luna-blood · 6 months ago
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I was debating on YouTube about Sasuke but YouTube deletes comments, especially those that have a link. It was also difficult for me to search for the publications. So I gave myself the task of collecting posts from all Sasuke fans and neutral critics of the work 'Naruto' that talk about Sasuke and his relationship with the other Naruto characters. I have also included my contributions, such as questions to other users and post responses. I hope this post helps you when you need support when you are debating in favor of Sasuke. Without anything else to say, I leave you the links:
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Positive qualities of Sasuke.
Sasuke's chakra is extremely powerful, voluminous, and denser than Senjutsu chakra!
It is false that Bee could have killed Sasuke any time he wanted.
¡Sasuke has been shown to nullify mortal wounds with Raiton!
Sasuke is literally the first person to survive the Raikage's Liger Bomb.
All Sasuke received from Raikage was a small lip bleed, while Raikage lost an arm and another Kage, Gaara, had to intervene to save his leg and his life.
Orochimaru's "physical condition" has nothing to do with his ritual and Sasuke's victory.
Analysis Sasuke vs Deidara.
Sasuke killed Danzo; he did not commit suicide.
Are Itachi and Kakashi really prodigies at the level their fans believe them to be? No.
The only reason Naruto managed to hurt Kaguya was because Sasuke forced her to change dimensions more than once and she herself had changed dimensions about four times in total.
Because Sasuke haters say that Haku is simply more tragic and a better person than Sasuke; and Batman too!
What is it about Sasuke that provokes people so much, compared to all the other fictional characters (in and out of Naruto) who have done bad things? Gaara was killing people for fun in part 1, but no one ever complains about him not being punished. Zuko from ATLA burned down a village of civilians, sent a hitman after Team Avatar, and was just lucky that no civilian was injured/killed, but everyone adores him. But Sasuke is unredeemable for threatening to destroy the village?
A back and forth on why Sasuke is a much better realized character, with thematic and narrative depth, compared to Kurapika and Zuko.
Sasuke is the imperfect victim unlike the perfect victims of ATLA and Full Metal Alchemist.
Sasuke's character is too good for the Naruto universe.
Are people upset that Sasuke was going to let the Shinobi Alliance perish?
Sasuke as a feminist icon.
Sakura is a female incel.
Sakura is a narcissistic.
Sakura inserted herself because she wanted validations from people who were out of her league, that's why. She is perfect for self-insert.
The mere idea of turning over an entire manga in your head in which Sasuke hides a raging boner (at age 12) for Sakura is... repulsive. Don't you have anything better to do?
Sasuke never kissed Sakura.
The blow on the forehead is not the maximum expression of love.
Naruto Gaiden is a fucking masterpiece! It proves that Sasuke doesn't love Sakura.
Sasuke retsuden is not canon.
Sasuke retsuden is not canon, Jun Esaka herself said it and if you are a fan of Sasuke it is normal that you hate Sakura because Sasuke is unhappy with her.
Sasuke still considers Sakura inferior.
Sasuke didn't push Sakura away because of the curse of hate.
Sasuke rejected Sakura, Ino and Karin, he didn't push them away because he was afraid.
Sasuke is not in love with Karin and did not have sex in part 2 with Karin.
Why Karin's fans say she had sex with Sasuke in part 2.
What does Kakashi know about the genocide and the physical and mental torture that would lead the child victim to a fatal coma, at the hands of a family member?
Naruto is a narcissistic.
Why Naruto is the worst character.
How can anyone read the two chapter panels showing two very different worlds the characters occupy and be surprised by the way it ended? They were not going to reconcile since the world where Sasuke exists is the antithesis of the world where his former team resides.
Lee was never "good” at Taijutsu, let alone being a genius at it. The series' main theme, revolves around bonds. When the manga began, Naruto let loose Kurama (unintentionally) against Haku, breaking all Ice Mirrors that ... no Jutsu could break; and that, happened way back in the Waves Arc. How does that associate "hard-work" with Naruto's character, upon whom many poor souls project their misfortunes to feel vindicated, when two geniuses (Sasuke and Kakashi) in the near-vicinity failed? Naruto powered through this via nothing but brute force; and that isn't a precursor to hard-work. That's the exact opposite. With the beginning of the next Arc, the "if we work hard, we could beat all odds, too" trope lovers got their kicks from Sasuke's humiliation at Lee's hands (or gates?); but then they conveniently forget that Lee himself stated that what Sasuke accomplished was literally impossible for someone like him (he even emphasized on this argument). Gai even went so far as to state that even with the Sharingan's power, Sasuke should never have been able to do what he did (he literally invented his own Taijutsu maneuver from Lee's in a single day; if that's not prodigious, I don't know what is); and Gai, last I checked, is an authority on the subject of Taijutsu, not you—yes, you! Sasuke mastered Kimimaro's CS in under two hours whilst Lee survived simply because Kimimaro was dying and he literally died whilst delivering a death-blow to Gaara and Lee; so thematically, narratively, and metaphorically, Sasuke matched an adversary against whom both Gaara and Lee lost? That and Lee was outshined by Sasuke twice in a row, going so far as to undermine Lee in his own life endeavors that involved years of sweat and tears?
Shikamaru's revenge is meaningless unlike Sasuke's.
People who support Nagato but vilify Sasuke sound a lot more idiotic than they think.
In defense of Fugaku.
How does Sasuke's revolution develop?
Why didn't the narrative validate Sasuke's radical change from Konoha's Will of Fire to the Revolution?
Itachi massacred the clan out of conscience.
The difference between Kushina and Itachi is not that big.
The policies of Tobirama Senju and the Uchiha genocide.
At what point will people stop demanding Sasuke?
Tsunade was at the forefront of the Second Shinobi World War that massacred the people of Nagato, plundered their land's resources, and continued to use the land as a battlefield resulting in mass deaths, poverty, and suffering. A war that Konoha started.
Why do so many people still blame Sasuke for Sasuke's past?
Uchihas do not have mental illnesses.
Sasuke vs Readers without empathy.
Kishimoto canon vs Studio Pierrot fanservice.
The brilliant change of perspective and theme between Hebi and Taka Sasuke; and that there is no writing defect in the moment in which Sasuke stabs Karin to reach Danzō.
Tobirama never accepted the Uchiha as true allies like Hashirama did, never trusting them, something he admitted so openly that his brother had to warn him "not to continue pursuing the Uchiha." And the Uchiha weren't planning to kill innocent people, they were planning to take over the government itself.
Kishimoto is anti sasusaku and anti naruhina.
Kishimoto never wanted to write Boruto.
The real Sasuke fans.
Sasuke winking at Sakura was never happened in the manga, it was a translation error.
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maoam · 1 month ago
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I love how sakura and hinata fans say sns shippers are misogynists for not liking those girls and the ships when really I think me being a man-hating-radical-feminist is what makes me not like them lol. Like I have self respect which is why I don't like someone who's entire purpose is to be a man worshipping housewife from the 1950s with no backbone and doesn't stand up for herself at all (hinata) or someone who's pretty much a male in female form who mimics real creepy male behaviour to a T like constantly harassing someone and trying to force them to like you back despite constant rejects, treating them like a sexual object only, centering yourself around their life and not even actually caring about someone they claim to love (sakura). Also if you take it a step further, I can even say the reason sasuke's my favourite character is bc he's female-coded. Like almost every way he gets treated both by the narrative and by real fans is how a lot of ppl treat real women. (think they know better for him, hating him for being attractive and able to get anyone's attention, hating him for having agency and not caring what ppl think, not caring to follow paths others want him to follow, etc) these are all things that most women get hated on for irl. It also says a lot that most of his haters are male lol, while other male characters with the "coolness" factor like sasuke are still worshipped (like his own brother, kakashi, even naruto). Also gaara getting more popular after he started worshipping naruto and leaving his cool backstory and interesting character behind also proves my point. If sasuke just became a naruto fanboy halfway thru and didn't bother with his revenge and only started loving naruto (not romantically tho, ofc, bc that's gay and we're alpha males who fuck bitches only 😤) he prolly wouldn't be as hated. Just like if sakura switched her affections from sasuke to naruto halfway thru, the dudebros would stop hating her. It's all about naruto worship, and the characters who end up doing that always end up being the shell of the interesting characters they once were (like gaara, hinata was never an interesting character, she's the only one who was meant to be his cock worshipper since the beginning) and that's what makes me hate all dudebros and some female fans who think this too. Like sometimes I start hating naruto myself bc some of the sasuke only stans on tumblr make really good points about how naruto's basically a male power fantasy series. Almost everyone ends up worshipping him, and even sasuke (if you wanna see it that way) ends up doing that. I personally like equal power in relationships so I like to see them as equal in the end, but some ppl who only wanna see their self insert incel mc be worshipped, they can see it that way. Sometimes I only like naruto in sns and sasuke individually, and hate everything else about this series. Anyway that got kinda off topic but yeah.
