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#tl;dr: kakashi is not perfect
bougiebutchbitch · 2 years
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I’m writing a new fic and it’s all whomerlockwood’s fault
[sneak preview here and below the cut - 18+, contains EXPLICIT content]
It’s three-fifty on a sunny autumn afternoon in post-war Konoha. The birds are singing, nadeshiko blooms pink in the meadows, Naruto has fucked off on his annual let’s-go-find-Sasuke roadtrip, the Hokage is bent face-first over his own paperwork-piled desk with his robes ruffled around his waist, and everything is p-e-r-f-perfect.
Or at least, it should be.
Kakashi buries his head in his arms to hide his yawn.
“…Rival?”
The steady, smooth pace stutters, lube squelching in a way Jiraiya had never managed to describe in his books, despite having all the characters in the katakana syllabary at his disposal. Gai’s hand flutters over Kakashi’s back before rubbing the curve of his lower spine in a horribly soothing sort of way.
Kakashi resists the urge to slap his own cheeks to bring himself back to full consciousness. That’s what Gai’s supposed to be doing, after all. “Mm?”
“Are… are you okay?”
Kakashi grits his teeth to swallow the next yawn. “Mm-hm. Wonderful. Keep going, yeah?”
The stroking stops. Gai’s hand remains right there, pressing on his lumbar vertebrae, crushing his hipbones into the table and his belly onto his trapped cock. Letting Kakashi feel his weight. For a moment, it’s very almost what he needs…
But then, with a farewell pat to Kakashi’s back, Gai shifts his arm to brace himself on the desk again. He shuffles about, rearranging Kakashi’s office chair to best support his knee, and hikes Kakashi’s robes out of the potential bodily-fluids-contamination zone – Shizune has already made it very, very clear that she will not be handling his laundry. “Gladly, my beloved rival!”
The thrusts start again. Slow, shallow, sweet.
And so very gentle.
Kakashi sighs.
tl;dr, post-war Kakagai smut where Kakashi wants Gai to bone him hard and discovers that the trick to getting Gai to let loose is to BRAT IT UP
More to come!
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x-authorship-x · 1 year
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i love your Gemma and Raidou but would you ever ship them together? You ddi the group of them as Shisui pairings so what about other combos or other ships too? Thank you Torship :333
Yo! 👋
I could make most combos fit (in Quick Question, I'm insane enough to go for five-way poly lmao) because I've smooshed their bonds and affection so much as a Squad... so let's have a look at the formulas!
Kakashi ships
Shisui: supportive, understanding, tender, a little tragic and angsty but in the sweet+salty best way, see in link below vv
Tenzo: classic fandom, awkward ride or dies, very very very slow burn
Raidou: click bait article reads "this traumatized mess of a man somehow staggered into a relationship with the kind of well-adjusted sweetheart that mothers across the nation are dreaming of as son-in-laws! Somehow the world has not ended! Secrets exposed inside!" And the secrets exposed are that Raidou shoves his head in his notebooks every time Kakashi pulls out the Icha Icha, Kakashi is a surprisingly good cook, and Raidou's won over all the matrons by saying how hard Kakashi is fighting to defend the village despite his tragic childhood and troubled mind, etc etc. Kakashi makes his own life harder but he's also caring, intelligent, and teasing... Raidou can be that perfect sweet spot between responsible, willfully ignorant, and sardonic. Think, these two reading in the back of the room together, trading commentary on the events around them with just exchanged glances. Kakashi also deffo had a frustration crush on Guard!Raidou when Minato was alive 😏
Genma: the world is imploding. This is a tough one. Genma is a flirt, he's easy going, he's dangerous, but he also allows himself to be louder and incorrigible around the Squad etc (it's too late for them to run). They could be slouching, piss-taking partners in crime on duty and, off duty, absolutely troll everyone who tries to pry into their private life. Genma tells everyone he grew out his hair to make roleplaying Icha Icha more accurate, Kakashi says that Genma's herbal remedies work wonders, you get the picture, it's all very bitchy and, by some miracle, they stagger into the healthiest and longest relationship either have been in
Shisui:
Tenzo:
Kakashi: see above^
Shisui: see in link above^
Genma: for the sake of sanity, my own and Tenzo's and Konoha's... Not going there
Raidou: kissu when Raidou swears to do anything to remove Tenzo's ROOT seal, i can't unsee this amazing scene
Genma:
Kakashi: see above^ TL;DR: trolls stagger into a long term commitment
Shisui: see link above ^
Tenzo: I'm choose world peace today
Raidou: another fandom classic, partners in every sense of the word, Raidou is responsible (r) and Genma is incorrigible and then they get wasted and Genma is losing his shirt only Raidou interrupts because he's so drunk that he NEEDS takeout, it's a mess and actually the least sensible and communicative pairing of the lot, we are talking years of Idiots in Love not realising that they're married
Raidou: see above/in link^^
Dunno if we'll see GenRai in a fic but here's an analysis regardless! Enjoy ☺️✨
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fightingdreamcrs · 2 years
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HOUKI: IDOL WORSHIP.
