#mage!kakashi

[mystorystar]

Chapter three of my High Fantasy Naruto is out!

She tossed her room key onto the counter as she left, the lady running it nodding politely as she passed, and huffed to herself as she made her way onto the street. As she walked she found her gaze wandering until it eventually settled on a party of three headed toward the same inn she’d just left. Their group consisted of two boys who looked to be roughly her own age, one human and one elven, and an older fellow who, at first glance, looked like an ordinary old man to the average person. Sakura, however, wasn’t the average person, and she immediately picked up that the old man was not only a young man, but some sort of mage, and a powerful one at that. 

The aura the mage gave off as they got closer was odd, to say the least. It wasn’t like the dull kind of aura humans gave off nor anything like the sharp kind elves oft did. It was calm, yet somehow on edge at the same time, and it reminded her greatly of the energy animals gave off when stumbled upon unexpectedly by humans. It also, curiously enough, reminded her of how the air felt just before a storm. This intrigued her greatly and made her want to ask him what race he could possibly hail from to give off such an interesting aura, but she quickly reminded herself that that would be rude, and that she was far too old to act in such a manner.

She paused as they passed her by. Her feet stilling and her head bobbing absently in a greeting they all halfheartedly returned. She turned to watch them continue on their merry way into the inn and she sighed longingly.

She’d bet her axe that they were on a journey far more interesting than her own had been, given their lineup. One did not simply pair mages, rangers, and whatever the blond boy was together to deliver unimportant packages to neighboring towns. She was sure whatever their given task was had to be much more exciting than her own had been.

It made her jealous.

“I wonder if they’d mind having one more?” She whispered to herself longingly. Surely they wouldn’t, right? 

[oh-no-its-bird]

I know you already did a dungeon meshi x naruto au, but think with me

I was listening to the "I'll let the world burn for you" song and, while thinking on kakaobi, I realized that's SO farcille coded

So now I thought "crossover au where kakaobi is farcille", but idk who would be marcille bc, honestly, both would use dark magic to resurrect the other, mr. Hatake "Don't use rinne tensei even if it means not saving many lives" Kakashi and mr. Uchiha "I'll destroy this world and create a dream one to have my loved ones again" Obito

YOURE SO RIGHT WHAT THE FUCK

Mm,, alternate dungeon meshi AU with obkk my beloved,,

I think Marcille Kakashi fits best if we really wanna play off that "star student turned you're worst nightmare" angle, hes my favorite rising star prodigy who tried to run too far and too fast and crashed and burned for it

Also just Chimera Obito, cmon, come on. If nothing else, I am now committed to seeing Uchiha as chimeras, it's fun

Mad Mage Madara and ruler of the golden kingdom Izuna fits alarmingly well actually, both for the roles and like, narratively from multiple angles. Madara going mad bc of his brothers death, him turning Obito into a monster, his general monstrousness coming from a place of love. It works scarily well

Maybe Tobirama can take the role of that Yaad has, cursed to be immortal and lord of the golden country hidden within the dungeon in Izuna's absence. Madara visits him sometimes and insists it'll all be ok once Izuna is back as Tobirama calls him insane to his face

Anyways; back to the party.

So Marcille Kakashi and Falin Obito. Rin has to be on their team for obvious reasons, but I reeeeally wanna see Itachi, Shisui and Tenzo on it too bc I'm such a sucker for Team Ro.

Alternativley tho, if we make Kakashi an elf, what if we have Team Ro kind of take the place of the Canaries, and say Kakashi was once part of it but bc reasons eventually left and did his own thing? ANBU/ROOT -> Canaries pipeline or smthn idk

(I just want to see team ro somewhere around)

Anyways, Kakashi turning to black magic to save Obito, only inadvertedly managing to make him into a monster, both of them effectively dragging eachother down more and more and further and futher in their unwillingness to let eachother go.

I bet it'd do awful things to Kakashi's guilt complexe too, that'd be fun

Doing smthn fun, let Hashirama be a ghost wandering around trying to talk Madara down from his usual bullshit, but confined to the lower floors or else he risks losing himself. Now let him posess Tenzo bc they have similar magic and let it give him a cool plant magic power up, and also let this mean he can now move between floors as long as he stays inside of Tenzo. Maybe he can help guide them through the dungeon

Let Madara see Obito or Itachi for the first time and realize that his family somehow continued to exist outside of the dungeon walls, and let him feel smthn about it. Let him call him turning Obito into a chimera as something like love, something like welcoming him home, and let him try to offer Itachi something similar.

I have a couple other thoughts but Imma hit post on this bc its been sitting in my drafts for too long now, might come back to add more later but idk

[philosophicalparadox]

The term “Modern AU” for Naruto fandom needs to die. (Jk, sort of). It needs a new name, for ontologies sake.

