#I wish I was there kakashi my beloved

[lordkeeran]

Unpopular Opinion Warning

It seems like Gojo is back, but it's unclear why. The scene is strange and could mean anything. However, let's assume he is back and discuss it.

Once again, we are faced with the lack of courage in front of the fans and the lack of authorship typical of shonen. Gojo had his own narrative arc, beautiful, complete, and ended with what seemed like a suicide in all respects.

But the fans need to be satisfied, and so, just like it was for Levi, here he is back, for no reason, taking away the role of protagonist from Yuji once again.

Let's face it, Gojo has always been selfish and self-centered, as evidenced by his entire love story with Geto. His decision to stay dead with his comrades at the airport would have been, and was, the definitive confirmation of this.

Gojo's role was over, he had nothing left to say;

his closest comparison, according to Gege, is Kakashi. Kishimoto brought Kakashi back from the grave thanks to Nagato, but Kakashi still had a role to play: Obito.

Gojo, on the other hand, is finished. Geto is dead, he has proven his strength, his students have proven worthy of his legacy, and Yuji was getting the better of Sukuna.

When authors bow to the wishes of those fans who make a fuss, they stop being authors and become slaves.

[rayshippouuchiha]

I've noticed you're happy when people share snippets of things they're writing, so today I want to share with you one of the scenes I'm the most proud to have ever written

To give you a bit of context so it makes sense: Time travel fuckery happens when Naruto uses almost all of Kurama's power to get back in time. What little power was left of the Bijuu merges with his body and gives him orangy-red hair the same color of Kurama's fur so he makes himself pass as Kushina's younger brother when he appears in Konoha around the time young Naruto is 5/6 y/o, going by the name of Uzumaki Kurama to avoid raising any suspicious about two Narutos. Shit happens, he and Kakashi fall in love but are idiots who don't communicate. The scene takes place after Pain's attack and Kakashi dying and coming back to life.

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The dust has long settled on the destroyed village, and now the moon was high in the sky, watching over Her people in silence.

Tenzō had done an amazing job, Kakashi has to admit. It's thanks to his Mokuton that the people of Konoha have a place to sleep at until the village is properly re-built.

Not him, though. He couldn't fall asleep.

He's not too surprised by the fact that he's awake in the middle of the night. He's used to it. Usually he can fall asleep for an hour or two at some point, but this time is different. He guesses dying and coming back to life will do that to you.

He's not the only one awake. ANBU are patrolling the village. Some of them nod their head at him when passing by, but no one stops to bother him as he stands on top of a mostly destroyed building, away from where the rest of the village is resting.

Kakashi is not on duty. He hasn't been since the day the Sandaime had told him that he was to become a Jōnin Sensei. Yet, tonight he misses the mask. He feels like his head is too full of thoughts, and he needs to put on his ANBU uniform and let that part of him take the lead. The youngest ANBU to have ever been made. The only ANBU with a perfect mission score. He misses not thinking about anything but a mission, his body moving mechanically as his mind takes a step back and rests.

Alas, he can't. He had to give his mask and uniform back all those years ago, leave them in the hands of the Hokage and never take them back.

It's barely past 0300 when someone joins him. Kakashi doesn't hear their footsteps but he does feel their familiar chakra, as bright as the sun and as scalding hot and dangerous as a forest fire.

Kurama doesn't say anything as he sits beside him, and it's in that moment that Kakashi realizes he hasn't seen the man all day, not even when the fight ended and everything went quiet.

Kakashi looks at him, but Kurama isn't looking back. No. He's looking at the village with an expression that Kakashi can't decipher. Oh, but how he wishes that he could. He would give anything to be able to read this man like one of his beloved books.

"I died today," Kakashi finds himself saying, unable, for once, to stand the silence.

"I know."

"I saw my father."

Kurama finally looks at him, and Kakashi can finally see. There's a deep grief in his blue eyes, a grief that looks as old as the man himself.

"How was it?" Kurama asks. He sounds tired, even more than Kakashi feels.

"Meeting him?"

"Dying."

The question hangs heavy in the air, and after a while Kurama looks back towards the village.

"All my life I've seen people either die or leave without me being able to do anything to prevent it. While I was here, I almost forgot how terrible war was for those who survive it," he sighs, then shakes his head. "I know we didn't lose anyone today thanks to Naruto, but..."

But we could have, he doesn't say. But we did, even if only for a short while.

Kakashi finally sits down, and it hits him suddenly that Kurama was probably already around when Uzushio was attacked and destroyed. That he had to witness his home be razed to the ground. His clan, his family, his friends, forever lost. And who knows where those who were able to run away ended up. Did Kurama escape with his parents? With a friend? And where are they, now?

Kakashi already knows the answer to that particular question for sure.

"But we're still here," Kakashi says, a gentleness in his voice he didn't think he was even capable of having. "And, you know, talking with my father made me realize something important."

Kurama looks at him so intently with those deep blue eyes of his, and Kakashi wonders, not for the first time, what is it about this man that makes him want to open up. Hatake Kakashi hates being vulnerable, so why does he want Kurama to know his every secret?

"While I was with him, we talked about a lot of things. I told him about my old team, my students, my mistakes and failures over the years, and," he stops for a moment. Has to look away from Kurama's blue eyes, "I talked about you, too."

There's a surprised sound from beside him, but Kakashi lets his eye rest on the sleeping village stretching in front of them.

"And I realized that, for you, I'd-"

A hand shots out, pressing against Kakashi's lips to silence him. The way Kurama is looking at him now is pained.

"If you're about to tell me that you'd die for me, don't," he sounds even more tired, and Kakashi can see it in the way his body is positioned that he's tense, so much that Kakshi almost fears it might hurt.

Gently, Kakashi grabs Kurama's wrist to pull his hand away from his lips, but instead of pushing it away he keeps it in his.

"I would have, before," he admits. Kurama's hand is warm in his, as he presses it over his heart. He can almost sense its warmth all the way under his jōnin uniform. "But that's not what I was about to say."

