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#if hashirama knew that the writing had smth to do w madara leaving why didnt he ever make any of the other uchiha try and read it to him?
obihoe · 2 years
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just realized that when hashirama tells his and madara's story - including the bit about madara telling him about the writing on the uchiha monument - the uchiha monument is actually right there next to them? madara told him that he could decipher the writing using his ocular powers which im thinking means that u need EMS cuz madara was the first one to obtain them .. sasuke has EMS too and he demonstrates that at some point to everyone there. why didnt anyone think about whether he might be able to read the writing w them?
hashirama at this point - with exception of the few hints that he got from madara - has no clue what the writing says but he does know that it had smth to do with madara leaving the village and when sasuke and orochimaru later tell him that madara has been resurrected and plans to trap everyone in his infinite tsukuyomi .. why wouldnt he connect the dots and realize that maybe thats what he meant back then with his "real dream"? wasnt he curious to find out more specifics? cuz orochimaru and sasuke just say that he wants to control everyone, kill everyone, cause the world to go under etc. and bc they dont know madara thats enough of an explanation for them. but hashirama has much more intimate knowledge of him, he still regards him a fundamentally kind man, refers to him as his gift from the divine, says that he looks forward to reconnecting with him etc. etc. so surely he must have wondered whether there isnt a little more to the infinite tsukuyomi than just world domination for world domination's sake? and the monument was right there, if sasuke had turned out to be able to read it, they couldve gotten a better understanding of it. even without hashirama's perspective on madara as a person - the writing could have had crucial information on how to stop him. so why didnt anyone think about having sasuke try and read it?
#also now that im thinking about it .. did no one else ever think to look at the monument?#if EMS is all u need there must have been many uchiha capable of reading it after madara?#if hashirama knew that the writing had smth to do w madara leaving why didnt he ever make any of the other uchiha try and read it to him?#why wasnt that a thing? why - in general - was that not a thing at all?#there's a millenia old stone tablet containing the secrets of the universe in our hands but nobody cares about deciphering it lol??#one of our village founders turned insane after reading it but anyway. we have better things to do than investigate any of that#like .. what???#did hsrm maybe end up underestimating the relevance of the monument and just keep to what tobirama hints at later#that it was izunas death aka the curse of hatred that turned madara insane?#which .. doesnt rly make sense to me? he must have noticed that there was smth happening with him#before he left the village#or maybe he didnt .. and thats what the problem was all along?#maybe if he Had noticed a change he couldve done smth to save him? handled the situation differently somehow and instead of killing him#discarding of him .. maybe used his power to force him to tell him whats going on instead?#if hashirama had managed to get mdr to tell him all that .. and had reacted w understanding and empathy#the same way naruto told sasuke that he understands him! maybe that wouldve saved them#maybe thats what was missing for them to break the cycle ... cuz by telling him that he understands him. he wouldve disproven mdr's belief#that peace & understanding isnt possible thus taking away his core motivation for the infinite tsukuyomi ..#so uhh .. guess i just answered my own question? hsrm not understanding/caring enough about what was happening w mdr#kept him from ever investigating further about the monument#and also maybe taking someone elses mangekyou isnt that common either so even if some of the later generations tried reading the writing#they werent successful deciphering it. and since mdr as it seems never rly had a trust-bond w the uchiha anyway#maybe they just went 🤷🏻‍♀️ at some point. and so the village as a whole just collectively forgot about the issue#maybe mdr also didnt even tell any of them in the 1st place?#or .. maybe zetsu did smth to the writing as well. made it so that only mdr could decipher it?#hmm .. so many questions ..#posts#madara#naruto
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