Like. There is no consistency to the technological advancement in Naruto at all, but nonetheless, it is a demonstrable product of its initial years of development, which is the 90’s.

Throughout pt1 and Shippuden, we get a weird and nonsensical mix of Showa era (all of it, from 1886-1949) postwar period (1947-1980 thereabouts, though Wikipedia will disagree with me on that) and mid-late 90’s tech boom.

Now you could solidly argue for a “modern” interpretation of the Showa-era systems and customs, although that very much interferes with 1. the Uchiha as a clan, because they are 100% late Showa / WW2 period culturally. Hyuuga are more representative of the earlier Showa era, like 1920’s or so. SO yes you could do away with that, but frankly those clans are not themselves outside of that satirical context. (And I do actually think Kishimoto meant it to be satire, or at least his editor, who came up with most of the Uchiha premise, did). And

2. The whole Shinobi premise, which had still-living threads during that time period despite Shinobi as a profession supposedly dying in the 1850’s. (Pfffffft, Like mercenaries went anywhere during the European renaissance; they simply went from mercs to commissioned officers. Title change but not role change. Same idea.)

Furthering this, if you take them out of the dirt, so to speak, then they cease to have the in-universe function that they do. They don’t have to — you can still absolutely mock up a Mercenary-Paramilitary-Mage Caste for the “modern” world, by which is typically meant: In Japan/Our World, not the NarutoVerse.

Yes I know I’m being pedantic, but to say “modern” implies “past” and while there’s lots of that in Naruto, there’s also:

90’s Telephones (why doesn’t the Hokage have one in their office??? Landline is pretty darn secure.)

90’s Electricity

Computers (90’s era, but clunky things with limited functionality but can store data)

Floppy Disks to go with the above

Security cameras

Polaroids (again, 90’s era)

The cutting-edge-of-its-time (90’s again) radio collars

Industrial production of steel (how? We don’t know. But they can build 80’s-90’s skyscrapers, somehow.)

Steam engine (not that impressive or modern, but like, Where Are The Trains. We got 90’s steam boats in Kiri, but no locomotives? How? Why?)

Medical devices. Oh the list I could make about that. All like mid- late 90’s, at least in Konoha/Orochimaru and Co. The iron lung does not exist, replaced by stately 1999-2002 ventilators. (Kimmimaro) The concept of IV nutrition exists and is applicable, even if Kishi did an absolutely abysmal job of demonstrating that. (On Kakashi) (the reality: So. Many. Ports.) That little innovation didn’t exist until 1982, and didn’t actually work until 1996. (Because figuring out how to synthesize metabolic fats and proteins was really hard); you’ve got Ostomy tubes and bags that belong in 1995, (Kimmimaro again) and don’t even get me started on Lab equipment. Do you know how long it took to produce incubators that didn’t take up a quarter of a room? Do you have any idea what the world of cloning looked like in the 90’s? (Actually, it was a lot more advanced at that point than it is in Naruto, which is stuck in like, 1980’s with that notion).

And I could go on!

And there is just as many examples of the inverse, too, where there’s things juxtaposed to the past level. Example:

Psychiatric care. Granted we don’t see a lot of that outside of Kakashi’s little stint, but it is very 1940’s-1950’s type BS.

Similar to that, most the stuff in the Interrogation Unit. From attitudes to technology, but mostly in just the very weird, 1930-1950’s way the whole thing operates. Kishimoto did not do his research there, very obviously (Torture does not work like that), but nonetheless they give me Nazi vibes. (Well, Inaba and Ibiki do, respectively). That part might be intentional, but it still doesn’t really make sense in the bigger scope. (Why doesn’t the village know things when they are a SHINOBI VILLAGE. A postwar village no less! Make it make sense Kishi!)

Some elements of medicine. There’s a very weird divide there, between synthesized chemicals that are complex poisons, which SHOULD mean complex medicines exist, (because the only difference between medicine and poison is the dose and many toxins have medical value) and the demonstration of this, which relies upon herbalism. I suppose both those would exist in a Shinobi’s world, but there’s a bizarre element of “only the bad guys actually have good medicine” going on, which again is a very 1940-1950’s thing.

Idk, I feel like “modern” sort of fits? But not entirely. Because fundamentally the NarutoVerse is a completely separate dimension, a twisted alternate reality that is very removed from our own yet also very like it.

Gahhhhh the world building in this series is hot, messy garbage 🤣

I would love to see an AU where it’s more homogeneous, like smack-dab postwar all over the board. Or even just bring her up to the 90’s. That would be actual modern-NarutoVerse.

But using Modern to mean “Our World” has always just been a small thing to bugger me. Use what you want, because I don’t think the term is going anywhere, but if I can’t share this anywhere else I can share it here.

