#although I prefer naruhina and sasusaku

[skrhana]

It’s criminal the amount of times I see the ‘Sakura bullied Naruto’ narrative. They have an amazing bond and dynamic, they both care about each other so much, she cares for him, worries for him, cries for him, and supports him, and anyone that genuinely believes Sakura ‘bullied’ Naruto is an idiot.

Look at my babies ugh i love them

[neko-naruto]

Intro Post: Eighth Fandom Remake

the names Ace, but a lot of people also call me Sans. my pronouns are it/he/ae and i'd quite like it if you called me a girl and things of that genre.

i'm full force in my Naruto era and i'm in the long haul about these weirdo ninjas so buckle up baybay. also in my loserboy Sonic the Hedgehog era, i dabble more frequently in the movies and the archie comics over other mediums. and i'm playing Kingdom Hearts for serious starting october 19th so thatll have me insane.

yes i'm a multishipper, yes i'm a polyshipper, and yes, i'm down to try anything at least once.

i do an ungodly amount of writing whenever i can get my grubby mitts on some free time, most of what i write gets swallowed up in my reblogs. if you wanna scroll through the masses on tumblr you can click on this link!

there's also the sideblog for the horny fics on tumblr which is @hegoeshardasfuck and another sideblog for simple graphics and the such which is @vo1d-ed1ts

i'm someone that attempts to be a neutral party, although i do have shifting biases of my own, i won't actively go out of my way to scour out haterisms or whatever to put on my blog. too much energy to be a hater on main and i don't have that kind of energy that's required for that dedication. i will reblog analysis of characters and ships from either end of the discussion if it floats across my dash though, i find analysis to be intriguing even though i can't do it myself very well.

in other words we got ships, character thoughts, and what basically serves as a list for what you'll probably be seeing here

OTP's: sasusakunaru (quasi-romantically), sakuino, sonknuxadow, sorikai, shinokibahina (quasi-romantically), inoshikacho (quasi-romantically), kakaobirin, minakushi

NOTP's: sontails, shadmaria, itasasu

BROTP's: knuxpio, kibahina, kakagai, shadamy, narusaku

Ships That Turn On The Part Of My Brain The Craves To Dissect And Analyze: sasuhina, izutobi, jiraorotsu, basically all itachi ships

Positive Neutral But Not Particularly Feral Over It: sasusaku, sns, naruhina, shikatema, inosai, hashimada, soriku, sokai, rikai

note: most things on the positive neutral i prefer in a less domestic/romantic light, some of them are just canon/popular ships i dont rly have a strong stance on, and these lists are sure as hell gonna change

some semi-passive interests i also hold consist of Homestuck, TMNT, Final Fantasy VII (classic), InuYasha [my dvd's r fucked so the rewatch is a strugglefest but i still love it], Soul Eater, and Kenikari! which, if you don't know what Kenikari is, it's a silly little indie game that i'd recommend playing

and thats about the sum of it! enjoy your stay!

[moneeko]

My opinion on Naruhina, Sasusaku and Narusaku

I recently finished reading the manga and have been watching the anime for the last few days. What can I share my opinion about these ships

NaruHina;

I don't feel anything for this ship. I forgot about Hinata. Even though he's a Canon and he plans to watch all of naruto along with the movies. Maybe my opinion about this ship will change. But I don't.

Sasusaku;

Oh boy…. This ship is toxic to me. Although I had a slight delight in the beginning of the series, however. They tried to kill each other. I plan to read the caninical sources on how they became a couple. Despite great shortcomings. Yet they had interactions unlike the ship above

Narusaku;

I love this ship. They had a lot of interaction and chemistry that you can't deny that if they were the end couple no one would be surprised. Maybe it's that I prefer tsundere?

[zetamorphosys]

Toxic Simping Vs One Sided Love : Naruto Anime

Naruto has a crush on Sakura: 

This is usually seen as Naruto’s pure love being ignored by Sakura despite multiple attempts. As a result of which Sakura is usually Hated by the fandom. ‘But here’s the thing. A Girl is NOT a trophy or an object that you can win just because how passionately you are trying to achive it. She’s a human being and her personal preference matters. 

And this is where this trope becomes toxic simping. As the other person, who has not done anything other than your reject your advances, Is framed as the bad person. Sakura is always blamed for this. Imagine if it was some other character doing the same with Hinata, everyone would have called him a creep.

But since Sakura hate is a cool and trending topic, everyone wants to join in.

Obito has a crush on Rin:

Same thing about Obito , who has a crush on rin but Rin in fact likes Kakashi. And now Obito blames Kakashi for his broken heart. Even some fans treat Rin as a Joke ( although not as much as Sakura, since Rin died), simply bcoz she rejected our good boy Obito.

Sakura, Karin and all other girls Having crush on Sasuke:

Don’t get me wrong, its not just an issue when a boy is constantly following a girl. Its an issue even when the genders are reversed.

One of the main reason fans hate on Sasuke is how he ignores all the girls that really like him. But is he really obliged to say yes to everyone?

