i think two things can be true at once. kishimoto is wildly misogynistic and it shows in every bit of his writing. and also naruto and sasuke are the gayest motherfuckers ever created.
Fandom: Naruto (Anime & Manga)
Rating: T
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationship: Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, superficially inspired by Sasuke Restsuden, without actually caring about Retsuden "canon" at all, just know Naruto is sick and Sasuke is trying to fix it, Established Relationship, SasuSaku/NaruHina Infidelity Undertones, Fluff, Humor, Uchiha Sasuke is in Love with Uzumaki Naruto, Uzumaki Naruto is in Love with Uchiha Sasuke, Sasuke is a Secret Nerd, Naruto Loves It, Sasuke just really likes dinosaurs okay, i think it's cute, Crack Treated Seriously
Words: 1,940
Summary:
Sasuke meets a dinosaur. It's a whole thing.
On AO3 (excerpt under cut)
"I've been wasting away here by myself all day, every day—the last thing I wanna do is spend another second talking about how I'm dying or whatever. So," Naruto leans forward, eyes glinting. "You met dinosaurs. What was that like?"
"I did. And I told you."
"Why are you being so nonchalant about this?"
"I'm not."
"Oh, please. What kind?"
"What?"
"What kind of dinosaur was it? Don't pretend you don't know."
Sasuke shifts awkwardly in his seat. "…Velociraptor. I think."
"You think?" Naruto gapes at him. "All of a sudden he's mister modest—who do you think you're trying to impress with this newfound chill, huh? C'mon."
"I don't know what you mean."
"Listen, you can pretend to be the cool guy when you give your official debrief, alright? Just let it out before that stick in ass ruptures something and I have to explain your very embarrassing injury to Sakura-chan."
Unpopular opinion it seems like, but I think fighting with sasusaku/naruhina fans as an sns shipper is pathetic behavior. It just makes all of us look bad and further makes you look insecure about our ship when we have NO reason to be. You aren't going to change their minds and you WILL reinforce their opinions of sns fans/fujoshis. It's lose/lose.
Whether you were embroiled in the twitter drama or you found it on your AO3 tag feed, for the love of god, please leave that cheating fic alone. Don't comment on the fic, don't harass anyone (though I know it's tempting since some people already have). But this is your chance to step away and not perpetuate this gross behavior. If you see it on your feed just mute the author, it's not hard. The more attention you give it the more people will jump on that bandwagon and we will have to deal with it again.
Even more unpopular opinion-they have a point about the tags. I understand why they would be petty when SO MANY sns fics tag NaruHina and SasuSaku in ship tags when it is very clearly not a fic intended for those fans. That's just bad tagging and terrible etiquette and it would annoy me too if I were on the other side of it, like I was today. Use the additional tags to note background ships to spare people's ship tag feeds. You can still write Sakura bashing or whatever it is that brings you joy, but its just tacky and mean to tag the ship when doing it.
Yeah, the fic is dumb and tasteless, but it is also so clearly bait. I know practicing the "don't like, don't read" philosophy can be hard, but I promise it's worth it and we are all better off if you don't take the bait. Just block/mute and move on instead of associating this ship with pettiness and drama. Coping with things we don't like without throwing a tantrum is a valuable life skill.
If you have no idea what I'm talking about here, honestly I love that for you! Keep it up! Staying on our own lanes and focusing on the things we love is big dick energy.
it'd be cool if we could i dunno, focus on engaging with our fellow sns shippers and artists, writers, etc. still keeping the ship alive 20+ years later instead of rehashing ship wars as if there's anything new to be said that hasn't already been beaten to death in the decade since the manga ended 💖
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