#Asknoeloftheresistence

[konohagakurekakashi]

"So Hang Me,I Did Punch Someone! Yes It was on your behalf,And They Absolutely deserved it!" ( From Sakura Haruno.)

The Jōnin sighed from where he was slumped against the doorway, hands coming up in mock surrender once the Kunoichi turned to level him with her fiery glower.

"Maa...maa...I'm not disputing that Sakura, but this is not about deserving or undeserving. He was still your teammate and commanding officer for this mission and though it warms my heart that you would want to protect your old Sensei's honour, there's nothing the guy could have said that I haven't heard before and it wouldn't do for you to tarnish your good mission record, for old village gossip, hmm?"

[musedbyalli]

"Happy Birthday Kakashi~Sensei!" (From,Sakura Haruno)

Link to Image: https://x.com/BrentonsArt/status/1695469563456921700

"For me?" Kakashi hadn't been expecting anyone to remember his birthday, and he certainly hadn't been expecting any presents. He accepted the present offered to him, smiling at the World's Best Sensei balloon.

He slowly began to unwrap it, somewhat awkwardly. "Thank you, Sakura."

[sineala]

Um,Excuse me in Layman's terms in seems like in a post regarding Civil War it says that Tony is willing to sacrifice lives,...they make it sound like he's willing to...Kill his friends or something!?Deep down I think that I know it isn't true, but anyway I hope that it wasn't meant to be written that way,Either way this question is meant purely beacause I Love him and I'm...seeking reassurance I guess!? 😢💔

I don't know what post you're talking about -- but I would say that that's more of a figure of speech for comics Civil War, because finding a solution that will preserve life is absolutely Tony's priority. He's willing to do a lot of bad things so that people won't end up dead. The things he is willing to do do in fact involve other people getting hurt -- but they're not dying.

(If it's my post, I don't remember writing a post like that, but I would say that "sacrifice lives" is being used as a metaphorical proxy for the other things he is willing to sacrifice (say, freedom), but the thing he is specifically not willing to sacrifice in CW is actual human life. So I hope I didn't write that, because that seems prone to misinterpretation, as you say. If it's not my post, then... that's not how I would put it and I'm not standing by that statement.)

I'd say that in other comics events we have evidence that Tony would in theory be willing to sacrifice others' lives for the greater good. I mean, in Hickmanvengers, specifically, he is participating in their incursion trolley-problem. He builds bombs to destroy the other Earths. When it comes down to it, of course, he can't pull the trigger, but I get the impression that, in theory, he'd say that he could sacrifice a small number of people to spare a larger number of people who would otherwise die by inaction. (He also can't actually do it, FWIW.) He's not an arms dealer anymore, no, but he's also not a strict pacifist; I think you could get him into a situation where he'd think that the best moral choice possible might involve someone dying. And there are definitely villains whose deaths he would condone -- I mean, that's what we get in Operation Galactic Storm. He has killed people. He's not proud of it, but he's willing to do it. (This is true of most superheroes, I would think.)

But in Civil War? The plans he makes are specifically to avoid getting other people killed. We find out his reasoning in Casualties of War and The Confession. He knew that the government had plans to run Project Wideawake -- the Sentinel program that is usually the thing the government tries to do to mutants -- with all superhumans as the target, and therefore he knew that if Registration happened, and Wideawake happened, a bunch of of people would die. So he gets in there and gets in charge of Registration and does a bunch of things that are really pretty terrible, like building prisons and imprisoning his friends who don't register. He does this because imprisonment is a better choice than death. Because if someone else runs Registration -- we know this canonically, from What If Civil War, where we see a world in which Gyrich runs Registration -- his friends are absolutely going to die. He very specifically picks the solution that doesn't involve killing them. He is willing to sacrifice their happiness and freedom and so on, and he's willing to do that because the other choice is sacrificing their lives. So I think in CW he is very specifically not willing to sacrifice lives. (Other than his own. There are a few statements he makes to Sentry in New Avengers that suggest he'd be fine with dying for the cause.)

And the thing that really messes him up is, as we find out in The Confession, that he does all of this to try to keep people safe and alive... and Steve dies anyway. The one person whose death he was most trying to prevent is the person who dies anyway. Granted, it's not his fault (even though he believes it is) and it's also not because of Registration (even though he possibly believes it is), but what really, really hurts him is Steve's death, because that was absolutely unacceptable to him. And it happened anyway.

