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[shyflowerhologram]

I want to narrate Sai's ambush on Sasuke because it doesn't make sense:

Sai briefly met Sasuke for the first time a couple of hours ago. During their short meeting, Sasuke made it clear that he had no interest in dealing with Sai or discussing Naruto's feelings.

So after a few hours, Sai decides to sneak into Sasuke's bedroom while he's asleep. For some reason, Sai believes that Sasuke will have heartfelt chat with him and be overjoyed, because Sai is taking him back to Konoha.

It’s also important to let Sasuke know that you initially intended to kill him but changed your mind (good grief, Sasuke, you're safe now). Despite having experienced Sasuke's opinion on that matter firsthand, Sai still chooses to discuss Naruto’s bonds. Naruto is desperately holding onto Sasuke, so Sasuke is expected to comply. Sai doesn't ask for Sasuke's side of the story, apparently he's already expert in team 7 relationship.

fun fact: Sasuke is so unbothered that he doesn't even turn over.

Also, I wonder if Danzo really believed that Sai would be able to eliminate Sasuke, he knew Uchihas, he knew their abilities, he feared them and suddenly Sai's brush vs Sharingan makes sense?

[generouskittensong]

Makes no sense. Kishis cheap way of making things happen. Naruto has sooo many flaws. No wonder why many don't like it.

[shyflowerhologram]

*Killer B, a good guy, asking Itachi why he didn’t put his 7 year old brother under mind control as a precaution in case he turned evil in the future and Itachi replying that he didn’t do so because it was simply physically impossible at the time*

[venusintheblindspots-blog]

And to follow up on my previous post about Dany and Sasuke, the main difference between the two characters is the fact that Dany is being written by an author who understands that the only way to dismantle oppressive systems is through violence, whereas Sasuke’s author doesn’t.

The shinobi system as shown in the anime and manga is cruel to almost every character that we encounter, from the main heroes,- Naruto, Kakashi, Tsunade, Sakura, etc., and our anti-heroes/villains, like Pain, Madara, Obito, even Orochimaru. It preys on child-prodigies to use as tools to further the broken philosophies of the hidden villages.

Itachi massacred his entire clan at thirteen years old, because the people in power in his village gave him the order, and manipulated him into thinking he had a choice.

Nagato Uzumaki lost his entire family at the hands of shinobi wearing his family emblem on their backs.

Our main character, Naruto , was made into a vessel for an ancient demon by his father a few minutes after his birth.

The shinobi system is one that operates on violence and oppression. How else can it reformed or disbanded, if not through violence?

And there is a popular misconception about Daenerys’ last chapter in ADWD, the violence she will enact will not be towards the people of Westeros, but rather the slave masters, who have disregarded the lives of the people enslaved by them.

[uchihaempress]

I just had a “debate” with an Itachi Stan and it inspired me to go back on Tumblr again 😭 They were saying how Itachi killed the Uchiha clan for the greater good. I asked what greater good? And they said “Uchiha curse” lmao I hate Naruto stans so much like I can’t even take them seriously 😭😭😭😭

[shyflowerhologram]

the moment when itachi just passed by sasuke and didn't even stop for a moment to face him broke something... i got it he was in a hurry but he just spent an hour chatting and giving advices to naruto, but can't even stop for one second for his brother?

[antigonesiropdefruit]

It's hard to believe that Itachi really loves his brother when he treats Naruto like the seventh wonder of the world, when he can't even have a 100% non-manipulative conversation with Sasuke.

He tells Sasuke to kill his best friend and live a cowardly life to dedicate his life to revenge.

Then he tells Naruto to be accepted by his comrades to become Hokage.

One of them has clearly been treated better.

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I'm really tired of the age old debate about who was "right" when it comes to the whole 2009 Batfam debacle where Dick took the Robin mantle from Tim and gave it to Damian because literally no one in that situation was 100% right. Everyone did something wrong or reacted to something poorly.