Again a person is not a trophy that u can compete for. 

Lets consider Sasuke’s case. This is a kid who lost his parents, neighbours, relatives, his entire fucking clan in one night. And he saw it happen. Not just once. No no no. He saw it happen on rewind loop again and again. And the person who killed his parents and clan was none other than his beloved elder brother. So now his sole purpose in life is to Avenge and restore his Clan by killing his Elder brother.

And for that he has to focus only on getting stronger and nothing else. Can you blame him for taking his training seriously?? Nope. Since his task is ... Killing Itachi fxking Uchiha. Like how do u even think about Killing someone like that??

He knows he has no life, and that;s more reason he doesn;t want to involve anyone in his life. He even mentions that to Sakura multiple times in early episodes before leaving konoha.

One-Sided Love of Rock Lee:

Now, why this is different that Naruto and Obito’s Simping? 

Its bcoz unlike Naruto who constantly tries to bother Sakura, Rock lee is more gentle. He wants to show sakura his love but also doesnt constantly bother her. And after realising that Saku loves Sasuk, He stops bothering Sakura, which i find is a very mature thing to do. And also very underrated. Just like many other things in the series, this aspect of Rock lee is also ignored and fans simply talk abt how uch naruto/obito loved their crushes.

ALSO...

I know the intentions of a person passionately loving someone even when they are rejected is usually meant to be reflecting a true love. But at times, the other person gets a bad reputaion for being to rude, which is not at all the case. Its definetly not the intention of Kishimoto but thats what it ends up representing for most fans. Lazy writing or people judging the writing from their own narrow minded perspective?

P.S. I ship Sasusaku, Naruhina , my objection is to how its presented.

Tell me what you guys think?

[yourdesertsunflower]

002|| Sasuke XD

Well, I wasn’t expecting Sausage but I have A LOT to say about him. So thank you @toxicdeathboy this is going to be fun, at least for me. 

How I feel about this character: 

Even though this isn’t even the most problematic out of all the points to answer in this list but I got to say I feel quite conflicted with Sasuke. 

Unlike many people that saw Naruto since they were toddlers and grew in parallel to this anime I watched it when I was quite older, more exactly when I was sixteen. So yeah, that framed a lot my perspective a Sasuke and how I view his character (and takes away the nostalgia factor of having watched the show all your life)

At the beginning of the anime Sasuke was in within my top favorite characters. He was just a cool smart-ass, an almost stereotypical fuck-boy but that had some depth in him: a clear moral conduct, a genuine care for his team mates and abilities that not only made him look incredible but that also where backed up by logic and didn’t break the manga apart (yeah!). And although Sasuke little by little started falling in the charts either because of  new characters appearing and basically dominating the higher positions or because of little things that surrounded the character that I wasn’t completely fond of (like every character except from Hinata automatically falling for him or being obsessed with him, or getting help either from the script of other characters whenever he was in real trouble) I still appreciated his character.  

He is a well-written character I can deny that but there was one moment that throw me completely off. (What I am going to say following this is completely subjective and can be discussed so if you got another opinion I would love to hear it, just a disclaimer because it maybe sounds way to harsh)

In the middle of the Fourth Great Ninja War, Sasuke is reunited with Itachi. That was a pretty good moment, filled up with emotions in with Sasuke is finally able to understand the intentions behind his brother’s acts. He finally understands that everything he had done was to protect both Konoha and him, that he had basically lived a man of criminal in order to protect the integrity of them both. So what did Sasuke decide to do? A revolution through which he’ll destroy himself and Konoha. 

Did I missed something? 

That would make completely sense if he hadn’t met Itachi and therefore stayed in the same psycho-mode as he was but it’s completely nonsense that after being talked down by Itachi and learning everything he still decided to do that. In my point of view this completely broke the consistency in his characterization and hence, generated my conflicted feelings towards him. 

On the one hand we have a composed, serious and consistent Sasuke with almost every appearance he has is f***ing cool and that has logical drives and it’s heavily positive input in his manga/anime. On the other hand we have a completely illogical Sasuke that basically only says he is going to have a revolution because Kishimoto needed an excuse to have his fight against Naruto being the end of the manga and a Sasuke which is highly favored by his author. 

Hence the word conflicted being the best word I can choose. Sometimes I like him a lot, sometimes I dislike him a lot. I can’t decide on one. 

All the people I ship romantically with this character: 

Shipping and Sasuke. Like, Sasuke was so obsessed by revenge, specially during the whole of Shippuden, that I can hardly say I genuinely ship him with almost anyone, nor I cared that much. Sasuke x Revenge and Naruto x Ramen are clear OTPs that no one can deny. 

