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h8ani · 6 months ago

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Sasuke Uchiha x Reader

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Warnings - smut, angry sex, public sex, fear of getting caught, hair pulling, angst, slight paranoia, kinda non-canon structures (its been a long time since i watched naruto tbh so disregard the village not being exactly how the anime is), oral - male receiving, face fucking, gagging, degradation, penetrative sex, fem!reader, choking, reader is described to be wearing a dress in this chapter, there’s a voyeur

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Part One → Part Two → Part Three → Part Four

It’s been a few days since the last time Sasuke was over. You’re used to the silence in between his visits; it’s become second nature to go days, even weeks, without seeing him, and the radio silence between each time he visits has become more common than the last.

It doesn’t bother you. It does. You could really care less. Sasuke has been the only thing that’s been on your mind. You absolutely hate him. You feel…conflicted.

Limbs tangled with one another, all you could hear were the heavy breaths that escaped both of your lips, your body rising and falling every time Sasuke took in a deep breath as you laid on top of him, his hands dancing along the skin of your back so featherlight it almost tickled.

Neither of you had uttered a word, just basking in the feeling of touching the other’s skin; the warmth radiating off each other’s body heat brought a sense of familiarity that you couldn’t quite pinpoint just why you felt most comfortable in his arms. You mentally shook the thought away; there was no need to focus on that. Your mind had already cleared up from the sex fog he had put you under and had started to race with a million different things that you wanted to bring up to him. Why did he do what he did? When was he going to leave again? He’s going to leave right away, don’t be stupid. When were you going to see him again? Why did he leave in the first place? You wanted to bring up so much, but you couldn’t brush off this feeling that something was about to happen, as if the rainstorm you were caught up in earlier today was a warning of a disaster brewing and about to happen.

“What’s wrong,” Sasuke spoke up, his words sounding more like a statement than a question. His eyes were trained on you, making your stomach involuntarily tighten with their intensity. He had been focusing on the multitude of expressions that had graced your face within the last minute; you were completely oblivious to his stare; somehow, he wanted to blame the sex for your lack of inattentiveness and not the fact that you may feel safe around him, no it couldn’t be that. Being distracted has nothing to do with him and everything to do with you being incompetent. Yeah, that’s it.

Your eyes met his, and before he knew it, your eyes lit up, a small smile appeared, and a simple shake of the head erased any form of contemplation he had previously seen. “Nothing.” You quickly say, “Just thinking.” Bullshit

“About what?” He interjects, his hands that were once dancing lightly across your back were now holding your hips, gripping ever so slightly.

“Just thinking, random thoughts, it doesn’t matter.”

“If it doesn’t matter, then you can tell me.”

Huffing a sigh, you stare back at him, his emotionless pools of black not letting you get a read on him, yours: uncertainty. “You won’t answer me even if I ask.”

He raises and sits up, causing you to reposition yourself in an upright position as well; your eyes stay trained on him as his stare hardens, almost as if what you just said offended him somehow. His eyes glance into yours as if he needs to be wary now. “I’m not answering anything about why I’m back in the village or why I left.” He blurts out quickly, a scoff following soon after. “You know you can’t say anything about seeing me. Don’t go blabbing about it to any of your little friends, or I won’t be coming back.” His stare solidifies as your jaw drops ever so slightly; the hardened look he’s giving you makes your chest tighten, and your body rises in temperature.

Sasuke sees your expression fall ever so slightly before you catch yourself and, in turn, sends the signature scowl he’s grown accustomed to back in his direction. Your eyes narrow while you sit up straighter, the discarded sheet on the bed now pulled tightly to your chest, and he curses at the way that made his stomach clench. He doesn’t care if you’re mad at him, but he can’t lie and say he didn’t want to ruin your two’s good momentum today. The sex was great, and he wanted to leave on what would be considered a good note for the both of you.

“I think you should go,” you say simply. You avert your glare and decide to stare at the wall instead, avoiding his eyes. “You know where the door is.” Ouch.

He rubs his face and sighs. “Look, you don’t get-”

“I don’t care, Sasuke. Like I said, it didn’t matter. So why don’t you just leave? I never saw you, and I’m not going to tell any of my “little friends.”

You sigh and throw the blankets off you, quickly grabbing your clothes and slamming your bathroom door shut.

Your throat tightened from the moment you got up, wanting to get away from him from the very moment he opened his stupid mouth. You take a slow, deep breath and let it out; the tightness in your throat drops to your stomach. Why would he even snap like that? What gives him the right to think he could speak like that to you? You miff another sigh out as the conflict in you bubbles up even more with the thoughts running rampant. How stupid could you be for thinking he actually could’ve been somewhat of a nice human being after today?

Your thoughts were quickly silenced by the sound of your front door opening and closing, the door shutting louder than necessary. Fucking asshole.

You shake your head to rid yourself of your thoughts as you look at yourself in the mirror, you fix your hair and check over your outfit in the mirror, quickly doing a little 360 in your mirror. Everyone had decided that tonight was a good night to hang out and have some drinks as no one had any missions for tomorrow, so there was no need to worry about any impending hangovers.

You changed into a nice dress that fell mid-thigh; it was form-fitting and casual enough that you didn’t overdress or underdress with it. You pulled your hair into a high ponytail and just enough makeup to cover any eye bags that were more prominent than usual, no less from your sleepless nights thinking about he-who-shall-not-be-named-or-thought-of. You looked yourself over in the mirror and smiled. You felt pretty tonight, and it was nice not constantly to be in work mode for once.

The stressors from work and the expectations you always got from everyone took a toll on your body more than you would have liked. You were expected to never make any mistakes and always be three steps ahead, and it was simply a lot. Was it fair? Probably not, but it was also what you got for being a perfectionist at such a young age. You gave everyone expectations where you could only rise instead of fall. If you fell, everyone would know, and you just couldn’t have that.

You leave your apartment and make your way down to meet your friends. The air had a slight chill to it as the sun was finally setting, but something along with the chill was bothering you. You couldn’t brush off the feeling that someone was watching you.

Your feet skid to a halt as you spin, eyes cascading along the rooftops of the buildings around you. Your breathing picks up as your heart begins beating, and you feel every thump as your anxiety spikes. You internally curse yourself for being so stupid as not to even bring a single shuriken with you. For god’s sake, you could’ve popped one in your purse just for safekeeping. The anxiety you feel is derived from being paranoid, and you have to remind yourself no one is watching you and that it’s just your own mind playing tricks on you. You take a deep breath as you hear a name call out to you; turning back around, you see Shikamaru and Choji waving you over. You speed walk over to them, swallowing down the feeling of someone’s eyes on you. Was Sasuke here again? You wouldn’t expect him to be over so soon after the fight you two had just days ago. He’s never over this soon after he leaves anyway. Usually, it takes weeks for him to come over, sometimes even months. Although his eyes being the ones you’ve felt had to have been it, there’s no other explanation.

The buzz of the alcohol was finally settling in; once you got inside, you decided you needed a tiny little shot to calm your nerves and anxieties, then another once all your friends arrived and wanted to take a group shot, and now here you are ordering your third. You’re a lightweight, no shock about that, and feeling a bit dazed as you stare at the shot of alcohol sitting in front of you. You’re so zoned out, not even realizing the presence of someone taking the seat next to you at the bar table.

“You look nice tonight.” A familiar voice catches your ear, and you turn, seeing Shikamaru next to you. A sudden rush of heat hits you as you stare back at him. “Oh, T-Thank you.” You stutter out and mentally smack yourself. You divert your attention back to your shot glass, suddenly remembering how intriguing it was just two seconds ago.

Suddenly, hearing the sound of glass scraping against the bar table, you look up and see a similar shot in Shikamaru’s hand. “Cheers?” He holds up his shot glass, waiting for you to do the same. A small chuckle leaves you as you hold yours up and clink your glass with his. “Cheers.”

You knock back the shot, grimacing over the familiar burn down your throat and the fuzzy feeling deep in your stomach. You sigh and slump back against your seat as you look at Shikamaru. “You look nice too, I think I forgot to compliment you back.”

He chuckles, “Thanks, I didn’t really know what to wear. I wanted to come in sweats and a hoodie, but Ino just about had a conniption when I mentioned that.”

“Oh, don’t lie, you didn’t even want to come to this.”

“And you did?”

“Well, you got me there, didn’t you?”

Laughter fills the air around you two as you continue to talk about past missions, the latest drama you’ve heard around the village, and even as mundane as the midnight snacks you two have had, you were actually…enjoying yourself; the thought of Sasuke had been dissipated like the rain that had come and gone from the prior days. Listening to Shikamaru talk was something you found yourself rather enjoying. Still, maybe that’s just the alcohol in your veins talking. Yeah, that was definitely it. “So, what’s new with you?” Shikamaru asks, his eyes finding yours, and the sudden tightness is once again back, whether that being because the only thing that seems to be ‘new’ in your life was Sasuke and every little defiling and obscene moment between you two replayed again in your head or because you actually might be liking the attention Shikamaru is giving you the world will never know.

“Ah, you know. Lots of training, lots of missions, lots of-”

“Staying in your apartment all day and night?”

You quirk an eyebrow up at him, lips slowly following suit. “Shikamaru Nara, are you stalking me?” An indiscernible giggle leaves your lips, which shocks not only you but also him. You can see the pink rising to his cheeks at your minor faux accusation; his eyes widen, and his hands immediately come up to defend himself. “No, I just hear Ino constantly nagging at me to hang out with her, that’s how I know. I don’t stand out of your window or anything like that. Do you know how much time and energy that takes? Do you know-”

“Shikamaru?”

“What?”

“I was joking.”

“Oh.”

“You know, for someone with an IQ higher than a tree, you’re kinda dumb.”

“You know what…Shut up.”

The air around you as you step outside drops a few degrees, causing you to shiver despite the multiple shots you had earlier. Glancing around, you notice how barren the pathways are and how barren the town seems. You glance back over your shoulder to see that Shikamaru is already on his way with his teammates, all drunk themselves, as you see them stumbling against each other.

Your apartment isn’t far from where you are, so you, in turn, make your way down the path. Bad idea. The more you walk, the more you regret that last shot you took and every single life choice you seem to have made tonight because the line you had been walking in had slowly turned into a wave, making you plant your hand on the building beside you. “Just a little more, and I’m almost home.” You blow out a sigh before taking another step forward. Looking up, your body freezes as you see a rock fly past you and fall to the floor to your right. Your senses come to realize that someone is near as you stare at the rock. The alcohol has slowed your reflexes because you’re yanked backward, a scream bubbling up in your throat. Still, before you can release it, a hand is clasped over your mouth, and you get dragged in between the two buildings down the small alleyway.

You begin kicking back and screaming into the hand, fighting as you’re dragged back further into the small space between the two buildings, your front pressed against the wall and the chills finding their way back up your spine once you hear his voice. “How stupid could you be?” His voice is loud in your ear, hand still firm against your mouth, not allowing you to utter a word. “Walking home drunk is one thing, but what the fuck are you wearing?” He seethes. Your dress is already riding up higher on your thighs, just below your ass, due to being pressed between the wall and the man himself. It took all of one big gust of wind to blow it up or one perverted old man to ‘drop’ something of his to catch a look up your dress. The anger that welled up in his chest was undeniable as he pushed off of you and spun you around to slam you harder into the wall itself. Your eyes caught him scanning over you; his already dark eyes seemed even darker tonight. The dress you wore hugged every inch of you perfectly, and it drove him madder seeing it hiked up higher than intended, all thanks to him. One more inch, and he could see the little lace thong he knew you were wearing. He finds your eyes and tsks at the dumbfounded look you gave him; just how stupid were you?

