"I remain in perpetual awe when a person is able to remain articulate and express their exact feelings whilst in an emotionally heightened state. It's an extraordinary feat."
Sasuke Uchiha + Assorted Text Posts (Part 8)
I'm going to *remembers suicide is often not a desire for death itself but rather an attempt to radically change one's life because the current state of being has become unbearable but the person can't think of any way to change it other than death* kill myself
i love itachi but not in the way dudebros love him "he's sooooo badass he could beat madara actually 🤓☝️" and not in the way kishimoto wants you to love him "he was a hero who sacrificed everything for his military state 💔" but a secret third way "he was a kind and soft child who hated conflict and violence but was born with a gift for killing so he was exploited by his family and his village from a young age until his eldest daughter syndrome drove him insane"
I will never get over the fact that Minato had to have been fifteen when he became Kakashi's jonin sensei. Not only did these utter brainiacs let a five year old become a soldier, they then TRUSTED ANOTHER CHILD TO SHOW HIM THE ROPES.
Why aren't there more fics about what a batshit arrangement this was.
Why do some of y’all only credit Itachi with the positive aspects of Sasuke’s development. If you’re going to credit him for his contributions towards Sasuke then you should probably include the bad things too.
Yeah, he made Sasuke physically stronger. He also tortured him, broke his mind, told him to kill his best friend, let him go to a creepy snake man who wanted to take his body, forced him back into the cycle of hate when he was finally doing better, made him go catatonic from the mental trauma he inflicted on him, physically beat him, killed his entire family, told him the reason he left him alive was because he was so weak that it wasn’t even worth it, groomed him into being the most hateful creature alive, was planning on taking away his free will, etc.
Let’s not pick and choose.
Oh wait, I forgot that Itachi loved him so none of that matters. All the trauma just poofs away and the only reason Sasuke is still fucked up is because of [insert curse of hatred or filler bs] or because he’s just a whiny, ungrateful brat.