#sskposting

incredible how kishimoto repeatedly asserts that naruto and itachi chose sasuke over the village, when in fact the exact opposite is true. itachi tortured him, took away his entire commmunity, tried to brainwash him. naruto's grand solution was murder-suicide and even after learning the truth about the massacre, he still wanted to be hokage and was confused by sasuke's refusal to forgive and return. they both aligned themselves with the village, but the simple act of performative love for sasuke is enough (according to kishimoto and konoha) for them to be considered exceptionally pacifistic, self-sacrificing characters who defied the village. it's such a fucked moral standard that offers zero compassion to the real victim of the situation: sasuke

ok but sasuke full on discarding his konoha headband, unlike other hidden village defectors who wear their slashed headbands proudly and almost seem to define themselves by the village they left behind...... i have many thoughts about this actually. the absence of the headband represents a complete rejection of konoha and everything it offers him. and then when he reaches oto, he doesnt wear his loyalty to them either, because he's already resolved to escape oto too. something something he's severing his bonds to the hidden villages, something something he's refusing to be defined by the people who want to use him, something something he's already lost everything but his chains

the queen died but honestly sasuke's been through so much more. the hardships he's faced aren't even comparable to dying of old age. until the queen has done what sasuke has done, i don't feel sympathy

*through gritted teeth* ok i need you to understand that just bc a character makes a statement about sasuke's personality or whatever and they say it with a completely confident tone and everything, that does not mean they are supposed to be correct. when naruto instigates fights with sasuke bc he thinks he's being looked down on, he is wrong bc he is deeply insecure about his own abilities and self-worth and craves acknowledgement. when kakashi says sasuke is like him, he is wrong bc he is very clearly projecting and his complete misreading of sasuke's character and circumstances ends up backfiring. when sakura says sasuke must have used PEDs to get so strong she is wrong bc sasuke himself later disproves this assumption when he calls out orochimaru's methods. when itachi says sasuke is a blank canvas that can be easily painted over, he is also wrong and later admits he was wrong and can we pls just leave the sasuke was manipulated misinterpretation in 2022

it's actually so ridiculous that sasuke gets hit with the homophobe and misogynist allegations when the titular protagonist himself is right there