Sakura also does not stand up for herself when it comes to Sasuke.
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Hinata's body language is always timid, but Sakura's becomes one too in the presence of Sasuke. Because she tries to make Sasuke like her, but since she doesn't understand Sasuke she also doesn't understand this is not what Sasuke wants nor needs. Sasuke wouldn't like it either if Naruto acted this pathetic.
Hinata is literally a tradwife dream, she is docile, submissive, doting and her only goal in life is to support Naruto and become Naruto's girlfriend/wife and have his kids. She has no thoughts about anything else. This is what many men want from a woman. It's really pitiful to read/watch people try to come up with something in order to make Hinata look like a decent character. It all comes down to "she liked Naruto since the beginning", "she sacrificed herself for Naruto", "she has had more kids than the other female characters".
I don't know about the use of "female-coded" as a term (I talked about it at one point), I think it's the homoeroticism that largely contributes to this (especially how Sasuke is made to be desirable to both men and women). But I do see where you're coming from. Sasuke does piss off many men but a lot of it is due to incel mentality. Some of it is due to main character entitlement, as in Sasuke takes too big of a chunk out of the manga when it comes to screentime. Ironically, there are many of them who think Sasuke should have been a female character so Naruto's obsession with him wouldn't make them so uncomfortable.
I also find it annoying when so many Sakura videos I watch have men ranting about how Sakura still likes Sasuke despite the fact Naruto saved her. Like you can tell they think a man should be able to buy woman's sexual interest by making her owe them. But thankfully, I have come across also videos that make very good points about her character.
Naruto and Sasuke's fight (or more like the aftermath) annoyed some men because it was physically basically a draw and Naruto even said to Sasuke "this isn't about winning or losing". Sasuke lost to his feelings, basically him admitting defeat was him accepting to be loved by Naruto LMAO no wonder dudebros were mad. Many of them whined because they hated how Kishi had to make it so gay.
Shonen tends to be a male power fantasy. Luffy also gets everyone to fanboy/fangirl him. And shonen mcs usually have one of the worst stans for this reason. It's funny (or not) how the same pattern can be seen in every shonen fandom when it comes to the main character. There are men who self insert into them and act like everything needs to be about them, and bash other characters especially if they take even a little from their mc. Meanwhile there is a subset of women who create this yaoi harem shit around the mc, him as feminine uke bottom that every other guy just wants to rail. And they also might wrote posts on how other characters are irrelevant and boring compared to their beloved mc. It always happens. If it makes you feel better, Naruto always saw Sasuke and Iruka as different from the rest, because he didn't need to prove anything to them, they just cared for him even when he was a loser. And to Naruto, Sasuke is the best in the world. Even to Sarada he started ranting how Sasuke is hot and cool and the best shinobi in the world lol. But yes, I think Gaara and Neji lost some edge of their characters after they were saved by Naruto.
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justthoughts1310 · 6 months ago
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Live Action Naruto: Does Sakura need to be re-written?
Spoiler Alert: The answer is Yes and No.
Now, if you follow me or look at my page, you will see that I wrote a post a few months ago about how Netflix's ATLA is misogynist, because of how they rewrote the female characters. So, you might be wondering if that went so poorly before, why would I advocate for it now? Well, because Dante DiMartino and Konietzko wrote a cultural and feminist master class on how to make compelling, strong female characters and I honestly do not know how they did it. I have No IDEA how these two men did this, because men have failed at this for centuries.
The creators of ATLA did not write one strong female character, they wrote an entire class of strong female characters who are diverse and strong in many different ways. Their show exemplifies the fact that there is no one right way to be strong or a woman. So... why? Why do I think Sakura Haruno needs to be re-written for the Naruto live action? Simply put, because Masashi Kishimoto did a bad job writing a strong female character, and as a reader of Boruto, I can tell you that he is still doing a very very bad job.
One could argue that he almost did a good job and then jumped off a cliff. I hope Himawari will be better, but I am not convinced, because he is failing Sarada (an Uchiha) miserably.
I digress.
Now some may argue, who cares if Kishimoto is doing a bad job? Naruto is a boys' show.
Maybe that was Kishimoto's intention, but it certainly isn't the reality anymore. Naruto is one of the most popular animes to ever exist, and A LOT of women watch it (including me), because it has a beautiful and compelling message about the power of hard work and human connection.
Now what would I rewrite about Sakura?
Her greatest character flaw of course, which is not hat she was mean to Naruto as a child. As NCHAMMER23 pointed out, she actually reflects the sentiments of the leaf village. She's also an irritating know it all to begin with, so her disliking Naruto because of his antics (and not understanding her own privilege) is very much in line with her personality and is a sign of her immaturity.
No. Her greatest character flaw is her simp behavior for Sasuke Uchiha and it gets her every single time. Her simp behavior makes her forever a damsel in distress to the most abusive and trash male character in the entire Hidden Leaf. It undermines everything about her, and makes her one of the most hated characters in the entire show. She is literally useless against Sasuke despite being the strongest Kunoichi in the entire Naruto Universe. The truth is that when Sakura falls short, all the kunoichi fall short. When Sakura has to be rescued by Naruto, Sasuke and Kakashi because of the most minute and inconsequential thing, it is an immense disservice to all of the Kunoichi, even Kunoichi like Temari who seldom need to be saved. Not to mention that the whole thing is just cringe.
However, it's not just a disservice to the Kunoichi, it's a disservice to the entire show. Why? Because Sakura embodies the central message of Naruto 1000X better than Naruto Uzumaki does.
Naruto Uzumaki is a demi-God who was born with every advantage in the Universe born to the most famous ninja in the village, who doesn't yet know how to use his powers, because his powers are that OP. Sakura is a no name, no talent ninja, with very low chakra reserves, who truly makes the best of what she has. She becomes a phenomenal ninja through hard work, perseverance, and intelligence.
When Sakura gets tripped up by stupid stuff and is saved by these three male characters: Kakashi, Naruto and Sasuke who were born with every talent and advantage in the world, it throws the entire point of Naruto into the freaking trash bin! Now I get it. We get it. Men on average are bigger, faster, and stronger, but as evidenced from Boruto that's not what Naruto is about. Combat amongst elite ninja is not a battle of strength, it is a battle of expertise and perseverance, it is a chess match, and if there's anyone who should be good at chess matches, it's Sakura Haruno. She is literally known for her brilliance and resourcefulness and perseverance.
So for this reason, the whole Sasuke fan girl thing and damsel in distress thing has got to go!
Now some of you might say, wait justthoughts1310, Sasuke was a large part of her driving motivation to get stronger. That's true. He was and so was Naruto, which is why Sakura should be modeled off of Attack on Titan's Mikasa Ackerman in this regard. Mikasa is a total simp for Eren Yeager, but she never lets him get too out of pocket. She'll punch him in the face if need be, and she is ultimately the one who kills him. Mikasa is indisputably stronger than Eren, and if not for Mikasa's love for Eren, Eren would stand no chance against Mikasa in a real fight. Eren knows this. That's why he never dared to challenge her.
