I know Katsuko’s writer is no longer a part of the project and forgive me if this has already been answered but are y’all alright with us including her in fanworks? She lives rent free in my brain and I miss her.
100% and absolutely! Katsuko is gone but very much not forgotten, and we miss her too.
— Saunter
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Hello ANBU Legacy Fans! I made a playlist for ANBU Legacy. I’ll describe my thoughts on some of the songs under the cut! Hope you enjoy it!
@anbu-legacy
ANBU Legacy Playlist- The Kids Might Be Alright
1. You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison - My Chemical Romance (I love the overall feel of this song, the chaotic nature, and especially the last lines about “going down with my friends”- I feel like we all love Legacy for many things, but especially the friendships between everyone)
2. Savior - Rise Against (I know literally this song is about a breakup, but the overall solemn and tragic tone won me over in adding this. Also I love the word savior because that’s probably not how most laymen in Konoha view ANBU, even though they are the ones doing the dirty jobs that does ultimately “keep the peace”, and also our boys (namely Kakashi and Ryouma) doing playing savior for others, but mostly in a way that’s trying to save themselves (that suicide/murder chapter, y’all know the one))
3. Send the Pain Below – Chevelle (Everything hurts)
4. Control – Halsey (I love this for ANBU in general! The tone of it is so scary and mysterious and “ And all the kids cried out, "Please stop, you're scaring me" /God damn right, you should be scared of me“ always reminds me of how they are perceived by non-ANBU folks.)
5. Afraid (Ryouma) - The Neighborhood (This song for me is CLASSIC Ryouma- wrought with insecurities and sadness and the fear of being replaced or forgotten and not belonging and the DISTRUST while putting on his chummy face and sleeping around but really keeping everyone at arms length! @ninjaeyecandy)
6. All I Really Want (Katsuko) - Alanis Morisette (Definitely the last lines of this songs speaks to me for Katsuko: And all I really want is some comfort/A way to get my hands untied/And all I really want is some justice...She’s so wonderful and suffered so much, and I wish she was with us longer to fuller navigate into being taken care of and loved by the team!!! #KatsukoForever, I seriously love her to death!!)
7. What's in the Middle (Kakashi) - The Bird and the Bee (I always think of Kakashi for this because it seems like the song is about emptying one’s self of things in general, and the singer feels very detached from life/others. I see Kakashi in this line “I might need a little help with my own interconnection“ as well as the whole chorus. I also like how flat the singer sounds for him!)
8. Skeleton (Raidou) - Bloc Party (Okay, this might be silly but I’ve literally CRIED while listening to this song and thinking about Raidou. I feel like every line fits perfectly with him- he’s a simple man, doing his best, but the constant STRUGGLE and fucking up, and he’s the Leader but he’s also still so young with wild teammates, and I just feel like he was at a breaking point in certain chapters/arcs! “And I've paid my dues/Just to get them all back” let the man have PEACE. @saunterleftside)
9. Honest Mistake - The Bravery (They ALL say and do some dumbassery stuff sometimes)
10. I Feel So - Boxcar Racer (They’re also often angry and fighting and feeling LOTS of emotions despite Ninja Code: Don’t Feel Shit)
11. WagakkiBand – Kishikaisei (Genma) (Okay. @nezumiko I have such a bone to pick with you....Genma is SO put together- obviously he has faults as all humans and well rounded characters do but my GOD, it was so hard to find a song for him!!! Or at least, hard to search for qualities about him that people sing about! In the end I came to this band because they’re known for being a mix of of traditional Japanese instruments and rock. Genma’s spirituality is something I’ve always loved about this character. The lyrics I liked for this song are “Surely, you aren’t fighting by yourself/Because whatever happens, you’ll be supported/So, do your best“. I feel like Genma is SUCH a support system for everyone, being Raidou’s second in command, and feeding Ryouma’s self esteem, knowing how to navigate the more interpersonal situations. Ugh. Love love love.)
12. You Are a Runner, and I am My Father's Son - Wolf Parade (Kakashi x Ryouma) (Okay, but isn’t this just kind of perfect?! Literally this title alone is the two of them as people! Kakashi being forever changed by Sakumo’s everything, and Ryouma running from intimacy. “I am my father's son/And I'll build a house inside of you/I'll go in through the mouth/I'll draw three figures on your heart”.)
13. The Boy Who Ran Away – Mystery Jets (Ryouma) (Okay, Ryouma’s just so easy to find music for because he’s somehow the ANGSTIEST of them all, even next to Kakashi! I love him for it though...My OG Fallen Leaves crush. “And when he gets to this mythic place/The streets are dirty, dark and deep/There is no rest there/There is no place to lay a head to sleep, to sleep”. My heart.)
14. New Cannonball Blues – TV On the Radio (This song scares me sometims and it’s so fast and frantic, much like certain arcs and chapters that keep me at the edge of my SEAT)
15. Glory and Gore – Lorde (The general tone of it all, scary, dark, fighting, blood, dying. “The sun's starting to light up when we're walking home/Tired little laughs, gold-lie promises: we'll always win at this“. Obviously I don’t know where the story is going to end and play out- but realistically we all know that ANBU teams tend not to live for long...)