[shinigami-striker]

September 2024 Birthdays | Sunday, 09.01.24

Here are the upcoming birthdays in the month of September 2024 down below:

Sunday, September 1

Dave Wittenberg (voice of Kakashi Katake in the English dub of the Naruto anime and its video game tie-ins since 2005)

Monday, September 2

Faye Mata (voice of Aqua in Konosuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! and Ling Xiaoyu in Tekken: Bloodline)

Keanu Reeves (official voice of Shadow the Hedgehog in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024 movie) premiering on Friday, December 20, 2024 in North America)

Tuesday, September 3

Khoi Dao (25th birthday coming soon) (voiced Mauro Abelard in the 2021 video game, Shadowverse: Champion's Battle, which is based on the 2020 anime of the same name)

R. Bruce Elliot (current voice of Captain Ginyu since the 2010 release of Dragon Ball Z Kai through Funimation)

Wednesday, September 4

John DiMiaggio (voiced Bender in Futurama, Bobo Haha in Generator Rex, and Jake the Dog from Adventure Time)

Morgan Lauré Garrett (voiced Shiki Misaki in The World Ends With You: The Animation and Nadeshiko Kagamihara in Laid-Back Camp)

Thursday, September 5

Max Mittelman (voice of Saitama in One-Punch Man)

Friday, September 6

Idris Elba (voiced Knuckles the Echidna in both the Sonic live-action movies since Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022 movie) and Knuckles the Series)

Robin Atkin Downes (voiced Gary in Regular Show and Emperor Nefarious in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart)

Tuesday, September 10

Amanda Celine Miller (voiced MAGES. in Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory in 2013 exclusively for the PlayStation 3 console)

Thursday, September 12

Shelby Lindley (voiced Tsumugi Kotobuki in K-On! and Ram (White Sister Ram) in the Hyperdimension Neptunia video games since 2012)

Friday, September 13 (Friday the 13th)

J.G. Quintel (creator and voice of both Mordecai and High Five Ghost in Regular Show)

Saturday, September 14

Kazumi Evans (35th birthday coming soon; voiced Rarity in both My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and My Little Pony: Equestria Girls and Rouge the Bat in Sonic Prime)

Sunday, September 15

Ben Schwartz (voiced Dewey Duck in DuckTales (2017 TV series), Leonardo in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Sonic in the Sonic the Hedgehog movie series since 2020)

Colleen O'Shaughnessey (voiced Jazz Fenton in Danny Phantom and both Miles "Tails" Prower (since 2014; replacing Kate Higgins) and Charmy Bee (since 2010) in the Sonic the Hedgehog video games)

Scott McNeil (voiced Wolverine in X-Men: Evolution, Guts Man in the English dub of Mega Man NT Warrior, and Voltar in League of Super Evil)

Tuesday, September 17

Charles Martinet (voice actor; former voice of Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, and Toadsworth in most of the Super Mario games between 1992 and 2022) (succeeded by Kevin Afghani starting with both Super Mario Bros. Wonder and WarioWare: Move It! and onward since 2023)

Friday, September 20

Sarah Natochenny (voiced Ash Ketchum in the English dub of the Pokemon anime between 2006 through 2023; replacing Veronica Taylor)

Saturday, September 21

Erin Fitzgerald (former voice of Noire/Black Heart in the Hyperdimension Neptunia video game series between 2011 through 2016; replaced by Erica Mendez since the 2017 release of Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online due to complications with the SAG Contracts at the time)

Sunday, September 22

Michelle Ruff (voiced Tsukasa Hiiragi in the English dub of Lucky Star and Crimson Viper in Street Fighter 4)

Wayne Grayson (50th birthday coming soon; voiced Michelangelo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) between 2003 through 2009)

Monday, September 23

Shannon Chan-Kent (voiced Pinkie Pie in both My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and My Little Pony: Equestria Girls & Amy Rose in Sonic Prime)

Wednesday, September 25

Mark Hamill (voiced Skips/Walks in Regular Show between 2010 through 2017)

Friday, September 27

Alicyn Packard (45th birthday coming soon; voiced Mistress Death in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite and Hinaichi in the English dub of The Vampire Dies in No Time)

Debi Derryberry (voiced Jimmy Neutron in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and formerly Coco Bandicoot in several Crash Bandicoot video games between 2001 and 2021)

Jad Saxton (45th birthday coming soon; voiced Itsuka Kendo in the English dub of My Hero Academia and Chika Fujiwara in the English dub of Kaguya-sama: Love is War)

Saturday, September 28

Celeste Perez (voiced Rin Shima in Laid-Back Camp)

Monday, September 30

Lacey Chabert (voiced Gwen Stacy in The Spectacular Spider-Man and Zatanna in Young Justice

Stay tuned for more next month (October) and enjoy the rest of your September! 🍂

[tourneys-by-me]

Here is the Bracket!

