It kinda pisses me off when die hard Sasusaku haters say Sasuke hates her and that he can’t stand even talking to her, and this is coming from someone who barely tolerated the ship for the longest time but never thought this.
I hate when they say it because they’re painfully mischaracterizing Sasuke and making him more an asshole than he actually is. I’m not even arguing abt him being in love with her, I’m arguing abt him caring abt her and having her in high esteem.
Part 1 Sasuke clearly cares for both of his teammates, so yes even Sakura: he calmed down when Sakura hugged him, he thanked her, he noticed when she was feeling insecure and encouraged her, said to Naruto he didn’t want to lose any other precious comrades, the anime even failed to convey some of his expression towards her, the hand scene looks way harsher than it actually was. Part 1 Sasuke is kinda an asshole but he is also precious and still caring for his teammates, it needed a curse mark and fucking Itachi reminding him with another torturing genjutsu so he could go back on track.
In Shippuden he even thinks of them as a whole team. he also goes completely nuts and barely acknowledges anyone besides Naruto at some point, but seems bent on killing pretty much everyone. In war arc where he is more sane he goes to say he doesn’t care about anyone nor saving sakura yet it genuinely makes me laugh when people fuckn BELIEVE him, him the one who always wants to distance himself, a true fake till you make it.
He acknowledges Sakura’s power, is the first one to move and save Sakura when Madara stabs her while Naruto and Kakashi are still shocked yet ppl ignore this and just look at Sakura’s limited prospective, ppl use the argument where he says he just protected Kakashi and Sakura bc they were next to Naruto, then next thing Kishi makes a point with Naruto talking abt “body moving on its own” and Sasuke can’t even contradict him. He catches her and for no other reason Kishi draws these two just standing there looking at each other. They use then genjutsu scene as if Sasuke actually fuckn killed her and wasn’t AGAIN trying to severe a bond that reminded him of his family by spilling shit out of his mouth. He then apologizes to her, somehow ppl found the way to villanise the forehead poke, completely ignoring that for Sasuke is quite an important gesture that he is replicating and a sweet way of refusing saying “next time”, doesn’t matter if fuckn Itachi then went forehead to forehead to simbolize no barrier is between them, that doesn’t mean the forehead poke isnt smth Sasuke sees as precious and yes, a way to be gentle and refuse, and OFC he is putting distance, he is saying Sakura can’t come with him, yet that doesn’t strip away the fact of how important this gesture is to him and HIM sharing it. Also why would he be gentle and saying next time if he hates sakura. tf? He also uses the forehead poke on his DAUGHTER, and now next thing ppl are gonna say Sasuke is a dad who hates his daughter. Wow he is such a great man in your prospective, why do you even like him if you think this man isn’t capable of care and love besides one person (Naruto. and maybe two bc of his dead brother)?
Sasuke quite clearly cares about Sakura and recognizes her abilities, Sasuke isnt certainly going to marry someone he fucking hates or can’t stand to be in the same room with bc believe it or not this god-like man is capable of escaping a marriage.
Now I can instead listen to ppl saying he isn’t IN LOVE with her, like if you just look at what just Kishi gave us. Yet there are a myriad of other antisasusaku reasons that make way more sense that one could headcanon to explain why Sasuke isn’t in love yet still married Sakura other than Sasuke fucking hates her and Sakura somehow coerced him (a ninja trained in espionage, to hide, incredibly strong, who is mostly out of the village) into marrying her.
I genuinely want you to understand how bad you’re depicting Sasuke when saying he hates someone that only ever cared for him, when saying he didn’t care abt team 7 as whole, when saying he doesn’t have ANYONE besides naruto to enjoy moments with, how distant and cold you making him to be when a great struggle of his is continuing to care and care when he tries his hardest to NOT CARE. and fucking fails unless he becomes some (rightfully) hysterical fuck.
