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No matter the cost, no matter the sacrifice, to save a doomed world.
Or, to quote my favourite game of all time, "No cost too great."
Pastiche of Judith II by Gustav Klimt
Judith II is a very interesting painting, especially paired with its first counterpart. The focus on the character of Judith and not her act (beheading the man she just seduced to save her people), in the first painting we look at a seductive sight, while the second shows harsher traits, a resolve and determination that displays the unwavering goal to protect her people.
Madara was interesting to put here, for me, because, on one hand, the Uchiha have this whole "seductive and attractive" thing with them, something we especially see with Sasuke and how he is treated, and that can link back to their kekkei genkai as well. They are sought after like prizes, for their looks, for their eyes, hunted and seen more as objects than people.
Of course, the context is very different there from the original story of Judith, but it's really the intent I wanted to focus on, the whole atmosphere of the painting and how decisive she looked.
Madara doing unspeakable act to achieve his goals is nothing new, and I don't think it's something that only came with his madness after Izuna's death, although it was probably magnified. In the name of his clan and those he loves, Madara is able to go very far, and when he finds himself convinced he has a way to achieve peace, he runs with it and ignores the consequences of his own actions.
So he even defiles Hashirama's legacy, his own body turned against him and his ideals. It is betrayal, and I enjoyed having hints of both his and Hashirama's treachery towards one another.
Madara's wound, Hashirama's ultimate choice to abandon him and detach him from their shared dream (this is not to argue whether or not he was right in doing so, but the nature of this act. Even if it was justified (and I believe, to some extent, it was), it is betrayal), with flowers blooming from it (forget me not, the name was one of the reason, the second was that, in Japanese flower language, they signify true love). On the other hand, Hashirama's head, Madara's own prize from their encounter, his cells his power, a key to his dream, but a stab in the back to Hashirama, to use his own body in such a way (hmmm... they are so toxic)
Hashirama is peaceful, dead, Madara is determined and still going, fire and destruction behind him, a trail of blood at his feet, but remaining unbothered. Spider lilies are a last touch, they are often linked to death and rebirth in Japan, but also reflect abandonment.
Madara is someone who tries to walk forward while unable to move on or heal, forever stuck as he tries to save and protect while destroying what is dearest to him in the end.
Tragic character, I love him so much.
(here are the sketches)
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(there is a lack of duo akatsuki au therefore im taking matters into my own hands) headcanon that Obito decided to recruit Kakashi into Akatsuki. When Kakashi saw that Obito grew out his hair to pretend to be Madara he was like "great idea im now Sakumo". (like the village destroyed my father i will now destroy the village in his name uwu.) then for the shits an giggles he also sometimes go by tobirama. plus when kakashi joined akatsuki obito shoved white zetsu into him to fix his chakra problem (dawg i just want him to use kamui more than once a month). this might be incoherent ive been drawing for hours straight.
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Ryosuke is the son of Madara Uchiha (Obito’s gotta be born somehow 😭😭)!!! He was the result of the Uchiha elders insistance that Madara have an heir! When Madara left the village, he tried to take Ryosuke with him but Hashirama wouldn’t allow him to take a child into dangerous situations. Ryosuke ended up living with Hashirama and Tobirama throughout his childhood, staying in the Hokage manor and training under Tobirama!
Ryosuke ends up abandoning the village after Tobirama’s death, unable to continue to act like he doesn’t despise everything about the place. He moves to Amegakure and stays pretty solitary from there on out, only doing occasional missions for the village in exchange for them not extraditing him back to Konoha.
I think Itachi’s novel mentioned that the sharingan eyes see everything red (and if it doesn't say that well I still like the concept) and I have the headcanon that each person's chakra has its own color. So the sharingan sees the world in a red filter and over it people's colorful chakra signatures. (I guess this makes them kind of sensors).
These comics are interpretations of how each Uchiha sees their lover's chakra :>
Also tiny detail, Kakashi's chakra is white/gray and I hc Obito's as black, which is why Kakashi's sharingan is black in the last panel.
Sibling doomed from the start
Thinking about Madara and Izuna again (just some sketches and thoughts).
I can't help it. No matter how much time passes, I somehow always return to the era of the Warring States Period and its corresponding chapters. The themes, the characters, the tragedy - it's just peak.
It's so damn short (too damn short) and yet all the little details we do see/are shown, say so much. A small detail I've always enjoyed is how young Madara's clothes seem far too big for him. It's a minor, inconsequential design choice, but I think it really helps convey the themes that Madara and Hashirama are beginning to explore as they come to know each other.
They recognize that they are both children who are forced to live in a world where they're ultimately expected to kill and be killed like men. Childhood is nonexistent here, it's a foreign concept - there's no time for such luxuries amid war. That Madara's outfit doesn't quite 'fit' him yet and he obviously hasn't 'grown into it' symbolically calls back to this horrific reality... and then it makes you wonder, how many young Senju and Uchiha never fully 'grow into' their clothing or armor?
