#anyway gaara is my son boy I love he

[luckycaricature]

Honestly I love Vriska Homestuck because she seems exactly like the kind of character I would've been obsessed with as a teen, but thank fuck I didn't read Homestuck until way later

Like I was out there internalizing lessons from Bass.EXE and Gaara, it would've been cool to have a #FemaleRoleModel (none of these people have any business being role models. except maybe older Gaara? idk I didn't keep up with the show), but yeah. Yeah no I would be a fundamentally different person if I'd been exposed to Vriska as a teen, I think

I was an edgy teen who was obsessed with The Cool Villain Who Blows Shit Up. I would occasionally participate in the Woobification, but no I was mostly there to see Violence and Chaos. Vriska is like. ??? "The Narrative" rewards her for this, I think. Meanwhile Bass is mostly there to be a Really Fucking Cool Obstacle, and Gaara is like. A funky mirror of Naruto, he's like some kind of storytelling metaphor that I don't know the name of.

[socra-time]

Socra’s Naruto liveblog, Ep. 61-70

Ep 61:

-I genuinely could not be less impressed by Kabuto as a villain

-lmao I like that Kiba is fully a Naruto fan now

-yeah I have no idea what the FUCK Naruto is gonna do to win this match because Neji is clobbering him like there’s no tomorrow

-ah yes, Naruto just “willpower”s his way through Neji’s supermove

-okay so I don’t agree with Neji trying to kill Hinata but I really wouldn’t mind if he killed Hinata's dad

-yeah uh FUCK the Hyuga clan and FUCK Hinata’s dad

-so obviously Neji’s story taking up such a big chunk of the episode makes sense narratively but within the context of the show itself, he’s just monologuing to Naruto for like 10 minutes lol

-wow Neji’s father’s death was some fucked-up shit

Ep 62:

-ohohoho really feeling the irony of this fight

-okay Hinata definitely doesn’t have a happy relationship with her dad, but Naruto saying she’s probably suffering as much as Neji is uh… incorrect

-Neji honey I’m so sorry, if you were fighting literally any of the less-important characters you would’ve won this fight

-Naruto is going APESHIT

-but also yes so true Naruto, please change the Hyuga clan and also beat up Hinata’s dad after becoming Hokage

-DAMN Naruto coming through with the uppercut

-between this fight and Naruto’s fight with Kiba, I’m really not sure how intelligent I’m supposed to think Naruto is because he’s supposed to be kinda stupid but he also is good at deceiving his enemies in fights????

-honestly for some reason I don’t feel super good about Naruto’s victory and I’m trying to figure out why. I think it’s because I’m not a fan of the “insane superpower MC has because they’re the Chosen One” trope that came into play with the Nine Tails chakra. Also I feel bad for Neji… but I guess in a philosophical sense he needed to lose this one to disprove his whole “fate” thing

Ep 63:

-awwww Naruto getting appreciation from the crowd was nice

-why didn’t Hinata’s dad give Neji the letter earlier???????

-nah it’s still FUCK the Hyuga clan

-also I still don’t like Hinata’s dad. I don’t care that he apologized to Neji and that Neji’s dad chose to die; he still talks about Hinata like she’s worthless and he just kinda let Neji suffer after his father’s death for almost a decade. Also he doesn’t seem to have done anything about how fucked-up his clan is

-god, knowing that Neji dies is making this episode HEARTBREAKING

-I know Kankuro withdraws for strategic reasons but also if I were him I would’ve withdrawn anyways because I am NOT fighting motherfucking Shino

Ep 64:

-the implication that Temari was just gonna clobber Shikamaru with her fan like a baseball bat if he hadn’t dodged her attack is pretty funny

-Shikamaru I like you but also I am side-eyeing you very hard right now. Gonna need Temari to beat the sexism out of you

-I love Ino she’s so silly

-why didn’t Temari just blast Shikamaru while he was thinking

-also why didn’t she just knock Shikamaru’s parachute out of the sky

-anyways good for Shikamaru but also I’m gonna need him to learn how to not be sexist

Ep 65:

-I don’t think I like Asuma’s voice

-I missed Lee so much, I’m glad he’s (kinda) back on his feet

-I love how some of the spectators are fully just betting on 12 year olds beating each other up

-also why is Naruto just allowed to be down on the field

-I don’t like Sasuke’s new outfit. Leave the onesies to Gai and Lee, Sasuke.

-Lee is really selling himself short, my poor son:(

-aaand Gaara’s kill count increases once again

Ep 66:

-time for the ultimate edgelord-off

-I feel bad for Sakura, Kakashi’s kinda been neglecting her

-I fear Lee is better than me because if Sasuke just copied the techniques I worked for literal years to develop I would be PISSED

-noooo Kiba you were so close to figuring it out-

-god the sharingan is so broken

-Gaara used “Harden”! It was super effective!

Ep 67:

-oh boy shit’s gonna go down this episode

-well damn Sasuke can lightningbend now I guess

-okay so Kakashi says he taught Sasuke the chidori because “he’s like me”. The question is how? Just because he’s really good at fighting and has a lot of chakra? Like yeah they both have the sharingan but that doesn’t seem to be related to the chidori????

-Gai and Kakashi need to stop throwing shade at each other and kiss already

-sometimes the animators draw Sasuke’s side bangs really thick and long and it looks so weird

-geez so I know I said it was off-putting to see Gaara look shaken when Lee took his weights off but hearing him screaming is a whole other level

-the sound design seriously popped off this episode

-aaaaaand shit’s going down

Ep 68:

-goddammit I think I finally have to admit that I was wrong about the Hokage being sus

-geez Gaara is really going through it

-anyways I totally called the Kazekage being Orochimaru in disguise. It took me a couple episodes but I figured it out. Also what happened to the real Kazekage?????

-god Orochimaru’s theme goes so hard

-I love how Kakashi tells Sakura to wake up Naruto and Shikamaru but doesn’t say anything about Choji or Ino

Ep 69:

-I kinda love Pakkun

-yes go Shino, go get your screentime

-I have seen WAY too much of Orochimaru’s tongue already

-so Orochimaru can just casually do necromancy???????????????????????

-so I’m guessing the third person Orochimaru summoned would have been the Fourth Hokage then

Ep 70:

-the animation of everyone jumping through the trees is so funny

-why didn’t the squad just have Naruto send out a bunch of clones to throw their pursuers off their trail

-I like the derpy-looking face on the back of Pakkun’s vest

-oh shit Asuma to the rescue! It’s nice to see one of the other senseis kicking some ass

-(for a moment I was excited at the potential for seeing Kurenai also kick some ass but then I remembered that she’s a woman and therefore is not allowed)

[madaraservingcunt]

madara uchiha really is the sexiest naruto character of all time. madara is strong (he cooked an entire army, the five kage, almost killed naruto, etc), handsome, his japanese voice is a deep sexy asmr voice by legend naoya uchida, he is a buff muscular boi, and he acknoledges when people are strong (ex. might guy). he is one of my biggest crushes in all of fiction alongside the likes of guts berserk, jin kazama tekken, featuring dante from the devil may cry series, reverse flash, gambit, spawn, omni man, and superman. why even bother wanting to simp for midsuke uchiha when madara uchiha is literally right there. sasuke is a bum and a fraud who constantly gets washed by everyone (ex. rock lee, gaara, haku, raikage, killer bee, daddy madara, jesus-kun - i mean naruto, and kishimoto's favorite character itachi uchiha). sasuke gets fucking aerithed by madara and then sasuke almost fucking died. not even being a part of the plot relevant uchiha bloodline can save sasuke from being a pathetic jobber. sasuke almost always fails to finish or kill his opponents. the only characters sasuke defeated/killed are all bums or side characters (ex. the nameless fodder samurai and deidara). sasuke failed to fix the shinobi system or restore his clan. he revived orochimaru, someone who experimented on his people and worked with danzo. sasuke didn't kill orochimaru's ass again, nice going mr. sauce gay i'm sure the uchiha clan is so proud of you in the afterlife. madara actually fucking suceeds in what he sets out to do, he actually unleashed the infinite tsukuyomi. madara is so hot such a chad. man why didn't sakura just cheat on him with madara, that would be great. anyways that is why sasuke is a mid character and madara is the GOAT and the hottest character in naruto history.

I love your enthusiasm for Madara Uchiha...

But I am sad to read this Sasuke slander 😔 he's my son!!

Even Madara saw some talent in him!

Also, he's the cutest baby. All Uchihas are adorable kids tbh.

[seaemberthesecond]

Naruto Liveblogging

These kids are so deranged I love it. Kakashi's like it's you, Gaara of the Sand, I know you're there come out. And Gaara fully ignores him and starts raving about how sasuke is his prey and is filled with malice and hate just like him, apropos of FUCKING NOTHING. Kakashi's standing there like: what happened to hello? how are you? my name is?

Listen, I know Hiruzen sucks but his death kind of fucks hard. Like the scene where he's dying and his eyes are falling shut and we can see Orochimaru silently raving, frothing at the mouth, and then it gets superimposed by an image of child Orochimaru solemnly looking on as his teacher dies - that goes hard, it does.

kakashi being tortured for an eternity and still being able to remain conscious and exercise enough chakra control to stay on the water *clenches fist* put some respect on his name. On the other hand, nothing is funnier than when he does lose consciousness and just DROPS through the water and gai has to fish him out

Sasuke running through the city thinking naruto's about to be killed/tortured by his brother and STILL taking the time to describe naruto as dumb-looking to every single receptionist ASDFGHJKL these kids are SO out of pocket and for WHAT

Anyway, I miss evil Itachi :( he had such panache, such verve, such cuntyness. Secretly-always-good Itachi is just a pathetic inbred wet paper bag of a boy with negative 100 decision-making abilities. But evil Itachi? What a fucking legend.

Holy smokes, I forgot how beautiful tsunade's voice actor's voice is.

Orochimaru casually destroying a historical monument makes me SO mad. this is up there as his top 10 worst crimes.

NEVER forget that shizune had a scalpel to kabuto's throat and would have killed that son of a bitch if tsunade hadn't made her stop. the fact that she's reduced to a secretary later on will NEVER make me not mad. justice for shizune.

It's SO insane that Tsunade didn't know the sandaime was dead till Orochimaru told her. the leaf kept that shit locked up TIGHT.

