#obiiru

obito's whole thing is that the shinobi world is inherently unjust, evil, and broken (triggered by rin's death/kakashi's role in it). he lost hope in everything the village offered and focused his life on creating a world where conflict and death did not exist. iruka, on the other hand, clung to that world/the village (ie, the will of fire) and dedicated his life to facilitating a safer version of it for future generations. his parents deaths tied him to it to such an extent that the third hokage recognized it and, as a result, led to the third hokage later entrusting him with naruto.

(the ethics/morality of the konoha aside) whenever i think about them, this is where i start: they're polar opposites. one is incredibly strong, one is a regular soldier. one clung to his grief, one clung to his heart. one wants to eradicate the system that took everything from him, the other wants to uphold the system that took him in/gave him something to believe in after he lost everything.

But! that's just circumstances. Their personalities share some commonalities-- kindness (initially, for obito, at least,), sensitivity, selflessness, and determination (since they both hold steadfast to their beliefs) being the most obvious.

So what would their dynamic be like? that really depends! if we're talking tobi/madara!obito then i think they'd both feel pity/sympathy for each other for different reasons.

obito would pity iruka for buying into the will of fire the same way you'd pity a beaten dog running back to its owner. and iruka would feel sympathy for obito for what he had to go through alone. (if that iruka knew that obito was essentially responsible for his parents deaths/the attack, then that would complicate everything tenfold-- he'd forgive him but the road to that would be rocky rocky rocky)

romantically........ i think they're compatible, despite the potential for things to turn toxic. or maybe because of it. they compliment each others dispositions (for the aforementioned reasons) and challenge each others world view in a way that is so so so compelling to me.