🚬 Cigarettes in Nana 🚬 - Black Stone - Seven Stars - Gitanes
Nana Week 2020 - Day 5 Prompt: CIGARETTES
they make my heart ache i want them to realize they like each other so bad
I’ve realized my Ideal Outfit is this:
button-ups, high-waisted jeans, and Docs. You literally can’t go wrong.
it’s perfect. you can dress it up or down. it’s flattering on any body type. it’s the perfect amount of androgynous, and it even has Femme and Masc variants:
Right now I’m wearing a botanical print blouse I thrifted off etsy and it’s from the 90s so it has shoulder pads sewn in. fuckin sweet is what it is
Anonymous asked:
Maybe it's bc I didn't ship JK until they became canon, but I never felt that he was a replacement just based on who Mikasa and Jean were portrayed during those 139 chapters. Mikasa is described as prideful, so is Jean to a certain degree.He's one of the rare person who called her out on her obsession with Eren which tells me that if he felt she was still being obsessed with E and was using as a replacement, he wouldn't had marry her. He never forced this relationship bc Mikasa was into in Eren, why would he start now? The point of EM was imo, to portray an unhealthy relationship. Her obsession was never abt how much she was in love with him, but rather how dependant she was to me, so comparing it to JK doesn't make sense.
Lol I don't like how the fandom throws around the words 'obsessed' or 'unhealthy' but I get your sentiment. EM as a relationship hasn't exactly been portrayed in a very good light. I mean it literally has been paralleled to king Fritz and Ymir. Now the two relationships themselves aren't similar but the parallel doesn't exist in a void and both are shown as relationships where the girl should let go. The message is there should be a limit to your devotion. When people claim Mikasa's love for Eren will remain greater than her love for Jean, by that logic Ymir's love for king Fritz is even greater. That's the whole point of that plot point, having a balance in your love and knowing when to stop. Mikasa's over attachment to Eren was literally her character flaw and she killed him out of her own choice. While she spent her life with Jean out of her own choice.
I personally think when it comes to EM, like many other things in AOT, the opinions are very polarised. It's either EM are soulmates who were meant to be or EM came out of nowhere. Both of which is untrue. EM, as a relationship was a disaster, yes, because they were emotionally incapable of forming a functional relationship with each other. Eren was a self centred person unable to love anyone in a mature way. His love is on paper, he loves a lot of people but won’t make compromises for said loved ones. That’s why he risks the lives of the same people whom he wants to live long happy lives. He loves, just not enough. And Mikasa was able to form balanced bonds with others but not Eren because of her extreme fear of losing him. When saving a drowning person, if you get close to them, they’ll hold on to you so tightly, you won’t be able to swim either and as a result you’ll both drown. But you can’t expect them to understand that, because of the extreme state of panic they’re in. They’re just holding on with everything to what they perceive as their only chance at surviving. That was Mikasa with Eren. To her, he became her last surviving family she cannot afford to lose at any cost and she held on to him with everything she got. Eren and Mikasa are not Romeo and Juliet, failed by society, failed by their elders, failed by everyone. EreMika was failed by EreMika. That's a tragedy, they were right there, always next to each other, it could've been so easy but it wasn't because of who they were. But the importance of EM isn’t in how good or bad or successful or whatever their relationship was. It’s in what it brought about. Mikasa is alive today because of Eren, Eren taught her how to live, showed her warmth in a cold world. Mikasa now has people in her life. She has a family. With Jean. Her childhood friend is Armin. She has other important friends, has a guardian like figure in Levi, has someone who connects her to her heritage, Kiyomi San. And she wouldn't have met any of these people had she not been with Eren. Eren is gone, but what Mikasa got from him (or through him) will last her entire lifetime. And from Eren's side, he ended up becoming a monster in the end. But still, there remains one person in the world to whom he will always be a reminder of beauty and not cruelty. Eren's beautiful side, however small compared to his cruel side, existed. And it lives through Mikasa. It has always been a pattern. Eren kills at age nine, Mikasa is saved. Eren turns into a titan and goes on a rampage, Mikasa is saved. Eren unlocks the power of the co-ordinate and kills Dina, Mikasa is saved. Eren does the rumbling, as a long term result of which Paradis gets nuked. But after Mikasa has lived a long life. Keep in mind, Eren in all these cases has been more focused on the destruction part, Eren has a natural tendency towards violence, he just needs an excuse. But Mikasa has always been saved by his monstrous acts. This is where EM's beauty and tragedy lies. Not in terms of being a romantic relatiosnship. Like they didn't even have a relationship to begin with.
