#fugashina

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If you ever have the sudden urge totlk about Kushina/Fugaku, please do <3

(Totally unrelated to me reading your fic and finding a new rare pair. Honest. /lh)

Why yes I do love talking about my rarepairs!! *chin on hands* I’m so glad you asked! Also, sorry for the incredibly late reply!! 

Okay. So. Fugashina. I haven’t actually had to put down my thoughts about this ship beyond fic ideas before, so be forewarned that some of this is just brainmush and might not make sense.

I’ve mentioned this a couple other times, but I’ve long held the headcanon that the Uzumaki and the Uchiha are linked, through their sealing abilities (actual seals vs the sharingan which I would argue acts as a seal on the mind) but also as narrative foils. And that trickles down to their members. We already got the Naruto/Sasuke dynamic in canon, along with some teeny bits of Kushina and Obito also as foils (outcasts desperate to prove themselves to the place/people that regard them as Other).

Kushina is a fantastic character, strong and determined and so very underutilized. Admittedly, it is mostly Minato’s story but Kushina just gets swept under the rug. And while I lovelovelove Minato’s character, there’s a power imbalance in the relationship between the two of them that I don’t particularly like, (probably why I ship both Minato and Kushina with people that are not each other lol). They each deserve to have an equal partnership (and if that means writing fanfic, then fine damnit). Kushina doesn’t deserve to be that wife who wields power over her helpless husband; Minato deserves to be more than just a malewife after we got glimpses of what he could be. Kushina just feels like wasted potential (admittedly we only see her in domestic scenes in the anime, and mayyyyybe some fights scenes in the movies I think if I’m remembering correctly) and I think that’s just sad. It’s like… watching Padme, once the queen of an entire planet and then a senator in the galactic senate, spend most of RotS barefoot and pregnant. Idk I just think it’s wasted potential and it’s stupid and I want to make it better.

I already said I like the Uchiha and Uzumaki as foils, and the one who seems to beat balance her out personality-wise is Fugaku: he’s another case wasted potential (not as bad as Kushina, but still). I like having someone more serious and a little older than her to balance her immaturity and whimsical nature, someone who has the physical and mental stamina to keep up with her, and abilities that compliment hers. I think there are a lot more thoughts about those qualities but I’m exhausted rn. BUT. All this to say Fugaku seems to fit perfectly with her personality and her abilities and has the mental resilience to keep up. He doesn’t strike me as someone who would put her on a pedestal (like Minato did) and instead would challenge her and force her to think instead of behaving recklessly. In canon he’s stern (discipline-wise)with his children—I can see him taking the same approach with Kushina pre-relationship because he can see the potential and will try to help it grow the best way he knows.

She probably likes him for the fact that he doesn’t care she’s an outlier in the village—he likes competence and assertiveness and she’s got that in spades. He treats her as a person and a contributing member of the village—treating her like she has value beyond being a jinchuuriki (which I’m pretty sure was kinda hush hush at that point in canon but idc shhh). 

I just want mutual respect and a balanced relationship and symbolism with an Uchiha/Uzumaki union. A kind of closure to these two once great clans.

…And their babies would be hella cute ☺️ 

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Ha! Another for my Fugashina fic bc I’m determined to start finishing and polishing any unfinished chapters of my other WIPs

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@books-n-guns tumblr decided to eat your ask

YOU WANT UCHIMAKI BBYS YOU GET UCHIMAKI BBYS ノಠ益ಠノ彡

Terasu is an unholy terror (esp once she gets the headband) and Arashi thinks he’s the only sane man (boy) when dealing with his older sister.

As for that 250k fic that’s a, ah, work in progress, I’ll get back to you on that

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“Tall, dark and asshole? No thanks. You can keep him.”

Mikoto’s wide eyes are pleading but Kushina purposefully turns away. The Uchiha follows anyway. “But if my parents see he’s interested in someone else, they’ll stop thinking of him as a possibility—“

“And they’ll look at me and start thinking,” Kushina says sourly. “Like I said, no thank you.”

Mikoto’s brows arch meaningfully. “Does this mean Minato finally got the guts to talk to you?”

“It’s the problem getting him to shut up. I’m not looking for a date—from anyone,” she stresses when her friend’s mouth opens.

Mikoto grabs her arm. “It’d just be one date. One. And you’d never have to see him again.”

”Are you serious?”

”Deadly. He works T&I, so he hardly gets out in the field anyway.”

Kushina scrubs her forehead, already regretting the decision she hasn’t fully made yet. “And how old is he?”

“He’s only eight years older than you.” Mikoto’s look is uncomfortably triumphant.

“I’ll do it, but—BUT,” she shouts over Mikoto’s victorious crowing, “you owe me ramen for a month. Make that three months.”

The Uchiha slaps her hand into Kushina’s in a deal done. “And you’ll get it,” she says with a sharp grin. “And more beside.”

Kushina feels like she just made a deal with the devil.

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Forever & Always

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Kushina discovers that Fugaku hates pets and starts leaving bowls of cat food out. A few days later Fugaku’s wondering where all these cats have been coming from and why they’re hanging around him—and then realizes someone’s been feeding them outside his apartment.

But he resigns himself to this and he finds himself buying cat food for his newfound pets (watching from a distance, Kushina’s wondering where she’s gone wrong. But she can’t deny it’s adorable to watch him feeding the stray cats and awkwardly patting them like they’re dogs.)

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The sudden realization that if Fugaku and Kushina had *any* relationship/acquaintance, they would be Naruto/Sasuke 1.0