If I Don't Get A Girlfriend This Pride Month I'll Die

i cannot take the pressures of society anymore, i’m going to join the akatsuki. i’ve realised that depression is not my ninja way 💔😰

Sakura gripping sasuke’s shoulders so hard they creak before he enters the courtroom: do you have your flashcards. Do you remember your lines. Do we need to go over basic respect again. Are you sure I can’t just transform into you and make your case myself

Sasuke: isn’t that illegal

Sakura: oh so now you suddenly care about the law?

Sasuke:

Sakura: ..yes it is but that law was made when the Uchiha ran the police and could tell with their sharringan. Not like anyone’s gonna do that NOW.

Sasuke: hm. Funny that.

Sakura: shut UP we clear your name first and THEN we can actually do things that matter.

Sasuke: so my potential execution suddenly doesn’t matter?

Sakura: DO YOU HAVE YOUR FLASHCARDS OR NOT

Sasuke: GOD fuck fine YES I have them now get out of the way or I’ll be late. Is that what you want you want me to be late I can’t WIN with your crazy ass

(Three minutes later, Sasuke on the stand)

Kakashi, loopy on painkillers I’m preparation for the obvious oncoming migraine: ….and how do you plead?

Sasuke, setting his note cards on fire and turning on his sharringan: guilty on all charges, obviously. The real question is how YOU, as the citizens of konoha complicit in atrocities and wars and countless horrors in your name, plead

The jury: 👁👄👁

The courtroom: 👁👄👁

Sakura: *foaming at the mouth and being physically restrained by Tenzo*

Naruto:

The konoha 12: thats what I thought you’d say you dumb fucking war criminal

Naruto: 😭🥰😨😍😰😘😱

Kakashi, very relieved he’s a dictator: well then I’ve heard enough. You’re free to go =/

I wish I saw more either anti Naruto or critical looks at how Naruto embodies the violence of Konoha.

Even among "pro Sasuke" people, they are either in SNS or don't talk about Naruto very generally.

Naruto aggressively, and obsessively, pursues Sasuke throughout the entire manga and this is somehow viewed as romantic.

But Naruto is, in actuality, a villain! And I wish people really understood this and talked about him in this light.

There was a long ass post about Itachi that I reblogged yesterdag that finally has a bit in the end about Naruto who cant even articulate his goals in regards to Sasuke when he meets Itachi.

I actually don't consider Sasuke's emotional revelations in the end of the manga canon because we never see how Sasuke thinks about anything until the end. Sasuke is PURE metaphor, you have to really pay attention to him to see what his deal is, but all of a sudden we see that he was actually inspired by Naruto/liked him this whole time in these shitty flashbacks?

Bullshit. 🤬

I think these were added to give weight to Naruto's obsession; it can now be justified because Sasuke actually liked Naruto this whole time! And the reasons for their fight also give weight to this (Naruto is my only friend, etc etc).

Main characters are supposed to get what they want; that's kinda how it works. But the themes of Naruto, and Naruto himself (who embodies those themes), just mean violence when he wins.

I saw somewhere that Kishimoto intended for Naruto and Sasuke to always reconcile, but the state and the revolutionary can't reconcile. You either defeat the state or die at the hands of it. And in Sasuke's case, you get assimilated (and subsequently brainwashed). And many radicals also assimilate, typically into the academy, or through class ascension.

The ending is just really terrible, and Naruto is so thoroughly unlikable that I find it odd more people don't do deep dives into his dysfunctional and obsessive pursuit of Sasuke.

And although Sakura gets *a lot* of grief for chasing after Sasuke, no one ever complains about how Naruto straight up told Jiriya that he wanted to be recognized by Sasuke and that is what drove him to get stronger.

(When you code Naruto's obsession with Sasuke as romantic, then it becomes easier to accept this aggression. Especially when Sasuke rarely rejects him outright, which isnt the case for Sakura. But Naruto's interest in Sasuke is selfish, and actually has very little to do with Sasuke himself. Just like Sakura).

It feels VERY refreshing to see anyone talk about how violent Naruto is throughout the manga toward Sasuke. And in OG Naruto, the violence is more poignant/obvious because they're on the same team.

The main reason I think Sasuke almost never rejects Naruto outright is because it would have been a different story; for the current narrative to work, Sasuke has to on some level accept/acknowledge Naruto. I think it actually would have embodied some of the themes better if Sasuke HAD rejected him (ie chose not to fight him at VoTE - either one/didnt call him his friend to the Sage/etc).

I dont want to muse too much about it because the manga is done, we are trapped with Boruto and that show has DEFINITELY destroyed Sasuke (and every other theme from Naruto honestly).

All I am asking is to see more analysis about Naruto that depicts him as his is; a selfish, obsessive person who pursued Sasuke in his quest to be acknowledged by him.

(I might have to embark on this quest alone, but going forward, if I see any good, non-shipping related content to this, I will reblog).

Y E S

Is it just me or do you guys also feel like pretty much every duo in Akatsuki gives of married couple vibes ranging from Chaotic Marriage to Domestically in Love

Prove me wrong! 🤣

Soo, it's pride month so i am here to come out as genderfluid, asexual and panromantic.

Thanks for your attention