Remember, before Tsunade was a girlboss, she was a deadbeat mom <3 Tsunade is the representation we need for women

jiraiya looking everywhere for tsunade and then giving up only to run into her at a random pub asdfghj

Tsunade is NOT afraid to throw hands with a 13 year old and I love that for her.

shonen jump was so funny I know it's just trying to establish the Sannin as legends in-universe but it comes across as so funny. Kabuto keeps going: ah yes one of the legendary Sannin, the master healer princess Tsunade, one of the great legendary Sannin the toad sage master Jiraiya is here. Like Orochimaru DOESNT KNOW THEM? like the Sannin are some class of shinobi who all graduated from some top-secret program as opposed to just three dudes??? who've been on a team since they were kids. I promise you kabuto Orochimaru knows who the Sannin are you can stop explaining it to him.

[iwasforceedagainstmywill]

How I finesse Naruto lore

I imagine it like: Sand = Defense (still good defense wise) Gold = Offense/Defense and Iron Sand = Offense

The Third Kazekage and Shinki both have Iron Sand and because Third's dead and Shinki's young both in and out universe nobody knows what Iron Sand is best with. I say offense because it counters(?) parallels Gaara who is known for his Ultimate Defense

Rasa (The Fourth Kazekage) seems to be specifically known for his Gold/Magnet Release and he stated he used to use it so Gaara/Shukaku couldn't use their sand because it was too heavy (which is kinda weird because Gaara apparently also has magnet release I'll get back to that later)

Okay so Rasa counters the Defense, that doesn't give me squarely offensive and in itself seems defensive, so half in half.

So you remember when Gaara's sand did this? Replicate his Mother.

I feel like this can be interpreted in multiple ways.

Kurura's love literally is so strong it can influence the sand to protect her son (rip to Temari and Kankuro I guess). So the sand in a way has a mind on it's own. (Canon, I think)

It's not Kurura at all, it's Gaara (subconsciously of course) he's always associated his Mother with protection even when it was Shukaku lying to him , he still called him "Mother". So basically the sand follows emotion.

(That's all I got)

Back tracking to Gaara's Magnet Release. It's described as Sparkling Metallic Sand I've always visualized it as silver but recently changed it to rose gold (because Rasa uses gold that's all) although realistically it's probably just sand colored. Anyway the Sand being rose gold explains why Gaara wouldn't be able to counter his Dad's gold dust by lifting it, if their Magnet Release is for different metals neither can truly get the upper hand.

Jumping back on subject.

Going with 2. Let's apply that (logic?) to all sand users specifically Shinki. The iron sand reacts to his emotions, it spikes when he's nervous or feels threatened, shifts a little or makes shapes when he's happy and Shields, Domes, Hands and Gaara when he's scared.

Yep that's what I said Gaara, just like Gaara with his sand mother Shinki can create Gaara out of his iron sand subconsciously simply because he equates Gaara with being protected.

After all He taught him how to use his sand, protected him even from little things (bugs, bad dreams the like ), raised him, and he is known for having the ultimate defense so his logic's pretty sound.

I feel think it would only present that way when Gaara isn't around meaning Gaara only knows about the shields and domes he taught him and the hands he makes sometimes.

(Random note Kankuro has seen it and he thinks it's adorable he's told nobody under the threat he'll no longer be the boy's favorite Uncle)

Unlike Sand Kurura, Iron Sand Gaara looks mildly annoyed depending on the situation as he's face changes ever so slightly i.e usually calm but irritated in high stress scenarios.

TLDR: I explain my personal thoughts on the Sand Kekkei Genkai of the Kazekages and Shinki to then elaborate that Shinki associates Gaara with defense and safety.

[your--isgayrights]

I love all this! I’m going to reread wall fic for the uhh third(?) time with all your behind the scenes stuff in mind! I noticed in your list of stuff you like to talk about, you included Naruto. How/what do you think orv-character(s)-of-your-choice would do in the Narutoverse? (If that’s too odd an ask, just take the compliment and my love <3)

Literally when someone says the word reread to me I swoon; I am swooning currently swoon swoon swoon.

YES I DO LOVE NARUTO. Naruto is my little guy okay. I know that I Cannot Convince other people in good conscious to get into it Now in the year of 2022, but it's just that comfort show for me that when stuff was happening to me growing up I always felt like there was something True to My Life that was happening concurrently in Naruto... Teenage Boy Syndrome smh... ANYWAY my Favorite episodes are Shippuden 209-216 (bc he has a panic attack in 209 and is Going Through It while his toxic middleschool crush attempts to murder the chief of police and then his bestie decides she has to murder their mutual middleschool crush and its so <3 drama). Also Sakura and Hinata are my favorite characters who are not Naruto.

Sorry okay but like you basically activated my trap card here. I'll try very hard to talk as little about Naruto and focus as much on ORV as possible... because this is my ORV blog...

Ummm if you're just asking one to one comparisons here; I think that some of the things that draw me into ORV are obviously things I saw in Naruto because Naruto was sort of a Formative Media Experience for me like before I watched Naruto I was like 12 and didn't have a personality yet and just watched what was popular but then after watching 500 episodes of a show I decided was My Favorite everything else falls into place. So obviously there's the Standard Shounen tropes I just like to see in everything like the emphasis on friendship and bonds in times of crisis and war and the way that Trauma is dissected... Like I always say this but like if you want to help a teenage boy exercise his empathy muscles sit him down in front of Naruto because the ONE thing that Naruto is always doing that it gets called like slow paced for nowadays is that it takes the time to remind you Why You Care about the people who are fighting, why the fight matters to these people, and what their motivations are even if they seem like they're just up and down villains from Naruto's perspective... This kind of drags things out in the end because there's so much time spent building empathy that near the end when Kishimoto decides he needs to have like a Big Bad we kind of get a bunch of weakly outlined OP villains for everyone with a Backstory to unite against (which I suppose is the weakness of dissecting the horror of war so thoroughly despite the fact that your plot hinges on the ever perpetuating and escalating nature of war). Like I think that the End of Naruto where all the ghosts of the characters we care abouts' pasts come back to fight had a lot of potential to Further the themes about how the Current state of society's conflicts is predicated by the egos of those of the past; but a lot of that theming that was heavily emphasized in the Pain arc gets shoved to the side in favor of trying to make "resolution"s to the important characters' personal traumas. Like I REALLY hate the way that Gaara's parents were handled like NO it is NOT curative of ANY of Gaara's issues to just be like "actually the trauma didn't happen :) it was made up :D go be happy now son!" Same thing with the way that the arc between Itachi and Sasuke was resolved... Kishimoto has this habit of only really knowing how to "resolve" a traumatic or tragic arc by backpedalling and saying "No actually it didn't happen like that!" instead of doing what I think is a lot more interesting and saying Yes That's what happened; where do we go now?

WHICH IS WHY I LOVE ORV OKAY THIS ASK IS ABOUT ORV. I think that ORV explores a lot of the same themes that Naruto fans love about the horrors of violence and the perpetuity of cyclical trauma; but like... how do I put this... It actually Knows its doing that? Haha, like, I honestly think that Naruto as a story is very... Raw. You can see a lot of how the cutthroat nature profiteering nature of the shounen manga market effects the production; during certain arcs different ideas and themes are brought to the forefront and you can tell when a chapter is being written for the purpose of introducing a new character or for the sake of one cool moment for the hero... But even still there are times when you really can just Feel that something being written is coming from something Real and raw and just kind of how the Author really sees things... Like Kishimoto often references that the driving motivation of Naruto to help his friend who is going through something dark is related to something in his own life, and I think it really shows in the very structure of Naruto in this theme of always reaching for the past and wanting things to be the same as they were back then... I feel like a lot of people thought the ending of Shippuden is supposed to come off as a resolution to that struggle and got disappointed when him and sasuke didn't get together... but I really like to think that the truth is Naruto's dream was actually impossible; things can't be like they were back then... But they can still be better. He'll never be as close to Sasuke again, they won't have team 7 of his childhood ever agian but... He knows that Sasuke's out there somewhere doing good things, and he just... moves on with his life. Starts a family, becomes a leader... I really appreciate that, actually.

Either way though, there's a lot of evidence that an ending I enjoyed came about purely due to coincidence... It's sort of confirmed that a lot of the decisions Kishimoto made towards the end were influenced by publishers' perceptions of what fans would be satisfied with... And a lot of the end of Naruto really shows like the Evidence of that struggle.

OKAY BUT I SAID ALL OF THAT ABOUT NARUTO BECAUSE LIKE. In contrast, ORV is just sooo meticulously planned and thought out with the INTENTION of being read and being interpreted in this deeper way. Like ORV is the kind of media that like is seeing guys like me who read Naruto and being like... Okay you like that but... Didn't you Want This? And its like yes <333 thank you for having a traumatized main character who never really resolves being traumatized <3 but learns to love and be loved anyway <3 thanks <3333

Like it's like Naruto is this huge field of half extremely juicy grapes half dead ones and ORV is one really well maintained grape plant that's all Juice okay... Like I love that Kishimoto had Naruto Legit Have a panic attack but its hard for me to say whether or not Kishimoto even knows what a panic attack is its like... Do you Know About This Shit or did this just, like, happen to you man. VS singshong like definitely Know what they are doing with like the fucking disassociation aspect of the 4th wall and the way that KDJ's trauma from his childhood specifically dictates his actions in forming bonds with others as an adult and Tried to send YJH to a therapist but picked the guy who set PTSD research back by a century because of his literary clout lmaooo.

OK. Soooo that's just analysis - I think you're asking for an AU so let me try okay.

So if we're making an AU where the ORV characters do Naruto; Kim Dokja has to be Naruto, obviously. I think it's more fun for him to have the typical KDJ trauma than to be just a straight up orphan though, no offense to Naruto being an orphan I was never bored when that fucking swing showed up I was legit always psyched about it like there's that motherfucking swing again the fucking MVP the one and only Child Support in this god damned village, just because it's more true to his character you know. Then I feel like it was really always overlooked how Sakura was kind of the only person in her class who was a 1st generation ninja; as in she didn't have any clan backing and only had civilian parents... She studied on her own and then became the successor of a Sannin just through pure focus and skill and then also she performed surgery in one episode anyway <3. In my head I've extrapolated this to mean that Most kids of civillians Do Not Make Genin rank and there is like class disparity because of that in My Mind okay? Okay. Anyway if Naruto was about KDJ then I think he's the kid of two civilians who someone (Future Han Sooyoung I've decided) hid a tailed beast inside of (the fourth wall the kyubi is the fourth wall here). Same deal with his trauma except the way he killed his dad was with his tailed beast powers, cuz the fourth wall was ordered to protect him at all costs. His mom is a civilian and takes the fall for the gruesome murder so she goes to ninja prison. Wards of the State go to Ninja School I guess bc child soldier is the only life you get or whatever but KDJ isn't really motivated to become Hokage or anything like Naruto is; he just wants to live a normal life and not stand out because he's convinced there's just this Monster inside of him...