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“I’ve been a big fan of Lord Sixth from the first time I saw him! The genius ninja, Lord Sixth, Kakashi Hatake!…   Any way you look at it, he’s the perfect ninja!”  
ACCELERATED LEARNING.
Houki knew from a young age he was more competent than his peers in some aspects. Knowledge that took children his own age weeks and months to attain stayed in his mind instantly. He later discovered - in the early days of entering the Academy - that he possesses a photographic memory and that is why he excels in the physical acquisition of knowledge.
NEEDING A ROLE MODEL.
Around the same time as he was noticing this acceleration in learning, he was looking for someone to model himself on. His own home held only his grandmother, as they had moved from the Taketori clan home outside of the village and while he recognised her as a role model for demanour and personality, she was not a shinobi. He also looked to the Hyuga household, given the close connection with his own clan, but he did not find a resemblance. As most young children in the village, he turned to their village leader as an idol. The first sighting he had of Kakashi - a small town event in which he stood atop the Hokage building and addressed the assembled shinobi families - filled him with a sense of awe.
DEVELOPMENT.
It was shortly after this sighting that he began to consume knowledge, and with that vast memory of his he soon could recite how many missions Kakashi had been on officially, the age he reached each rank, the teams he had been a part of, the summons he had, the jutsu he had learned. He would spew facts endlessly to his friends until they got sick of hearing about him at the playgrounds and parks they hung out in. He found similarities in their aptitude to do things earlier than others around them and began to associate Kakashi with someone he could model himself to be.
Naturally when playing he would imitate shinobi of the 4th great war with friends, but over time he began to singularly take the role of Kakashi. One time he decided to wear a bandana as a mask and it was pointed out to him how alike they looked in that moment. After that he became determined to get a mask himself, going to far as to ask his grandmother to purchase one. It soon became a fixed point that he would not take it off. He liked the mystery it gave to him, the way others couldn’t quite tell what he was thinking and feeling.
And every time he was told he looked a little bit like the sixth hokage or reminded someone of him it made his heart soar a little more. Once or twice he even had those who personally knew Kakashi comment on it and it cemented the look for him. When others rejected the thought it caused him pain, and he would often dwell on why he did not look like his idol.
CONSOLIDATION.
By the time he entered the Academy, his idol worship was fully developed and unshakeable. Though he’d never had a personal interaction of note with Kakashi, he had caught several sightings of him interacting with different people over the years outside of public appearance (even going so far as to actively attempt to spot him on a few occasions much to his grandmother’s chagrin) and began to adopt some mannerisms. In his mind, he had decided this was what strength looked like, and was determined to emulate in every way. By the time he was at the Academy the teasing had faded, his peers well aware that he would not be swayed from his determination. He became less ready to spew information (another mannerism adapted from his idol) and more focused on his studies, though if prodded to talk he would.