Well getting a little bit more serious I’ll try to dive a little bit into each ship that I had considered during my experience in the fandom: 

Sasuke x Sakura: To be  honest I was almost  100% spoiled of every mayor event in the anime before starting to read it. Thanks, brother. You call it, Jiraiya’s Death, checked. Minato and Kushina being Naruto’s parents, checked. Tobi being Obito, checked. And so I was spoiled both NaruHina and SasuSaku. So when I first started to see the series I was looking forward to see both of this relationships developed. Unluckily I didn’t got that much. But I got to say I  liked the idea of a possible relationship developing between Sasuke and Sakura during Part I, where a grown-up Sakura’s feelings will develop from obsession to a genuine care and Sasuke will open up to her. But none of this happened and then all absolutely fell into pieces in Part II when Sasuke almost killed her. That in my world is a big no, and despite I like their interactions in Boruto and I genuinely ship them in this period of time as they seem to have an honest feeling towards each other. However, I can’t get behind that he did almost killed her (despite Sasuke being in a state of mind that we can hardly call sane) so I ship them but not that much. 

Sasuke x Anyone from Team Taka: I could easily ship them with anyone from the Team, despite I don’t have a particular interest over any other romantic pairing in particular. I think that with anyone of them, given a little more of development could have made a good pairing for Sasuke since they show a great care for him and their friendship even when they didn’t necessarily needed to. Beside that, I don’t have that much to say and repeating more or less the same things for Karin, Suigetsu and Jugo just seemed to match.  

Sasuke x Ino: I just like who their personality match at the end of their respective arcs all through Naruto Shippuden with a mature and calm Sasuke and a caring and witty Ino. However there’s little to no evidence of Sasuke even caring for Ino so I can only see it as more of a crack ship. 

My non-romantic OTP for this character: 

Naruto x Sasuke: I know everyone sees incredibly romantic undertones between them, and you’re probably right, I just don’t see it. I see them more as they would feel the void of the family they had lost acting as each others brother. They compete, they help and they relate to each other (in my point of view) more as brothers than as lovers. 

My unpopular opinion about this character: 

If what said in before wasn’t already unpopular enough (I think it already was) I have another one that I think it’s even more unpopular. 

I don’t find Sasuke THAT attractive, physically speaking. 

I mean he is just a good-looking person, nothing less and nothing more. 

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: My OTP:

Duh, Sasuke x Revange. 

Well I’m sorry I can hardly think of which ship I prefer over the other. I can really have an OTP for this character but if I got to say one it’ll probably NaruSasu, like idk. This is hard. It’s completely irrational since I have just explained why I don’t view them in a ‘romantic way’ but if I got to stay with the most significant relationship of Sasuke that got to be his bond with Naruto. I have no doubts of that. 

My Cross Over Ship:

You got no idea how long I been thinking about this. 

This might be a little weird, specially considering that I had already made a post  comparing her to a Naruto character which I could never ship with Sasuke but I think it would be interesting to see her with Kagura of InuYasha. 

I really would like to see Sasuke with someone who is able to match him in his own game. Someone that is also mature, calculating, confident and that won’t let him manipulate her while still having a softer side. Or maybe is just because I like female characters like this and I am just tricking myself into believe this will work. So, yes, I genuinely don’t know who this would work but I consider it’ll be nonetheless intriguing. 

A Headcanon Fact:

Sasuke is a proficient writer and has a notebook in which tends to write while he is on his journeys across the continent. He usually writes more whenever he misses his home, his friends or family. No one knows what he writes in there, not even Sakura as he is too ashamed to show them. Maybe too personal? 

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Well here you got it. Late in better than never. Thanks again for the ask. I am sure this is not what you wanted but Sasuke is quite a problematic for me to analyze and write about but I hope that at least it was somewhat entertaining.  Have a nice day!

[ariannjs]

HAPPY | A SasuSaku Short FanFic (1/4)

For Day 4 (City Lights) of SasuSaku Month 2019 - @sasuxsakumonth

This fic was inspired by the Filipino celebrity pair/loveteam called “AlDub” (based from their screen names: Alden & Yaya Dub) or “MaiChard” (their real names: Maine Mendoza & Richard Faulkerson, Jr.). The plot and content have nothing to do with the said actors, but I based the idea for this fic from the themes of Maine’s two most controversial blog posts.

Rating: K+

Summary: The truth was loud and clear, that the combination of pink and green wasn’t meant to be with black and blue – both professionally and realistically.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto and AlDub.

Warning: Get some tissues.

Enjoy reading!

...or not.

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[sakuraharunotes.com/official-blogs]

Hey, Blossoms! It’s been a while! I know I haven’t touched this blog since my open letter half a year ago, but I have important things to share with you – finally – as you read this.

First, I want to thank everyone who has been tweeting me or commenting on my posts to ask about how I am doing every now and then. I may not be able to reply but I’m really grateful to know that there are still some of you guys who care so much about me (despite the amount of fans-turned-to-bashers that came out since the last time I opened up through this blog). 

To answer your queries – I’ve been very fine, really. 

I’ve been a lot happier. 

I’ve been a lot me. 

It took some time, but when I posted that open letter about me feeling like I was losing myself within the whirlwind that is show business – because of all the overwhelming requests (demands) of our loveteam’s fandom – it helped me to be more genuine with myself.