BUT here comes YJH. YJH I've decided is from a powerful clan bloodline but is also a war orphan who has been orphaned like. Multiple times. Like he has been adopted and then had his parents die and then adopted and had his new parents die and adopted and had his new parents die and- you get the picture. This is what's giving me his Regressors Depression vibes but he goes to Ninja school driven with the idea that he is going to End War because that's the only thing he has to live for; no one person took any one family from him, its just all the endless conflict makes it pointless to care about anyone at all. KDJ is like kind of uwuing side eyeing him though like because lowkey he thinks that maybe YJH is the only person who could ever really understand him (yes the naruto and sasuke equivalent). YJH keeps getting adopted bc people want to coast off his prestigous clan name; he's basically guaranteed to be Hokage one day, but he doesn't really care. In his mind he's just going to war to kill, there's no idea of Living for something for him. But like KDJ watching him finds an inspiration to live in wanting to help YJH... which mostly comes out as him trying to Compete with YJH, haha.

Then, obviously, HSY is the third of their genin team. I think that she's an heiress of a powerful clan, probably with the sort of creation/brushstroke powers that Sai has or something to do with sealing to be in line with having knowledge and kind of tied to writing... But she doesn't care about this Ninja shit at alllll. I mean, obviously she's not going to let Broody Asshole show her up in the grade results but she just wants to do her service long enough not to have her parents up her asshole about it and then pursue her passion of writing novels...

Obviously then they become a found family style genin group and their dynamics are KDJ being obsessed with YJH and HSY wanting to find out about KDJ bc he's so angsty and is into similar stuff as her but also he's obsessed with YJH which makes him a total mystery like what's wrong with him and then YJH is just like -_- what's the point of caring about these people they'll be gone soon too and then has to slowly learn that these are people who will stand by his side no matter what and are his comrades...

Then the whole thing with Orochimaru- YJH relapses and realizes that people as powerful as Orochimaru (or whatever equivalent we want to have for him IDK Asmodeus lets have it be asmodeus he's equivalently creepy) could take away his friends at a moments notice and that it's not safe to have comrades, to care about people until he's the strongest. So he refocuses on only seeking power and seeing that as the way to stop war.

Meanwhile, KDJ begins to believe that pursuing bonds, trying to understand and read the lives of others, and accumulating as many connections as possible is the way to stop war. When YJH defects he's heartbroken and will do anything to get him back, because he just wants to FORCE YJH to like sit down and let him stop All War for him.

Then with Han Sooyoung: much the same as in Cannon her connection to KDJ is stronger than her connection to YJH, and the importance of her role comes up most in the endgame. Her methodology of "stopping war" is... Time travel! When she was young Han Sooyoung was talented enough to make an advanced form of shadow clones utilizing division of her memories; she would leave one at home to write while the other had to go to school... But one day, when she got home her shadow clone was gone? So HSY's shadow clone just decided to go on a globe trotting tour of the Ninja war because "I'm just a shadow clone anyway. If I die then original me will just have gotten to see some sweet sights!" The shadow clone went on to have a life of its own and eventually comes into conflict with KDJ like in ORV... She's seeking her own end to war by... Inventing time travel? And? Making it so that war just... doesn't happen?

So she tries to go back and find like the Start of War but obviously fails to stop it conclusively and kind of loses her faith in humanity a bit because she's like Jesus Fucking Christ I basically have to commit a Genocide if I just get rid of all the fighty people. Ugh. Guess mass murder is necessary but lets do the least possible.

And then obviously since the Bijuu are the Naruto worlds' equivalent to the arms race from world war II and the post WWII state of nuclear proliferation, HSY time travels and takes control of the 4th wall equivalent kyuubi, Planning to use its powers to stop the war through force. She sees the most vulnerable point in time to grab the 4th wall some time before it's passed to that random civilian kid KDJ... How'd he end up with it anyway?

So she goes back through Kim Dokja's life as an observer at first to kind of just look for the perfect moment to strike and steal the kyubi from him but like... Then she kind of sees the Traged of KDJ. That the only thing protecting him from dying is really the Kyubi... In every fight as a genin... then when he tried to commit suicide several times... then back when his father almost beat him half to death... HSY realizes that without the Kyubi, Kim Dokja is someone who would be doomed to die no matter what; but the tailed beast always stops him. It forces him to hold on until he meets YJH and HSY and then things just get... better.

She's conflicted now, not wanting to pounce and steal the Kyubi from KDJ directly... so she goes back to before KDJ is born.

The 4th wall kyubi was in the hands of some madman who was going to blow up the village they lived in (killing everyone including HSY herself)... HSY just watches it happen at first but then she slowly realizes that no one is coming into stop this rogue jinchuuriki so she like... steps in to do it herself.

And when she extracts the kyubi it... calls her "mother"?

Apparently, in the future, HSY will go back even further in the past and Create the tailed beasts.

And she realizes it's all because she...

She can't let Kim Dokja die.

That person whose entire life she just watched...

Yeah, she would doom the entire world to eternal war just to save that one kid who sat behind her in genin school.

So she puts the kyubi into a sleeping baby Dokja and then goes back in time to invent the tailed beasts lmao. I think that's unhinged so that's why I said it. I think she deserves to be a mad scientist who does immoral things.

Anyway then like they win the great ninja war and all kiss or something IDK <3 (<-kishimoto-esque ending)

[yoodeloo]

We Are the Sand (A One Piece x Naruto snippet)

Testing out a few ideas for a One Piece x Naruto Crossover! Crocodile’s one of my fav One Piece characters, and I could imagine he’d have very interesting relationship with Kid!Gaara --they’d have a ton of the same issues, after all. Also we stan father-son dynamics. 

Anyways, I have no idea how the final product will turn out, lol. Happy reading!

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"Leave me here."

"Why should I, brat?"

"I'm a monster," Gaara says simply.

Crocodile looks away from him, turning towards the Alabasta desert.

"Explain."

"Huh?"

Gaara turns his head towards the figure beside him. The air is dry, but the night is cool, and the wind sifts through his hair like a melancholy song.

"I've never...they've always...they don't want me. I can't love-- all I bring, really, is death." If his hands could stain, they would be the color of clay. He'll never wash that off, and instinctively, he knows. It's always there, that sticky blood beneath his fingernails.

"Can you control it?"

Gaara looks up. Bites his lip. Stares at the figure before him.

"The sand."

"I don't think I'd be here if I could." Gaara wants to laugh, just a bit. He's never had a chance to before -- when would he, if not now?

Crocodile stares at the boy contemplatively, drawing up clumps of sand and swirling them absentmindedly through his fingertips.

"You're not always going to be in control, brat. I would know." He lets the sand loose, where it slips to the ground in rivulets.

"Let me tell you a secret," he says.

"There are no humans in this world. Monsters, every single one of them. Some better than others, of course. But no one is innocent."

Gaara opens his mouth in protest—

"I'm not finished yet," Crocodile says.

"Sometimes, the only thing you can do is be better. I want to see you try, kid."

_______________________________

"I wonder where your smile went, Crocodile. What happened to those dreams of yours? Kids should dream big, should they not?”

"They died. I'm not bringing them back."

_______________________________

Crocodile ruffles Gaara's hair.

"Let's go. It's a cold night."

_______________________________

And so they were, two monsters, neither one ready for what tomorrow could bring.

[iantoyawrites]

If you're still taking OTP Prompts: 10 for Chojuro and Gaara? <3 (canon preferably)

@nightingaleflow so happy to write this! It kept me happy while I stayed home sick yesterday and could write on my phone. I experimented with first-person POV so I hope you like. There's canon from Boruto and I don't think it's spoilery...it just let's you know who makes it to the end of the Chuunin Exams which is a pretty good leap the viewer can make anyway. If that's okay with you then here we go.

Unconditional

Wc: 1.5k

"Where did you find a magnetic jutsu user like that?" I asked the question though I already knew the answer. Gaara had written to me about discovering the boy years ago. It was more of a deflection to avoid any suspicion of the nature of our relationship to the other Kages.

I stole a glance at Lord Kazekage. His arms were folded and his expression was carefully guarded, as it normally was. His son had a good chance of winning the Chuunin Exams. I could not blame him for wanting his child to win, at the expense of his friend Naruto and his offspring. I could imagine what was running through his mind. I had felt the same way during Kagura's exam, and I'm not even his father.

If we were alone, I'd think about grabbing his hand under the table. Pull his hand into my lap. But even in those circumstances there was a good chance he'd brush me away. This was something he had to bear on his own. I understood completely.

Well, it seemed that I had a dog in this fight after all. I wanted Shinki to win. If not for me then for him. I knew how hard he worked to mold Shinki. He shared with me his fears and frustrations on our pillow in those rare moments I cherish.

It reminded me of the time he confessed his love for me. It's amazing how much he's overcome since then. How much he's lowered his walls for the sake of love. He told me how his love for Shinki was different, and wholly encompassing. It was obvious to me from the beginning he would be a remarkable, doting father. Shinki was incredibly lucky to be found by him. I wasn't a believer in destiny but I am now.

"There you are, Gaara. Kankuro said I might find you here."

Gaara opened those cool, calm ocean eyes at me, looking up from his seated position on the Kazekage mansion balcony. I must have caught him meditating.

"Yes. I needed air."

"I am preparing to leave. I hoped to see you again before I go." My first visit to Sunagakure went so well. I didn't enjoy the heat but I did enjoy the trouble that Gaara went through to be sure my first visit as Mizukage was well received. The hard work he put into the coordination did not go unnoticed.

His eyes were unreadable. I hoped he was as disappointed as I was at needing to leave, but I knew that was selfish. I just hoped he felt the same.

"I'm sorry," he said, his eyes fixed on me. I was unsure if I imagined it or not in the light of the moon, but his eyes looked wet. Surely I imagined it.

"Sorry…for what?"

"I've been so distant. I haven't meant to be. You came all this way."

"It's understandable. I know how busy you are."

"No, it's not that," he said. He stood and took several cautious steps towards me.