He wouldn’t admit to it, but a lot of his self worth is tied up in how like Kakashi he is. For instance, when his taijutsu skills were not able to rival those of Metal upon their initial sparring matches, he was disappointed, knowing of the great rivalry between Kakashi and Gai. It immediately caused him to become more determined to practise taijutsu.
tl;dr: Houki looked around for a role model, saw Kakashi, went yes you and then proceeded to adapt his entire identity to be him to the point that now if he isn’t like Kakashi he considers himself to be failing.
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bellandari · 2 years
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Haruno Sakura gets more hate than she deserves.
Among all the characters, both good and evil in the Naruto series, for some reason Haruno Sakura is among the most hated – if not the most hated character and to be honest, I don’t think its deserved. There are also spoilers ahead so if for whatever reason you haven’t watched the series but are interested in this break-down, just be advised. Also – disclaimer – this is all obviously just my opinion. There are nearly 1000 episodes and nearly a dozen movies so there is a lot of information that is both cannon and filler. If you want the “TL;DR” version, it’s at the bottom.
Who is Haruno Sakura?
She’s an important main character in the Naruto series and a member of Team 7 (initially under the leadership of Hatake Kakashi) with Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke. The entire story revolves around the relationship of these three young shinobi. The short of it is – Naruto loves Sakura, but hates Sasuke. Sakura loves Sasuke, but hates Naruto. And Sasuke is indifferent to both of them, focused merely on his goal of revenge.
Why is Sakura hated?
I’m not entirely sure but here’s what I can figure out based on some comments I see on Crunchyroll, YouTube, and Instagram. The general argument is that she is a useless character who always needs saving and can never do anything for herself. She’s lied to Naruto, tried to use Naruto, and the focus of her love (Sasuke) has tried to kill her multiple times but for some reason she still loves Sasuke. I’m sure there’s some more but that seems to be the general train of thought that I can find.
Why do I defend Sakura’s character?
There’s a few reasons why I defend Sakura’s character and why she deserves a spot in my personal Top 5 Naruto Characters. The biggest, and probably most important reason, is that above all else she is simply human. She isn’t perfect, she makes a lot of mistakes and occasionally has bad judgment. She doesn’t possess that main character ability of always doing the right thing.
One of the biggest arguments I see is that Sakura is “useless” and that not even the writer of Naruto likes her much (I don’t know if that’s true, but regardless, still no reason to hate her). I’m not really sure where this useless quality comes into play. Compared to her team-mates, Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke – she does seem to pale in comparison.
Naruto possesses a tailed-beast and Sage abilities, becomes a student of one of the legendary three shinobi, Jiraiya, and at one point had Sage of the Six Paths abilities. Sasuke possesses the Sharingan, the Rinnegan, becomes a student of one of the legendary three shinobi, Orochimaru, and at one point also had Sage of the Six Paths abilities, effectively making Naruto and Sasuke god-reincarnates at one point in the series. Sakura has…one of those. Comparing most people to Naruto or Sasuke would make even some of the most capable people look useless.
As I stated previously, Sakura is very much your normal girl. Her parents were also shinobi but did not garner fame or crazy abilities, if I recall they were basically mid-tier run of the mill shinobi - if memory serves we only see her parents a couple times in filler episodes. Her family does not possess any special bloodlines like the Uchiha’s Sharingan or the Hyuga’s Byakugan. Through and through, Sakura is completely “normal”. At the very beginning this immediately paints her in a bad light. She immediately useless because she had a normal upbringing – she didn’t lose both her parents as a baby and become an outcast, nor was her family murdered leaving her as the sole survivor. Her upbringing was unremarkable.
So what does Sakura have?
Towards the end of the first series, Sakura becomes a student of the current Hokage, Tsunade – one of three legendary Konoha shinobi (now all three legendary shinobi have students). Under Tsunade’s tutelage, Sakura learns medical ninjutsu and undergoes Tsunade’s strength training.
