Okay, I'm new to this type of thing, but I wanted to post this thread to ask/discuss a few things.
As we all know Sakura and NaruSaku are not well recepted in the fandom. I wanted to make this thread to see if we can change that. I just feel we've let this go on for too long and let people believe so much of what they want to instead of the facts, that they are just making up any old excuse to hate Sakura and our ship.
In fact, before I even found this site, I saw a comment on youtube saying they didn't understand why girls and ONLY girls liked Sakura. I didn't respond because I was not sure males even supported Sakura, from only seeing females do so.
It just does not seem right that our only place to safely discuss Sakura and our OTP is here( Not that I don't love this website, it's beautiful.), when we should be able to go on youtube and watch Sakura videos without half the comments bashing her. Or we should be able to watch a Naruto reviewer who does not complain about Sakura over every little thing.( The only person I know on this site that reviews the chapters is LuckyChi.)
The only place I saw that was somewhat good to see pro Sakura and NS, was tumblr and even then you have SS/NH cross tagging their pro ships into the NS filter, just because they can.
I just think it's time we started mowing down the fences, as they say. Separately we can all give great examples and facts on why Sakura is a good character and why NS will be endgame, however we will just get ganged up on by NH lover/Sakura haters, so our methods will seem futile. But, if enough of us moved together to stop the hate, we may be able to get this fandom somewhat under control. I know it will never be perfect, but if enough of us call reviewers out on their bias behavior, or challenge NH/SS logic, we may be able to upgrade this terrible fandom.
Now I'm not saying it's the whole fandom and I'm not saying anyone who doesn't love Sakura is a hater. But, 9/10 times a neutral person will join in on bashing her character, because haters are currently the ones speaking the loudest. Instead of one of us getting into an argument with five haters on youtube, or ten NH lovers on Narutobase, we could have several others backing up and providing more logic on our stances.
I know this may sound corny, but if we work together, we could get a lot more accomplished. Also, reaching out to other NS/Sakura fans who are too afraid to admit their opinion, because of the haters. I didn't even know such a safe heaven existed here, until I was nearly desperate to see if there were Sakura lovers out there. I was halfway ready to give up defending my beliefs, because there were just so many people and only one me. However, this site gave me hope that the Naruto fanbase is not a lost cause.
We have the manga and Kishimoto on our side and I say we use it to our full advantage. I think we should go to youtube, deviantart, Naruto forum, everywhere and start letting people know Sakura is loved and NS is more than welcomed.
Please let me know your thoughts on this. Could we actually improve this fandom, gather more NS/Sakura fans, and challenge the haters. Or am I just wasting my time on wishful thinking and should never expect this fandom to get better. I just want the hate to be pacified and be able to enjoy my fave character and OTP without seeing the words "useless" and " NH is better", on pro Sakura/NS things.