I waited to see if he would continue. It looked like he had something he wanted to say. I was captivated by how jaw-droppingly gorgeous he was, especially in the moonlight. I took a tentative step towards him, afraid he might spook.

He didn't.

"There's been something on my mind. I have something I want to tell you. But I don't know how."

"Take your time," I said reassuringly. "I'm listening, whatever it is."

"Lord Mizukage, no, Chojuro, I…"

He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, inhaling the sweet floral scent of the desert flowers in the dry night air.

I took another step forward and placed my hands gently on his shoulders. He didn't back away, as he sometimes did. He assured me those times weren't personal, but he needed space. I tried to be mindful of his boundaries ever since, but I am a fairly physical person. It's how I show my affection.

When he opened his eyes they were trained on me with such open emotion. I was taken aback. And I was nervous too. What had shaken him so badly?

"I think I'm in love with you…and I'm terrified."

"Gaara," I gasped. I had not expected this confession, not now. I was content to continue as we were, as long as he needed. I knew how the mere mention of love made him defensive. Kankuro told me why. Someday I hoped he would tell me his history when he was ready.

There were tears in his eyes. His shoulders shook beneath my hands. I instinctively pulled him to me, hugging tightly. I can't imagine how hard it was for him to say this aloud. Of course I was delighted to hear the words, but not at the expense of his comfort. It hurt me to see him this way.

"I love you too. And I'm scared too."

"...I'm afraid I will hurt you. That you'll hurt me, and I'll retaliate. All the scars I have…I fear you'll open them all for me to feel the sting once more."

I touched his cheek with my hand, wiping an errant tear from under his eye. This display I knew was incredibly rare. It was a true testament for how he felt for me.

"I can't say that won't happen. It probably will, if I am to be honest. But in order to really experience love you have to be vulnerable and let yourself be hurt…or cared for. I think ultimately it's worth the risk, don't you think?"

"I suppose you're right." He took a quick glance around the balcony. "Let's go inside," he said. I think he knew there were prying eyes from his guards watching us for our safety. He closed the window curtains once inside in home.

"What I'm afraid of is one day I'll see you and you will have forgotten why you love me.That you'll forget why we do this." By this I meant our clandestine relationship, whatever it was blooming into between us. It seemed it had real substance, far more than I could have ever hoped for.

"I worry about that too."

"Maybe we should stop worrying for a moment. I came to say goodbye for now." I wrapped my arms around his waist, pulling him close. The scent of his hair wash was dragging me in. I nuzzled my face against his neck. I smiled against his skin when I heard him groan at the tickle of my beard on his neck. He tilted his head to the side, letting me continue more easily. I loved how he responded to the graze of my teeth on his skin. He shivered against me.

"I hate it when you leave," he rasped. 

"I know. I do too."

It was a month later when I received an email from an anonymous address. I nearly deleted it but then noticed the way it was addressed to me. Gaara would start our hand-written letters in a similar fashion, so I opened it, hopeful, desperate to hear from him.

Dear M,

I'm completely in over my head. I found a boy and I've adopted him. He reminds me of me in so many ways.

I re-read the first few lines a few times, being sure I understood. A child? Was this really from Gaara? It was definitely possible. 

I kept reading.

He has been wronged by the people in his life and I hope to show him that unconditional love is possible. I hope to be a good father to him. Thank you for teaching me how to let love in. Had this encounter with the boy (his name is Shinki) happened before I'm not sure what I would have done.

My heart ached to hear the doubt I imagined in Gaara's voice as I read his writing. I knew he would without hesitation do the same thing, with or without my influence.

I hope you are able to meet him soon. I think you'll like him.

I love you.

A kanji symbol for love was the signature line. It made my heart swell. How lucky I was to have earned the Kazekage's affections, finally, after all the years I pined for him.

I answered the email quickly, telling him how excited I was for him and how I felt for him in return.

I could feel the pride emanating from Gaara as Shinki literally flew into the sky, held aloft by stunning black sparkling wings.

"That's amazing!" Darui said in surprise, from the other side of Naruto who was equally transfixed on the battle before us.

"I've taught him everything I know," Gaara said calmly to the others sitting with us. He caught my eye for a moment before continuing to watch.

I smirked at him. "Everything?" I asked him quietly.

"Yes, though I had some help. A gentle nudge. A leap of faith." He smiled at me and my heart leapt into my throat. The effect he had on me is still akin to a chokehold, though certainly less violent.

"You better be talking about me," Kankuro grumbled.

Gaara laughed softly, light-hearted. I adored the wonderful rare sound.

[mokutone]

omg ur tags about gai in the gaara post are SO CORRECT. i literally cry thinking about how caring he is and what that's like for gaara and naruto. like at the beginning of the ep where tsunade was introduced and gai gave naruto a jumpsuit and how that made him so happy. the way gai is able to understand the kids are strong but they're still kids and need love and support i love him so much 😭

oh god hello yes. youre right..you’re right...and when naruto first saw gai sensei appear, wallop rock lee, and then wrap him in a hug and tell him how proud he was of rock lee and they were both crying, and sakura and sasuke were (UNDERSTABDABLY) like Wow What The Fuck Is Happening...and naruto was just like. “wow...i wish he was MY teacher...” i lost my fucking MIND he JUST WANTS SOMEBODY TO BE PROUD OF HIM. FUCK. ANYWAY.

it takes kakashi like years to be able to say shit like “naruto youve come so far and im so proud of you” and by the time he's emotionally capable of doing that naruto is so used to him NOT doing that that any attempt scares him shitless! every time kakashi tries to say good job naruto is like “AUUUUGH NO WHAT ARE YOU DOING??!?!?!” poor boy! poor boy!!! (you can also see in some eps kakashi realize like. “ah fuck. i really messed this up...he doesn’t trust me when i say good job :(((” which is so funny and sad. rip mr depression)

but yeah you’re right. gai is really really good at understanding the kids and respecting them and supporting them, and hes so emotionally involved in their lives and so present...i really love him so much...he’s such a beacon of sunlight...

even during the fight with gaara and rock lee, where gaara is trying to like straight up murder rock lee and gai intervenes—when gaara starts having a breakdown and starts demanding like “WHY, WHY are you PROTECTING him, WHAT are you DOING” gai doesn’t, like, respond as though it’s a stupid question, he doesn’t even give a easy answer like “it’s my duty as his teacher” or “of course i’m protecting him, he’s my student” and those would be VALID and truthful answers, but he gives the even more honest and emotional one, that rock lee is precious to him!!!! that he cares about this kid, that he doesn’t want to see this kind of grievous harm befall him when he’s unable to defend himself,

that’s why the like “he’s precious to me” line really fucking kills me because its. he just. auuauauuau [howls] thats his SON....

it really just. that’s not an answer he had to give gaara, and in context it sounds incredibly ridiculous unless you realize that gai already understands that this kid has no concept of being loved, and that this is something that he needs to hear

gai also like. makes a really weird face when he’s dealing with gaara (both in the arena and the hospital) that i haven’t seen him make since? if i remember correctly it looked a little like this, i don’t have the anime open in front of me but it made an impact on my psyche

idk it looked, to me at least, very serious, with a little bit of...distaste, that could be read as pity, or discomfort, which i interpreted as a reaction to (and therefore understanding) of gaara’s situation, but even further as an understanding that this isn’t really a matter he could involve himself in too far. 

his priority here is obviously and necessarily rock lee, who gaara tried to kill, and then tries to kill AGAIN (stopped, once more, by gai) idk. it hit hard on my heart. i think gai knows when he sees somebody in need, even if the only thing he can afford give them in the moment is the absolute bare minimum, he gives it, and that just rocks my world

[sandnin19]

Gaara Week 2021- Day 6 Memories

“Like a scene from the past

Where we look back and laugh

With love, love

A thought like a flash

Black and white hope it lasts

With love, love”

-Love, American Authors

A young boy raised his fist, ready to knock at the door of the Kazekage’s temporary room. He hesitated a but, unsure of how to address the man behind the door. He still found it...odd to call him “father” instead of “Kazekage-sama.” It hadn’t been long since the Kazekage adopted him, but as soon as Gaara-sama’s sister heard her little brother adopted a child, she immediately wanted to meet her new nephew. Hence how Shinki ended up at the Nara estate in Konoha, meeting the rest of his new family.His new aunt was kind enough to give them their own private rooms, but also scary enough to enforce some family bonding at certain times throughout the day. 

Right now was one of those times. He had been in his room reading scrolls about various jutsus when his aunt barged in, muttering, amusedly, something about him being like his father before telling him she had a surprise she wanted to show everyone. Not wanting to seem impolite, Shinki nodded his head and offered to fetch his father much to Temari’s appreciation. 

Taking a deep breath, Shinki finally allowed himself to knock on his father’s door while softly speaking, “Father.”

He heard quiet footsteps approaching before the door opened to reveal the crimson-clad Kazekage who smiled adoringly at his son, “Yes?’

Shinki ducked his head at the look on his father’s face, hiding the blush that was becoming rather apparent on his face. He still wasn’t used to the affection his father gave him, but valued it greatly after being on his own for so long. 

“Aunt Temari said she has a surprise and would like for us to join her in the living room.”

A quick look of suspicion crossed the Kazekage’s face before switching back to the small smile reserved for his family. Shinki was confused as to why his father would be suspicious about his sister having a surprise for them, they were a close-knit family after all, it shouldn’t be that ominous. Shaken from his thoughts as his father began to walk past him, he quickly followed his lead into the living room where his cousin and Uncle Kankuro were sitting on the couch arguing about which village has the best Yakiniku. 

“Listen, brat, before you go off spouting nonsense, you should keep in mind you never had Yakiniku in Suna before,” Kankuro teasingly scolded Shikadai.

Said boy yawned lazily, not at all intimidated by his uncle’s remarks, “I don’t have to go to know the best one is here, my friend Chocho can attest to that, she’s got the ‘most refined pallet ever’ as she says.”

“Has she ever been to Suna? I bet she’d think again once she tri-”

“Still picking fights with children, brother?” Gaara asked with a small smirk as he took a seat on the other end of the couch.

“He doesn’t know what he’s talking about! Tell him, Gaara, tell him we have the best Yakiniku there is! Tell him we’ve spent so much time and money at that one close to that bookstore you always dragged us to!”

Gaara’s smirk faded and turned to a frowned that belonged to an annoyed little brother, “I never dragged you there, you were the ones that followed me after we ate.”