Mikasa's immense love for both Eren and Armin is her driving motivation to become as strong as she is. Her desire is to protect them, because they wanted to join the Survey Corp and then the Scouts. Mikasa didn't want to do either of those things, and she even told Eren that he probably wasn't cut out to be a soldier.
However, because of her undying love and desire to protect Eren and Armin, Mikasa is the second strongest character in the entire show next to Levi. Titans don't stand a chance against Levi, and men and soldiers do not stand a chance against Mikasa.
Graphic Warning (In Italics): I mean Mikasa literally cut off a guy's head, impaled him into another guy, set off a thunder spear, and showered in their blood. When the other yeagerist saw this, they freaked out and RAN. As they should. Though, I still think Mikasa's unwavering love for Eren undermines her character, because it becomes her entire personality, I think that Sakura has a lot more to offer in that regard.
Sakura's personality could round out and complete these aspects of Mikasa's personality and make Sakura an all around more compelling character. Unlike Mikasa, Sakura has a whole personality outside of Sasuke. This is likely because Sasuke has been away from the village for so long. In reality, Sakura's love for Sasuke isn't her personality. It is one of her only (and most glaring), personality flaws.
So, in truth, I say that I would both rewrite Sakura and not rewrite her for the live action, because I wouldn't rewrite her. I would alter her personality flaw and make it the source of her strength. Her burning desire is to protect the two most important people to her: Sasuke and Naruto, and she holds both of them to equal account. No more of Sasuke's bullshit. He deserves to be punched in the face too. Of course sometimes Sakura will need a little help and a little bit of saving, but not more or less than any male character of comparable skill.
Sakura is the story of Naruto hidden in plain sight. Getting rid of her or rewriting her altogether would be an immense disservice. What the live action needs to do is work harder to highlight the characteristics that Sakura already has and bring them to the foreground.
Sakura is already the strongest Kunoichi in the Naruto universe by the time of Boruto, the movie needs to showcase how she became just that.
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sakuraharuno156 · 10 months ago
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Why Hinata hate in Sakura Fandom makes sense and the other way around - a rant.
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I'll precede it by saying - COMPARISON HAS NO SENSE. THEY BOTH HAVE NOTHING TO GAIN.
Sakura is a main character so comparing her to Hinata makes just as much sense as comparing her to Kiba - non.
Hinata is a background character so comparing her to a main makes just as much sense as comparing her to Kakashi - non.
However, the hate between those Fandoms is a different story.
And I'm gonna try to keep it unbiased (as a new years gift I guess) even tho I do have my biases towards those two.
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If you like a character you probably have a reason to do so.
You can like Shikamaru, L (death note) and Sherlock Holmes because you have a thing for those INCREDIBLY INTELLIGENT people.
Or
You can like Obito and Zuko (Atla) because you, like me, are into that good redemption arc.
You can like different characters for different reasons, but if you like intelligent people you are more likely to like Shikamaru than Lee, because they just suit your preferences better.
So it's hard for people to like both Sakura and Hinata.
Sakura is strong and hot-headed
Hinata is shy and timid
Sakura is quick to do something
Hinata is more into watching from behind
Sakura, when she sees something she likes or dislikes, reacts abruptly and harshly
Hinata is gonna blush and faint
Sakuras fighting style is rough, strong and upfront
Hinata is delicate and reserved
Sakura is a junnin
Hinata is a stay at home mom
They are completely different people so:
For Hinata Fans, that love her for her love and admire for Naruto, Sakuras rejecting Naruto time and time again seems stupid.
For Sakura fans that love Sakura for being a strong female character, Hinatas constant need for saving is absolutely dreadful.
For Hinata Fans, Sakuras hot-headedness and need for action is seen as rude and out of place.
If you love Hinata for being shy and reserved, stressed to react, like here:
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You can't like Sakura for standing up for herself (and her friends) like here:
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(Naruto just insulted Lee that had saved their lives)
4. For Sakura fans, that love her for becoming so strong from nothing, Hinatas great, wasted potential is painful.
When you love Sakura for cannonicaly training hard:
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You can't like Hinata for bringing tea to people who do train:
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5. When you love Hinata for wanting to stand with Naruto, Sakuras want to fight with both Naruto and Sasuke hand in hand is ridiculous.
If you were proud of Hinata for this:
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You see no reason to see this as important:
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6. When you love Sakura for carrying for both of her friends, you see Hinatas need to be with just Naruto as selfishness.
If you love Sakura for wanting to be a great ninja to help both of her friends:
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You will have a hard time liking Hinata, who to be a better ninja just to be noticed by Naruto:
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You can sort of distinguish a characteristics of both Fandoms:
Sakura fans:
Feministic
Independent
With constant need of improvement
Hinata fans:
Loving
Persistent
Shy
So I don't understand why people are surprised that those two Fandoms dislike each other.
You can't be a faminist and stand by Hinata.
You can't be into timid and uncertain characters and stand by Sakura.
That's just how it works 🤷‍♀️
So, in conclusion:
Comparing them is irrelevant, noone has anything to gain from it... but hate? Oh baby! Thats 100% different.
I'm a firm believer into hating fictional character that are against your beliefs.
So stop comparing and start hating them for who they are, not for who they are in comparison to others.
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Let's see Hinata fandom the world burn 🔥❤️
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Btw:
(I'm gonna hashtag it both with "hinata" and "anti-hinata", because even tho I tried to be objective, I dislike Hinata so... idk how I did xD)
Btw 2:
Happy new year 🎉🎉🎉
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sneezemonster15 · 2 years ago
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A lot of adults women behave like incels but less violent and more manipulative. They usually love the cringe romance movies where the main girl is average looking and not like the other girls and manage to make the badboy soft. Generally they hate hot girls bc they are jealous (see the way Skr stans talk abt Ino and feel victorious bc they "won" against her, the hot girl). Those women are full of insecurities, thats why Skr is so relatable.
The way Skr tries to not think about the fact Sske dont wanna spend time with her is the same way some irl women ignore that their husbands are cheating, and if they cant ignore it they will attack the other women but they will NEVER leave the guy. All their self worth is based on having a bf/husband.
Then there are some lesbian/bi women who stan her as an act of feminism. She is a female character who got what she wanted so its a win apparently. Fortunatly those ppl are minority bc as a queer woman and feminist, it is very embarrassing to read those takes. I'm all for uplifting women and for them to get everything they desire but not at the expense of non sexist men. Plus, Skr dont even look so happy at the end of the day. So is it really a win for her and women?
Yeah that makes sense. But it's sad isn't it? Because even trying to have a dialogue with them isn't helpful. There's no point having it if they aren't ready to be receptive to it.
Sakura really sees no contradiction between what she says and what she does.
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Lol. Till only two days ago, she was found styling her hair in the middle of chuunin exams, all skinned knees and having suffered minor injuries, while her team mates were working. She let her hair grow in the first place because she thought Sasuke liked it. Lol.
What impression can it possibly give to the reader? Kishi had to stress on it too, with another character this time.
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Why would Kishi stress so much on Sakura and her obsession with her hair, just to make her say something totally hypocritical five chapters down? Lol. Kishi is very clever about writing his characters act according to the character traits given to them. Like for example, the panel below, Kakashi acts according to his character (where he has a blindspot for Sakura's negative shades) thinks Sakura is not the type to brag when she is actually exactly the type to brag.
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Lol, Sakura's whole personality is about being obsessive for Sasuke which in turn makes her violently jealous of Naruto and Ino. She beats Naruto up regularly for no apparent reason and harasses Ino, even though that girl did nothing but try to help her. And she brags, it's the only thing she does properly. Lol.
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And yet, she is always bragging, showing off. From start to end.
