KakaRin Crumbs (pt. 1): Kakashi’s Treatment of Rin’s Grave vs. Obito’s
Hey, everyone! Welcome to my first Crumb Post of KakaRin (and of any ship, really, hehe!)
Now, "What is a 'Crumb Post'?" Some of y'all may be asking. 👀👀👀Well, my dear friends, a Crumb Post can be explained like this:
Ships are like food. 🥐🥨🥪🧀🍔🌮🌯🍝🍜🍰🍉🍓We, as fans, often say that we are “getting fed” when our ship interacts on screen or has a special moment together. Now, obviously, some moments are big and obvious and get talked about often, like the dough of a pizza 🍕or the batter for a cake. 🍰But sometimes, there are crumbs that fall through the fandom’s cracks and don’t get the spotlight they deserve
So, I’ll be making ✨Crumb Posts✨ for ship moments I believe to be underrated and severely unnoticed, hehehe.
Now, I’m kickstarting this Crumb Post series off with the very ship that drove me to make a tumblr: KAKARIN.
✨Ah, yes, KakaRin, my beloved~✨
Y’all remember this?
Mhm, yup, the scene where Kakashi came to Rin's grave and told her that Minato and Kushina we're going to have a baby soon. This moment is underrated in both the KakaRin Fandom and the Naruto Fandom as a whole. I don't think not enough people talk about it. And I like to think of this scene as a KakaRin Crumb
There's just something so OOFERS about the CONTRAST between the way Kakashi treats Rin's grave and the way Obito treats it.
How Kakashi Treats Rin's Grave
Here's Kakashi kneeling at Rin's grave. In both the manga and anime, we see a little pail of water and flowers. He evidently cleans her grave regularly and brings flowers frequently to her grave to replace them. This is something he does on the regular, at least during this period in his life. Now, what about Obito?
How Obito Treats Rin's Grave:
This. This. THIS. is what we get. Y'all... 😶
Now, given the context, yes, Obito is hurting. Yes, he's upset. Yes, he's mad, furious, pained, at the fact that the most important person in the world to him died.
BUT DOES THAY SERIOUSLY MAKE IT OKAY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS?!?!
here's the answer:
It isn't okay. It's incredibly disrespectful. You can't just grab the flowers on a person's grave and take them away. Much less throw away. Imagine just how offended Rin's friends and family would have been to see this? Something so distasteful, brazen, and disrespectful?
Now, the reasoning Obito has here is that: "No, I can't accept her death. So I won't accept this grave. These flowers. The real Rin is not dead." But that's delusional.
In thinking this way, and prioritizing his ideal vision of a living Rin over the real, dead Rin, he ends up disrespecting the real Rin.
He puts so much honor on his vision and his vision of Rin that he dishonors her real body and her real self. Kakashi, on the other hand HONORS the REAL HER.
HE was the one to clean her grave regularly. HE was the one to put the flowers there. HE was the one who showed RESPECT and HONOR to her as a hero of Konoha, as his friend, and as a real person.
BASICALLY
Kakashi puts the flowers. Obito throws them. What does that say about these two and their views of Rin?
A. Lot.
And I also feel like this difference in regards to respecting Rin and honoring her in death is also reflected in the difference the two boys had in respecting her and honoring her while she was still alive. (But! That's a post for another day, hehe!)
Kakashi treats her like the queen she is, even when she's not around anymore. Obito?... Not so much...
See y'all in KakaRin Crumbs (pt. 2)! Comin' soon!! :D
Hope y'all have a good day!
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This is dedicated to my KakaRin mutuals. Thank you guys for being so amazing! ☺️💕💕