“Sasuke-”

“Shut up and get on your knees.” He cuts you off, hands gripping your arms and tugging you down until you plop down on your knees. The dirt underneath you digs uncomfortably into your skin. You look up, pupils dilated as you stare up at the ravenette. “Unless you want us to be caught, I suggest you not utter a single noise.” Without warning, Sasuke pushes two fingers past your lips and into your mouth, pumping the digits like they were his cock until they were soaked with your own spit. “I suggest you act right, given your circumstances.” He speaks, and your eyes narrow up at him; the urge to clamp your teeth on his fingers threatens to come to fruition, but you can’t ignore the subtle throb in between your legs. “Suck.” He says while pushing his fingers deeper and tugging his pants down with his other hand, pulling down the material along with his underwear, allowing his cock to spring out. You could feel yourself salivate just looking at him, wanting to trade his fingers for his cock against your better judgment. He presses his fingers down harder against your tongue, causing you to gag and choke on saliva; you can hear the snicker that comes from him as he watches you trying to quieten your coughing spout.

His hand threads into your hair, messing up your almost perfect ponytail, the grip burning your scalp as he pulls you forward, knees dragging against the ground while the tip of his cock presses against your wet lips, his precum smearing across them in an almost erotic way that Sasuke doesn’t think he could last by just looking at you.

You drop your jaw open while he pushes his cock past your lips, enveloping himself in the warmth that is your mouth. The grip on your hair grants you nothing but pain as his hips begin to move to their own rhythm, his cock hitting farther back than the last thrust. You try your best to breathe through your nose as he fucks your face to his liking; maybe if your mind weren’t so focused on Sasuke being here, cock down your throat and his eyes watching you so meticulously, you’d have the nerve to push back, make him slow down, maybe even explain why he knew you were out with your friends in the first place and not at home.

Tugging you even tighter, Sasuke pushes your head until your nose is brushing against his stomach; your throat tightens as he effectively pushes each inch into your throat. “You feel me? Do you think that Shikamaru could ever stretch your throat out like I do? He might as well try something with you seeing how fucking drunk you were tonight.” His hips rock forward until his dick hits further back into your throat. You choke around him, drool effectually spilling past your lips and down your chin.

Eyes squeezing shut, you sputter another cough, which turns into a gag around his length. A disapproving noise is heard from him as he pulls away, allowing you to take in deep breaths. As you open your eyes, you see him crouched down in front of you, a look one can only describe as displeasure. “How stupid could you be?” he says, slightly shaking his head before he speaks again. You’re supposed to be better than them.”

“Better than-”

Crack!

“Naruto! You idiot!” You gasp as you hear the rest of your friends walking down and getting closer to the alleyway you were in. They must’ve just now left the bar you all were at; this isn’t good; you need to leave; they can’t see you like this. You pull farther away from Sasuke as you see them pass the opening between the two buildings, all of them stumbling and unknowingly passing you as they walk.

Another tsk leaves his mouth as he shoves you forward; you catch yourself on your hands while grimacing at the sting that travels through the skin of your knees. You feel his hands positioning himself behind you, all while pushing your dress up to your hips and pulling your thong to the side. Suddenly feeling every bit of alcohol drain from your system, you become hyper-aware of what is really happening; you jolt forward, and before you can spin around to ask him what he thinks he’s doing, you’re yanked back by your hair, back arching to the point where you’re staring straight into his eyes. “Make sure to be quiet, or else everyone is going to see how much you love taking my cock.” A deep chuckle vibrates through him. “What would they think when seeing you on all fours in an alley? Perfect little (y/n) crying from how good my cock makes her feel; how would you ever live that down? You think Shikamaru would ever give you the slightest bit of attention after that?”

Letting go of your hair, a knee between your thighs pushed them further apart while you balanced yourself on your hands. The itching feeling that someone could see or be watching from a distance burns brighter than the pain in your knees. The swollen tip of his cock prods your already glistening entrance; you bite down on your lip to stop any form of a whine from slipping out. You swallow down the nerves as his hand leaves your hair to slip around your throat; the silent plea that he wouldn’t make this difficult left the moment his hips slammed into yours, his hand tightening on your throat, restraining the scream that threatened to bubble out. He gave you no time to adjust, his hand leaving your throat and falling to your waist, fingers digging into your flesh so tight as he slammed into you that you knew bruises would be there by morning.

You can’t help but glance up, fearing that any of your friends could leave the bar at any time and pass by, seeing you in the most compromising position you feel like you’ve been in. The subtle feeling that there’s a pair of eyes on the two of you grows larger while you scan around. No one has passed by the entrance, and this feeling could only be explained by you being scared of getting caught.

Sasuke’s breathy grunts found your ears, and a pang of alarm shot right through you as he was the one making noise. The subtle sound of skin slapping skin makes you even more fearful. The coil in your stomach is already winding tight; the quieter you have to become, the more your pussy grips him. You clench around him, pussy squeezing for dear life. Your nails dig into the ground beneath you, knuckles turning white.

“Oh, God…” You pant, dropping your head down between your shoulders. The sounds of everyone’s voices can be heard in the distance, and you try desperately to focus on anything other than the impending orgasm that’s slowly building up.

Sasuke shifts, bringing his hand in between your legs and fingers quickly to find your clit, rubbing quick little circles. You bite down hard on your lip, the silvery taste of metallic dancing on your tongue from allowing the moan that threatened to escape. No, You won’t give him the satisfaction of making you cum, especially this fast. You grab his hand to stop his fingers and feel his hand that was once placed on your waist slide across your skin and reach back up to your throat, drawing your back flush to his chest, knees digging deeper into the gravel on the ground and seemingly reaching deeper within you, a desperate whine left your lips as your eyes faintly rolled back. “Stop me from making you cum, and I swear to god, you’re going to regret it.” He growls while tightening his grip on your throat and bringing his other hand back to your clit. His hips snapped into you even deeper while he assaulted your clit. You struggle to gasp as the coil in you snaps; your body shakes as you lean back into him more, pushing him even deeper that you swear you see stars. You spasmed as you dug your nails into the hand that held your throat while he continued to pound into you.

He was chasing his own release, and the way he felt like you two would be caught at any moment spurred him on even more. He knew tonight was a lot, even on his standards of fucking you, but the way your pussy was fluttering around him, the deeper he got, and the rougher he became, he couldn’t stop. Your walls clenched around him, climax dragging out as your pleasure was heightened as he fucked into you; your name tumbled off of his lips before he bit into your shoulder, muffling the sinful moan he released as he came. You both fell forward, barely catching yourselves before hitting the ground, with heavy breaths syncing with one another while you catch your wit on what you two just did.

The feeling of someone watching you never did go away.

The angry pair of eyes attached to the redhead at the back end of the alleyway never left you two, either.

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ecargmura · 5 months ago

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Wind Breaker Episode 11 Review - New Day, New Classmates

I’m a little confused. Tsugeura’s little motto revolves around the word “virtue”. In the manga, it’s virtue. The subtitles call it virtue as well, but I’ve seen some subs use “aesthetics.” What is the accurate word? A moot on Twitter says that the accurate word should be “aesthetics”. Virtue means a behavior showing high moral standards while aesthetics means a particular theory or connection to beauty or art. My moot told me that the word Tsugeura uses is actually more associated with aesthetic rather than virtue. I don’t know…. For now, I’ll just call it virtue since that’s what the subtitles say, but if they switch it to aesthetics or something, I’ll use that.

Anyways, it’s a new day, the fourth to be exact, and Sakura meets two new classmates. The first is Taiga Tsugeura who likes to talk about virtue, is a gym bro, and is an all around himbo. He speaks in Kansai dialect, by the way. While he’s a nice guy, he lacks personal boundaries, which is why everyone avoids him. Sugishita’s face says it all. Fortunately, Sakura, Suo and Nirei are nice enough to hang out with him after school. Tsugeura is a macho guy, but he’s surprisingly goofy and sensitive. While he doesn’t get along with Kiryu, he doesn’t let that bother him. He’s very funny, honestly. I think he brings a good dynamic to the group as the optimist in a way. His fighting style centers around wrestling with the way he did a German suplex to one of those scrubs.

Tsugeura’s voice actor actually surprised me. He’s voiced by Kengo Kawanishi. You might know him as Muichiro from Demon Slayer and Roland Fortis from The Case Study of Vanitas. Why I was surprised was because I normally associated with him quiet pretty boys, but remembering that he voiced Roland, he has the capability to go loud and dumb too. Also, another thing that surprised me about him was that Kawanishi always sounded like he could be Akira Ishida’s successor in terms of range and tone, but the voice he uses for Tsugeura makes him sound like Noriaki Sugiyama who you might know as the voice of Sasuke Uchiha from Naruto and also voiced Muichiro’s dad who appeared in the third season of Demon Slayer. Kawanishi’s range is seriously killer.

The second of the new classmates is Mitsuki Kiryu. He’s rumored to be from a rich family with the way he went to a rich kid’s school during junior high. His past sounds very interesting if he chose to rebel and went to Fuurin; I’m super curious as much as I am curious about Suo’s past. Kiryu is practically the total opposite of Tsugeura in every way. He respects people’s boundaries, especially girls’, but is rather effeminate compared to the macho himbo Tsuge-chan. He’s also a huge phone addict as he was first seen in episode 2 playing with his phone. I do wonder if he has a hamburger case alongside the hotdog case. His fighting style sort of reminds me of the Gentle Fist style from Naruto, especially with the way it focuses on deflecting as Kiryu deflects his opponents and sends them flying to his allies.

Kiryu’s voice actor is Toshiyuki Toyonaga. It’s been a while since I last heard Toyonaga voice a rather effeminate character. I actually really like his acting a lot! He has so much range that his voice is so hard to detect because he sounds so different in whatever anime he’s in. If you’re curious on what roles he had done in the past, some examples include Yuuri Katsuki from Yuri on Ice, Kazuki Kurusu from Buddy Daddies and Nayuta Yatonokami from Paradox Live. All three of those roles sound different, yet they come from the same person. Amazing, isn't it? I love how Toyonaga gives Kiryu a boyish voice; that tone is so cute.

The fighting scene in the anime was well-animated! All three have such distinct styles, but it meshes so well together. Heck, even Suo gets to be a part of the fight, despite him being at the back protecting Nirei and the girl Kiryu saved and only fighting when mooks try to run towards the back. I really like the part where Sakura is flipping around after Tsugeura throws in a punch and then Kiryu deflects a guy towards him.

The episode is also has some development towards Sakura as he gets new fighting allies in Tsugeura and Kiryu and even gets five new contacts in his phone. He’s the most chronically offline teenager, and he’s even slowly adjusting to the teen life by attempting to participate in group chats and stuff. I hope that Sakura becomes an expert at instant messaging by the time the story ends.

The episode ends with the second years coming to Sakura’s class in order to pick a Group Captain. What is a group captain? It’s like a top of the class or something. Suo volunteers Sakura to be captain. What happens next will be shown next week. However, the second years showing up is great because Enomoto is hilarious with the way he rolls his R’s. Can you believe that he’s voiced by Taishi Murata, who voices Pieyon from Oshi no Ko? Crazy, right? That’s the third voice actor with crazy range in this episode. Also, this is the introduction to Kaji but I’ll talk more about him next week as he’ll finally talk. I can’t wait to see people’s reaction to Kaji. He’s such a great character.

