Igutoso

Seriously, what were the uchiha thinking? Did they really agree to a mutual alliance in which they had no political representation?

Hashirama convinced himself and Madara that through the power of goodwill and friendship alone they will create a fair and prosperous society for both of their clans and anyone else who joins. but in the formation of the village, they had no contract that demanded equal power between the senju and uchiha? a council, or a mandatory switch in hokage?

It's such ridiculous foresight. Hashirama's charisma convinced them to forgo basic enforcements of legal and systematic equality. What would happen when Hashirama is not in power? You don’t even have to look far. Tobirama, hashirama’s brother and right-hand-man was a raging racist. Like seriously, you didn’t think to put in place ANY measures of equality in the constitution?

konoha was initially made as an ideal in which children are not slain in unnecessary clan in fightings. it was essentially a coalition between various clans that mutually collected for a safe place to raise their children.

however, somewhere along the way, the will of fire stood to represent the village itself. at a point, they swore kakashi in at 5 with grand praises for his genius. what happened to the cause of mutual prosperity?

this is of course natural to the development of any national identity, but whats most jarring to me is how quickly madara and tobirama identify with this vision. madara and tobirama who spent most of their lives fighting for the senju, lived, breathed, and established the senju culture and identity. hashirama had come up with the concept of konoha! how did he come to sacrifice the concept of konoha as a a safe haven alliance for nationalist ideals? he made it! how did they praise the unnecessary ANNIHILATION of one of the two founding clans?

with konoha, he shows considerably less skin. from one angle, it shows Kishimoto further implanting cultural nuances of wrongness. by showing more skin, Sasuke associates away from purity culture's understanding of goodness. it builds nuance that frowns on his non-alignment with konoha. from another angle, it represents his freedom and self-expression when he's separated from konoha.

from within konoha part 1, each transition adds layers to his outfit. from the picture below, he gets a headband, then a thigh strap and armbaned, and then an arm brace. as sasuke gains strength from within konoha, his burden keeps growing.

and also, orochimaru was a creep who marked his tongue and salivates at the thought of his body, so he probably appreciated the extra skin

Samurai are soldiers.

Soldiers die. It is not wrong or oppressive to kill soldiers.

Itachi said he killed the Uchiha to test his abilities, and Sasuke needed to prove that the Uchiha were greater than Itachi. Cleanse their name.

like are we serious?

No one’s ever listened to him or sought to really understand his perspective, except perhaps Orochimaru, who of course had no positive intention.

Itachi always saw him as something to groom, to guide toward his fascist ideas. Naruto decided that Sasuke would be happier by his side, uncaring of wha Sasuke said. Sasuke didn’t care about his happiness, he wanted justice. But Naruto never cared for what Sasuke wanted to accomplish. It’s like he doesn’t even see him as a human just a mirror projection of his desires and loneliness. And Kakashi, ultimately, has been so deeply propagandized by the Leaf he cannot interpret anything against it.

No one cared that his perspective growing up in an insulated clan would make more loyal to its defense. No one heard him when he said the concept of the Hidden villages needs to be destroyed. No one acknowledged what his ideals were, forget supporting them.

Unregulated capitalism where feudal lords fund shinobi villages to carry out their will. Shinobi who take on amoral and violent missions to perpetuate the survival of their village and then become desensitized. Who are indoctrinated and groomed into ascribing by a system of fascism who want to exploit them.

like wdym sasuke smirked and told kakashi he's too battle ready to be in the same team as Sakura and Naruto and then Kakashi beat him up 😭

Raised with ideas of honor of the Uchiha, how can he let Itachi represent them? Continue killing innocents and rampaging villages with Uchiha still attached to his name?