Granted this could just be a classic/historical Japanese clothing nod that I have no reference for/am looking too deeply into (and, of course, there are other characters who also wear baggier clothing simply for 'style'), but where's the fun in that, lol?
Personally, I also like to view this design choice for Madara as a way of hinting at the nature of 'hand-me-down' culture which is something often explored within the series when it comes to the Uchiha in particular. The idea that 'your brother can't use this anymore, so now it's yours' and how it could thematically connect to this greater culture of the Uchiha passing their eyes/light to one another... I don't know, it's just good stuff haha.
And then, knowing that Madara shared Hashirama's progressive (for their time) values, I often think about what ideological clashes Madara might have been processing during this period - both within himself and against/with those in his clan (especially since we are never directly shown such things). Regardless of how he truly feels and by nature of his role/the brutality of the era he lives in, he is essentially doomed to watch his only surviving brother (who looks like he still bears baby fat when we're first introduced to him, by the way - I don't know about anyone else, but to me Izuna and Tobirama both look exceptionally young during the river confrontation) grow into his armor and fight alongside him.
Madara would know that, logically, Izuna fitting into his armor means prolonged protection and safety, but emotionally, wouldn't it bother him to see his brother fully enter into a world where he has to fight? A world where Madara might not always be there to protect him and keep him safe? A world where he never gets that childhood Madara and Hashirama have dreamt for kids to one day have? The moment Izuna puts on his armor and begins to know it as a second skin, he inadvertently confirms the ugliness in the world that Madara hates the most.
In that way, the fact that something as simple/minor as the barely worn jacket a deceased older brother used to wear or the fact that child-sized armor not only exists at this point in time in shinobi history but is considered a necessity, would be all the more reason for Madara to damn and judge the cruel world around him.
Idk, just in general I will always wish that we had gotten Madara's unfiltered recollection of these same events, at least to have them in contrast (or even to supplement) Hashirama's. While I think, given what we do have, Hashirama's retelling is likely the most accurate version of a 'past Madara' (especially since he knows Madara so intimately), there are/will always be things he just simply can't know or understand about his friend... and that then leaves so many of these lingering threads/questions unanswered and underexplored.
We know, for example, that Hashirama struggled once Madara's true identity was revealed to him and it became all but guaranteed that either the two of them or their families would one day clash, but how did Madara handle it? And what did it mean to those around him when news spread that he had awakened his sharingan not in battle or with the death of a dear one, but when he swore/chose to completely remove Hashirama from his life (someone who brought him joy, connection, and acknowledgement) in order to protect his family?
Did Izuna, back then, know what awakening the sharingan truly meant? Reexamining his reaction, he seems to be in awe of this change when he notices his brother's eyes. Similarly, we see with young Sasuke in his flashbacks that he talks about Itachi's sharingan with pride only to be later told by his father that he's 'too young' to be thinking about things associated with the sharingan...
Sure, they're both 'excited' reactions/responses from children in relation to a legendary skill important to their bloodline, but it makes me wonder if the true nature/meaning behind the sharingan is something that only those who have awoken it ever speak to one another about. While it of course equates to strength and the ability to better outlast your enemy, symbolically it also carries an intense, often painful emotional weight with it too. I've always enjoyed the idea that, while it's inevitable that kids and outsiders might view the sharingan and its related rumors as this great 'wonderful' achievement, only those who have actually experienced the awakening within themselves can really understand its true nature and that, given the unforgiving world they live in, those eyes are often reflections of great anguish, despair, and grief.
Something, something, older members of the clan having a more reserved/bittersweet view of the sharingan where it is acknowledged as an advantage that will hopefully lead/contribute to the preservation of their clan/loved ones but it also symbolizes the loss of innocence that can never be restored.
How did learning this then shape Izuna's perception of his brother's sharingan over time? Once he awakened his own and knew the cost/impact it had on him, did his understanding of what Hashirama meant to Madara begin to make more sense? Or did it confuse him even more because he couldn't fathom anyone, let alone his brother, caring so deeply about a Senju?
Again, idk. I'm just yapping, lol.
All these years later and I am still desperate for more when it comes to this era of Naruto's history (especially as it relates to Madara and Izuna/the greater Uchiha clan cultural lore).
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they spun their own string
I had a vision. Unfortunately, I do not have the skills to fulfil that vision so now im left with this
So, if Naruto is a baby sensor utterly convinced his and ANBU Cat's similar chakra means they're related, then it stands to reason he would find ways to sneak in places he shouldn't to spend time with his only family member.
pls read this thing bc i have been spoiled like a baby aaaaa
"It's been a long time, our Danzo-kun still loves playing villains as much as ever, huh?"
"This time he even provoked the gods..."
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Danzo Ronin's design in Naruto Mobile game is really cool 😭
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whoops forgot to post the full pic
and the extra sketches
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