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And I am positive I am missing some panels here lol. She is always looking for external validation. She revels in it. While external validation itself is not a bad thing, since humans need some amount of external validation to measure their abilities, and Naruto does it too, but for him, it's rooted in his quest for acknowledgement and acceptance, so he could make friends and not be ostracized from community. Sakura does it because of her ego. While Naruto has his principles rooted in his belief systems, his emotions and his dream that egg him on to do better, Sakura finds her motivation in the desire to show off and impress people, mostly Sasuke.
She disrespects Ino, Tsunade, and she fights Kaguya while she says this?
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Girl, why are you so embarrassing? If you wanna attack her, just do it. Why even mention her being a woman? She wasn't mocking you, she barely even noticed you. You aren't worthy enough for her to notice.
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Lol. And things she says about being a woman are just so cringe lol.
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No one underestimates her because she is a girl, in fact Kakashi coddles her because she is a girl. She is underestimated because despite training, she is just weak and unskilled, as compared to her cohorts. And if she is skillful, we don't see it in the same proportion measured against the way she talks about herself. Tsunade never had to sing about her being a woman and yet people are bloody scared of her strength. Temari never had to mention it, neither did Kushina. Chiyo certainly briefly talks about how women always get the short end of the stick in their male driven society, but she not only belongs to a much older generation that has seen a hell lot, she is a master puppeteer and a superior warrior in her own right, she has earned it.
It would have been fine if only Sakura had actually consistently kept her word, proven herself through actions and not just empty words. Because when she doesn't, it reduces the value of those words. I don't know if she really meant it when she said women were fickle. Who? Tsunade? Kushina? Chiyo? Temari? Nope, they didn't give any such impression.
She constantly condescends to Naruto despite him having proved himself to be skillful, strong, the one who wins team seven several battles while she stands in a corner shaking and sweating. Thing is, she realises she makes mistakes. She acknowledges Naruto's strength as well, but she doesn't do anything to change. The whole point of a realization is to work on it and correct your behaviour. She is condescending towards Naruto till the end. Konohamaru takes her down a peg when she is being disparaging towards him and Naruto when they are doing the oiroke jutsu contest. She even hits Konohamaru, and he gets pissed off. So he makes a reverse oiroke jutsu just to show her true face, and that face has a streak of blood trickling down her nose lol. But when Naruto uses it against Kaguya, she again condescends to him. Narusakus are kinda embarrassing tbh, Sakura doesn't get Naruto. She thinks she does but she doesn't. She thinks she gets Sasuke but she obviously doesn't. And yet, she makes her 'strategies' in kage arc around her knowledge of Naruto and fake confesses to him. Naruto rejects her. Lol. She goes to Sasuke and tries to kill him (with a kunai...) by tricking him, only to be attacked, twice. Even when she drugs her cohorts before going to Sasuke, they clock her real plan. Lol.
She overestimates herself, even though it's clear that if she only thought things through, she would be much more successful. She is really blind to her own shortcomings even though she tries but remains unsuccessful, which is even sadder.
She does know Sasuke doesn't wanna spend time with her, she also gets a sense that she will always be much lesser than Naruto in Sasuke's eyes, she knows but she doesn't care. Even if it means long term misery for everyone involved.
Yes, I am sure some women find her character relatable. But relatable doesn't mean everything. I relate to Sasuke and I am very wary of establishing emotional connections but I know it's not something ideal or healthy. Connection is what people thrive on. If I ever started to relate with Sakura, I would really be compelled to take a hard look at myself. Lol.
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leportraitducadavre · 2 years ago
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Naruto
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Naruto re-read
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Feminism
About feminism and my female characters critiques.
Inclusivity: The woke fandom's drug.
Female empowerment in the Naruto fandom and Feminism without feminists (a companion piece).
Fictional works vs. real historical events. Is it ok to use parallels?
The infinite “who’s strongest Kunoichi” debate and the sexist erasure/degradation of female characters. And a response to it.
Contradictory traits in a character = Bad writing?
Political review
Revolution! Is Internal Reform possible for the Shinobi System? Or is too corrupt to be changed from within?
The Curse of Hatred - or a poorly constructed theory based on bias.
The Chunin Exams -and their actual purpose
Naruhina/Hinata Hyuuga
Hinata’s suicide or why her intention to fight Pain wasn’t to save Naruto.
Hinata endorses slavery. A quick explanation of why.
NaruHina A full analysis of their relationship. Plus, could The Last have worked if it didn't reduce Naruto's character?
NejiHina or the possibilities of the pairing.
The Hyuga clan. And the Caged Bird Seal.
Sorry, no, Hinata never hit Pain.
SasuSaku/Sakura Haruno
Debunking the idea that Sakura was born into a “clanless” family.
SasuSaku a full analysis of their relationship, part one.
Sakura isn’t stronger than most characters. And a small addition. 
Sakura and Ino, an analysis of their relationship.
Sakura and Naruto, an analysis of their relationship. Part 1
Sakura as Orochimaru's apprentice and Sasuke as a Medic AU.
Sakura's personality. A defense of Kishimoto's writing. Additionally
Other pairings
ShikaIno. Why this ship has problems.
My opinion about the idea that Kishimoto "planned SNS".
Uchiha clan
How the Uchiha are perceived, a short exploration through Kishimoto's writing.
Were the Uchiha truly oppressed?
Minorities using violence, is it ok?
Sasuke Uchiha
Sasuke and Kakashi’s relationship. What went wrong?
How Sasuke and Obito surpassed their role in the manga (meta).
Sasuke as a Medic AU and Sakura as Orochimaru's aprentice.
Itachi Uchiha
About Itachi, his fandom, and moral standpoints.
Can Itachi's character be fixed? Spoiler alert: It's the fandom's perception of him that should change, not his character.
Debunking an Itachi stan
Madara Uchiha
Madara Uchiha and sexism.
Madara Uchiha’s characterization.
Obito Uchiha
Obito Uchiha. A character ruined by the fandom and his relationship with Minato.
Obito’s redeemers. A small debunk of their arguments.
Shisui Uchiha
Shisui Uchiha. A quick analysis of his participation in the manga.
Fugaku Uchiha
Fugaku Uchiha, the neglectful father.
Naruto Uzumaki/Naruto the series
The white boy, the hero. Parallelisms between Santiago Maratea and Naruto Uzumaki.
Naruto Uzumaki, an underdog or a genius?
Naruto Uzumaki and the hero concept
Other characters
Team Taka. Their relevance.
Kakashi of the Sharingan.
Shikamaru‘s Sexism. Analyzing Sasuke Retrieval Arc.
Minato. A fandom-perceived hero that might not be such.
Jiraiya. My thoughts against the fandom’s obsession with calling him a hypocrite.
Neji vs. Kidomaru. An analysis of their fight.
Yamanaka clan techniques. and a quick rambling of the clan.
Rock Lee.
Hiruzen Sarutobi
Tobirama Senju
Tobirama. The Scientist. An exploration of Tobirama’s academic status and a debunking of his COH theory.
Does Tobirama defy masculinity? No, he doesn't.
Fear and Racism - an analysis of Tobirama’s advocates.
Boruto
Sarada Uchiha and the non-importance of her MS. A small rant about why the quote "she awoke her MS out of love, unlike the others" is false.
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idkhowtopickausername · 1 year ago
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Everyone wants to be a feminist when they decide it means voting against Sasuke in a poll but then they let Tsunade lose to Kakashi 🙄
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narutocharacterpolls · 1 year ago
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Propaganda: Kakashi wants you to vote Tsunade
Source: trust me
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[ID: A screenshot of post from bakashikashi that reads “When I was training to be Hokage lady Tsunade told me she puts xanax in the Elders’ tea before meetings so they’ll wrap things up quicker. Proud to follow in her footsteps #feminist” END ID]
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ao3dorian-gay · 5 months ago
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new chapter of my tenten fic is up !!
Work Summary: Struggling to fulfill her dreams of becoming the next Tsunade, a freshly graduated Tenten bullies the first guy she sees using fūinjutsu into becoming her senpai. (Un)fortunately, that guy is Kabuto.
