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Gaara *to himself, after returning from a lengthy meeting with the elders*: *sigh* “I dare someone to ruin my day anymore than it already is...”

Kankuro *shouting from the other room*: “Have you ever tried reading ‘Suna’ backwards??”

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Yashamaru definitely knelt to speak to Gaara at eye level!

Here a little compilation from chapter 130:

Actually: all famous flashbacks with him (manga and anime) show the two of them at eye-level or quite close to it - so you could definitely say those are the moments Gaara remembers most. 

*But for the sake of my sanity and wholesomeness of this post I refuse to include more than one picture of the last scene of them together

So it’s definitely canon that Yashamaru would kneel when having a conversation with Gaara about important topics (pain, love, his mother etc.) It only makes sense that Gaara would do the same with Shinki.

I love how you make Gaara kneel down to be on eye-level with Shinki every time he talks to him. Your drawings/comics of them are a blessing, You make my day every time you post them. Thank you so much!!

sobs I’m glad you noticed. He does it to make himself non-threatening and also to talk to Shinki as an equal...I headcanon it’s also something Yashamaru did with him and always made him feel safe and not like a weapon and a monster...

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It’s Gaara Week! - just kidding, Gaara Week is in January - this is Gaara Weekly. So I heard the topic this time is:

“what Gaara would do together with Shinki if he had some time off” 

now that’s just wholesome, how could I not at least *attempt to* provide some headcanons?

*side note: I have no idea how I ended up with this mess of a post but here you go*

So we know their hobbies: Gaara likes “battling” according to the second databook and by the time the third came around, he added “cultivating cacti” to the mix. Shinki likes both “gardening” and “embroidery” according to character trivia from Boruto. Makes sense that they would bond over tending to plants right? In fact, most would probably assume that Shinki adopted this hobby from his father. And while I do believe they get some rare father-son time tending to Gaara's cacti together - I don't know if that's what they would actually choose to do if they had a significant amount of free time.

If I was being realistic: They would probably spend their days off training.

_________________________ Yeah I hear you people in the back screaming “booo” - but this seems to be the most realistic scenario - to me at least. So let me explain:

His people and village always seem to be the priority for Gaara and Shinki is the future of Suna, not only as the Kazekage's heir but simply as part of the next generation who will take on leadership positions after the current decision-makers retire. There is not a single doubt in my mind that Gaara views mentoring future generations as one of his top priorities. Shinki wants to make his father proud and properly represent his family and village. He is hugely appreciative of any training time his busy father can spare for him - such an opportunity doesn't come every day. Both of them have very no-nonsense, goal-oriented personalities.

- So if Gaara had a couple of hours to spend however he wanted, he would invest them in the future of his village: Shinki. If Shinki had the chance to get some in-depth one-on-one training with his father, he would jump at the opportunity.

We know that Gaara, unlike Naruto with his son, has at least somewhat regularly been training Shinki in person. He has mentioned how he taught his son 'everything he knows' and Shinki actually training directly with his (very busy) father just makes sense: The two of them are the only people we know of with their kekkei genkai - and Gaara is the only one with abilities almost identical to Shinki's. It’s true that Gaara only knows the basics when it comes to iron sand - or rather, that was confirmed to be the case until at least the early blank period. But he would know next to every use of regular sand and that’s still more than any other jonin in suna. Of course, as the Kazekage, Gaara simply doesn't have the time to do the majority of Shinki's training - but I wouldn’t question that he's the one giving the crucial advice, reviewing his training progress and telling his son what abilities need more work.  

So if he has a little bit of time to spare - I have no doubt he would (and does) put most of it into training Shinki. And that includes days off. 

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But y'all didn't come for that - don't lie.

*enter Part 2: “But what if we talk about cats instead?”

