ssanoos:

Not a weakness? Hearing such things from Itachi, when all he’d ever heard was the opposite was- 

“What do you mean not a weakness?” He takes a step towards his brother, eyes narrowing at the wording. It sounded as if Itachi had spared him the fate of death that Sasuke had often found himself craving over the years. Did he truly expect him to believe those lies? 

“’Grow stronger, until you can kill me.’ Were those not your words?” Sasuke still aimed to make Itachi suffer first. To hurt, to feel every last drop of anger that he had felt over the years. 

Another step. Another, another, until he was standing in front of the one that he loathed with every fiber of his being. 

“Or was that a lie as well, Nii-san?”

He’s said too much. Far, far too much to take back. Sasuke had doubts already, and Itachi’s only given them reason. 

He wants to back away, but was that not the mistake he made so long ago? Is he about to make it again?

Itachi shuts his eyes. Takes in a deep breath, knowing at any moment Sasuke could simply run him through with his sword, and he wouldn’t take a single measure to stop it.

“It was an order, Sasuke.” All at once, on the exhale. “The village was worried our clan would rebel and I foolishly thought I was going to avoid a war.”

There– it’s out. 

ssanoos:

@uchihasavior

Pathetic. His brother couldn’t even grant him a proper response? Was he not worthy of one? Then again, who had ever truly cared for Sasuke? Pitiful, broken, not worth the flesh of his bones. Not worth a damned thing. Everyone, it seemed, made choices for Sasuke so much these days. Thought that they knew what was best for him, yet did they ever stop to ask his opinion on a damned thing? 

Itachi was no different. Never any different from the rest of them. 

“Was I not worth it, Nii-san? Was I too weak to kill? Too pitiful, begging for our parents, for a reason why you did what you did?” His tone is unforgiving, unapologetic for the cruel words spewing out of his mouth. These words are the least that his precious brother deserves. 

Did you ever really love me at all?

“I–”

“Sasuke, you know-” better than anyone.  Why bring this up? Sasuke knew the truth, that Itachi could not bear to–

“I couldn’t kill you. It wasn’t that you were weak. Wanting to see Mother and Father…that is not a weakness.” It took everything in him to accept their words and end their lives. Sasuke sought out those who loved him, who would die for him. There is nothing wrong with that. 

Or did he…did he not know? Itachi closes his mouth, fearing he’s given too much away. He simply assumed, a grave mistake. Sasuke had not come at him with intent to kill. 

(…Not physically, anyway…)

“Should have means nothing.” A hiss of his words, he’s aiming to dig. Hurt. Wants to tear and rip and yell until Itachi has felt every ounce, every last bit of pain that he himself has gone through. Wants to wring his brothers neck until Itachi can’t even breath, to watch him tremble at what he has made his precious little brother become. “You should have killed me that night. That was your mistake.”

Should have….would have… yes, talk like that does little to mend the pain Sasuke feels. But Itachi knows allowing himself to wallow in the guilt now would only serve Sasuke negatively, even if he runs the risk of having his little brother assume that he simply doesn’t care. 

Every day, Itachi has to live with it. 

He gazes away. Words will not help him here, and it is better to simply allow Sasuke to let it all out. 

“Did you think this was what I wanted? Did you ever really think of me at all?”

Such a harsh, unforgiving question. 

But Itachi didn’t at all put it past Sasuke to question everything and everyone– including himself. This anger, this heated desire for knowledge…it was well deserved.

Still, he does not give Sasuke to jolt of guilt he so desires. For it would only draw attention to himself, and he hasn’t forgotten what he means to his precious sibling.

“It was selfish of me. Meant to placate my fears of what would become of you.” He knows, he knows… he should’ve had more faith in him. 

porcelainheretic:

uchihasavior:

porcelainheretic:

uchihasavior:

uchihasavior:

[[ Things that are ok: personally being uncomfortable with a ship you think is found family/platonic/familial/etc

Things that are not ok: trying to shame the people who ship it as if there’s something wrong with them and they can only view the ship in the way you do ]]

[[ While I’m at it OroKabu doesn’t even count as found family. 

Kabuto’s family is Nonou and the other people at the orphanage. Orochimaru is not his father in any way, Orochimaru manipulated and abused him.

I’m still not shading Orokabu shippers but the people who are trying to say it’s wrong because “orochimaru and kabuto are found family” are just dead wrong. Shame on y’all. ]]

Its Orochimaru’s found family at otonin’s detriment bc he’s a psychopath without the ability to form proper bonds. So it’s like the Criminal Minds episode of found family. Which is bad.

So I mean I personally think if you want to do fluffy otonin stuff that’s totes okay so long as you understand the above & aren’t romanticizing it among impressionable peeps.

[[ Uh, no, they’re not Orochimaru’s found family even then. Orochimaru never considered any of them his family. This is not factual canon in the slightest. He has always referred to them as either useful, subordinates, or experiments. Kabuto is a subordinate, and one of his most useful, sure– but he isn’t any form of family.

Orochimaru’s told us who his family are. His birth parents, Log, and Mitsuki. No one else falls into that category. I’m not saying these relationships are inherently healthier but the only people who can classify as family are the family Orochimaru’s actually named. 