Match ups were randomized this time so there might be a few coughing babies vs hydrogen bombs, sorry about that

If y’all have propaganda can you please tag it as #propaganda or send it to my inbox so I can see it

(vs template by TotallyNotIncina on DA)

[bracket under the cut]

Round 1 (A)

Sinbad - Magi: the labyrinth of magic vs Weiss Schnee - RWBY

Cure Magical/Riko Izayoi - Precure vs Lafcadio Boone - The Sexy Brutale

Beverly Toegold V - Not Another D&D Podcast vs Carol Malus Dienheim - Symphogear

Lucy Heartfilia - Fairy Tail vs Aaravos - The Dragon Prince

Cure Miracle/Mirai Asahina - Precure vs Traveler - Genshin Impact

God Serena - Fairy Tail vs Joker - Persona

Maruju - TearRing Saga vs Omnath - Magic: the Gathering

Isaac - Golden Sun vs Delsin Rowe - Infamous

Mega Man - Mega Man vs Lord Snicklefritz - Towertale

Kakashi Hatake - Naruto vs Hazel Levesque - Percy Jackson

Mage - Miitopia vs Gill - Street Fighter

Jason Grace - Percy Jackson vs Mario - Super Mario Bros.

Round 1 (B)

Honey Lemon - Big Hero 6 vs Daylon - Dislyte

Donald Duck - Kingdom Hearts vs Y'shtola Rhul - Final Fantasy

Zoya Nazyalensky - Grishaverse books vs Paula - Earthbound

Alina Starkov - Shadow and Bone vs Domingo - Shining Force

Nami - One Piece vs Alatreon - Monster Hunter

Kevin Kaslana - Honkai Impact 3rd vs Omnimon/Omegamon - Digimon

Erin Ruunaser - Aurora vs Percival King - Epithet Erased

Citan Uzuki - Xenogears vs Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi - Bleach

Wairuha - Bionicle vs Mirabelle Chevalier - In Stars And Time

Mr. 104 (John Dubrovny) - DC Comics vs Tlalocmon - Digimon

X - Mega Man vs Robin - Fire Emblem

Sora - Kingdom Hearts vs Sypha Belnades - Castlevania

Round 1 (C)

Carl, the Invoker - Dota 2 vs Eidolon - Worm (Wildbow's Parahumans)

Vince Reynolds - Super Powereds vs Ark - Terranigma

Camille Severin - Muted vs Skylor Chen - Ninjago

Doctor Coyle - ARMS vs Aang - Avatar: The Last Airbender

Clark Kent/Superman - DC Comics vs Magolor - Kirby

Cetrion - Mortal Kombat vs Siffrin - In Stars and Time

Elemental Hero Neos - Yu-Gi-Oh! vs Greencap - Lone Fungus

Castform - Pokemon vs Trisana Chandler - Emelan

Squall Leonhart - Final Fantasy vs Akamai - Bionicle

Rae Taylor - I'm in Love with the Villainess vs Kirby - Kirby

Korra - Legend of Korra vs Cassian - Villain to Kill

Silvally - Pokemon vs Tiamat - Dungeons and Dragons

Round 1 (D)

The Collector - Aurora vs Twinrova - The Legend of Zelda

MOON - Space Funeral vs The Mage - Magicka

Katarina Claes - My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom vs The Dragonborn - The Elder Scrolls

Chu Wanning - The Husky and His White Cat Shizun vs Zagreus - Hades

Teclis - Warhammer Fantasy vs Qiyana - League of Legends

Sasuke Uchiha - Naruto vs The Defect - Slay the Spire

Blackbeard - One Piece vs Ben Tennyson - Ben 10

Manaria Sousse - I'm in love with the villainess vs Koromaru - Persona

Link (BOTW and TOTK) - The Legend of Zelda vs Callum - The Dragon Prince

Patchouli Knowledge - Touhou vs Soren - Fire Emblem

Spring Man - ARMS vs Shouto Todoroki - My Hero Academia

Capricorn (Tristan and Byron Vera) - Worm (Wildbow's Parahumans) vs Dan Heng - Honkai Star Rail

[kakairu-shrine]

I am so excited to finally be able to share my eighth, and (probably) final fic for @kakairu-rocks event, KakaIru Valentine's Week 2024, written for the Happily Ever After prompt!

Please double check the tags before reading!

Enjoy!

The Cursed Prince (51058 words) by demonofabove Chapters: 13/13 Fandom: Naruto (Anime & Manga) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Hatake Kakashi/Umino Iruka Characters: Hatake Kakashi, Umino Iruka, Hatake Sakumo, Orochimaru (Naruto), Original Characters, Uzumaki Naruto Additional Tags: KakaIru Valentine's Week 2024, Happily Ever After, Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Magic, Royalty, Gore, Heavy Angst, Mental Torture, Mental Coercion, Curses, Invasion, Adventure, Fluff, Assassination Attempt(s), BAMF Hatake Kakashi, BAMF Umino Iruka, Tutoring, Secrets, Side Quests, Celebrations, Temporary Character Death, Speeches, Marriage Proposal, Light Smut, Found Family, Suicidal Thoughts Summary:

Prince Kakashi is next in line to rule the Land of Fire, and his dad is nearly ready to pass the throne to him; however, many people don't want Kakashi to rule because of an incurable curse that turns him into a powerful, uncontrollable monster; a raging demon.