For once, I’m living and working as I should, not as I’m told. And I’m doing things as Sakura, not as any other role.

So yes, I’ve been very fine even though you guys haven’t seen me much on social media. And I’ll always be grateful for all of you who have stayed, respecting me and caring for me as a person, and not just as a celebrity that you often see onscreen.

Second, I know there had been lots of speculations about this but I never answered yet because I know that there would be another uproar that could cause unnecessary hate to a special person in my life. 

That’s what I want to avoid, honestly. I’ve already received tons of hate after I voiced out my thoughts through my open letter that eventually led to the needed separation of my former loveteam. And having a special person receiving hate as well – just because people prefer someone else as the one I should love – is something that I wouldn’t tolerate anymore.

But yes, I want the truth to come from me: I’m officially confirming that I’m happily dating Sasori Akasuna. 

Since when? I’m not gonna tell. 

How? I don’t think I’m required to divulge that. 

Why? Wait a sec—are you kidding me? Cos my answer to that is: Why not?

Although I am deeply flattered with your love for me and my leading man for four years, I have already mentioned in my open letter that Sasuke and I are only friends and workmates in the industry. Up until now. And just because you’re supporting our loveteam, and you’re paying for our movies, or you’re managing fan accounts for us, doesn’t mean that you could dictate us about the matters of our hearts.

Even though we love you, we have our personal lives and individual decisions that need some respect too. After all, whatever you see onscreen doesn’t necessarily reflect our real lives. 

So really, to ask me why I’m dating Sasori is as if you’re asking me why I’m making decisions for my own life.

To give you some sort of peace, Sasori makes me incredibly happy in ways I have never imagined. He cares for me even better than I care for myself. And my family adores him, probably even more than they adore me! Haha. 

What I want to say is that (for my true supporters), you guys don’t have to worry if I have chosen the wrong guy. And (for my former supporters), I understand that there are things (or a person) that you think is the best for me but honestly, at the end of the day, the decision is still mine. 

And now that the truth is out in the open, I truly can’t wait for everything else that is in store for us throughout this year. But what I can assure you all is this: I’m feeling a lot better than I’ve ever been since I’ve entered showbiz, and one of the reasons that contributed to this is my newly found freedom to finally be true to myself without being afraid of what people would say. 

I hope all my fans would respect this.

So thank you, really. For sticking around. It really means a lot to me that you’re supporting not just the Sakura or other roles of me that you see onscreen, but also the real Sakura behind the scenes.

All the things that you’ve done for us as SasuSaku will always be a part of my sweetest memories. But I hope you would continue to support me, and Sasuke, despite going our separate endeavours as artists. I am pretty sure that he’s meant for greater things, even without me as his leading lady. And I can’t wait to see that from afar.

Til next time, Blossoms! Continue blooming where you’re planted! 

— Sakura H.

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He shut his macbook, albeit with a little more force, as his other hand pinched the bridge of his nose. He remembered reading another post from the same website months ago, and the way he felt after reading it wasn’t like this.

Back then, he felt proud of her. For standing up for herself in a world that tried to manipulate her just because she’s the best leading lady for Sasuke Uchiha, realizing that she has a life of her own and she wasn’t meant to please people even if the fans were basically the ones who made them the most sought-after loveteam of their generation. Amidst the sea of facade, she decided to choose to be real. That personality development that was vivid in her open letter posted six months prior was enough to make him so proud of her.

His head whipped around his bachelor pad, seeing black and blue here and there. His mind traced back to seeing a tinge of pink and green in this same place every once in a while, but as his gaze landed on his macbook once again, it hit him like a tsunami that seeing pink and green here will never happen again. 

That’s why the feeling was different now. 

The truth was loud and clear, that the combination of pink and green wasn’t meant to be with black and blue – both professionally and realistically.

A week after her open letter, they found themselves seated in front of their main manager, setting a new arrangement for the two of them so as to lessen the uproar of fans’ expectations on the world’s sensational loveteam SasuSaku – as their fans called them – with the projects that they were a part of. 

The Music Show that they were hosting alongside another love team – NaruHina – had a drastic adjustment in terms of who would report on the field and in the studio. It wasn’t VJ Sasuke and VJ Sakura together in the studio or on the field anymore. But it was VJ Sasuke in the studio, and VJ Sakura on the field.

They also didn’t have commercials or magazine shoots together anymore, let alone movie projects even after their worldwide blockbuster hit movie entitled “The First,” which was ironically their last.

Although he was discreetly uncomfortable with the idea, considering the fact that this was totally new to their four-year status quo, Sasuke complied and adapted to the changes.

At first, he thought it was just the adjustments that made it difficult. But it suddenly dawned on him when he was offered a project with a new redhead leading lady that it wasn’t just about missing his old routines anymore.

He missed her.

Damn. He totally missed her.

There’s no more continuous chatter from his passenger seat on their way home after shoots.

