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PROMPT 32: UNDERNEATH. HEADCANON.

you have to remember that haku was one of the first characters introduced in the naruto canon as a “ninja prodigy” and “young genius.” he’s fucking brilliant, okay — he figured out how to do hidden jutsus without anyone from his family to teach him and no scrolls left behind to learn from. at the age of fifteen he was considered on par with/arguably stronger than zabuza, one of the elite seven ninja swordsmen of the mist. he’s a product of his era & the only known surviving progeny of one of the most deadly & infamous clans in water country’s history. he figured out how kakashi’s sharingan worked in a manner of minutes, a feat that (the part one narrative implies) has eluded far older and more well-known shinobi. and i think it’s fair to say that like 90% of the naruto cast without wack character nerfing haku would be on par with the other part one young ninja prodigy, such as shikamaru, neji, sasuke, whoever the fuck else. 

however, unlike the aforementioned in his class group, i personally believe that haku’s high intelligence is something that often flies under the radar in his interactions with others. there are a lot of reasons for this. for one, haku doesn’t display the same “young isolated genius” behavior typical of most of the other tragic male geniuses of naruto, though he certainly does have his arrogant moments. haku’s quick as a whip and will call you out without issue, but he’s also far more socially intelligent than many of the other young geniuses in canon. he had to be. as a young, wanted, *effeminate orphan, he had to learn how to read, manipulate, and sway people in manners different than his arguably more protected and masculine presenting counter-parts. he’s a planner, schemer, marionnette-strings sort of guy. strategy is everything if he can help it. he’s more likely to get the things he wants done by convincing you that it was your idea/you want to do it too than swinging his Big Brain Energy around and demanding you do as he says because he’s smarter than you. because even if your idea is the best idea, people tend to rebel when you make them feel stupid or embarrassed. he’d make a great leader or second in command. he also doesn’t make a big deal out of being smarter than most; weapons are less effective when everyone knows they’re there, right?

additionally, haku’s vastly more emotionally developed than most of the other ninja geniuses. he is capable of connecting with people that the others struggle with for the entirety of the series. he is warm and soft and kind and good in a world where such traits are considered detrimental to a shinobi’s success/characteristics of sub-par fighters. because their world is so masculine-coded, traits coded as feminine tend to be seen as weakness. so people are quick to forget that haku is also incredibly dangerous and wickedly intelligent because they choose to underestimate him for his effeminate appearance and compassionate heart. ALSO Y'ALL HE'S JUST SO FUCKIN' NICE LMAO EVEN IF HE DRAGS YOU IT'S LIKE SO BEAUTIFULLY DONE YOU HAVE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HOW WELL HE DID THAT BEFORE YOU CAN EVEN REGISTER ANGER LMAOOOO !!!

ahem. so. finally, i think his smarts go under the radar because of where he’s from and how he’s raised. i hc that people shit on kiri all the time and there’re lots of jokes about how kiri nin are all illiterate and stupid ( there’s truth to some of this, they have a terrible education system, a high mortality rate, and are actively taught not to think for themselves so they can follow orders ). so people hear his dialect and make assumptions. also, like …. i know sasuke and neji had super fucked up upbringings, but haku was like …. literally trained to think of himself as an object useful only when in the right hands. he’s spent a lot of his life not thinking of his own body, himself as his own. this included his intelligence. being smart wasn’t something to make a big hoot about because who cared how big your brain was if you were dead or causing trouble. and how can you brag about something that isn’t yours???????? so he doesn’t. eventually haku does begin to see his intelligence as his and something belonging to him that he can use however he wants, but it takes a lot of time for him to actually believe it. and by that point he’s mostly grown out of the braggy adolescent phase and is content to drink tea and kick your ass in sho any day of the week.

@vaultrot || violent prompts.

⌬  -  for your muse to nick mine with a blade

【 ⚫ 𝑘𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑘𝑖𝑦𝑜. ⚫ 】 ———-

perhaps it is true that    curiosity will kill the cat ;    &&    perhaps it is the fault of the    chesire. 

an intimidating height that    looms    harshly over the shorter figure, alongside a peculiar nature    &&    willingness to learn of all humanity’s flaws    &&    fortunes ; perhaps it was the other’s form of    self defense.    usually rather agile, a blade rushing in his direction led the anthropologist to shift on his heels, moving enough to avoid a more severe blow, save for the    g a s h    newly decorating the side of his eye ———- a single drop of blood flowing down porcelain skin.

a rather    irrational response,    he thinks. but, to each their own.    &&    korekiyo is not a stupid man ; he keeps his    distance    from the other from this point onward. 

im so sorry everyone just sucks here eautoagia ta. it’s so damn HILARIOUS

well. you got me there.

meme.  /  @vaultrot

Wash the blood off of him.

They are both shinobi. They both know the things that must be done. But it is different when someone you love must see the results of your anger. Sasuke, on any given day, must keep a tight control on the emotions that strain to be free. The hatred he has for this village and the people who run it is embedded so deep within him that the fact he’s even here is a miracle. 

Sasuke didn’t kill the man. He didn’t, but he should have. It would have been mercy in comparison to what the Uchiha had done. The blood is not his. Not one drop of it. The man may never wake up again, let alone walk. If he does wake, the genjutsu Sasuke put him through may have broken his mind beyond repair. This is the side of him that he’d hoped for Naoya to ever see. 

Does he still love him? Will he even be able to look at him now? 

His head dips under the spray of the water, the feel of those hands on his skin a welcome surprise. As if that’s what his body needed, Naoya will be able to visibly see the tension drain, circle at their feet with the pink water. It’s not that the moment was emotionally taxing. Sasuke isn’t shaking, he isn’t full of remorse or regret. The things the man had said? He deserved what he got. 

The only reason shame coats him like a second skin is because Naoya -- beautiful, sweet, loving Naoya -- must see the side of Sasuke that brought about legends. 

Put a flower in his hair.

The scent hits him first. Floral, light, not something he’d associate with someone like himself. Nose wrinkles, searching out the offense to keen senses when he realizes both where it is and where it’s heading. A disgruntled noise, feeling the stem tucked behind an ear. 

                         “I don’ want this shit!”