xochisui replied to your post: [[ āif you portray Itachi as sweet and gentle,...
one of the things iāve always found refreshing about itachi since the whole plot twist reveal about him IS his gentle nature. heās the ideal shinobi in that he succeeds in being the cold and calculated killer shinobi society puts value in, but heās ultimately good-hearted and above all driven by his love for sasuke. his sweetness heās able to show with people he trusts makes him HIM. even fugaku so much as states this when itachi is about to kill him
[[ I donāt understand, man. I donāt understand this current fandom culture in which people are completely allergic/avoidant to being able to sayĀ āthis is my preference.āĀ
Instead, they want to act like they are the authority on how the media should be interpreted, by themselves and how others should.Ā
Itachi IS gentle. This is a canon statement. That doesnāt mean you have to like it/approve of it, but you DO have to acknowledge it. Canon is not subjective and up to personal opinion. It is objective, immutable fact. Again, this doesnāt mean you have to approve of it, or enjoy it.Ā
Itās perfectly acceptable to sayĀ āThis is my preferenceā with regards to wanting to portray a character in a certain way that is actually OOC (such as aggressive, violent, abusive and controlling Itachi.) No oneās going to take away your character card for it. Write all you want with it, draw all you want, etc.
But the moment you claim the actual character is OOC because theyāre not acting like you wantĀ him to, thatās when you have to stop. We need to stop acting as if weāre all professional literary critics. Our preferences donāt mean weāre any good at analysis. Itās justĀ a preference. Nothing more, nothing less. ]]