#anti-sasuke

[theunrealinsomniac]

Going back to the canon that we care about (or were forced to sit through, at any rate), I have NS quiestioinis. What does it take for Sakura to stop feeling like a third wheel (given the context of that snow scene we don't necessarily love and then how she got KO'd at the end...)? And what does it take for her to convince Naruto that she's for real? That we can have nice things :')

Lol oh if we must.

To answer your first question? Do you want the meta answer or the in-story answer? Cos they're both different and the same but Imma be snarkier in one of them lol.

What would it take for Sakura to stop feeling like a third wheel?

Better fucking writing. Better utilisation of the main female character and less Kishi choking on Sasuke and the Uchiha's collective dick.

It's a recurring problem in the series from my perspective, too much focus on one character to the extreme detriment of the entire cast. Even Naruto's story suffers for it.

If less time had been spent on the truly convoluted story of the Uchiha we could have spent more time with the rest of the characters and given them more time to shine.

Sakura, in text, is the successor to Tsunade, she is certifiably a badass. She IS the equal to the boys and I will fight you right now if you don't think she could beat Sasuke 'I've never won a fight without caveats' Uchiha in a fight if she went all out.

The fact she is relegated to somehow not being their equal is bad writing at best and blatant sexism at worst. And yes, I will always be angry about it.

Now in the context of actual story?

Show her fighting alongside Naruto more and keeping pace. She could, we know she could. I would have put more scenes in where Naruto and Sakura fought as a team, trained as a team, worked as a team. Have them talk about things more like actual friends do.

Really cement that bond you know?

While I would still have the final fight between Naruto and Sasuke, because goddamn it if it isn't thematically necessary, I would have shown Sakura fighting like hell to catch up with them.

This would not be a Sakura who would stand back and let them have their pissing contest without trying to intervene. We saw that would be her approach in their Genin days after all.

And for your second and more lovely answer having question?

What does it take for her to convince Naruto she's for real?

Well in my works typically? A screamed confession, a hell of a kiss and then just hours of sex lol.

But I think the first one is the key part there. Sakura coming up to him all shy and bashful was very out of character, this is not a woman who is known for being demure, and we love her for it lol.

There should be screaming, tears, pleas for his stupid arse to fucking listen and 'oh my god why aren't you kissing me yet?!'s lol.

Girl is dramatic and it would be that which would make the dumbass that is Naruto Uzumaki to take her seriously lol.

Cos it'd be in character of her tsundere arse lol.

Thanks for asking!

[justsasuke]

No offense to Itachi (jk full offense) but if Danzo had told Sasuke to kill his whole clan Sasuke would just have killed Danzo right there and ended the entire storyline prematurely.

[moon-trees]

[watermelonsloth]

I think the reason why Naruto fans get so passionate and upset about the series is because of how real it can be. Naruto isn’t about paragon heroes outdoing dastardly villains. It’s about human beings fighting tooth and nail to survive in a world surrounded by death. It’s about broken systems made and perpetuated by broken people.

The Hyuga clan isn’t just antagonistic or pretentious, they practice slavery.

The Uchiha clan weren’t just killed by some raging psychopath, they were systematically massacred.

Itachi isn’t just cruel to Sasuke because he’s a bad brother, he’s cruel because he’d been told time and time again that you can only survive by being cruel and he wants nothing more than for Sasuke to survive.

Nagato isn’t trying to take over the world just for the sake of power, he’s trying to take over the world because it beat him down to the point of believing that the only chance at peace there is is the world being forced into compliance through fear.

Iruka isn’t hard on Naruto just because he’s a strict teacher, he’s hard on Naruto because he knows from experience how unforgiving the world is towards orphans.

Kakashi isn’t just some silly and slightly lazy teacher, he’s a contract killer still grieving his loved ones and struggling to do better without knowing how he’s supposed to.

Sakura isn’t just a fangirl, she’s a normal girl in a very dangerous and abnormal world constantly being made to choose between what she’s supposed to do and what she feels.

Sasuke isn’t just some edgelord, he’s a survivor who lost everything then gets repeatedly told that he has to choose between keeping what he’s gained and doing better than his brother.

Naruto isn’t just trying to be the best Hokage there ever was, he’s trying to prove his worth to a society that abandoned him just for existing and, in a way, confirm his worth to himself.

The Naruto story is about humans trying to force themselves into the role of weapons because that’s what they were told they had to be. It’s a story where everyone is a perpetrator but no one is trying to do wrong. It’s a story where everyone is a victim but no one is a perfect victim.

The world and the characters aren’t simple and trying to simplify them only takes away from them. So of course we get passionate about showing off all the reasons why they shouldn’t be simplified and all of the ways they’re complicated. Of course we get upset when we see others simplifying them or selling certain aspects of their characters short. Of course we get upset when the series itself simplifies them. Of course we get upset when the series chooses to abandon them. Because it not only feels like the characters are giving up, it feels like the series is betraying anyone who chose to get invested in its complexities.

