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WIP inspired by Straw Men that looks pretty cool atm. Idk how to render tho so I might leave it like this
(I kinda like the unfinished look hmm)
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WIP inspired by Straw Men that looks pretty cool atm. Idk how to render tho so I might leave it like this
(I kinda like the unfinished look hmm)
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Hey, it's been a while! For all of you who have been very patient for the sequel to Shadows, Blinding, I'm happy to announce that chapter one is up! I'm going to be making a post soon about the fic and it's future, but for now, please enjoy! I hope you're as excited for this as I am. Thanks for sticking with me!
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Have you read Shadows, Blinding (Naruto)?
Yes, I am/was in the fandom
Yes, but I’m not in the fandom
No, but I’m in the fandom
No, I’m not in the fandom
Summary: Kakashi dies, un-dies, and opens his eyes to blue skies and a valley occupied by the peaceful Hatake clan. Though resting and healing seem straightforward, it’s anything but in this village where he’s viewed as a threat by most--not to mention his own, newfound clan attributes that threaten to swallow him whole.
Author: Pesto
Note from submitter: the ultimate hatake clan fic
The Hatake: the clan of the crafting table or smth
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DAMN I FORGOT TO TAG THE AUTHOR
@pestoast ⬅️⬅️THANK YOU FOR THE FIC 🙇♂️🙇♂️🙇♂️
More fic sketches
These are for “Chasing Shadows” @oh-no-its-bird
Inspired by chapter 5 with Obito and Shisui. If you’re wondering what that blanket on Shisui is, it’s Kakashi’s scarf :)
(ignore the weird worm things, they’re patterns I draw sometimes)
And these are for “Shadows, Blinding” @pestoast
Just a few characters
Spirit mother: woof ( don’t go there brat. It ain’t worth it anymore. Plus you didn’t even bring the damn papers)
Kakashi: don’t care + ratio + no idea what you’re saying + fuck you + I’m seeing my students
Spirit mother: (oh well fuck you too) *gives him nerve damage*
Another sketch for my favourite Kakashi fic ever ⬇️ by @pestoast
https://archiveofourown.org/works/33692215/chapters/83735158
THE SHADOW’S BLINDING SEQUEL IS OUT!!! DON’T PANIC THIS IS NOT A DRILL
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One of the things that I LOVE about Shadows Blinding and marks it as one of my favourite fics ever, is the relationship between Sakumo and Kakashi.
Lots of spoilers (obviously)
In most fics, Kakashi’s feelings towards Sakumo aren’t really explored in a complex way. Mostly they go as far as him missing his father, we see his grief and loneliness deepening with each lose of a loved one over the years, until as an adult he heals and grows to understand his father’s decision and forgiving him. Which is completely okay! I love those fics, I love the progress as we see Kakashi healing over time. But most that I’ve seen don’t usually dwell into Sakumo’s suicide that much and the heavy impact it would have on a child at that age, that would later follow them to adulthood. Choosing instead to focus on the impact either team Minato or team 7 had on his life (which, fair, it is A LOT, but you get my point).
In Pesto’s (author) interpretation, things go a bit differently: Kakashi does miss his father, but at the same time he still deeply resents him for what he did, just like he did when he was a kid and trying to not be like his father. Except he hasn’t exactly grown out of this bitterness. For scarring him for life and leaving him alone at such a young age; for sending him to what’s essentially a cult, leaving him trapped with a family he’s not familiar with; for leaving such a deep mark, that even if he tries to escape him and the clan, they’re in every little part of his life. Such as his most signature quality, his mask, only existing because Kakashi reminded Sakumo of his brother. He hates all of this.
This Kakashi never healed from what happened, so caught up in all the deaths happening around him that he never really had time to even process it. He doesn’t even allow himself to miss his father because of all this resentment, and that’s not something that just goes away. This is why I love his relationship with Kosuke, the way Kakashi wishes he’d allowed himself to miss his father despite what he did like Kosuke does. (OH AND THAT SCENE THEY HAD AT THE END. KOSUKE MISSING KAKASHI IN SPITE OF THAT HE DID, LIKE HE MISSES HIS FATHER 😭😭😭😭😭 OUGHH IT’S SO SADD ❤️🩹🥀⛓️🚬🐺)
That sense of hate is engraved in him, and it is amplified by the fact that Sakumo giving him that seal essentially made him loose everything he’s known and loved once again. His whole world is destroyed, the people he loved have forgotten about him (also they are dead) (and let’s not even mention Obito). All this time he’s had his team as a source of light at the end of the tunnel, something to fight for. But he’s lost that, and with his clan that’s basically a cult and that wrinkly bitch Nana running around ruining everything, he really has nowhere to go. That one split-second decision, even if done in good faith, ruined his life.
«Tou-san fucked up» indeed (or however the quote went I don’t wanna look it up)
YOOO THAT’S WHY THE SEQUEL’S GONNA BE FIREE 🔥 🔥🔥🔥 Kakashi expecting to come back to a wasteland and being prepared to start digging graves for his dead friends (everyone bro) and instead finding an alternate-timeline Sakumo. We’re getting that deeply awkward and uncomfortable father-son bonding YEAHH 💪💪
Oh and don’t even get me started on this new timeline bro. How baby Ino appearing in the epilogue implies that this is at a point in time shortly after what would’ve been the Kyubi attack (we don’t know how Kannabi went so idk if it even happened) Rin and Obito would be around 14, 16 max. And Minato and Kushina would be around 22-24. Kakashi here is like 30, he is NOT getting his team back. And that’s without counting that with Kakashi dying by birth on this universe, there would be another kid in his place. Knowing that no other kid their age was jounin at the time, they might’ve not even been assigned for the Kannabi Bridge mission or at least done it with Minato, which already elevates their chances of survival.
He might not even get to meet team 7 personally. They’re babies rn and he’s a complete stranger to the village, a stranger on Kage level might I add (I don’t think it’s too far fetched to say that, he’s VERY powerful now, and he did become the sixth hokage without this power-up so 🤷♂️). They’re NOT letting him near the babies bro ❌😿
He’s alone with his father (whom he kind of hates and doesn’t know) in a world that doesn’t know him AT ALL. We have all the time in the world for group therapy, Kakashi’s gonna be demanding ANSWERS. Or maybe he’ll say “fuck this” and become a kind-of-missing-nin-but-not-really-bc-he’s-not-from-THIS-Konoha that stalks the village to make sure his loved ones don’t die this time. Yeah, I could see that happening tbh.
Idk I’m just ranting, this is gonna be messy and I’ll love every second of it 💞