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storiesconsumemysoul · 2 years ago

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Video essayist I like makes a barely one minute reference to Sasuke in a video that is neither about him nor about Naruto the series.

Me: continuously cracking my fingers in an attempt to physically stop myself from writing a whole dissertation in the comment section because NO! No no that is all wrong listen listen listen the underlying message of his arc by the end of the series is deeply rotten actually it isn't doing what you-

#look there is a lot that someone could be inspired by in Sasuke's story he has many many admirable qualities that are very much so worth #aspiring towards but saying his story makes for some good modeling for young men depicting that you can return from the edge is ...#like characterizing his ending as a “he went to a really dark place in his grief and rage but we see him make a comeback from it”#without contextualizing that with all of the ways in which that ending fails him and his people specifically under the guise of #“saving him from darkness” ... is so ... uughghhh #hot take I guess but sasuke and naruto's arcs on the whole specifically because of the ending teach young boys the worst messages actually #ESPECIALLY MARGINALIZED BOYS!!!

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