“Whatever! You know what I mean, just tell this brat who has the best Yakiniku,” the hooded man folded his arms out of playful irritation waiting for his younger brother to assist him in this argument.

However, before Gaara could open his mouth to speak, Temari came back into the room with a book in her hands. “Why talk about it when we can show them,” she said, holding the book up for everyone to see it was a photo album.

Groans from her younger brothers were met with her declaration. So this is why Shinki’s father looked so suspicious when he heard Temari had a surprise. 

“C’mon, Tem, don’t make us sit here and look at all those old photos, no one wants that,” Kankuro tried to persuade his sister.

“I do! And I bet Shinki and Shikadai do too! They should learn about their family!”

Shikadai snickered as he took the album from his mom’s hand, “Mom’s right, this is important for us to see, right, Shinki?”

The other boy was still standing in the entryway of the room, not knowing exactly what to do. His cousin waved his hand, signaling him to sit between him and his father. Gaara noticed Shinki’s hesitance and, against his better judgement, nodded and made room for his son to see the photo album. He would regret this, but he thought it would be worth it for Shinki to bond with his aunt and cousin, even if it was at the redhead’s expense. 

Shikadai opened the album to the first page once his cousin seated himself comfortably. On that page were a few pictures of teenaged Sand Siblings. Immediate regret hit Gaara when his nephew laughed, “Uncle Gaara! Your hair! It’s so different!”

“Yeah, your uncle was a real punk back in the day, and his hair reflected it,” Kankuro said, reaching over to mess up Gaara’s now neatly combed hair.

The redhead grabbed his brother’s arm before he could touch his hair, “Yours was styled almost exactly like mine, you just covered it with cat ears!”

This earned another laugh from Shikadai in addition to a red faced Kankuro, “They are not cat ears! Ow!”

Kankuro began to rub his head where his sister had just hit him, “Why are you hitting me?! He’s,” he pointed an accusatory finger toward Gaara, “the one who said I had cat ears!” 

“You both looked ridiculous,” she said with a mischievous smirk. Both brothers were not amused. 

“Says the girl who has had the same hairstyle since she was a child,” Gaara muttered under his breath.

Now it was Temari’s turn to grow red while Kankuro and her son cackled. Unamused herself, she took both her hands and lightly hit the two laughing in front of her.

“Ow! Again, why me? Gaara’s the one who said it! Is it because he’s the youngest? That’s not fair, Tem.”

“How do you think I feel,” Shikadai chimed in, “All I did was laugh, I didn’t say anything!”

“And yet, Gaara sits there, not a scratch on him,” Kankuro whined. 

“I physically cannot hit Gaara, so I gotta hit you hard enough for the both of you!”

“That’s bull and you know it, Gaara can control his sand well enough to not block an attack like that from you!” 

The older siblings continued to bicker as the youngest looked on, fully amused at the scene before him. He glanced at his son who was sitting quietly beside him, watching his aunt and uncle’s antics before his eyes wandered back toward the photo album. 

“May I see this, Shikadai?” 

“Sure, Uncle Gaara,” he began to hand the book to his uncle when Temari stopped fighting with Kankuro to notice the exchange, “No! He’ll put it away!” She made a dive to grab the book before her brother’s hand could touch it.

“I was not going to put it away,” Gaara pouted, “Kankuro wanted to show Shikadai that Yakiniku place, remember?”

“Fine! But I’ll find it! I don’t trust you not to hide it away!” She flipped through the pages until she came across one of the many they had taken at that restaurant. This particular picture included a stoic Gaara sitting next to an equally stoic Baki with Temari and Kankuro on the other side behaving much like they were a few seconds ago. 

“Why are you two always fighting?” Shikadai asked his mother and Uncle Kankuro.

“You live with her, you should know how annoying she can get it...Ow! Again, really?”

“That one seemed to have been on you, Kankuro,” his brother said, a breathy chuckle escaping his lips. 

“He asked…,” the puppeteer mumbled.

“It just so happens, I remember what that fight was about,” Temari said as she handed the book back to her son. “We ran into my friend, remember? Sen? And you were being a total pig!”

“Who? I don’t think I remember her,” Kankuro said honestly.

“She was one of Shira’s teammates, Kankuro,” Gaara added.

The lightbulb went off in the older man’s mind as he exclaimed, “Oh! Sen! I remember her, the one with the nice a-ah personality.”

His nephews looked at him, not totally buying what he said while his siblings both gave him an irritated stare.

“Anyway, next picture!” Kankuro turned the page to reveal another photo at the same restaurant, but this time the two older siblings wearing their jonin jackets while the youngest was in his Kazekage robes. There wasn’t any evidence of fighting going on here, only what seemed to be a celebration.

“Aw, Gaara! This was after you became Kazekage, remember?” Temari said with joyous pride as she recalled the day her little brother was announced the Fifth Kazekage.

Gaara nodded his head as he continued to look at the picture with his son staring intently and his nephew with a confused look on his face, “You went to a Yakiniku restaurant to celebrate that, didn’t you have like, a formal celebration?”

Kankuro laughed, “Yeah, we had some formal dinner with the old geezers from the council, but this was more of a private celebration, family only.” 

“We went straight from that dinner to this one!” Temari chuckled. 

Gaara let out his own small chuckle, remembering how foolish he thought it would be, but in the end was grateful they had their own celebration. He glanced over all the pictures on the two pages in front of him, thinking back to the times they were taken. Like a lot of teenaged boys, he hated having his picture taken, but after looking through this album with his siblings, nephew, and son, he was happy his sister made him take the photos. 

“You know,” he started in his deep, authoritative voice, “pictures of the restaurant aren't exactly the same as eating there.” He looked at his nephew, “You’ll just have to visit and see it for yourself.” 

Shikadai looked at his mom, “Can we?”

Temari smiled affectionately at her son, “Of course, the next time we visit your uncles and cousin we’ll go there instead of eating at the places we usually go to when we visit.”

Shikadai grinned, “Sweet, maybe you can show me more good places too, Shinki.”

Shinki only nodded, trying to wrap his head around them visiting Suna. He was a bit curious and excited for it to happen, leaving a small upward turn of his lips.

Gaara noticed his son’s small smile, making his own grow even bigger. He wanted Shinki to be able to have photos like these with Shikadai for them to look back on when they were older. He wanted them both to look back at their childhood with nothing but love. 

[melody-of-lost-souls]

Hey, How are you? I hope you're fine 🥰

Btw, after reading Boruto's last chapter, all I had to say was, "Wow, I didn't expect that."

I mean, in the previous chapter, Kawaki said to Boruto that he would help Boruto get rid of Momoshiki.

That doesn't seem to involve killing Boruto, because when he says he'll help get rid of Momoshiki, doesn't that imply he'll try to save Boruto's life from Momoshiki? So... what do you think?

Is it wrong for Kawaki to kill Boruto? And do you think Naruto will hate Kawaki? After all, Naruto saw Kawaki kill Boruto with his own eyes.

Hey!

Well I never know what to expect from Boruto manga and Ikemoto/Kishi writing at least for this manga. So i dont know how to predict things because as how first started, say...SS and NH couples being canon, anything can happen.

Kawaki's resolution I think it can be similar to Sasuke's about doing whatever they can to stop Boruto even if that means killing him, in some aspects K and S are similar since they want to protect Naruto at all costs.

As I say, i never know what to expect from Boruto manga, because you can have anything, and they could go OOC as fuck or stay in character. For example as Naruto (didnt) reacted to Kurama's death, that was OOC, nonetheless Sakura and HInata and Sarada non-pressence is in character because they are irrelevant.

It would be absolutely TOTALLY OOC for Naruto to hate kawaki just because he wanted to kill Boruto, and I will be so so pissed. Because we are talkng about the boy who forgave and understood Obito, the man who brutally killed a lot of people in war and his parents, Zabuza and Haku, the boy who killed Sasuke, Gaara, Itachi, even Orochimaru and i could go on.. And he will hate kawaki? If Kawaki does it, it will be not because of yolo, he is not a selfish or a villain boy. Give us a break. I could even see Sasuke going a bit feral or reacting if Kawaki hurts Boruto, cause the blonde is his (symbolic)son but for Naruto it would be so so so shitty if he chooses a side.

Of course, he could stop them but choosing a side...What a shit manga that would be.

I dont think, and I EXPECT, he wont hate kawaki bc of that decision. I wonder what Sasuke reaction could be.

And, it is good and bad killing Boruto bc of that curse with Momoshiki. Because, if they do so...this goes totally stray the message Naruto Shippuden gave us about not giving up the people we love, but the fact is that Boruto is not the most precious person for Naruto; sadly he is the result of a loveless and forced marriage. I know a lot of people "hate" Naruto because he is " a bad father" what good father he could be? I mean his dream has always been being hokage, not a father. There are just 2 hokages who had family and one of them got distanced of his son (3rd, Hiruzen with Asuma)

But anyway, Kawaki still has not that intense bond as Naruto had with Sasuke, or Sasuke had with Itachi, when killing meant a total different meaning. If he does it in order to protect Naruto and the village, and there is no other option i think is "okay" lets say.

Now if under those reasons, there are others as idk jealousy? Well that would be interesting and then it would be wrong for kawaki killing Boruto. But this manga is not that deep so i wont expect those far fetched plot twists.

Concluding, the reality is that, in my opinion, this manga still doesn't know what direction to take and they dont know how to handle some situations or how to get through the time skip. They dont know what to do with some characters, and the villains, this fake and inferiorbad-copy- of akatsuki, those Kara guys, suck as villains and do not have any impact.

My point is, i dont know what to expect of this manga since they all butchered our charaters so much, and at the same time they made them stay in character at some point.

[labradoriteprince]

Locket (Crumb)

  Y’all be nice i haven’t written in like 3 years but this is just an intro to the au I am working on

“Okay Mr.Iwa, you're all good to go. Remember, physical therapy starts next Tuesday and you’ll be attending two days a week until your physical therapist decides you’ve come far enough to move down to once a week, then biweekly, and so on.” The doctor went down the checklist. 

Deidara nodded along, staring down at the black and silver replacement for his left arm. He had lost the appendage in an accident at work in which his coworker had dropped a pallet from the sky shelves. Not that it was actually Gaara’s fault. The pallet was old anyways and the bottom planks decided to give. Deidara was lucky enough that only his arm was irreparable. His chest and ribs had recovered with minimal scarring. He had gotten a permanent leave, along with worker’s compensation and a lawsuit on the company for the faulty and dangerous work setting.  

