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CAN I JUST TAKE THE TIME TO EXPRESS MY FEELS?

So look at all these parallels between the two VotE fights:

Can we just appreciate Kishi’s constant parallels?? It’s like he never forgets even when it happened 400+ chapters ago D: AND THEN THIS CONSTANT THEME OF LONELINESS:

EVERYBODY ON TEAM 7 TALKED ABOUT THEIR LONELINESS- ADFGJKL.  But Naruto realized that he isn’t alone because he has Team 7/Konoha.  And I think Sasuke realized like that too even back before he left because look:

Sasuke admits he dreamed of a future with Team 7 full of love, happiness, and peace.  He toyed with the idea of staying with his family (sobs).  But look at his wording here:

“The future is not where my dream is”- Sasuke’s words seem like his ideal world (because that’s what dreams are all about right? Where you will be your happiest) is to live together in harmony with Team 7 and everything to be peaceful.  However, he claims that his dream has no place in the future, but in the past. Yet, I still think to live with Team 7 is Sasuke’s dream even to the current chapters since he’s trying to destroy the past 400+ chapters later (So screw off all those pro Team Taka/anti Team 7 people >:( ) because look at Sasuke’s face when he thinks about killing Naruto:

THAT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A DETERMINED FACE TO KILL SOMEONE >:( It’s more of a depressed/sulking face, realizing he will even be lonelier without Naruto. It’s like he wants Naruto to disapprove his “hokage” ideals and to convince him to come back.  And he knows how much Naruto means to him (in a platonic way sorry SasuNaru fans) because look:

But do you see that smile at the end?! They first scowl at each other because it’s the typical way of saying, “I don’t like you."  But that playful smile at the end just shows how much they actually mean to each other T_T- that we may pretend we hate each other but really we are best friends because we understand each other.

It’s why I think Sasuke got mad at Sakura for mocking Naruto even in part 1 (because notice that smile was when they were 8):

IT EXPLAINS WHY SASUKE GOT SO DEFENSIVE FOR NARUTO D:

And look at Sasuke’s face when Naruto calls him his one and only best friend:

It’s like he’s reminded of what he told Hagoromo:

In the end, Kishi is telling us it’s going to end like this again:

With Sasuke failing to complete his mission of killing Naruto.  But hopefully in the end, Naruto will be conscious to drag Sasuke’s ass back D:< because I would rather not see Sasuke running away from the village…again.

Also, for all those NaruSaku’s sorry to disappoint, but look here:

Naruto says, "I feel like I finally understand why I like her” after her speech about her just wanting Sasuke’s acknowledgement.  Because look at Naruto’s/Sasuke’s face on the top right panel, he replays her words in his thoughts.  And now look here:

Both Naruto and Sakura are connected by their wanting to be acknowledge by Sasuke.  It’s why Naruto is trying so hard to bring Sasuke back and why he keeps referring his promise of a lifetime to Sakura:

He wants Sasuke’s acknowledgement for their friendship and for Sakura’s love for Sasuke. To me, NaruSaku was dead from the beginning of part 1.  Nothing in part 2 hinted for a romantic relationship for NS despite what NS claims.  Because Naruto knows how much Sasuke’s acknowledgement means- so for him to think about Sakura in a romantic way- that destroys his whole ideal of how much “Sasuke’s acknowledgement” means.  In my opinion, Naruto wants SS to happen as much as the fandom does lol.

Anyway, I still feel like SasuSaku has a big part on why Sasuke comes back and Naruto will be the mouthpiece for the SS fandom because look:

Even though Sakura is not physically there at the VotE fight, her presence still has an effect on the SasuNaru fight.  Naruto replays Sakura’s face and her words about Sasuke in his head because it fuels his desire to take Sasuke home.  He knows how painful it is that Sasuke left  and seeing Sakura’s love for Sasuke inspired him to make him promise he will bring Sasuke back.  And I feel like Naruto’s talk no jutsu will mention Sakura’s love again to Sasuke and that will make him hesitate just like before:

And another foreshadowing hint-

I think Kishi was foreshadowing Sasuke’s “hokage” even back then because look at the words on the side: “vigilante Sasuke” why would Sasuke be considered a vigilante back then? A vigilante is “a member of a self-appointed group of citizens who undertake law enforcement in their community without legal authority, typically because the legal agencies are thought to be inadequate."  And back then, Sasuke’s mission was to kill Itachi-  So I feel like Kishi was even planning back then to return to the VoTE for the final SasuNaru showdown to confront Sasuke’s ideals.

And look here:

Sasuke says, "It’s these connections that make life so painful!!"  With these words, Sasuke even tells Naruto why he’s pushing Sakura’s love, Kakashi’s teachings, and Naruto’s friendship away.  it’s because he’s afraid to feel that pain again.  He can’t go through losing more important people in his life because it tears him apart.  I think that’s why he’s trying to be alone on this "hokage” path.  But like I said before, I think Sasuke just wants Naruto to prove him wrong- that his ideal isn’t the way to go.

Bah this was super long and would have been even longer- but I decided to stop rambling about my feels. 

Thanks for reading!

Yeah, now it been mention, I know more Naruto and Sakura is pushover person in real life

“We owe all our success to Black Tumblr. I have never seen people mobilize on the internet like Black people do.”

The Blackout’s (@theblackoutofficial) co-founders shared what Black Excellence means to them and where they’re seeing examples of it in the world today. Take a second and feel proud, because they’re seeing a lot of it in you guys on Tumblr. If you missed the Answer Time they just finished, you can find it here. 

