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[vikingfunerals]

the commodification of friendship is the most annoying thing to come out of the internet in ages. like actually i love to break this to you but you're supposed to help your friends move even if it's hard work. or stay up with them when they're sad even if you're gonna lose sleep. you're supposed to listen to their fears and sorrows even if it means your own mind takes on a little bit of that weight. that's how you know that you care. they will drive you to the airport and then you will make them soup when they're sick. you're supposed to make small sacrifices for them and they are supposed to do that for you. and there's actually gonna be rough patches for both of you where the balance will be uneven and you will still be friends and it will not be unhealthy and they will not be abusive. life is not meant to be an endless prioritization of our own comfort if it was we would literally never get anywhere ever. jesus.

[kcuf-ad]

You hate Sasunaru because you're homophobic.

I hate Sasunaru because it actively ruins Sasuke's character and it forces him back into the village that oppressed his family, forced his brother to kill them all and it makes one of the characters unable to listen to the other when he wants to be left alone.

We are not the same

[snowdrop0509]

Very needed post. I don’t hate the ship as a standalone because the way I perceive them is very different than the masses. But the fandom’s attitude towards Sasuke and his fans versus how they let solo Naruto stans feel comfortable to talk shit about Sasuke has solidified my status as a hater.

[seraphynna]

a genuine question to fellow pro-sasuke fans (cuz i wanna understand him better):

we are already aware that the shinobi system was corrupt and his plan was to radically change it so that no more war will happen since he alone will be perceived as the sole enemy.

i watched his convo with naruto before their epic fight again and it got me thinking. i do get his point but at the same time, isn't his version of a shinobi system equally as corrupt? not only was his way very pessimestic, lonely and miserable, it also felt like he wanted to become a dictator who wants everybody to follow his regime.

this is by no means trying to invalidate his stand. cuz i do believe that sasuke was right in seeking justice because konoha is rooted in facism. i'm just curious if his "revolution" plan is sustainable? and how long before it corrupts him mentally?

another question is how long will he be able to sustain that kind of peace? i mean, it's not like he's gonna live forever. eventually, he would grow old and die.

[snowdrop0509]

To be fair, I already know that his plan is far from being perfect. But I will address a few points:

- His plan being as morally corrupt as the existing system: I know it won’t operate on free will or democracy. But the only person truly suffering in his vision is himself - which is his own right. He is not like the old men sitting in a council using nationalism to get kids to finish each other.

- A lot of ppl think he would just be murdering random ppl left and right to force everyone to submit but let’s be realistic: he is already one of the 2 demigods of the verse. If he executed every Kage that would already make most ppl fear him enough to not try anything against him. So he wouldn’t need to take unnecessary lives. I can imagine him living secluded most of the time and only appear when someone tries to disrupt the peace by making people slaughter each other instead of collectively hating him.

- The sustainability is the biggest weakness of his plan. But he can prolong his lifespan with the Rinnegan and the idea is that he only needs to install the image of a collective enemy inside of everyone. If they continue to unite against him even after death like they do with Madara he would still have succeeded nevertheless.

Then again, I don’t think his plan was ideal. I love him because he raised solid questions, is selfless enough to make himself the scapegoat and is the only one questioning the system. In hindsight it would have been better than what the Kages gave ppl.

[lyovara]

Sasuke never once shows hatred toward women as a group. He never mocks women, never objectifies them, and never treats them as inferior fighters. When Sasuke fights someone, he fights them as an enemy or a shinobi. Gender has never mattered to him. He judges people based on loyalty, betrayal, and personal history. That is literally the opposite of sexism.

But suddenly, when it comes to Sakura and Karin, all logic disappears. Some fans reduce Sasuke’s entire character to those two relationships while ignoring everything else about him. Karin repeatedly invades his personal space, acts obsessive, and ignores boundaries, yet that behavior is brushed off as “funny” or “cute.” If the roles were reversed, people would absolutely call it creepy. The double standard is painfully obvious.

The same goes for Sakura. She ignored Sasuke’s emotional distance for years and forced her feelings onto him even when he clearly showed he was not emotionally available. Sasuke being cold or rude is treated like a crime, while Sakura’s behavior is excused as love or devotion. That is bias.

[snowdrop0509]

I speak for all the Sasuke fans that have been contributing to this tag from the day it exists that just because you like Sasuke to some capacity, it doesn’t make every opinion and post u have about him a “pro-Sasuke” one. If you are gonna use this tag, at least go through some of the older posts, or question does the post help debunk the lies and hypocritical takes made about Sasuke? Does it show appreciation for his actions in general and his character arc as a whole? Does it call out the many ways the Naruto fandom had negatively affected Sasuke lovers’ fan experience for years?

And most importantly if you are gonna center another character while writing no sentences that is in support of Sasuke, kindly do not use this tag.

[lilithofpenandbook]

Okay, so on the one hand, Snape going alone after the troll makes sense considering he had the job of hunting down Quirrel and seeing what he was doing. On the other hand, the way it was described as Snape being the only one there while all the other teachers went to safety paints a very funny mental image in my mind of Snape grumbling as he dashed around about how they're all exploiting him and hiding behind the youngest of them.