And yes, I agree that Jean won't be with her if he felt like a replacement for Eren, neither will Mikasa be with him if she felt like she was settling for something that was only a second choice. Jean already had his own place in her life even when Eren was alive. Also, I personally don't think Jean was head over heels for Mikasa. Yes, he had feelings for her but I don't think when he sees her, his first thought is oooh I wanna marry her so bad. I think he sees her first and foremost as a precious friend. I believe when he came back and they fell in love, it was an experience for him as well. As in I don't think it was Jean trying to get her to say yes and finally succeeding, but their friendship getting deeper and then things growing through mutual inputs and taking a different turn. I don't think comparing any two relationships ever makes sense but for EM and JK, the two are way too different in nature.
I was thinking the other day about how Horikoshi switching gears and deciding to write Katsuki as a redeemable figure arguably wound up derailing Izuchako, even if it was slow and wasn't apparent right away. When a relationship with that much baggage gets forefront development and when Izuku can't really neatly move on with his life, it left Izuku and Ochako's dynamic with very little room to breath. Bakugou and Deku's relationship isn't canonically romantic, yet Bakugou wound up registering as an uncomfortable emotional elephant in the room in Izuku and Ochako's relationship.
(example: Deku and Ochako's cooldown hug scene was clearly supposed to be a 'big moment' for the ship, yet his breakdown was because he was upset about someone being mean about Bakugou, and her touch isn't enough to calm him down, so they needed Shinso. Even Kishimoto let Sakura at least have Sasuke's curse mark meltdown being very clearly about her AND her hug was what calmed him down.)
But something else I realized is that it's not just Katsuki; Todoroki and Momo kinda wound up taking over narrative duties that a lot of people assumed Ochako would have. Todoroki took over the "tertiary protagonist" role she seemed to have in the early prototype of the series, and Momo often feels more like a 'female lead' to the series than she does, where she wound up playing major, active roles in the most important arcs in the series so far like Kamino and The War, and generally became a leader to the class in both combat AND interpersonally.
Ochako's storyline just has this sad pattern of her constantly getting overshadowed or undermined by other characters narratively, especially past the earliest portions of the series. It was easy to ignore at first, and Horikoshi might pull a late-series saving throw, but overall, Ochako wound up being a frustrating character to be invested in.
Eren Jaeger’s Final Words
So there are many people unimpressed with the final statement given by Eren’s character, either finding it inconsistent with the build up to this point, or too ambiguous a motivation for trampling all over the world. I’m not really here to talk about the quality of the story, whether it was good or bad, because I don’t really care. However, I think it’s fascinating what the text is trying to say about Eren’s character and his motivation.
This is why, “I don’t know, shrug” is both an answer and not an answer to why Eren did what he did in the end. For making my point in this analysis, I’ll be talking about Eren’s character from Marley on showing both the Eren that appeared before Reiner, the one that talked to Zeke, and finally the one Armin saw are all the same person.
My issue with Eren in 139
Eren previously and repeatedly said he "keeps moving forward until his enemies are destroyed" NOT stopped by heroes (I talked before why Lelouch ending doesn't work on him), that he wants to "kill every last one of those animals" referring to both humans and titans using the same wording.
And then, when he touched Ymir in the Paths his motivation magically changed to keep moving forward to reach the result of Mikasa's choice, which is beheading him to set an example for Ymir.
The problem is we saw Ymir's "awakening" moment (i.e her tearful eyes) by Eren's famous speech "This is ends now. I will put an end to this world. Lend me your strength. You're no god. You're no slave. You're just a human being. You don't have to serve anyone. You're free to choose. Staying in here for entirety or end it all. Wasn't you who led me all the way here?" Then apparently that awakening moment was all for nothing.
Mikasa's last minute involvement was so surreal and incongruous to me.
You can't establish something, keep true to it throughout the series, then change it in the very last chapter with no reasonable explanation.
Anonymous asked:
Do you think AOT is better than FMAB?
sorry not sorry for the blunt answer but no, never, not in a million years, not even close, not for a number of reasons.
few reasons under the cut, because apparently I’m doing this instead of focusing in class. obviously there will be spoilers for both shows, and obviously some of this will be based on personal preference.
Fun Levi Facts!
All facts have been stated by Isayama!