I do think Dick was right to give Robin to Damian because it was the only way to keep Damian in check given the shitty situation that Dick had been suddenly thrust into. However, he approached it completely wrong. He definitely could've handled the telling Tim part a lot better (for starters, by making sure that Damian was nowhere nearby to come up and aggravate Tim further during that process). It also would've been better if instead of simply telling Tim that he was taking Robin away, he instead included Tim in that decision making process so he could better find a solution that benefitted everyone or at the very least help Tim understand exactly why he wanted to give Robin to Damian and come up with a solution for how Tim was still going to fit in the picture.

Tim's reaction was 100% understandable, but still not the right way to handle it. He had explosive bouts of rage and shouldn't have punched Damian. But at the same time, his reaction is understandable and not just an asshole move like a lot of people sometimes call it as. He had lost everything in a span of a year or so and even before Bruce "died" he had talked about how being Robin was one of the only things keeping him going. When he lost that too, it was like his world shattered. Understandably he lashed out, but it still doesn't justify everything he did. He could've handled it better, but he wasn't just a complete asshole for no reason.

Plus, some of his anger was justified because after all he put into the Robin mantle, I personally don't believe Dick should've just taken it from him without involving him in the decision making process. Again, this harkens back to how Dick handled it. Giving Robin to Damian was the right decision, but Dick could've handled it way better amd Tim could've reacted way better too.

And Damian shouldn't have been a little shit to Tim about taking the mantle but his behavior is understandable given his background and age. Also, he did do his best to prove that he deserved it after the fact and did actively try to be better. He wasn't perfect and made a LOT of mistakes but he was also trying to be better which is admirable.

So yeah. Can we all agree by this point that it was a shitty situation and everyone did the best that they could but mistakes happened? And stop saying that either Tim was 100% right and Dick was an asshole or Dick was 100% right and Tim was an asshole because neither of them were. Both were grieving, and it was not a black and white situation. It was very much a shades of grey sort of deal.

Anyways, I write this post because I'm tired of seeing people berate either Tim or Dick or even Damian because of how that situation was handled. They'll take the side of one of those characters and pin all the blame on the other when everyone fucked up at least a little bit in that situation.

[danny-chase]

"I personally don't believe Dick should've just taken it from him without involving him in the decision making process."

Dick wasn't the one to do that

Batman: Battle for the Cowl #3

Alfred passed on the mantle without Dick or Tim's knowledge, while the two of them were running around as Nightwing and Batman. What was Dick supposed to do, take it back? Yeah he chose to accept Damian as Robin - but he was reacting to Alfred's decision, leaving him little time to consult with Tim.

I don't think I've seen anyone ever address Alfred's role in the situation. Which is odd, considering he has a pretty big one.

[acceptsonlynttnightwing]

Yep, I think Dick definitely should have included Tim in the decision making process, but I guess if he was certain Damian needed Robin, there wasn't much of a process to speak of - especially since Alfred had already handed the costume over.

Tim had earned Robin though, and I feel bad for him.

But also, Tim was kinda a jerk to Dick and that's rarely mentioned.

Also, a lot of posts that 'fairly analyse' TIM'S faults during Bruce's trip of the magic school bus rarely do a unbiased job of it. They're always vague and saying Tim shouldn' have fought with Dick or Damian. Dick's mistakes on the other hand are a lot more detailed and descriptive.

Let's play an Uno reverse and see what comes up, huh?

One, it bothers me a little that Tim was never shown worrying about Dick's mental/emotional state (or even concerned he was grieving too) while DICK on the other hand kept trying to get Tim to talk to people and maybe go to therapy. While Dick had been emotional supporting Tim for years, Tim could muster up a little consideration for Dick's feelings? Like, physically fighting Dick was a real arsehole move but so was just abandoning him AFTER he said (for the first time) that he needed Tim's help.

Two, Tim's the one who let Jason out of prison before Battle for the Cowl. And Dick had to deal with the mess that created while Tim was off on his Bruce quest - and it was a mess alright. Jason was quite unambiguously written as unstable and mad, he went on regular murder sprees and had nearly killed Damian and Tim during the Battle for the Cowl before Dick arrived. And then he came back to Gotham twice and killed a bunch of people and nearly got Dick and Damian too. Overall stupid decision, but it's also kinda shitty that Tim just left the whole mess to Dick without any kinda of apology or acknowledgment.

