#not tagging this for ship

[theheirofthesharingan]

What do you think about naruita/sasunaru? Some people say it’s illegal because of the age gap but isn’t fugaku and mikoto’s age difference is also 5-6 years?

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I meant sasuita in the last ask sorry

I wrote my thoughts on NaruIta/ItaNaru in the previous ask and I don't think age gap in FICTION should be anyone's concern. Real people aren't getting hurt.

Onto Sasuita/Itasasu because I have a lot of thoughts on them. I think age-gap is the least concerning thing from a moral and legal standpoint in this ship. KisaIta, Kakaita have age gap too, even more than Itasasu, but it's not considered illegal. Even Shisui is quite older than Itachi. Itachi was 11-12 when Shisui died and Shisui looked older. Maybe he was 15-16. None of these ships are illegal.

One of the major factors this ship is problematic is because it's incest. And usually always age-gaps (when family members are concerned) cause severe power imbalance in the dynamic of the said characters which is directly attributed to grooming and manipulation and sexual exploitation, and all of this is criminal.

I haven't explored the shipping side of Sasuke and Itachi, so I don't know how they're portrayed in the fics and how the relevant non-platonic aspects of their relationship are handled. I did see arts, but those aren't very telling in this regard as well. Over all, I've only explored a handful of fics with Itachi and Sasuke as a main focus and I don't like their characterization in most of them.

Anyway, even if it is illegal because of incest and age gap what are antis going to do? Throw the writers and artists in jail? Make the world go against them so the artists stop creating those arts? They could just mind their own business and outrage over the things that need their attention instead of bullying the artists. We're living in 2024, not 1800s where writers were jailed because some puritans got offended.

Problematic themes have always existed in fiction and as long as no one acts upon them it's alright to explore. Flowers in the Attic by V. C. Andrews also deals with incest. Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore also has implied incest and age gap. Love in the Time of Cholera is the story of a stalker who becomes a fuckboy because the woman he used to stalk refuses to marry him. And he's also groomed a 14 year old kid at the age of 70 or something. Lolita is about a child predator who abuses and threatens a little girl.

Mainstream media has always dealt with these things. I don't understand the point of going after the artists who do their work in free time and moral policing them.

[gophersdomain]

something something despite the all horrors and tragedies of the world, love was there and that's all that matters

[sabertoothwalrus]

let's get ✨vulnerable✨

[clingonlikeclingwrap]

“Through the Ages”

[becuzmdsaidineededpersonality]

[punk-sharkz-zero]

guy who says "FUCK!" to every minor inconvenience x guy who says "oopsie daisies" to earth shattering catastrophes

[boltlightning]

it's me and the four people on ao3 who understand my favorite character in the exact same way against the world

[atti-rambles]

Thinking about this panel... He's such a dad, this is how this emotionally stunted man shows love. He's the type to make you call him when you get to the function... So he knows you're okay... He will pick you up if you're drunk... So he knows you're okay...

Laios is like the son he never had... To me... His son who is twice is size

[just-prompt-things]

best trope and you can fight me over it (i abuse this so hard with my ocs)

[staruie]

where my fellow monster fuckers at 👅👅👅👅👅👅

[trekkerac]

he's like a faulty lightbulb

[itsmeezra]

what’s gayer:

actual lesbian sex scene

OR!

rewriting the fabric of the universe because you as a man were destined to meet one (1) man in every dimension that has ever existed across time and space

[doe-drawz]

Wish you were here , in honor of season 2

[hanjoj]

their ship name might as well be theseus the way there's not a single original characteristic left there

[stemmmm]

one more one more

same au thing as last time

[incorrectbatfam]

Jason's emergency contact is "anyone but Bruce" but folks only read "Bruce" and call him anyway