[punkeropercyjackson]

Jason Todd.Also Megumi Fushiguro.Also Percy Jackson but by P*rcicos and gods fuckers specifically.Also Todoroki Shouto.Also Sasuke Uchiha.Also Ichigo Kurosaki.Also Hobie Brown.Also Marshall Lee Abadeer.Also Prince Zuko.Also Nicholas D. Wolfwood-Y'know you guys get it

(Oh woah,almost 400 notes and like almost 100 at least don't realize i'm insulting you and calling you basic pick mes.Well,thanks for liking and subscribing anyway ig)

[meowmada]

Nothing just this

[uchiha-itachi-amaterasu]

Sasuke by Kairyan_zcl on artstation

[liz-thinks-too-much]

Can't blame Naruto for looking like that in Boruto, if I had to pretend to be straight I'd also look like shit

[abattre]

Naruto fans develop empathy challenge go !!!!

[sasucaty]

i am not a sasuke uchiha apologist because he has nothing to apologise for.

[mochiajclayne]

aside from the fact that everyone can't figure out the depth of naruto and sasuke's bond, it's genuinely so funny that on the surface, they know just how much those boys influence each other because kakashi openly says that naruto's driving force is sasuke then obito says that naruto was meant to be the pawn to test sasuke. it even came to the point that all you need to do is say their name and the other one would fucking react. orochimaru perfected that tactic and triggered feral naruto. they might not understand that bond but they know how it works on surface level. and they take advantage of it.

[maoam]

The claim that Sasuke is a misogynist is so unfounded it's not even funny.

Rejecting Sakura's romantic advances is not misogyny. This is something that seems very difficult for many to understand.

Telling Sakura that instead of constantly harassing him with date requests she should train so she could actually contribute to their team is not misogyny. It's the truth.

Fighting back when Sakura is trying to assassinate him is not misogyny. He has fought against other men too, and he would have fought if a man came to assassinate him instead.

Not caring about Sakura's business during the war arc is not misogyny. He didn't care for Kakashi's either.

Calling Sakura annoying when she is disrespecting Naruto, her own family, Sasuke's family/clan or Sasuke's goals is not misogyny. Even the genjutsu is not, because he did it due to her ignorance, not because she's a girl.

Not liking it and telling them to get off of him when Sakura and Karin jump on him and harass him despite his protests is not misogyny.

Sakura suffering because of her feelings for Sasuke is not misogyny from Sasuke nor his fault in any way, she's responsible for her own feelings.

The only person Sasuke ever bowed to (while using honorifics) was an elderly woman. Said elderly woman just wasn't annoying or ignorant like Sakura. He also acknowledged Karin as a strong kunoichi, despite her less flattering actions towards him.

[justsasuke]

“Save Sasuke from the dark path he was going down” sounds so deep and romantic or whatever until you remember that the “dark path ” being referred to was the search for answers and closure made necessary by systematic oppression, a corrupt political system, surviving a massacre, and constantly being invalidated.

[shyflowerhologram]

The double standards Konoha and fandom generally has when it comes to Uchihas, for example - Asuma’s death. Apparently, Shikamaru is allowed to grieve over his teacher’s death and be unreasonable and lead Choji and Ino against the people they had no chance against. Shikamaru may have had plan against Hidan, but he had no idea about Kakuzu’s abilities. Sure, he planned to get Hidan’s jutsu to kill Kakuzu, but without Kakashi, who got added to his team on last second, Ino and Choji would be long dead before Shikamaru’s plan came into action. Everyone supports and understands him. But now, when Sasuke is grieving over his family and wants a revenge, whole village (and fandom) is calling him a wuss. Where was Kakashi’s famous speech about how he had it worse when he offered his help to Shikamaru’s team? He never showed any intention to support Sasuke about killing Itachi, like he did with Shikamaru. He literally said: “Sasuke quit seeking revenge, even if you success, you’ll be left with emptiness in the end,” of course, it sounds wise, but then Kakashi goes and offers his help to other team for a revenge mission. Why? Itachi was a criminal just like Hidan and Kakuzu, member of Akatsuki. Did Itachi cause less grief for Sasuke than Hidan did for Shikamaru? Why was it so wrong to go after Itachi like they did with Hidan? There is no arguing that Itachi is worse opponent, but that had never been anyone’s point. The only thing everyone droned about was that Sasuke had to give up on revenge, forget about his massacred clan and play house in Konoha like nothing bad had ever happened. Another example would be how everyone says how Sasuke doesn't deserve forgiveness or happiness after everything he had done. What had he done so bad actually? Are we still going on about killing few samurai in a battle? Well, remember Gaara, who used to kill everyone simply for the sake of it. He wasn't on his right mind? Surprise, neither was Sasuke at kage's summit, he was finally going to face man who had ordered his family's death, too bad he wasn't all logical. Gaara could be redeemed for his killing spree, but not Sasuke. Sasuke, who got rid of two akatsuki members, sealed Orochimaru and put end to his experiments and torture (until konoha embraced Orochimaru back, because he was bad but at least he didn't kill samurai). Not to forget how Sasuke did Konoha a huge favor and got rid of Danzo, and I'm not gonna talk about how helped Naruto to save the world, but who says thank you? Nope, no one.

[moon-trees]

sasuke: genocide survivor, made it very clear the only reason he's in the village is to get stronger and kill itachi. very angry, self-deprecating, and being influenced by the curse mark

kakashi: yeah i'm not really gonna help you catch itachi. you should just give up on your revenge and become a slave to the state like me

sasuke: leaves the village

kakashi:

[punkeropercyjackson]

Fandom hoes be like 'female-coded' and 'the female experience' but get mad when you say a feminine male character might be feminine because they're actually a trans girl and feel connected to femininity because they wanna be female.Internalized misogyny is crazy bruh