No more pink strands on his shoulder during long flights.

No more lazy good mornings and good night hugs in their offsite tents. 

No more Sakura.

It was on times that Sasuke was very worn out after coming from the gym or a commercial shoot that the reality of this sank further in his mind. Parked in front of his condo one night, he unconsciously glanced at his passenger seat and blinked as a blurred pink suddenly clouded his vision, or so he thought.

He drove her to her place like the usual, but tonight, he wasn’t able to stop himself from staring at her after turning off the engine of his car. 

Gladly, she stared back as if it was the most normal thing to do at a time like that, which only urged him to slowly lean in, pausing slightly as if to ask her permission, before capturing her lips with his.

It wasn’t their first kiss. But it was their first without a number of cameras recording every angle of the contact. 

And Sasuke liked it. He liked how slow and achingly beautiful the moment was, until they both pulled away, breathless and flushed.

A part of him wished this was how his every night ends and how his every morning starts. But for now, he could only continue to stare at those green pools that never failed to draw him in, whether it’s filmed or not.

As he lifted a hand to tuck a few strands of her hair behind her ear, she then chuckled. “That was one heck of a good practice for our next scene, huh?”

And just like that, he was suddenly out of his daze as if a blue electric current coursed through his veins.

“Thanks for the ride. Goodnight...Zeke.”

The next thing he knew, she was already out the door of his car, leaving him blinking once, twice, as his brain slowly processed what had happened. His hand then collided with the steering wheel. “Damn it!”

What he didn’t realize was that their little moment was quite similar to the one on their recent script. 

Groaning, his face fell on his hands. Did she really think he was still on work mode?! He wasn’t being Zeke! He was being Sasuke! 

That night, he went home without touching the said script even though he had some lines that he needed to memorize for the next day.

Just thinking about it now, he wished he didn’t become complacent. Heck, when he entered the show business he was already aware of the fact that nothing is constant in it. He had seen how the ones before him and even those that started alongside him didn’t really have careers that remained skyrocketing. 

He was only one of the fortunate ones and it all began when an undeniable chemistry was seen between him and Sakura on a TV series that aired five years ago. 

While he was still paired up with her, he realized he should’ve made the most out of the time they had. He should’ve told her that his feelings weren’t that of Landon’s, nor Zeke’s, nor Marq’s anymore. 

Instead, his feelings were – are – of Sasuke’s.

But like what people always say, regret comes in the end.

And indeed, it came. Like a wildfire.

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(Happy - PART 2)

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This was done weeks ago but I posted it days late for Day 4 because a lot of things had happened lately, hahahuhu. Let me know what you guys think! This is my very first SS angst so I’d love to know your feedback on my writing! <3

Check out my other works here! It you like what I do, kindly consider supporting me on ko-fi or patreon. I’m also saving up for a special post-birthday trip this November so your support would mean a lot to me!♥️

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June 2019 | AriannJS

[shannarobelieveitro]

My Top 5 Canon/Could-Be Naruto Ships

Listen you fnckers I'm REALLY new to this fandom so I don't really know what's up with the beef in the Naruto fandom. I just know y'all are at each others' throats. So I'm going to give my true and honest opinion on the ships and why I ship/like them.

5. NaruHina (Naruto & Hinata)

These two are the cutest and purest ship I've ever seen. I started watching Naruto VERY late so I already knew a LOT of spoilers, including who Naruto gets with in the end. I started watching the show with some comments from my guy friends and my little cousin, all of them telling me this in a middle of a fanboy rant, that Naruto doesn't get with Sakura, but with someone else. So I started the series kinda miffed that he doesn't get with his teammate (it's a trope I love) but shipping isn't one of my make it or break it preferences so I watched it anyway. I immediately fell in love with Naruto's character. He reminded me of myself as a kid (though I wasn't as rambunctious nor dumb) and I admired his perseverence and his strength. Later, when Hinata was presented, I absolutely fell in love with her. She was an adorable little smol bean and I loved that she was the only one with a crush on Naruto from the beginning and not one of his fangirls. In the end, I was glad that she finally got the man of her dreams and I was so happy that she finally got some love. However, I do agree that Naruto's feelings just came to light overnight and they weren't really developed that well. I was slightly disappointed and I was hoping to see more love struck Naruto, but I'm overall happy with how it turned out.

4. SasuSaku (Sasuke & Sakura)

Listen, these two have such a complex love story and I LOVE it. In the beginning, oh God, I HATED Sakura. She was mumbling crud about Sasuke and being all needy and stuff, but throughout the course of the show, I started respecting her. In the whole Zabuza/Haku arc (that sh!t scarred me for life tbh) I was crying alongside her when Sasuke "died". Her tears were more than a stupid crush and I felt it. Granted, I also hated Sasuke in the beginning. His air of arrogance and his conceitedness was annoying to say the least. However, I only actually started to like him during the Chunin Exams, when he fought Orochimaru. Throughout the series, I noticed that although Sasuke was always "cold", he was actually still showing emotion in his own way and I started shipping it. The scene when he was going to leave the village was heart-breaking (though a little too drawled out) and I squealed when he thanked her before knocking her out. That right there confirmed to me that he was harboring feelings, even if he didn't like it. In the end, I loved how Sakura's love never wavered and Sasuke acknowledged her love for him and her strength as a kunoichi. Same with Naruhina,I wish I got to see more scenes of them together after the war, but we may still have a chance. Boruto might show us some flashbacks of the parents of the New Gen together.