He looks at him again, and for the first time in forever Kakashi feels like everything is right in this shitty world they had been thrown in. That everything will be okay, no matter what the world throws at them. And a smile, gentle and small, pulls softly at his lips, hidden under his trusted mask.

For the first time, the little wrinkles forming around his eye are genuine

"I would live for you, Kurama."

[the-real-sasuke-uchiha]

Pppppssssshhh you don't look either ugly or bad with that hair you can never look ugly. Sasuke is never ugly. Let's stop perpetuating hate for Sasuke through his looks!!! My boy is being forced to go through the motions he's trapped!! It's not his fault.. ♡

Hi, dear anon!

Of course beauty is subjective and it is almost never exclusively about physical appearance. That person that goes by the name of Sasuke in the Boruto series would be a perfectly fine man if it wasn't because he is the product of the total destruction and betrayal of a beloved character whose soul was killed and dragged through the mud.

That haircut would be totally neutral if we were talking about a new, unrelated character. But, for Sasuke, that haircut is insulting, ugly, inadequate. You know, Sasuke's duckbutt haircut was distinctive of his character design. You could tell Sasuke apart from the multitude, recognize him in the darkness just by seeing his silhouette. He was unique. Seeing Sasuke with his Boruto haircut is like seeing Naruto without whiskers or Sakura's hair dyed blond. They took everything that made Sasuke Sasuke, his hair, his clan crest, his determination, his love for his family above everything else, his search for justice. That haircut hides his rinnegan, which seemed to not be insulting enough because they eventually took that eye from him as well. They took everything that made him especial. The nail that stuck out got hammered down, as Kakashi predicted. He is now just a Konoha pawn, diluted in the mass of soulless and obedient shinobi. You understand why I despise that haircut, anon? It is not simply a haircut. It is the humiliating death of Sasuke's character.

If you like Boruto Sasuke I am of course totally happy for you and I wish you enjoy it as much as you can. But I simply can't. What they did to Sasuke hurts too much. I can't stop seeing that imposter as an ugly, worthless bootlicker that has nothing of the Sasuke I loved. I am not trying to hate on Sasuke, quite the contrary. I hope you understand.

[delirious-donna]

Under The Christmas Tree [Nanami Kento]

an: I took a poll on Sunday asking if I should write for Husband Nanami or for Kakashi. Nanami was the winner and so we have this festive little offering. It took me longer than I’d like and whilst I think it could be better, it’s not too bad.

pairing: Kento Nanami x female reader (established relationship)

warnings: light bondage (wrists tied), overstimulation, pussy eating, pussy fingering, mentions of rough oral sex, deep throating, cum swallowing, mentions of edging, slight dumbification, Nanami being both a good husband and a fucking menace (clearly channelling Gojo!!)

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Husband Nanami thinks you’re both adorable and infuriating at this particular time of the year.

His eyes rolled heavenward as you inspected the garlands that he had hung with care under your scrutinising gaze.

It was the holidays; the chill had arrived and brought with it the spicy scents of cinnamon and cloves, the familiar sound of classic Christmas songs and malls packed with haggard-looking shoppers.

Nanami didn’t care for any of that, but he did love to indulge you with the somewhat intense decorations that would fill your home. Your face always held a certain glow that he wished he could bottle, an essence of pure joy that made his heart tighten in his chest. The holidays would never be the same without that glow and it seemed as if that light was not possible unless the house was full of tinsel, garlands, twinkling lights and snowflakes.

Over the years you had gone through colour schemes from traditional reds and golds to the year he’d rather forget when everything was dusky pink. Right now everything was decked in hues of purple and gold, and he toyed with the string of fairy lights draped between his palms.

“Is something wrong, my love?”

His inquiry was light but there was a tone behind it that demonstrated that his patience was wearing thin. You frowned, head tilted to the side and your finger hooked under your lips.

“Can you move this end a little further to the left? It just looks a little… off.”

Nanami mumbled under his breath, the words muffled but something about this being the third time he’d moved it, it had been fine from the start and yada yada yada. You smiled at your beloved husband, his frustration couldn’t touch your mood. Not when you were surrounded by festive merriment.

You kissed the tip of his nose, perched on the chair that he had insisted you not stand on but here you were, and it allowed you to offer such affection so he shouldn’t complain. The reaction was instant, his scowl smoothing out as he reached up with an exaggerated sigh to readjust the decoration as you had asked.

“Thank you, baby, you’re the best.”

“Mhmm.”

He recognised your attempts at flattery from a mile away and it would be a lie if he said it didn’t work on him. His eyes softened as he set out the boxes of ornaments for the Christmas tree. This part was all you, yet this year you seemed intent on dragging him into positioning the fragile baubles and making him check it from every angle until he truly was fed up.

You hadn’t noticed that Kento had reached his limit, no idea that your festive-filled afternoon was about to take a raunchy turn but you’d know soon enough…

~

The sway of your behind was an enticing sight, half concealed beneath the tree as you fixed a string of lights for the umpteenth time and Nanami happily coiled a rope of tinsel around his fist.

His smile was predatory as you wiggled free, looking flushed in the face and those beautiful eyes widening when you took in his expression before quickly darting to the tinsel.

“K-Kento?”

There was no answer, only a pounce. A desperate husband more than ready to show you a good time surrounded by the hours of work you had made him endure.

Glittery gold trim lined your wrists, tight but not uncomfortable as you gazed from your position at the shiny lights illuminated around the room. Your stomach sucked in when his tongue carved through your folds, thighs already giving their first quake and you wanted to see him so damn badly.

Your forearms formed a triangle against the plush rug, keeping you raised enough whilst your legs were spread wide. This wasn’t the first pass of his tongue along your slit, it wasn’t even the tenth. Nanami’s skilful tongue lapped at your clit, flicking over the sensitive bud with deliberate motions that made you buck and struggle against him.

“Want you, baby… please?” You weren’t above begging at this point, but the answering chuckle was more than an answer to your plea.

“Give me another and I’ll give you what you want. After all, you did make me work my butt off all morning, it’s the least I deserve.”

Your hips jerked back, and the finger buried in your drenched cunt massaged your front wall, rubbing incessantly against your sweet spot until you were close to tears.

