yummygreentea replied to your post āDoes itachi being so obsessed with Sasuke and loving him so much have...ā
I want to think that showing Izumi what she wanted doesn't necessarily equate to him being straight. If she had liked another person i think itachi would have shown her a similar illusion.. Besides, didn't he only see her as a friend at the time? ��
[[ Okay, Iām going to get serious for a moment.
First of all: if thatās your interpretation of that scene, then by all means I encourage you to keep it. Iām not at all saying you canāt think itās something else-- I was very specific in handing freedom back to readers. My word isnāt law! While I appreciate questions, Iām not ever going to say people haveĀ to agree with me.
But if weāre talking meta wise:
Itachi didnāt know what romance was because he didnāt give it the time of day. Itachi doesnāt have enough social knowledge/experience to know for sure whether he would eventually fall in love or keep his feelings strictly platonic. Again... if you want to read Itachi/Izumi as strictly platonic, please do so!
And context wise... what does it matter? What fight are we winning by trying to argue about his canon sexuality? Or any other characterās? Would you stop shipping Shiita if it was proven by word of God that Itachi was straight? I donāt think so. You shouldnāt stop shipping it just because canon proved you wrong. In fact I think this would just make you ship it harder.
Ino liked Sasuke, then Sai, so sheās straight; but people still ship her with Sakura. Is this a problem? Nope.
Jiraiya is possibly the straightest guy character I can think of, and yet people still ship him with Orochimaru. Is this a problem? Nope, this isnāt a problem either.
Kishimotoās manga is NOT meant to explore the topic of sexuality. In fact, any same sex scenes were used as eye-candy for the opposite sex. Sakura is canonically a fujoshi, (not to be confused with tumblrās negativeĀ ādefinitionā of the term), and yet... femslash is still popular with Sakura. And again, this is not a problem.
Canon should not be the be-all-end-all of when it comes to who is allowed to ship what and with who. You can sayĀ āx is canonā and still do whatever you want within fandom. Draw what you want. Write what you want.Ā
Does it maybe feel like a threat to acknowledge the idea that Itachi might have returned a girlās feelings? It really shouldnāt, I say again-- canon should not stop you from doing what you enjoy.Ā
I knew someone was going to misunderstand my post-- but hopefully this clears it up? ]]