We love these two (and the entire Sand-family for that matter) so naturally, we want to see them use their time off for anything BUT work or training. Gaara and Shinki are definitely the worst offenders here, they always seem like those people who would rather work on their duties than cut cake on their birthdays - Gaara more so because he seems very focused on always putting his own pleasure behind doing 'something useful to others' and Shinki because he's just beginning to realize the value of friendship. *Insert mlp meme here*

So for the sake of fun, we will just assume SOMETIMES Gaara decides that his son should do “normal activities” instead of training and ends up going somewhere with him. But where? If for some reason, Shinki were to accompany his father to another village for a diplomatic meeting, I think they would definitely walk around that village a bit and just take in the local culture: food, sights, and the like. Imagine the way Lee and Tenten showed Gaara and Kankuro around Konoha in episode 497 and had them try ramen for the first time - kind of like that. But this example also shows just how rarely Gaara seems to get time off during official visits: it took him being Kazekage for 4 years until he ate his first Ramen - but ok, if the war hadn’t been in the way I guess Naruto would have made him try it sooner. Now, if we are talking about “regular” time off, the place would definitely need to be in Suna - Gaara is important for the protection of his village so he can’t just leave whenever he wants.

I’m also going to assume that Gaara can walk around relatively freely without being bothered by crowds - if simply for the fact that we have seen him do so before, at least in other villages. Gaara strikes me as a character who could very much enjoy new experiences - there was once a time when most things “normal” people did were foreign to him and he had to go through a very steep learning curve after his first encounter with Naruto. I can see him trying new things when he gets the chance and also wanting to encourage Shinki to do the same - so long something falls not too far outside both of their comfort zones.

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We established all the little details but no one has gone anywhere yet. So if we are going for something interesting: > how about we bring cats into this?

Gaara and Shinki strike me as having a lot of, for the lack of a better word, “cat-people energy” - were they aware of this before this fateful day? Probably not. Were they aware of it afterward? - you bet!

Gaara felt a bit confused when he heard that Suna would be hosting a big pet show for the first time in a few years *he had to sign the paperwork after all* - what was that again? People bring their cats and dogs to show them to visitors and a jury?

“Must be another unique way humans manage to be vain about their property” - the concept of placing much importance in the things one owns and how they reflect on you was something Gaara understood as a concept but never fancied.

He didn’t understand very well why visitors would want to see such a spectacle until Kankuro said something along the lines of “sometimes people just want to see animals do cute stuff I guess? You know how girls and kids are - show them a dog rolling over and they will go crazy - don’t worry too much about it, I’m also not much of a fan.”

On a second thought: “Oh but maybe Shinki likes that stuff? I mean he’s a kid - ..... although he doesn’t behave like one most of the time.”

- and with that comment, the deal was settled: there would be father-son bonding time scheduled and they would go observe cute animals!!

Shinki wasn’t very thrilled but what can you do - he wanted to train but was too well behaved and respected his father too much to object any of his decisions - no matter how strange some of them sounded.

In the end, none of them had high expectations for this trip but they went anyway because “At worst we have made a valuable experience” - Gaara

*Shinki didn’t dare question what could be “valuable” about this*

As it turned out, the date they picked for their visit was designated for cats of all breeds --

Of course, both Gaara and Shinki had seen cats before - from afar. No one in their family owned any animals - if you didn’t factor in the deer raised on the property of the Nara-clan.

But they had also HEARD about cats before

--------- mostly because Shukaku never seemed to miss an opportunity to insult them: “cats are the most useless creatures, it goes to show how stupid humans are for domesticating them” - “and you are sure you aren’t just saying this because kids always seem to mistake you for one?” -Kankuro would add

*Needless to say: Kankuro still enjoyed provoking people he really shouldn’t.* -------------

Well now the two shinobi were in front of one - their first close encounter with a feline - a big sand-colored persian with her owner, a friendly-looking old lady, standing next to her.

“Well I suppose they are quite endearing with their big eyes” -Gaara noted

Old lady: “Oh dear would you like to come closer? She really enjoys being pet behind her ears - she’s even calm with most strangers”

Gaara was a bit hesitant

When you’ve only ever heard bad things about cats and their temper you might think twice about petting them when you get the chance - at least until you take the courage to hold out your hand and they start purring like you are their best friend and they will love you forever.

Now, if anything gets Gaara - it’s being shown unconditional love and acceptance in unexpected places

yes apparently this does not exclude kitties

*holding out his hand while the cat is purring and meowing* Gaara : O.O Shinki, next to him: O.O Both of them internally: "ohhhh so THAT'S what all the fuss is about"

- Instant non-verbal agreement that cats are awesome

After that encounter, both might or might not have been extremely tempted to adopt a cat.

But since Gaara knew no one in this family had much time to spend at home - *and because he had this lingering sense that the cat might develop a taste for his succulents* - he had to resist.