3. JiraTsuna (Jiraiya & Tsunade)

I FNCKING LOVE THIS SONG! 😭 Jiraiya and Tsunade was such a sad "could-have-been" ship, you know? Jiraiya, a player kinda guy (who's a fncking perv), sets his sight on one girl when he was 12. He starts to train harder than ever when she comments on how she likes strong men like Orochimaru. He becomed a fncking SAGE to win her heart. He practically becomes her best friend because Orochimaru is too creepy for that and they become close. He's there for her when her brother dies. Dan comes along and she falls in love with him, leaving Jiraiya in the dust. Then Jiraiya chases after Orochimaru and Dan dies and then she leaves the village. He offers up Tsunade as the Hokage because he has faith in her and knows it'll be good for her. He brings Naruto because he knows that this boi will remind her of what her brother and Dan stood for. He carries a picture if her with him. Then they both meet up again and she's fncking depressed but Jiraiya believes in her and reminds her why the loves of her life died and she becomes Hokage. When Jiraiya leaves and both of them aren't sure if he'll make it back, she almost bawls. Tsunade, one of the strongest kunoichi ever, almost cries at the thought of losing Jiraiya. Then he fncking dies. THOSE FNCKING FLASHBACKS. I WASN'T READY TO SHIP IT AND I WAS BAWLING BECAUSE HE WAS SO CLOSE TO FINALLY GET THE GIRL HE WAS AIMING FOR BUT, YOU KNOW, PAIN HAD TO FNCKING KILL HIM. Their stlmory itself is enough shipling material. No debate there.

2. ItaIzu

THIS WAS THE LOVE ITACHI FNCKING DESERVED OMG. The moment I saw that Itachi saved her and she came back to thank him and to try to hold Sasuke, I fell in love with their dynamic (when I saw that she was also an Uchiha, I highkey freaked, but then I read that she's a distant cousin and barely one at that so I was all gucci later). I just...I LOVED how he was a quiet, polite, genius student in the Acadmey and she was just a really eccentric girl who was super nice and adorable. But THEN THE FNCKING COUP DE'TAT (idk if that's how you spell it but oh well) HAPPENED AND HE HAD TO KILL HER. OOF. I heard that in the manga, he put her under a tsukuyomi where they both live the rest of their lives together and die in the other's arms so that she can at least die in peace and I wasn't ready for that beautiful act of love and I almost burst in tears. (Glaring at SP for not animating it).

1. ObiRin (Obito & Rin)

They were so adorable! I couldn't handle it! OMGGGG❤ This was truly a tragic story. They had so many chances to be together, yet Rin was head over heels fir Kakashi and Obito was smitten with Rin. But it could've happened, you know? After the fight at the bridge, they could've gone home and Kakashi could have been the eingman he should have been when they were younger to get them together. Rin could have realized that her care for Obito was deeper than friendly protectiveness. Team 7 could have been the ultimate wing...kids? They could have had such a happy life of love. But Obito had to fncking almost die and get stuck under a pile of massive boulders and later go all psychotic when he sees Rin sacrifice herself for the village's sake. And the fact that he only joined Madara's infinited tsukuyomi plan was so he could build a world where Rin was alive and where he could have had the life he wanted other than the world he has now. Yes, he was insane, but I love that his motives were fueled by his thoughts of her. Also, the fact that Rin must have been so confused to see that Obito wasn't in the afterlife breaks my heart and tears me to pieces. Their reunion (and both of them helping Team 7 win even after death) just BROKE ME EVEN MORE. If I ever had the chance to make an alternate reality, it would be one where Obito and Rin were still alive and where they could live happily ever after.

[chew-ie-blog]

Fandom Hype

Just a personal post about staying hyped in a fandom.

I find it difficult to stay invested in a fandom, at least in the typical way of keeping up with the manga/anime, and I think the main reason is because I sometimes don’t appreciate the protagonists or the most popular ships.

For instance, as much as I reblog about Haikyuu!! and like the material that pops up on my blog, I don’t care too much for the actual manga. I used to enjoy it, until perhaps, the Shiratorizawa Arc? And then it got stale for me, and I eventually ended up referring solely to fanwork and neglected canon content altogether. The main reason for that is simply because I don’t care about Karasuno. I find its characters cute, but that’s it; I don’t care for Karasuno’s development, how Hinata and Kageyama learn to synergize with each other, or how everyone on the Karasuno team fills a niche role.

