader discussion about Kishimoto’s writing where many blame his lack of skill in writing when it comes to the portrayal of female characters. (Opinions may vary, so does mine.) Dismissing criticism by categorizing critics as incels or misogynists is oversimplifying it tbh because of course they harbor specific biases against a character like Sakura which in itself isn’t fair and would definitely make it ‘undeserved’. (I really wouldn’t use that term for a fictional character unless we talk about the story itself tbh.) You yourself say “not always the case...” So that doesn't mean Kishimoto's portrayal of Sakura or any other character, and the genuine criticism she receives for universally disliked traits, is any less valid. Many perceive her as selfish, and Kishimoto himself has used that specific term (and even worse) to describe her. So, you can’t deny that this foundation of her character exists. Her decisions and behavior make sense even if people preferred to see it differently. 

Though, when analyzing, it is important to keep the Shinobi world in mind, and only our own as reference. And that’s exactly why the hatred Sasuke gets is not the same.... :

The amount of hate/criticism has nothing to do with a comparison though. Sakura's actions are often deliberately misunderstood, twisted to fit certain narratives that are in her favor and even exaggerated to counteract the hate like the first ask said. On the other hand, Sasuke is generally misunderstood and is hated for it. Often not getting even a tiny bit of compassion because some people struggle to see beyond his exterior and just ride the Naruto-verse’s moral/value waves from the narrative. Where the entire point was that those ideals needed change. 

SAVE HIM!? Why is it always so actively ignored that Sakura tried to kill Sasuke twice but him defending himself or fighting back is ‘so incredibly evil’? This ‘resolve’ of hers becomes even more significant to Kishimoto’s message when we consider that she intentionally represents the same ideals that led to the genocide and with that- agreed to eliminate him without attempting to understand him even once. Repeating history in the meantime where, again, that change is necessary. And you start with trying to understand the other, something Naruto had to learn too and actively had to find that answer by himself. Never once did she actually listen to Sasuke when he tried to open up and instead twisted the few words he got out to make it about herself. Not only disregarding his (and Naruto’s) trauma but shitting on it, thinking he, of ALL people, would feel happy with her abandoning her family and friends for him and comparing her feeling lonely without Sasuke to his entire clan being murdered what forced him to grow up alone. I mean, hello? Kishimoto was saying something very loudly there and it’s nothing positive about Sakura and that certainly has nothing to do with a lack of writing skills, the opposite actually. Even if she was briefly a teammate, she rightfully became irrelevant to him, and her decision to get rid of the (in her and the world's eyes) “criminal” was entirely for her own sake because she couldn't bear to see her crush behave like one and deal with her irrelevance.  

She rejected everything Sasuke wanted, needed, and desired, including his central 'why' in the story. She reduced him to a moody handsome boiii with no goals of his own, one she neither could nor wanted to understand. She tried to insert herself into his goals without him giving her any reason to, and when unsuccessful, she wanted to discard them altogether thinking he was ‘too far gone’. Like Sasuke as a person as a whole was her ‘burden’ to bear simply because she wanted to be somewhat relevant. Even Kakashi said it :/ although he thought she did it all out of the kindness of her heart. (Ffs, Kakashi I like you, but no.) Now, please consider EVERYTHING and then think again why Sakura thought of Sasuke as a burden or why she felt burdened by him while lying about her trust in him to Sai? 👀

The importance of Sasuke having a goal is immense because he grapples with survivor's guilt. A goal provides a reason to keep going, a way to carry the pain and blame he places on himself. It allows him to be strategic and have a plan, which is the only source of hope that things may eventually improve. He rejected what Naruto stood for because he found it distracting and hard to trust at that point. OF COURSE he fought so fucking hard against it. No matter his feelings for Naruto, relying solely on effort like Naruto wasn't something he could do. Especially considering how his beloved brother had betrayed him in the worst possible way.

Now, here's a question for you: why would Sakura need to receive compassion or 'deserve' it when, as a character, she rarely demonstrated it herself, especially when it comes to the person she claims to like so much? And if anyone thinks that was out of love in any way, which it wasn't, then what does it all mean for Naruto????

If you genuinely believe there was any point in the story Sakura tried to save Sasuke for Sasuke’s sake then I hope you’re able to read the story again and question this very rigorously for yourself. Not just her actions, but what Kishimoto tried to actually show/tell and use them to measure how it stands against the bigger Themes also.  