This however wouldn’t mean that their next “family day” wasn’t already planned to be a trip to the local animal shelter. _________________________ Bonus:

eventually, Shukaku finds out about their trips and is NOT amused that they considered bringing one of “those things” home.

Yes- he’s still fuming from that one time he was carried by Shinki in his more “compact” form and a toddler pointed at them saying “oh your cat is so chubby! can I pet it? Pleeeeese!!” (*needless to say both Shinki and Gaara were mortified back then and hurried to get Shukaku away from the little girl before any casualties were to occur*)

He continues to sulk for at least a full month about this “betrayal”.

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I feel like, if anything - he went to saying “Hello sir” with more confidence.

- *and we are proud of him*

Am I the only one who was thinking this or

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I have a feeling Gaara would ADORE matching parent/child shirts but he would never buy them himself.

Imagine the following: It's his birthday and Gaara opens his present: a turtleneck-pullover with a pizza on it - one slice is missing.

Gaara: *holding up the pullover* "Oh honey this -- Thank you so much. ..." *cue staring back and forth between you and the pullover for a solid 5 minutes before trying it on* "It fits really well, thank you dear." *more awkward silence* "May I inquire... - why pizza?"

Shinki: "I have returned from my errand" *Shinki opening the door to the living room, wearing the same pullover - but with only one slice of pizza*

Gaara: "Oh Shinki welc--"

*looks at Shinki* - *looks at himself* - *looks at you* - *looks at Shinki* - *looks at himself *

Gaara:

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*Reminder that one time, Gaara was supposed to have an arranged marriage and in his mind he was comparing the whole thing to dying - like it’s the worst thing he has ever had to deal with:*

- Gaara Hidden Chapter 1

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Excuse me whaaaat?!

Are we talking about the same shy, socially awkward, plant-loving redhead who would go to the moon and back for his loved ones without caring about himself? This boy basically led an army to protect his bff, is ready to die for his village and friends at any time and spends all day taking care of the needs of others. He was ready to be forced into a marriage for his village, adopted a boy who was abandoned by his family and probably still doesn't get more than a few hours of sleep each night because his entire day is about dealing with other people's problems. If anything he's toxic to himself and needs to learn more about self-love.

Nothing against this sweet, sugar-cube-in-shape-of-a-person called Rock Lee - but whoever wrote this must have stopped watching the show after the chunin exams...

Got damn, this came for my ENTIRE being 😪

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This post is just a thing of beauty! Everything is just - yes!

So, Gaara is so sweet but he has a tendency to bottle everything up. He’ll put you before himself always. You don’t like the plant on his desk even though he does? He’s still getting rid of it.

I really like this first point you made and I completely agree with it. This ties into something I have thought writing about but I still wonder if it’s a bit too dark? *what’s up with me and dark headcanons, oh well*

This trait of his is just hard to ignore when thinking about all that could go wrong..

I have seen a few people mention how he would spoil his SO and ...I'm starting to see it now?

He might be frugal about himself (I mean in hidden he mentions he only gets used furniture) but I can definitely see him spoil his loved ones rotten - I don't even want to think about all the fancy embroidery-tools shinki has in his room (if dad didn't just get the boy a crafting-room because...*my angel is so talented how could I hinder his creative development by NOT supporting him as much as possible??*)

I swear if he had a child or SO who was into art he would somehow get their work into the local gallery if only for a short exhibition. Same with music - turn on Radio-Suna after 11pm and all you will hear is the Kazekage's wife with her indie rock band. And no one can tell me it's not a sneaky move because who turns on the radio at such an hour? *besides that one redhead who just wants to hear his wife's voice when being in the office until 1am*

May I request some nsfw and SFW headcanons for Gaara please?

Gaara NSFW AND SFW Relationship headcanons

Request: May I request some nsfw and SFW headcanons for Gaara please?

A/N: OFC U CAN! I’m sorry I’m being slow with requests, but I prefer to take longer with requests and have better quality content than have a bunch of content that I’m not happy with. Anyways, Gaara is a soft boy protect him with all costs 😌. Also! I’ve been on hiatus recently due to things at home, but I am writing requests, and I haven’t “abandoned” this blog, and I certainly won’t anytime soon! We’re only just getting started haha! ILY ALL MUAH

Warnings: NSFW, mentions of oral sex, kinks, mentions of doms and subs

SFW

So, Gaara is so sweet but he has a tendency to bottle everything up. He’ll put you before himself always. You don’t like the plant on his deck even though he does? He’s still getting rid of it.