Additional Tags: Tenten-centric (Naruto), Fuuinjutsu Theory (Naruto), Redemption, Revolution, Feminist Themes, the redemptive power of human connection, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Queer Themes, Fuuinjutsu User Tenten (Naruto), Fuuinjutsu User Yakushi Kabuto, Fuuinjutsu User Hatake Kakashi, the redemptive power of shared nerdery, Hyuuga Clan (Naruto), Hyuuga Clan Lore (Naruto)
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hey-that-hurt · 9 months ago
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Trans rights are human rights. If you think men are inherently evil you are not the feminist you think you are. Free Palestine.
I use #nsft for nsfw and nsfw-adjacent posts, and I do my best to tag things that might be triggers.
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I am always always always looking for story recs! Send me an ask, ping me, whatever, I am never not in the mood for a good whump story.
If you think I might like it, regardless of how well it fits my tastes or fandoms, please send it my way! (And I will gladly read original stories)
I’m okay with reading NSFW, but not with underage characters. I also generally avoid stories with RPF, and stories where characters end up falling in love with their abusers. I’m not entirely opposed to romance but it’s generally not my thing.
(This is not a statement on the morality of writing these things, it is simply a statement on what I do not like reading)
My favorite tropes:
Strong whumpees (especially ones who would have been too strong/smart to be caught if not for a hostage/trap/betrayal etc)
Related: characters being targeted because they are very powerful, to drain their powers or experiment on them
Confident whumpees, defiant whumpees (especially if that confidence/defiance is slowly broken down)
Parent/guardian whumpees, or generally character-who-others-rely-on whump
Lengthy, difficult, but hopeful trauma recovery— I love when progress is not straightforward, and when there are many missteps along the way
People finding out what happened to whumpee and being horrified
Flinching, panic attacks, flashbacks
Abusive authority figures, especially in prisoner situations
My go-to fandoms and favorite whumpees:
MCYT: c!Technoblade and c!Philza (any universe), I enjoy c!Quackity and c!Dream as whumpers in DSMP stories, c!Grian (I’m not personally comfortable with RPF though)
Marvel: Thor (MCU specifically), Peter Parker
My Hero Academia: All Might, Izuku, Aizawa
One Piece: Zoro, Luffy
Ace Attorney: Phoenix Wright
Undertale: Sans (original)
Danny Phantom: same as everybody else
Psych: Shawn Spencer
Animator vs Animation: The Chosen One (i am sending psychic waves telling you to read/write about stick figure trauma)
Batman: Batman. Everybody wants to hurt his kids when this big untouchable paragon is right there.
The Witcher: Geralt of Rivia
Naruto: Kakashi
Fandoms I would read all the whump for if there was more of it:
Fairy Tail, Professor Layton
I am not opposed to reading fics for other fandoms, and in fact doing exactly that has led me to new media before!
Finally, a disclaimer in case anyone not from this community finds me: The things I like in fiction are not things I like or think are okay in real life. In fact, pretty much exactly the opposite. Cool? Cool.
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madara-fate · 2 years ago
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Maddy, why do I disagree with everything about this post? Lol. I do see her points in this and I think she’s right in most but why does she bring down characters so absurdly just to hype up Sasuke? He’s defending him in the worst way possible. Sometimes, I feel like Sasuke fans read a different manga. Especially the things she says about Team 7 mainly Naruto and Sakura in their Genin days, specifically when Sasuke was about to leave and Sakura stopping her. It’s crazy to accuse a 12 year old for emotional manipulation and it’s crazy to label a 12 year old someone who can’t respect themselves as a woman. She somehow claims to know what being a feminist is and yet her idea is twisted and toxic but why should you incorporate feminist ideals in a desperate situation in the first place? Anyone would go down on their knees just to stop someone they love from leaving them and it doesn’t make them less as a person whatsoever, there’s a thin line between being a “girl boss” to a person who’s narcissistic, egoistical, and prideful. Like yeah sure, Sasuke left and I saw him but I didn’t stop him because why would I? I never beg to anyone ever *rolls eyes*
Pride means nothing if the person who I love quite dearly is going on a self-destructive path. Sakura said it herself that Sasuke knows what it means to be lonely and how terrible it is and yet he is going in that path anyway, the only reason she offered to come is because she didn’t want Sasuke to be lonely and the reason why Sasuke wouldn’t take her is because he knows deep inside that someone like Sakura couldn’t do it, that’s why he ask “can you really betray Konoha for me?”. If she would’ve come she would most likely go undercover and watch over Sasuke and wouldn’t partake in any of the bloodshed.
I don’t know why people can’t understand that Sasuke went the wrong way, if people like Sakura, Kakashi, and Naruto are against it and they constantly try to “save” him then why don’t we actually analyze why they think so instead of some Sasuke fans thinking that Sasuke is right because apparently the “village” wronged him when it was just Itachi, Danzo, and Obito. Sasuke wanted to blame someone and he couldn’t blame Itachi because he loves him and understand the circumstances he was in (he’s that Heart Character that turns soft when they get to understand/sympathize/pity a person) Danzo is dead and we all know what’s gonna happen to Obito. Sasuke is a kid who is lashing out because of his situation and is lashing out to the wrong people. He wanted to blame someone for his misfortune and he blamed Konoha simply because his happiness was the price for Konoha’s peace even though they didn’t ask for it. Anyone who’s rational would think that Sasuke is pointing at the wrong peoole. Just shows how emotionally unstable he is. How deep inside he’s still that little child who got scarred on the day of the massacre.
Yeah I agree with you. Sasuke's my favourite character, but I'm not about to pretend that he was in the right for everything that he did. Sasuke was on a path of darkness, he knew that but thought that was his only option because the Curse of Hatred fuelled his desire for revenge so strongly that it overpowered everything else. That's why once he was saved from it, he himself said that he would now finally be able to see things with clarity:
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He wanted to see how the world looks to the "current [him]", see the things that he had overlooked and perceive them now in his "current state" - the state which was now freed from darkness and hatred.
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maoam · 10 months ago
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I thought it was weird Naruto brought up my body moved on its own to explain how he wanted to save Sakura and Kakashi too using the same phrase Sasuke told to him in the Land of a waves. Because it’s so different. It makes it seem like the feeling Sasuke saved Naruto with is the same feeling that made Naruto want to save Sakura and Kakashi with.
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Yes, the act is about caring. Naruto does care about Kakashi and Sakura. He used that as a bridge to talk about the event that went down back in the Land of Waves, the event they never talked about, Sasuke saving Naruto and sacrificing himself in the process.
Sasuke acts like he's being practical, but Naruto knows Sasuke cares about him, so he teases him about it.
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Openly flirting like this... come on Naruto. But yeah it's cute. In the first arc Naruto didn't like Sasuke saving him because it made him feel Sasuke looks down on him. But now he knows it's because Sasuke cares about him, so he's happy about it.
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Kishi made sure to add these moments of Sasuke protecting Naruto. And Naruto noticing it.
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It's so instinctual to Sasuke, that even when Susanoo is already protecting Naruto, Sasuke's hand goes there to shield him, and even Naruto is taken aback by it. Sasuke will never do this to Sakura.
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And Sakura realizes it too. Where are Sasuke's instincts when it comes to Sakura? But I'm sure SS can come up with some wild take why he doesn't protect Sakura. Oh wait they already have. Apparently he's being feminist and knowing Sakura can protect herself. Eventhough she constantly needs to be saved. Eventhough Naruto is STRONGER than her. Eventhough the whole point of instinctual saving is not about looking down on someone but loving them. Something that Naruto learned as showed above. But well. Logic and reading comprehension has never been SS fandom's forte.
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hello-galad · 2 years ago
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10 Characters From 10 Fandoms
How to play: Name 10 Characters from 10 fandoms and tag people
I was tagged by the amazing @br-disaster​ , thank you!!! ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚
In no particular order. Most of them I have been obsessed with ever since I was a kid. 
