Hey!! I wanna ask why you hate Hinata since I'm quite curious
The answer is deeper than may you think, I don't know if that's what you wanted to see (and I'm sorry if it's not), but I'll answer truthfully, lol.
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Hinata Hyuga is everything I despise in the world.
I'm a feminist, I believe that women are capable, smart, strong, interesting, independent, carring, hardworking, ambitious, ready to stand for what they believe, ready to make a change, ready to take the world by storm.
I also believe that we need that represented in media, so girls and young woman can see, that they can be everything I listed above.
Hinata is (unfortunately) the exact opposite.
1) A woman can be capable.
She is uncapable. She's so dependent on a guys approval that she became a copy of him. Even her "ninja way" is just stolen from a guy she likes.
2) A woman can be smart.
She is shown as dumb and incompetent of making smart decisions. She has to be reminded to use her only power. She has to be reminded to look at the enemy. She jumps into battles she has no chance in - without a plan. She puts herself in bad situations only to be a victim.
That panel is one of many instances that show she is just dumb.
Instead of looking (and she has one of the best eyes in universe) - she asked her teammates. Instead of thinking she just stood there - confused.
3) A woman can be strong.
She lost all her battles and never made a dent in the world.
Self-explanatory.
4) A woman can be interesting.
There is nothing interesting about her. She was born rich, with one of strongest powers in the universe given to her by birth and... she did nothing about it. Nothing. Her whole character is a guy. Her every sentence is about/for/to or in hopes of being noticed by A GUY.
I remember one instance of her saying something that had nothing to do with Naruto. JUST ONE. I know she Is a background character, but this is just pathetic.
Credit for pic: @maoam (i can't find that blog, but on Google - it was credited to them)
5) A woman can be independent.
Her whole life is dependent by recognition from Naruto. When she speaks, she speaks so he would hear. When she fights, she fights so he would see. When she trained, she trained to stand with him. When she looks, she looks for him or at him. Her whole life is a guy. The end.
That all she cares about. "Is Naruto watching?". She breathes Naruto, he is her oxygen. She is nothing and incapable of doing anything, unless a guy is watching.
6) A woman can be carrying.
She cares about Naruto and herself. Thats it. Her family, her friends, her teammates, her guards, everyone in her life suffers because she needs NARUTO.
If anyone is confused about this picture, SHE IS JEALOUS OF A DYING GUY BECAUSE HE CAN STAND WITH HER CRUSH. She couldn't even pretend to care.
And she does that ALL THE TIME. Kiba? Ko? Hanabi? Neji? Shikamaru? Anyone? Meh, irrelevant! "Naruto-kun 👉👈".
7) A woman can be hardworking.
She had such potential and did nothing. She didn't even (manage or try to) learn her families techniques. She never could do the rotation and she barely uses 64 palms (she wobbles while doing it at the end of manga)
And when she had a chance to train - she was bringing tea :)
8) A woman can be ambitious.
She has no ambition. Not everyone has to be a talented and breathtaking ninja (even tho she was born with crazy amount of potential), but just doing nothing?
She has a powerful family, powerful connections (she is a doughter of a clan leader), and Hokage as a husband. She could be a politician! She could try to change the world, but she... likes to cook and watch TV.
And ok, she doesn't have to be world-changing ambitious, but God damn it- AT LEAST TRY TO CHANGE YOUR OWN FAMILY.
She did nothing. Neji "fixed" the Hyuga clan and she did nothing. The side branch d*es like they are supposed to - protecting her.
That's it. The world is in shambles, the war is going strong, but... I want to stand with Naruto-kun 👉👈
9) A woman can stand up for what she believes.
She never stood up for anything except Naruto.
Her family being slave owners? That's fine by her.
Her teammates may lose the exam? That's fine by her.
The village may be destroyed? That's fine by her.
AND THE WORST PART IN ALL OF THIS IS - SHE DIDN'T STAND UP FOR NARUTO IN THE RIGHT WAY.
She was just WATCHING. She watched him for years. She watched when he was abused. She watched him being bullied. She watched him being alone. She just watched.
She could've been his friend in academy - She didn't. She could've said something when he was hurt - She didn't. For all we know - she didn't even visit him when Jiraya died.
This is her dream. Why dream of change? Why dream of both families being together? Her cousin stalking her and being unhappy - that's what matters :)
Either she is just a bad person and likes having slaves OR she just doesn't care to change it.
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And it's OK to not be all of those things, but nothing? Seriously?
Hinata is everything I grow up not wanting to be. She is the anti-feminist. She is the textbook pick me girl. She is what women-hating men want all of us to be:
Submissive.
Quite.
Not too smart.
Not independent.
Just a mouse who will birth and clean the house.
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So in conclusion:
I'm a young woman in a world dominated by men, so characters like Hinata make me want to puke 🤷♀️
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AND A BIT LESS DEEP FOR THE ENDING:
I'm a sucker for a good redemption. OH, HOW I LOVE A REDEMPTION ARC.
In og she was weak and obsessed with a guy, that's fine - many of female characters were at the beginning, but she never changed.
She had a chance for good backstory (being a weak link of a strong family). Why not make her a crazy powerful junin who can lead the family to change? Or maybe get over her obsession with Naruto to become an important and useful part of her team? Or maybe make her singlehandedly end the slavery in Hyuga clan by d*ing for Neji instead of the other way around?
But no, a weak obsessed girl will stay a weak obsessed girl - just married at the end 🤷♀️
So, on top of the above, I hate her for wasted potential for a good redemption arc lol.
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I hope I answered your question, if not - im sorry, please ask again! ❤️
P.S. If anyone is confused about the panels that I chose, feel free to ask for elaboration because there are LOTS OF PANELS that I'd like to use, but pic limits on Tumblr are crazy 🤷♀️