Instead, my favorite characters are Oikawa and Akaashi, the former whose character development was basically finished (with Aobajousei’s loss) and the latter who is a minor character. And that makes me sad, because I can recognize that Haikyuu!! is a well-fleshed sports manga, which explores so many aspects of a volleyball team; it deals with Yamaguchi contributing from the bench, to Sugawara-- a third year-- resigning to be the secondary setter and still remaining an important member of the team, to someone like Tsukishima who discovers passion for volleyball later on in the manga (as opposed to someone like Hinata, who knows that he wants to play volleyball right from the start).

But yet, simply put, these characters don’t hold my interest. And when they’re constantly featured over my favorite characters, I find myself losing interest in the manga as a whole. It’s like... you wouldn’t read a fanfiction where the focus was on a character you didn’t care too much about; you wouldn’t mind if they popped up once in a while, but it would bore you if the fanfiction revolved around them. And that’s what I feel when I read Haikyuu!!, and I wish that wasn’t the case. (Of course, I think it’s perfectly natural for Haikyuu!! to focus on its main team-- Karasuno-- and follow through with its journey. This is not a criticism on the manga whatsoever; it’s simply a personal reason about why I don’t enjoy it.)

Likewise, it’s hard to stay invested in a fandom if you don’t care about its relationships, even if you like the characters. I used to be obsessed with Mystic Messenger, because I loved its cast. But I really didn’t ship the protagonist with anyone (despite the nature of the game), and soon I found that I didn’t really want to play the game at all. Because no matter how much I, say, liked Yoosung’s character, I found it boring when the game focused on his affection for the MC and not on his casual interactions with the rest of RFA. (That’s why, ironically, I liked the first days of MM better than the last days, when it was chock full of drama.)

And although the fandom had ships outside of RFA/MC, the dominant ones were Zen/Jumin and Seven/Yoosung, which I honestly did not ship, especially the former one. I preferred 7en (Zen/Seven), but whenever I tried to look for 7en content, I would constantly run up against Zen/Jumin instead, and would get discouraged. And unable to connect with the original content (MM game) or the fandom, I ended up leaving it pretty quickly. At least with Haikyuu!!, there’s a pretty good chunk of the fandom that likes Oikawa most, and there’s plenty of material featuring him to go around. (My OTP for Oikawa isn’t IwaOi, but it’s still a ship I enjoy, and I would say that’s the second most popular ship in the fandom.) Even Akaashi, despite his minor appearances, has a substantial following (and like with IwaOi, BokuAka isn’t my favorite OTP for Akaashi, but it’s still a good ship and one that’s very popular). So despite feeling no particular affection for the canon content, I still find the fanon material interesting. And that’s why, I suppose I’m still in the fandom. Still, whenever I see manga caps floating around or people hyping up over the live action movie, I can’t relate to that at all.

The fandom I stayed in for the longest time was Hetalia, and it was a fandom where my OTP aligned with the fandom’s OTP (USUK), and where I adored its main character (Italy). And that’s why I was so invested in the fandom, canon and fanon-wise, for so long. Like God, I ate up every small update to its webtoon, memorized lyrics for the character songs, and reread 40k+ length fanfiction. (In fact, my favorite fanfiction was World Powers, an amazing, 178k story.) I spent hours (as in, literally 6-7 hours/day) watching HetaOni, HetaHazard, HetaQuest, RomaHeta, etc.; all those Hetalia-variant games. I even spent a substantial time finding Hetalia-related songs and downloading them all; I had a whole folder dedicated to Hetaloid songs, and God was that full (AsaKiku’s “World’s End Dancehall,” anyone?). It’s so easy to get sucked into a fandom. And on some level, I really want to revisit that level of hype, even if it’s probably going to make me more unproductive than I am now.

But in the fandoms I stumble across now, I find that I’m not all that interested in the protagonist or the fandom’s favorite ships. I feel like one of the reasons I latched on to Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu is because I really like the protagonist, Kikuhiko, because I’m a little tired of liking the side characters and skipping past vital parts of the story just to get to them. Like for Naruto, I didn’t care all that much for Naruto (or Sasuke), nor did I like the main ships (SasuNaru, NaruSaku, NaruHina, SasuSaku, etc. Granted, I did like SasuSaku for a while, but that was before Shippuden happened.) It’s been, what, some 8 years since I last ventured into the Naruto fandom, but I think my OTP was KibaHina? And while that got some recognition, I don’t remember it being a huge ship. Things like that. I find that I normally fall for pairings with some material-- not complete crack ships-- but not enough to really satiate me or keep me attached to the fandom. For Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, my OTP was NozaMiko, and I didn’t care at all for NozaChiyo. Right now for Haikyuu, it’s KurooAka, and while there seem to be many people who entertain the ship, it’s not really their main ship. It seems like something they write on the side from BokuAka (like God, so much BoKurooAka out there).

I don’t know, I’m sure this is a thing for many people, since the people that stay in one fandom and grow obsessed with it are much fewer than the people who hop between fandoms. I guess I just wanted to get this down somewhere, for whatever reason? I wouldn’t really want to bring it up in a discussion or anything.