16. Blood on Me – Sampha (Ugh, just such a good song and again more of the tone of it all, running away from some unknown predator and fearing for your life.)
17. Melos – Wednesday Campanella (Okay, this actually has a short Wikipedia page I’d recommend reading: search Run, Melos! and it should pop up. Basically, the story’s main theme is “unwavering friendship” where the main character goes through a bunch of crap to save his best friend’s life!!! I love the video, I LOVE this song, and I love the whole story!! What brings enjoyment of Legacy if not the friendships in story, and also all the ones we’ve made out of it?)
18. The Beginning – One Ok Rock (All these sad hoes) (Again, this song to me is about love/friendship/hopefulness and more good things. Despite all the adversity in this universe, I don’t think it’s ever completely dark and devoid of hope. All the characters have ability to change themselves and be more open to others and the world as a whole.)
Anyway! That’s basically the gist of what I was thinking with this playlist!!! I came from Fallen Leaves and I’m here with Legacy. I love love love the people in this fandom, as well as the current and previous writers that have given so much of their own love, care, and dedication.
I’m a month late, but have a wonderful new year everyone!!!
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Chapters: 4/?
Fandom: Naruto, ANBU Legacy
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Tousaki Ryouma/Hatake Kakashi
Characters: Tousaki Ryouma, Haku (Naruto), Dai-nana-han | Team 7 (Naruto), Momochi Zabuza, Hatake Kakashi, Shiranui Genma, Namiashi Raidou, Ueno Katsuko, Yuuhi Kurenai
Additional Tags: the premise of this au is basically, kushina sacrificed herself to kill the kyuubi, hiruzen died fighting the fox, minato is hokage, the uchiha massacre DOESNT HAPPEN, sakura is a lesbian
@anbu-legacy so this is a thing.......it’ll get longer. don’t you worry.
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“When I told you about Ueno, you tried a kai,” he said. Raidou wondered how long he’d been chewing on that. “You thought I might be part of your special training?”
“Thinking Katsuko had died was one of the things that set me off in Tsurugahama, among others,” he said. “Benihime-sama is knocking the triggers out of me, which is working, pretty much. Ninety percent of it is her throwing something nasty at me, while I stay thinking long enough to make a reality check.” He folded his arms underneath his head and propped one knee up, frowning. “Which would make today a success, I guess.”
I am dead and I have died and you have killed me and you should be ashamed of yourselves.
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“She prowled closer, naked blade reflecting fire and stars and a very nasty way to exit the world, stage left. She said, very softly, ‘The ugly thing is, I want to take you up on it.’ ”
Tattoo this fucking paragraph on my rib cage, I am so so about furious women, and specifically about the fact that Katsuko is furious on her own behalf. Not in defense of another person or in the name of a social cause or higher power, which I feel like are almost always the reasons women in media are angry. They are angry on behalf of someone else, their anger is in service of someone else. They are righteously furious while still being cast as caretakers. And of course other people being wronged is a valid and important reason to be angry, and of course it is valid and important to campaign for a cause, and of course women can and do and should do those things
But DAMN is it refreshing that Katsuko wants to see blood because she’s been mistreated, because she’s been disrespected. Because that’s specifically the type of anger that is so often ridiculed and dismissed by “I’m sure he didn’t mean it that way”, or “You’re overreacting” or “Well, that’s just something you’ll have to learn to deal with if you want to be an adult in the REAL WORLD”. Her fury is not belittled by the narrative or Kakashi, it is not dismissed as inconsequential in the face of some overarching issue. She’s pissed and it matters and I’m in love.
Also, swords.
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I'M JUMPING ON THIS AU FIC TRAIN BEFORE IT LEAVES THE STATION. Ryouma/Katsuko, top models.
Katsuko sees Ryouma again during a shoot in Hong Kong; they pose like a king and queen draped in glittering silks and jewels, gazing into each others’ eyes as the cameras click-click around them. His hand is warm at the dip of her waist, fingernails just barely grazing the bare skin beneath the hem of her shirt. Katsuko tucks her face into the curve of his throat, where concealer can’t quite hide the fading marks of her teeth, and smiles at the way his breath hitches.
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Ueno Katsuko and me
I take everythig back I ever said about any other Naruto or Legacy character.
I am Katsuko and nobody else comes even Close.
I mean this is me like every single day of my life?
“The sheer idiocy that came out of her mouth sometimes made her want to slam her head into a wall.”
And my hair always does what it wants and I am like:
“She toweled her hair off, yanked it into an elastic, blinked at the results in the mirror, and shrugged.”
And I am always hungry and embarrassingly EVERYBODY knows it:
“She gave up on manners and stuffed the rest of the vanilla custard one into her mouth. […] “He says you’re always hungry.””
Do I have to add anything else?
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