So, yeah, no, in Civil War, I would say that life is the thing Tony is not willing to sacrifice, and that all the actions he takes are meant to preserve human life.

However, I must inform you that sometimes comics are bad and there are multiple comics where Tony does in fact straight-up kill his friends. It's just that none of those are Civil War.

Mostly it happens because Tony is under some form of mind-control, as in The Crossing, which is, incidentally, the worst comic book I have ever read and it's hard to say what he does or doesn't believe in it. But I think that we're supposed to think that all of the murders he commits are indeed at Kang's instigation.

And there is, unfortunately, Cantwell's recent Iron Man run, in which Tony, who is at the time addicted to morphine and making some very bad decisions, gets the Power Cosmic and murders Rhodey when Rhodey tries to stop him from taking over New York. This isn't a villain AU or anything. This is one of several reasons that this run is dead to me. So, uh, sometimes canon itself is OOC and can contradict things previously established in canon. This is a fun thing that can happen in comic books. I am using the word "fun" sarcastically.

[musesofchaos]

16. for a loving starter . ((Sasuke Uchiha from Sakura Haruno))

Pink. A pretty colour, it was. Soft, vibrant… a beautiful scenery in the spring as cherry blossom petals fluttered with the breeze.

Sasuke has concluded that pink is his favourite colour. Obsidian eyes watching carefully as his pale fingers runs through soft strands of hair. Looking down at the vintage like beauty that lay asleep beside him. A kind soul that to this day he still believed he didn’t deserve.

He watches quietly as her chest raises and falls, face soft and looking so peaceful. It’s selfish, he knows that he shouldn’t disturb her. But wants to see her smile, to see green eyes look up at him as they cutely blink away sleep.

The Uchiha leans down. Softly pressing a kiss to the kunoichi’s forehead. “Sakura…” His face is soft, barely above a whisper. “Are you awake?”

[kiigan]

starter call @asknoeloftheresistance

«It all depends on perspective,»

ㅤwhich was, likely, one of the most frequently-said sentences by genjutsu users. Because it was the truth. If beauty did lie in the eye of the beholder, then so did one's understanding of the world. Good and evil, right and wrong, much and few, all of these notions depended on the onlooker.

ㅤAll of this to sum up the current state of affairs: the alligator standing a few feet away from them, happily basking in the afternoon sun while snuggled up in the middle of Mikoto's flowers. Hopefully, his mother would forgive him for the emergency plan. It was either this or the koi pond and, at least here, no innocent fish risked being served for an early supper. Turning to Sakura, Itachi continued with a small smile now on his lips.

ㅤ«Though - I did not exactly ask you to come here to debate whether this animal's presence is a positive or negative thing. Rather, to ask if you have any idea how to care for this sort of reptile or if you know anybody who does.»

[minds-interlinked]

//@asknoeloftheresistance

"Sakura, come on, we're having a full spa day! We need a full relaxation day after all that training we've undergone!" Ino exclaimed to her best friend, holding up a paper for a free spa treatment, even specifying she could bring in a guest. "You'll join me, won't you?"

[thechaoticcform-archive]

"Forests and Sunflowers!" ((Titania to Oberon Smell Meme))

"I'm glad you like, my dear."

[themindfulcosmos--archived]

@asknoeloftheresistance​ liked for a one-liner~ (for Sakura)

“So tell me, what’s on your mind?”

[kikaichuno]

The sandwich is soon unwrapped and Shino takes a first bite of it. It's sweet, very sweet, it's probably going to spike his blood sugar and leave him hungry in the middle of the night... But it's better than not eating at all.

He raises a brow at Sakura's claim, the itch to correct her instantaneously becoming bigger than his need to stay quiet. "Wolverines won't do anything to you, why? Because one wolverine covers an immense territory by itself, making the odds of seeing one extremely small. Besides, they are intelligent animals, they avoid human contacts. Even if you venture deep in the woods, your chances of seeing one are near to zero percent."

Even someone who ventures in the forest daily might never see a wolverine in their entire life, one needs to be extremely lucky to meet one. Personally, the closest thing to a wild, ordinary wolverine Shino has seen was a giant one, which in his opinion, doesn't really qualifies. He takes a few other bites of the sandwich and before he realizes it, it's all gone. It seems he was hungry, after all.