¬ Levi gets 2-3 hrs of sleep due to his insomnia
¬ Levi’s nightmares involve him not being able to save his friends, dreams of falling and insane intestine smells from titans evaporating
¬ Levi’s pet peeve is pens lying around open
¬ Levi as a parent would be easily pissed off but he’d be kinda good with children so they’re alright with him
¬ Levi’s favorite flavor of ice cream is lemon and vanilla
¬ Levi is considered ugly in the Snk Universe, Isayama rated their attractiveness and gave Levi a 2 out of 10
¬ Levi was wearing his mother’s dress when Kenny found him
¬ If someone was to confess their feelings to Levi, he’d awkwardly reject them
¬ If Levi sees his reflection in clean surfaces he’d smile a little
¬ Sometimes Levi would talk to himself if something really fucked up happened
¬ Levi does his tea himself, but sometimes if someone is nice they’ll make him tea
¬ Levi doesn’t have a crush on anyone
¬ Levi’s favorite Disney Movie would be Mary Poppins
¬ If Levi had a job in the modern world it would either be a teacher or chef
¬ If you told Levi a good/bad joke he wouldn’t react at all
¬ If Levi were to style his hair in any other way it would be in a ponytail ( Tied Up )
¬ If you were drunk Levi would knock you out so you don’t make any trouble
¬ Levi doesn’t have a good fashion sense
¬ If you randomly search up ‘the definition of fabulous’ on Google a picture of Levi would show
¬ Levi gets all weird when tickled
¬ Levi’s flexible enough to do a standing split
¬ If Levi were to have a panic attack he’d need someone to reassure him that everything would be alright
¬ Rivialle isn’t Levi’s second/first name, it was a wrong translation of his name
¬ Levi would visit Greenland if he could
¬ Levi’s type would be someone who’s tough, feminine and sensual
¬ Levi thinks marriage sucks
¬ Levi is always the submissive one ( HolY ShIt!1 )
¬ Levi is a virgin
¬ Levi sees Isabel in Eren
¬ If Levi had a crush on someone he wouldn’t stop stuttering when he’s around them
¬ Levi likes his tea with no milk, sugar or anything ( Plus all those things are too expensive for him to buy )
¬ Levi wouldn’t have a pet
¬ Levi’s favorite smell is a Summer breeze
¬ You would hardly notice if Levi got sick
¬ Levi would win a fight against Sebastian Michaelis, no demon powers involved
¬ If Levi caught two of his squad members doing the deed, he would stay quiet, walk away and cry
¬ Levi would like Baseball Diaries
¬ If you tried to have a pillow fight with Levi he wouldn’t react at all
¬ If Levi’s squad members threw him a party he’d be slightly annoyed but would appreciate the effort they put in for him
¬ Levi’s fav fruit is apples
¬ If you were to kiss Levi he’d pull back and look at you in terror and disgust
¬ If Levi was in a highschool AU he’d be in the group of bullies
¬ Levi tried wearing plateau shoes
¬ He also once wished to be taller
¬ Levi would push you away and not look at you if you hugged him
¬ Levi’s fav food is rice
¬ In the Snk universe, Levi is the most sexually frustrated one of them all
¬ If Levi were to be an Olympian he’d compete in weightlifting
¬ Levi is the most emotional person in Aot
¬ Levi would play the bass-guitar if he wanted
¬ If Levi went into a haunted house he’d explain everything logically
¬ Levi would be kinda good at hide and seek, he’d find the best hiding spots but wouldn’t come out of em
¬ If you were flirting with Levi, he wouldn’t have a clue that you are doing it
¬ Levi once wanted to open a tea shop
¬ If someone were to dye Levi’s hair pink, he’d wear it proudly and nobody would make fun of it
¬ Levi is a mama’s boy
¬ Levi’s laugh is kinda creepy and it gives some cadets nightmares if they heard it
¬ Levi’s fav color is white
¬ Levi would be the best at ice skating if he were to try it
¬ If you drew a really good drawing of Levi and showed him he’d say ‘’good work’’
¬ Levi likes Indie Music
¬ If Levi had a gf he’d leave her alone, wouldn’t exactly treat her like a princess and it wouldn’t be much different from not being in a relationship
¬ If Levi saw all the fanart of him ( especially the more revealing ones ) he’d want them deleted
¬ Levi once laughed shortly and when someone asked him about it he said farted
¬ If a kissing scene happened in a movie, Levi would think how he’d like to do that too but would keep it to himself
¬ If Levi went to Cosplay Con he’d just want to go home
¬ Levi is good at cooking, the favorite thing he’d make is stew
¬ Levi’s secret talent is that he can imitate some Scouts
¬ Question: ‘What’s the most disgusting thing Levi’s ever done when he was alone?’
