If NS happens, I think the furthest I will go would be making a thread in NF saying that it's bad to jump to conclusion before anything is defined.
Then spend the most of my time celebrating about NS while being able to fully enjoy all the NS fanficts without that thought that my pairing might not happen or it never hipping, just don't want to be like those Harry/Hermione fans that while they still make fanfic about them, they still cannot get over the fact that the pairing never happen.
A certain amount of that happens no matter whose pairing makes it to the end of canon. The Harry/Hermione shippers were just particularly difficult to convince, even when JK Rowling told them they were "delusional" they wouldn't listen. Kishimoto will have some of that ahead of him as well, I reckon, no matter what the final pairing or pairings may be.
From the 1st and 2nd movie I new Hermione and Ron would be a couple, since when my nephews were younger they always use to annoy me with the Jose I want to see Harry potter so since then I got that impression.
The thing is, the Potter movies were somewhat misleading, hinting way more at Harry/Hermione than the books. From the very first few chapters of the first book it's clear that it would be Harry/Ginny as well as Ron/Hermione, but if a fan didn't read the books or missed the clues -- or only went by the movies -- I could see why they might get confused. Just like
Naruto fans who only watch the anime are mislead at times, too.
To me, Naruto/Sakura is just as clear as Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hermione were, although it's funny how many
Naruto fans seem to be H/Hr if they're into Potter at all. I was really surprised to discover that a lot of NS fans were H/Hr fans. Maybe it's people who think that the lead guy and lead girl automatically belong together...?
I don't know if Kishi reads western fiction, but Naruto kinda reminds me of Harry Potter
Well, he admits to being a big
Star Wars fan, and although SW is heavily influenced by ninja/samurai/martial arts, it's still western fiction so I suppose anything is possible -- including
Potter because there does seem to be some similarities. More similarities with
Star Wars, though, if you ask me.
I mean, Harry's parents sacrificed themselves for him, leaving him as "the chosen one". Just like Naruto. And the characters are alike too! XD Dumbledore/Hiruzen, Itachi/Snape(given that they're both misunderstood and dark, with weird hair and wrinkles under the eyes). Then you have the immortality stuff that both J.K Rowling and Kishi likes to experiment on. I'm not too into HP, so this is all I know.

Well, I was heavily into HP and it seems to me you understand it pretty well.
Edited by KnS, 03 January 2013 - 12:24 AM.