There are two more episodes left. With how popular this show is in the Japanese fanbase, I wouldn’t be surprised if a second season will be announced; I certainly want it. What are your thoughts on this episode and are you also wanting a season two like I am?

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belit0 · 1 year ago

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Itachi x reader age gap? Where yn is Sasuke's friend

For legal reasons, let's say that both sasuke and the reader are already 18 mkay?🤠🤠🙌🏻

(Y/N) sits on the ground in the same forest they used to practice in all those years ago, leaning on her arms and boredly watching Sasuke perform that kunai trick he had worked so hard to learn. It seems like yesterday when he was complaining to her about how his older brother ignored him, claiming that he was probably afraid he was better than him or would surpass him.

Paradoxically, the second strongest Uchiha in the entire nation finds himself obsessed with a stunt he managed to master years ago, having learned more grandiose and powerful techniques, but unable to stop executing this skill in his spare time for being attached to the past.

Finally, and after passing the age of fifteen, Itachi had deigned to tell him how to do it, and since then, he never stopped demonstrating it in front of everyone with pride. (Y/N) observes, for the eighth time, just to please him, but the thought never leaves her mind.

It's been a while since she last crossed paths with her childhood sweetheart, this one now being a busy Jonin with his new little team of Genins, and no time to waste. He also stepped up as leader of the Uchiha clan, his family's demand for him being immense. He had declined the position of Hokage, urging either Shisui or Kakashi should be the ones to take the position, preferring to teach the younger ones.

Uchiha Itachi became a figure to admire and respect, a proper man, who manages to make her salivate just thinking about his eyes, his hair, his hands, the way his abdomen is-.

"(Y/N)! What the fuck dude! Did you even see how I did it?" A kunai lands right next to her, and the surprise of a sudden threat awakens her from her fantasies. Sasuke, dressed in his ANBU gear, looks at her with one hand on his waist and tilting his face to the side, analyzing her expressions.

"You finally mastered it, Sasuke."

They both look in the same direction, the Uchiha turning his head and (Y/N) looking up towards the man sitting on a branch of the tallest tree, watching the interaction from above. Itachi smiles at his younger brother, and jumps down to the ground, joining the interaction.

"I got the hang of this a while ago, nii-san, what do you even mean?"

"Your movements were still jerky, too much wrist, too much momentum... you're doing better."

"Shut the fuck up." Humiliated Sasuke folds his arms, as a sheepish smirk escapes him and walks in the opposite direction, having decided his display concludes "Let's go, (Y/N). Our mission is almost begun."

The younger Uchiha disappears into the foliage, and when she feels he is far enough away to not hear the interaction she plans to have with his older brother, she gets up from the ground and proceeds with the heavy weapons.

"So, Itachi... you're looking good today..." The Jonin stops looking at the spot where the ANBU disappeared, and focuses his attention on her. With a half smile, he looks down at her from his height, long hair flowing in the unrestrained breeze.

"Why are you blinking like that with your eyes? Is everything ok (Y/N)?" He asks, in a mixture of sarcasm and affection. He folds his arms in front of her, and waits for her to speak, not needing to say anything.

"That was supposed to be a wink!" (Y/N) brings her hands to her face, inadvertently knocking the ANBU mask that hangs over the top of her head like a hat and causing it to fall to the ground.

"It must be hard with your sense of direction, never being able to find your way to a decent pickup line." Itachi picks it up for her, handing it over and smiling with genuine tenderness. He appreciates the girl's efforts, but she is still his brother's best friend.

"Come on, Itachi, help me out a little..."

"Next time, (Y/N)" He taps his forehead with two fingers, and instantly disappears.

She stands frozen in place, unable to believe the Uchiha deigned to touch her, the same gesture he has for his younger brother, and this must mean he loves her, right? Yeah... sure.

#itachi uchiha x reader #uchiha itachi x reader #itachi x reader #uchiha itachi #itachi uchiha #itachi #sasuke uchiha #uchiha sasuke #naruto imagines #naruto shippuden #naruto #uchiha clan #naruto x reader #everyone lives au #everyone lives/nobody dies #sasuke

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fabuloustrash05 · 7 months ago

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Courting a Salamandrian FAQ

Just some common questions I’ve received regarding my RaMona fanfic that I decided to answer all in a singular post.

“What inspired you to write this story?”

I’ve always loved Raph x Mona, since we were first introduced to this ship back in 2015. Around that time I was in high school and one night I had a dream about Raph and Mona getting married. The dream was so vivid and had so many details down to the guests who attended, the wedding decorations, to what the couple was wearing. I was so amazed by that dream, I just had to write it. I originally planned to only write the wedding, which I thought was only going to be around 5 chapters, but as I kept working on the first draft, I realized I wanted to also add a proposal scene. Then when I started working on that, I decided I wanted to add more to the proposal, like when he realized he wanted to marry her etc, asking Sal for his blessing, etc. but as I kept going my brain suddenly went “Wait… let’s add drama!” And the rest was history.

"When does the story take place?"

About 4 years after the S5 episode When Worlds Collide. Raph and Mona have been together for 5 years by the start of the fanfic.

"How old are Raph and Mona Lisa?"

In the beginning of the story Raph is 23 and Mona is 24. By chapter 19, they are 24 and 25. By the epilogue they are 38 and 39.

“What made you decide to make Bishop the villain in this story?”

Bishop was already a canon hater of RaMona, as we saw in When Worlds Collide he was very against the idea of Mona staying on Earth, so I decided to explore that more.

Also 2012 Bishop was my introduction to the overall character. After I learned that he is supposed to be a villain in other iterations like the 2003 series, it just supported my concept even more! I wanted to explore Bishop becoming the villain he was known to be in other versions.

"What is the relationship status of the other couples that appear in C.A.S. (ex: apritello, renetangelo, etc.)?"

Donnie and April are dating, they've been together for 4 years.

Mikey and Renet are together but they are not expecting a full commitment from one another. Basically friends with benefits.

Karai and Shinigami are dating (have been for a little over 4 years) and are living together back in Japan.

Slash and Alopex are crushing on one another, but are both in denial about their feelings.

Casey has a girlfriend that he just started dating by the time of chapter 19, her name is Gabrielle. If you are familiar with the mirage comics then you'll get this reference.

Leo is single and NOT ready to mingle.

"Why does Alopex have a kid in chapter 28?"

That was a reference to my TMNT 2012 OC, Sasuke! It was also a fun way to, I guess you could say, plant the seeds for future events with my TMNT 2012 future headcanon. Getting started on the next gen of TMNT lol

“Can we see a visual of what everyone wore to the wedding?”

Sure!

"Can I draw fanart based on your fanfic?"

YEEESSSSS PLEAAASSEEE!!! DO IT!!! All I ask is to please tag me for credit and also so I don't miss seeing it! <3

“Will there be a sequel?”

As of right now, no. I never really planned for a sequel or a second story, heck I didn’t even originally plan for this story to be 30 chapters long lol, but I would like to write some oneshots of married life RaMona along with moments with their kids. I’ve already written two so far: the two parter Family Vacation Gone Wrong and Once an Enemy Now a… Friend? (Though that one focuses more on Adult!Raph with one of his kids making a cameo). Feel free to check them out!

#courting a salamandrian #fabtrash fanfics #tmnt 2012 #tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt raphael #tmnt raph #tmnt raph 2012 #tmnt mona lisa #mona lisa tmnt #tmnt ramona #raphmona #raph x mona #tmnt leonardo #tmnt michelangelo #tmnt donatello #april o'neil #casey jones #tmnt karai

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lizajane2 · 4 months ago

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part 1 or shippuden?

Oh that’s tough for me. I have a deep love for both parts. They each have their own little moments and arcs that I enjoy. For example, I was starstruck with the fights like Kakashi vs Zabuza or Sasuke vs Gaara. I still think about Pain vs Naruto that SHIT was amazing. I loved Naruto as a character, he was rebellious and wild and wanted to prove everyone wrong.

The first part of Naruto has a special place in my heart, because it was the second anime i watched growing up as a kid. I have a lot of memories with my older brother and that was how we bonded. But as i got older I got into more anime shows like One Piece and Bleach and just never got around to rewatching it until now. Part 1 made me laugh and cry and taught me to cherish relationships.

Shippuden came out in 07 and i was all focused on One Piece at the time, like that anime consumes my life till this day. I didn’t watch shippuden until like two years later after its release. I enjoyed getting more interactions with the Akatsuki members, what their main goal was and who they were individually. Villains like that peaked my interest. I’m also gonna be selfish and say that i loved getting more content of Kakashi. And Naruto getting more time with him as his sensei. That was something I really wanted for Naruto.

I love both parts for very different reasons. I feel like there’s more world building in Shippuden than there was in part 1. But part 1 focused more on character growth and the friendship/rivalry between Naruto and Sasuke. I love their bond. You get to see where characters are going based on the impact Naruto has made on them personally. So I can’t really say which part of the series i favor. Just that i love it as a whole.

#anime #naruto #naruto shippuden #kakashi hatake #naruto uzumaki #sasuke uchiha #zabuza #pain nagato #akatsuki #gaara of the sand

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leportraitducadavre · 2 years ago

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I think canon did the Yamanaka, and thus Ino, dirty by necessity tbh. I don't like it, but also the show is mostly focused on front line combat and training for it. Which is the opposite of Yamanaka strengths, as a clan focused on spying, interrogation, conversion, and (in more gritty/dark fanon) seduction and subtle poison. If a Yamanaka is in a position where their skill is compared to a front line assault ninja, they've already failed, yknow? Their targets shouldn't even comprehend they're near a ninja. And I get why the show didn't focus on that, it was NARUTO Shippuden not INO Shippuden. But on that basis alone it's an unfair and futile comparison to set Ino up as Sakura's long term rival. If anyone it should've been Shizune, or more realistically Kabuto (and she ISNT Kabuto's equal, imo)

Hi there, I’m not at the moment replying asks and this might be unfair to some people that send me questions that I haven’t replied before (apologies), but I wanted to tackle this specific subject (Ino), as I don’t get that many asks about her.

I apologize, but I have to disagree with you, not on the fact that two-thirds of Team 7 focuses on frontal attacks (Naruto and Sakura -Sasuke, as Uchiha and a prodigy who also knows kenjutsu, can tackle pretty much any range of attack), and as the team with the most panel time they get pretty much highlighted throw out the series. Still, this manner of attack isn’t the story's primary focus.

The story in itself is about political warfare and the overall cruelties of the system, Sasuke -as an antagonist, it’s the main plot driver of the show (as are Obito, Nagato, and Orochimaru), and the main character that the narrative establishes as “the good ones” are reactors rather than causers.

Once this is established, I do agree that the show focuses mostly on front-line attacks as those are the ones the main duo (and some other fan favorites) possess, however, this manner of combat isn’t as relevant in the overall structure: Itachi and Nagato, for instance, rely on either genjutsu or upon their rinnegan and vast amount of chakra to control other people and perform their binding. Deidara fought against Sasuke while putting distance between them through his secret technique, and so on.