People don’t need to be reminding others 100% of the time that they aren’t romanticizing something, that’s way too much effort to please people who are trying to play moral police. Also..

“

#Orochimaru#naruto meta#mad at boruto for giving kids mixed messages about Orochimaru#like. he’s a murderer#ya’ll on some thin moral ice out there

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Really? Are we really at this point again, where we’re trying to pass judgement on the morals real people have based on how they treat the fictional characters they like? Because this is the most fucked up thing about this whole ordeal. This isn’t your right. This isn’t anyone’s right.

Avoid the ships you don’t like if people are portraying them in ways you don’t like. Don’t try to shame these people when you could completely avoid the circles they operate in. It’s your responsibility to avoid the content rather than immersing yourself in it and then complaining youre having a bad time as if it’s somehow they’re fault and theyre ~gross~ or ~immoral~. 

All of you should be  better than this. ]]

Oh no! We can’t judge actual morals over fictional interests at all! It just sounded to me like that was the direction you were leaning in your initial post. I did see it at 4 in the morning.

I think I was just trying to say that it’s okay to enjoy dark themes so long as you don’t lose yourself among them for too long or with any media you enjoy really. I just know from experience that sometimes RP can get dicey if you’re vulnerable.

And it is absolutely no one else’s responsibility to keep that line in check for you. It just seemed like you definitively attacked the Oto found family dynamic as factually wrong & then said let people write what they want in the next paragraph. I dunno, shit man. I like the dark themes is all but if somebody loves “uwu bean Oro” do you boo.

((the difference is I’m not saying people who think they are found family/lovers are inherently immoral/disgusting/nasty. Not once have I implied that. Nor did I say people aren’t allowed to write it. Is it factually wrong according to canon? Yes. Is there anything inherently wrong with writing it how one wants anyways? No.

My primary issue is the idea that people aren’t allowed at all to see a certain pairing beyond the limits of how someone else sees them. People who see certain Dynamics as children and parents or found family are absolutely not at all allowed to tell other people they’re gross for seeing it in a romantic light.

Specifying orokabu isn’t found family was just correcting facts– not implying people are gross for seeing it that way. ))

I just wanted to high-five you for comments about shipping. I get that crap so often over OroAnko that I have to keep anon asks off on both my blogs. It’s not like I don’t warn repeatedly when I post/ write illicit material. People can be such babies.

[[ Fictional relationships need to be treated as such that– fictional. No one’s being hurt at the end of the day. These people don’t actually exist. 

I’m pretty sure everyone and their mother knows Orochimaru and Anko’s relationship went sour in canon, that’s no reason..not to ship them? Not to everyone else. People have different limits, and things antis have to learn is that their limits aren’t everyone else’s limits. And that their discomfort doesn’t trump what another human being can write. It’s like they forget blocking and blacklisting are features they can use. 

Ships =/= real life morals. 

They never have, they never will. Shipping is not performative. It isn’t activism. It’s just godamn shipping and no one’s woke for trying to ship the ~purest~ things. ]]

porcelainheretic:

uchihasavior:

uchihasavior:

[[ Things that are ok: personally being uncomfortable with a ship you think is found family/platonic/familial/etc

Things that are not ok: trying to shame the people who ship it as if there’s something wrong with them and they can only view the ship in the way you do ]]

[[ While I’m at it OroKabu doesn’t even count as found family. 

Kabuto’s family is Nonou and the other people at the orphanage. Orochimaru is not his father in any way, Orochimaru manipulated and abused him.

I’m still not shading Orokabu shippers but the people who are trying to say it’s wrong because “orochimaru and kabuto are found family” are just dead wrong. Shame on y’all. ]]

Its Orochimaru’s found family at otonin’s detriment bc he’s a psychopath without the ability to form proper bonds. So it’s like the Criminal Minds episode of found family. Which is bad.

So I mean I personally think if you want to do fluffy otonin stuff that’s totes okay so long as you understand the above & aren’t romanticizing it among impressionable peeps.

[[ Uh, no, they’re not Orochimaru’s found family even then. Orochimaru never considered any of them his family. This is not factual canon in the slightest. He has always referred to them as either useful, subordinates, or experiments. Kabuto is a subordinate, and one of his most useful, sure– but he isn’t any form of family.

Orochimaru’s told us who his family are. His birth parents, Log, and Mitsuki. No one else falls into that category. I’m not saying these relationships are inherently healthier but the only people who can classify as family are the family Orochimaru’s actually named. 

People don’t need to be reminding others 100% of the time that they aren’t romanticizing something, that’s way too much effort to please people who are trying to play moral police. Also..

“

#Orochimaru#naruto meta#mad at boruto for giving kids mixed messages about Orochimaru#like. he’s a murderer#ya’ll on some thin moral ice out there

“

Really? Are we really at this point again, where we’re trying to pass judgement on the morals real people have based on how they treat the fictional characters they like? Because this is the most fucked up thing about this whole ordeal. This isn’t your right. This isn’t anyone’s right.

Avoid the ships you don’t like if people are portraying them in ways you don’t like. Don’t try to shame these people when you could completely avoid the circles they operate in. It’s your responsibility to avoid the content rather than immersing yourself in it and then complaining youre having a bad time as if it’s somehow they’re fault and theyre ~gross~ or ~immoral~. 

All of you should be  better than this. ]]