When the village gets invaded & attacked by an army of animated corpses targeting Kakashi, he finds out that the necromancer is after his power; but not only that, they can take away the curse that has haunted him for all these years.

Will Kakashi seek the necromancer's help, or will he find another way to save himself, and the village?

And who is this mysterious mage he's found along the way?

[wepepe-draws]

The next character that I will transform is KAKASHI fucking HATAKEEEEE, MY MAN. And Pakkun as his animal companion

He’s a wizaaaaard, or more like a travelling mage. His main element is lightning of course, although he can cast all magic elements.

Still wip

[sceneself]

warning: manic thoughtspill.

irt the (trafficstuck art i made).. some thoughts :

i should clarify i'm ignoring name conventions and just yapping

bdubs!

as a human i think his signature color would be green, rather than red. i also believe bdubs and etho would have a 'balance each other out' type of relationship. one could compare it moirails (which are not exclusively platonic, i should say,) mostly due to how they equalize and also im including their marriage-divorce-marriage debacle. kind-of want to give him a stick specibus of some sort just to cuck him.

as a TROLL.. i considered making him a limeblood; not for anything super important other than the theory of that caste having a high emotional charge over others and he's just a beloved guy ykw.. in the art referenced he's an oliveblood due to being particularly capable but not inherently power-influenced. a hybrid might be the most appropriate position for him but i haven't decided!

etho!

as a troll i figure his presentation to be either be like a chameleon (e.g wearing colors not belonging to his respective class) or hemo-anonymous (wearing no clothes with sigil or indicative color) there's definitely a part of me that would consider him someone to end up being a helmsman (with the clockers) or mage (with team best originally) i think he ultimately is apathetic towards his position whichever way i put him. i'm not sure what the redstone equivalent would be in the hs universe but i see him as having the power to utilize telekinesis at least. ..someone with psionnics but can be difficult. maybe his sylladex should have sth to do w/ crafting or sand. ..i'm not sure how i feel about people drawing etho as a highblood.

as a HUMAN.. in the mini doodle included in the art i changed his design so his off eye is covered by a bang. (i don't think as a human he'd have a damaged eye, even tho his skin is kakashi) i altered his outfit to be more reserved versus the troll design which has some of his midsection exposed.

skizz! (oh boy)

as a troll.. i mentioned in the image that i made him purple rather than indigo. wanted to add a point saying he'd likely be an active slime consumer and would lash out in moments of sobriety (i'm just trying to reflect when skizz entered red and had mentioned smelling blood, and being typically more aggro, etc) he's also assigned purple to reflect his obsession w/ brotherhood (seen in team best) and/or companionship (his part in the dogwarts war) as far as indigo goes.. indigo would be fitting primarily cuz its often to being boiled down to 'strong person' but ALSO generally being loyal to the caste system. (unrelated to his blood, i think he'd have some kind of fisticuffs specibus)

as a HUMAN!! i actually haven't put too much thought into this. the way he hams up himself as a 'character' definitely seems more align w/ being a troll. alas. unnecessary thoughts.

tango!

as a human.. as said, i didn't draw a troll version of tango to respect that him drawn with horns bothers him a bit. think his outfit would be similar to jades, that being long sleeve shirt and skirt.. or maybe a labcoat. either or. think he'd have a interest in tech and would have some kind of annoying moustrap-type sylladex. (like the stupid board[?] game) i think he'd be.. maybe the most competent at understanding the game than everyone else. i also think he's petty. (said because of the 'team t' thing) i ALSO think he'd be the most likely to be turned into a sprite for the same reason in parenthesis.

as a TROLL.. it feels easy to make him a psionnic, lets be real. in team best at least it makes sense to me (bdubs w/ his respective gold partner and tango w/ his respective other partner ykw) i FEEEEEEL like he's best (har) as a low to mid blood caste.

if i have more thoughts you will be subjected to them

[elenyafinwe]

For @kakashiweek day 4 Any AU/Scrolls. I saw the scrolls prompt and this is what my brain came up with at 2 in the night (tho at some point I got too lazy for shading). Elder Scrolls AU, here we go! My discord chat came up with the idea that in this AU all the Uchiha are Dunmer, which of course includes Obito. Therefore Kakashi has one Dunmer eye now. I considered a while for what race Kakashi will be and decided on Breton. He‘s a mage specialized in the schools of Illusion and Conjuration. Illusion to trick his enemies and Conjuration to summon Daedric weapons and the occasional Daedra to fight for him, if he gets too lazy to do it himself. And yes, of course, he‘s a big fan of Crassius Curio, err, I mean Jiraiya.