Reflection on Attack on Titan: how the narrative failed its premise

I apologize for dwelling so much on something I no longer like with Attack on Titan, it’s just such a fascinating trainwreck, even though I hopped off the train just in time I have to look back at it periodically and be horrified yet morbidly reflective. I do find it disturbing people are denying the imperialist subtext here because it barely qualifies as subtext anymore at this point, so I do think noting it is valuable as long as fandom continues to be denial.

I just keep wondering at myself why I was drawn to AOT in the first place and HOW I didn’t see this coming- I think reflecting on that is valuable so I’ll see the warning signs earlier with other media.

It also helps me consider what makes a good narrative and what elements can appear compelling only to be squandered.

Because honestly, there WAS so much potential there, and though it’s a struggle, I CAN remember what excited me about it. There was a good horror concept here. It really did make me feel what the terror would be, to have this unknowable, ravenous threat that could so easily wipe out everything, to have to trap yourself to avoid it. The huge walls, the striking visuals, the displays of human weakness and terror, the visceral aspect of it all- it was compelling stuff. And also importantly, it kind of rode that line where it was very easy to laugh at as well- the memes involving the titans were a TON of fun in the heyday of AOT, the bizarre way the various ones were drawn were so funny, the peak melodrama of the situation was so absurd it almost made fun of itself, especially with all the exaggerated expressions- the fandom had a lot of fun with it.

And the concept COULD have gone somewhere that was compelling, rather than boring fascist nonsense. While the components of fascist narrative were present from the beginning- a grotesque invading threat the military, the protags, as heroes, must fight- there was potential in the premise for all that to be subverted, for it to ultimately go somewhere not fascist. The Titans turning out to be fellow humans, even your former loved ones, could have been more than a footnote. 

The titans actually being people only ended up mattering in the sense of “this shows us the REAL threat is this other race that trapped us here and in fact we must use the titans to defeat them”. It didn’t ultimately change the characters or their ideals, it just made them change enemies (to a much, much more boring threat and narrative). But it COULD have been a game changer that shook the characters to their core. A very natural place for this revelation to lead would have been “it turns out there is no clear enemy. We’ve been fighting ourselves this whole time. We thought we were killing something monstrous, but it wasn’t, it was the people we love. We were used. Now what do we do?”  It could have been a story of the characters struggling to answer that question. How can they seek freedom now? 

And if you really want a “dismantle the corrupt government” plotline, it would be a much simpler and stronger narrative if it was simply about the government pushing for Titan extermination despite the revelation, because they prioritized their own safety above all else and also wanted to erase past mistakes.

What if the Titans had simply been the result of horrific human experimentation done in the past and the government just wanted to cover it up? That’s it. no other countries, no emphasis on royal bloodlines or magic amnesia or any other convoluted bullshit. The reason people responded to Attack on Titan was NOT because they love convoluted royal drama or covoluted wars between opposing countries, that was not even a factor in the beginning…it was because it touched on this very simple, visceral thrill, so the story needed to keep being simple and visceral.

 The final struggle of the narrative, the key to freedom, could have been the characters having the re-evaluate their worldviews and the character having to struggle to find an alternate method to deal with the titans while society goes against them for doing so. 

The survey corps is disbanded. Eren, who could only deal with his grief by focusing on obliterating a clear enemy, now doesn’t have that and is forced to actually grow as a character. He has to actually confront his guilt and the fact his desire to construct an inhuman opponent he could fight was all so he didn’t have to deal with survivors guilt, because he wanted something that was black and white with no messy emotions attached. but it turns out nothing ever is that simple.

Or hey, maybe there’s something more compelling and less predictable you could do to subvert the fascist elements. I’m only doing this off the top of my head, there are probably a million ways the story could go in a more interesting direction than the shitstorm we got if someone actually focused and creative puts their mind to it.

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The second promised pic :P

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14 Days Until NaruSaku Day!

The ever important day, April 3rd, is only 2 weeks away!

April 3rd is the day the Shounen Jump calendar listed as the “Day Naruto fell in love with Sakura” in 2010. Since then, NaruSaku fans across the world have celebrated this day once a year. You can read more about it here [x]

In the past, NaruSaku Day has been bombastic and fantastic. The NaruSaku Day of 2015 is one of the most events I’ve ever participated in. It was a dream. I’m sorry for all the people who weren’t around to see it in all it’s glory. You can find remnants of it here [x] [x]

Slowly but surely, people are drifting further from NaruSaku and Naruto and moving onto bigger and better things. Such is to be expected.

We here at NaruSaku factory don’t have anything huge planned or any themes to suggest. We have some queued up posts of some of the best NaruSaku Day of the past.

You can participate in NaruSaku day by posting art, videos, or even just a post wishing everyone a Happy NaruSaku Day! Another suggestion we have is to make a post to all your old NaruSaku buddies letting them know of other series and stories where NaruSaku lives on.

If you did plan to do something for NaruSaku day, you have 2 weeks left! Don’t forget!

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this is actually on the wikia omg

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Translated this a while back. (around December 2014) But since I haven’t been around tumblr much, it was only now that I’ve decided to post it here. The original work can be found here: https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=46585458 If you want me to translate anything, feel free to ask. (As long as I ship it of course)

Me when I saw the real starfish for the first time 😂😂😂😂😅😅😅

It’s so adorable how he refused to join them and proceed to hang out with the horses in the background instead. Sidenote: I am deeply in love with the new opening song for season 2