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I actually like the outfit too! It is a bit… let’s call it disturbing for her age, though. But ppl are also salty because not many like Boruto manga/anime at all imo.. BUT HEYYY! Your drawing is amazing as always!~

[[ I find the “too young to be wearing x” argument weak because it depends on someone wanting to see certain sections of skin being exposed as sexual. Like….legs. It’s hiked up short, sure, but there are pre-teens out there in booty shorts, it’s just a generational thing. 

Sure, i’ll agree irl the outfit is ridiculous, there’s no way she’s going to perform strenuous physical work in…what looks like four inch heels? Her feet are painfully arched. But she isn’t real, and Naruto kunoichi have had pretty/ill-fitting outfits for some time now, and Tsunade and Shizune wore heels when they were introduced and still do. 

I’m not saying there’s a logical explanation for this. But I am saying that the issue is never tackled in-universe, so basically, “it just works.” They can fight in heels, that’s just….it. ]]

The deadpan look the seven year old gives Itachi answers that question. He latches on when he’s picked up, whiskered cheek pressing into Itachi’s hair when Naruto’s comfortable. “Not really. I mean – you’re not there, Papa!” Who would have lunch with Itachi if Naruto was in school?

“You’ll have to go to the Academy sooner or later.” All this about catching up to Sasuke, and his Father… Naruto would need other tutors for that. Itachi simply didn’t have the time to train him extensively. 

The other arm loops down under Naruto, giving him a stable seat as Itachi begins up the stairs into the main tower. 

A yellow blur tackles the Hokage, the seven year old attaching himself to Itachi’s waist. “Papa!” It doesn’t matter how old he is, Naruto always had – always would – adore Itachi. “Can I go to work with you?”

“You wouldn’t rather train before you go to the Academy?” Wasn’t he excited to start what Sasuke had done?

Either way, he won’t give Naruto a solid no. As long as he can behave himself in the office. Itachi slips his hand under Naruto’s arms, lifting the boy onto his shoulders. He still gets glances now and then, but no one dared speak against the adult Hokage, and the Kyuubi was still tightly secure inside of him. 

He’s managed to move out of his parents house, recently. To a small, quaint place near enough to the Hokage Tower. Sasuke would be there more often, but sadly, Itachi still can’t cook. 

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Yet Another Munday Meme: Send me one and I’ll answer ooc

ѩ – Are there any characters that you love, but simply cannot role play?

[[ Daddy Uchiha 

But like, even though I know Skye would love another one, I just can’t focus. Also Ignis Scientia, AND THIS ONE IS A LIVING EXAMPLE BECAUSE MY DUMB ASS HAS A BLOG BUT IS NEVER ON IT. ]]

Җ – What’s your greatest source of inspiration when it comes to role playing?

[ Answered. ]

ಹ – Share a story from your childhood!

[[ So– I took a lot of trips to Mexico as a kid. We would stay at my relatives, and one of them shared a neighborhood beside a man-made river in the town. Like, the sides of the river were cement blocks most of the time. But it was still clean water, and myself and my brother liked to play in it.

We also loved the ice cream truck. 

And when we’d hear it we’d go running to it.

Except, one of those days, I was in such a rush to get to the truck that I hauled myself out of the river on one of the concrete sides and hurt…both my knees? Yeah, both. I actually still have the scars, though they’re really small now. ]]

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Yet Another Munday Meme: Send me one and I’ll answer ooc

Җ – What’s your greatest source of inspiration when it comes to role playing?

[[ Without defaulting to angst it’s not primarily one thing. These days, usually it’s a mix of…. “how can this shake canon to its core”, with a little bit of “how can we fix X thing before it becomes an issue in canon” and “I wanna follow this fic plot because the fic’s not done.”

These days I’ll do just about anything, though….I wanna test the limits. And like– I’ll turn anything into a thread. Anything. Ask memes, off-handed replies, etc. I’m extremely confident in how I play Itachi, now it’s just a matter of tossing him into situations other players create and seeing what happens. I know no matter what situation he’s found it, I’ll be playing him correctly. ]]

Did Itachi cut his hair after the war?

[[ I made a post on it a very long time ago because the manga panel looked to have a ponytail swaying in the wind behind Itachi’s head, and all panels about Itachi and Sasuke’s childhood post Sasuke’s birth have Itachi’s short hair.

Truth is, presently, I don’t know. Shinden doesn’t mention anything at all about Itachi cutting his hair at any point. The panel is probably the wing of a bird behind his head (as there are several other birds in the shot).

So TL;DR, nothing actually confirms it, but nothing actually solidly denies it.

So if you want to think 4 year old Itachi had some longer hair that he cut after seeing that battlefield, you can. And if you want to think he didn’t, then that’s also cool. ]]

It had been a long day for the both of them. Too much stress, too much hardship. Nearly everything was tearing this family apart and it was all he could do to keep the clan together. He was succeeding for now, but at what cost? His son, only eleven, was sacrificing more than most in all this. When the meeting was over, long after Yashiro and the other loudmouths were long out of sight, Fugaku lightly wrapped both arms around Itachi’s shoulders. The poor kid probably needed a hug. He knew he did.

Nothing quite stung like his own Father being staunchly silent in defending him from Yashiro. The man’s words, and the red eyes of the clan he thought he could take, but his Father’s silence…

Itachi takes it as the position his Father chooses. They are at opposite ends, and his Father chose the clan. 

He really doesn’t expect the embrace. Itachi hasn’t  been touched in any affectionate manner by any parent in what has to be years, in the infancy he doesn’t even remember, and he doesn’t have time to think his response through. A kunai is gripped in his hand tightly before it sinks in that he’s being held.

…By his Father. 

All of his training is for naught. Itachi’s throat tightens, drawing in a sharp breath as if he were about to choke. His hand trembles, the metal of the kunai clanging on the concrete, and his vision blurs. Itachi can’t stop the tears, teeth gnashing painfully as he comes apart in his Father’s arms. 

Why didn’t you defend me back then. He tries, and tries, but all that comes out inbetween thick sobs is the Why.