Lastly: the whole point of needing to kill Naruto was BECAUSE he cared for him lol, read Sasuke's monologue again if it helps. That his bond with Naruto had too much of an impact on Sasuke. His one and only, his most important person/friend, only bond left that kept him from truly being alone, Naruto’s life in itself too much of a threat to his heart even when separated, blabla- should I go on? 🤔      

#asktamelee #naruto talk #sasuke talk #dunno how else to tag this #I rarely want to talk about sasuke on my blog but #this became very pro sasuke and anti sakura jsyk #really had to vent a little xD

[niko-jpeg]

I did a Stella (I call her Leilani personally) design! Done very quickly, and the shading of her skin was hard to do since its in pencil, but she’s a Pacific Islander and working to be a professional performer! I love her :)

#hawaii pt ii #Niko.jpeg #dunno how else to tag this

[dreambones]

So random fact about me, one of my pet peeves when playing (or designing) games, is houses with unreal architecture (the top floor is bigger than the bottom floor, long ass hallways in a small house, etc) so whenever I make games I try to make the layout as real as possible, or to feel natural at least.

Welp, I was very tired today so I decided to try to make Jake's house in The Sims so I could use it as a help when drawing a couple of the backgrounds and I found out that the layout of the house isn't as realistic as I thought ahfjdgs.

It's a bit too late to change the house now, but I think I'll be using the sims when designing the architecture of future games, it is a surprisingly helpful tool for that.

Anyway, I'll let you know once this is done if you wanna, I'm having fun trying to make the house.

#game development #the sims #jake's halloween night #level design #dunno how else to tag this #dream talking #just random #both my grandparents were architects so maybe thats where my pet peeve comes from pffff

[sort-of-dying]

thirsting for connection and communication but in a totally normal way

#feeling a bit like shit tbh #thoughts #dunno how else to tag this

[k1ng-r0wan]

What is your DNI list? Because I'm not sure who can follow you or not.

I mean... I havn't really thought of one??? 😭

I don't think I can really stop people if they want to follow my account or not, but I suppose my DNI list would be the obvious of bigots and people who support illegal/gross shit, examples being proshippers, pedos, homophobes, TERFs, etc.

Again, don't really know if there's much I can do realistically to stop people following me, but that'd probably summarise my DNI list.

#ask reply #dni list #dunno how else to tag this #kr

[vagueconfusion]

#tiktok #thought the people of tumblr would like this one #uh #dunno how else to tag this #used tampon #i guess

[justdurgeythings]

Reference

#durgetash #enver gortash #the dark urge #canon durge #bg3 #okay okay im done sorry. ive never made a gif or animation before so im very proud of myself. hence obnoxiously tagging it w/ everything. #i did it all in a day too! #the power of hyperfocusing #cant speak on the quality of it since again; babys first gif. i dunno how all that works out or if itll look good on anyone elses screens.

[dalvs-wife]

drinkin night with the fellas!

[do not tag as ship]

#everytime i draw cornbuds im like Ah yes. Me and my brother ^-^ #I DONT EVEN THINK WE KIN EITHER STARLO OR DALV??? #they just are us! dunno how else to say it #my art #doodles #shitpost #cornbuds #uty #uty fanart #undertale yellow #dalv #uty dalv #starlo #uty starlo #do not tag as ship

[saucedippingbitch]

what did he mean with that

Also bonus

#I was reminded of this specific video while talking abt the comics #how else do I explain their uh. whatever is going on #scott pilgrim #spvtw #ramona flowers #my art #fanart #dunno if I should tag Wallace but . he does appear soo #wallace wells

[rascal-rose]

I've been stuck on world 3 for years...

#antonball #antonball deluxe #dynamite anton #annie bell #yeah anton isnt dynamite yet but I dunno how else to tag him #guess could tag him as exterminator anton but e h #drawing #digital mess

[blujaydoodles]

did somebody say really specific ship dynamics

#ship dynamics #... I dunno how else to tag this dfgkjhdfjhg #otp #doodles #OCs #and then they kiss 😌 (... eventually. maybe. it's a slowburn they're both really bad at this) #anyway Justin ran a one-on-oneshot for Elyss and June this weekend and it got me thinkin #I mean I've joked before about 'Juniper's type turns out to be women who can and will kill you' but it was fun to go deeper :3c #my OCs #dungeons and doodles

[poopystain]

i dont need god becuz im him!!!

#guys i dont even like fnf get me out of here #oh yeah also the editor i use completely fucked up the quality HELP. SORRY #dave and bambi #dnb fnf #dnb expunged #true expunged #expunged fnf #how else do i tag this. i dunno im done now #my animations

[valentronic]

“I didn’t expect to feel any remorse”

A companion piece for my Hoffman/Rigg art focusing instead on Saws V and VI! Coffin room beloved + some study sketches :]

#robo art #saw franchise #mark hoffman #peter strahm #well. it’s his hand #coffinshipping #< if you want it to be? #saw v #girls when they kill the last person still keeping them human #i love how drastic the change in him from 5-7 is #saw 3d #is that enough tags i genuinely dunno uuuum what else can i say about these

[shmorp-mcdurgen]

Lil doodle of my Sona Simon

#simon (oc) #shmorps art #Dunno what else to tag this #Its funny how like. I decided to go by the name Simon after my sona. #Then got into COF who has a main character named Simon #now there are three simons on my blog. (me my sona and Simon COF) #So I have to like. specify-

[braisedhoney]

"He’s frozen stiff, threatening claws now hovering down to the side—his eyes look huge in the darkness, that faint white glow giving just the slightest of his expression away. 