The relevance of such a style of combat is well established during the Chünin Exams: this type of approach is the most “spectacle-friendly” as it allows viewers to witness true carnage and visible consequences, cementing before the audience the overall military power of a village or a character –which is similar, if not equal, of how a shönen works for its audience.

However, it’s constantly highlighted, albeit secretly (as this portion of the tests isn’t shown to the rest of the civilian population as it lacks the “thrill” that combats possess and I’ll say some readers skipped it as they, too, liked to see displayed raw physical power, as that’s how most mainstream heroes are depicted, not having to think around their power shall it be more complicated than a powerful punch); the relevance of Information gathering skills, having an entire test dedicated to it: such exam, Sakura failed, as she never realized what the test was actually for. Ino-Shika-Chö passes it because Ino was the only one out of the three of them shown to have understood it and has the perfect technique for it, here.

There are, however, other mentions of such specialty relevance during the second stage as well, here and here –of course, this specific portion of the “information gathering” skills are to be more rudimentary as they’re more focused upon the shinobi’s survival rather than sharpening their spy qualities, but they are necessary to guarantee the success of a mission.

Obito specifically targeted the Intelligence Division where Inoichi and Shukaku were to guarantee his success as they worked quickly with the information they received of the battlefield to send specific teams to different locations to warrant the enemy’s defeat (like when they sent Team 10 to support Kumo and fight the Gold and Silver Brothers, or how they also asked them to defeat Asuma); Hashirama specifically asked for a Yamanaka to spread amongst the shinobi forces the information he had and Shikamaru’s strategy.

Sasuke and Naruto (or even Hashirama and Madara), are people whose strength isn’t the usual norm, as they’re particularly strong even amongst those considered “the strongest” in the military population (Kages), so them not having to rely on prior information to win a battle (despite them coming up with strategies all the time upon seeing how their enemies work –something Sakura isn’t shown doing, as she either relies on other people (Chiyo) or fails, as she did against Dosu) it’s an off the norm occurrence, only to be applied to them.

People's preference around which techniques are best or more "spectacle-friendly" -something necessary for a manga that relies on visual story-telling, doesn't dispute the overall value of Yamanaka clan's techniques inside the plot and structure Kishimoto established (they, after the UCM, became the clan with the most information-gathering relevance, as they were the only non-Sharingan users that could control their target and read their mind, and while the Saiko Denshin it's a T&I jutsu and not a Yamanaka one, it's clear by Ino's recollection of it that it's at least taught at its most basic form).

If a Yamanaka is in a position where their skill is compared to a front line assault ninja, they've already failed, yknow? Their targets shouldn't even comprehend they're near a ninja. And I get why the show didn't focus on that, it was NARUTO Shippuden not INO Shippuden.

I agree that Ino isn’t a specialized combater, although she did fight Asuma while controlling two Zetsu (I speak a little about the possibility of it being a technique she came up with here), so her taijutsu is -at least, better than Shikamaru’s who stood back as support; her family’s technique and her medical training taught her to stay out of conflict (as she did when vs. Hidan and Kakuzu) in order to be able to attend those wounded (the only ones able to fight are those that mastered Mitrocondrial Regeneration, as they are able to heal without using signs and have more chakra to spare since they stored it, x and x), as medics are also main targets during combats (x).

[If you are more interested in Medical skills, here’s a little post about it: x]

However, I’ll say that, as a secondary character, she got more panel time and development than many other characters who were pushed aside shortly after their introduction (Hinata, Kiba, Shino, Kurenai -to name some of Konoha’s). She was able to help discern, albeit with her father and an ANBU, Nagato’s location when sharing information about her mind-body switch control, she also realized one of the Paths used a similar technique to Inoichi’s (Saiko Denshin) and was given a few very powerful moments during the war, which is more than other fandoms were given.

But on that basis alone it's an unfair and futile comparison to set Ino up as Sakura's long term rival. If anyone it should've been Shizune, or more realistically Kabuto (and she ISNT Kabuto's equal, imo)

Do you mean, unfair for Ino to be Sakura's rival or the other way around? Kabuto is a far better medic than any of them, and Sakura, while impressive, didn’t surpass Tsunade at this stage ��as she improved not Tsunade’s techniques, being solely able to master them prior in age to her mentor as Tsunade created them and had to experiment with her own body in order to use it and teach it afterward. Kabuto invented his own version of Mitochondrial Regeneration (x), which is the reason why Orochimaru chose him. He’s the only one who Tsunade considers surpassed her during her prime (x, x).

Sakura and Ino’s rivalry has less to do with their overall techniques and more to do with their attraction to Sasuke, which is the main focus Sakura puts upon their rivalry. Asuma claimed during his last speech to Ino that she mustn't lose either Ninjutsu or love, but the bars they both have about their techniques are completely different –Sakura, medical-wise, possesses a natural advantage that Ino doesn’t, which is natural delicate chakra control, something inherently necessary to learn the Yin Seal; while Ino’s medical skills (likely taught to her through Shizune), are rudimentary at best in order to do something else for her team while on a mission that doesn’t require her technique, in order to guarantee her safety.

Now, you might wonder, why does she have to be safe? Canonically speaking, besides collecting information, the team must guarantee at least one survivor who can pass on the knowledge (or, at least, a way to communicate the information). No other team is expected to ensure such a thing (x).

In that sense, Team 7, Team 8, and Team Gai are mostly viewed as expendable** (I am aware that all of the soldiers are viewed in such light, I’m specifically referring to such an idea when already inside that “disposable spectrum”). Only those front-lines combateurs that have techniques with enough power to defy even shinobi standards (Naruto, Hashirama, Tobirama, and some others –and I’m not putting Uchiha there as they are able to cover multiple ranges), are highlighted and rewarded with the Hokage title, the rest are sent to die or to distract the enemy in order to open space for teams more specialized in gathering the enemy’s secrets or strategies.

[Minato, also considered amongst the best, relied on other front-liners to plant his special kunais upon his targets and to take care of a big portion of the enemies, as he killed the rest. Saving the small group of survivors.]

Being rivals has nothing to do with having similar techniques, but either opposed goals (Sasuke vs. Naruto) or the same goal (Sasuke’s love reciprocation when it comes to Sakura and Ino).

Inside the manga itself, the notion of rivalry is shown to be deeply intertwined with shinobi culture, as they encourage such a mindset so shinobi would push each other to new highs of their respective techniques in order to win their competitions as long as they don’t put Konoha’s stability in jeopardy: Madara/Hashirama, Danzo/Hiruzen, Kakashi/Obito, Naruto/Sasuke, Sakura/Ino.

[**Sakura, as a front-line fighter, is expendable, as a medic-nin, slightly less, as she is expected to die, if doing so, last of all. Not to return alive, as Team 10].

In case you’re interested, I have some other post regarding kunoichi:

The infinite “who’s strongest Kunoichi” debate and the sexist erasure/degradation of female characters and an addition

Yamanaka clan techniques

Posts of my Naruto re-read

#naruto #ino yamanaka #yamanaka ino #yamanaka #yamanaka clan #sakura haruno #sakura #team 10 #inoshikacho #choji #shikamaru #sakura vs. ino #sakuravsino #kunoichi #kabuto #tsunade #tsunade senju #medical ninjutsu

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leastdatablebracket · 1 year ago

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ROUND 3, MATCH 16

Propaganda under the cut!

Kenshin Uesugi

Propaganda

He is a cold calculating bloodthirsty warlord, who is also a yandere and overly jealous. Also is obsessed with MC's friend Sasuke, where he both loves and constantly threatens to kill Sasuke.

Cullen Rutherford

Propaganda

stupid racist cop creep whose fans cry about how hes "changed" and "you can't judge him he was addicted to magic drugs" nah he still chose to be a racist cop and abuse his power over innocent people and i hate him. the writers making him romanceable in da:i after how blatantly horrible he was in da:o and da:2 is baffling but i guess they had to appeal to the part of their audience who watch those "mafia boyfriend" videos on tiktok or whatever

He's creepy in origins, though still 100% willing to kill the female mage pc he's crushing on, as well as all the other mages trapped in the circle with him. He's the second-in-command in an even worse circle in 2, listening to and defending the increasingly obviously insane meredith until literally the end. He's one of the people still pushing for the circle system by inquisition, and yes he's going through withdrawals and working through the traumas of previous games. And to be brutally honest his was the first romance i took and while i don't remember much from it, its not worth all the girls going absolutely nuts over knockoff terrible alistair.

He's basically a cop who thinks being born a certain way can revoke personhood and by Inquisition still thinks mages are monsters to be controlled, not people. He gets a fairy tale cutesy romance that focuses on his personal struggles with addiction while showing absolutely no regard to the atrocities he committed and still thinks were justified. He can be romanced BY A MAGE and his actions and beliefs are just glossed over. He believes mages are 'not people like you (Hawke) and me', but if the Warden was a female mage he canonically had a crush on her and would deliberately hang around her despite the fact that he was her *jailer*. If that Warden romanced Leliana, there is war table dialogue in which he pesters Leliana for news of his 'former' crush despite her repeated statement that she doesn't want to talk to him about her. All this shitty behavior and lack of introspection gets swept under the rug by the game, not even giving the PC the chance to really challenge his beliefs. Like damn even Fenris could apologize when he lashed out due to past trauma with mages, and if anyone has a reason to hate mages it's Fenris. If you want an ex Templar hottie Alistair is RIGHT THERE. Tbh I know Cullen is a popular romance and I'm not here to tell anyone what they can or can't do or like in a video game, I'm just saying I think he is deeply undateable

Spends the first two games as an antagonist, fervently devoted to the cause of subjugating mages, then a bunch of "character development" happens off screen and the games treat him like he's completely reformed. However he's actions make it clear he still sees mages as dangerous and lesser. Not to mention if you romance him with an elf he doesn't pay your culture more than lip service respect like most of the devout characters

He was a total villain in the first two games who was violently prejudiced against mages and uses one single bad experience as an excuse for it (a bad experience that is pretty much exactly what he in his job subjected graduating apprentices to, mind you, but this is never brought up). Now he says he's changed, but his words and actions say otherwise. He still distrusts mages, sympathises with the rebel Templars trying to kill them, and he never owns up to the terrible stuff he did and helped others do in the past two games. He totally knew what Meredith was doing and says he doesn't, and he still tries to defend her intentions. And you have no option to call him out on it. If you romance him as a mage, he angsts about how he might have seen you as subhuman in the past but NOW you're one of the good ones, and when you ask him if he'll kill you if you get possessed, he dodges the question. And the PC is written as being almost sad that she's a mage? Like 'can you love me despite what I am??' Also if Leliana romanced a female mage PC in the first game who is still alive, he asks her creepy questions about their relationship. Fitting considering his original purpose was to be creepy to the female mage Warden.

I hate him and want to cause chaos. Plus his VA is an asshole.