Nie Huaisang (CQL/MDZS) - The only reason it took me so long to do this was because I couldn’t decide between NMJ and NHS. Alas, I relate to NHS the most, he’s also an incredibly intricate character that lives in my head rent free. 
Hatake Kakashi (Naruto) - Contrary to most people, I actually watched this show/read the manga until 2020 and I've been obsessed with this tragic overpowered ninja ever since. I think he is the character I have written/drawn the most about. I relate way too much to him, which is...strange. I am in love with his story and character development through the show. 
Louis de Pointe du Lac (Interview With the Vampire) - I must confess I haven't yet read the book, but I watched the AMC show and I FELL IN LOVE. I have Ana to thank for introducing me to this amazing, complicated mess of a man. 
Thranduil (The hobbit) - When I watched all LOTR movies, I was a kid and my aunt was babysitting and obviously I started obsessing over him and the elves when I read every Tolkien book I could get my hands on. I haven't written much about him but I do have a whole AU-Canon divergence for Oropher, Thranduil and Legolas half written on AO3. My version of Thranduil, Oropher’s line and the Greenwood elves is VERY different from the hobbit movies, though.  
Ned the Pie Maker (Pushing daisies) - Tall, sensible, caring, harmless man who loves to bake and is also an accidental necromancer? YES, PLEASE.  
Yue (Sakura Card-captor) - Imagine you are this super powerful supernatural being whose world gets turned upside down when the person you considered your everything dies. Imagine you get sealed inside the back cover of a book for 100 years and then inside the body of a teenager without being asked for consent and without being able to get out to live a normal life. You are also left without much of your power for a long time, and then you are given a ridiculously short amount of time to get used to everything that is going on around you while your twin and your other brothers and sisters get months to understand and process what happened. AND THEN it turns out that the dude that you loved so much didn’t died, instead reincarnated into some annoying bitch (who is now a different person than he was in his past life so meh) because he had some cosmic realization when he turned like 800 years old because being the most powerful magician in the world makes your common sense disappear, apparently...and then this annoying brat creates a cheap copy of you and your sibling, yikes. Imagine you really want to slap everyone but you dont want to set a bad example to the nice, cute girl who you depend on now, BUT DAMMIT IF YOU COULD YOU WOULD. Yeah. He's That Bitch™ and he deserves it. I support you, Yue. 
Azula (Avatar: The Last Airbender) - She is definitively the character I relate to the most, like she was 14 and learned very soon what happens if you get on your father’s bad side. She's a prodigy and what she needed in the end was some psychological help and then the throne, bye. 
Captain James T. Kirk (Star Trek) -  I want to be a Starfleet captain so bad, ISTG. He’s so much, a drama queen, the voice of reason, a disaster waiting to happen, a feminist, queer, The Captain, a nuisance, the smartest person in the room, mister daddy issues, mister “bones get that hypospray off my face”, mister I am in love with this Vulcan, mister I am in love with this doctor, “Dammit Jim!”. Yeah, him.
Crowley (Good Omens) - I read the book when I was in high school, it was the first book I read in one sitting without getting distracted. I loved those two. I love Crowley and the fact that he is always trying to cause havoc through elaborate schemes that inconvenience the human race. Ahaha, he’s the best. (Yes, I loved the TV show).
Dorian (Almost Human) - HE JUST WANTS TO BE SEEN AS SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST A MACHINE. He’s sometimes more human than all the humans he works with. I love Dorian and Kennex, you bet I have read every single fic centered on him or both of them on AO3. I’m forever sad they cancelled that show. 
I tag @pangzi and @dual-domination (only if you want to do it of course. Feel free to ignore this tag if you dont!) 
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maddmuses · 2 years ago
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Secondary Muse Directory
These muses are on-request for existing partners and under other circumstances where *I* want to play them only. If you’re new here, you’re not likely to get it unless I bring it up.
Multimedia // DC Universe
-Bruce Wayne: You know what it’s about. He’s The Caped Crusader, The Dark Knight, other third example; I Am The Night (Bruce Wayne) (He/Him; Bisexual)[I only RP this for specific friends quit fucking asking] 
Multimedia // Other Comics
-Al Simmons: The Hellspawn and rebel from hell, Al is the greatest enemy of both Heaven and Hell; Rexspawned (Al Simmons/Spawn) (He/Him; Het)
Multimedia // Avatar Universe
-Zuko of The Fire Nation: The Prince, and then later ruler, of The Fire Nation. He was once scarred as a sign of his dishonor, but has found his honor again as an ally to the Avatar; Honor! (Zuko) (He/Him; Bi)
-Avatar Kuruk of The Water Tribe: An Avatar in an era of perceived peace. Traveling with his own team Avatar he would often fight dark spirits, which slowly ate at his own spirit; Go With The Flow (Avatar Kuruk) (He/They; Lawful Sad)
Anime // Boku no Hero Academia
-Toshinori Yagi: The number one hero All Might! Currently retired, he suffers from debilitating physical injuries and the loss of his quirk!;  A Real Hero Will Always Find A Way For Justice To Be Served!! (Toshinori Yagi/All Might) (He/Him; Demi)
-Rumi Usagiyama: No. 5 Hero Mirko and local Megan Thee Stallion impersonator, Rumi is objectively and empirically best girl. Literally ranked the highest, go look or she’ll kick your butt; I Live Every Day Like There’s No Tomorrow!! (Rumi Usagiyama) (She/Her; Pansexual)
-Toya Todoroki: The mysterious flame villain Dabi, and eldest son of Endeavor;  The Mysterious First Son (Dabi/Toya Todoroki) (He/They; Demi)
-Shoryuu Takeshi: A martial artist hero-in-training, he’s the national champion for high school karate in the open quirks division; It’s Time To Have Some Fun!! (Shoryuu Takeshi) (He/Him; Hetero)
Anime // Bleach
-Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez: Numero 6 Espada and verified catboy; Grim Jawed Panther (Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez) (He/Him; Fightsexual)
Anime // Naruto
-Kakashi Hatake: Sixth Hokage and leader of Squad 7, he is often known as The Copy Ninja; I Will Never Let My Comrades Die (Kakashi Hatake)  (Ask me about my canon divergence) (He/Him; Tired Bi)
-Tenten: A weapon’s specialist of the highest regard, and known in Konoha for being peerless. Give her a weapon, and she seems to know how to use it; The True Blade Maiden (Tenten) (She/Her; Bisexual)
Anime // Shonen
-Saitama: A hero for fun, that name exists for him and him alone; Hurry! We have to get there before the supermarket closes!! (Saitama) (He/Him; Homoromantic Asexual)
-Joseph Joestar: Grandson of Johnathan Joestar and the torch carrier of the Joestar legacy through Battle Tendancy. A master of Hamon/Ripple and user of the stand Hermit Purple, he becomes Jotaro’s mentor in Stardust Crusaders; Oh My God!! (Joseph Joestar) (He/Him; Powerfully Jojo)
-Jotaro Kujo: Grandson of Joseph Joestar and user of the stand Star Platinum, then later Star Platinum: The World. A stoic and aloof young man, he deeply cares for his loved ones, and will stop at nothing to protect them; Yare Yare Daze... (Jotaro Kujo) (He/Him; Devastatingly Jojo)
Literature // Fantasy
-Harry Potter: Prophecy’s hero, and future Auror; The Boy Who Lived (Harry Potter) (He/Him [trans]; Pan)
Literature // Horror
-Kay McCall: Feminist author and all around bad bitch who two abusive assholes can’t stop; The Survivor’s Survivor (Kay McCall) (She/Her; Heteroflexible)
Video Games // Fighting
-Jin Kazama: The son of Kazuya Mishima and two-time winner of The King of Iron Fist Tournament; The Crimson Lightning (Jin Kazama) (He/Him; Bisexual)
Video Games // RPG
-Yojimbo: The ultimate sellsword, an astral being and summon that specializes in taking payment for his ability to slay any enemy; The God of The Blade (Yojimbo) (Whatever you’ll pay He/Him to be)
-Adrian “Alucard” Ţepeş: Son of the most powerful vampire and hero of Romania;  Regal Dhampir (Adrian Alucard Ţepeş) (Eldritch Entity)
Film and Television // Karate Kid and Cobra Kai
-Johnny Lawrence: Ace degenerate and master of Cobra Kai, former champ of the All-Valley Karate tournament and sensei of the 2018 champ Miguel; The Best Defense is More Offense (Johnny Lawrence) (He/Him; Het)
Film and Television // Animation
-Clay Bailey: The Xiaolin Dragon of Earth, Shoku Warrior, and Rootinest of Tootinest Cowpokes; Quaking Beast (Clay Bailey) (He/Him; DemiPanRo)
-Reagan Ridley: Local science girlboss and COO of Cognito Inc. Generally too stressed by all this shit, and is making sure the world order doesn’t fall apart at the seams. (She/Her; Bi Bi Bi)
-JFK (John “Jack” F. Kennedy): The clone of the original JFK created by a board of shadowy figures. Captain of the football team and Capitán of the futbol team; I’m a Kennedy! I’m not accustomed to tragedy!! (JFK) (He/Him; Questioning) 
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kuriquinn · 6 years ago
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Can you write about team 7 going through puberty 😆
The Springtime of Our Lives
Disclaimer & Other Warnings
Author’s Note: I completely forgot I had started this one. Maybe because it’s not finished? (Another story that started out short and then became a three-parter, haha!) Anyhow, here’s the beginning of this prompt, the next two will be forthcoming…hopefully within the week? We’ll see how I’m feeling :P
Part I: Flowering Time
The latestmission is a complete snafu.
