#congrats sakura! you're next in line for the mantle of People Who Are *Completely* Sane

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broke: Sakura is Tsunade and Rin, Sasuke is Orochimaru and Kakashi, and Naruto is Jiraiya and Obito

woke: Sakura is Orochimaru, Sasuke is Jiraiya and Naruto is Tsunade.

bespoke: Team 7 are all their own people and the those around them seeing them as ghosts of people they lost definitely had a negative impact on their development. Who are you when you're separated from the role you've been forced into? Who are you when you're not the demon fox, the valuable monster, the living weapon– the little ghost boy, wearing every face but your own? Who are you when you're not the reasonable one, the canon fodder, the people pleaser– the civilian-shinobi trying to fulfill both obligations? Who are you when you're not the burning avenger, the effortless prodigy, the flight risk– under the weight of your clan's legacy, a burden not made for one?

If they had to have parallels with anyone, Naruto would be Orochimaru and Sakumo (monster and failure you're called and so monster and failure you are. you sand down your sharp edges because not even home is safe for your true smile.)

Sakura would be Anko and Minato (there is something wrong with you. you're so angry, and you're so good at hiding it. you're so angry, and you're so horrible about hiding it. there are expectations and stories built up around what you are and none of them are you.)

Sasuke would be Obito (you're so full of love. bursting with it. of course you're going to try to change this ghoulish system that takes and takes and takes. of course you pull people in and then leave them.)