Or the conversation that led to it going like "Severus, go after the troll!" "What, who, me? Why?" "Because you're a fit young man and the rest of us are all old and frail." "O-Old and frail?! Rolanda teaches Quidditch, why can't you send her?" A yell of "SEVERUS" from everyone and off he scurries while grumbling about it under his breath.

Severus being the Youngest Teacher just gives me life ok

[insertcpnhere]

I assumed he just did it without anyone telling him to lmao

[lilithofpenandbook]

Lmao that's also very funny, imagining the aftermath when he finally joins them.

"Severus, where the fuck have you been?"

"That's rather unfitting language for a Head of House, Professor McGonagall."

"Oh, shut up, do you understand how difficult it was for us to take count of the students with you missing and unable to vouch for the Slytherins- .... Severus what the fuck is wrong with your leg."

"....nothing. What leg. I don't have a leg."

"Severus Snape, what did you do?"

"...nothing."

"Severus Snape."

"... I... Ah... I remember I have a meeting. With... I have a meeting."

"WHAT meeting, we're all he-Severus don't you fucking dare run away- SEVERUS!"

Hence, Filch must fix it.

[danadiadea]

With how hyperresponsible Sev is when the students are in actual danger, I definitely think that he went there on his own volition without telling anyone, and OMG such a hilarious image, i love it😭😭😭

[snowdrop0509]

Severus’s sacrificial tendencies sure means he likely went off on his own

[annioannio]

I think Kakashi personifies Konoha's and the 5 great nation's hypocrisy.

I don't understand how people justify Kakashi whitewashing the uchiha massacre. He had an opportunity to question the elders and confirm whether it was true. But he didn't. Even Sasuke, who's portrayed as narrow-minded and misguided, attempts to confirm whether what Obito told him is true. Kakashi's hypocrisy when it comes to Sasuke has little to no justification. It makes his reaction upon learning the uchiha massacre was state sanctioned all the more nauseating.

The anime gave him a filler line to make him look better. This man didn't GAF.

[saskuenjoyer]

To be honest, it's not surprising that there are people out there who dislike sasuke because a good majority of the Naruto fandom do NOT critically analyze the show. When you watch the anime, theres so many small nuances that would make viewers look at sasuke's actions in a negative light. For example, during the 5Kage summit when Sasuke was asking about Danzo, there were many scenes that made him appear as if he's turning evil. Karin mentions multiple times that his chakra is getting "colder", which makes viewers more inclined to believe that he's being "overtaken by darkness" and "turning evil" when in reality Sasuke was just about to face the very man who was a major catalyst in the annihilation of his clan.

Also, the entirety of Naruto is targeted towards younger boys, and honestly I don't expect adolescent boys to think critically on the reason why Sasuke "changed" in shippuden or why he's full of anger.

Of course, despite its target audience many adults enjoy watching Naruto. So for a grown adult to hate on a character like Sasuke it really shows where their morals stand. The anime literally states that the Uchiha were oppressed by Konoha so it's insane for people to try and justify their oppression.

It seriously IS that deep and I hate the argument that it's "just fiction" because it's so easy to spread propoganda through books, shows & etc with Naruto being a prime example.

[fatum679]

I will always be on Uchiha Sasuke's side because he stood against a system that can spy on you 24/7 with impunity, and then come at night and slaughter your entire family.

When your "allies" become your murderers.

That's why it's most offensive to me that Sasuke was destroyed as a character, and also that the system hasn't changed since Kakashi and Naruto came to power.

That is, Sasuke spent time in prison, and the elders continue to hold their positions of power. As if the humiliation wasn't enough, Kishimoto also took away Sasuke's arm.

[lilithofpenandbook]

Listening to the hp audio drama (courtesy of the seven seas) and listened to Draco and Harry's first meet

And the Draco and James parallels are even more striking. We've talked to death about the "I think I'd leave, wouldn't you?" parallels for Hufflepuff and Slytherin... but nobody's mentioned the fact that both James and Draco talk about "the wrong/right sort".

Draco talks shit about muggleborns who didn't know about the magical world until they got their letters for Hogwarts, and Harry takes offence because that's what happened to him.

And James talks shit about Slytherins, which Sirius takes offence to because his family all were from that House- as well as Severus, of course, because that's the House he wanted to go to, but the "wrong sort" parallel matches Sirius a little more because James' response to that information is "i thought you were alright".

And of course, there's the classism in both James and Draco's behaviour: Draco's more blatant with the blood purity/"old families" comment, James' in the way he treats Severus Vs Sirius (Sirius, rich, from old money is treated with a little more respect despite actually being from a family known to be connected to Slytherin House and dark magic, while Severus, who is so visibly poor it's drawn to our attention, is completely mocked despite there being no confirmation that he would actually be in there and the only reason he wants to be there seems to be for "brains").

At least Draco was trying to be friendly with Harry when he was being a little shit. Openly bigoted, yes, but he wasn't actually out bullying Harry but rather just sharing gossip (and I do genuinely believe the only reason Harry got offended about the remarks about Hagrid was due to his friendship with Hagrid- because Harry's just as much of a judge lil prick, see: every description of Snape ever).

