#narusasu-prevails

Ahh, thanks for the message, Rayna. Damn, this is going to be very hard, but I’ll try.

1. Chapter 698 is one of my favourite chapters for sure. It gave me feels all over again, but especially this moment melted my heart. ;w; Sasuke’s tear and the way their blood connects… the way it displays their strong and mutual bond is simply romantic: 

2. Itachi’s little smile killed me six years ago. For some reasons, I suspected that he didn’t feel hatred for his brother—and later on, it was revealed that he loved Sasuke with all his heart: 

3. I guess this moment is iconic enough and doesn’t need any words:

4. I remember crying when Sasuke sacrificed almost his own life for Naruto. Hearing him mumble in Naruto’s arms, “You… don’t die…” was too much to handle: 

5. Itachi showing Sasuke his deep affection by leaning his forehead against Sasuke’s forehead and implying that he doesn’t need to keep him away anymore: 

6. The Uchiha Brother Fight is probably my favourite fight. I was sitting there, tensed up, eating popcorn, rooting for Sasuke, lmao: 

7. Tsunade surviving Madara’s attack, earning his respect, and showing him how strong she is, even though he looked down on her because she is a woman: 

8. Kakashi’s and Obito’s fight. It was so dramatic and even sad knowing that they were best friends at one point; yet, they are fighting against each other like enemies: 

9. I don’t know why, but I enjoyed seeing Sasuke getting his ass whooped, lol. Killer Bee is a beast, and since I love Team Taka, it was fun to see them go against such a strong ninja together and standing up for one another: 

10. Naruto showing Neji that determination can surpass talent, promising to end the Hyuuga slavery, and giving him new hope: 

;o

Lore: I’m a sucker for mythical and fantasy creatures and stories of any kind from different cultures. The lore of Nar//uto is fun to ponder about and connect to other media I’ve watched/played. For instance, I tend to connect the Capcom game, Okami with Nar//uto due to shared lore (ie: Ninetails and the Kyu//ubi/Kura//ma, Kaguya, Amaterasu).

Fights: I’m not big on action nor can I say I’m an expert on what a good fight scene should look like, but I did find the fighting [system] entertaining and easy to grasp.

Iruka & Ichiraku: Yay for decent human beings :D

Gu//ren: The anime rarely had good fillers in my opinion, but occasionally, they’ll make an arc or specific moment that really sticks with me. The filler arc involving the Three-Tails is one of the better filler arcs for many reasons in my opinion (Nar//uto punching the shit out of Kab//uto, Naruto revealing his status as a jinchuriki *something Kishi neglects until the Pain Arc*, Nar//uto being super worried for Yuk//imaru and Sas//uke, “Home is where your heart is/I’ll be the home Sas//uke comes back to”, the hilarity in which a bunch of Chuunin, Jounin, and a Genin can handle the dangers of the area and enemies, but when the elite ANBU come in, they’re instantly killed), but Gur///en was the best part. Her development is easily the most believable of all the characters involved in the arc. She doesn’t get pulled around by the plot or forced to become shipping fodder. She actually gets some of the plot points going and becomes resolute with her decision to save Yuk//imaru and take him on as a little sibling/child.

SNS Development:

Sas//uke Uch//iha:

Jir//aiya reaching out to Naru//to: Similar to Gu//ren, this was one specific moment that I really wish was included in canon. The arc involving the Six-tailed Slug’s jinchuriki, Yuk//ata, is a pretty crap one. It has confusing plot points and weird development of characters, but some of the characters that came out from it (ex: only Yuk//ata) were interesting. To be honest, the only good parts that I liked was Yuk//ata, Yuk//ata interacting with Nar//uto (more jinchurikixjinchuriki interaction damn it!), and this one moment.

Nar//uto’s jumping through the trees; he’s looking for Yuk//ata. All of a sudden, we the viewers see Jira//iya’s ghostly hand reach out from the right side of the screen to grab Nar//uto’s shoulder. Nar//uto stops and he looks behind him; what was that? He doesn’t inquire further after his initial reaction, but when he comes home, he’ll receive news of Jira//iya’s death.

Plot holes: This might seem weird, but I tend to view plot hols differently. As an analyst, I hate them because it means that an important part of the story that could solve other narrative issues in the story is missing. As a casual fandom, I find plot holes to be “wiggle room”, especially when I’m writing canon-based fanfiction. They’re good for humor and fun to expand with headcanons.

Fanart

Nar//uto Uzu//maki/Honey Bae: (suicidal mentions + depressing thoughts warning!)

I shared this a couple times before, but when I first got into Nar//uto, I was in a pretty shitty state of mind. I felt like everyone was always watching me - judging me, teasing me on the way I walked, breathed, existed. I was hearing whispers of how everyone hated me even when no one was talking. I could feel people staring at me when no one was around. I wanted all of that to end - I wanted to stop feeling bad about myself and who I am but I couldn’t figure out how. I really wanted to give up on everything, including my life.