As a result she becomes an incredibly capable medical-ninja credited with saving many lives both on and off the battlefield. She also has incredible strength and is routinely seen destroying the landscape around her with a single punch – even making someone as powerful as Kakashi fear her.
Finally, she learns the Strength of a Hundred Seal – spending three years storing energy in a pinpoint spot on her forehead, a feat Tsunade’s direct aid Shizune wasn’t able to complete. When this technique is released, it amplifies her medical and physical strengths allowing her to take near fatal blows with little consequence for a limited time.
However, despite all this – she is still hated. She doesn’t become a god-reincarnate. She was never a child-prodigy. She lied to the main character (gasp) and had to be saved by the main character several times. Let’s look at the main two incidents people like to bring up.
#1: Her “confession” to Naruto
About midway through the Shippuden series, there is a scene where Sakura confesses her love for Naruto. Naruto immediately sees through the charade and calls her out on her lie, saying he hates people who lie to themselves. Why is this important?
Towards the beginning of the original series, Sasuke becomes hell-bent on gaining power and abandons the villages. Naruto makes a promise to Sakura that he’ll bring Sasuke back and that he never goes back on his word. In Naruto’s mind this means that no matter how many times he fails, he’ll continue to try to find Sasuke until he’s successful.
Back to the present, Sakura has seen the damage Sasuke can do now that he’s become a full-blown rouge and criminal, and she’s seen how much Naruto obsesses at trying to find Sasuke – at points putting himself in extreme danger. Sakura believes that if she can convince Naruto (and herself) that she no longer loves Sasuke, perhaps Naruto and Sasuke won’t kill each other in the process, allowing Naruto to return to a somewhat normal life. Sakura believes Naruto is doing all this for her sake and when he turns her down she realizes that it’s not for her sake, but for his own.
I feel this is an important event to discuss. Was giving a false confession to Naruto wrong? Absolutely. Even if Naruto hadn’t seen through it, it would’ve been nothing but pain as she tried to convince herself otherwise. Was it necessary? I’d say yes. It was this event that made her realized that Naruto had more or less given up on becoming something with Sakura, and that no matter how much she lied to herself she still loved Sasuke. It is a very HUMAN moment for Sakura.
#2: Pleading for Naruto to save Konoha during Pain’s attack
This one kind of makes me laugh. During Pain’s attack, Sakura is seen at one point on her knees screaming for Naruto to come rescue the village, and poof – Naruto appears to save the day. People like to use this as an argument for her uselessness seemingly forgetting two facts: she’s a medical-ninja, and she’s not a hero.
Tsunade drills into her from day one that the most important thing for a medical-ninja to do is stay alive. Running in to fight attacking Akatsuki is a surefire way to get herself killed and result in the deaths of any of those she could have saved with her medical abilities. The smartest thing for her to do is stay away from direct combat and heal the wounded.
The second point is – she’s not a hero. As I’ve stated before – she has no real special abilities. She possesses no special eyes or tailed beasts and family secrets. All she has is her medical abilities and her high-physical strength. Against an enemy like pain, anything short of Naruto or Sasuke’s ability would be useless – and this is shown with Kakashi, Tsunade, and many other ninja regarded as being “more powerful” (including Naruto’s teacher) than Naruto are killed or tossed around with ease by Pain. It is only natural for her to despair waiting for the one who left the village to train specifically for this moment.
If people don’t like Sakura, who do they like?
Hyuga Hinata – Naruto’s future wife and mother of their two children. Now, don’t get me wrong – I love Hinata. She’s a great character with a lot of great moments and great development. However, people don’t label her as useless for some reason. Between Sakura and Hinata, I would say Hinata is far less useful than Sakura, and much like everyone does with Sakura, I have two incidents that come to mind.
The first being when Hinata tries to rescue Naruto from Pain. She very briefly fights with Pain while attempting to free Naruto from his binds and although this is a key moment for her character development, the only thing she is able to contribute to the fight is her death. Watching Pain kill Hinata throws Naruto into a fit of rage that allows the Kyubi to take over. Eventually, once the conflict is resolved, Hinata is revived and life goes on.