James was just bullying Severus on sight.

[storybookprincess]

being sick & miserable objectively sucks, but it has become significantly easier to cope with since learning that “sickness behavior” is a well documented part of the body’s immune response

feeling not only physically but also emotionally like fucking garbage is unfortunately an extremely effective way to force your body to prioritize fighting infection & keeping you alive. i don’t have to like it, but knowing why i get weepy & pathetic when sick does help at least a little

[autumn2may]

i just found out that this is not common knowledge and am reblogging so more people know

YOUR BODY DOES THIS ON PURPOSE

YOU ARE NOT A BAD PERSON BECAUSE OR "WEAK" WHEN YOU ARE SICK IF YOU CAN"T CARRY ON AS NORMAL

[tartrazeen]

Rereading this on my sick days 🙏🏽

[comradefleur]

when it comes to the way sasuke's written and perceived oh im GOING to beat the fawkkk outta that dead horse. into the very core of the earth, actually. and then i'm going to beat it some more, and some more and some more and all over again, rinse and repeat. actually, scrap that. i'd wager the horse isn't even dead yet. there's always more for me to say...i'm never moving on. im locked in. if there are no more sasuke defenses from me i've genuinely departed this earth

[comradefleur]

the view that sasuke leaving konoha is a betrayal and the whole idea of branding him a traitor for doing so is genuinely so insane and unfathomably backwards cuz how can you POSSIBLY betray the village that secretly planned the genocide of your people and got your brother to execute it? someone please explain it to me like im 5

[snowdrop0509]

The funny thing is that any normal human would be able to think you are supposed to be free to move away to any places you desire. These nutjobs will say it is “how their world works” and then talk about North Koreans in a dehumanizing way

[corvinamora]

The fandom treating Naruto or Kakashi as the "trauma gold standard" is straight-up delusional. Naruto is a psychological unicorn a kid who spent years as a social pariah and somehow turned that into a "Live, Laugh, Love" campaign and Kakashi’s "healing" was jus becoming chronically chill and addicted to reading smut in public.​Those aren't blueprints for mental health; they are statistical anomalies. Expecting Sasuke to "walk it off" just because the main character is a weaponized ray of sunshine is beyond delusional or these people only want him to "get over" his trauma because Kakashi and Naruto did...

[sasukeyul]

I think naruto fandom hates sasuke because his decisons actually affects the plot. He isn't just a plot character who is only there to glaze main character of the show or serves no purpose to plot except for his relationship with main character.

In this sense he is actually totally opposite of what shounen fans wants from a side character. Sasuke's character doesn't depend on naruto (which doesn't make their relationship less interesting for sasuke) but naruto's character depends on him.

Naruto who never had any bond in his entire life starts a bond with sasuke who once had everything and lost it in just one night. Naruto's motivation in this relationship was to hold on to this bond as much as he can because he doesn't wanna be lonely again. But sasuke knows how easy a bond can be broken. And how much it hurts. Sasuke is afraid of that pain. That's why he tried to break it before itachi had a chance to. Which he tried once and if jiraiya wasn't there sasuke would lose one of his bonds to itachi again. Sasuke saw the threat and tried to cut it off. He knows loneliness and the pain of broken bonds and he chose loneliness.

Sasuke as a character is someone who is trying to exist without depending on someone. Naruto is the exactly opposite. He always craved for attention he never had when he was young. He wanted to depend on someone, he wanted that bond. Sasuke didn't. And general audience failed to see it as usual.

They hated that sasuke is a character who can exist outside of naruto. They wanted an another gaara. Who was a cool villain once but mc beats him and now he is loyal to him and his wrong doings don't even matter anymore. Because he was on mc's side after all.

They self inserted themselves in naruto and didn't know how to separate themselves from him. Sasuke did something that challenged naruto and his ideologies? They didn't care what sasuke did or say they just blindly hated him.

I just wish for reading comprehension for this fandom.

[darklinaforever]

"James has changed, that's why Lily gave him a chance in his final year, that's canon." Canon is mainly that James managed to hide from Lily that he had changed, because he continued to harass people, especially Severus, behind her back. Someone explain to me where the evolution is? J.K. Rowling wrote two contradictory things. Which leads to only one conclusion. James hadn't changed and continued to do everything behind Lily's back. And of course, James's friends are going to defend him and say he's changed. In real life, too, friends defend their friends with disgusting behavior.

[thelastaveryjr]

So the marauders fandom explores characters like Marlene, Pandora and etc. although we don't know if they were classmates of the marauders or if they ever attended Hogwarts, but no one explores Bertram Aubrey, who was canonically the classmate of the marauders🧐 They never mention him ANYWHERE, no one writes hcs about him, he never appears in the marauders fics or even as a secondary character. I "wonder" if it has anything to do with the fact that if the fanatics of the marauders recognize the existence of Betram Aubrey, then they will have to recognize that the marauders used illegal spells for fun and were usually bullies who aimed not only at Severus. 👤