Overstimulation muddied your brain, made you dazed and helpless. The twinkling lights of your beloved Christmas tree turned your eyes shiny, a pool of drool slipping to your chin as Kento’s thick fingers fucked you closer to your third orgasm since he had pounced on you.

Lips swollen from bruising kisses, arms and legs aching from the positions you had been manhandled into and sweat dripping from your hairline. To Nanami, you were gorgeous, the most beautiful person he had ever laid eyes on and when you keened his name in that breathy, desperate way, he could practically cum untouched.

His taste lingered in your mouth, the salt of his release smearing your lips like a balm and you licked at them without thought. Remembering how he had sat you against the nearby sofa, your back pressed to it whilst he fucked your mouth.

The way his knees had bent to drop him into a position where you could deepthroat him and the sound of his satisfied grunts when you swallowed around his length. It had been difficult without the use of your hands but that had only made you all the more determined to prove you could still work your magic and you had. Kento had lost the fight against his crashing orgasm with muttered curses under his breath and fingers tangled in your hair.

Now, all you desired was for him to fuck you. To break your fucking back on the living room floor beneath the beautiful decorations. Fuck you until you were chewing the damn rug and creaming around his fat cock like you deserved.

“Now now, beloved, don’t be greedy,” he cooed with a clear taunt in his voice, “keep still and stop trying to race to the finish line or we’ll have to start all over again.”

He couldn’t be serious… your head rotated as much as the position allowed. Hazel eyes filled with wicked mischief caught your attention and you knew he was serious. Your hips stilled immediately, the throb between your legs dialled up from the strain of keeping still and the swelling orgasm.

Your darling husband arched over the curve of your back, warm breath in your ear and a shiver rippled down your spine as he spoke low and calm.

“This is what happens when you make me work on the weekend… Happy Holidays, beloved.”

[taiyami]

Do you ship your mutuals with any characters? If so, who and why

OF COURSE I DO .. it's the most fun a fella can have these days :)c I'm not super involved in the self-ship community, but I support it fully and indulge every once in a while. (If I leave anybody out I'm sorry, !)

@nagumoan always and forever will be attached to Jugram (BLEACH) or Shion's (JGKRK) image to me. I don't even know who Shion is but I do know he and Loni are happily married. In fact I was there for their wedding and caught their bouquet.

@hopefulstarfire I don't know this man personally but GUZMA (pokemon) for sure. That's their stinky man 😤🙌🏼 Kenz and I have known each other since teenagehood so I could list any and all their hubbies if I so felt inclined.

@upperranktwo MY SKY PIE ❤️ Douma only, there literally cannot be a more perfect duo. They are SOO SILLY together augh :o) They make me SO happy!!

@semisgroupie IKKAKU (BLEACH), I have never known a gal to be so perfect for that man !! I can't imagine him with anyone else, only my Ve.

@strawberrystepmom I always associate this pretty gal with Natsuo (BNHA), It just feels so right. Ice boy with a warm blooded gal, I love it !! I also love her and her old man Kakashi (who happens to be in his late 20s but shh. (I shouldnt have to say but. Naruto))

@nymphoheretic OUR DARLING RENGOKU (KNY) .. I just think these two are SO cute together 🥺 I just think they compliment each other really well. ❤️‍🔥

@rozentias MY BELOVED RÓ .. As much as I find Urahara (BLEACH) and Ró super silly and cute, I really love the dynamic he has with Axl (Guilty Gear) .. I think he just deserves to have a cute fun guy who loves him and cherishes him!! But I love all of his self ships, they're fun to talk about with him <:]

@diorsbrando Listen I know he's a troubled man but we love troubled men in these parts, I can't imagine Sosa without thinking of Sasuke too 💔 I LOVE seeing Sosa go a little feral over that man, it's what he deserves 😤

@sixeyesgojo Now he better not misbehave and cause my Yoru any problems or I will have a problem with him but .. Gojo 🫡 I trust that he takes care of them.

Aaaagh i hope I'm not missing anybody .. feel free to stop by my inbox if you want an assigned ship :o) There's a strong chance I pair a person with a character if we're mutuals, even if we don't talk much! I usually take a peek if someone has a f/o list, or I keep note whenever they have special tags for people. I wish I was more active about self ships because they're harmless fun, but I'm just embarrassed of my own HEHE. I'd talk about them more if people asked or came into my inbox but .. for now I just keep them to myself 🫡

Thanks for stopping by !!! I loved answering this !!!

[divinityiswasted]

@faneposting-my-beloved tagged me in an ask game and i'm finally at my pc in order to post it:

Is there a trend amongst those probably probably. Gods i wish i could do two polls i have another joke i can make here.

.... i forgot to tag people here i am 2 seconds later fixing that:

@rlainarin @vanilkaplays @blackwallmancer @ournameisfun i'm formally inviting you show off your faves

Edit: to the person who voted sir auron from ffx thank you thank you. He was my first video game crush and ruined my life. :)

[depressedhatakekakashi]

Kakashi’s Story- Chapter Three

Nanara knowing that him and those in power are the one’s to blame for a young girls injuries and not the starving person who hit her to steal the jewel. This kid’s more grown up than most adults.

Nanara’s struggle to understand the war is so beautiful to see. How he’s trying to figure out what he should do and how he genuinely struggles between following orders and doing the right thing. It’s a nice call back to some of Kakashi’s struggles and I love that it’s Kakashi who gets to see him through this.

Blaming Kakashi for making his life difficult for teaching him 😭😭😭 Boy no he’s helping you I swear.

‘If you want to protect people around you, your only choice is to become strong.’ How many times did kakashi tell himself this? How often did he push himself through missions and training chanting this to himself? I need answers!

‘I’m not as capable as you think i am’ Kakashi STFU yes you are!

‘I honestly don’t deserve the blessings i have’ i’m going to fist fight you. I’m going to fist fight you and make you see how much you deserve all the love you have.

There’s a difference between ‘i didn’t make the best choices’ and ‘i pissed people off so bad they wanted to kill me’ boy please, i beg of you. Get some therapy!