Three, Tim didn't tell Dick he knew Bruce was alive even though he had multiple opportunities to during Blackest Night. Like, WTH Tim? Dick deserved to know. Plus, would have made things easier than dealing with the Ras.

Tim couldn't even explain keeping quiet to himself - he knew he should have told the others, but just didn't. He even said 'Alfred deserves to know' (again, example of the robins never really holding Alfred accountable) but didn't think Dick deserved the same courtesy? Dick, the man Bruce had raised from 8 to 18. He didn't think Dick might want to know that the man he was so unfailingly loyal to, a man for whom Dick had sacrificed his life for multiple times, the man whose much dreaded mantle Dick had taken on and whose son he was raising, was alive?

I don't know, but IMO Tim came off pretty badly in Red Robin in relation to how he treated his family - immature, thoughtless and self absorbed. And I can cut him some slack for that - he was young and grieving. But the number of fanfics I've read that blame Dick and make him grovel for forgiveness and get yelled at by Jason or Bruce of all people!? Like, Jason, you tried killing Tim multiple times and Bruce, you took Robin away from Dick when he was the one who created it (and did too many shitty things to mention here)! Neither of you get an opinion on this! And Cass, sorry, but you just weren't around for that arc - DC being shitty as usual I know, but the fics don't change that. Instead she just strolls in after Bruce comes back.

Also, while we're on the topic, I don't think Cass could have taken over Batman? Like, sure, she'd gotten better, but she was still nowhere near the level she needed to be as a detective or leader. Can anyone really say she'd have been able to take Bruce's place on the JL or even just teach Daimian?

Also, how is it that any analysis always makes sure to talk about Tim apparently loosing everything to excuse him, but never mentions Dick's own situation?

I use 'apparently' because, as in rarely acknowledged, most of the people Tim lost had already come to life by the time Bruce died (Steph, Conner and Bart).

Dick just went though Blockbuster PURPOSELY destroying his entire life (blowing up his apartment in blud and killing all his friends and neighbors and destroying Haly's and killing most of the performers), then Tarantula killed Blockbuster and raped Dick (for which he blamed himself). Oh, and in the middle, tarantula interrupted a date with Barbara and kissed him, for which Barbara basically victim-blamed him (asked why he 'pretended' to be surprised when random people kissed him) and broke up with him. Then he went undercover with the mob and Slade to get leverage on them and force them (and other major villains through Slade) out of Blud and give the city a fresh start - during which all his friends thought he'd gone bad and even Clark suspected him. Then Slade destroyed Blud BECAUSE DICK OUTSMARTED HIM (in Slade's defense, it was super OOC writting because in the previous issued he'd JUST agreed to protect Blud from major villains and Slade's whole thing is 'my word is my bond'), Dick went racing into the radioactive ruins (despite Clark literally picking him up and putting him outside the city). Since Slade had targeted Blud to get back at him, Dick blamed himself and was depressed and passively suicidal from that and from letting Blockbuster die (even Bruce noticed). THEN the crisis happened and he went undercover in Blackgate, his extraction got screwed up and Dick was tortured on fear gas and by various villains for a week before nearly being lobotomized. Then he managed to escape only for Bruce to die - forcing him to give up his fledging new life in New York and come back to Gotham to take up a mantle he hated.

Dick didn't even get time to mourn before everyone (Tim especially) insisted Nightwing wasn't enough - that Dick had to take up Batman - despite Bruce telling him to let the mantle die.

Dick lost his original home and family, his city and finally his father - and, except for Bruce, the others were dead BECAUSE OF THEIR CONNECTION TO HIM! He was basically suicidal in the middle.

Damian was literally the only thing he had left of Bruce. Is it really unreasonable that he'd want to stop him from going back to eh league of assassins?

Also, let's remember, Bruce actually raised Dick for most of his childhood vs the the maybe six months he actually raised Tim and maximum of four years Tim was robin. It's always confused me why fandom thinks Tim grieved more.

