#pro temari

there’s truly no rulebook in fandom about how you’re allowed to talk about your favorite character. personally, i could spend hours talking about how much i love temari—how well written she is, how competent she is, how she’s genuinely compelling. and somehow i manage to do that without dragging sakura, gaara, or kankuro into it like they’re props in some weird insecurity ritual. wild concept, i know.

my opinion is not law. the same your opinion isn’t. so you cannot police me how i talk about my favorite character.

because here’s the thing; normal people can watch someone praise a character they don’t personally vibe with and simply… move on. they don’t foam at the mouth. they don’t start drafting dissertations about why that character is secretly the worst thing to happen to fiction. they curate their experience and keep it pushing. basic emotional regulation stuff.

what’s actually exhausting is the crowd that can’t praise their favorite without turning it into a demolition project on everyone else’s. as if their opinion is some kind of peer-reviewed fact and the rest of us are just waiting to be enlightened.

meanwhile, i’m over here managing the extremely difficult task of liking a character without trashing half the cast or their fans. truly groundbreaking behavior.

it’s honestly fascinating how baffling the concept of “people like things you don’t like” is to some of you. like the idea that someone could sincerely speak positively about a character you personally don’t get just short-circuits the entire system.

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We all know that Hinata fans are extremely delusional, but saying that Hinata has any chance with (OR EVEN WORST - COULD WIN WITH) Temari is on a different level....

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The simplest explanation is the fact that Temari was promoted to a junin at 17 yo, while Hinata is just a chunin at 32 yo.

There is no "junin exams", to become one, you have to be a chunin that is seen as a strong ninja by your Kage. It's not that Hinata has never participated in an exam, or she just chose not to be a junin, she was never deemed strong enough to be one. Therefore Temari is canonicaly stronger. That should be the end.

And don't come at me with "But NARUTO WAS A GENIN WHEN HE WAS THE STRONGEST 🤓" bullsh*t. To become a junin you have to be a chunin that is strong enough to be promoted. If Naruto was a chunnin in Shippuuden, he would become a junin after Gaara retrieval arc. Hinata was a chunin, so if she was strong enough - she would be promoted. Simple as that.

It should be obvious, but for Hinata Fans obvious is not enough, so I'll try to explain it further. I'm getting tired of people bluntly lying to themselves 🤷‍♀️

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In a real fight there are a few key abilities:

Speed,

Strength,

Durability,

Intelligence,

Additional skills (healing, genjutsu, summonigs, etc.)

Fighting style

1. Speed and strength:

Hinata has never been shown to be fast, BUT let's assume her speed to be high, only for the argument seak, but is she faster that Lee? No way in hell.

Are her attacks strong in anyway? No. She uses gentle fist that is a high level taijutsu, but again, is she stronger at taijutsu than Lee? No way in hell.

Why am I comparing Hinata to Lee when it's Hinata vs Temari fight? Because of this one panel:

We will assume that Lee didn't use his maximum speed and strength (although he was really angry at what Temari did to TenTen), but he was fast enough to attack her without Guy stopping him. Guy didn't manage to stop Lee, his beloved student that risked disqualification. Yet, he easily stopped Neji, who was so fast that Hinata didn't even move away from the attack.

Obviously, I'll assume (again, in favor of Hinata) that Guy didn't think Lee would attack or that the attack wouldn't disqualify him (but we know that it will cost him the whole exam if he managed to hit her, as we learned from later) OR Guy has known that Temari can protect herself.

I don't think it's needs any explanation. Lee's kick is stronger than any attack that Hinata can master. Mind you, it wasn't any kick it was his technique:

Both Naruto and Neji had known it wasn't a weak attack because they immediately screamed. If Lee was bearly touching her OR if the attack was slow, they wouldn't make such a fuss.

And Temari stopped it like it's nothing.

2. Durability

We have nothing on their durability, exept that Hinatas is extremely low:

Fight with Neji - she's almost dead.

Fight with Pain - she's almost dead.

War, where everyone was fighting - she's on the floor.

For the seak of the agreement, let's again assume in favor of Hinata, that Temaris durability is just as low (even tho it should be a crime, because Temari is a damn Junin, BUT LETS SAY).

3. Intelligence

Intelligence is obviously Temari. She was smart enough to get into a real mind game (and be VERY GOOD AT IT) with Shikamaru during chunnin exams, and Shikamaru is the smartest.

Meanwhile Hinata....

Had to be reminded to even look at the enemy

And to use her byakugan... her only damn weapon

Let's just say she's not the smartest tool in the shed 🤷‍♀️

4. Additional skills

Hinata has:

Byakugan and... that's it

She has "lion fists", but it's just a waste of chakra because that jutsu HAS NEVER DONE ANYTHING.

Temari has:

Her summoning, that can cut the whole forest and kill a person in one sweep

She can FLY

She has her fan that is extremely durable and allows her to channel her wind better

5. Fighting style

Hinata is strictly short distance, with an exception of an air palm that still is short to mid range.