“Thank you” Deidara smiled as he got up. “See you next week, Dr.Senju.” He smiled as he headed out. He could already tell it was going to be weird trying to get used to his new arm.

-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-

Deidara stood outside the coffee shop, his nerves a little out of hand… Literally. Today was his first full day with his prosthetic arm. He had been without his left arm for almost a year, but he had to wait until he could actually invest in the device, given how expensive it was. He always came to this shop. And every Monday through Thursday the same red head was always working. A short, stoic man with bored brown eyes and… well, quite frankly, no visible personality. With a heavy sigh, Deidara headed through the door and into the line. They weren’t super busy today, given it was nine am on a Tuesday, but there was a lady ahead of him in line with her son holding tightly to her hand, ogling and drooling over the brownies and muffins.

The kid quickly let go of his mom’s hand, to run up and shove his hands up against the glass. The barista’s gaze moved to the kid, his lip curling the slightest bit at the greasy hand prints being dragged down the glass case. Oh boy, Deidara was definitely going to annoy him today. He was already having a morning. The blonde could tell.

Once the woman ordered and stepped aside, it was Deidara’s turn. He stepped up to the counter, looking over the menu to buy time, like he didn’t always order the same thing. 

“Are you not ordering the usual?” The  barista asked. Deidara looked over at him.

“No- I am, I just wasn’t sure” He assured the man. “Latte with four shots espresso.” He assured him.

“I know what you take.” The redhead turned around to the machines in the back. “I’ll make it. Last time Konan left out the extra shots.” Sasori grabbed the Styrofoam cup. Deidara noticed he had upsized the drink, a sweet gesture though it made him more nervous. 

Once the barista finished the drink, he held it out for Deidara to take. "Its on the house. Congratulations on your arm." 

Deidara smiled, carefully reaching for the cup. All was going well so far.. he just had to grip the cup. 

By now, Sasori could see where this was going, locked in eye contact with Deidara, almost daring him to-

The cup broke when Deidara went to grab it, spewing scalding hot coffee all over the counter and floor. The redhead's eyes narrowed. "Konan, can I get your help cleaning this up. I need to remake a drink. " he sighed, grumbling to himself as he turned around to remake Deidara's latte. 

"Sorry" The blonde apologized, embarrassed by the mess he had made. "I just wanted to practice grabbing things." He explained.

"Well, practice outside of my store." The redhead countered. 

"Sasori-" Konan shot her coworker a glare. So that was his name.

"Well, he made a mess." Sasori muttered. He came back to the counter, handing the blonde a new cup. "Use your right hand this time." 

“Yes sir, sorry again.” Deidara quickly apologized as he headed out of the cafe. Well, that was humiliating. He took a sip of coffee and scrunched up his nose. Oh that petty bitch, this was so much more than 4 espresso shots. He couldn’t be too upset. It was a free coffee, and he did just make a mess. 

He was just desperate to be back to his full potential again. The past year he’s just felt like a burden, not able to move his own furniture when he moved into his new apartment, or having to relearn how to drive, cook, and everything. For a while there, he had to have his old roommate help him put his hair up. Neji always did, though. Even though they both knew he had better things to do. 

Once Deidara got home, he sat his cup on the coffee table, before pulling out his phone. Sasori… hmm. That was an uncommon enough name. He should be able to find him. He logged onto Facebook, typing the redhead’s name into the search bar. It wasn’t long before he found the barista. Sasori Akasuna. The blonde clicked on his profile, scrolling through. He only had a handful of friends, including the coworker from earlier. Though, the only person who seemed to be tagging him in anything was a little old woman who, obviously, was newer to Facebook. Sasori’s entire timeline was full of outdated memes, posts about tagging loved ones, and random ‘I love my grandson’ posts, all of which were from this same woman, Chiyo Akasuna.

Huh, well, it was safe to assume Chiyo was his Grandmother. It was also probably safe to say they were close. Or at least seemed to be. Deidara scrolled all the way back to the top of the page, sending a friend request. He plopped his phone down on the coffee table as well, before looking at his arm. He slowly opened and closed his prosthetic hand, watching the fingers curl up, then open, then repeat. He smiled faintly, before laying back onto the couch. It wasn’t long before he closed his eyes and started to fall asleep. It was a good thing he hadn’t really drank his latte after discovering how bitter it was. Otherwise he’d be too awake to nap.  

Once the blonde did wake up, he picked up his phone to check the time. It was about a quarter to five and he’d been sleeping since almost eleven. “Way to go, Deidara. Way to waste a day” He lectured himself as he got up. He noticed he had a Facebook notification and opened it. It was a message. 

“How in the hell did you find me?

Why did you find me?”

How was Deidara supposed to respond? Lie? Yeah- lying is good. 

“You were in my suggested friends list.”

It was almost an immediate reply.

“Right, with no mutuals and no idea what my name was before now. 

This is almost obsessive. You come in everyday at the same time, 

Constantly you're in my shop to just kill time, and now coincidentally, “

“You’ve found my Facebook.”

Oh man, this was taking a bad turn, and fast. 

“No, look, really. I didn’t mean anything by it. I just wanted to see 

Who you were. Not in a creepy way, though. Really.” 

“Right

I’m blocking you.”

Oh shit. Deidara messed up. Now how was he supposed to show his face at the cafe? He groaned and tossed the phone down. 

Well... Fuck.

[dailysuna]

Hello, yes, I heard requests are open!! I would like to know your thoughts on the economic repercussions of Suna losing the battle of the chunnin exams? I thought they were already in a depression before and I think I remember that things ere pretty dire to have them need to make Gaara, but the loss at the Leaf must have hit even harder. What do you think some likely strategies were, and by whom, to stave off complete economic ruin and widespread starvation among their citizens? Thank you!

Okay first off thank you so so so much for sending these in! I kid you not we were overjoyed at seeing them because they are just the type of content we like to see!!! We think about these types of things in depth so its great to see others thinking about them as well. Now let me separate these questions and answer them for you.

Question One

You are very right! Canonically Sunagakure never had great economic standing, but during Rasa’s reign as Kazekage it got worse. Now, this has nothing to do with Rasa’s way of ruling himself, but rather that the Wind Daimyo, ruler of their specific country, not Suna, started giving shinobi missions to Konohagakure instead of Suna. So, Rasa used his abilities to extract precious metals to sell so Suna didn’t collapse; however, their economy never really got back onto their feet because of many reasons I will not get into at this moment. The economy was already suffering under Rasa’s leadership, which was good even if he sucked as a father, so the sudden absence and loss of the battle during the exams would cause much chaos. 

Rasa was killed meaning the country lost their best source of procuring income as well as their main leadership position (although the fact they have a council means they won’t be thrown into complete chaos without a kage good job Suna). His death alone would cause much turmoil and trouble. With the added loss of ninja, supplies (any war requires supplies and loss only means losing all that effort put in), and already strained relationships would not help. How can they even come back from this?

Well first, who is the one implementing the methods? The way we see Suna formatted almost seems to be based on a democracy where the kazekage is but one voice amongst that of the council, thus, the kazekage and the council would be the ones to brainstorm and make the changes necessary. We think that their main method in fact is to lower wages. When shinobi cash in on their missions, they take some of the profit and the government takes the other amount. They would need to start taking more from their already small amount of missions. (In fact in a discussion us mods had about similar situations one time I, mod K, have an oc family I have based in Suna that we figured would be the first to have wages cut.) In consequence I believe they would order local businesses to drop their prices. Suna has no fertile land in sight, their small plot of land in the Land of Fire they acquired years ago their only place where growing is possible, so they rely heavily on importing goods. The government would likely prioritize trying to keep the country running, while reforming relationships with Konoha. I could see them purchasing larger quantities of non-perishable food or ingredients to give out rations. They are also going through a change in power which most likely made the situation very difficult and required the council to do most of the work while Gaara listened and learned.

The important thing to remember is Suna shinobi are extremely patriotic and loyal, so here at dailysuna we think the village as a whole would do their best to cooperate and help one another should it mean the success of Sunagakure, aka a more stable economy.

Question Two

I briefly addressed some of these questions at the end of the last one, but yes we actually have planned a lot of this out in varying degrees of depth. As for the change in power, I already established Suna was facing ruin and shifting power creates another hard element in harsh times. Sometimes it is what you need but sometimes it doesn’t help in the slightest. In the case of Suna, the job of the kazekage isn’t one where someone can jump in after assassination and immediately change it all. The council is there to provide checks and balances for the kazekage as well as advice, its no coincidence we see council members mostly i their middle ages or later. This abrupt shift in power from the dead fourth kazekage to his 12-13 year old son is just a crazy change. Gaara is continuously not trusted by the council, in Shippuden they even discuss his death being beneficial in a meeting, so Gaara needs to not only learn the ropes in his young emo preteen years but to foster a better relationship with the council and the citizens as well. I don’t believe it is actually ever confirmed when Gaara officially took the seat of kazekage, so there could be a few months or even years in there where there was no official fifth kazekage. During this time, the council likely ran Suna, as they have the power to do so. Even a bit into Shippuden I believe the council was still pulling a majority of Sunagakure’s puppet strings as Gaara simply lacked the life experience for certain decisions. As far as for Gaara, we are told that he had a very rough time gaining everyone’s trust but had started doing so before being stolen away by sparky sparky boom boom man and Suna’s original angsty emo preteen, but they never really explain it? Either way, its clear based on everything I said so far that Gaara’s main focus in his transition was mostly on building those relationships others had decided to break out of fear. He is very successful and everyone loves Gaara now including us mods!

Baki. I love this man so so dearly. In an old rp discord server that no longer exists, may it rest in peace, I actually role played Baki so I workshopped an entire backstory for him based on our millions of Suna headcanons that us mods have all accepted as our canon (you’ll find we all share the same exact headcanons). As far as his ascent to council member, I thought long and hard to develop it. Everyone starts out as a basic ninja, and, without going into my headcanons for his childhood, Baki was the same. He slowly rose with his skill, as he is extremely skilled - his stamina is awful but I am convinced its because he is so good none of his battles last long and thus no need for it anyways - and became a trusted aide to Rasa. In our collective brain that contains headcanons we have also determined this is due to the personality we gave Baki, which is he is so dedicated to the village he doesn’t stop to take care of or think of himself. In other words, he can be a pushover when it comes to doing work because he only wants to be of use. This makes him the perfect target for paperwork which we believe is how he got closer to Rasa. Baki and Rasa are never explicitly said to be close or anything of the sort, but the fact that he is entrusting his precious children, one of which has a giant chaos beast inside of his little emo body, plays to the fact that he is familiar with Baki in some regard. Serving as the Kazekage’s aid, aka errand boy in this case, Baki would gain experience with paperwork, the jobs of the council and kazekage, form connections, and display his skill in all assets. 

