the whole "hidan respects the rules of being a monk" thing falls apart around the canon fact that he eats and loves meat. it suits jashinists to be anti-vegans, its ideologically consistent with their basic principles. the best interpretation around sex and jashinism would be hidan being an anti-natalist, because if existence is suffering then bringing new life into this world would create more suffering. at the same time this is a compassionate act to some degree, so maybe having as many hidanlings as possible that could be killed later by him would be also consistent with jashinism. or if the basic principle is "kill thy neighbour" then creating life should be forbidden, i think i saw this done in a fanwork, and i liked it a lot.
i also think that the whole "dont form attachments" thing is kinda misrepresented by western fans, they think in terms of sins as in christianity, when buddhism handles these things differently. you shouldnt form attachments, yes, but not because sky daddy will smite you if you do, but because you are shooting yourself in the foot, since you cant really reach nirvana by being attached to material things (including your own self). hidan seems to be annoyed by kakuzus materialism, so some principles of (zen) buddhism are mirrored by jashinism. or maybe hidan is just a hater.
all this just to conclude that IN MY OPINION hidan would fuck without any issue or care in the world. if he is celibate he would be breaking it and making "exceptions" all the time, which is consistent with his personality type imho. that being said whatever rules jashinism might have hidan would break them if he wouldnt lose his abilities as a consequence. he can wholeheartedly believe in jashinism and its principles and still stray from them. hidan doesnt strike me as a person with a lot of self discipline and self control. a bit of a problem with jashinism in naruto is that we only see hidan being one. maybe he is the shittiest jashinist alive.
personally i still love to think hidan made jashinism up so he could justify being a serial killer with a weird jutsu he was born with that traumatized him every time he used it since childhood. just because he is batshit insane he can still experience trauma. whatever make believe rules hidan has around jashinism could be changed day to day. he would gaslight himself into thinking those were always the rules. i just enjoy the thought of him being delusional and psychotic and traumatized. it adds some juicy layers to his character.
answering this ask in a separate post because hoo boy i had a lot to say (surprising to no one ever) and tumblr hit me with a character limit?? i didnt know that was possible....
the only people riding kakuzus ancient dick harder than me (and hidan) are naruto powerscalers. bless their autistic minds. real recognizes real. for some reason their most repeated meme around kakuzu is "raw durability", attributed to him from some sort of flavour text from somewhere and i like the mental image it creates in my mind. other than them the old man is really misrepresented by the average dudebro, but i tend to pretend that men arent into naruto in the first place for my own sanity.
dudebros i encounter sometimes irl dont even remember kakuzu or hidan, and their thoughts about the akatsuki always boil down to "itachi was a genius bro" and "pain was right but i think killing people is bad". [miranda priestly voice] groundbreaking. if they have anything to say about kakuzu its usually "he is the only evil akatsuki member" or staring at me like im a pile of flaming shit when i say my favorite is kakuzu. online discussions about kakuzu have a couple painfully unfunny memes dudebros repeat ad nauseum. the one that pisses me off the most is "he threw a kunai at hashirama and ran". its only the repetition that gets me mad at this point, im sorta impressed by their commitment to avoid forming their own opinions. i gotta admit though no matter how many times i see "hes from the hidden village of the bands" comments i chuckle a bit.
the average (tumblr) fanon interpretation of kakuzu is "greedy cheapskate grandpa failing at get rich quick schemes" or "suave daddy dom" but i think every male character has suave daddy dom fics about them. i would expect more from tumblr but i get it at the same time, i know i have horrible bullshit interpretations of the characters i do not give half a shit about too. they miss the connection between kakuzus upbringing and betrayal trauma and his materialism and think hes into money for moneys sake.
in hidans case its painful to admit that the average redditor dudebro gets his essence better than tumblr. we gotta do better. he is an overconfident cocky little shit with absolutely nothing in his head 95% of the time (though the fact he made his own weapon is so cute. gap moe. geeky engineer and inventor hidan...) and thats his downfall. "hey watch this lol" and walks into the arms of death. if dudebros mention him its in relation to shikamaru. or he gets characterized in dudebro memes as a junkie which is so in character for him i cant even hate it. they are so right. i hate to agree with men.