An old lady spitting at him because she lost her son to a Konoha nin, and Kakashi understanding and not being at all upset. He understands that even if a war ends it doesn’t mean the pain does. He understands that all too well.

‘It’s not like Kakashi couldn’t knock fifty or one hundred average ninja flying if he set his mind to it’ yes!!! Be confident in your skills i love it!!! Also can fandom please learn to understand this? Pleeeaaassseee

‘Give a starving person bread or teach them how to grow wheat. As Hokage, Kakashi had always chosen the later’ but there’s so much more than that. Kakashi probably also provided resources and supplies to get them through to be able to wait out the cycle of growth and harvest.

Nanara making his choice and telling Kakashi first is o wholesome. I love that as soon as he knew what he wanted to do he went to Kakashi.

And Kakashi shooting down his original idea of going to the Land of fire with the prime minister and giving really good reason’s not to do that, and then immediately providing him a better idea.

I love that Kakashi found and kept a letter that he sent to Nanara’s father, and then showed it to him when he really needed to see it. And the way Nanara stares at the letter and even sort of recognizes the writing as being similar to Kakashi’s. So close kiddo, so close.

‘My beloved Sixth Hokage’ He’s standing right behind you Nanara XD Kakashi must be suffering right now he hates being praised.

The army arrives early!? And with MORE PEOPLE

Kakashi getting to see his first real canons!!!

I love how Kakashi knows the Prime Ministers plan just from seeing the cannons. We get to see more of that beautiful tactical mind in action and i’m loving every second of it.

Margo trying to provide comfort but she’s already feeling so defeated and lost. Someone please give this girl a hug.

Nanara standing up to the Prime Minister and Saying no!!! Wooo!!!

Kakashi deciding to help and immediately putting hp the mud wall to surround the entire village. This man is amazing.

‘Kakashi…you… you can’t be…’ say it. Say it Nanara!

‘A shinobi like the sixth hokage!’ *flips table*

Even Kakashi seemed a little disappointed by those words XD nanara you were SO CLOSE.

‘I’ll tell you right now i’m not going to apologize for hiding who i am’ and we would expect nothing else, king.

Prime minsister: Fire cannons at the wall!

Kakashi: Lol ok.

Did some random ass just try to use chidori??? Against KAKASHI!?!?

‘My lightning blade’ your WHAT!?

Kakashi calculating where the enemy will hit and focusing onto that spot for extra defence.

‘He’ll wear himself down in half a day and the jutsu will be released’ b*** you wish.

Kakashi took a scientists idea to change earth to glass to counter lightning style and made it a reality. Have i said i love this man? Because i LOVE this man.

‘It would take an average person years’ and a genius half that time

Kakashi calling out a lier and seeing their move was no where near being high lighting blade lol. You didn’t even having chirping bird sounds fraud

I love how arrogant Kakashi can sometimes be about his skills. He deserves it :)

‘If it had been his student chidori attacking, he wouldn’t have been able to defend against the blow completely’ i love that 1) kakashi has confidence in Sasuke’s skills and 2) he still has enough confidence in his own skills to say On some level he could still defend against the attack, just not completely. Ya sasuke’s breaking through but kakashi ain’t making that an easy task XD

All the villagers turning on Kakashi and demanding answers from him, damn. He’s just trying to help i swear.

Kakashi grabbing Nanara and stopping him from fist fighting an adult for insulting his father. He probably wishes he could have kicked someones ass for insult his own father so he very much understands Nanara’s anger

Kakashi finally cutting the cool patient approach and pushing Nanara to answer the question of why he didn’t want to be king. They no longer have time to wait for the answer to come naturally and he knows this.

‘Just like how a thick-browed training fool faced the fact that he was not blessed with talent for Ninjitsu by building strength through his own efforts’ love the call out to Gai, but Kakashi i’m pretty sure there’s better descriptors to use for your BEST FRIEND 😂😂😂

Nanara’s so disappointed to get a letter back from the Seventh Hokage instead of the sixth, and his panic when he thinks the sixth might be dead. Damn this poor kid is going through it.

‘The sixth Hokage worked so hard, he should get some time to relax’ damn right!

‘His power has grown by leaps and bounds compared with the days when he had fought Obito and Madara’ *staples this to the fandom billboard and glares at everyone who ignores it*

I love how to this day he still measures how much chakra he has left in how many lightning blades he would be able to do XD

I’m LOVING this. Every moment i get to see more of that tactical genius and beautiful mind in Kakashi is brilliant. This is the type of ninja show i want.

No aliens or big impossible to beat bad guys. I want stealth, intelligence and actually Shinobi talent. Give me MOREEEE

[strawberrystepmom]

on the topic of clones, how do u feel about kakashi using shadow clones? esp if he can pleasure you more like that?

you spoil me by even asking 😚 thank u bb!!!

i think kakashi, while a perfect gentleman, harbors some very interesting proclivities that he tries to keep on the down low until he can feel out how comfortable you are with him. when you pass the shibari test with wide, excited eyes he feels as though he can move to the next “crazy” thing he wants to do.

he floats the idea while you’re fucking first. a mean little “don’t you wish i could fill you here too?” while stuffing two fingers between your lips while he thrusts from on top of you and when you nod pliantly, he tries again.

“could eat your pussy too if there were two of me,” while fucking you from behind. spreads your cheeks and looks at your ass, the thought of filling you there too enough to have him almost cumming on the spot.

you suggest it though, finally. maybe even a little undignified the way you ask, base and precious from on your knees while he stands.