Cop

I think you covered almost everything but don't forget that beautiful moment in DA2 - Act 2 where you find out some templars had a petition to lobotomize all mages and Meredith, THE HARDCORE TEMPLAR LEADER, rejects it, but Cullen says they got a point. Despite the fact that we just found out that those templars were using lobotomy (or the threat of) to rape people and get away with it. And then Cullen in DA:I is whining that anything that happened it's not his fault because Meredith kept the worse away form him so he didn't know, but also that anyway Meredith had a point and did what she had to do. Meredith does not go mad until Act 3, before she was of sound mind and Culllen was her second in command BECAUSE he hated mages as much as (or even more) than her. What the FUCK did she even hide from you, Cullen. Oh, but he changed! Because the writers make A VICTIM OF THE TEMPLARS say so. And anyway he only says so BECAUSE HE READS MINDS not because Cullen did anything to show it. Also the narrative wants to sympathise with Cullen for his drug problems while Cullen is openly attacking the only other character with the same problem for...having the same problem. And he's the antagonist, so there were OTHER things Cullen could be mad about. But he is mad about the drug problem. Also I'm not an expert on writing characters with addictions but he is an addict only when it's time to have a cut scene where you pity him. Otherwise it has zero impacts on everything else.

#round 3

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Regarding the ask about ships with unrequited love and the role of women, something that I have realized the more I have delved into reading manga and watching anime, but especially in Shonen, it's that there are very bad extremes with female characters. Over the years and with the fact that many women have started to read shonen, whether we want to accept it or not, it's a genre that is mostly oriented towards men and seeks to be attractive to them, female readers have begun to the extreme of hate female characters or complain about them for the simple fact that their characters have romance or romantic feelings and that the only way to be a girlboss is if they prioritize themselves away from any romantic feelings. Don't get me wrong, I completely understand where this frustration comes from since many female characters only have as their personality object to be damsels in distress, to be the object of desire, without real or relevant weight in the plot, it's normal that many readers see this type of character and hate the idea of a romance because in the long run perhaps it's all that the female character will represent, a love interest and cheerleader for the MC.

But the problem isn't romance as a central component of the story or that there is a character whose center and development is focused on love, because many interesting things can be done with characters whose motivation or center is love in all its types, but when we talk about romantic love a character can have the best development and plot from a destructive approach to love, from an altruistic love, etc. there are hundreds of ways in which love can guide a character without it coming back to the one-dimensional character. However, in the vast majority of shonen, romances aren't presented in this way and romantic love is that addition that seems to be there to fill a quota and the happy ending, this is where the romance and the romantic feelings of the female characters turns sour for female readers who focus on looking for the girlboss who realizes she doesn't need a man and even gets to the point where she has to be tough and unfeeling because you're not that much of a girlboss if you show too much weakness. But them we have a love story like Naruto, because as many SNS shippers say Naruto is itself a great love story, Naruto as a character is guided by his love for Sasuke, there is no instance in the manga where Naruto's growth and development isn't attached to Sasuke as his driving force, as his most precious person, as someone who wants to make Sasuke stronger when everyone else seeks to weaken him. Naruto spends his entire story in search of Sasuke, his character is tied to his feelings for Sasuke that are counted with one hand those events in which Sasuke passes into the background (possibly his fight against Pain is the only exception). The same thing happens with Sasuke, although it's true that Sasuke's plot moves more independently from Naruto in relation to revenge against his clan, even so Sasuke's feelings for Naruto are present at every step, from the beginning with Sasuke giving his life for Naruto even if it means not fulfilling his goal, Orochimaru's intervention because Naruto had too much influence on Sasuke, Itachi and his "advice" to develop the sharingan, VOTE 1 and how Sasuke is affected by Naruto during the second part until we reach VOTE 2.

Naruto and Sasuke are two characters who are literally guided by love and it intervenes in each of their movements. I think what I'm trying to say is that it's not romance that ruins a story, whether they're female or male, the big problem is that when we focus on women they only play the role of love interest in a story without relevance or weight, the problem isn't a female character with romance as its center, the problem is the female character whose romance is the center but she doesn't occupy a role that allows her to advance, which is why many times we end up with flat female characters or with obsessive love (Sakura and Hinata) whose fandom tends to pity or deify their feelings as proofs of pure love or the opposite when we have a fairly built female character the slightest sign of romance is seen as a negative effect .

i agree. though the fact that naruto is in love with sasuke/is gay/has sasuke as a driving force pisses a lot of men off. they like naruto, his powers and everything but they complain about the gayness. though that also happens because they resent sasuke and want naruto to “put him in his place”. so it’s not really a matter with the romance specifically, it’s more because it’s gay and it involves sasuke, a lot of dudebros are still moved with their relationship and resolution, some people still have a heart huh. and yes, naruto and sasuke grow and develop their perceptions and feelings for one another, it’s part of their character development, unlike with sakura and hinata that are unlikeable already and remain the same. and like- they are supposed to be written like that. sakura had many opportunities to develop and be better towards sasuke, but kishimoto didn’t want her to, he doesn’t like her character, he doesn’t want her to get closer and understand sasuke, you say she is in a role in which she’s not allowed to advance, i’d change “allowed” for “supposed”. and same thing about hinata, though she is much more of a side character than sakura with the difference that she got popular, so she doesn’t even have those opportunities to grow because kishimoto doesn’t care much about his side characters in the first place. the romance isn’t the matter, their characters are.

#ask #anonymous

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lemonade-of-gods · 2 years ago

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random ramblings

I have an exam tomorrow on literary criticism (structuralism, bakhtin and all that jazz) so I was playing around with my old otps as an exercise while studying huzzah, and the more I look back on it, the MORE nonsensical all the ship wars are looking

Because its one thing to not prefer a ship and its ANOTHER to just go delulu and say that the canon ship should not have happened because *insert nonsensical galaxy brain level argument here*, and yes I am talking about sasusaku, renruki and nalu

Like Sasusaku has always been the obvious choice, starting from the moment Sasuke went “who did this to you” in his rage to when Sakura calmed him down with a back hug. Sakura got taken a peg down after Sasuke scolded her for treating Naruto poorly. Sasuke THANKED Sakura before knocking her out and placing her on the bench and leaving. Sasuke began attacking Sakura proper AFTER she tried to kill him. There is a dynamic between them, there is ACTION in a way you don’t see with either Naruto or Karin. I could go on and on, but my point is, Narusaku or even Sasukarin was honestly never going to happen. If these two had to end up with anyone, it would be with each other. This is a classic ETL couple folks!!

For Sakura particularly, Naruto represents an innocent and childish life (Naruto you’re a fine guy no lie, Hinata was suited better for you) and Sasuke is the dangerous option that forces her to sexually mature and grow up (remember, we’re focusing on structure here not the execution, whatever your opinions may be), so Kishi wasn’t wrong when he said that pairing Naruto and Sakura would have been unfair (paraphrased a bit). Naruto isn’t losing out much either, a gentle girl like Hinata who has loved him from the start (you see the pattern of first love coming up here?) was always his better match in the long run.

You can achieve the same effect with FTL as well, if we look at Renruki and NaLu. Kubo gave the angst of separation and pining with Renji and Rukia and the metaphor of “the stray dog barking at the moon”, which was not exactly a thing with Ichigo and Rukia. An argument can be made about “black sun and white moon”, but since Orihime gave the push to Ichigo for going to save Rukia, it didn’t quite feel strong. But in the interests of staying fair, I’ll say that we did have two options: bickering friends or, “we used to be friends but now we’re enemies”.

THEN came the nail in the coffin.

Legit all bets were off the SECOND Ichigo tossed Rukia into Renji’s arms and basically gave his blessing/aashirvad to run away and basically saying ”Jaa Rukia, jee le apni zindagi” (Translation: go Rukia, live your own life, this one’s inspired by DDLJ hehehe). Like I would not give away the woman I am in love with to my romantic rival and tell him to TAKE HER AWAY. HELLO. THIS IS GOING AGAINST THE NARRATIVE BEHAVIOUR. THIS IS GIVING SECOND LEAD SYNDROME BEHAVIOUR. ICHI HAS BECOME THE KULJEET TO RENJI’S RAJ (Or more accurately Simran’s dad lmao.)

So what’s the point in saying all this, you may ask. Well, now that I’ve said it I’ll make my argument: STRUCTURE and NARRATIVE decides whether the author’s writing decisions were poor and not the reader’s preferences. And I’ve taken a neutral stance earlier on the last ship in my list but now I’m committing: NaLu HAS to be canon.

I had said earlier that NaLi could potentially be canon, again for the sake of fairness, but looking at it now I’m changing my opinion. Natsu and Lisanna were set up to interact more but Mashima changed his mind halfway through and just didn’t do much with Lisanna. You can see how great his writing decisions are there, but the technicalities are to be reserved for another post, another day. If I am to try getting more fancy about it, Lisanna represents Natsu’s childhood while Lucy represents a mature and adult future.

Point is that by process of elimination, Natsu and Lucy have to end up with each other. Or remain as friends. Considering Natsu said to Lucy “we’ll be together forever”, these two will be a thing at some point in the future, unless Mashima pulls a HIMYM or something (TOUCHWOOD, even though the guy did canonize Gruvia, Gajevy and Jerza...)

#lemonade rants #more like rambles but you get the idea #sasusaku #renruki #nalu #le lit crit prof reading my answers tomorrow: ... at least it wasn't about kdramas this time

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tamelee · 2 years ago

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Hey Tamelee,

Hope you’re having a wonderful day.

I just want to share with you my hypothesis while rereading Gaiden a few days ago; because I love to dissect that 10 chapters in my head but never got to really write it down somewhere. Here is my first try:

Orochimaru confirmed that it was Shin’s cells that was used for Danzo’s arm where he implanted all those sharingans, meaning Shin have been in existence for a long time already. It’s just not clear when Orochimaru lost control of Shin and even Kakashi is aware that Orochimaru are doing some clone experiments (check his quick phone conversation with Naruto)

Why I’m saying this, because I think after the war Orochimaru started doing another experiment this time involving the DNA of an Uchiha and an Uzumaki and trying to create something like the Sage of six paths. It will not be hard for him to create a new clone since he already have Shin as a basis.

Kakashi when he was still a hokage become aware of Orochimaru’s experiments and asked Sasuke to track down and stop Orochimaru, Sasuke agreed to help to prevent any more Uchiha’s to be created; while looking for Orochimaru that’s the time that he asked Karin to help him that’s why they were travelling together. And Sakura got to know that Sasuke agreed to take on this mission so she was able to track Sasuke’s whereabouts and join them or was allowed to tag along as long as she will not be on their way.

When they were able to locate the hideout and saw a full grown fetus floating in one of those big tubes that’s when Sakura begged /convinced/ guilt tripped Sasuke that she will just take care of the baby. Maybe they already know that Naruto already had a baby that time and so Sakura got jealous and wanted a baby of her own and seeing the fetus with an Uchiha blood it’s like hitting two birds in one stone: she can have her own baby like Naruto, and at the same time make Sasuke his husband. (I got this idea since Boruto is born Mar 27 while Sarada is Mar 31 so the jealousy in Sakura’s heart is still new so she will do anything to get what she wanted).

I think Karin helped in persuading Sasuke since she still have feelings for him and keeping the fetus alive will somewhat make her connected to Sasuke as well. ( this is what Karin refers to as “friendship between women” in chapter 10 because it takes both of them to persuade Sasuke to keep the fetus alive, and also when she was asked by Suigetsu if she have already moved on from Sasuke she just answered “connections come in many forms” while focusing on the umbilical cord meaning it’s what’s keeping them connected).

In the end Sasuke agreed or was just guilt tripped to keep the fetus instead of destroying it that’s why when he met Sakura in ch 6 he said that it’s his fault no matter how you think about it - he is blaming himself for being persuaded and agreeing to the idea.