The second being when Hinata talks Naruto out of his despair during the Fourth Great War after Neji’s death. Naruto, feeling responsible for Neji’s death is on the brink of self-destructing when Hinata clasps his face in her hands and speaks to him. She talks him out and gives him the encouragement and pep talk needed to get back in the fight.
And that’s it. Those are really the only two sections in the story (off the top of my head) where Hinata actually did something, and both of them had nothing to do with her combat abilities. During the Fourth Shinobi War, Hinata had a pretty small role in it compared to the “useless” Sakura who revived and kept Naruto alive at key points (literally pumping his heart for him at one point) as well as stood side by side with Naruto and Sasuke fighting the Ten Tails earning respect from both Sasuke and Naruto (granted it was only for a very short period of time before they attained Sage of the Six Paths).
Summary
All in all, I feel the hate Sakura gets is extremely unjustified and lopsided. I think some people like to hate Sakura because she’s a character that is easy to hate and the mob mentality of hating her becomes something people like to join in on. Understand her character, where she comes from, who she is and her motivations and you see that she’s far from useless. Personally, of all the characters in the Naruto series, I feel Sakura is one of the most complex characters that has a lot more depth than people think.
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TL;DR Version:
Compare Sakura to Naruto and Sasuke and of course she looks useless. Compare just about anyone to those two and they’ll look useless. She lacks special abilities or special family bloodlines but she still becomes a key player in the Fourth War and is able to stand side by side with her teammates afterwards.
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fightingdreamcrs-aa · 3 years
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HOUKI: IDOL WORSHIP 
“I’ve been a big fan of Lord Sixth from the first time I saw him! The genius ninja, Lord Sixth, Kakashi Hatake!...  Any way you look at it, he’s the perfect ninja!”
Houki knew from a young age he was more competent than his peers in some aspects. Knowledge that took children his own age weeks and months to attain stayed in his mind instantly. He later discovered - in the early days of entering the Academy - that he has a photographic memory and that is why he excels in the physical acquisition of knowledge. 
Around the same time as he was noticing this acceleration in learning, he was looking for someone to model himself on. His own home held only his grandmother, as they had moved from the Taketori clan home outside of the village and while he recognised some of her traits as desirable it was not in the same way. He also looked to the Hyuga household, given the close connection with his own clan, but he did not find a resemblance.
As most young children in the village, he turned to their village leader as an idol. The first sighting he had of Kakashi - a small town event in which he stood atop the Hokage building and addressed the assembled shinobi families - filled him with a sense of awe. It was then he began to consume knowledge, and with that vast memory of his he soon could recite how many missions Kakashi had been on officially, the age he reached each rank, the teams he had been a part of, the summons he had, the jutsu he had learned. He would spew facts endlessly to his friends until they got sick of hearing about him at the playgrounds and parks they hung out in. He found similarities in their aptitude to do things earlier than others around them and began to associate Kakashi with someone he could model himself to be. 
Naturally when playing he would imitate shinobi of the 4th great war with friends, but over time he began to singularly take the role of Kakashi. One time he decided to wear a bandana as a mask and it was pointed out to him how alike they looked in that moment. After that he became determined to get a mask himself, going to far as to ask his grandmother to purchase one. It soon became a fixed point that he would not take it off. He liked the mystery it gave to him, the way others couldn’t quite tell what he was thinking and feeling. 
And every time he was told he looked a little bit like the sixth hokage or reminded someone of him it made his heart soar a little more. Once or twice he even had those who personally knew Kakashi comment on it and it cemented the look for him. When others rejected the thought it caused him pain, and he would often dwell on why he did not look like his idol. 