At a time like that, this character who was facing an incredible amount of bias and bullying and outright hatred, this character who continued to look them all straight in the eye and move past them, this character who moved forward with determination to be better than who he was the day before - he helped me in ways other methods failed. He inspired me to keep going - that I can move forward. At a time when I felt like giving up everything, a character with the determination to never say never was what I needed the most.

1) This is rather obvious, but I just like how the series is hella gay and like you know, the clear sasnar connotations

2) Sai’s weird fascination with Naruto’s dick

3) ROCK LEE

4) Tenten was badass as fuck and no one can tell me otherwise

5) Ninja dogs

6) Shikamaru during part 1 of the series was honestly my spirit animal b/c he was so damn lazy

7) Sasuke’s hair

8) gay

9) that one OVA where Naruto got a baton shoved up his ass by a cheeky Sasuke

*gasps* Where does this come from? D:

*rolls up my sleeves* All right, let’s take a look (I HAVE NO IDEA IF I’M DOING THIS CORRECTLY BTW)!

1. Lee and his determination. Even though he’s supposedly completely unsuitable to be a shinobi, he showed us how important it is to not lose sight, and how hard work pays off in the end. (I love Lee so much, and I’ll fight everyone who’s reducing him to his looks. He’s such an underrated character.)

2. Naruto’s genuine smile - because despite having such a shitty life (in the beginning), he’s always been a little sunshine.

3. Sasuke’s genuine smile - because no matter what you do and how you feel, there’s always someone who reaches out to you, and as long as this particular person doesn’t give up on you, you shouldn’t give up on you, either, because in the end, it’ll be worth it.

4. Thanks to Naruto, I finally understood what it’s like to have a soulmate. It’s not necessarily someone who’s similar to you. They may disagree with you, they may hurt you, you may even feel like kicking their heads in sometimes, but in the end there’s always this connection between you which can’t be put into words, only felt by the two of you, and no matter your platonic or romanti relationships, they will always be your soulmate, And knowing your soulmate is a feeling that transcends all kinds of platonic or romantic love.

(Just to make this clear, I’m not writing this with my shipping googles on; this is actually also about me and my soulmate who happens to be my ex-bf, and despite having hurt each other so much, we still love each other, we just had to learn between romantic love, and this soulmate-y kind of love, you know? ...ANYWAY, BACK TO NARDO.)

5. Naruto making more and more friends as time passed by just by being himself and not giving in, and finding a family in Iruka and Jiraiya.

6. Itachi’s and Sasuke’s love for each other.

7. The unsuspected emotional depth of most characters with respect to their backstory.

8. Watching the characters grow (I was going to say both physically and mentally, but come to think of it, 17 y/o Naruto is just as dorky and pure as 12 y/o Naruto - which somehow makes me even more happy tbh) - and growing up with them.

9. Gaara’s development from blood-thirsty monster (although he had his reasons... kinda) to kind, but purposeful leader, trying to protect his crush friend.

10. We all knew how Naruto felt. But seeing Sasuke’s feelings towards Naruto for the first time in chap 698 kills me everytime. They inspired each other, made each other strive to become stronger and protect their loved ones and... and... idk, they just love each other so much, I don’t care if romantically or not, because in the end, they’re soulmates and even when one of them dies, they’re gonna wait for each other.

Naruto Uzumaki :”>

The bond between Sasuke and Naruto

The bond between Itachi and Sasuke

Kushina and Minato’s relationship before the attack

Kushina and Minato’s love for Naruto

The growth of Naruto as a character

How Sasuke sees Naruto

How Naruto sees Sasuke

How Kishimoto somehow create an canon love child for the both of them

And now, a supercut of all the amusing shit said about me in this latest round, which led to much blocking and, in one instance, literally calling me evil! First off, I want to be clear on something. Folks may recall, I literally described this, with a bit of candor and humor, on April 22. I’ve never been particularly shy about it.

I will, of course, start with the person in question.

@stationary-wave

Wow.

But in a way, thank you. You have quite frankly spared me some time but clearly laying out what it is you’re going for. You don’t care for civility, conversation or even anyone’s opinion at all. You just care for a weird sense of satisfaction over “winning” this game that you’ve invented. And fortunately for you, your rules are laid out so that you even win when you’re confronted with someone smarter, because that person would clearly cease contact and, by your rules, lose.

Well, today you have truly earned that I will block your valuable contributions from my blog forever. I refuse to be your lube in that creepy, masturbatory scheme that is your Tumblr existence and if you define that as your “win”, be my guest. You’re winning a game that I never wanted to play.

With the tag #you need therapy.