So I strongly believe that Sarada is a test tube baby - Sakura never mentioned anything about carrying Sarada in her womb for 9 mos, she just keeps on saying she is my child (she can claim it since she raised and feed her, but biologically wise she is not Sakura's), also in ch 6 she said “I meant to tell you properly” to Sarada like she still have a lot of things to say to her. And Sarada is made of Uchiha (can be from Sasuke or could be from Shin or any other Uchiha DNA) and Uzumaki (Karin’s DNA – come on!! with her eye glasses and how Karin is aware on when her eye glasses needs replacement it’s like she is her second mother watching from a distance)

This is just a hypothesis or maybe a headcanon based on what I have read, but in the end Gaiden never really explained anything. Sarada just focused on feelings and bonds after her talk with Naruto and was completely pacified with a few words from Sasuke.

If anything it just shows how close Naruto and Sasuke is; how they kept in touch through out those years and could easily meet one another if they want to, but during those times together they never even bothered to discuss about their own families.

Thanks for reading and I hope I didn’t bore you with my scattered thoughts. I’m writing this at 2am 😊

Hi Non.e ♡ I am, hope you do too! Always fun to read a Gaiden analysis!!

"Orochimaru confirmed that it was Shin’s cells that was used for Danzo’s arm where he implanted all those sharingans, meaning Shin have been in existence for a long time already. It’s just not clear when Orochimaru lost control of Shin and even Kakashi is aware that Orochimaru are doing some clone experiments (check his quick phone conversation with Naruto)"

So yes! Well, I wonder. We know Danzo had connections with Orochimaru. It was also Danzo who gave Orochimaru those lists with the profiles of the Anbu members through Sai. Given his reaction to those documents.. they're well acquainted. Danzo also needed Hashirama's cells to make that arm which Orochimaru also had access to. (Main source for Wood release Kekkei Genkai, Yamato was a test subject of his...) Therefore it is safe to say that it is entirely possible that Orochimaru was involved as 'Gaiden' explains.

And well, Sasuke literally says it.

As did Orochimaru.

They already know Orochimaru was involved tying back to that "white Zetsu army" Sasuke talked about during that fb that Naruto had. (Lol, sorry I don't follow 'Boruto' so there is perhaps already more info on that.)

So, knowing this, it happened already a while ago as they don't pin it on Orochimaru. Snake man is living his best life but mentions that Shin is a 'problem' and it would be beneficial to him if Konoha helps him to get rid of them.

"Why I’m saying this, because I think after the war Orochimaru started doing another experiment this time involving the DNA of an Uchiha and an Uzumaki and trying to create something like the Sage of six paths. It will not be hard for him to create a new clone since he already have Shin as a basis."

Yeah, I've been saying something similar about the DNA mixing. Not just that but these Shin clones can perform a space-time Jutsu with Sharingan only. Obito uses MS for Kamui and Sasuke needs his Rinnegan. You'd need an insane amount of Chakra...

"Kakashi when he was still a hokage become aware of Orochimaru’s experiments and asked Sasuke to track down and stop Orochimaru, Sasuke agreed to help to prevent any more Uchiha’s to be created; while looking for Orochimaru that’s the time that he asked Karin to help him that’s why they were travelling together. And Sakura got to know that Sasuke agreed to take on this mission so she was able to track Sasuke’s whereabouts and join them or was allowed to tag along as long as she will not be on their way.

Oh man!!!! That would be something..

Well, I don't think that was Sasuke's mission as we can see in the fb he was talking a bit about his research. He looked too surprised to find someone with the Sharingan and Orochimaru is a little too comfortable to see as someone that supposedly was "tracked down" or "stopped". What is still funny to me is Boruto and Sarada's birth dates.

"I think Karin helped in persuading Sasuke since she still have feelings for him and keeping the fetus alive will somewhat make her connected to Sasuke as well. ( this is what Karin refers to as “friendship between women” in chapter 10 because it takes both of them to persuade Sasuke to keep the fetus alive, and also when she was asked by Suigetsu if she have already moved on from Sasuke she just answered “connections come in many forms” while focusing on the umbilical cord meaning it’s what’s keeping them connected).

I also think Karin's "friendship between women" had a double meaning tbh. As well as "connections coming in many forms".

Nothing else displays that her and Sakura are friends. Karin indirectly takes care of Sarada by proving the glasses, keeping the uc and is somehow attached to her but Sakura never even mentioned Karin to Sarada!?! Not sure about Sasuke though. I think after everything it would take a whole lot more to guilt trip or convince him to do anything. The result stays: he avoids them for 10+ years regardless. I can't imagine it unless there is another, bigger reason as well. Something "bigger than himself" and certainly more important than Sakura's selfish wishes for him to simply agree.

"So I strongly believe that Sarada is a test tube baby - Sakura never mentioned anything about carrying Sarada in her womb for 9 mos, she just keeps on saying she is my child (she can claim it since she raised and feed her, but biologically wise she is not Sakura's), also in ch 6 she said “I meant to tell you properly” to Sarada like she still have a lot of things to say to her. And Sarada is made of Uchiha (can be from Sasuke or could be from Shin or any other Uchiha DNA) and Uzumaki (Karin’s DNA – come on!! with her eye glasses and how Karin is aware on when her eye glasses needs replacement it’s like she is her second mother watching from a distance)"

The more I think about it, the more "test-tube-baby-like" Sarada becomes. So yeah, I agree. Unless this ALL was written for the sole purpose to only mock SS, it has to be true. True in the sense that Kishimoto made it "true" for 'Gaiden'. They always can change the narrative in 'Boruto' though.. as they've been doing so carelessly lately.. but Gaiden still stands as is. Regardless of whichever character "won" the feature for Kishimoto's upcoming short Manga.. I honestly am excited (though a little nervous) for it. I really love Gaiden because it does show how genius Kishimoto is as he's weaving two narratives together in one story. It's brilliant.

Thankyou for sharing! 💕💕

#asktamelee #gaiden

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quidfree · 1 year ago

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hello, i was the one sending the brothers ask, i thought i should send another one to say sorry because i should have worded it more carefully and been more specific to avoid confusion. What i meant to ask was: the most interesting thing you found in brother relationships in general? and because i found the amount of literary works on this subject is quite few compared to other types of familial relationships, i wanted to know that in your opinion, should there be more works focusing on brother relationships? i just want to clarify what i meant when i sent those questions, you don't have to answer this time. Sorry for making you confused

no need to apologise, i was being a bit flippant in my first response. but i appreciate your explanation.

i think my original point kind of still remains, in that while i can guess what sort of thing you’re thinking of, irl there is such an incredibly vast range of depictions of brotherhood in media that it would be impossible to distill it into something digestible. there’s no simple formula to it.

i also don’t think there’s a lack of brother relationships in literary works- i feel like it’s a pretty dominant category in (western) classics. think romulus and remus, castor and pollux, jacob and esau, abel and cain, and then less in the realm of myth you have your brothers karamazov, death of a salesman, les faux monnayeurs, or those sort of typical the outsiders type boyish gangs of brothers. for me your typical western type would be peter and edmund in narnia. but think of all the edgy brothers of tumblr: the lynch boys, the minyard twins, even the succession trio… and lest we forget the big guns that ive never watched but still know brother drama from: your supernatural boys / sasuke and itachi / alphonse and edward…

not that i’m complaining, mind, i love a sibling relationship in media- that’s why haunting of hill house is one of my longstanding favourite tv shows. though sisters need the brotherly screentime too, beyond your greek tragedies and pride and prejudice or little women. give me sasuke itachi dramatics but girls. shouto touya sisters. and so forth.

what sets brothers aside.. as much as i do think gender is a construct, society definitely places a great deal of value on maintaining that construct, so i think there is some merit in saying brothers have a distinct relationship to that of sisters, more of fostered competition and upholding a certain masculinity, especially in literature. the whole father and son thing refracted, if you will. but that’s a post for another day. point is there def is something to that vibe- edmund is peter’s second, kendall hugs roman until his stitches rip, etc.

i know you said you were an only child, and with that in mind i will say here’s my two cents for you as someone who has a brother: although no two families are the same, i think the fundamental similarity with most sibling relationships is the inherent oddness of knowing that they are the person most like you in the whole world (who else shares so much of your upbringing and your formative experiences) whilst still somehow being so radically definitively not-you. nurture and nature. there’s that dramatic weight and that profound pettiness to having siblings- when people say they’d take a bullet for their sibling but they’d choke them out before they let them play as P1 they’re being totally serious. for my part i feel very privileged to have a brother, despite how deeply annoying the experience has been at various points of my life.

#qui parle #qui repond #anon #literature #tropes #brothers #web weaving

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ilyshisui · 1 year ago

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this once, we all fall together- part two

part one part three find the fic on AO3!

There were some things that Sasuke genuinely learned from Shisui. Some of it, Itachi had already told him on the rare occasion they spent time together. It had Sasuke wondering how much Shisui had learned from Itachi, and how much Itachi had learned from Shisui.

…So maybe, Shisui was allowed to be Itachi’s friend. Sasuke could even say he liked Shisui. He had Sasuke’s stamp of approval.

There were more times Shisui and Sasuke ran into each other on the street, and though they never trained together, Shisui usually spent at least ten minutes chatting with Sasuke about whatever was on his mind, which always lifted Sasuke’s spirits. Even though he seemed harried and tired a lot of the time, he always made sure to make sure that Sasuke knew he was appreciated.

Still, Itachi never talked about Shisui. It was strange, knowing that Itachi had a friend, but never hearing about him from anyone but their parents. Sasuke didn’t know how to ask about Shisui, either. But based on Shisui’s personality- openly discussing Itachi with Sasuke- he knew that Shisui had told Itachi about meeting Sasuke. So, the two of them were both keeping Shisui from each other, an odd balance but a balance nonetheless.

The first time he witnessed Itachi acknowledging Shisui’s existence was when two men from the Police Force came to tell Itachi that Shisui was dead. He didn’t even say anything willingly. He was forced to by the situation. It… didn’t feel right.

Sasuke didn’t let anyone see, but he cried alone in his room after the situation calmed down. Not only for Shisui, but for Itachi. His only friend was dead and people were blaming him for it. Sasuke felt so bad for him.

He cried again when Izumi came over for a tearful goodbye, with packed bags and a runny nose as she loudly wailed that she would never forget Itachi. Mom was smiling and even Dad seemed to be in a good mood, but Itachi just seemed uncomfortable. “You’ll be back in a year,” he pointed out, not making eye contact.

Izumi was off to some fancy school in the country that focused on technical aspects of chakra transformation, training students to be inventors of new ninjutsu. Izumi didn’t seem too excited about it, but all of the adults were talking up the opportunity ad nauseum. Obviously, Itachi was quiet about it, but Sasuke knew that just meant he didn’t have any notable reservations.

“I don’t know anyone there,” Izumi whispered, holding a hand over her mouth. Probably nobody but Itachi, who was standing close to her, and Sasuke, who was holding Itachi’s hand, could hear her.

Itachi matched her volume. “You’ll do fine.”

“I better,” Izumi shot back, going to give Itachi a light punch in the shoulder. Sasuke watched Itachi flinch out of the way of the movement. He squeezed Itachi’s hand. Itachi squeezed back.

The second time he witnessed Itachi acknowledging Shisui’s existence was on the worst night of Sasuke’s life.

The moon was full and lit the bloody scene with an ominous glare. Sasuke wasn’t quite crying, instead his body was heaving up and down in dry sobs. “There’s only one way you will be able to surpass me,” said the voice above him, as dead as any of the bodies that surrounded them. “Obtain the Mangekyo Sharingan.”