Isayama’s Answer: One time he touched his dick
¬ Levi wouldn’t use any social media
¬ Levi would show his lover affection by bringing them tea or touching them slightly
¬ Levi once considered self harm and suicide because of his depression, he then found a strong will to live
¬ If someone told Levi he had a nice ass he’d tell them to fuck off
¬ The veterans have seen Levi laughing and crying
¬ The most embarassing memory Levi has is that he wasn’t allowed to drink once because they thought he was a kid
¬ The subject Levi likes most is Math
¬ The subject Levi hates most is English
¬ Levi still practices his writing, he’d be very conscious about his handwriting since he’s from the underground he didn’t learn to write so he would be scared if you found out about his background
¬ Levi’s handwriting is very neat
¬ levi wouldn’t get jealous over his lover because he trusts them, if he was jealous he’d stay low about it then eventually explode about it
¬ Levi’s fav sweet would be raisons
¬ If Levi were in a traffic jam he’d wait patiently
¬ Levi would be the possesive kind of lover
sexuallylevi
this is so cute
It bothers me that people still don’t know that Buckynat/Winterwidow is a canon ship.
In fact it’s Bucky’s only canon ship.
Hm, ok.
English is not my first language, so, please, forgive me for any mistakes you find here! I hope no one gets offended by my opinion. I have lots of respect for any shippers in the Naruto fandom, although I might not agree with most of them. However, there’s something I need to write down. There’s this issue I’ve been thinking about. In a shonen, the author won’t focus on romance, ideed. This makes me believe that, therefore, our consciences tend to look for anything in the story we can connect to a romantic relationship, since romance is a crucial part of human life; except for celibates and for aromantic people, of course. Such correlation exists because romance is directly connected to the idea of breeding, which makes me believe that this involuntary connection we make is about something instinctive. Even gay relationships will make our brains think about breeding, because there is sex involved. When it comes to the Naruto series, this is one of the reasons why I personally don’t se romance between Sasuke and Naruto. It’s just a mind trick. I also don’t see any romance between Naruto and Gaara. Let me tell you why. Every villain who’s touched by Naruto’s TnJ would have to be gay, because every single one of them magically becomes obsessed with conquering Naruto’s friendship or becomes overly attached to him. Gaara’s dream during the Infinite Tsukuyomi was to have Naruto by his side during his childhood. His dream’s focus wasn’t on his actual family, on his mother, the one whe never met and whose love he always wanted to receive. It was on Naruto, who also managed to get a sincere acknowledgement from fucking Uchiha Itachi. Naruto changed Nagato. He changed Neji. He changed everyone he’s ever fought in a substantial way. One could say that romantic love is the feeling that could change people the most. I think it is. People will generally change something crucial in their lives because of something that happened in a romantic relationship that was important to them. Eventually, it will happen. I’ve been there, done that, and I don’t even remember how many times it happened to me or how many chains of thought I erased because of the lessons I learned from past romantic relationships. So, based on all of this, should I assume that every villain, even the most stubborn one, Naruto’s changed is gay? I doubt it.
In my modest opinion, for I know that there are lots of narusasu shippers in the Naruto fandom and I do not want them to get offended, Kishimoto tried to give “friendship” an entirely different meaning. I believe he tried to say that friendship is something that can be transcendental, that can cross the borders of time. That’s why he makes Naruto and Sasuke so damn important to each other. Yes, to me, these characters are the same as antagonistic twins, which means they have the same connection actual twins have. If one of them is broken, the other will be broken too. If one of them is happy, the other will be happy too. That’s why he made Naruto and Sasuke the reincarnations of two brothers. As a matter of fact, this small detail summarizes it all: Naruto and Sasuke are the reincarnations of two brothers who held each other very dear even after so many years of rivalry. Such situation made their brotherly bond the strongest one possible, as crazy as it may seem. In turn, this same bond, including the rivalry, perpetuated itself throughout the centuries. We know that Naruto and Sasuke refer to each other as “friends”. I saw some people say that Sasuke asking Naruto why he was so obsessed with him meant that he was expecting to hear an “I love you”.