for some reason tumblr and deviantart and doujin artists flatten him into 2 archetypes, depending on if they themselves want to fuck hidan or if they want kakuzu to fuck hidan. if they want to fuck hidan they make hidan into a suave daddy dom (unavoidable) who is really devoted, obsessed and loving (i could imagine him being that, but i dont think it would be painless or non-lethal for his partner). they also want him to be really in touch with his emotions for some reason, but i dont think hidan experiences that many of them in the first place, or not with the complexity they expect. even if for some reason he had the ability to be in touch with them i dont think he could ever consider anyones needs or how his reactions to his own feelings might impact others, even if he tried to. to not piss off the yumes too bad i really think he would try hard for someone he cares about, and he would sorta fool himself into thinking of himself as someone who is able to consider other people, but he fundamentally lacks the actual skill to do so. he isnt evil or stupid for this inability, he lacks the capacity to think further than his own self and could harm his partner by failing to consider their needs or boundaries (and that they have internal thoughts). people like hidan can harm others without any malice, and have a hard time admitting that their intent isnt the same as their impact, since it would mean admitting they were wrong. i think this is why he works so well romantically with kakuzu, because kakuzu doesnt give a shit, and hidan cant be as pushy or cross his boundaries as with other "weaker" people. the other fanon interpretation (kakuzus fucktoy) is him being a virginal and shy little twink who gets flustered and goes "b-but kakuzu... i must remain pure for jashin-sama" with the widest doe eyes that make me double check if it isnt a self insert female character instead of hidan. i get why its hot to people but i dont really think hidan cares about this.
jashinism is the subversion of buddhist values (specfically the mahayana school) that believes that if existence is suffering (in the buddhist sense) then one should reach buddhahood by easing the suffering of as many being as possible, because all beings together should ascend to nirvana instead of just the enlightened masters (my apologies if im kinda butchering it). it makes sense how an offshoot of this school could lead to jashinism, if being alive (thus existing) is suffering, then enlightenment can only be reached by easing that suffering of as many being as possible (killing them). the big principle behind mahayana buddhism is compassion, and the opposite of it would be cruelty, so the whole jashinism thing is a bit of an edgy play on that, like "look at this evil serial killer catholic priest! he is wearing a reverse cross and thinks all people should go to heaven, so he kills all of them! soooo dark and twisted" (ngl this sounds cool as hell). i guess it also works if hidan is keeping some of the rules that monks keep, like idk. no women or drinking. but i think its a lot more in character (and funny) for someone like him to break and bend any rule he pleases and justify the act why he actually wasnt breaking the rules. think of devout muslim men doing all the haram shit except for eating pork. hidan is something like that (imo). he would condemn everyone who breaks the rules ofc, but when he breaks them its "for a reason" or "doesnt matter. just this one time" or would simply pray it away. he would look for any weakness in those rules. no women? they didnt say nothing about sex with men... no alcohol? lets snort something instead. hidan is entertaining because he is an arrogant little fuck, stop taking the funny out if him 😭
sometimes someone I follow falls victim to severe Character delirium to the point where they stop even saying the character's name and just refer to them by an epithet like some kind of malevolent entity whom they don't wish to accidentally summon, so if the sickness sets in quickly enough and I don't pay close attention for a week I'm just Never going to figure Who this bastard haunting my friend Actually Is. and I'll spend months scrolling my dash occasionally seeing appeals to "that fucking horse" or "my evil grub."
I don't want to get hit by Tumblr for pornography again, so now everything is censored. And without it, here it is:
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i just wanted to give the universe an opportunity to prove me wrong out of the humbleness in my heart but im cursed since birth to never flop and to be always correct no matter what. the guy i went on a date with on a whim joined the hoe union for fair treatment or hes getting smarter because now he is trying to manipulate me with tutorial level manipulation tactics he has no business of being THIS BAD AT. instead of endlessly entertaining me like jesters and paying for things half baked rat men take too much of my precious free time that i could use to answer a really interesting and juicy naruto meta ask i have just sitting and withering in my inbox. now i have to use the hard earned calories in my brain to cook up some sort of excuse to these people without pissing them off so i can return to shitposting about 2 characters that have less combined screen time in naruto than narutos fuckign swingset. instead of having people up in my ass inquiring about my availability. forgive me kakuzu for ever straying from your path but i hope you feel vindicated now. the free finance guy ket was good while it lasted but never as good as 3 fat lines of kakuhida yaoi coke. now i know. i always knew
anyone else notice how when "digital assistants" were just supposed to do specific tasks when you asked for them we had Alexa and Siri and Cortana, but now that they're being marketed as smart enough to take actions and make decisions on their own they've got names like Claude and Devin
idk if this is an usamerican thing or not but it always blows my mind as a small european country resident that yall have many names and types of apples???? what do you mean its not just red yellow or green??? why is it so complicated??? who is granny smith????
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