It was said so easily, like Sasuke should have already been familiar with what that even was. He looked up at- at his brother, leveling a glare that couldn’t contain the rage and betrayal he was feeling.

“In order to obtain it… You must kill your best friend.”

Sasuke Uchiha thought he had a good grasp of his older brother's social life.

After all, it was easy to be aware of something that barely existed.

Shisui’s laughter rang in Sasuke’s ears. Itachi may have never spoken about Itachi, but Shisui had spoken about Itachi. There was so much affection there. That sort of thing didn’t come from nowhere.

“You must kill your best friend, like I wasn’t able to.”

For a moment, Sasuke felt a glimmer of hope. Maybe Itachi did have limits. Maybe he wasn’t as heartless as he had revealed tonight. Maybe… Maybe.

“Shisui is..?”

“He got away,” came the words, swift as a guillotine. Sasuke didn’t know how much further his stomach could drop. “He was stronger than I was. I needed this to improve. To one day kill him, and get those eyes.”

It was the only thing Sasuke could think about for the next few days, until Izumi got back to Konoha.

He was sitting on the edge of the lakeside pier when he heard someone running up behind him. He didn’t look to see who it was, his head felt too heavy to lift. “Sasuke.” Izumi’s voice was fluttering and light, not quite as strong as the emotions flowing through Sasuke’s head. “Sasuke!”

The footsteps started up again, until they were right behind Sasuke. At that point, he put forth the effort to twist around his head. Izumi was standing there, her face red and snotty and miserable. When she saw Sasuke’s face, which had been schooled into impassivity the past few days, she absolutely broke down. She scooped him up into her arms, deceptively strong still, and cried into his shoulder.

At that point, Sasuke started crying too.

Izumi couldn’t stay at the pier for long. Apparently, now that she was the eldest Uchiha left in Konoha, she had a lot of official business to attend to. “Wait, wait,” Sasuke said quietly. “Shisui’s alive. He said Shisui’s alive.”

Izumi’s face twisted up a little. “He… What do you mean?”

“He tried to kill Shisui, but Shisui got away,” Sasuke stressed. “He’s alive.”

Instead of filling with hope like Sasuke expected to see, Izumi’s face fell. She just shook her head, smiling sadly. “I’ll be back, Sasuke, alright?”

When Izumi came back, Sasuke was sitting at a fountain, which had been shut off recently.

When he saw her, Sasuke thought for a second about how strange it all was. Sasuke, Izumi, and Shisui. The closest three people to Itachi. Though, Izumi’s death had been avoided by accident. There was no way Itachi would have left her alive had she been at home instead of at the academy she’d been attending. Not when even their parents were spared.

He couldn’t help but think of Itachi when he saw Izumi. The association was too strong. ‘Some weird girl Itachi was going to marry.’ That was what Sasuke had seen Izumi as for as long as he’d known Izumi, which was almost his entire life. She was defined to him by Itachi.

Even as she moved Sasuke out of the Uchiha Compound and into an condo on the edge of Konoha. Even when she spent her weekends cooking meals for the two of them and packing portions into containers for the week. Even when she tried to laugh and joke with Sasuke, all he could see her as was Itachi’s friend.

It didn’t help the way that she talked about what happened that night. “I just don’t get it,” was her mantra, these days. “I don’t get why he would do it.”

Sasuke bit into his sandwich. All he could think about when this went on was how much he wanted to defeat Itachi, to kill him, to make him pay.

“Just… All of the sudden. He went and…” Tears filled her eyes, and she put down her sandwich to hold her face with both of her hands.

It pissed Sasuke off. Izumi wasn’t there when it happened. She was off at her academy learning about chakra transformations while Sasuke’s life fell apart around him. Izumi fell into sobs anyways. Sasuke put down his sandwich at that. Whenever Izumi got emotional, he tended to get emotional, which he hated. He couldn’t kill Itachi if he was such a crybaby.

He tried distracting himself by getting up to pour himself some apple juice. But, for whatever reason, Izumi didn’t notice him getting up. So, when she turned her head to the side to wipe her tears away while Sasuke was walking beside her, she saw Sasuke through her vision distorted by tears. And her face lit up.

Sasuke froze. Izumi realized what she was looking at. Her face fell.

She had seen Itachi.

Sasuke felt his face flush red, whether from shame or embarrassment or anger he didn’t know, and ran to his room, slamming the door behind him.

“Sasuke!” She was knocking on the locked door incessantly, saying “Sasuke, please, I was just-”

“Go away!” He wanted to scrub out his facial structure, to mar his own face just so he would never be mistaken for Itachi again. He felt disgusting.

The knocking stopped. “I’m sorry, Sasuke.” Sasuke ignored how dejected she sounds, how much her voice was full of grief. He didn’t want to think about it.

So he didn’t. Instead, he distracted himself with fantasies of Itachi begging him for mercy.

A few weeks after that incident, Sasuke realized that he’d been avoiding Izumi so much that he hadn’t seen her in three days. Not even in passing in the condo. They hadn’t exchanged any words in those weeks. They hadn’t even made eye contact.

It came upon him all at once; a wave of guilt. Profound sadness filled his lungs. He missed Izumi. The one who dragged him out of his old house, the one who left meals for him, the one who took on the ownership of the clan at fourteen years old. She wasn’t just Itachi’s friend, she was a shinobi and had been in training to become a ninjustu master. She was capable and strong and a human being who made mistakes.

Sasuke had his breakfast in the kitchen, expecting to see Izumi bustling about. He didn’t find her. He even went to knock on her door, calling out her name. The lights were off, though, and if she was in there she didn’t answer.

He went back to avoiding Izumi.

It wasn’t until another few weeks passed that they finally spoke to each other again. Izumi was sitting on the kitchen counter fully dressed in her shinobi gear, a backpack at her feet. “Ah, Sasuke.”

“You’re leaving?” Sasuke blurted out, confused.

“Yeah.” She gave a short smile. It was the first time he saw that smile since she had thought he was Itachi. “Someone has to find Shisui.”

Nodding blankly, Sasuke broke eye contact. He wanted to go, but… He wasn’t sure if he wanted to go with Izumi.

Without another word, Izumi jumped off of the counter and picked up her bag. “I’ll be sending letters to keep you updated on where I am. Feel free to write,” she said, even though they both knew he wouldn’t. “See you.”

His mind reeling, Sasuke nodded. “Bye.”

Izumi walked out of the condo. Sasuke waited until her footsteps were gone before he started crying.

He poured all of his time into training.

He used to pour all his time into training anyways, but it was different back then. Training was a way to get closer to Itachi, a game that Sasuke played. He excelled, yes, but it was just because he was good. But that wouldn’t be enough anymore. He had to be great. He had to be strong enough to defeat Itachi, to put a stop to him before he got to Shisui and- and got the Mangekyo.

Instead of training until he was tired, Sasuke trained until he hurt. And then he trained past that.

He improved, but not quickly enough to defend Shisui, to save his clan from Itachi, to make Izumi stay.

#uchiha sasuke #sasuke uchiha #izumi uchiha #uchiha izumi #itachi uchiha #uchiha itachi #au: this once we all fall together #original posts

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thenovelartist · 2 years ago

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WHAT. We played in the exact same order!? That's so funny LMAO What are the chances!!! 😂 to think we both didn't follow the recommended route order at all and used a completely different route order.

I agree!! Shu quitting smoking for Teuta was so cute. I think one of my (very minor) gripes is how Shu didn't experience withdrawals at all, or ever felt the urge to light a cigarette after all that? I don't really count the one time he smoked with Yang because he was offered a cigarette, and he did put it out early. And yeah you're right that was really cute 🥺 out of all the LIs, it's Shu that I was least expecting to talk to her parents, but he really went and did it. Good job Shu.

HAHA I also get you on bringing up your faves whenever you get the chance, I also do it a lot albeit unconsciously haha oh Sasuke is in your top three, who are the other two if you don't mind me asking?

I like your thoughts on the last two chapters! You're one of the few people I talked to who kinda liked them LMAO in my case I was definitely one of the people who were disappointed. So much plot bombs were dropped that didin't have any hinting or foreshadowing whatsoever throughout the same, so it's just one unsatisfying surprise after another to me. It also gave me more questions than answers, which hopefully would get answered in the second season but also I highly doubt it. I really love the Carmen CG though. Also man I felt the opposite with Auld Lang Syne, it didn't feel calm to me at all LOL the effects were giving me a migraine, and the reveals (especially about Zora and Sauli) made me feel so sick. Then the game ended there and I just sat there confused. 😂

I know, I was laughing for days afterwards over the fact someone else bucked the recommended order and played the exact order I did.

True about the withdrawals thing; never really through of that. I'd say my gripe in general was the routes felt on the shorter side, so the writers had a LOT of ground to cover in not a whole lot of time. So I guess things like Shu struggling with quitting or more obvious romantic scenes in Mozu's route were glossed over due to those length restraints. Though, thinking about it, Shu's withdrawals had to be hellish because he said smoking was the way to bring him back to that day, but the nicotine had to be numbing in some fashion, too. So you have the two opposite components tied to past trauma that his clinging to using a now deeply ingrained habit, and you're telling me he was able to just change to lollipops on a dime? Yeah, I'm not buying it, but I'll overlook it because it's Shu. XD

And agreed. You would have expected Limbo, with his connection to his sister throughout the game, to be the one to do it. But nah, Shu was the surprise. :D I really liked it, though, because even though is family is a little odd and broken, it was very tight and meant the world to him. It was very precious. <3

I know I'm a bit of the odd ball when it came to those last 2 chapters. XD But whatever, LOL. I was definitely left reeling after the last chapter, so I understand that feeling. I binged that game in a matter of a week or two, so I hit the end and was just sitting in the adrenaline rush of "no, that can't be all!" XD I haven't replayed that end, so I'll have to go back and replay it for a better answer. But for Auld Syne Lang, I guess I should have clarified that it didn't exactly calm me as much as it was relatively "calmer" compared to Full Circle. XD Because that end WAS one gut punch after another. (Also, yeah, those affects were brutal, I think at that point, I stopped paying attention to them and just focused on the text specifically.) As I was replaying the main route, though, rereading that Luka committed fraud for a sex crime victim's case was a punch to the gut! Like suddenly her motivations of being a cop and helping out that victim in particular was crystal clear. And painful. Like, there were hints that you just kinda gloss over at the time, but rereading them makes you applaud that bit of foreshadowing.

Left this for last, but as for my three favorite boys, I'm obsessed with Code:Realize. Victor Frankenstein and Abraham Van Helsing have been batting for top spot for a while. XD I adore both of them to pieces. Victor was top for a while, but I think Van has just edge him out by now. And that leaves Sasuke as solid third. XD No other Love Interest has left quite as strong and heavy of an impression on me as much as these three boys. (It's the glasses. Has to be. XD) Even though I definitely have others I love, these are hard and fast top 3 that aren't going anywhere anytime soon.

My love of Van Helsing is probably the reason I was drawn to Shu so much. They have quite a bit in common.

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caesarootham · 6 months ago

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Another addition is that the ideology that's trying to be put into play here is the Buddhist one of letting go and moving on. Kishimoto is trying to make this a story about how holding on to events in the past and letting them define you only leads to to the slow corruption of self. The problem is that he doesn't succeed in conveying that message with Sasuke's return.