I’m sorry, but no. Sasuke tends to ask him that during periods when he’s being consumed by darkness: during their first major fight, when he was under the influence of the cursed seal and being tempted by Orochimaru’s offer; when they meet in Shippuden for the first time in three years, he’s still under Orochimaru’s influence and he still implies that Naruto’s obsession seems pointless to him; right after he kills Danzo; during their last fight and after it. A lot of people, when deeply corrupted, stop being able to comprehend human feeling, they start lacking empathy, for empathy becomes something unfamiliar to them. The corruption works like poison, it makes people become unaffected by light, considering the fact that it is incompatible with the darkness within them. So, when Sasuke keeps asking Naruto why he is so obsessed with him, he genuinely means that he does not understand how this concept of friendship Naruto keeps babbling about can exist. Everytime he’s asked the Uzumaki about it, he didn’t seem to care enough to question the answers he received from the usuratonkachi. However, that happened just because Sasuke wouldn’t start a debate about friendship with Naruto under the chaotic circumstances that used to bring them together. Consequently, he never counters the “because-you-are-my-friend” response he keeps receiving. He just tells Naruto to stay out of his way and leaves. Be that as it may, in the very end, he finally decided to bite back, but it wasn’t because he was expecting to hear an “I love you”. It was because he really felt the urge to understand what kind of idea Naruto had about friendship. When Naruto told him what his idea of what comes to be a friend was, Sasuke widened his good eye in shock. This happened for two reasons:
- The first one was that he was surprised that something so noble and incredible could exist and that he, of all people, was the one to get it from someone – he is totally shocked that someone is capable of wishing him the best even in spite each one of his “horrible deeds”, he can’t believe something so beautiful could happen to him, an outsider, the “traitor”, the cursed Uchiha, he is touched by Naruto’s “purity” of heart;
- The second one was that he found out that their impressions regarding each other had always been pretty much the same.
Then, he lost it and cried. Uchiha Sasuke cried in front of Uzumaki Naruto. Somethig must have been wrong. Maybe he finally caught himself surrending to his passion and his sexual interest towards his friend, right? No. I believe you all know very well what is the only thing capable of making Sasuke cry. Uchiha Itachi, his brother. Sasuke himself stated that he was always under the impression that Naruto’d always walked ahead of him, just like Itachi had always done. He keeps making a connection between Naruto and Itachi. His monologue in those chapters after their last fight is all about connecting Naruto and Intachi, whether directly or indirectly. The reason for that couldn’t be more simple: Naruto is the new Itachi. He is the Itachi Sasuke needs around. He is his new brother. Sasuke idolizes brotherhood and family bonds.
Basically, Kishimoto is trying to send an incredible message: friendship can be – and sometimes is – the same thing as brotherhood, it can be a bond that transcends time and life itself. I don’t think he was trying to say Naruto and Sasuke wanted to bang each other all along. Japanese people have an entirely different notion of what friendship means. In fact, they have more problem befriending females than males. Also, some asian people are a little less afraid of being called “gay” for showing affection towards male friends, something that really, really doesn’t happen in the West. Just think about it: here, men can’t hold hands, because that’s gay; men can’t kiss each other’s cheeks, because that’s gay; men can’t say “I love you” to other men, because that can only mean they’re gay. Doesn’t all of this scream male gender role stereotypes to you? I think it does to me. In some Eastern cultures, such thing doesn’t happen. This explains why Kishimoto seems to have written gay characters, because the general asian concept of friendship seems “gayish” to most of us. The problem with this is that we are dealing with “internalized homophobia”. We can’t think about two males supporting each other or even dying for each other without concluding they’re homosexuals. With all due respect to narusasu shippers, but refusing to see beyond a supposed romance between Naruto and Sasuke can make you accidentally corroborate to gender role stereotypes. I mean, why can’t the relationship between them be just a transcendental friendship, a brotherhood, something even spiritual, something that crosses the borders of time, as I said before? Why does it have to involve romance? The bond between our protagonists here is something much more powerful than anything sexual or romantic, in my opinion. If Naruto is Sasuke’s new Itachi, of course the connection between them would be strong to a batshit insane level. In addiction, this is one of the main reasons why I can’t agree with people who say Sasuke doesn’t need a family to be complete and that he will never be able to be happy again, no matter what. Come on, people. He’s got a new brother now, one that doesn’t poke his forehead to keep him away – not that I think Sasuke still resents Itachi for it.
