NARUTO volume 62, 4th shinobi war. had a totally different experience after rereading the first chapter: i didn't get bored with the clichés, plus i thought the weekly release format brought together all kind of readers who had different reading experiences from the one i'm having right now, meaning it is intended for some characters to be bland so as to not confuse beginner readers. and when i got to tobi's exposition of his plan to cast an illusion on everyone, i actually thought it cool to realize how NARUTO was developed in a spantime of 12ish years so far, and that it matured its ideas, discussions and narrative traits... i guess it's like all things in life: if you take a break from it or try to refresh your mindset in the process, you might get a fun experience.
Been #thinking a bit and I wanna make more NejiSasu slop, so in typical tumblr fashion im turning them into steven universe gem ocs like and subscribe for slop
Neji ▪︎ Howlite
Now initially, I thought Neji being a pearl would suit him since pearls are gems you own and treat as your maid. But despite how thats fitting to Neji's lore pearl's don't exactly fight. I like to think Neji is obsessed with becoming better, willing to stop anything in his way if it means exceeding others expextations. Why Howlite? Well apperantly it represents patience, perspective and reducing stress, the reason why I thought of this was that I like to think that despite being property of other higher gems, he tries to force himself to forgive and forget. Despite how deep down being unhappy with his role, he puts himself in the perspective on the higher ups and blames himaelf for being a nuisance. And it leads me to think his gem placement would be on his forehead, gems with forehead placements are more logical and wise, not fully comprehending emotions because they see it as illogical. So in result, he forces himself to get stronger, become wiser to be enough for his higher ups, he wouldn't see the other gems as being cruel to him, more as if giving him a scolding for slacking off.
Sasuke • Onyx
I'll be honest, I picked this gemstone for asthetic and cuz the name sounded agnsty, fitting for Sasuke. He's dark and brooding so I thought a black gemstone would suit him, but all I could find is that they all mean grounding and protection. But anyway going off what I have, Sasuke would also be a fighting gem, but he would've gone rogue like the crystal gems. Sure he would fight for wars but I doubt he'd join a rebellion group ngl, he's too much of a loner for that. Though I found it a bit tricky to stick his canon lore to make it sense in this alien gematone space world. For the protection concept, I guess I could say he was betrayed by someoje close to him and thats why he rebelled, in a spinel way? Unwilling to let himself be hurt like that again he refuses to let anyone in, and due to this betrayal he is consumed by hatred and seeking revenge. I know very original. His gem placement would be in his chest, these types of gems are very emotional and easy to agitate, but considering this is Sasuke he would force himself to supress these emotions and trying his best in becoming a cold hearted soldier. Though it doesn't always work in his favor, he can't stay nonchalant for long.
But thats all for now!!! Thank you for reading my rant