He still doesn’t strike."

- all because of you (i do right) by puppyblue on ao3, Chapter 1. @puppyblueao3 here on tumblr i think!

(does this count as a fic rec or fanart. both, probably. rambles under the cut.)

SO uh—i'm really picky about fanfiction. like. really really picky.

i dunno why exactly, but i kinda have a hard time reading them right away bc a) i'm not really a shipper and that's most fanfiction i've seen and b) i like when i can really imagine the characters saying and doing whatever it is they're doing.

y'know the whole "he would not fucking say that" meme? lmao that's me, but with fanfics and only to myself. (i know everyone has their niche and i'm not here to police anybody's fun, just curate my own.)

anyway all that to say that i really, really liked this one. a lot. it's canon divergent off of into the spiderverse, and if you can believe it the comic is literally not a spoiler bc it's in the summary of the fic. but if you liked uncle aaron or even just are a sucker for redemption (? ish?) arcs, i think you'd like it! with all the angst and chaos from atsv it's a nice change of pace.

#into the spiderverse #itsv #into the spiderverse fanart #itsv fanart #aaron davis #miles morales #the prowler fanart #the prowler #um. what else do i tag this with #fanfic rec #maybe. i dunno #should i do this for more fics that i read?? i have a couple others but y'know #i'm a big nerd who just likes making things based off things that make me happy #we all need that sometimes i think #you would not BELIEVE the amount of time it took me to get to this layout for one page #like yeah i'm an amateur with comics and it could use work but. good god. #so many drafts... so many abandoned canvases... #i think part of it was bc i wanted to keep the little doodles so bad. like the hand with the mask?? i wanted to keep it #also the shadows are dark on the prowler on purpose bc that's how it's described but. might have made it brighter if i hadn't merged layers #just a bit. too late now though! *shrug* #i don’t have an ao3 account so there’s no real way for me to get this to the author #their tumblr seems inactive atm #but if they do happen to see it i hope they like it! #ney's art #ney's comics

[spicyseonghwas]

skz - reaction to reader getting hit on by other men

pairing :: skz x male reader (discludes woojin; i write for him as a soloist) rating :: 15+ ; suggestive content genres/au's :: fluff, slight suggestive, boyfriend!skz content warnings :: light cursing, physical contact, mentions of alcohol consumption, food (is candy a food,,,) word count :: network tag @preciousillusions-net a/n this request has been split up into 4 parts to keep yall on ur toes! requested by @wo-ai-ni-yong [ask]

chan, changbin ; han, minho ; i.n, felix ; hyunjin, seungmin

~ bang chan

chan would definitely be feeling pretty awkward as soon as the other men come into the situation.

he would wait a short moment or two before he intervened, unless one of the other men said something to you that was too sexual or insulting. comments like that towards you.

especially with you being his partner, the comments towards you would bring him very close to his snapping point.

he would quickly intervene at this point in the situation, telling the other party to bugger off before something regrettable happens.

his hand would have found yours back at the start of the interaction, and i would be lying if i told you that you could twist your hand out of his grip because he was holding you so tightly to him. the way he'd be squeezing your hand would make it seem as though he might be trying to tell you something...

and he would be standing very close to you at that point too, trying his best to show these other men that you were taken; you were his. they couldn't have you, and you didn't want them.

~ seo changbin

don't ever underestimate this man when he tells you that you. are. his. you are his, and no one else can have you.

mans is so scary and thicc that no one would dare hit on you; everyone can tell that you're with him.

but if some stupid motherfucker did decide to ht on you, there wouldn't be much of a conversation before somebody said something that tickled someone else the wrong way.

and changbin would in no circumstances come out on the losing side.

but before that happens, changbin would totally be acting super passive-aggressive towards the men who are hitting on you. he would be holding your hand very tightly, quite akin to chan.

he, like chan, would be standing very close to you in an effort to keep you from getting uncomfortable, and to try to get his point across that you're taken.

© seonghwas-lighter 2023-2024.

#chaece.exe 🌑 #fever.dreams 🌑 #preciousillusionsnet #cacaokpop #k labels #ultkpop #stray kids #skz #stray kids x male reader #kpop x male reader #stray kids fanfic #skz yandere #seo changbin #bang chan #changbin x male reader #bang chan x male reader #stray kids x male reader yandere au #kpop yandere au #dunno how else to tag this...?