Team 7 is sentout to help watch a shepherd’s flock after he and his entire family come downwith a debilitating flu. It’s lambing season, when thieves and predators stalkthe herd, and so the Hokage saw fit to send a genin squad to keep an eye out.
It should havebeen a simple mission, something which Naruto complained loudly about the wholeway there. It turns out, though, that watching sheep is more difficult thanexpected, and not for the difficulties common sense might suggest. In fact,sheep have an innate genius for self-inflicted harm. The beasts are too stunnedto file through an open gate, but apparently have an inventive talent forgetting themselves killed.
Sakura and therest of her team spend three days following the woolly demons to keep them fromwandering off high bluffs, choking themselves on low-hanging branches or treeroots, and poisoning themselves on toxic plants. They almost lost one todrowning, and at some point, Naruto came up with the bright idea to scare theminto running into their pen, instead starting a stampede.
And then therewas the wolf.
Everything just wentbad after that, Sakura thinks with a wince.
Everythinghurts, from her eyelids to her breasts.
Not thatthey’re really breasts. She canbarely see them when she examines herself in the mirror at night, wishingjealously for the same chest growth-spurt that Ino has already experienced. Still,they ache enough to make their existence known. Almost as much as the stabbingpains in her abdomen.
I swear, if I caughtsome bacteria or bug while tramping through the mud and sheep crap, I am goingto kill Kakashi.
All Sakurawants to do right now is curl up in her bed and sleep.
Somehow,everything is rubbing her the wrong way right now. Her hands sting hotly,sweat-covered and yet chapped, and there’s a blister blooming beneath the ball ofher left foot. Every crevice of her feels too hot and damp and chafing. It’s as if she’s far too bigfor herself, and she is far more conscious of the smell of her body than shewould like.
I need a shower like right now, she decides vehemently, and wonderingin silent horror if her teammates can smell her.
Almost themoment this fear rises up, Naruto calls her name suddenly.
“Oi! Sakura, you’rebleeding. Why didn’t you say you were hurt?”
Their littletravelling quartet come to a stop. Everyone is looking at her in curiousconcern, while Sakura blinks at the sudden attention. Her other two teammatesfollow the line of Naruto’s gaze, and Sakura can do nothing but follow theircue, glancing down to see what everyone is staring at.
A red-brownstain spreads across her tunic several inches beneath her navel.  
She isconfused, because she hasn’t noticed any wound to cause the blood. Going overtheir adventures that morning, she doesn’t recall any instance that could haveinjured her in such a way. She glances over at Kakashi, whose sharp eyesexamine her with experienced gravity, and then peeks at Sasuke, who seems asconfused as she is. His eyes flit over her with a curtness that doesn’t quitehide concern, and then they widen with something close to realisation.
A beat later,his cheeks go red; she can’t understand his look before it snaps away.
“Ah,” Kakashisays quietly, like this is something he was expecting.  
Later, Sakurawill be embarrassed at the several moments it takes for the small, blossomingstain of red-brown to make sense, and the additional time it takes for thesignificance of its location to set in. When it does, she experiences a jolt toher heart and the tingling sensation of her cheeks losing blood. Consciousnessof her body’s various sensations all rush back to her then, the cramping painthroughout her pelvic area, the damp sensation between her legs and up acrossher tailbone, the vague nausea—
She’s nevergone through it before, but she knows without doubt what it is.
It’s herperiod.
Sakura isfinally menstruating after waiting on it for ages, and she didn’t notice because the aches and pains of theirmission masked it. She experiences a bizarre compulsion to laugh at that—
Hah! And Ino doesn’teven have hers yet! She’s gonna be so jealous that I’m awoman first, Shannaro!
—beforeanother realisation crashes into her.
She’s gottenher monthly bleeding in front of her three teammates.
Her three male teammates.
Two of whomare the absolute last people she would want to know about this, because one isthe boy she’s utterly in love with and the other one is Naruto.
Sakura yelpsand vaults into the tree-lined path, away from them and ignoring the shouts forher to return.
She doesn’tstop until she finds a shaded bush off in the distance, where she candiscreetly try to deal with the problem. A swath of bandages in her med kitserve as a makeshift pad within her underwear to stop some of the flow, but herclothing remains saturated. There’s no scrubbing the blood from the front orback of her tunic.
Why? Why? WHY?!
She knocks herhead against a nearby tree, as if that will keep the hot blush from her cheeks.Tears gather in her eyes, as much out of mortification as her growing awarenessof just how much her abdomen hurts.
Several yardsaway and out of view, she hears a familiar cough and cringes.
“Will you bealright, Sakura?” Kakashi asks, calm as usual. He’s very good at keeping anyinflexion out of his words, but she saw his eyes before she fled. He is notcomfortable with this.
“I…I’ll befine. I’ll be right back,” she sniffs, hoping she can keep from crying; that’sall she needs right now is to have puffy eyes on top of this! What would Sasukesay?!
“Sakura, youhave nothing to be ashamed of,” Kakashi goes on, and she winces, expecting himto transition into an awkward talk about the ‘mysteries of her body’ the wayher mother did. “Have you gone through this before?”
“…No,” shewhispers.
“Do you needme to explain…?”
“No!” sheyells that before she can stop herself, and then in a quieter voice she adds,“I know what to do. My…my mother told me. And we…we had a class.”
“Alright.” Hesounds relieved. “Then you also know that you have to report to the hospitalwhen we get back to the village? All shinobi must be on some form of birthcontrol for field missions once they…once the time is right.”
“I know that,”she retorts, tone short as she hugs her elbows to herself in embarrassment. She just wants to be done with this!
“This is notsomething to be ashamed of, Sakura,” Kakashi tells her gently, and she realisesshe spoke out loud.
She clenchesher eyes shut, humiliated.
“I know, Iknow! the miracle of life and now I’m a woman and all that! I already know allthat, Kakashi-sensei, so please—”
“It’s not justthat,” he interrupts. “Think of it as your body’s way of conditioning you.”
Sakura pausesat this, having never had it put that way to her before.
The woman whotaught her and the other girls about the menstrual cycle explained it in softterms such as ‘moon time’ or visits from ‘Little Miss Strawberry’, a time ofher body weeping because it had no child. That it was a sign of a woman’sweakness that needed to be overcome by ignoring both the pain and crudeness ofit.