[whimsicorner]

I've been walloped over the head with Naruto fixation in the middle of being eaten by FF14 (having fun with Dawntrail) and I keep thinking about the Team 7 light party that I assigned on the fly HAHA my personal thoughts on the matter is

- Sakura is the tank (Warrior for the party heal/self heal/blue healer joke) (also realized after the fact that warrior has the whole Inner Beast thing, so you could crack an inner Sakura joke) (also warrior keeps getting bigger and bigger Fell Cleaves and I think it would be funny)

- Kakashi is on Scholar/healer because he gets a little book and the carbuncles and I thought it would be funny (also I think he should play lalafell for fun)

- Sasuke is Reaper for the edgey melee dps. I think reaper enshroud & the lore might be enticing bc the, like, pact with a little funny demon thing

- Naruto is a Ninja for the bit and also melee dps (menace with shukuchi/gap closing and also greeding DPS) (finds the smallest teeny tiniest safe spots about half the time)

I keep pondering who else you could add into the party to make a full static but I fell off of reading around halfway thru the Gaara Rescue arc years ago...absorbed the rest by osmosis so I know about Sai and Yamato but I'm not sure who else I would pick for a party of 8...there's too many options....I think Sai would of course be pictomancer but idk what Yamato would be HAHA maybe white mage? For the blood lily? Kakashi and Yamato shield healer/regen healer team? (This leaves one tank spot and one damage-dealer spot open if I can count correctly)

It would be kind of funny if the inevitable desire to make all things an FF14 AU is what makes me reread Naruto but that depends on getting my brain together HAHA

I thiiiiink it would be a modern AU where they all game together just bc I don't have the brain to try a fusion AU at the moment, but I could imagine Sasuke having surprisingly really deep lore for his character and writing fanfic in his head and then getting mortified when he accidentally lets it slip (not ready to be perceived by his friends)

(someone gets Sasuke to pick up dark knight and like, if you connect with it, dark knight quests can change man HAHA, they check in on him in a while and he's having a Time)

I'll think about it...I'm in the ao3 trenches right now (close 5 tabs and somehow I have 50 more tabs)

[mystorystar]

High Fantasy Naruto AU Fic

I have the second chapter written, bitches!!!

Naruto stared at the turning windmills in awe as they walked, spinning on his heels to keep them in his sight as they passed them by. He’d never seen them so close, only ever going a little ways outside of the city sans his training with Jiraiya, which often took them in the opposite direction they were headed now and instead towards the mountain range that spanned behind Konoha.

Sasuke, who came this way often due to his ranger training with his brother, not only looked significantly less impressed, but was actively rolling his eyes at Naruto's undue excitement. 

Speaking of Sasuke’s brother…

“Hey, you did tell Itachi you were coming, right?” Naruto asked, finally turning to face forward and away from the moss-covered windmills spinning lazily on the grassy hillside. They kinda reminded him of Kakashi’s hat, the more he thought about it. “Because I don’t want him tracking us down thinking we kidnapped you-”

“You did kidnap me,” Sasuke argued with a glare, apparently still angry over having once again gotten caught up in Naruto’s bullshit. “And yes, I did tell him that I had to babysit you and that weirdo with the stick. For some reason he seemed to be under the impression that we agreed to this willingly and that we’ve been taken on as Kakashi students or something stupid like that.”

[oh-no-its-bird]

Throws this at you one more time*

In my head, I thought it would be cool to draw Rin as a gnome, though her skirt definitely isn't dungeon proof, she's a cleric who probably worked civilian before joining the dungeoneering team.

But at the same time, half foot Rin is a really cool idea, the idea that her village wasn't keen at all on magic and she had to push herself through mana sickness and her few resources to learn how to heal with it. She doesn't expect to leave outside her village until she gets taken up by Kakashi and Obito.

Dshkahdjskdbsj it's really nice throwing stuff at you and hearing the absolute enthusiasm at all the brain worms infesting my head. I'm eating this positive reinforcement like sugar

SCREAMS

OH I LOVE HER ???? YOU DREW HER SO CUTE IM YELLING

Half foot Rin actually sounds really fun, I love it. I feel like there's smthn to be said in the way that the stereotypes related to half foots might translate also to expectations and unfair judgments Rin might have faced as a soft spoken, young, female medic in canon

Rin trying her hardest to become a mage in a village that doesn't support her my beloved ,, I'm trying to think ab how Kakashi Obito and her might have met in the au. Obviously Kakashi is tricky bc like, he's an elf, so if Rin is a half foot and Obito a tall man, they can't all be childhood friends due to the age differences. Hmmmm, so many thoughts

OH OK HEAR ME OUT.