By the time he entered the Academy, his idol worship was fully developed and unshakeable. Though he’d never had a personal interaction of note with Kakashi, he had caught several sightings of him interacting with different people over the years outside of public appearance (even going so far as to actively attempt to spot him on a few occasions much to his grandmother’s chagrin) and began to adopt some mannerisms. In his mind, he had decided this was what strength looked like, and was determined to emulate in every way. By the time he was at the Academy the teasing had faded, his peers well aware that he would not be swayed from his determination. He became less ready to spew information (another mannerism adapted from his idol) and more focused on his studies, though if prodded to talk he would.
He wouldn’t admit to it, but a lot of his self worth is tied up in how like Kakashi he is. For instance, when his taijutsu skills were not able to rival those of Metal upon their initial sparring matches, he was disappointed, knowing of the great rivalry between Kakashi and Gai. It immediately caused him to become more determined to practise taijutsu.
tl;dr: Houki looked around for a role model, saw Kakashi, went yes you and then proceeded to adapt his entire identity to be him to the point that now if he isn’t like Kakashi he considers himself to be failing. 
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gaisensei · 5 years
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Hello! I was wondering, why do you like Might Guy? Also, do you like his eyebrows?
Omg thank you for the ask!! I’m in my feels about Gai so from the bottom of my heart, bless you. God, where do I start? This may be long ahaha
Firstly, yes, I love his eyebrows. Why? I don’t know. Let’s just say back in 2003 when everyone was rocking pencil brows, Gai embraced his inner fashion icon and decided that thick was In™. Iconic. Beautiful. No words. And his first appearance? If he weren’t a ninja he should have walked the catwalk, let’s be real.
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So why do I like Gai? Well, put simply:
1. He’s the dad we all wish we had
2. He’s the friend we all wish we had
3. This number is reserved to gush about stuff I didn’t get to in my last points
ONE
Let’s look at him in terms of Lee. Gai wasn’t even Lee’s teacher when he approached him first. He is a man of empathy and saw himself in Lee, only lacking the self-confidence Gai had as a child. He’s always been there for Lee, even when faced with death, Gai understood Lee and encouraged him to follow his dreams. And promised to die with him of it were to fail!! Hell, he even changed his ninja way to dedicate himself to raising Lee into a fine ninja. Not just Lee though, Gai is full of positivity and love for all children!
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For his entire team but not just restricted to them either: (context: Gai ‘sneaks’ food to Choji et al on a mission and pretends he didn’t)
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I genuinely think he’s one of the only adults who realise these kids are fucking.... children?? Yanno? And treats them as such?
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Even when Gai disciplines, he’s forgiving, and understanding!! The show plays this off as comedy but it’s so important as an adult in charge of kids.
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He just has a lot of emotional intelligence in general, which brings me to my next point!
TWO
He’s the friend we wish we all had. Whether you ship KakaGai platonically or romantically, we can all agree that Gai holds a special place in Kakashi’s heart, and vice versa.
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I truly believe that without Gai, Kakashi would have been doomed to a spiralling depression of sorts. Gai knew that the ANBU wasn’t good for Kakashi and begged to be allowed in for Kakashi’s sake.
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When he was rejected, he begged for Kakashi to be taken out. He cares about his friends so much! He knew it wasn’t good mentally for him! He puts the needs of others above himself!
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Gai has been there for Kakashi right in the way he needed him since day one and always will be.... No.1 friend right there.
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Dai did such a good job raising you, Gai.
THREE
The iconic moment where he fly kicked Jira*ya in the face? Need I say more?
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Anyway..... if I ever met someone like Gai in real life I’d marry them in a heartbeat? He’s upbeat, enthusiastic, good with kids, emotionally intelligent, strong, empathetic and passionate.
TL;DR
GAI IS THE PERFECT MAN
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asotin · 3 years
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This was an old post but would you be agreeing with narutoforums(.)org/threads/kishi-was-right-to-make-tobi-obito-and-not-izuna.932510/#post-47956684 ?
