#maybe when theyre both older and anko is a little more calm and yamato is a little more open

[mokutone]

Hello~ i have been rewatching the kakashi-tenzou anbu arc and im frequenting your blog way too much 😭 i love the dog man and tree guy so much

My ask is I dont remember if there was ever any interaction between anko and yamato in canon but considering how they were both the survivors of oro’s experiments, they have some trauma things in common that they could talk about lol would love to hear if you have any headcanons about this.. Would they even try to talk about it!?:?:?

INTERESTING QUESTION...

i dont know of any canon interactions between them either—but that is curious, that i curious...

the only thing is, i don't know if their traumas are similar enough that they would have anything in common—Anko was a teenager or a preteen when she began to "work with" orochimaru more closely, and their relationship seems to be one where she thought of herself (like kabuto probably does) as more of his pupil or student, or apprentice, and then, realized all she was to him was kind of an opportunity. i feel like the betrayal and pain she feels about that is probably a lot more direct to orochimaru.

Yamato on the other hand, he was in orochimaru's hands from like, i guess infancy to about 4-5 years old, and it doesn't seem like he had a lot of direct interaction with orochimaru—honestly it seems like most of that time was just, floating in a tank. I think he has a less direct hatred for orochimaru, and more just a kind of. nebulous dread and fear.

Also, Anko is very loud and direct and sharp, I think, like Gai, she might be somewhat overwhelming to him. If she took an interest in him at all, she might even decide she wants to or it's her Duty to push Yamato out of his shell, and in which case I think he'd clam up even more and be like. Haha. Well. Goodbye.

actually, thinking about it, her trauma at the hands of orochimaru probably more closely resembles sasukes, or maybe even kabuto's. still, i can't help but have difficulty imaging her wanting to talk abt this with either of them, even after whatever happens in late series and theyre all back in konoha.

idk, i see her as having a lot of issues trying to trust people, especially with things that are in any way sensitive to herself—part of why i think she'd like pushing other peoples buttons. its annoying and it makes enemies, but it would also give her a really good idea of how people react, both to her, and even possible to things that she doesn't know how to react to.

like emotionally sending a canary into a coalmine, that way she can protect herself a little better when it's her turn to go in.