There are two problems with what he's trying to do. The first is that Sasuke's return to Konoha doesn't actual signify moving on. He's returning a an old place and to old feelings he had as a child, rather then moving forward as a product of growth. In the end it comes across more as a more Christian message of guilt and atonement.

The second problem is that most of the charges that Sasuke deals with are that he has lost himself to hatred. The difficulty with this idea is that Sasuke doesn't have a Kendrick Lamar style abject hatred of people he dislikes, he has legitimate grievances. It is narratively unsatisfying not to see those grievances acknowledged and dealt with.

This isn't to say that Sasuke hasn't lost himself to a desire to right the wrongs that happened to his family, in a way. His "dream" is to kill Itachi and restore his clan. He is shown to be almost entire focused on the former part rather than the latter, which he achieves by the end of the story.

However, going back to Konoha like he should have a new goal that is to keep the place that orchestrated the murder of his clan, get married, have a kid, travel obsessively like some sort of Jojo reference, makes no sense whatsoever. Keep the Jojo reference, have him travel around with Taka or something, but leave out the ties to a place that was once a home and now lives as nothing more than a reminder of everything he's ever lost.

I have more about how Kishimoto tries to incorporate Buddhist teachings like anattā and Theravada, but I'm not Buddhist myself so most of my understanding comes from outside research and I can only own interpretation of Buddhist teaching and their relation to Naruto. So its there if you want it, but I won't include it here.

This has been on my mind forever and won’t leave and I keep trying to find an eloquent way to describe all the feelings I have on this because they are many. But all I’ve got so far is that what happened to Sasuke in c*non where he ends up returning to Konoha and even willingly paying for his “crimes” is not right. It’s just not right. It’s not a good thing and it’s not something to feel all warm and “awww look what the power of friendship can do”. Or “Sasuke came so far I’m so proud of him *sniff*”

It’s not a good thing that happened and is actually so messed that we’re literally told that’s it’s a good thing and it’s treated like a good thing when it is absolutely definitely devastatingly not.

Anyway I trust one of you guys to weigh in with reasons of why exactly it’s not a good thing and why it gives major ick. And why it’s disgusting and twisted and messed up and degrading and dehumanizing to Sasuke as a person. And why when people are talking about Sasuke “finally letting go of his anger and giving in to Naruto’s love (which ultimately makes him go back to Konoha bc it’s where he belongs or whatever)” I literally can’t.

So please someone say it better than I can right now because I want this to be in better words than what I’ve come up with so far.

#naruto

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When Obi-Wan gets to AotC, there's also about two dozen Anakin clones on-site. They're all girls because... IDK Anakin is trans. They have a hive mind and are developmentally a few years younger than Anakin himself.

It's incredibly unsettling to Obi-Wan.

It's almost definitely a "fuck with Anakin's already fragile mental health" ploy by Palpatine, along with a "what if Jedi Black Widows, for me, a Sith Lord. Wouldn't that be neat? That would be neat."

Anakin is torn between "this freaks me out" and "GANG OF BABY SISTERS LET'S GOOOOOOO."

(I just finished reading Like Real People Do by glimmerglanger, so this is definitely inspired by that and the obligatory 'lay back in bed and daydream variations on plot points of that fic you just really enjoyed,' and also a little by Same Heart, Same Blood by loosingletters.)

They're physically like 14-16 on average, and Anakin's vibrating out of his skin with a million conflicting emotions, but when he tells Padme she's just like "oh, you have a handmaiden gang!"

I told this to @willowcrowned and she suggested:

Once Anakin decides to repress the part of him that’s weirded out and just regard them as baby sisters he gets. A little strange about it The first time one of them dies he may or may not slaughter every person he can [in response to Padme's comment] Anakin starts worrying that he needs to get them cool matching outfits

I also chatted about it with @firebirdeternal and they said:

Gang of Unsettling Smol Siblings is exactly the Karma that Anakin deserves

Do you think the Clones have a kind of Collective Name that they use at first that eventually just kind of morphs into a new last name? Skysisters or something? Like Palpatine was trying to be clever and name them like the Nightsisters.

I initially went with "functionally one person" hive-mind but I'm torn.

I think maybe they're BASICALLY one person on Kamino but drift into Separate Consciousness once they're far enough apart physically that their minds don't blend from proximity anymore.

Then they start Dating (like half of them are dating Fett clones because they grew up with these dudes, it's like childhood friends romance), and Anakin loses his mind about Protecting Them and They're Too Young.

Padme: You're nineteen and we just got married, they can date. Anakin: THEY'RE EIGHT. Padme: And the Fett clones are ten and dying for us in the field. Get them rights before you panic about their love lives.

Firebird:

it could be worse, one of them could imprint on Obi-Wan. "Anakin I promise I won't yell at you for the next five stupid things you do if you can figure out a way to stop this baby from having a crush on me" (I like the idea of Obi-wan bargaining not with "I won't be mad at you ever" because they Both Know That's Not True, and instead haggling with specific allowances. Like he's handing out Stupidity Coupons)

Please imagine Mace and Obi-Wan's personal responses to the idea of suddenly having to deal with not one, not two, but OVER TWENTY SKYWALKERS.

Plo is delighted to take one off their hands.

So is Yoda.

Willow:

Mace is like. okay suicide isn’t the Jedi way but on the other hand. i physically cannot deal with this Yoda: a skywalker, you say? one who is tall enough to reach the top shelf, you say? such a skywalker, bring me

Anakin would be given at least one because fuck you, suffer with us, but he's still a padawan so Ugh, fine, no.

I want to say one stays on Coruscant to hang out with the Guard, and ends up half-adopted by Padme. She keeps dressing up the Aniclone left with her in handmaiden outfits and sending selfies to Anakin.

"Hanging out with the little SiL!"

Anakin has so many issues about WHEN his genetic material was acquired.

And there's some confusion from the Fett clones about how much of a hive mind is normal for Jedi. They are confused that the answer is basically none, and "this is WHY nobody clones a Jedi"

ONE OF THEM STEALS BOBA FROM THE ARENA ON GEONOSIS.

Firebird:

"I have followed in our progenitor's footsteps and acquired a sibling." holds up a struggling Boba "He bites."

Willow:

Ooooo okay so if they have a sort of hive mind then they probably don’t have names other than their designations on Kamino right BUT When they SEPARATE The one that picks Boba up on Geonosis gets a name specifically for that. Okay what if the one Padmé picks up gets some variant on ‘pretty’ because she’s always being dressed up BELLE Maybe Yoda’s Ani has a name that means thief? Because obviously Yoda is using Anakin to steal sweets

So, to make the timeline work...

I don't think anyone would give Anakin one of his sisters until after he's knighted at least.

So obviously when they're doing initial placements none of the sisters go to him or Obi-Wan.

Once he's knighted, of course they're already all placed with someone, and Anakin instead gets Ahsoka. He loves Ahsoka. She is also a little sister. He said so.

At some point afterwards, one of the sisters is left without a place because the Master that was in charge of her died in the field battle.

That sister then gets placed with Obi-Wan, because he's already mostly-successfully raised one Skywalker, so he can do it again.

Anakin gets to hang out with her basically all the time.

Ahsoka is very very jealous of this girl stealing Anakin's attention.

Anakin is oblivious to the rivalry.

He asks Barriss to look after them while he's discussing Adult War Things with Luminara and Obi-Wan, and Barriss gets an eye into This Mess, which is quickly colored by Ahsoka growing a puppy crush on the lovely Miss Offee herself.

Firebird:

Ahsoka: Ah yes, my nemesis. Anisister: Ah yes, my new older sister whom I want to impress so bad.

"I will impress her by being Stoic and Competent" "Oh my god she must think she's so much better than me what a bitch"

Anakin is oblivious to most things to be fair Anakin: Laser focused precision fighting machine who can read the tiniest body movements and predict your moves seconds in advance, who also cannot understand even the most basic social nuance. I was originally writing this as to Dunk on Anakin but then I made myself sad, because none of those things are really his fault.

So you know that post about like, Sasuke and Brooding, specifically in the context of "Brooding" as it's used to refer to Nesting Chickens? Grouchy and protective and sitting on a tennis ball trying to hatch it because they're just. "These are my Babies." Anakin Broods. Baby sisters. Must protecc. "I'm actually fine and extremely deadly in combat." "MUST PROTECT."

Bad Guy: [catches Ahsoka in a Trap] Aniclone: Must rescue sister! Aniclone: [fights, is not winning fight, gets ouched] Ahsoka tearing her way out of Trap: I lived bitch. Also: stay the fuck away from her. [murders so hard]

Ahsoka catches the Protective Older Sib feels by the traditional method: "Hey, only I'm allowed to be mean to them."

Willow:

Oh Anakin has no clue what’s going on. He walks in on Ahsoka glaring at the Ani and is like!!! Little sisters!!! Bonding!!! When Ahsoka was about three seconds away from tossing her out of the airlock. Ahsoka mistakenly assumes that Barriss has a crush on the Ani, and gets even MORE jealous.

Obi-Wan is like oh god. I can’t take care of an Anakin going through puberty again. He’s great with periods and other stuff because he read about a billion books. He is TERRIBLE with everything else, as he was the first time.

Barriss is like???? YOU'RE BOTH CHILDREN, PLEASE CALM DOWN, I HAVE ZERO INTEREST IN DATING ANYONE, LET ALONE SOMEONE YOUR AGE.

IDK how old Obi-Wan's Aniclone is, probably physically the same age as Ahsoka?

Per @atagotiak on discord:

Also something something, similarities btw Anakin and Obi-Wan where like. "Am I a parent? That seems uncomfortable, I'm too young to be a dad to a kid this age, I mean I'm cool with being a mentor/caretaker but..."

Obi-Wan can't even sidestep parenthood this time.

"Is Anakin basically your dad?" "Uhhhhhh" [Muffled discussion] "So Obi-Wan is your dad." "Okay!" "WAIT NO I DIDN'T AGREE TO THIS"

Ahsoka: She's stealing my brother, that BITCH. Obi-Wan's Aniclone: new sister new sister new sister gotta make a good impression

Firebird:

I feel like the Sister Squad would make very effective interstellar espionage agents Even like, kind of by accident. They just get encouraged to branch out in their interests and figure out what they want to do with their lives and end up all over the dang place, and since they're all pretty dang competent they tend to gravitate towards Important Positions wherever they end up. Except for one sister who just retires to raise Space Sheep.

I like that in this AU Palpatine is just like "I will create an army of Loyal Murderers who will obey my every whim and also be a big psychological lever on my Other Pet Murderer," and then they all just Baby Duckling imprint on the first Jedi to be nice to them instead and he has to just be like "Wait no not like that."

AND one of them Steals Boba

I want Obi-Wan's Aniclone to start dating Fives. All the sisters judge her for it, because he's a Goof. A very competent, ARC Trooper goof! But a goof.

Not as goofy as Anakin, though.

Firebird:

Who expects a clone of Anakin Skywalker to not make questionable lifelong romantic choices impulsively?

#Anakin Skywalker #Ahsoka Tano #Obi Wan Kenobi #Disaster Lineage #Sheev Palpatine #Skeevy Sheev #cloning #Yoda #Mace Windu #Skysisters AU #trans anakin skywalker #Phoenix Posts #hive mind #Padme Amidala #Anidala

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