“wish you could cum on my face twice, kakashi”

(i will also never miss a chance to plug this fic by my beloved @rookie98writes so please go read it if u like shadow clone banging)

[wingodex]

been thinking a lot about a sakura focused arc in pre-shippuden naruto because i’m constantly wishing naruto was a better show and i just had so many thoughts about sakura that it kind of got away from me!

so the sakura centric arc would come after search for tsunade, and basically just assume the first 4 arcs of naruto are mostly the same because if i rewrote the whole thing, this would be even longer than it already is. one of the inciting incidents would be tsunade offering to teach naruto one of the few techniques passed down by the uzumaki clan that she actually knows, and this is when the uzumaki lore would be introduced. not kushina yet, but all the rest. and naruto finding out his clan has all this history would be a point of contention between sakura and naruto because before that both of them had bonded over the fact that they had no secret clan techniques or special family training like their peers, all they had is what they learned in the academy and from their teachers (or that they'd stolen, for naruto). i dunno, they have a couple of little jokes about it, and will sometimes mock people when they use a hiden jutsu under their breath to each other, just bratty kid stuff. and at one point they've both expressed that they wished someone had taught them cool secret techniques, but they were both totally nonchalant about it. anyway sakura tries to be happy for naruto because she knows how badly he wants connection, but she's actually soo bitter about it, especially with how directionless she is after the chuunin exams and konoha crush (fuck kakashi for that). another inciting incident would probably be team 7 meeting her father in some way, like maybe he does a mission with them or something and sakura is super embarrassed about it, and not just because he's kind of a goofy guy, but specifically because he's a genin like them. maybe sasuke's mean about it? i don't know, whatever. a lot of this arc would be focused on sakura's feelings of inferiority, which is one of those things that i like about sakura, and always makes me feel emotional, but also kishi writes it in such a sexist way :/ to me, the goal of this arc for sakura's character development is her resolve about becoming a stronger ninja, to explore why she even wants to be a ninja and then this arc being the tipping point for her asking tsunade to teach her.

sakura's clanless status would either be introduced during sakura's fight with ino in the chuunin exams, or expanded upon in this arc, but it would be made explicit that part of why they fell out was because of sakura's feelings of inferiority over being clanless vs ino literally being next in line to lead one of the most important clans in the village. like obviously it's more than just that, but it's one of the things. i don't see ino as being super arrogant about this to sakura because ino clearly feels a lot of pressure and like she's not capable of leading the yamanaka clan (even if it's only anime filler character development, ino is my most beloved naruto character so i take all the crumbs i get. she is so good and cool in my head, it's unreal). i see a scene of ino basically saying to sakura "sorry, we can't hang out as much anymore, my dad is gonna start teaching me clan techniques. You should ask your dad to teach you too!" which obviously makes sakura feel like ino is leaving her behind. kishimoto made sakura have self-worth issues over thinking ino was better than her and i'm here to say that i can make them worse! i want to make it worse, actually! 

it's also an opportunity to explore the difference between kekkei genkai, hiden techniques and just normal jutsus, which is something that i think a lot about and wish had more nuance within the story. and it would go into specifically how clans will hoard and restrict access to specific jutsu to maintain power for their clan members, like how it's basically impossible to be on the barrier team without being an yamanaka, and they also have a stranglehold on the analysis team, and it's the same way with all the powerful clans and institutions in konohas. team 10 would have a really important role here, because from sakura's perspective, chouji and shikamaru (and even ino a little bit too, but not as much as before the chuunin exams) are barely trying to be ninjas, but they seem so much stronger than her because of their techniques and it's not fair because she's got so much talent and ability but nobody to show her what to do with it. and then on the other side of that, we see inoshikacho are given extra training and resources before they even enter the academy that sakura isn't because there are people actively invested in making them better ninjas in a way that nobody is with sakura. but that pressure and responsibility is a lot for them, and shikamaru doesn't even want it, chouji is terrified of it, and ino doesn't think she has what it takes! so they're just all fucked over by it! also while i love the ino/sakura fight and flashback, i think more could be done with the resolution between them after it. and this arc would be a really great time to do more, because ino is basically the most important character to sakura's character development, so of course she'll get to do more. they're both insecure about things, but in different ways and i want sakura to get to see ino as someone who's feeling lost like her outside of filler. 

sakura would also spend time with team gai because everything about their whole deal is so much about the idea of clans vs non-clans, and it would be good to have sakura with tenten and lee, who are both also clanless, but are still fiercely motivated to be better ninja and actually supported by their jounin leader. and she could make an interesting connection with gai, whose father was also a genin, which could help sakura to think about her future, and why she wants to be a ninja, if that makes sense? plus a good opportunity to check in on neji's whole thing with the hyuuga post-chuunin exams because it's basically never relevant again in the story, but if we're talking about clan tension then it would be a waste to not check in on him. 

and then with her parents, i don't see them as having a bad relationship, but sakura's at that age where things get kind of weird with your parents because you're growing up and figuring out who you are, and navigating having more responsibilities (like sakura's not even in school anymore! she has a job now!), and sometimes it's hard to figure out how this older version of you fits into the pre-established family dynamic. it's such bullshit that sakura's parents being alive was never part of the story in a meaningful way, especially since parents and legacy are such big themes for naruto and sasuke but like. whatever! i'm not bitter about it or anything! at the beginning of the arc, sakura's been kind of distant with her parents because of all the previous plot bullshit, and they're starting to hover because they're worried. sakura's always been a high achiever and she wants to make them proud so badly, but she didn't even make it to the finals in the chuunin exams, and she's at a point where she doesn't even know why she wants to be a ninja. and the two people she's on a team with have so many issues that she can't do anything about, and she's 12-13 so obviously her parents just "won't get it" but even if she thought they would, they couldn't do anything about it either because she hasn't really seen her parents as being people capable of solving problems for years now after she realized that her father couldn't help her with her academy homework when she needed it. but also she loves her father and doesn't want to hurt his feelings by saying that to him! and she doesn't want to tell her mother that their "boy troubles" are not the same because her mother never worried about anyone snapping and becoming evil randomly, or whatever the fuck is happening with her teammates! and she can't even really talk about the problems she's having with her parents with her teammates because they're both doing their own thing and also orphans so they won't get it either! (reconciliation with ino coming in clutch for this one) and then her father has a job with her team and she's feels so ashamed even though she doesn't want to be, and it sucks. in shounen, power progression is always a big thing, and characters are always working towards becoming stronger than the previous generation, so i think it's interesting to have sakura start out at basically the same power level as her father and then ask the question, what does she want now? what does this mean for their relationship? i want sakura to get to fight side-by-side with her father while they can still see the same power level of enemies as a genuine threat, and i also want her to get to protect him, and for him to be really proud of her. and i want her dad to get to protect her too, but in smaller, maybe less showy ways, like being the one to hide their campsite in the morning, or stopping them from getting too close to a wild animal den, and other important survival skills like that. 