On top of all that, anyways, Naruto’s always shown interest on females, but it was never hinted he was attracted to males or curious about them. He would peek at magazines portraying naked women, he was starstruck when he saw Hinata training naked in the river, he was in awe when Jiraya met a beautiful woman just a little before Itachi paid them a visit, he called Sakura his girlfriend a thousand times and was infatuated with her for the most part of his teenage years, he tried to sneak a peek at the girls at the bathing house… The list goes on and on. On the other hand, he never seemed to be aroused by boys. That’s why I doubt he’s bisexual. I personally believe that Sasuke, in turn, is asexual. He is not into sexual intercourse, but he is still capable of falling in love and having a happy relationship. That’s why Sexy no Jutsu never worked on him. Just in time, the Sexy no Jutsu featuring handsome men that was used against Kaguya didn’t make him react either. Sakura was aroused by it, but he wasn’t. The asexual theory also explains why Karin’s plan of appearing in front of him wearing nothing but a towel didn’t work to make him desire her sexually.
Now, I’ve come to a point I’d really like to discuss: Sasuke and Sakura. Again, I also respect sasusaku shippers, although I think they are seriously equivocated. Sakura isn’t more than a comrade to Sasuke, someone who was in the same team as he was. During Hidden, Sasuke did show affection towards her, but nothing significant enough to imply romance. There was this occasion when Sasuke was furious about the Sound ninja who assaulted them during the Chunin shiken and asked her, “Sakura, who did this to you?”. There’s a reason why he didn’t include Naruto, and it was because Naruto was out of danger and didn’t seem hurt, for he was still asleep. If Naruto were by Sakura’s side and were just as injured as she was, Sasuke’s question would have been, “Naruto. Sakura. Who did this to you?”. I assure you that would have been the case. Then, there’s this moment when Sakura hugged him from behind the moment she realized he was going to beat the crap out of that other shinobi, and the hug made his cursed seal stop going wild. Although back then I believed this meant Kishimoto was planning to make them end up together, it didn’t take me too long to realize that there was another explanation as to why it happened as well. A gesture of affection comming from a friend in a moment when darkness was trying to overpower Sasuke shocked his entire organism, because it represented a major battle between good and evil. Sakura’s hug was a representation of goodness, positive values and positive elements of life, such as friendship, fondness, comradery. Sakura’s affection was strong enough to overpower the strenght of the seal because good is toxic to evil, and that’s why Sasuke’s body went back to normal. It wasn’t because the love for her within his heart prevailed. It didn’t mean that her affection triggered anything that could be considered reciprocity in his heart. Once more, it was an one-sided demonstration of how strong Sakura’s feeling was. Not of how strong Sasuke’s feelings for her were. Let’s get to another point: it is true that we don’t like to see people we love act insane and violent, but Sasuke wasn’t doing anything wrong that moment. He was just making those shinobi pay for hurting his teammate. Even in spite of Sasuke’s good intentions, Sakura didn’t bare to look at him behaving in a way that could make her ideal of him crash down. So, she stopped him before he could hurt her image of the perfect Sasuke-kun. As if she wasn’t going to let him hurt her by destroying her expectations of him.
Now, let’s talk about the Sharingan. Such kekkei genkai reflects an Uchiha’s feelings. When it changes because of people, it shows how important they are to the user. Sasuke’s Sharingan never changed because of Sakura, but it did change because of Naruto – not to mention that Sasuke discovered a new “doujutsu ability” to save Karin when he found out he could deactivate Amaterasu. Sasuke verbally assaulted Sakura continuously whenever she tried to invade his space or get closer to him. He called her annoying a thousand times. He got furious when she was stupid enough to talk shit about an orphan to another orphan. She said Naruto was lucky that he didn’t have parents to bother him with rules and earbashings. She said that shit to Sasuke’s fucking face. Dear Sakura,
But I think I digress. At the hospital, when Sasuke was recovering from the injuries he got in that mission with Idate, she offered him apples, and he punched her hand, he went there. He physically assaulted her for no good reason. Yes, he was under a lot of stress, but that’s not an excuse. When he’s leaving the village, there she was, demanding explanations, demanding responses, asking him why he never spoke to her about his problems. She asks him whether he remembers the time when she said that shit about Naruto not having parents and he getting mad at her, and he simply answers, “I don’t remember that”. Kishimoto didn’t draw anything that could lead the reader to think that he was lying. He didn’t show shadows where Sasuke’s eyes should’ve been, he didn’t show a drop of sweat rolling down his forehead, a throbbing vein, nothing. Sasuke was being honest. He didn’t remember any of that. This is how important she is to him. She then starts threatening, “If you don’t stop, I’m going to scream”. Then, he is forced to run to her and say, “arigato”, before KNOCKING HER UNCONSCIOUS. If she didn’t say she was going to scream, which would obviously draw attention to them sooner or later, he would have walked away from her without even saying goodbye.
