LORINE

Part 1

Dedicated to anon and caramelpocky 

insvnevibes and k-punch As promised here’s part 2 :)

Now it’s the big SS FoD forest scene. But before that I want to look at Sasuke’s thought process before even waking up.

What’s so interesting here is that Sasuke thought he failed his loved ones- that he lacked the strength to save his family.  He felt helpless and thought he just watched them die. He was already in a downward spiral about his strength when he was sleeping and he woke up to Sakura’s beaten face, the whole helplessness to saving his loved ones was glaring his face again- he failed to protect his family AND he failed to protect Sakura.  But now, he can avenge Sakura because of his “granted” power.

He’s so hellbent on avenging Sakura that he even asks her to point out the perpetrator repeatedly.

And the look in his eyes is piercing and determined in these various panels- he’s not going to stop until he finds out who hurt her and make them pay. ASSes who say there were no development of Sasuke’s feelings for Sakura in the beginning need to pay attention closely to this part. If Sasuke truly did not care for Sakura as much as his family, why did he have such a strong reaction to Sakura’s black and blue face especially after thinking of his loved ones? There’s always this connection between Sakura and the Uchiha family in Sasuke’s eyes and thoughts (first in the Bell test, earlier in the FoD chapters, in this FoD moment, and plenty more in future chapters). It’s subtle but readers can definitely pick up on it.

Dedicated to anon and caramelpocky- thanks for requesting this :) I figured it’s because of all the salty ASSes that you wanted this rant ;P I’m going to split this rant into Part 1 and Part 2 since it will be very long.

Well, I want to look at the first interaction we get between SS.  It was the bench scene:

Sasuke was annoyed at Sakura- who was she to judge Naruto and say he was lucky? She had parents- she never knew loneliness and the pain. To Sasuke, Sakura was just some mindless fangirl who was running her mouth to try to impress him- which is why he calls her out on her biased viewpoint.

He tries to explain to Sakura what loneliness is but he saw that all she wanted was his approval and wasn’t listening at all to his explanation. So what does he do? He tells her right to her face how annoying she is with a sneer because he’s saying that she’s just some fangirl who knows nothing. Needless to say, Sasuke was not impressed at all by Sakura.  She was just another clueless girl who chased after him for his looks.

But I like the effect Sasuke’s words had on Sakura.  It developed her character a little more because now she understands just a smidgen on how Naruto feels when he’s called annoying.