Temari is mid to long distance fighter.

Fight

If that fight was to occur, because of Temaris high intelligence, it would be definitely long distance. Hinata (if she remembers to activate it) would see where Temari is with her byakugan, but it wouldn't amount to sh*t because just seeing her move wouldn't allow Hinata to stop Temaris wind.

Hinata may try to close distance, but Temari is too smart to go into close combat (like she did in chunin exams fight against Shikamaru), and even IF Hinata somehow can get close to Temari... Temari can FLY AWAY ON HER FAN. How would Hinata counter it? By doing an air palm and blowing Temari even further away?

Hinata can't do rotation like Neji, her air palm wouldn't move A WIND THAT CAN CUT DOWN A WHOLE FOREST, and even if it could protect her in any way, she can't do it for a long time, while Temari can spam with her wind for long enough to keep 3rd Raikage away.

But even IF Hinata somehow gets to a close combat, Temari has a fan that can protect her from stronger attacks than Hinatas (like Lee's kick) and a summon that can separate them.

So even if we take all unknowns for Hinats sake - Temari is winning with no difficulty. There is no doubt that Temari slams Hinata to the ground.

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Obviously, the winner is Temari. Every Temari would destroy every Hinata with no difficulty 🤷‍♀️

Alright. I have a lot of feeling that I needed to work through after the infamous episode 178. I don’t love what they’ve done with Temari by any means but I do love these images side by side. I’ve been thinking about how Temari grew up in Suna. Basically parentless, with a murderous brother and a tumultuous day to day existence. So in that sense I’m thankful that yes she is a housewife and a mother. That there’s a semblance of peace and normalcy in her daily life. I’d like to believe that she still goes on missions, trains InoShikaCho, fucks her husband good and well and takes care of the home and clan. If this wasn’t what she wanted she wouldn’t be there.

I’ve written 20+ stories about Shikamaru/Temari and in each one I characterize her a little different because she’s a complex character and I think that we can see little pieces of ourselves in her. That’s why so many of us love her and are very protective of her.

No context

Sakura Haruno

1. From being weak in Part One she became super strong.

2. Hardworking and determined.

3. The great medic that healed a lot of people.

4. Very smart (not when it comes to feelings, I admit).

5. Kind and supportive (I admit, not always, especially when it comes to Naruto and Sai, but there are great examples like Lee).

6. The first one to catch White Zetsu when he infiltrated their ranks.

7. Punched a goddess.

8. Played a big role in Sasori’s death.

9. Defeated a lot of Ten-Tails Clones.

10. Was able to master Tsunade's Byakugou that even Shizune couldn’t.

Hinata Hyuga

1. Like Sakura, she had progressed so much that she became a Gentle Fist Master.

2. From barely talking to Naruto she came putting her life on the line to save his.

3. Kind, smart and supportive.

4. Hardworking, she trained on and off screen to become stronger.

5. A great big sister.

6. Never saw Naruto as a monster.

7. Never wrong anybody.

8. She is the successor to Hamura's will.

9. Doesn’t show off her body (and it really bothers me when people say others like her because of her boobs, I mean, even she doesn’t like them).

10. Punched a god in the face.

Ino Yamanaka

1. Strong, hardworking and has one of the most awesome jutsus ever.

2. Confident, she doesn’t give a shit about what others say about her.

3. Smart.

4. Saved Sakura from bullies although she didn’t know her.

5. Brings out the best in people.

6. Played a crucial role in 4th Great Ninja War (can count at least 10 valid reasons).

7. The great medic that heald a lot of people and best sensor in 5 great nations.

8. Entered Obito Uchiha’s body twice.

9. Runs a family business, works in Interrogation and Torture Department and is head of her clan.

10. Her love for Sasuke was honest and selfless.

Tenten

1. Confident and practically fearless.

2. Born with no special ability but found something she’s good at and worked on that.

3. Like the rest of team Gai, very hardworking.

4. A great friend and a comrade.

5. Determined.

6. Headstrong and smart.

7. Defeated a lot of clones in war.

8. Even when she lost Neji, she stayed composed the most she could given the circumstances because she knew she was needed in war.

9. Runs her own business.

10. Excelled space-time ninjutsu.

Temari

1. Strong.

2. Confident.

3. Great big sister.

4. Smart.

5. Blew away Madara Uchiha.

6. Defeated a lot of clones in war.

7. Saved Shikamaru’s life and defeated Tayuya.

8. A great inspirator.

9. Has tough exterior but is actually kind and caring.

10. Ambassador between two villages.

Karin Uzumaki

1. The girl with most tragic past but is still confident.

2. Doesn’t take it when Sasuke is an ass to her.

3. A great sensor.

4. Was very useful during the war.

5. She just wanted to see Sasuke smile.

6. Her heal Bite saved a lot of life, including the one of the Fifth Hokage.

7. Very smart.

8. Loyal.

9. Runs her own business.