Now, there are some nasty little children needing to be taken care of. Who better to send than the man who you know will do anything for you, for the country? I am convinced very few ninja would willingly teach preteen Gaara, I mean, I don’t think I would even want to, so no one would be willing to have such an assignment and would do anything to get out of it. Even Baki was likely wary of it and for the longest time debated quitting, although, after some time, the siblings likely began to realize he cared about them (this is something I would love to talk about in more depth some other time) and weren’t as awful towards him. Hence a successful team. Did being the kazekage’s children’s sensei help Baki? Because he was their teacher? No. Because he was able to gain their trust and lead them? Most definitely. This experience likely helped him gain prestige and respect for his abilities which is how we mainly believe he got his position on the council, as that is what the council members seem to have as well as dedication to the village.

As far as being kazekage goes, we love Bakikage! This is what I mentioned earlier about a role play server. What happened is we had a plan for Rasa to be taken out of power in this AU but we didn’t wish for Gaara to suddenly be ripped from the rest of the role play by being stuck with kage duties. So, we sat down to think and realized Baki would actually be a great person to wear that fancy greenish hat. As stated earlier, he has the respect, the strength, the intelligence, the ability to prioritize things, as well as many other necessities for a good leader. The big thing that stood in his way was Gaara’s character development because the angsty emo preteen needed to turn soft boy cottage core obviously. But in all seriousness, I believe what stood between him and his theoretical throne - which he deserves - was honestly himself. Baki serves the village. Baki loves the village. Baki wants the best for the village. Baki is, as we call it, villagesexual. He only desires to be of use, not to gain power or prestige, they just happened to be given to him along the way. His own lack of drive, as well as care for Gaara, because of course if his adopted son wants those fruit snacks he will get them for him. Please Baki, you spoil them too much. So yes, Baki could be the kazekage, he has all the equipment for it, but Gaara’s own desire to be something no one expected and show them he wasn’t a monster was all Baki would have cared about. Even in our rp AU Baki was going to be reluctant about taking the power. Even if he did have that desire and drive, his care for Gaara would likely win out. 

Honestly, it might be best he didn’t have that drive. You know, all the kazekages are assassinated and Baki is not an important enough of a character to Kishimoto to be brought back to life. I will gladly hold onto council member Baki if Bakikage means he dies. But its nice to think how Gaara would actually get to be a kid while Baki gets a hard earned role, huh?

I hope you enjoyed my very very long winded answers - believe it or not I tried to keep it short - and that they actually answered your questions. We all look forward to more submissions/asks from you as well as others! And we’re working on getting those lovely drawing requests planned out.

[gaasaku-fanfests]

Oasis in the Desert

Title: Oasis in the Desert Author: childofthedark90 Rating: T Word Count: 1,088 words Summary: Gaara’s blessing has been that Sakura gave him the time of day. His perspective as he readies to make their relationship official. Author Notes: I’m still new to writing T rated stories and this is my second attempt. So it’s not much other than fluff. Have fun. :) Trope: Oasis in the Desert.

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The petals fell apart as Gaara pulled on them lightly, not caring that he was destroying public property. This temple was overgrown and disused due to years of bandit raids and loss of political funding but it was still a holy place for pilgrims and tourists. The bandits had moved on and there was a caretaker, but he was old and didn’t move very fast.

But Gaara didn’t mind. There was an ethereal mystery to the area, built on top of the oldest oasis in this desert. It still looked beautiful, even abandoned.

Gaara fiddled with the flowers that had been laid on the offering pile before the statue of his goddess. They were brightly coloured and smelled freshly picked and he plucked at them idly.

Benzaiten was a goddess who would appreciate his reasoning for doing so, anyway. A goddess of love and everything that flows – like water, music, words, and eloquence.

He was working up the courage to tell her the things he’d been dying to say.

So he tore at the flower; each petal he plucked and returned to the offering pile of the goddess represented his transference of love. His people adored Benzaiten, but once you were betrothed and engaged, you were expected to devout your years to the person intended to be your mate. People still offered prayers and gifts to the goddess, as it was by her grace that their lives were filled with happiness and love.

He smiled, fingering the last petal lovingly before dropping it and then standing and stepping away from the statue to bow his head once more. A quick prayer and he was leaving the room. It wouldn’t be long now. Sakura would be his.

The girl he’d grown up with, fallen in love with, and courted; even during her Sasuke infatuated years, Gaara was consistently pursuing her. Subtly at first, as though not to startle her. Then faster as she began to pay attention to his interest. And finally, he dove in head first a year ago when she finally renounced her love for the boy who had broken her heart.

Benzaiten’s rules of courting taught Gaara much and it was the reason he’d chosen this oasis for this event. It was also here where she’d agreed to spend the rest of her life with him. And it was here that they made love for the first time, under the gaze of the goddess.

She approved, casting her blessings on them, of this Gaara knew.

“Gaara! Get your thorny backside in here!”

Gaara smiled at the sound of his brother’s voice. Kankuro was far more nervous than the soon-to-be bride and groom. As the last in the family to get married, Gaara was also the only one marrying into a noble family. It meant a change in their social status and the older brother couldn’t wait to reap the benefits.

It should bother him, but Gaara didn’t care.

He brushed off his clothes, checking for non-existent dust and hair before moving to the antechamber to prepare. Weddings were hosted here every week, with the caretaker - who also doubled as a priest - as celebrant.

“Calm down,” Temari smacked the back of Kankuro’s head as Gaara joined them. “Old man Mamoru isn’t even here, yet.”

“Because he’s slow.”

His brother’s wife - the daughter of their family seamstress - smacked him this time. She was heavily pregnant and holding the hand of their oldest child. She started berating him.

“Don’t worry,” Temari said, spotting the frown on Gaara’s face. “He’s coming.”

Her own husband was asleep in the chair in the corner of the room, their son curled at his feet. Gaara wished, yet again, that he could do this without any witnesses.

The goddess was big on family, however.

So he sucked it up and stood in the doorway, waiting for Mamoru to arrive; he did so ten minutes later, slowly ambling along until he stood by the statue of Benzaiten, then bent to pray for fifteen minutes before ushering Gaara into the room.

Kankuro, Temari, and their respective families, shuffled into the room as Sakura’s father did. Lord Hizashi was not in favour of the family that came with Gaara, but he’d developed a soft spot for the redhead nonetheless. He ignored the noisy family and clapped Gaara on the back before leaving to collect his daughter.

Lady Mebuki smiled in greeting before moving to the side. There were no seats.

Gaara held his breath as Lord Hizashi brought his daughter in, followed by a handful of ladies in waiting. The fluty song of the goddess played but Gaara’s attention was solely on the pink haired beauty before him.

His eyes trailed over her body, pausing on the outline of her breasts, her cleavage, and then moving slowly, appreciatively, down the length of her. The material of her dress was transparent at her abdomen and flowed over her like a second skin. She had chosen a soft pastel pink dress for this occasion that didn’t clash with her bright pink hair.

Gaara reached out deliberately, brushing his fingertips along her bare arms; his eyes returning to her breasts for a moment before rising to meet her green orbs. She smiled knowingly at him; they were both looking forward to their wedding night. He had already plucked her flower – sex before marriage was not a sin to Benzaiten, but in fact encouraged, as love was the ultimate expression of worship.

And it was the best way to be assured of compatibility with one’s chosen spouse. Waiting held no interest for them. They were a sex positive society. And Gaara remembered his compatibility with Sakura very well. Every inch of her, every heavy breath and kis touch were proof he’d chosen well.

“The goddess brings you here.” Mamoru rambled on, reciting the vows and the holy promises they were to make.

The ritual lasted for minutes but felt longer. Gaara’s hands gripped Sakura’s fiercely as she gazed into each other’s eyes, neither wanting to look away.

“You are not renouncing Benzaiten,” Mamoru said. “You are simply redirecting your worship. You are your own temple. In Benzaiten’s eyes you have been found worthy of each other’s love. In the eyes of the goddess you are now man and wife.”

And when Mamoru was done, and they’d said their piece, Gaara lowered his lips to Sakura’s, brushing them softly and murmuring, “you’re the only goddess I need” before pressing into her soft mouth and losing himself in her.

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#5

How I finesse Naruto lore

I imagine it like: Sand = Defense (still good defense wise) Gold = Offense/Defense and Iron Sand = Offense

The Third Kazekage and Shinki both have Iron Sand and because Third's dead and Shinki's young both in and out universe nobody knows what Iron Sand is best with. I say offense because it counters(?) parallels Gaara who is known for his Ultimate Defense

Rasa (The Fourth Kazekage) seems to be specifically known for his Gold/Magnet Release and he stated he used to use it so Gaara/Shukaku couldn't use their sand because it was too heavy (which is kinda weird because Gaara apparently also has magnet release I'll get back to that later)

Okay so Rasa counters the Defense, that doesn't give me squarely offensive and in itself seems defensive, so half in half.

So you remember when Gaara's sand did this? Replicate his Mother.

I feel like this can be interpreted in multiple ways.

Kurura's love literally is so strong it can influence the sand to protect her son (rip to Temari and Kankuro I guess). So the sand in a way has a mind on it's own. (Canon, I think)

It's not Kurura at all, it's Gaara (subconsciously of course) he's always associated his Mother with protection even when it was Shukaku lying to him , he still called him "Mother". So basically the sand follows emotion.

(That's all I got)

Back tracking to Gaara's Magnet Release. It's described as Sparkling Metallic Sand I've always visualized it as silver but recently changed it to rose gold (because Rasa uses gold that's all) although realistically it's probably just sand colored. Anyway the Sand being rose gold explains why Gaara wouldn't be able to counter his Dad's gold dust by lifting it, if their Magnet Release is for different metals neither can truly get the upper hand.

Jumping back on subject.

Going with 2. Let's apply that (logic?) to all sand users specifically Shinki. The iron sand reacts to his emotions, it spikes when he's nervous or feels threatened, shifts a little or makes shapes when he's happy and Shields, Domes, Hands and Gaara when he's scared.

Yep that's what I said Gaara, just like Gaara with his sand mother Shinki can create Gaara out of his iron sand subconsciously simply because he equates Gaara with being protected.

