If you’re comparing fully canon itachi to itachi in a situation where none of that awful shit happened and danzo wasn’t a pustule and the clan and konoha were at peace, what do you think would be some major differences on his character?

[[ I can’t think of any right off the bat without like, very, very specific context. Does “none of the awful shit” include things like meeting the battlefield, having Tenma die and Shinko retire? I know you already mean the Kurama attack doesn’t occur (because that is what gets the Uchiha blamed for it), and by extension the massacre doesn’t, but I will need specifics.

He might be less of a pacifist if he didn’t see the battlefield, which spurned him on to try to ensure people wouldn’t kill each other. His deep protection of Sasuke would still be there, though, and he’d still very much be awful at socializing. ]]

What if Sasuke had arrived at the critical point and Orochimaru had just taken his body back then?

[[ I think I drew something for that a loooooong time ago. I probably wouldn’t like it anymore fjfjkslfk.

But, if such a thing were to happen and Itachi came across Orochimaru parading in Sasuke’s body, we would get to figure out if it was possible to extract Orochimaru from the host body. Itachi’s absolutely going to try.

¯_(ツ)_/¯ ]]

What would a perfect day be like, to you?

He’s no idea, actually.

what could drive Itachi to genuinely turn on Konoha?

[[ Funny you ask….

Itachi discovering that Danzo sent someone to kill Sasuke, for one. Itachi asked for one thing, and Danzo cannot even hold up his end of the bargain? Slimy old man, Itachi’ll pull out Danzo’s entrails himself. He’ll release all the information he has.

Also any situation in which Sasuke gets killed in The Leaf and Itachi can pull mental hoops to blame it on Hiruzen. Which, it’s really easy for him to sklklflksl.

His POV is that Sasuke is not supposed to die, at all. I’m sure he doesn’t know about most near-deaths (he likely gets outcomes instead of exactly what happened), but death? Not allowed. He left Sasuke there so he could live, not die.

Don’t get Sasuke killed. ]]

What if the jinchuriki Itachi had been sent to capture had been Sasuke? Assuming sealing-shenanigans taking place in the meantime.

[[ Aha, I don’t think it’d even get that far. As soon as he discovered the Jinchuuriki was Sasuke (I’m assuming some sort of switch took place), he’d call it quits, bail on Akatsuki, and take Sasuke with him.

Sasuke is the #1 priority and no one is allowed to kill him. ]]

We regret to inform you that you have exceeded the maximum allowable Attractiveness Factor and must be asked to move on, as you are a dangerous distraction to hapless onlookers.

What?

how many photo albums of Sasuke would itachi LIKE to own?

“I don’t need photos. I would just like to see my brother in person.”

Besides– the Sharingan was photographic memory.

could you fly, if enough crows were helping you?

“That seems an awfully ineffective way of flight.” Walking is fine.

i heard a rumor you were seen in cat ears once upon a time

“It seems it will stay that way. I cannot recall.”

how many photo albums of Sasuke does itachi own

[[ 0!! Filler is cute sometimes, yeah, but Itachi doesn’t own any photos of Sasuke, and certainly none in large amounts like an album. He already has fishy practices that bring his reputation into question (such as making a habit of avoiding battles/killing while traveling with Kisame), carrying around a photo of Sasuke, even a single one, would betray his intentions. ]]