[do-you-even-kakashi]

11 Questions

Tagged by: @raendown like, a long time ago.... sorry.

1. What, if anything, would make your NoTP acceptable to you?

Well, pretty much all Naruto canon couples are my NoTP (Excluding ShikaTema and SaiIno) because they really do lack progression between the two characters or even just the two interacting. NaruHina is an example because of the little insight we see between Naruto and Hinata, and to me it just seems like a forced ship to satisfy the fandom. Throughout all, like, 700 episodes, they’ve only talked to each other in about 12 episodes. This also leads me to SasuSaku. Although there is interaction between the two characters, it still lacks the progression, making it a dysfunctional ship. We’ve seen some positive scenes between Sasuke and Sakura, but ultimately the negative overpower that. I think that Kishi could of done so much better when it comes to the romance between these characters, but following the story line, I would say that nothing could make these ships more acceptable for me.

2. If you could have grown up in any other country than the one you did, which would you choose?

I would like to live in Canada, mainly because of family up there that I never see, as I am all the way across the continent.

3. Who is one Naruto character that you wish had a different backstory? Even if theirs was well developed and you just wish to change something about it.

KAKASHI MY POOR SMOL BABY DOESN'T DESERVE ANYTHING THAT KISHI PUT HIM THROUGH LIKE BRUH.

4. Pens or pencils? Why?

Pencils. I mess up a lot while writing and I find comfort in knowing that I can erase my mistakes.

5. Writing on paper or typing on a computer?

I may have grown up with technology, but I always preferred paper over computers, especially when taking notes.

6. Name two things you admire/enjoy about yourself.

Bruh, I can’t even name one.

7. If you could emulate any character from any anime who would it be?

Definitely Sakura. 

8. Who was the first anime character you wished you could be friends with?

Honestly, Kakashi. My poor lonely child T-T

9. How many tabs are open in your browser right now? If you’re on your phone, how many apps are running in the background?

Three. My Email, YouTube and Tumblr.

10. What do you wish you saw more of on tumblr?

I... can’t think of anything...

11. What is a cause you are passionate about/want to spread the word about that you feel doesn’t get enough attention?

Mental Illness awareness.

My Questions:

When’s your birthday?

Do you know the Muffin Man?

Favorite Song?

Do you have time to talk about our lord and savior, Kakashi Hatake?

OTP?

Do you collect anything?

Favorite Book?

Do you like horror movies?

Favorite Singer/Band?

What’s your favorite color?

If you had to choose between pineapples and the name Jessica, which would you choose?

I tag: anyone who wants to do this.

[therantfairysblog]

So i read anr. The art is pretty sick ngl. Although i prefer the og idea of the ending, the bad execution and plotholes in the last arc really tainted the flow of the story. The ending in 139, what can i say, is very toned down ver from what i imagine. The additional pages are pretty interesting though, its not that eren and his friend failed but even irl i feel like we almost entering ww3, another war again. Paradis eventually destroyed. As expected. However that mikasa scene. I have no comment but its really look like unnecessary panel. Or trolling idk.

Eren is complex, really complex. He isn't strong but he isn't weak either, he is a crybaby yet he is determined, he is selfless yet selfish. Ppl need to understand this. He is such interesting mc with layered morality. I guess his inner conflict of morality, to wipe out all the humanity and freeing himself or giving chance to his friends and innocent ppl the freedom of choice affecting his judgement. So for me, isayama seems to fail to deliver this nature of eren in the last arc for some reason. Thats why chad eren seems prominent in the later arc. Eren lacked pov, we are left questioning ourselves, why he did this? Is he completely change? Is he?. The execution was pretty jarring. There are so many things happened, without proper explanation. Aot shouldn't finish at 139.

The first impression i read is mikasa probably playing some role in the future and i was correct BUT not the way i expected. Hell, I'm actually didn't have high hope for a shounen mangaka wrote a decent romance...(war flashback to naruhina and sasusaku). Again in this matter we lacked eren inner monologue to mikasa. Correct me if I'm wrong but chap 123 maybe the closest hint of his confession but i always view it as his last cry for help.

Also i really like the clashing ideology of eren and zeke yeager. Both raised differently. 'because we born in this world and we free, we has a purpose vs zeke anti natalism view, stem from his experience of rejection, and his resentment to grisha, twisted view of what exactly is life is. i don't know but i really want it to be discussed more.

My biggest issue is probably ymir fritz, her real feelings, her regrets, everything about her didn't get explained well. Let say it is stockholm syndrome, shouldn't it be better hinted about her hopeless affection to her abuser way before 139. I wish it was explained better and executed better. Inserting Love theme isn't wrong but it shouldn't be bomb dropping like this. I like the idea but not the execution.

Anyway. Yes the ending is flawed but eren character didn't exactly assassinated as ppl say, he is just him. Idk maybe because it just too abrupt. I guess datelines and definite chapter to finish kind off ruining it.