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writing this was one long "i guess i like obito??" another uchiha i'm a fucker for rip me
going in (something like) vanadius’ order:
making tobi madara's age doesn't work (why vanadius thinks obito is logistically impossible but is fine with a founders’ era person being spritely a almost a century later is baffling bc even kishimoto doesn't go that far). they seem to want tobi to be izuna, i’ll focus on him
how would izuna be alive and not old as hell? he's madara’s age
sure, tobi being izuna is a neat reveal, but it would require a major overhaul of canon that raises a lot of questions
if tobirama didn't kill him, how do we get to the point of senju-uchiha collaboration that leads to the creation of konoha? if izuna survives, madara's behavior will be different. his priorities will be different. the initial peace came around because izuna died. without the formation of konoha and madara's alienation- which isn't certain if izuna is still alive- madara's defection isn't a guarantee. madara might not have gotten izuna's mangekyō- has there ever been a reciprocal implant? if the two of them lost their sight, that's a major difference (well, maybe, considering what madara got up to for a while). would madara have read the stone before he and izuna went blind? would he have been as impatient with hashirama? as easily manipulated? konoha would have been fundamentally different or non-existent if izuna had survived
“ancient, enigmatic menace" sounds cool, but in practice, what does it mean? we have black zetsu, so let's not assume that those traits make a character interesting lol
imo vanadius is missing the point with obito because yeah, he is still a schoolboy. this is the problem with writing a story that selectively acknowledges trauma. every boo boo and bobo the fool conveniently forgets that it also applies to characters they don't love. characters like, you know, the child soldier who was nearly crushed to death, then kidnapped and emotionally tortured for we don't know how long. of course obito acts like a kid. how can he mature emotionally after madara basically drove him insane? (here are the problems with logistics since the whole rin jinchūriki thing is a mess, yeah, but i’m not saying that canon's plot with obito was perfect)
i do agree that the love triangle on team minato doesn't matter, but i agree because there isn't one. obito has a crush on rin. he saw kakashi as a rival for her attention sometimes, but that's it. (if you want to go for the kakashi and obito shippy interpretation, the same holds true. you can't have a love triangle when there's no conflict.) if kishimoto had bothered to give rin a personality unrelated to kakashi and obito, obito’s devotion to her would have been more understandable
(you could argue that that's deliberate because obito only saw rin as his childhood crush, but you would be wrong because masashi kishimoto wrote this)
i didn't find obito's moments with minato moving either, but i did think, for a moment, that he and kakashi throwing down was going to be satisfying, but it got watered down because nobody gets to resolve anything on their own
the way obito became ~good~ again was lazy. i hate a forcible change of heart, especially right before a heroic sacrifice or whatever. it undercut obito's fucked up resolve to destroy the world and made everything he did even worse because wasn't even that devoted to it. naruto isn't similar enough to obito to justify such a massive change in so little time. they don't know each other, and their connections through kakashi and minato are weak
definitely agreed about kakashi having too much importance. i wish i could remember who wrote it, but someone said that kakashi should have stayed dead when pain attacked. i'm on the fence about that, but he shouldn't have had such a big role in the story
tobi's role in the massacre needed development regardless of who he was. why would izuna want to kill his own clan? why would madara- or would izuna freestyle like obito? why would a totally new character want to do that?
actually, the blank period did it and did it fine, but that storyline would be way too complicated to integrate into the main narrative
lol @ the idea that shippuden era naruto is fighting the ninja system. that disappeared with sasuke in part one. the caring about other people renaissance with pain was a blip
idk why anyone would suggest that tobi should be madara. again, you’d have to rewrite so much to make it work that the story would need to be fundamentally restructured. how would he still be alive? wouldn’t he still an old man? how is he going to keep up in a fight? is madara's cave setup not going to happen? does he not die? if he does, how does he come back?
tl;dr some decent points but overall, nah, i would not be agreeing
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nonbinarysasukes · 5 years
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ah if you’re still answering the ask meme would mind doing either itachi or kakashi? sorry I couldn’t pick so your choice!
Absolutely! Thank you for the ask!