So like, childhood friends Rin and Obito. But also Kakashi, super huge rising star magic genius, is well known enough that Rin really admired him even before they met, especially bc hes rumored to be partially self taught (like her!!!) She had like a celebraty crush on him, which pissed Obito off a bit

Ofc his arrest for using ancient magic and subsequent tossing into the Canaries was p well known, but I'm undecided if it's well known enough that Rin would have heard of it or if it's only well known within certain circles just due to the high profile of those involved

So like. Eventually when they formed a part together, Kakashi only gave his first name (he'd long since stopped giving out his last) and Rin literally went *oh !!! Like Kakashi Hatake? So cool.* and he just kinda went "yeah. Like him. I get that a lot."

Idk there's a thought there but my brain is a bit half cooked rn

[dark-elf-writes]

Zkkakaksjsjajdjdjsjd this au is making me very happy rn.

Were you thinking of itachi and Naruto being the same age or just closer (and is sasuke and everyone still younger or are they aged up too?)

But either way, I keep thinking of itachi being this little genius far too aware of what life as a shinobi and heir to a major clan means. Him finding everything in this world predictable in its cruelty. At least until he finds a selfless little blonde hunched protectively over a hurt fox kit and flashing long fangs at two kids that were clearly trying to hurt it for fun.

This Naruto with whisker shaped scars instead them being jinchuriki marks. Scars over mute marks? I love that fanon idea so much but I honestly forgot about it for a while. So maybe?

RED HAIRED UZUMAKI BLOODED NARUTO WITH CHAKRA CHAINS IS MY LIFE YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND.

Kinda in love with this Naru looking just like his mom but having a lot more of his dads mannerisms? It’s just doing something to my heart (and probably Kakashi’s life expectancy)

If he had the uzumaki bite healing thing, do you think it’d work with Itachi’s eyes? That’d be interesting.

I would say Naruto a year or two younger than Itachi while the other usual suspects are the same age as normal.

(I’m also playing with the idea of them of course being spies in the Akatsuki but also playing both sides and working together to try and save the Jinchuriki)

Okay yes the eye question for the healing is important but what would it do for Itachi’s tuberculosis UNNAMED RESPIRATORY ILLNESS

Snnxndjshsbs Naruto who while more jaded still has a good heart under all that scar tissue and a weak spot for the underdogs. Naruto who made genin but was left in the dust because no matter how hard he tried to prove himself no one wanted to promote the monster. Naruto who is just as skilled as the ANBU (he runs circles around all but two of them after all sharp chittering laughs mocking grown adults as he eluded them yet again) but gets none of the perks. Naruto who feels one of the two chakra signatures that are kind and perks up.

Both of them who see someone like them. Someone that doesn’t fit in. Someone with a gentle heart in a cruel world. Someone who grew fangs and claws to fight back against that cruelty.

Itachi isn’t entirely sure why he confessed everything to Naruto. Why he told him of every horrible detail of his assignment.

He wasn’t expecting righteous anger on his behalf. Wasn’t expecting a clawed hand in his own offering to help so he didn’t have to do this alone.

(He still isn’t sure to this day if Naruto meant help with the ordered Uchiha massacre, help him run, or help him kill the mage and his advisors himself. He isn’t entirely certain Naruto knew either.)

They leave the village covered in blood. Naruto still cloaked in chakra that dripped with malice as he supported itachi with an arm around his middle. They were rogues now. Missing nin. They could never go back.

“Why?” Itachi gasped forcing them to a stop as he looked at the short boy next to him. So much power in such an unassuming package. The power to destroy entire clans entire villages if he wished. “Why help me?”

Naruto blinked, eyes still more red than blue as he cocked his head to the side. (It was hard to tell how much blood was on him with that wild mane of red hair.) “you were one of the only people who were nice to me, and you needed help.”

It hits Itachi then, how much power he truly has here.

Naruto doesn’t hate the village. (Or he does but that is not his driving motivation)

Naruto is following who he considers to be his only friend.

And itachi…

He will not be as cruel as the world around him. Will not throw that friendship back in Naruto’s face. Will honor it and return it tenfold.

He owes Naruto that much.

[kalira]

Hi! I noticed you're a Valdemar fan, so I wanted to ask: If you were to write a Valdemar/Naruto crossover, what would you include?

(Personally, I'd drop Kakashi into the Pelagirs and give him a kyree.)

(Also, feel free to ignore this if you want.)

Hiya! Oh goodness, a thought I've never considered . . . if I were placing Kakashi I would definitely think he belongs in the Pelagirs, agreed. (Although honestly, he'd fit right in with the Heralds working himself to collapse and past it for his Duty and to help people, too. . .)