And it won’t really affect him for awhile, he loves making you happy. He basically thrives off of it, your smile will be addicting to him.

SPOILS YOU. If I haven’t made myself clear enough already, Gaara will make sure you have whatever you want. Borderline sugar daddy without expecting sexual favors.

But he’s also really touch starved, it’s hard for him to make any first moves though. Every touch is new to him. Hell, he wouldn’t even kiss you until you were in a serious relationship.

So it’ll be up to you to initiate long kisses and hugs and even hand holding.

He prefers physical attention to be in private though, otherwise he’ll be a blushing mess and he really wont know how to respond.

And despite his fluffy sub attitude, he knows how to put his foot down and be assertive. He hates doing it and he’ll feel really shy afterwards, probably will wanna just hug you. It feels like hes scolding you tbh

You will never have an argument with him tbh. If things seem like its heading towards there, he’ll kiss your head and bid you a goodnight.

Despite his shy nature with you, he’s got your back. Someone underestimating your skills or just you as a person? Yeah, he won’t just listen to this.

He literally will go on a rant about how skillful you are and how you’re twice the person he even is. The other person will just be like o.o

SUCH A GOOD COOK. He will cook for you ALL the time. Which ties into him knowing everything about you. You didn’t know what your favorite food was until he made it. He just knows

NSFW

Sub. Sub sub sub.

At first, he’s still really shy and very inexperienced. It’ll take him awhile for him to really be confident.

He loves suckling on your neck more than anything, the little whimpers it elicits from you will make HIM whimper.

Gets really flustered once he sees the marks he left behind tho, might even apologize and ask if they hurt

Gaara is a little vanilla. The only kink he has is marking. Finding little love bites all over your body throughout the day that you forgot to cover

He pays so much attention to what makes you feel good. And he loves experimenting! He’ll know what you like and don’t like without you even telling him

Gaara’s sex drive is actually pretty low. He can go weeks without craving sex. And when he does, it’s not a craving to get himself off, but to get you off.

He would like being blindfolded, his senses are heightened and to him, he’s showing you that he trusts you.

Would probably ask Kankuro for advice, the boy is a SHY BOY and he does NOT know what to do.

Okay, this man is a little mediocre at oral. He tries his best, but it’s too hesitant and believe it or not, his tongue will literally be shaking he’s so nervous.

Despite his lacking skills at oral, he’ll suprisingly know how to use his fingers amazingly well. Thrusting them in and out of you while you writhe under him is the most dom he’ll get.

It’ll be tough at first, if you have any kinks and want to ask him to try it out, he’ll probably faint. But he DOES remember it when he wakes up and he WILL attempt.

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When was everyone going to tell me...

So here I am, browsing the Internet for cute pictures of Gaara - as people do in their freetime. And -

when were you guys going to tell me -

is that a piano!?

?!?!

So I guess - classical Instruments confirmed for the naruto/boruto universe (if they weren’t already)?

Possibly all those headcanons of Gaara at least SOMEWHAT being able to play piano also confimed? ???

*of course Gaara would have a toddler-sized grand piano in his room, I mean which child didn’t?* - now the real question is ...did anyone live long enough to teach this boy how to play?

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some additional headcanon on Gaara being infertile:

I know many people write about him having children with his partner and I do believe Gaara would really enjoy a big family- if he found someone he wanted to be with, he would undoubtedly at least consider having children with them (if that is possible).

It doesn’t have to be incompatible with my headcanon so I will leave you with this:

for those who don’t know, infertility is often defined as not being able to  have a child within a year of trying - many struggle with being childless for life but you also have the occasional couple being parents out of nowhere.

I can definitely see this happening to Gaara if he finds someone he likes. Just imagine this man:

His whole life he was never interested in or understood romance. He didn’t think about having children. Then he found Shinki - then he found the love of his life. He can’t have children with them because ...well that’s how it is? But at least they have Shinki and dote on him as much as possible.

But then she’s somehow pregnant?!? Gaara is so confused but also speechless, like - how does all this good stuff keep happening to him? How does he deserve such a happy life?!

