#by denying its existence??? it's so bonkers weird stupid

[ssaalexblake]

it’s funny bc it was Super obvious Yaz was into 13 tracking waaaaay back to S11, and while 13 didn’t play her hand at all until Praxeus, even Just with Yaz it was very much textually there from the first half of their first season. And Just because 13 took till praxeus to play her hand, doesn’t mean she wasn’t there before then either, just that she’s very much that person whom you think you know everything about bc they’re always talking but you stop to think and realise you know Nothing about them at all. It doesn’t really matter when 13 realised her own feelings, bc they are canonically displayed eventually. And don’t get me started on the people who saw 13 Say explicitly that she Would in fact be into this entire relationship thing if not for the existential dread of her own existence and just assume she was lying about that for no reason at all. You people have so many problems. Media comprehension is quite obviously one of them. 

[chattegeorgiana]

I mean, it’s common knowledge that any fandom out of narusaku are bonkers, even among the ones who deny it. Mostly cause the ns fandom is not as huge as the rest.

NS fandom yes, it’s smaller than it used to be. Back in the day when the manga ran, it was pretty large on itself. We always used to have these fights with the other fandoms.

But then, as the ending happened, most of the fans just felt really disappointed and downright disrespected by Kishimoto and his choice and just left. They didn’t want to deal with the hate of the NaruHina and SasuSaku fandoms. For what?

We used to do it back in the day because we respected the old man and his work. But then all he showed back in return was disrespect. So then it was like... why bother?

NaruSaku used to be huge as well. But it was never loud. That’s the difference. And that’s the difference nowadays.

NaruSakus, the ones that remained anyway, are minding their own thing on their own spaces. However, as you saw already on my post, we are downright persecuted. And I know it’s a hard word, but it’s the hard truth.

Take my last case for example. I tagged my things properly so I can avoid any NaruHina/SasuSaku fans. Because while I don’t care about what they say, I have this respect I like to give to certain situations. 

And one of them was to always try and tag my stuff properly.

I used to be young and stupid and ‘try to bring peace’ to the fandoms. Those days were long gone after I saw how the fandoms responded. That was back when I was a neutral/like all ships fan. Guess which fandom was the more welcoming one? But anyway that’s not the point.

The point I am trying to make here is that these people, for them is not enough to give you an actual attention warning and move on to their life. No!

For them it’s still a battle, still a war, although they presumably won. Was it that they never really won though, and deep down they know it and that’s why they still search NaruSaku? That’s something for them to reply in their own hearts.

However, if they would’ve been content with their win and what they got, there would be no actual need to persecute NaruSaku fandom.

And when I say persecute I mean. Because as I was saying, take my example. A warning wasn’t enough. They had to take my links, share it to an actual ANTI NaruSaku fans group. Let that sink in for a minute. It’s an ANTI PEOPLE group. Not an anti ship, anti idea. Anti ACTUAL LIVING PEOPLE.

Share it with others like minded people and have them come after me. 

So you see, with them is never enough. Because they still act the way they acted almost 10 years ago.

Still hate on actual people for a ship, still target those people, still create groups against those people, still persecute with other like minded people other actual living beings. Still, still, still.

And it’s sad, in a way. Because I am okay, I’m an adult. I could care less about their childish games and tricks. 

But what about other youngsters/teens? Who have yet to learn about the twisted world we live in. Who have yet to learn about the power within themselves and how that power is only yours and no one else’s? 

Think about those consequences.

And it’s sad for them as well, because... How hollow do you have to be to actually occupy your time with such petty things? How blinded by hate does your heart have to be to actually spread even more hate?

Because it’s true when others say you give what you have.

It’s like... ironically, they still seek some form of validation. Although they supposedly got it. In a weird, skewed way, they still seek the NaruSaku’s validation.

That it’s an awful ship, that its fandom are awful people and whatnot.

But that validation they only receive it from like minded people. And that’s not validation. That’s confirmation bias.

Validation, TRUE validation comes from unbiased people who also have some experience on the matter. From people who don’t agree with you. Because that’s where the truth always lie - in the middle.

Which brings me to my next point. Are there crazy NaruSaku fans out there? Yes there are. 

We had our own problems within the fandom. I’m not saying this fandom is perfect or anything. It’s flawed as well, because after all perfection doesn’t exist. It’s a mirage. A construct.

I remember the times when we used to scold newcomers who would start shit between both fandoms. How we would always advise them to shut it because that’s not what our fandom was about.

How we would stand up for NaruHina or SasuSaku fandom when it came to their art theft. Because we knew how it felt when other people stole your hard work.

Yes, we had our own bad apples. We used to call them not real NaruSaku fans because they didn’t understand the essence of this fandom and the pairing and what this pairing stood for.

How we would scold them that this is not a fighting game, it’s all about having a good time. Because we weren’t in a war. We were (and still are, some of us) in for the love and for what this pairing stands for - appreciation, devotion, selflessness, you name it. All those positive examples and messages this pairing gave us.

But you’ll never see them talking about this aspect. Because as I said, for them is still a war and validation game. To prove how bad NaruSaku and its fandom is.

But compared to their fandom (and this brings me to your point in regards to numbers), our fandom had less incidents like those, because we instantly discarded those who would not abide by these principles. 

We very much functioned like the basis of any society from the beginning of times. And there are lectures on that. How the tendency at large is to push away the bad apples, in order for the greater good so to speak, to thrive.

That is why at the end of the day no matter what, we can still keep our head held high.

Because we know who we are at the core. We know what we stand for. We are not here to prove anything. 

We don’t need anyone’s validation because we have enough proof and enough development to show to any other person out there who isn’t blinded by their views, what we mean. 

The pairing talks for itself, we don’t even need to do much talking.

So much, that it was seen by others right from the beginning.

And this wasn’t written by what you’d call ‘biased’ NaruSaku fan or anything. This was written by an actual critic in the field.

We didn’t become fans of the pairings because we were in a game, we became fans of the pairing because the story built it this way.

That’s something they will never be able to understand, as long as for them this was a war on who ‘wins’.

But anyway, I think I rambled enough about this subject. I should stop here or else I might just turn this into a whole meta, lol.