Now, about the “arigato” issue. That’s not always a romantic thing to say. It can mean lots, lots of things. He could have thanked her for simply showing him affection and being there for him, because it’s a beautiful feeling, it’s something nice. He recognized that and thanked her for showing him that. How does this mean he was confessing his love? It’s just like we use to say to friends: “Hey, bro, thank’s for everything”. Besides, it is also a sign of rejection. Like, “I appreciate your feelings, but… no”.
Then, we have Shippuden. Ah, Shippuden. He tried to kill Sakura when she started running towards him in their first meeting during this phase of the series. Keep in mind that she didn’t say she was going to “kill him”. Therefore, he didn’t know her intentions, so he didn’t have to try to kill her, just stop her. Yet, he decided to resort to the worst. There’s the time when he tells her to kill Karin. She comes closer to him and stays there, all stiff, debating on what to do next. Again, he didn’t know she was planning on stabbing him. He tried to kill her anyways. It wasn’t self-defense. It was attempted murder. Just a little after that, he tries to kill her again. This time, it was self-defense. But we have to consider that he was strong enough to just throw her meters away with a good kick or a good punch. Once again, however, he decided to resort to the worst. Every meeting is a disgrace. They meet, something awful happens, he goes away, and they don’t speak to each other for chapters and chapters. Where’s the development? I don’t intend to say that he only treated Sakura like shit. He did this to everyone around him at a certain point of his life. But, with Sakura, he was always brutally honest about not loving her back. He was almost always rude. He even treated Karin better, although he eventually tried to kill her too.
Oh, well. Then, there’s the war. There’s Sakura. All her maturity and all her development as a character were thrown away the moment Sasuke walked into the battlefield. He’d said to Karin he was sorry, he changed his behaviour a little for some people around him, for Taka. However, to Sakura, he kept being an asshole to the very end. She was stabbed by Madara, he didn’t give a flying fuck. She asked him what was going on outside his Susano'o barrier, he brutally told her that telling her what was going on wouldn’t make a difference, since there was nothing she could do anyways. In other words, he called her useless. When Kakashi states that he himself had the same need to know what was happening, Sasuke looks straight at him and says, “You’re being just like Sakura now, shut up”. One can understand that he implied Kakashi was being annoying just because he expressed the same wish Sakura had. Whenever he speaks to this chick, he seems truly annoyed. When Kaguya, that piece of trash, appears and transports them to a dimension full of lava, Naruto tells him to save Kakashi and Sakura. He looks at them, he fucking looks at them and sees them falling, but chooses to save Naruto instead. Then, he makes that comment about how the fact that Sakura and Kakashi were spared from the Infinite Tsukuyomi by his Susano'o barrier was nothing but luck, a coincidence. Such comment was completely unnecessary. He could have just told Naruto the world was depending on their lives and that they should focus on Kaguya, that’d be all. But no. He chose to make it clear that he didn’t want to save Sakura or Kakashi with his barrier. He decided to point that out. By this, he implied that Naruto should’ve let them die in hot lava. This is how little Sasuke cares about what Sakura feels for him. And Sakura notices all this shit. She gets sad at every little thing he says that concerns her during the war. She knows he doesn’t give a fuck about her. Then, there’s the moment when he casts a genjutsu on her. A horrible one.
He could’ve used some other illusion. No, no, no. He chose to make her watch him stab her over and over again. This is how strong Sasuke’s love for Sakura is. Then again, I think it was also Sasuke trying to make her love for him disappear once and for all. I think he as indeed trying to make her hate him and stop chasing after him. One more time, though, I digress.
Some time after that, when he’s about to leave the village again, she asks him to be his tagalong. He answers that she’s nothing to do with his sins, which is a huge lie. He commited “sins” against her as well. Just as he did to Naruto. This was him not wanting to take her with him. He doesn’t want her around, following him, screaming “Sasuke-kun” at him, annoying him. He pokes her forehead when she gets sad at his response and says, “Till the next time, thanks”. Rejection. Again. The forehead poke, according to Itachi, its damn creator, is used when someone wants to put a distance between them and the person who’s been poked. He used the poke to push Sasuke away from him. This is what the poke means. Sasuke didn’t give it another meaning, because it is little likely that he would distort the significance of anything created by his idolized brother.