Her ears perkup. “Conditioning? Like training?”
“Exactly,”Kakashi says.
Sakura pauses,and then cautiously comes out from behind her hiding space to consider herinstructor. He is lingering against a tree, casual and unimposing, and keepinga respectful distance.
“What do youmean?” Sakura asks, taking a tentative step forward, though the bushes stillobscure her lower body.
“You arecapable of handling greater discomfort than either Sasuke or even Naruto willever be able to do,” Kakashi tells her. “Considering the pain both of them havehad in their lives already, that’s rather substantial.”
Wait, what?
“As kunoichi,you’re expected to meet all the same standards as male shinobi—and that’s whileenduring a regular pain that men never can,” he continues. “That makes youstronger in many ways.  And that’s noteven referring to those women who choose to become mothers. They’re in acategory of their own. That magnitude of strength was never meant to be asource of shame; if it was, it would not have been a function necessary tohuman survival.” He cocks his head, meeting her gaze. “Don’t you think?”
“I-I…”
Sakura’sthoughts stagger together at that, because it makes the kind of obvious sensethat she feels silly for not considering earlier. If she hadn’t had peopletelling her from childhood that this was the sort of thing she had to hide orbe worried about others knowing, she might have reacted to its occurrence withmere curiosity. Or shrugged at it as a quirk of the female human body.
Even hermother, in her sympathetic way, told Sakura that it was a woman’s task toensure no man knew if she was undergoing her ‘flowering time’.
“Men areuncomfortable about this sort of thing,” Mama informed her when Sakura was theage to start asking questions. “So, it’s better to only talk about thesematters with other women around.”
Girls atschool always talked about accidentally bleeding through their clothes with thesame severity of losing control of their bladder in public.
One of those things Ican control; the other, I can’t.
The notion isone she suddenly understands that not many people—even other women—are able tomake.
“Well?”
Kakashi isstill watching her face, the gleam in his eye suggesting he’s watching her cometo her important conclusion and glad that she has.
“Yes,” Sakuraagrees, and it feels almost like something invisible or intangible has settledirreversibly into place. “That makes sense.”
“I thought so,too,” he agrees. “I’ll tell my girlfriend that she’s incredibly smart.”
Sakura snortsat this. “Right. As if I’d believe youhave a girlfriend.”
“I do.”
“No offense,Kakashi-sensei, but no one who reads as much porn out in the open could get agirlfriend,” Sakura tells him. “Women have standards.”
Kakashi’s wideeyes suggest he is gaping at her, and then he sighs loudly.
“No respect…,”he sighs in a long-suffering voice, and glances up at the sky to judge thetime. “Anyhow, it’s getting late. We can either sit here in this bush forever,or we can get up and go home. I’m open to both, but personally I’d suggest thelatter, because at some point we’re all going to get hungry. And between youand me, I don’t trust Naruto not to try to kill and cannibalise Sasuke.”
“As if Sasukewould let him,” Sakura sniffs, automatically coming to the defense of theUchiha boy. Kakashi’s eyes crinkle a bit at that, and Sakura can’t help her owntiny smile. Then she exhales and steels herself: if she can handle walking backinto Konoha with blood seeping through her clothes, she can do anything.
This is not something to be embarrassed about.
Besides, maybeeveryone will just think I was wounded on the mission, she adds insomething too false for hope. It’s very obvious where her bleeding is comingfrom, so she’s not especially confident about that possibility. Come on! Just suck it up and go!
Of course, asusual, it’s easier to brave in her head than it is outside.
Kakashiperhaps notices her hesitation, because he suddenly shrugs out of his flakjacket; a red spiral tattoo stands out starkly against the pale skin of hisbicep. Before she can comprehend his puzzling action, he pulls it inside-out bythe sleeves until only the dark-blue interior shows and holds it out to her.
“Your choice,if you want,” he tells her, and Sakura gratefully accepts.
I’ll be brave aboutbleeding through my clothes some other day, she decides as she wraps the jacket around herwaist; the sleeves hang across her front in a way to obscure the stain there. Just…not today…
She feelsthat, considering the misadventures with the sheep, she is totally justified innot feeling very confident right now.
“Let’s go,”she says at last, fighting against the nervous tremble in her voice as shestands up.
She tries notto feel so very conscious of the feeling of her thighs rubbing and the waddedpad of linen between her legs.
Sakura tiptoesout from behind the bush and heads back to the road where Sasuke and Naruto arewaiting. They’re loitering noticeably, and when she gets within three feet ofthem, the three preteens look at each other and then quickly look away.
Kakashireturns and says, “Let’s get going, kids,” and heads onward. In uncomfortablesilence, his students follow him.
While theycontinue their walk, Naruto sneaks glances at her, oddly tense. Sakura suspectsKakashi explained to him what was going on before he came looking for her. Theblond boy looks unsure if he’s grossed out or intimidated or in awe of her, andso has settled for rude staring.
As if he has any business staring at me?!
Sakura isabout to reach over and punch him for it, when he swivels suddenly and demandsof Kakashi, “Hey, Kakashi-sensei, did that tattoo hurt? I wanted to get one forbecoming a genin, but the stupid old man doing the tattoos said it hurt toomuch for kids. I told him I could take it, but he didn’t believe me. Maybe ifyou put in a good word for me…?”
The babble islouder and more noticeable than usual, the way forced conversation tends to be,but it’s a step back to normal. Sakura relaxes a bit, glad that Naruto isn’tgoing to be his usual tone-deaf self and start asking a bunch of embarrassingquestions.
It’s hard tobe completely at ease, though, especially as Sasuke doesn’t even look at her.That makes her already shaky confidence waver. What if this embarrasses him somuch he can never look at her again without remembering her bleeding throughher clothing?
But then whileNaruto starts to describe the tattoo he wants (a robot fighting a giantlizard), Sasuke suddenly speaks: “Ginger.”
“Huh?” Sakurasays for wont of anything intelligent to say.
“Ginger tea,”he clarifies, not looking at her but, is she imagining it, or is the back ofhis neck red. “My father always made my mother ginger tea when she was… Iteases the pain.”
“I…yeah, mymother says that, too,” Sakura replies shyly, cheeks warming once more. It’s sorare that he talks about his family, that she almost forgets what he’s makingreference to.
“It’s alsoeasier to find than something like dark chocolate if we get assigned a longmission away,” he continues. “We should all stock up.”
He quickenshis pace then, putting distance between them and an effective end to any furtherpossible conversation.
But the restof Sakura warms at that. Though she knows he is simply taking this all in hisusual logical stride—a member of his team experiencing monthly bouts of paincould affect their mission—it’s still a show of Sasuke’s concern.
It almostmakes up for him having witnessed the most embarrassing moment in her entire life.
Almost.
つづく
Hopefully you enjoyed it!
I wasoriginally going to have this be a short one-shot with each of our team members goingthrough a different, humorous challenge. But while I was writing Sakura’s bit,I started to move away from the humour theme and started to tap into an annoyanceI’ve always had about how people talk about girls going through puberty. Womenare shamed about their periods from long before they even have them,conditioned to hide them and feel guilty when they accidentally bleed throughtheir clothes or are too pained by cramps to go outside. And heavens forbid theyeven mention it within the hearing of a man, for goddess sake, hissensibilities! *gasp*
So, this fic sort ofevolved into a three-parter dealing with the not-so-fun bits of puberty in amore informative, open-manner. If you want to see me write the funny side ofpuberty, check out Walk a Mile. I’llbe dealing with it there. For this 3-parter, though I’ll examine the emotional andphysical toll it can take on kids going through these changes, especially in amixed-group setting. That’s not to say there won’t be any humour, but that’s not going to be the focus. I hope that’sokay, since the prompt didn’t specifically require humour…
Anyhow, that’s my long-ass postscript. Until next time!
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jeanbeaux · 3 years ago
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