After all He taught him how to use his sand, protected him even from little things (bugs, bad dreams the like ), raised him, and he is known for having the ultimate defense so his logic's pretty sound.

I feel think it would only present that way when Gaara isn't around meaning Gaara only knows about the shields and domes he taught him and the hands he makes sometimes.

(Random note Kankuro has seen it and he thinks it's adorable he's told nobody under the threat he'll no longer be the boy's favorite Uncle)

Unlike Sand Kurura, Iron Sand Gaara looks mildly annoyed depending on the situation as he's face changes ever so slightly i.e usually calm but irritated in high stress scenarios.

TLDR: I explain my personal thoughts on the Sand Kekkei Genkai of the Kazekages and Shinki to then elaborate that Shinki associates Gaara with defense and safety.

29 notes - Posted September 4, 2022

#4

Basic Megaman X fan with ZX: Oh no Zero doesn't remember X 😢

People of culture with ZX: Where is our boy, Axl? WHERE IS OUR SON?!

31 notes - Posted August 31, 2022

#3

So I looked up why "Your mother wears combat boots" was an insult...

Anyway 2012 Donatello called that Krang's Mom a prostitute

Specifically in a way it'd understand "The one who is called your mother wears the boots that are made for combat"

43 notes - Posted October 8, 2022

#2

Whether you look at them through a romantic or platonic lense Jessie and James from Team Rocket are PEAK relationship.

(They relationship is canonically of platonic)

That is all.

You know I'm right

96 notes - Posted August 21, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Dragon Speech

Dragons are much more affectionate in their language. When talking about the ones they love, dragons often add a chosen nickname to their name.

Note: These are (in universe) loose translations. And also how I'd write it.

Toothless has less a term and more so a tone as an he says Hiccup with a fond treble. He sometimes parrots back Hiccup's "Bud" with the same previously stated tone though it's more so translates to "Buddy"

Hookfang calls Snotlout something that either means "Fireball" or "Dud" depending on context.

Stormfly term for Astrid translates to "Astrid Dear" the term being at the end of Astrid's name.

Meatlug calls Fishlegs "Honey" similar to how an older woman may call someone such.

Barf and Belch have differing terms for Ruffnut and Tuffnut. Barf says "Ruff darling" and "Tuff dearest" and Belch calls them "Treasure Nut" for Ruffnut and "Cherish nut" for Tuffnut

"Soul Mate" is a term used by dragons to describe an exceptionally close Flock-mate. (I was going to say or mate but it seems dragon's don't commonly mate for life.

Meatlug says it the most with Fishlegs, Toothless uses it consistently for Hiccup, Barf and Belch use it for the twins often and Stormfly calls Astrid her soul mate as often as Barf and Belch do. Hookfang uses the term a little less.

Friendly reminder that Soul mate is NOT inherently romantic.

114 notes - Posted August 13, 2022

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[sazzafraz]

dropped a cup of coffee on myself at breakfast lets gooo

nodus tollens is my favourite chapter its not even close

like i actually LIKED writing it. i like writing in general but its about being someone represented with all the scary sword cards in tarot readings not actual fun. still annoyed i didn’t think of anything better than fucking HEMMINGWAY

A year and a half into working for Giri and Sasuke is sitting cross legged on top of a boulder looking out at a clear blue sky. They’re sitting by the edge of a huge cliff in Fire Country resting between assassinating some small time village leader and their next mission which promises to be heavy on full contact fighting. The sun is dipping towards the horizon, warm air ruffling their hair. Yumi is trying to throw Hiki off the cliff into the lake below, Haru is defleaing his dog and Sasuke is debating his next move in the long distance tactical game he’s playing with Juugo and Karin. It’s an Uzushio classic, like shogi but the board is made of three interlocked spirals and the movements of the pieces are based on the tides. Karin is slaughtering him. 

fun fact: literally started designing that uzushio game because i’m a psychopath. it’s also the first of three references, two in the same chapter, of sasuke and his teams, and then one at the end where everyone gets together. to make fun of sasuke. as they should. 

  There are seven graves by the edge of the sea with a bright blooming flowers planted in the centre spilling over the cliff. Tall markers stand as high as three metres in the air wreathed with ribbons in the colours of dawn and day... Sasuke spares a look back as he enters and sees those graves and flowers. The flowers have colonised the side of the cliff, growing strong and sure halfway down the rocks, slipping into crevices and tangling around each other as they race towards the ocean. Huge blooms of colour, bright reds, light pinks and creamy yellows are knocked about by the waves crashing against the cliff.      

if fuyuki even knew how much this colours sasukes opinion of her she’d beat the shit out of him. i think this was the second bit i wrote for her, after a few pieces of her and itachi. actually if she knew how much both of them are coloured by knowing her past she’d commit a crime. its pretty apparent to sasuke that these are memorials to children/those that died young and unfair. how would he know haha. i always intended the hashira and the uchiha as parallels. i think the lack of depth given to other clans sucks, especially when they have literally a thousand years of interaction. the only other one we have are the hyuuga which might have been an intended one but like. i’ve never bought it. 

anyway, back to sasuke. dude loves kids. he doesn’t figure it out until he has nine of ‘em, but he has a view of children that’s incredibly sincere. i pretty much decided that on my own cause: a) its funny, b) he was fucking SWEET as a kid and i’ll kill you before i let you tell me that kid went away, c) he’s from a huge close knit family/community and liking kids is the only way to get through that,

oh. also fuyuki does cotton on to his emotional compromise and IMMEDIATELY lies so he likes her more. morals who?

“It seems,” Fuyuki says into the silence, “that Sunagakure has decided we have a problem. I sent Mamoru as a goodwill ambassador to Wind a few months ago. It went well, and as Suna is a largely neutral player in most conflicts I did not see the problem in allowing a small ambassadorial group into Oto to further the relationship. At the fourth meeting one of the Suna delegation proved themselves to be a puppet and assassinated Mamoru. They were in the process of trying to loot us when they were killed.”

haha oh my god gaara fucks himself so hard here. we’re gonna talk about it. 

Now it’s leaving time and Sasuke is walking fast downtown, faces passing him as he’s bound for home base.

only two people ever commented on this. vip behaviour. 

Shikamaru raises a hand and waves.

Sasuke waves back.

Shikamaru looks at him expectantly across the crowd. Distantly Sasuke notes that he’s the taller of the two. Head’s bob and weave around the marketplace, someone drops an avocado which is swept up a child and her friends, the scent of cooking spices drift down from the top of one of the buildings. Sasuke and Shikamaru stare at eachother.

i never wrote the short for this but this is shikamaru’s nightmare scenario. finding sasuke when naruto is not with you is the k12′s personal hell. because konoha and giri are tentative allies it would be poaching to bring him back and thats something people still take seriously. shikamaru goes and gets FUCKED UP so no one trusts his report and he can claim that it was ONLY MAYBE THE PRETTIEST MAN IN THE FLEA MARKET. naruto finds out like a decade later and is extremely pissed even if he gets it. 

It’s a tale as old as the dust of the desert or the mountains that divide the nations. There is a boy who loses something. His honour, a cow, a sword. He has to leave his home to find it. He has to grow strong enough to do what has to be done. In the Son of Nobody the titular Son has to journey to the city to meet the princess and while he is away his family is murdered by a group of wandering bandits. Along the way he meets a beggar girl, the princess in disguise, and he allows her to tag along. There are many twists and turns, the Son becomes a noble shinobi protecting the princess and falls in love with the beggar. He finds the bandits that destroyed his home and avenges his family. But! Disaster strikes! The samurai have been told a lie about the princess and feel that their honour must be avenged. A group sneak into the princess’ room one night and defile her. One of the samurai is late to the scene and feeling so sick and ashamed of their actions kills them and ignites a real war between samurai and ninja. The disgraced samurai takes his own life in front of the princess as appeasement. When this doesn’t work the Son goes on to win the war and marry the girl.

this is just hatake sakumo. some creative liberty but its just the story of how he died embellished. i think some shinobi stories filter out and become like folk tales? like we’re gonna get to it. but there's no way they can have that kind of presence and no cultural impact. 

‘Heart, liver, eyes ’ Kabuto says when he’s done, ‘and put the rest in the garbage.’

for sensible reasons kabuto is the scary one. 

. Illuminated in the light of the lone flickering candle, bundled in odd cloth and grime, Kabuto looks faceless and formless. His skin has no color, his hair is limp, his eyes are turned completely inward searching himself for an some answer, some lodestone for the next leg of his journey. He looks like an orphaned version of himself. Sasuke has a brief moment of complete self-awareness. He stands above himself and looks down at the length of his hair, the uneven tan on his hands. His own eyes look at his boots, his non-descript travelling coat, the way he is never carrying more than enough money to carry him to the next town. He recognises nothing original, nothing remarkable. He’s as interchangeable as any soldier capable of swapping hands at a moment's notice. Many tools, many masks, many uses. He realises that that shifting formlessness is as much a part of him as his burning rage. It forms him just as fully.

i remember having a moment like this and it was so shocking it took me years to write about it. this nearly got cut, even though i now think its important. becoming ‘just a knife’ is important to sasuke’s development towards being just a guy. relating to kabuto is so personally disturbing that its sort of his turn towards leaving giri. kabuto actually disgusts him. unlike orochimaru.

“We called her the Fruit Eater after the foul seeds she planted in others which grew into giant poisonous fruit trees. When they’d plundered and destroyed the world enough for her foul tastes she’d eat the fruit from the trees and crush them to bone and blood under her feet. Her own children plucked out her organs one by one and cut them up into pieces. What they couldn’t eat they threw to the animals who turned into nine ravenous demons. They brought the demons together and sealed them into the form of a beautiful princess who was coveted by all.”

goddamn space aliens. i hate it less than most. i think i was still deciding if they’d show up at the end. either way i thought i’d just put them in in case i did. again, there SHOULD be a cultural footprint. 

The problem is that the Uchiha are predisposed to have thick hair and the main branch, the one that descends directly from Madara’s betrayed brother Izuna, comes with a tendency for...unruliness that Sasuke has gotten threefold. At this length it seems to be largely growing up and out, gravity be damned.

aww my loving rendition of his stupid duck butt. i have unruly hair so his maintenance is essentially mine. its such a distinctive thing i think people should take more advantage of. i wrote in crashing tides that he’s just an awful fashionista and i think that holds true. he tries new hair oils ALL THE TIME.