10/10 his family only consists of a string of miracles and the man deserves all of it

It’s a decent scenario for a fanfic even - with the option to turn into angst when people can’t believe it’s really Gaara’s child - but only until the little one is born and it’s like, mini-Gaara, and none of the haters dares to say a word anymore lol

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Random headcanon: Gaara can’t have children *or rather: how he ended up with an adopted son*

So I just realized one of my headcanons fits here so I’m just throwing this onto Tumblr without context - have fun! *full disclaimer, it’s still only a headcanon based on what little we know (or at least the canon I’m familiar with) - not fact. Still thought it might be interesting.*

So how did Gaara get away with adoption when bloodlines are everything in Naruto and Suna clearly already started bride-hunting for him as soon as his sister got engaged?

here’s the tea and some background:

The Kazekage-bloodline is very important in Suna to the point where it’s basically is a prerequisite for the title - at the very least the clans try everything to keep the current power balance - which is what lead to the plot of Gaara hidden with them trying desperately to find a girl for him: With Temari marrying to Konoha and the very real risk of the next generation of the family completely under the influence of another village, should her brothers die young, and Kankuro, being the supportive brother he is, saying he couldn’t possibly get married before the Kazekage - Gaara was the one who was supposed to deal with this “threat”.

The arranged marriage to Hakuto was an obvious scheme to damage his reputation by having her run away (aka “be kidnaped”) and it turned out to do its job despite Gaara and Kankuro outsmarting the responsible elder. After all, officially Gaara had to kill his fiance and they couldn’t exactly say that she was alive and happy in Konoha now. So a guy killing his wife-to-be as a traitor? Not a good look! Not to mention, he still had a bad reputation as being cruel and heartless with those who didn’t know him in person (even his fiance thought so before their meeting).

Gaara always had his crowd of fangirls after becoming Kazekage so just that incident alone wouldn’t have ruined his chances to find someone - but not only were almost all of them more into their illusion of him, than into Gaara himself, so in no way better than the crowd surrounding Sasuke back in the day. - Gaara is also Gaara: he can’t romance for sh-, he has no clue what women even are. Reading Jiraiya’s smut made him only more confused - how much can you expect from this boy?

so summing up: Reputation = ruthless leader who even executed his fiance Personality = outside: stone; inside: Hinata but waaay worse at expressing emotions and feelings Sexual orientation = stone *what’s that and why should I want that again?!?!* (aka at LEAST heavily leaning towards asexuality) Result: absolutely hopeless case - and Kankuro probably still refuses to get married

What next?

Maybe next they tried to get a surrogate mother or something like that. All with the thought that they can at least have a blood-related heir who might even inherit his kekkei genkai.

Here is my hot take: That’s when they found out Gaara literally can’t have kids. He’s infertile or at least his fertility is very low - complications like that can, in rare cases, happen when someone is born prematurely.

This man, if I tell you he was relieved beyond compare it would still be an understatement. Not that he hated children - he probably just couldn’t imagine himself as a father - but who’d want to be forced to have a child with a random stranger? Not Gaara!

So they couldn’t marry him off, there was no way he would find a girl himself and in the end he actually couldn’t have biological children. After all that drama, Gaara finally got off the hook *and Kankuro probably started to feel really guilty because all eyes were directed at him now*

Enter: Shinki *aka: “this couldn’t have turned out any better”*

While all that was going on: Gaara deemed hopeless for carrying on the family, Kankuro trying his best to not be shoved into a random marriage- Gaara met Shinki. And the rest is history!

But really, could this have turned out any better for him?

Gaara met a child that reminds him of himself in his youth, with issues that he is probably the most qualified to deal with. He knows what he would have needed in his childhood and is doing all he can to provide that for Shinki.

And not only that: the boy also just happens to be a distant relative of his, made obvious by him having the same kekkei genkai as Gaara (magnet release). It seems to be quite the rare trait considering how Gaara was the only sibling who inherited it from his father and how Shinki didn’t seem to have anyone around him who was able to understand/deal with his powers. (Which is often suggested as the reason for him possibly being abandoned by his family.)

So all in all, Gaara somehow just stumbled upon a child very similar to himself with problems he knew how to deal with and powers he could teach him how to use - it truly couldn’t have gone better.

There was probably little to no resistance from the elders regarding this adoption considering how perfectly everything fit into place!