a lot of what i want sakura to figure out is that even though she's had her options restricted, if she wants it badly enough, she can become a strong enough shinobi to protect the people she cares about, and there are people who will teach her the stuff she wants to know, and i want her resolve to be found in the fact that she's clanless because everyone who wants the opportunity to be ninja should be allowed to nurture their potential and she's gonna prove it. and then, once she realizes that, she asks tsunade to train her, instead of after sasuke leaves. while i personally think the really terrible and messy dynamic between team 7 is fun in an awful way, i've always wanted sakura to have more developed motivations and goals outside of her connection to sasuke and naruto, and i want her to want to get stronger for reasons that are not them. like i enjoy that they influence each other, and mess each other up, but also sakura should have something for herself that has nothing to do with them, the same way they do, and i hate to say it, but something that is uniquely sakura's in team 7 is that she does have living parents, so. you know

anyway, back to team 7, i guess. the biggest change would definitely be sasuke and sakura's relationship. i don't mind some of the stuff about sakura's crush on sasuke in early naruto, and if i was trying not to change literally everything about the original team 7 dynamic, then i think while exploring what it meant for her dad to be an adult genin, it would be pretty easy to recontextualize sakura not taking being a ninja very seriously when she starts because everything comes so easy to her, and if she makes it to chuunin, she'll already be doing better than her dad. and subconsciously if she never puts her all into it, she won't be disappointed when she never makes it very far like him. and then with her crush on sasuke, like subtextually, comphet obviously, but also about how he's a good person to have a crush on because he has clan status, and that might help her amount to something eventually. anyway, throughout the arc, sakura is pulling away from naruto bcus she's really pissed at him and feels kind of betrayed, and sasuke's probably avoiding everyone because of his encounter with itachi. so sakura is mostly on her own figuring out exactly what it takes to actually make it as a clanless ninja with the other genin teams, and also why she wants it so badly. but when team 7 actually is together, you have these interactions between her and sasuke where he'll say something about being an uchiha and as sakura begins to think more on her clanless status, she becomes more uncomfortable in these conversations throughout the arc until eventually they have a really really bad fight that from sasuke's perspective comes out of nowhere. and since it's shounen, their inability to work together probably puts the team in danger or something. this completely destroys any sense of teamwork between the 3 of them, because while naruto and sasuke have petty squabbles all the time, it doesn't really mean anything, but sasuke and sakura have never really fought with each other before and they both really meant it. sakura feels like sasuke doesn't respect her as a ninja (which tbh at this point he... does but barely. rude), and that he thinks her being clanless means she'll always be weak. and i see this as a moment for sakura to break down a bit because she's still a kid and she just had a super bad fight with her friend, and she could have really messed everything up on the mission, and she did it all in front of her dad when she wanted him to think that she was such a great ninja and making the family proud, but then her dad can be there to take care of her. and sakura just gets to be loved unconditionally for a bit, and she realizes that while her parents can't protect her from all the enemies she'll eventually face if she wants to keep up with her team, there are other ways to take care of the people you love. and she needs to get stronger so her parents won't need to worry about her going on missions (obviously they still will regardless of how powerful she is. loving people is like that too)

meanwhile, sasuke was literally in the middle of trying to figure out how to care about people again and if that's what he actually wants, and there's already tension between him and naruto after konoha crush and itachi showing up again, so fighting that badly with sakura really messes with him in a way he did not expect at all because he thought everything was good between them (i really want sakura to be able to hurt sasuke emotionally as recompense for every single interaction they have in shippuden) and he barely even gets what he did wrong, or why it happened because he would rather die than spend two minutes being self-aware. and i dunno, some comedy moments of naruto trying to get them to make up unsuccessfully (everything about this whole situation would stress naruto out so much. sorry naruto). on top of that, naruto discovering more about the uzumaki clan forms this kind of fucked up connection between him and sasuke that also sends sasuke into a bit of a tailspin bcus he realizes that uzushio was only destroyed like 25 years ago or something like that, and he'd literally never even heard of them other than naruto. it's terrifying to realize that he lives in a world where powerful clans can be wiped out and forgotten about like their power means absolutely nothing, and he feels utterly powerless in his clan status for like the first time in his life. him realizing this could be what helps resolve stuff between sasuke and sakura, but personally i prefer sasuke doubling down and adding it to the reasons he needs to leave konoha because i enjoy making sasuke worse. and the fact that he and sakura never really make up adds a lot more depth to their relationship after he leaves because she feels guilty about it even if she doesn't think she was wrong. and that unresolved anger can also easily make it so they're instantly trying to kill each other when they meet again, which i would enjoy. 

oh, also naruto and sakura manage to resolve their stuff because the uzumaki techniques are mostly seals that require a lot of really delicate chakra control, which naruto is very bad at. so he asks sakura for help and says that since there aren't any other uzumakis around, she can learn the technique too, and they learn it together, and thematically it's about overcoming barriers and dismantling the clan system. and also about sakura finding a way to connect with naruto over his loneliness. kakashi should probably do something here but i didn’t think about him at all, so oops i guess? there would be some mission, with actually plot stuff that they have to fight in between all this, but i’ve really just wanted to think about emotions and themes, and about sakura’s connections with other characters. anyway, could’ve been the sakura arc of all time. wish i actually wrote fanfic because i think this would be fun

[hello-galad]

Ten characters, ten fandoms, some tags

I was tagged by the one and only @jaggededges123 💗 thank you!!

