shooting reptile lasers at you

and for naruto to answer “you know already, don’t you? because you’re my friend” and then sasuke asks “what is a friend to you”

and naruto to again answer, “it’s not like i really understand it either, just that when i see you take on the world and get all messed up, it kinda… hurts. it hurts so much, i cannot leave it alone”

and they lie again in silence, reflecting on their memories, until naruto asks if they’ve died and gone to heaven

sasuke begging naruto to reassure him that he can be good, asking him how he can be so sure he won’t be manipulated into doing harm again

it being so obvious to naruto that sasuke is inherently good that he can only respond with confident disbelief before sasuke turns away in tears

the almost heartshaped smear of blood between them, a ghost of hands that can only touch each other on another plane–that can only be held in the wake of violence

sasuke before the fight saying “i know your heart and you, mine” — naruto is the only person who knows sasuke’s heart and thinks he can be saved; sasuke knows naruto will never stop running after him and therefore believes he “needs” to kill him as he sees their bond as his biggest weakness, his only tie to konoha that he must destroy before he can wipe out the village

sasuke about to deliver what he believes to be the killing blow to naruto, the one and only person left in the world who cares about him

sasuke after the fight, accepting that although he can physically fight naruto to the death he will never be able to destroy the love naruto has for him, and in that sense he has well and truly lost:

her name was Marsha P Johnson, and we have her to thank for so much.

remember, the first Pride was a riot, and she was one of the brave souls who endured it to help carve the path which so many of us walk today. she helped found several activist groups regarding LGBT safety and wellbeing. and she was absolutely radiant, too.

I shall cut down all who stand in my way

I shall cut down all who stand in my way

I shall cut down all who stand in my way

I shall cut down all who stand in my way