Do I blame Sasuke for behaving like a dick? Not totally. It wasn’t his fault that Sakura couldn’t take a hint. I do not excuse him, but I do not condemn him either.
Here, we have another issue: how little Sakura knows about Sasuke. Does she know about how the Uchiha massacre happened? Does she know about Itachi’s truth? Does she know what Itachi is to Sasuke now? Does she know that, back in the first phase of the series, it was Naruto desguised as Sasuke, and not Sasuke himself, who complimented her forehead and almost kissed her? Did she finally find out Sasuke hates sweet food? Because there was this chapter in which she was going to give him some dessert she was also going to give Naruto, if I’m not mistaken. Does she know anything at all about Sasuke besides he’s got a beautiful face, cool eyes and irrelevant shit like that? It doesn’t seem like it.
In the movie “The Last”, we can still see that it is all about Sakura’s feelings, Sakura’s feelings, Sakura’s feelings. We don’t get to hear anything from Sasuke. Just in time, by the way: when he is staring at the moon, it is little likely that he’s thinking about her. The moon reminds Sasuke of Itachi. Sasuke always sees the moon when he remembers the night of the Uchiha massacre. To him, the moon is connected to Itachi. Nawt to Sakura. Besides, whenever she thinks about him, her expressions sadden. She looks unhappy. This is because this pairing is toxic. Sasuke is toxic to her, and she is toxic to Sasuke. They have nothing in common at all. Sakura had a perfect stable childhood, she had a functional family, she didn’t have to face any tragedies. And, yet, she gets mad at her parents because her mom wants her to be tidier and clean her room more often. She’s also embarrassed of them. She will never, ever be able to understand Sasuke. Sasuke will never, ever be able to understand her, because he never had a stable life. He will never understand her personality. She will never understand his. Anyways.
Then, Kishimoto gives us Gaiden. So, let’s just look at this: it seems Sasuke had a one night stand with her, and I don’t even know why. Where did the sexual interest come from, again? Who knows. She got pregnant. A huge amount of evidence indicates they might not even be officially married. She leaves the village as soon as she finds out about her pregnancy. She goes and grabs Karin – how convenient –, then both of them start chasing after Sasuke. The word used was “chasing”. To chase implies that one wants to catch someone who’s trying to escape. To chase implies someone is running away from something. Why was Sasuke running away from Konoha? Naruto wasn’t the hokage back then, so Sasuke’s mission hadn’t started yet. Sakura chased after him while pregnant. For nine months. She couldn’t reach him in nine months. A lot of evidence also points that Karin might be the real mother, since we only have “words” about Sakura being Sarada’s mommy, not facts, not a single proof.
Sasuke stays away from home for twelve years. Not one, not two, not three. Twelve. While he’s on his mission, he sends messages to Naruto via falcon. Why didn’t he send anything to Sarada? He didn’t send her anything, not a card, not a photo, not a letter, nothing. Sakura doesn’t even remember whether he wore glasses or not. When Sarada asked Sasuke if his feelings or heart were connected to Sakura’s, he answers, “Yeah”. She retorts, “how can you be sure of that?”. He then says, “Because you exist, Sarada”. Let’s give it a better look, shall we? “I am connected to your mother because of you. You’re the thing that keeps us connected.” If it weren’t for Sarada, SasuSaku wouldn’t even be a thing. It’s her existence that keeps them “together”. People. I respect you all. But Sasuke does not love Sakura.
Besides, I’ve seen some people claim that Sakura means way more to Sasuke than Naruto does. Uh, excusez-moi?
No, no, no. The bond between Sasuke and Sakura cannot be compared to the bond that exists between Naruto and Sasuke. I repeat, it cannot be compared to the bond that exists between Naruto and Sasuke. Sakura was the “third wheel” the whole time, not Naruto. Sasuke hardly sees Sakura as family. He’s just stuck in a forced relationship for the sake of a child that doesn’t even appreciate him for real. Just to finish here, I do not ship NaruSaku. I do not ship SasuNaru. I do not ship SasuKarin. I do not ship SasuHina. I do not ship anyone with anyone. Those ships exist only for the sake of the new generation. And the new generation shouldn’t even be a thing.