I. Star Trek AOS - Captain Jim T. Kirk (this was a close call with Bones but I love kind characters with a side of heavy trauma that downplay it because they are desperately trying to pretend they are alright)

II. DnD: Honor Among Thieves - Xenk Yendar ( I wish I could put the whole party here because I love them all SO MUCH)

III. The Untamed / MDZS - Nie Huaisang + Nie Mingjue (they are soulmates, you can’t separate them, sorry!)

IV. Star Trek SNW - La’an Noonien Singh (my beloved)

V. Good Omens - Crowley (THEY ARE TECHNICALLY ALSO SOULMATES OKAY I JUST—I CANT—*Screams into a pillow*)

VI. Naruto - Hatake Kakashi (my #1 traumatized beloved)

VII. Star Trek LD -Bradward Boimler (he’s just such a mood)

VIII. Tolkien (The Silmarillion, Unfinished tales and other stories) - Oropher (I’ve developed him to lengths I’m sure JRRTolkien never even imagined lmao)

IX. Cardcaptor Sakura - Yue (My “bitter-with-an-extreme-case-of-resting-bitch-face-after-being-asleep-against-his-will-for-100 years” beloved)

X. Interview With the Vampire (AMC) - Louis De Pointe du Lac (You: “what about the people he murdered?” Me: “What murder?”)

I tag: @br-disaster @rootingformephistopheles @pangzi @peggy-carter-save-me @dual-domination

(Of course feel free to ignore if you don’t want to do this. Also! If you want to play too…there! You are now tagged, go ahead!!)

[a-flux-uchiha]

B D Z for the ask game!!!

B - A pairing I didn't initially consider but someone changed my mind would definitely be Kamasaki/Moniwa. One of my friends really liked it and it eventually leaked over to me lol. It's fun.

D - A pairing I wish i liked but just cant? I honestly can't think of any? If I wanted to like a pairing I'd just figure out how to like it.

Z - This is just automatically what comes to mind when someone asks about fandom stuff: Different fandoms and how the canon results in different quantities of specific tropes and stuff. So Naruto and Miraculous share a perpensity for salt/bashing fics due to the....hatability of the canon portrayals of many characters. Mha also has a little bit of that just due to the lack of facing some things that happen but never have consequences. (Eg, bakugo being muzzled and restrained at the sports festival, all might, etc)

On the other end we have Spiderverse which is........full of nsfw as one might expect from a work thats full of attractive characters. Don’t go in anything relating to Miguel O'hara without filtering if you want to live.

But it also works at a broader level with story tropes and things that really only show up this often in Fandom. So like Naruto has a lot of one-way timetravel fics. There's so many ways to end the world, and so many ways to go back and change it and just skew the plot wildly that they're so common, and also just so much fun. Plus Naruto is kind of split into eras in canon, and there's so much for each era, so writers tend to specialize in certain eras or characters. So an author might specialize in Founders era stuff, or stuff when Kakashi was a kid, or any number of other things. I specialize mostly from the Uchiha massacre to the chuunin exams, plus Tenten is my absolute dear beloved and so is Shisui, assuming I can keep him alive. Which I do whenever possible.

Mha has a few one-way time travel fics, but they're much rarer. Miraculous I don't think has any. That's a phenomenon just in Naruto.

Mha is very prone to toss a rock in the middle of a stream and see where the water goes type of fics. Just changing one or two details(like who has what quirk, if someone's parents died, etc) and then seeing where it goes from there. They're fascinating because it's not really angry fix-its like you see in Naruto a lot, it's more respectful to canon, and is more of a game of yes and. The variation in what you can do with MHA is fascinating.

Haikyuu, on the direct other hand, is full of AU's. It has so many characters and all of them are so good, but, well, it's a volleyball anime, there isn't exactly much world to explore. So, AU's. Plus how you often get people who specialize in specific characters or teams, or have just the one blorbo who's a rare character and just lives in their head permanently(me with Nametsu Mai my dearly beloved). Sometimes you get aus where the teams are still holding up, all groups together, and sometimes(like when im doing it usually) there's no real organization like that, characters have just been stolen and plopped down into a new location and now the writer is pushing them together like we're all just playing dolls.

Feel free to take this all with a grain of salt, it's just things I've noticed in my own adventures through fandom, someone else might have a fully different view on things, but hey, what am I if not very prone to ppattern recognition.

If I get asked about Z again I'm going on my 'The Uchiha Were Fridged' rant

[silverutahraptor]

4, 5 and 19 for don't trust them brother if that's alright?

Of course it is, dear anon! (for the recent fic writer ask game)

Ah, don't trust them, brother (oh, but look at me now), my Uchiha Izuna In Canon Forwards Timetravel fic. Beloved longfic monster of my heart ❤️ NOT abandoned—NEVER—my adhd brain is just very prone to wandering off for longer amounts of time...

4. What detail in [insert fic] are you really proud of?

The Crow summons. I love them so much. They were so much fun to come up with and I spend a LOT of time on their names and abilities, and I'm utterly in love with the boss summon Miu and also their home tree.

I'm also really proud of the details on how Izuna actually ended up in the future the way he did—it makes so much sense in itself and is SO NEAT and ties various themes together—but that is a major spoiler for future chapters soooooo I can't tell you ;) I'm still very proud of it though.

5. What do you wish someone would ask you about [insert fic]? Answer it now!

Huh, this one's hard! Hmm. Don't ask me about my writing process or updates 🙃 Not but for real this one is a bit open for me, I'm sorry, my mind is drawing a blank here. Feel free to ask something else??

19. If you wrote a spin-off of [insert fic], what would it involve?

...Okay, this is slightly cheating, but I do have a spin-off for dttb already: what a curse (to not have these eyes), which is set in the dttb!verse but with backwards time travel, meaning that dttb!Izuna (more specifically, an Izuna slightly into the future of where the main fic is at currently) wakes up back in the past with his memories of the future. It's looking a bit bleak at the moment, but I do actually have a follow-up/second chapter for that nearly ready to go! Yay!

A potential spin-off I might let my bff ghostwrite for me is actual explicit Izuna/Kakashi smut... ;D

Another is dttb!Izuna from POVs that aren't Izuna because that would straight up be hilarious. Fun POVs for this would be Itachi, Hiruzen, Orochimaru, and of course Danzou.

Further spin-off ideas I might or might not have toyed around with at some point... well, these aren't so much spin-offs as AU versions, but I think I considered Izuna waking up in Suna at some point? Which would have featured a Gaara Adoption Arc, probably. Another option for Izuna in canon time would've been via Orochimaru experiments (probably trying to revive Madara and got Izuna instead), and that would've also had a resurrected Kushina according to my notes. Fun times.