There are headcanons out there for more details on their meeting but I’m not going into that here (and frankly I think I don’t have anything to add in that regard^^II).

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First of all, your Gaara-Translator seems really really handy - is it available for android? Literally right after I submitted this question you posted your theory about his mother and I thought "ok what are the odds?". I also feel like this is quite strong evidence for your proposed scenario - of course, it could just be a false memory, something of an assumption based on remembering her picture and new knowledge about her feelings towards him - but I prefer your idea! This line being another subtle way of hinting at some form of (one-sided)  affection/romance between the two does certainly seem more in line with what I think the author intended - at least this whole novel feels like it follows the motto: "You think Gaara is really cool and want to read more about how cool he is? But you are also kind of frustrated that your boy is still single and you don’t know who to ship him with?? - don't fret because here are 5 chapters detailing his handsomeness, badassery, brilliant tactics -- and women who remind him of his mom! enjoy!" I mean never assume but you can hint for the sake of the shippers I guess? Anyways, thank you so much!

Another interesting line: "Shijima’s smile was different from Hakuto or Temari’s. For a moment, Gaara vaguely felt like it resembled his mother’s smile which he’d seen so long ago. Then he wondered whether this wasn’t the ‘mother complex’ that Temari talked about." [Gaara Hidden; chapter 4] - "he'd seen" Are they somehow implying that he has memories from his birth? Also ...."mother complex"?? I feel like this needs some elaboration...

EVIDENCE!! 

EVIDENCE!!!!

I’m filing this under evidence that Gaara was visited by his mother’s spirit.  

I don’t think he remembers his birth, but he remembers something, and that something was probably an encounter that he had with his mother either visiting him as a ghost, or showing up as a sand apparition!!! 

And that’s that!

Or…

My actual answer: 

In all honesty I think this is just sloppy writing, but luckily I can fix that with my nifty Gaara Translator:

Translation: The smile Shijima was giving him was unlike any Gaara had ever received; it was different from Hakuto and Temari’s, and Gaara began to think back for any situation he could relate it to. He thought maybe Shijima’s smile could be similar to the one his mother would have given to him after his birth. This, however, seemed unlikely, and Gaara began to wonder if the connotations were different - more tender in nature - Though he assumed nothing more because he knew he was very poor with such things.

I think that sentence is A LOT easier to understand, but where’s the fun in that? Allow me to instead nitpick the vagueness of that quote, and you can decide what it means: 

Maybe what Gaara is actually referencing in the original quote is Karura’s picture:

It seems that Gaara is a little less realistic when it comes to his mother, and so maybe he’s suffering from a false memory here. It could be a comfortable fantasy that he thought of to validate himself, and to feel more secure about knowing that she loved him. 

I only say he may be suffering from a false memory because he definitely would have had memories about her smiling before learning the truth, not just after the war. I think that Gaara reads people well enough to know that the smiling face of a mother, beaming at her newborn child, would not equate to “I’m gonna name you self loving demon and you’re GONNA AVENGE ME.” 

I gotta say…Gaara seems a little delusional from this quote.

It could also be the fact that he’s trying to prevent embarrassing himself by seeing Shijima’s smile as more compassionate than from a place of romantic interest. Gaara knows that he’s not good with romance and so I think that he has this rule to never assume. 

When he finds himself beginning to wonder, he immediately switches gears because the first (1st) rule of dealing with people, especially women, is to NEVER ASSUME.  

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Oh, this is so macabre and yet you managed to make it funny, I love it!

Continuing in the same spirit: I kind of feel being Gaara’s SO means accepting that the whole thing could be short-lived… I mean who can say their partner has managed to literally DIE before and is only here because he got resurrected? Gaara  - Dear I will be going on this mission but it won’t take long. SO   -   ok, I understand… but don't dare to come back dead you hear?! Gaara  -  Jokes on you that wouldn´t be the first time- SO   -   -_-

Poor boy’s taijutsu isn´t the best either: Every time someone managed to come close and tried to hit with something that would suck his soul out/kill him - the attack landed. Honestly, the longer you are with this guy, the more likely you’ll see him with a chain coming from his stomach at least once. normal attack: *blocked by sand shield* Gaara: -_- strong attack: *blocked by sand shield* Gaara: -_- attack that´s faster than the sand: *exists* Gaara: O.O Recently in Boruto it hasn’t been much better: enemy: *is there* Gaara: *either get´s punched in the stomach so hard he get´s knoched out or manges to knock himself out* All in all - 10/10 reassuring partner ….feels fair that you’d also have a few assassins trailing you from time to time. Yet, unironically, I feel he’s still one of the ‘safer’ choices in the series…

dang, you think the elders would really do some shady stuff to get rid of an s/o they didn't like?