Classy. However, I like how they blatantly admit they’re simply going to ignore the rest of the response and go to this part, and then proceed to pretend they have a moral high horse to ride into battle. Well, here is the thing, it’s actually a pony and its name is Karl and it is not suited for such things. I like that they managed to slip in the tacit insistence about being confronted with someone smarter, which certainly means them, and also the narrow view that my winning means someone else loses.

I like, too, that they accuse it of being a “creepy, masturbatory scheme,” particular when better part of a majority of the anti fandom could be called a “creepy, circle-jerk scheme,” frankly. And the implication of self-centerness; a game they never wanted to play? They never were.

@narusasu-prevails said:

Okay, I knew that winning this game was all he ever cared about but I don’t remember him admitting it this way before. He’s basically saying ‘I’m always a winner’.

Sure, Rem, whatever makes you happy.

Well, @remedialaction, you really deserve to be totally ignored. Not because you’re annoying, not because you don’t respect tags, not because you never take your shipping goggles off, not because you’ll never admit defeat but because you think you’re smarter than everyone else. Giving you attention after knowing this equals accepting this image you desperately want to create about yourself and honestly I don’t see why I should help you with that so from now on, you should consider yourself blocked.

Well, the irony is, you accuse me of shipping goggles and never admitting defeat, but the thing is... you’ve never managed to actually prove me wrong, not on the scale you pretend. You have made a few points of factual correction, namely about specific things said in the manga, which I conceded when it happened, and the irony was it still didn’t matter because none of those points actually changed the outcome of what was said for either party. I’m going to be blunt: I do think I’m smarter than many of the folks I talk to in the anti fandom, at least in the narrowly defined category of what we are talking about. I do not think I am somehow universally better than everyone, at everything.

Giving me attention had nothing to do with it, but hey, try to pretend its something I ‘desperately want to creat about myself’ and not something born out by the fact I’m the one arguing “we actually CAN’T ignore Kishimoto’s word...” and not trying to justify a conspiracy theory about him selling out.

Moving on to honestly my favorite, though... @gweatherwax said:

And now you know why I call rem Adolf and recommend everyone blocking his evil ass.

Y’all would’ve saved a lot of trouble and time if you had listened to ole thick-skinned granma, but nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, old people are always wrong in their opinions and you have to “be the better person”…

I am now evil. Literally, this person not only doubled down on comparing me to Adolf Hitler but has literally called me evil for this. Thick-skinned? You literally block folks before they’ve even said anything to you. This is not some reactionary and justified “they’re harassing me, or talking to me and being bad,” or the like. You literally admitted to going into pro-posts and blocking everyone who reblogs or likes it. That is not thick-skinned.

@truebond added:

It’s funny because I remember his admission to me about it being a game to him is also what eventully drove me to block him. It’s at that point I realized there was absolutely no point in humoring his ideas because in the end, no matter how well you counter his arguments, he’s going to twist things to keep the conversation going and pretend you’re “losing” because in this game he plays he must always be the “winner”, meaning as soon as you stop responding he wins. He literally HAS to have the last word, so arguments with him never end. And even if he’s the one who decides to stop talking he’ll act like it was because you weren’t worth arguing with anymore and still declare himself a “winner”. It’s an endless cycle of shit.

The problem with this is no one ever managed to actually ‘counter my arguments.’ Literally, they’re just based on what Kishimoto said, what happened in the canonical ending, etc. That’s the problem. I’ve discussed it before, that for the contrary to be right, we have to extrapolate a near conspiracy theory level of belief of how he ‘sold out’ else you end up like the hate blogs that literally are just anti everything Naruto, hate Kishimoto and say he’s a hack. But you folks can’t entirely do that because you still have to pretend that your ship is somehow spared from this.

And the thing is, the betrayal of intent here is precisely why I worded it the way I did: by admitting the ‘no matter how well you counter his arguments’ part, the admission is that, in reality, the one who was never going to admit they were wrong was not me, but you, and the rest of folks who echo this sentiment. The basic principle being is you inherently considered me to be wrong, the moment I opened my mouth, no matter how much canonical or authorial support I could back up any given point with.

Which is precisely why I defined winning not based on what you did, but outside of you.

@wind-strengthens-fire added:

This is so funny

#i didn't deserve that. #bih how did you not #and yeah we talk about you #cuz the way you think is stupid like no one thinks you're intelligent go home stay home don't come back #this is why we don't like pros #anti

I’m grinning ear to ear. This is why don’t like pro’s indeed; because their existence and refusal to stop pointing out the pillars supporting the rickety construction called your views makes them terrible and stupid. Mockery is thus the tool used, because if you can’t actually beat them, mock them. 

And finally, from @theycallmemrtibs:

True face of the supposed Pro-Ending fandom finally revealed for all to see. Well done!

The true face indeed!

Well done!

Now, I want to be clear. Do not, I swear to God, DO NOT send these people hate in any way, that isn’t the point, and that’s always wrong, period. Instead, simply sit back, and bask in the glow of folks who posture and accuse, rather than actually address the points I make.