the thing that pisses me off about the sasuke retrieval arc is. there was no reason whatsoever for tenten not to be there. not in-universe and not from a meta perspective. it makes zero sense to leave her out and it makes shikamaru look like an idiot
[The greatest "person of merit" is?]
[Everyone was fighting with even more power than usual to avenge the Turbines... but that also meant it was easy to get overwhelmed in a situation like that. The one who was most active on such a volatile front wasn't Mikazuki-san or Akihiro-san, but.... I think it was Shino-san. Whenever I was in trouble he was right behind me, backing me up.... I think he's amazing]
-child soldier from Tekkadan
Easily one of my favourites among Shino's cards. Another interesting bit of information given on the official gundam webside is that part of the reason why Shino paints all of his mobile suits in flashy colors is to drive attention away from the other kids on the battlefield and toward himself.
this is kibas boyfriend shino and this is their queer platonic girlfriend hinata and this is hinatas other queer platonic partner sasuke and this is sasukes girlfriend sakura and this is sakuras boyfriend naruto whos also sasukes boyfriend, and this is narutos other boyfriend gaara and also his queer platonic partner shikamaru and this is shikamarus wife temari and also his queer platonic partners ino and choji and
Thinking about Venomous Naruto again and how anyone who showed interest in Naruto would get the most terrifying of shovel talks from all of his siblings and orochimaru
And then I realized
It’d be Shino. Man wouldn’t so much as flinch. He is so used to them after being Naruto’s friend for years that they could just straight up threaten him with the most fucked up shit and he’d be like “sick cool so can I go back to training or are we going to keep doing this?”
au where there's like a paperwork error and sasuke ends up on team eight. but no one else's placement changes. so kakashi has to deal with just naruto and sakura, who isn't filtering herself at all. or better yet, sasuke gets swapped with kiba, so kakashi has to deal with three loudmouth hotheads, one of whom can just track him down whenever he's late.
meanwhile kurenai's first lesson is homicide 101 and sasuke thinks he just hit the team jackpot