"Thank you... I had lost track of time completely..."

"Good,Then I don't have to walk home on my own,In case of Wolverines!" Sakura smirked falling into quick step beside him despite her own previous physical and mental exertion,This was a joke of course, in order to distract Shino from his grief while at the same time not bringing up the subject it was the best she could do with what she was given. She wasn't even entirely sure Shino had too much of a sense of humor,Especially in contrast to Kiba. It was sort~of like dealing with Sai she imagined those two would get along extremely well! However she obviously did not know him very well. Alhough she did feel closer to most of her classmates after the chunin exams as she felt most of the others did at least to a certain extent,((though she hadn't particularly felt close to any of them back at the academy except for Ino,especially not Naruto!)) She did like them all well enough. Plus he had offered a significant bit of support in regards to Sasuke so it was only fair she returned the favor. She wondered if he thought that nobody had noticed. Overall However this was about compassion and supporting a fellow comrade so Sakura would do whatever she could...Though she was probably being more of a burden than anything as usual. It probably wasn't even enough,obviously she couldn't bring back whatever or whomever Shino had lost assuming that was the case. If she could her own teammates problems might've been solved a long time ago! She remembered Iruka Sensei's words to her "It doesn't matter if the things you do are big or small,what matters is how much you really care!" So once more she took that advice to heart,it was much better than doing nothing and she would absolutely leave if he asked her to! But at least for now..."I Hope your Friends like the fruit in that sandwich,I wouldn't know if insects have particular tastes but I suspect those are a nice blend of sweet and sour!" This was based on her knowledge of course.

[justicescreaming]

“Titania,” Mab greeted stiffly.  “Did you get turned around darling?  You’re in my realm now.  And I know you so rarely leave your own.”

@asknoeloftheresistance​

[musedbyalli]

"So Hang Me,I Did Punch Someone! Yes It was on your behalf,And They Absolutely deserved it!" (To Kakashi Hatake From Sakura Haruno.)

Kakashi sighed. Although he was appreciative that his former student stood up for him, he couldn't really encourage her punching others whom were supposed to be considered comrades.

"You know why that's a problem, right?" Of all of the members of Team 7 that could've punched someone, it had to be the one that was trained by Lady Tsunade. "Your punches tend to be more dangerous than a typical shinobi's." A compliment to her strength, although it was a valid point he was trying to make.

[sineala]

Happy Birthday! ((I Just found out)) Here's Hoping I Don't drive you crazy! Lol XD

Thank you for the birthday wishes! (It was Friday!)

Great action figures!

[kikaichuno]

It seems Sakura caught up with his intentions already.

"Surprisingly, Akamaru loves Kusaya." An interesting discovery he made a few weeks ago. "Which means there will be no collateral damage to my scheme. In fact, I will be gaining Akamaru's affection in return." Shino always loves receiving this dog's love, he's always felt closer to animals than to humans. Animals don't need him to talk to understand his intentions.

"You Are Devious !" Sakura exclaimed already suspecting his intentions. Obviously she herself felt no appeal in regards to the consumption of salty fermented fish. It was however,a clever way to keep idiots, especially such of the variety of Kiba's in line. It was something she was more than familiar with by now! Not only was Kiba considered a "dead last" along with Naruto at the academy they obviously shared kindred spirits. It seemed Sakura would never stop being reminded the lesson of keeping things in balance. There were definitely instances which required the power of the mind over that of the fist! "No doubt Akamaru will be having a howl himself over the display!" After all,though fish was mostly considered a Felines dish,It certainly wasn't unheard of for Dogs Either.

[minds-interlinked]

"I want to be perfect like all of your other friends." ((From Sakura to Ino childhood))

Tom Odell Prompts - [[ @asknoeloftheresistance ]]

"Sakura, there's no such thing as perfection. Besides, you're amazing just the way you are." Ino countered. "You shouldn't have to change yourself for anyone, nor feel the need to. You just need a little more confidence is all."

[thechaoticcform-archive]

"♦" (Oberon,Titania)

"Wife."

[themindfulcosmos--archived]

@asknoeloftheresistance // Continued from [here]

"Well... It’s mine now.” She joked, smiling at her best friend. “In all seriousness though, I know I can always count on you to have my back... and while I know you can defend yourself just as well, that doesn’t mean I won’t go on ahead and try to protect you anyway. You mean a lot to me, Sakura.”