(I’ll admit, I closed my eyes and stabbed my finger at the screen ‘cause I couldn’t pick either and I was lazy to do both XD)
Ended up choosing - Itachi Uchiha! Enjoy ^^
First impression:
A psychopath, an utter and complete nutjob, and an A-grade dickwad. I absolutely despised this guy down to the core; not only did he ruin Sasuke’s life, but he’s still out there ruining other people’s lives for no good reason. I hate characters who have no damn motives except to fuck up shit, and let’s be real, that’s what Itachi seemed like at first. Plus, if he was supposed to be ‘hot’... they didn’t exactly score there. He just looks really tired! I mean, damn, force this boy to take a nap before you let him go be a terrorist!
Impression now: 
Mixed. As. Fuck.
The Bad First ‘Cause It Has More Than The Good: I didn’t buy into that martyr bull-crap that Kishi pulled, and the portrayal of Itachi as oh so loyal to Konoha honestly pissed me off because he was always shown to be “right” in his ideals! That’s just glorifying a fucked-up system which wished to eliminate the clan which had helped found that system - if that’s not Uchiha-phobia, I don’t know what is. Even Itachi being a fucked-up, entitled bastard with no purpose other than ruining people’s lives, despite my hatred for those types of characters, would have not hurt my eyes so much to see. He also did not need to torture Sasuke for three days - it’s simply not necessary. Dude, you killed the kid’s family and told him he was nothing to you, what else do you want to do to make him hate you? I understand that Itachi just wanted to project all Sasuke’s rage onto him, but that “I will atone by having my baby brother taint his hands with my blood” bull was shit I can’t really get behind. He was also too much of a pacifist and that suicide shit he pulled at 4? Getting into ANBU at 13? Yes, he’s a prodigy, I get it, but that’s just... not realistic, even for a ninja setting. HOW DO YOU MANAGE TO MURDER YOUR WHOLE CLAN, MOST OF WHOM HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE THAN YOU, IN ONE NIGHT AT 13? That’s just stupid and unrealistic. Boo you, Kishi.
The Good: Itachi really, truly loved Sasuke. That brotherly love was the only bond that ever mattered to Itachi apart from his family. In fact, Sasuke is the only thing that ever even mattered to Itachi after (and excluding their parents, before) the massacre. That scene before the Edo Tensei on Itachi was released actually had me crying because fuck, I stan this lovely, messed-up, broken brotherly bond *messy sobbing*... 
His silly tastes (the cat ears, the dango etc.) make him more human in my eyes, though there is not that much I really do like about Itachi, other than his bond with Sasuke. He wasn’t properly fleshed out as a person, and this does not give me much scope to answer what I like about him! I found him quite boring and bland and too martyr-ish at the end of Naruto - Shisui plays the martyr enough, Itachi. CHILL THE FUCK OUT. 
tl;dr: IDGAF about canon Itachi but I love Sasuke having a brother who will spoil him rotten and pamper him and literally kill anyone who looks at him wrong... I will actually die for Itachi and Sasuke’s bond...
Favorite moment: Cooking the eggs for Sasuke XD His resolve to make it perfect for his baby bro is so cute! 
Idea for a story: Oof... I got nothing here’s something I came up with on the fly
I MEAN! What if Itachi were a double agent loyal to his own clan and the coup, and helped them all escape (excluding Sasuke because they still needed a spy in the village)?
Unpopular opinion: Itachi is terribly written. His morals and ideas fluctuate and he becomes boring and bland at the end. There is no proper development of Itachi at all...
Favorite relationship: Other than Sasuke... I’m gonna say Kisame, because I like their dynamic (don’t ship them though, the age gap is more than uncomfortable). I also like his friendship with Izumi, it’s very cute... though again, I don’t ship it (because ItaDei XD)
Favorite headcanon: Itachi is really, really terrible at math. If you ask him what is 1 + 1, he’ll take five minutes before asking you hopefully, “11?”
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