[acceptsonlynttnightwing]

I dont think Jason would want to be a Brucie Wayne. But he is alive again in comics and the public knows. Also he doesnt actually have a hair trigger temper. Dick is actually the one you could say had that problem at one point. Nor is the character unstable nowadays. Plus Jason did run a casino publically for a bit. Combine that with the fact that several drug dealers were able to successfully lead companies because of the skills they gained as criminals and many major companies have people read books about crime industries to learn to think outside the box and there is evidence to suggest Jason could be a sneaky heir in his own right.

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What is it with people sending submissions instead of asks? :’(

1. I completely agree that Jason would hate to be a Brucie Wayne, which is why I never said he wanted that. The post was focusing more on Dick, which is why I didn’t write about Jason’s feelings on it.

2. Oh shit, I forget about the penguin fiasco. My bad - I’ll change the original post. Thanks for reminding me!

3. Actually Dick’s never had ‘anger issues’ - most of it is vastly exaggerated by fandom with a few cherry picked events (without context) from an over 80 year history. If you’re actually interested, read a few of @bigskydreaming​ ‘s posts about it (I forgot the specific one I read addressing this, so it would be great if you could post the link here?). Sure, he’s fought with Roy a couple of times, but that’s largely it - if fighting with Bruce a couple of times was considered proof of anger problems, even SUPERMAN would be considered a maniac. 

4. I mean, I’d say assuming a new Robin meant you were being replaced and had never been loved (when YOU yourself had replaced the original robin) and then nearly killing said 14/15 year old CHILD isn’t what I’d call stable. Neither is   killing nearly killing Tim, Damian AND Dick multiple times during the DickBats era? Murdering dozens of petty criminals dressed up as your brother and grinning about said brother’s city blowing up (killing millions and possibly him) doesn’t read as particularly stable either.

Neither does punching said brother for the crime of pretending to be dead after being publicly tortured and unmasked to go undercover and save a bunch of heroes (including you and the rest of the family) when you did the same thing for far less nobel reasons?

Also, before you point to his resurrection, Lazarus pit madness isn’t an actual thing; Jason just has anger issue. Dinah, Ollie, Cass and even Ra’s have been resurrected through it and they were all perfectly fine. Jason has anger management problems - it’s a part of his characterisation (except for the four years he was robin) - and while he’s gotten better, it still resurfaces. Being CEO with issues like that wouldn’t work, especially given that Bruce’s main job was supposed to be smiling for the cameras and other rich people and signing Lucius Fox’s checks.

So, given how the majority of Jason’s characterisation has shown him, I don’t think I’m wrong. Also, no offence, but Jason hasn’t had an active title in more than a year (I pretend Seeley’s Robins isn’t a thing), so there aren’t really many opportunities he could have lost his temper lately. Especially since the reboots basically turned him into an angrier Dick Grayson and watered down his character into a mindless yes-bat (also, the reboot erased his crime empire but kept Battle for the Cowl, go figure). Like, Jason had a personality and genuinely thought he was doing what was right. Sure, he was emotionally clouded and made mistakes, but the heart of the matter was that he was willing to get his hands dirty to fix things, and I think they could have done really cool stuff with Jason if they’d kept to that instead. 

5. I mean, sure, a few drug dealers have become successful businessmen, but a few people from basically EVERY profession have, so that’s not saying much. Models, professors, yoga teachers, the list goes on. Personally, I see Jason as largely good hearted, but as lacking the social skills - and being incapable of keeping up the pretence - to run Wayne enterprises. Dick, on the other hand, as actually been shown replacing Bruce and doing a good job of it (even despite Morrison’s casual racism).

Also, Jason ran a casino and a crime empire for a bit versus Dick’s ran the Titans (and the financials and branding and logistics) for years and headed the Outsiders, was a museum curator, graduated and has a law degree (something that would matter to the board of directors) and took over for Bruce as head of WE for a couple of years. I think the better choice is clear. And Bruce clearly doesn’t trust Jason enough to make him heir. 

Technically, anyone could be anything, but I don’t think there’s sufficient evidence to argue that Jason would be a good head of WE.