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Also Obito's one looks like weed💀

the differences between the two leaves are interesting. madara’s leaf looks healthier and has a cleaner hole, while obito’s has a sicker color and more raggedy holes.

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Insomnia killing me tonight so I decided to try a new brush to push my comfort zone and sketched out the OG Uchiha brothers.

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The sharingan as the tarot card wheel of fortune for @founders-tarot-zine

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izuna for @beatriceportinari

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Define ungodly hot...

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I just can't stop laughing

By @a4eryn on TikTok!

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The Other Shore -Madara Oneshot- Illustration

illustration specially made by the talented @sableraven. Do not use without my permission.

"- You need to be tougher, Nii-chan, in order to protect the Uchihas. Can you promise me?

He knew I was good at lying to myself all this time, but he always feigned ignorance. It wasn’t Izuna who needed to be shelter from the cruelty of this world, it was me. He was this unshakable rock of stability through the storms of inner demons ready to surround me. I was this unstoppable power he wish to surpass, but he always gave me the grounded direction. During a time who seemed infinite, I sat still in silence until my tears dried on their own. It was a new moon this night, the darkest of all night. My sight had been degrading so much I couldn’t decipher his facial expression, but enough to see the green chakra sparkling from my hand.

- I promise."

Whole Prologue of Madara Golden Age fic released here : The Other Shore (Madara POV/ 4th Shinobi War)

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just another madara monday

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Personally, I'm okay with no Uchiha becoming number one and getting their own story (look at Itachi fanfic Shinden's narrative)

Had Madara won, YOU KNOW they're going to write it as Satan Judas Uchiha and his fall from grace and succumbing to totally-not-bigotry-promise Curse of Hatred and how it was inevitable that he became Evil(tm) bc of envy and Indra and all that shit.

It'll be spun as Itachi "Gary Stu" Uchiha and the Senju were right all along and Madara realizing that serving Konoha is the true, selfless, path after all.

YOU NAILED IT! I used to be a pro- Kishimoto-please-write-something- new-about-Madara. But seeing what happened with Boruto in 2023 I'm like... please don't!😅 There a lot of fanfics in the internet who do the job perfectly already!

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Hm, been contemplating these panels lately and thinking about which character is constantly demonized within the fandom/fan works involving them and which is frequently viewed as the ultimate loving and moral person...

And:

One is a man bearing the supposed 'Curse of Hatred' who loves his children so much that he is continuing to parent and offer unconditional love to his son even after said son has already participated in the brutal state-sanctioned genocide of their people/culture and is about to end his (and his wife's - who, btw, is on the same page as him) life.

The other is a man from the supposed 'Clan of Love' who boldly holds the conviction that he would cease his compassion towards even his own child if they stood against him and his dream (the village), regardless of the fact his dream (the village) is a corruptible entity that does not maintain personhood.

Interestingly, I think there is something to be said for the fact both Fugaku and Hashirama are also shown struggling to understand Itachi and Madara (respectively).

Fugaku is actually quite honest regarding his issues in relating to Itachi and while we're not always privy to all the conversations they've had about the state of the clan/sentiment of the Leaf village towards their people, it's clear that those discussions have been had. While the panels where we do see more explicit conversations taking place show Fugaku reiterating to Itachi that his role in ANBU is to serve as a pipeline between the clan/village (which could be argued as an unfair burden foisted onto a child, in my opinion) there are also moments that indicate Fugaku is willing to defer to Itachi (at least on some topics) when his son offers a contradictory viewpoint (like attendance at Sasuke's entrance ceremony, for example).

Side note... this also reminds me of the very short (unfortunately) interactions we see between Madara and his father, Tajima. Tajima clearly respects his son as well and defers to him when Madara insists that they not fight Hashirama and his family on the river - Tajima accepts this from his son without pause.

Alternatively, we also see Madara trying to explain his perspective to a skeptical Hashirama before he commits to taking more drastic actions. Madara is trying to articulate his frustrations with what is happening in the village/how it is progressing with regards to his clan and (even though we never really get Madara's own unfiltered perspective on this time period) we are shown instances of Madara's grievances holding water (ie. Tobirama advocating for Madara not to be made Hokage, but instead pushing randomly for a democratic system that never seems to actually be cemented or made precedent within the village afterwards but absolutely benefits Hashirama/the Senju in the short-run, Madara 'overhearing' Tobirama's continued bias against the Uchiha in private conversations between the brothers, Hashirama continuing to scold his brother -someone who had ample power within the system of governance since its inception- for his bias against the clan even when they're brought back via the edo tensei, etc). Hashirama tries to (weakly, in my opinion) defend the village status quo/way it is progressing and seems to want to better understand Madara, but isn't willing or is unable to go that extra mile for his friend - and, perhaps in some ways, Madara too was unwilling/unable to articulate himself in a more digestible way once their divergence of opinion on their shared village came to this new crux.

Ultimately, I just find it interesting that Fugaku, this character who is often portrayed by fans as a demon of hatred and cruelty, would (in reality) stand by his son even in his darkest hour, even as he is unjustly slaughtering their family, and continue to reaffirm that he is proud of Itachi/loves him - and this is directly counter to Hashirama who asserts he would absolutely kill anyone (including a child) that stood between him protecting that which he loves the most (the village).

And, of course, we also have this to chew on lol...

Sasuke explaining to edo Hashirama that Itachi inherited his 'Will of Fire' jingoism.

Mandatory disclaimer that Fugaku is not infallible and all the characters here (but Fugaku and Hashirama in particular) are their own people/the circumstances do vary (especially as one relationship is framed in the context of father-son and the other as two friends/peers)... I should also note that I still enjoy Hashirama as a character, I just think his flaws are often under-examined and that the hypocrisy inherent to the 'Will of Fire' philosophy/the Leaf Village (and by extension the shinobi world) is equally neglected especially when it comes to this fandom's love of tearing down the Uchiha to their worst traits/moments. But, man, something about these two panels and character portrayals in particular have just been eating at me the past few days, so I figured I'd try to work out some thoughts on them.

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Waking up with grumpy thoughts

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Basically

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a scene can start wherever you want it to

writing isn't real life. You don't need to set up a character walking into a room or two characters greeting each other and talking about the weather or what-have-you in order to lead into the conversation you actually want them to have. just start at the conversation.

hell, start in the middle of the conversation. you could even start at the end and then have one of them leave and the other one left behind to reflect back on what just happened.

writing gets easier when you open yourself up to writing the parts that are interesting, to starting where it's easy instead of where you think you should start.

if it ends up not working? that's okay. you tried it, and sometimes just getting something out of your head is a necessary first step to getting the words right

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When I tell you the Senjus aren't Mushroom and Weed lalaland of Konoha. Madara saw right throught them...

Senju cycle of abuse continues on!