If I were to try such a crossover I might do something with the Founders in the Mage Wars era, though! The titanic figures they make would fit excellently in that landscape and happenings, I think. . . Possibly also with the Sannin gen growing up/serving in it/later as well.

I've actually been tempted to dive into reading Valdemar again recently (and listening to the music a ton), but I definitely hadn't thought about crossovers in general before, thank you for the intriguing contemplation. *ponderponder*

[tourneys-by-me]

Round 2 Bracket!

If y’all have propaganda can you please tag it as #propaganda or send it to my inbox so I can see it

(vs template by TotallyNotIncina on DA)

[bracket under the cut]

Round 2A

Weiss Schnee - RWBY vs Cure Magical/Riko Izayoi - Precure

Carol Malus Dienheim - Symphogear vs Aaravos - The Dragon Prince

Cure Miracle/Mirai Asahina - Precure vs Joker - Persona

Omnath - Magic: the Gathering vs Isaac - Golden Sun

Mega Man - Mega Man vs Kakashi Hatake - Naruto

Mage - Miitopia vs Mario - Super Mario Bros.

Honey Lemon - Big Hero 6 vs Donald Duck - Kingdom Hearts

Paula - Earthbound vs Domingo - Shining Force

Nami - One Piece vs Omnimon/Omegamon - Digimon

Erin Ruunaser - Aurora vs Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi - Bleach

Mirabelle Chevalier - In Stars And Time vs Tlalocmon - Digimon

X - Mega Man vs Sora - Kingdom Hearts

Round 2B

Eidolon - Worm (Wildbow's Parahumans) vs Ark - Terranigma

Skylor Chen - Ninjago vs Aang - Avatar: The Last Airbender

Magolor - Kirby vs Siffrin - In Stars and Time

Greencap - Lone Fungus vs Castform - Pokemon

Akamai - Bionicle vs Kirby - Kirby

Korra - Legend of Korra vs Silvally - Pokemon

Twinrova - The Legend of Zelda vs The Mage - Magicka

The Dragonborn - The Elder Scrolls vs Zagreus - Hades

Teclis - Warhammer Fantasy vs The Defect - Slay the Spire

Ben Tennyson - Ben 10 vs Koromaru - Persona

Link (BOTW and TOTK) - The Legend of Zelda vs Patchouli Knowledge - Touhou

Shouto Todoroki - My Hero Academia vs Capricorn (Tristan and Byron Vera) - Worm (Wildbow's Parahumans)

[superlativesamsara]

So while I'm bored and still 'grounded' for pulling shenanigans I feel like it's time to spout philosophical bullshit*, so hold on to your butts, everyone!

(*Any resemblance to real philosophy is purely coincidental because we're actually talking about magic bullshit)

Todays philosophical bullshit topic: the Scalpel Wizard vs the Broadsword Wizard.

"Rose what the fuck does that mean?", you ask? Shush I'm getting there. So, in fiction and in the multiverse at large, there are generally two main types of weird powers user. We've got the high-skill low-power fanciful types, AKA the Scalpel Wizard. Good examples of this include Rarity, Pre-Timeskip Kakashi Hatake, or Gandalf The Grey (in presentation at least). While they don't have the same overwhelming force or stamina of others in their same power bracket, they more than make up for it with skill and precision in their field of expertise.

On the other hand, we've got the Broadsword Wizards, who are all big, flashy displays of power, but not necessarily the best at the finer, more precise work, like Sunset, Kisame Hoshigake, or Gandalf The White (again, in presentation). While they may have the capacity to do things more precise and technical, their uses of their abilities tend to be big, overwhelming force sorts of displays, taking fullest advantage of their superior stamina and output to dominate the field.

Now, most people would assume that one or the other is inherently superior to the other, depending on their personal opinions on brain vs brawn generally, but I offer a dissenting opinion. Neither is inherently better than the other, nay, it's entirely dependent on what you need them to do. No one mage (barring exceptions like Azuth, who is a god of wizardry, or Elminster, who is an author avatar) will ever excel in all situations. Instead, ideally, any adventuring party should have at least one of both types, or someone who can feasibly sub in if it becomes necessary.

And even then, of course, no two mages are exactly alike. After all, there are plenty of instances where a very focused Scalpel type was able to outperform a generalist Broadsword type. The lack of raw power to throw at the problem often leads the scalpel mage to instead focus and hone their magic like a blade, figuring out how to put in a minimum of energy for maximum effect to more efficiently manage their typically more limited reserves. In contrast, the Broadsword types typically tweak their spells to bring to bear as much force as they can readily control, not minding the power inefficiencies required to squeeze out that extra potency since they've got the reserves to handle it.

And while I say all this in terms of magic, it's also often true of engineering, in that people working with large amounts of surplus capacity in the system will usually be more willing to let an inefficiency slide, where those on a tight energy budget will often redesign to ludicrously low tolerances to save an extra watt here or there.