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neji had bpd and i will stand by that btw

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after which Tobirama goes home and writes an extensive code of conduct for field operations

bonus:

he's still thinking about it later

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At some point "fanfic can be as good as professional writing" became "fanfic should be as good as professional writing" and that's caused major damage to fandom spaces.

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in 2025 let’s bring back being enthusiastic on ao3. leave a comment on every chapter. leave kudos and, if necessary, leave “double kudos” in the comments. tags and notes on bookmarks. the whole nine yards. let’s show fanfic authors how much we love them.

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can you draw more gaara pleaseplsplsplsplsplsplssplsplplsplspslsplsplspsls

Here’s a doodle of (slightly older and therefore not murderous) Gaara for you! In general I find Gaara both fun and frustrating to draw, so this was good practice:)

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Dress Up

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the handling of the hyuga clan is probably what annoys me the most within the naruto continuation/ending especially as someone who has neji and hinata as favorites (apart from sasuke) but what i need people to understand is that the lack of coverage over the resolution of their issues was kishimoto's fault and he dropped the ball because he had too much on his plate and too little time lol

what some people fail to understand is: neji is justified in his anger. more than justified, he has the right to be angry and use violence. he's under a system where he's basically a slave.

and what other people fail to understand too, is this: hinata was a privileged child. she was from the main family. she was the personification of neji's struggle, in a way. yet, she was still a child, one that was shunned and abused by her family too. she had power over neji and the second branch, power that wasn't chosen and that she didn't want, but still had.

could she change the power balance? could she abolish the seal? well THAT'S the real question.

during the war, it's said both her and neji are working together to change the hyuga clan. so maybe there is a way to abolish the seal. but what if there's not? it is made to understand that both families are fighting as equals, no longer divided, and from that moment on — blank period, boruto — we're not shown any divide between the hyuga, any mention of "first" or "second" family and no hyuga clan member with a seal in their heads.

so, what happened? how did it change?

we don't know and probably won't. kishimoto is not worried about getting the resolve on those political matters he himself created when they don't affect naruto (and now boruto) himself directly. it was important back when naruto could motivate both neji and hinata. once that was over, there's no need to expand.

the point is: yes, it sucks that a topic so crucial that basically shaped two very important and iconic characters from the series is so underwritten, but that's that. i feel like misogyny plays a role in that too, since the only relevant hyuga alive is hinata and her character is constantly sidelined anyway. also, kishimoto is always on the side of "everyone can be redeemed without showing them actually repenting" which is why hiashi hyuga is a cute little old grandpa after he just apologized to neji once.

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As a fic writer, i need every reader to know that:

I don’t care if your comment is coherent. I know what you mean and i love you

I don’t care if you ramble. I read every word and i love you

I don’t care if you leave a comment on a fic from four years ago or leave comments/kudos on like ten of my fics in one go. This isn’t IG, pls stalk my AO3. I love you

I don’t care if you mention the same thing in your comment that four other people have already mentioned. It’s actually really useful to know what resonated with people and I love everyone who takes the time to tell me they liked a particular turn of phrase

I don’t mind if your comment is super long or just a couple of sentences, i love them all

I love you

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in los angeles, the historically Black community of altadena has been decimated by the ongoing eaton fire.

afropunk has created a spreadsheet of gofundmes of displaced Black individuals and families affected by the current los angeles fires. the list is constantly being updated.

please donate what you can and share widely.

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i see people talking about sasuke and hinata having beef, but what about hanabi. they would be each other's biggest haters and no one even knows if they're being serious. hanabi is just a dedicated hater and has to question neji's choice in men every chance she gets

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Racism isn’t saying an uncomfortable word. Racism is every news media reporting on the individual lives of the 33 adult settler hostages to be released in Phase 1, and not one mention of the 100+ Palestinians, 25 of whom are children, that Israel has murdered since announcing the ceasefire. They’ll try to kill as many as they can before Sunday.

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Studio pierrot butchered and left out so many scenes taking away important character moments or taking the emotion like even minor moments who are important to understand characters like kakashi at memorial stone in the 3nd of part 1.

And the two characters I’ve seen it most with by pierrot are Obito and Sakura TWO CHARACTERS THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT TO THE PLOT

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baby’s first tumblr post

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this is sasuke to neji after he asks why he isnt paying attention btw

no dont worry babe i dont hate you its just hard to make eye contact when i feel as though your haunting blank eyes are delving into my very soul and ripping apart memories i dont even remember myself

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no dont worry babe i dont hate you its just hard to make eye contact when i feel as though your haunting blank eyes are delving into my very soul and ripping apart memories i dont even remember myself

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neji: hey love, should i cut my hair-

sasuke: no. no way in hell. i would kill myself

neji: that's a bit dramatic

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i really love sasunaruneji as a ship but there's basically no content of them so here's my attempt at propaganda

all three combinations work incredibly well

sasunaru has all the yearning, opposites attract, unbreakable bond enemies to lovers realness. naruto doing everything he can to save sasuke from darkness and not giving up on him ever, and sasuke seeing naruto and their bond and how they dealt with their trauma and completely opposite ways UGH i love them. it's popular for a reason and one of the first things i ever shipped as a Wee Lad

naruneji has the opposites attract with a bit of enemies to lovers but the huge amount of respect they hold for eachother and how neji views naruto as the one who freed him from the shackles of fate. neji grew up suffocated and controlled, but around people and with family, while naruto grew up free but alone and neglected, and how neji believed naruto to be able to free sasuke from the darkness like him

and finally sasuneji has the insane amount of similarities/parallels despite only really crossing paths once or twice, and they would understand eachother really well. comfortable silence and angst about clans, byakugan vs sharingan, both being 'moons' but still having a light x dark dynamic, etc.

so why not put them together? brown hair x black hair x blond hair. sun x moon x cloud. listener x listener x yapper. fox x hawk/raven x dove. they would all have some understanding of each other, even in different ways. when sasuke needs some quiet, he goes to neji. when neji or sasuke need some light in their life, they go to naruto. when naruto needs advice/wise words, he goes to neji. PLEASE see my vision.