I don’t think it would be out of the realm of possibility, but only because of their past decisions and because Naruto is an extraordinarily dark universe.

Suna’s whole history is a calamity of bad decisions, so getting rid of an unwanted SO would be like junior level bad - like spitting on the sidewalk or cussing. 

Introducing:  

Let’s go deep into the horrible, twisted, and sometimes, bloodthirsty details of Suna’s past…

Tainted lineage: Folks often are under the assumption that the title of Kazekage is cursed since all individuals holding the title have been murdered, including Gaara.

Poverty Stricken Wasteland: By far the poorest of all the villages, Suna has always been the most vulnerable both in military strength and in resources; even relying on a fertile plot of land given by The Land of Fire to farm on.  

Dark Experiments: From transferring a tailed beast into a host, putting human souls in puppets, and bring the dead back to life *cough cough Gaara cough* Suna has gotten into the darker arts of experimenting.

Abuse of People Who Had no Say: Want to know how to treat someone fairly? Seal a demon inside of them while they’re still an infant, call them a Jinchuriki, imprison that person for life, tell them you hate him, and leave them to rot in a cell. Sorry Bunpuku…It only took them another 12 years after Gaara was born for them to figure out not to do that to people

Red Headed Demon: Fooled you! I’m not talking about Gaara, but Sasori, who joined the akatsuki aaaand by extension almost obliterated the whole world. Oh, and he also helped kill Gaara…A person who still hasn’t *yet* been born. 

No One to Call a Friend: Suna has had a bloody history with both Konoha and Iwagakure.

Traitor to the State: Due to the poor conditions of Suna, the Land of Winds own daimyo began outsourcing jobs to The Leaf Village instead of The Sand. This led to…

The Sealing of Shukaku (again): This led to Gaara’s tragic backstory; which also resulted in the death of Karura, other children getting hurt, the death of Yashamaru, the murdering of countless individuals including the Rain Village ninja in the Forest of Death; Dosu; those two gamblers before Gaara fought Sasuke. Arguably also *could’ve* led to the end of Lee’s career.

Absurd Assassinations: Gaara’s father tried to kill him 6 times, but Suna didn’t stop there. Be like Suna, never stop trying to reach your goal

Konoha Crush: By far the best arc in Naruto, so maybe not so bad? Also led to the death of Rasa, so again not so bad???

Daimyo Back at it: “Hey Daimyo the war is over, can we have money for hospitals for expecting mothers?”“Hmm…” said the Daimyo. “Have you ever just considered YEETING the children instead?”

Ask Your Grandparents: It appears that not only can they call for a person’s death, but they also have a say in who marrys who. Oh, and for some reason they have a hard time separating personal and professional life; often using village resources for their own gain. At least they want what’s best for their village…I think….Now I’m not so sure.

As always, thank you for your ask. I truly believe that the slimy bastards who were running Suna wouldn’t have even bat an eye at killing someone they didn’t approve of.

Not to mention that the Elder’s don’t often work together. Most of them probably have a lot of money and have enough resources to make a very convincing “accident” happen…And it would be a very well kept secret. After all, is there really a secret if no one else know what really happened?  

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I have to say I’m in love with all your analyses of Gaara, please keep it up! I decided to add my own two cents for once: My headcanon is that Gaara is demi.

He doesn’t seem very inclined towards anyone (besides his affection for naruto and worry for those under his protection) in the show. In the novel (if we are to count that as canon) he even admits to himself that he “doesn’t understand how this relationship of a ´family´ differs from the relationship between ´man and woman´.” after discussing Temari’s upcomming wedding - indicating that, at least at that point, he doesn’t seem to understand romantic relationships. It just makes the most sense for me that he would (at least) need to develop a close bond with someone first before he could consider them in THAT way (if at all). When meeting the woman he’s supposed to marry he describes how she’s very beautiful but ends with: “That was Gaara’s honest first impression. There was no affection, or wicked thoughts. It was a specialty of his to look at things without preconceptions.” - *how ever you could interpret that … maybe it’s the fan translation but to me it always sounded like he felt the need to point out that he recognized her as conventionally beautiful but didn’t feel attracted to her in ´that´ way after just meeting her. Overal, he seems to take time to open up/show his vulnerable side to others so it would make sense that, if he was demi, he woudn’t have found a partner in Boruto considering his position and how he always puts his duties first. I definitely agree with you that I’m very happy he wasn´t forced into a random marriage in Boruto just for the sake of having a child. Of course, he could just be ace - but deep down I kind of want him to find love in the romantic sense, he definitely deserves to be loved by as many people as possible. - rambling over