[microwavedblobbrain]

Sorry bestie but we're talking about this lmao (I hope you dont mind)

Kakashi is Etho (my beloved <3) and Shrek is Smallishbeans! (or Joel)

Ok so in double life (which was season 3 of the life series lmao) they were soulmates but in Limited Life (the new season but it doesn't have soulmates) Joel joined the Bad Boys (Smallishbeans, Grian and Solidarity) but Etho joined team T.I.E.S (Tango, Impulse, Etho and Skizzleman). The Bad Boys are just as it sounds "bad boys" and they went after Skizz in one of the first episodes. They also killed some cows that the T.I.E.S were trying to get, so they are kinda enemies now. Forcing Etho and Joel to get a divorce. To make it more confusing, etho is now Bdubs and Scar's father?? and he left Cleo or she kicked him out???? its pretty unclear what happened in that household (ngl I'm pretty sure she kicked him out tho lmao)

I swear the "life" series is really good! it starts with 3rd life, then Last Life, then Double Life, and finally Limited Life lmao

....okay i know who smallishbeans is but I'm not touching the rest of that with a ten-foot pole

I wish them the best of luck in their divorce ig

[sonicrainbooms]

N, T and U for the fandom ask thing if that's not too many :)))

Thanks for the ask! (ask game)

N - Name three things you wish you saw more of in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice)

Main fandom right now for me is Star Wars/TBB I guess, so I'm going with that.

I wish I saw more trans!Hunter art! I headcanon Hunter as trans and I really like seeing art of it- if anyone has any, feel free to share it! I love seeing trans hc art in general, but trans!Hunter is very special to me, I really am attached to that hc lol.

I would love to see more redesigns! Not in a selfish way, I know they're very hard to do, but I LOVE seeing how different people interpret characters/stories, and how they would've reflected that in a design if given the chance. Especially if not confined to the limits of animation, or (lets be honest) sub-par live-action/cgi. I love seeing redesigns of clones with traditional Maori style tattoos, translated to work in the SW universe. I really love AU redesigns too! like that Apocolypse one floating around lately. I really love seeing the numerous ways the same character can be changed!

Lastly....this is gonna sound so silly. The long-time MLP/FNaF fan is going to jump right out. But I wish there were fanmade SW songs. I still listen to classics like Discord (this one is my alarm sound <3), Rainbow Factory, Five Nights at Freddy's (I will NEVER forget seeing the advanced screening of the FNaF movie and hearing this during the credits for the first time!) and countless others. I think SW has a LOT of untapped fansong/fan music potential.

T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending?

Hm...I don't think so? I tend to be understanding when people don't share headcanons. That being said.... Hunter is trans and is a cat person, you can't change my mind. I don't care that he canonically has a dog. He wants a cat. And every ninja in Naruto is bisexual. All of them!! And I think Wrecker intentionally went bald! Kakashi is trans too, Kishi told me himself.

U - Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites.

(This will surprise 0 people.)

MLP - Rarity! I love how she is always defending herself and her work. She defies every stereotype her archetype has, and does so with grace and poise. Most of the time. I love how she isn't afraid to let loose when she has to. Sure, she'll complain, but can you blame her? She's a dramatic business owner who knows her own worth and I LOVE her!

TBB - Wrecker. hnngg. Hrhrnrnrr!! hutuggggrrhhet!! Hot man. Big man. Hot. But seriously, I love how kindhearted he is. I love how he always tries to see the bright side of things, and tries to show that bright side to others. I love how he's so full of real joy, all the time, he is the glue of the Batch (before Omega, and without her, too.) and holds them together. He is not only the most emotionally intelligent clone but also one of the most emotionally intelligent SW characters ever imo. He's so smart with his weaponry expertise too, and I'll always be bitter we never saw more of that in canon other than the 3 or 4 small scenes we did get (and were forgotten. Seriously, where did his tank go?). He is the most suited for civilians life, he integrates and participates in every culture they come across with ease and its evident literally everyone likes him. He is aware of his own faults and limitations, and will apologise if he causes harm. He never once hesitates putting himself in harms way for his family. He is everything to me.

Naruto - Sakura! Sakura, my beloved. I love it when females characters get to be angry. We need more of that. She is stubborn, she is fierce, and she still isn't afraid to love or be loved. From the GET GO she was dedicated to Team 7 (I admit it was more evident in the manga than the anime) and was willing to put herself down to elevate Naruto's goals, despite them not really getting along super well at the time. Her devotion to her companions despite everything they've all been through as shinobi, as individuals, is nothing short of admirable. Her dedication to herself to improve, to do better, was so exhilarating to see in action the first time, and every time since. Kakashi used to be my favourite character, and I still love him a lot, but over time the Sakura brainrot has set in. I wish Kishi and the wider fandom liked her as much as I do <3

[depressedhatakekakashi]

I just love him because of what I could make out of him from what little we have about him in canon.

I love though that he, canonically, is one of the smallest men within the Uchiha.. He is soft and fluffy, kind and empathetic and treasures something in his heart that probably would always be able to help him out of any feelings of hatred. With exceptions of course, but that's a story for another time.

I love Kagami because he has become my greatest comfort character, he is that beautiful soul i often wished to have in my own life and probably I also project a lot onto him. I love him because despite of his reputation (especially stated through Shisui) I was able to make him a human with flaws and blemishes. Because I can have him a character to relate to, absolutely in touch with his own feelings and not too proud to bring self sacrifices.

I love how the same hands that kill have a gentleness to them that he never is too shy to show other people, to show people he loves... To always make sure that not every touch is bad in a world that is full of dangers and evils.

I love Kagami because he is who he is now:

My beloved little hobbit.

Kakashi screaming in my head ‘Hobbit man! Hobbit man!’ 😂😂😂

I love the Kagami you’ve given us. How you’re poured so much love and care into him. He’s a scary force to be reckoned with but also an absolute sweetheart

A sweetheart that Kakashi loves to bully XD

[kakashihasibs]

My limp wristed beloved