Assuming gaara was interested in romance, do you think he'd be straight/gay/bi? there seems to be a big debate in the fandom

My answer to this is controversial and yet it is the hill I will die on. 

Firstly, I want to say that I don’t think this is a fair question for me to answer, because I feel like my opinion would be based on what I identify as, which is straight (certainly helps my self-insert fan fics lmao). 

But if I had to choose one based of evidence: 

I do have reason to believe that Gaara would be straight, simply because he seems a little less inclined to kill women, and has demonstrated a more tender side towards them; albeit not by a large margin. Furthermore, if you consider the novel to be canon, he does admit to himself that Hakuto and Shajima are “beautiful.” I also believe that given how ridiculously outmoded and barbaric the Naruto universe appears to be, I think that being gay would be a big taboo for someone in the position of Kazekage.

Thanks to the novel, the “Kazekage bloodline” is apparently this super important, irreplaceable biological necessity for Suna; meaning that if Gaara came out as gay, he would be criticized harshly. Actually, it would probably risk his whole career, and probably at the hands of the same shitty elders that have been ruining his life the whole time. That being said, things seem to be becoming more liberal in the universe, such as Temari being able to marry Shikamaru.  

Hey if anyone wants a fan fic idea: I feel that there’s this huge push for LGBTQ+ to be widely accepted in fiction, and the demand of such characters has increased, and rightfully so. However, I also think that this would be an interesting plot line for a fan fic, especially for Gaara. You have an individual who lived his whole life barred to strict guidelines, and when he realized he’s gay, would he tolerate having that be frowned upon by the old-fashioned thinking of his village’s elders? I don’t think he would. Just like how he fought for Shira to be a ninja (HI HO FILLER) even though he only had taijutsu, I think Gaara would absolutely choose to fight the battle for LGBTQ+ rights. Love is love. Gaara will protect it, and I think that would be interesting to read.  

But what about Gaara’s status right now?

Well, I have a REALLY strong feeling that he’s facing the same reactions and criticism for being “taboo” due to him apparently being asexual/aromantic. I’m actually convinced that Shinki was intentionally written into the series, at least partly, to keep Gaara consistent with himself. I think that if Gaara didn’t just conveniently find a young boy who was 

in need of adoption and

conveniently held similar powers…

…Gaara would have been married off to some random woman, and it would’ve left a bad taste in my mouth, if I were being honest. Gaara chooses to remain single, and that’s perfectly fine by me. Just so long as it’s HIS choice, and not one made by (canonically) his elders or (in reality) some dumb writing. 

As for Gaara being gay, bi, pan or other:

My general rule of thumb is Gaara can be anything. Not only because it makes sense with some of his character traits, but also because I think that it is our right as fans to identify with characters how we see fit. If someone wants Gaara to be gay, have that sandy boi be gay. Want him to be bi? I guess he’s bi now. Want to set him up in a crack pairing with Dedaria or Zetsu or some random character from a different series?

Bold move, but go for it. 

Who am I to tell anyone how to identify with a character? It isn’t about being right or having evidence to prove his sexuality, it’s about enjoying the creativity that comes with identifying with the character.  

And here comes more controversy: I am grateful that we can never really be sure where Gaara stands in terms of sexuality, because the ambiguity is something we don’t see in a lot of characters. So many characters are written in canon as straight or gay or ace, but none are left intentionally open ended. I think this is a gift, because at the end of the day, YOU get to choose.

TL;DR: Fans get to choose NOT the writers of the series.

Edit: I also draw the line at any and all non-consensual relationships. Those are NOT COOL. NOT WITHIN HIS CHARACTER. NOT WELCOME ON THIS BLOG.