@NaruSaku4Life3g:
NaruSaku has many things above SS. Their moments are more mutual, there's mutual selflessness, they've developed and changed so much, there's just too many things to name. SasuSaku will never compete with NaruSaku and NS will still be endgame. I'm not saying at all their moments aren't meaningful. They are very meaningful and impactful, just in different ways. I wouldn't change any of that.
It's more like ... SasuSaku, despite my absolute hatred of the couple, had some very heart-breaking and emotional moments that NaruSaku never really had. I don't want NaruSaku angsty or negative, but certain things about how hard Kishi made Sakura's feelings for Sasuke stand out and not do the same thing with Naruto just irks me as a shipper, now even more so because I know NaruSaku will be canon.
Like, for example, Sakura's confession to Sasuke. Kishi went all out on the confession it's ridiculous and it's not even the end pair. Screw Sasuke's lack of reciprocation, screw Sakura's lack of reason for loving Sasuke, screw the angst and Sakura depression, I want none of that for NaruSaku. It's just ... there is just one thing that's really emotional in that scene that pisses me off muchly when the series moves forward and that is this line:
Sakura: "You told me once the pain solitude brings ... I understand that pain. I have family and friends, but without you, Sasuke ... it's as bad as being alone."
Now this line always bothered me anyways because I didn't understand why Sakura felt this strongly when Sasuke did little for her and Naruto did a lot, but what irritates me now is that Kishimoto wrote Sakura saying such a desperate and impactful line to Sasuke, making it seem like she will never get over him, but NaruSaku will be canon in the end. That type of line seemed more fitting for NaruSaku since Naruto's the one who will be her true love but Sakura just throws that on Sasuke. Wouldn't that make more sense if Sakura said that to Naruto at some point, especially with all their development in Part 2, just minus the angst and desperation?
Sakura doesn't even have to say that to Naruto either, but the problem is she said that to Sasuke when he's not even her true love and SS will always have the line while NS, the actual end pairing, never will (and I don't want it to tbh: the fact he used that on SS already ruined it for him to ever dish that on NS).
I just don't get why Kishimoto was so determined to make Sakura portrayed as if she'd die without Sasuke when moments like that, if done at all, should be more reserved for the canon pair. Maybe Sakura was desperate or delusional and maybe it wasn't with basis, but it still happened. Kishimoto really pushed himself way too far with that confession. It's seriously no wonder SS fans still cling to that like their life depends on it and then compare it to Sakura's confession to Naruto just to talk crap, completely misinterpreting it because Kishi screwed up.
Does anyone get what I'm saying? I hate SS and love NaruSaku just the way it is, but that won't stop me from feeling Kishimoto pushed Sakura's feelings for Sasuke a little too hard in the past and now people are always going to measure it to NaruSaku, saying how much more 'deeper' and 'feeling' Sakura's love for Sasuke was. They're wrong of course, but that line in Sakura's confession to Sasuke was still too much.
The "heartbreaking and emotional" moments were from Sakura's side only. The fact that Sakura's love for Sasuke stood out like that, proves how much it wasn't real. She was 12 when she said that, and she's almost 100% sure it's love? That's complete bull. Naruto and Sakura have experienced pain together. Mostly due to Sasuke, ironically...
That confession was just plain selfish. That line showed how much she didn't understand Sasuke's pain at all. She was only thinking of herself, it didn't matter what Sasuke felt at all. With her confession to Naruto, she actually takes into consideration his feelings. She wanted him to be happy, it didn't matter whether or not she would be happy. It was all for him. That's why I found it much more sincere.
That desperation Sakura had, was just desperation. I don't think I would ever want Sakura to use that line for Naruto, out of desperation of needing him. Because that would just, in turn become selfish on her part, all over again. NaruSaku is special because of, like you said, mutual selflessness. When they do things for each other, they really do things for each other. They want each other to be happy, even if it doesn't benefit them.
And something bothers me about this... I don't think it's right for you to be 100% sure that NaruSaku will be endgame. Naruto and Sakura still have plenty issues to sort out... but at the end of the day, I'm certain they won't stop loving and caring for each other, because they always stand strong together. Their similar determination is what keeps them going, and they won't stop for nothing.
I believe SasuSaku has been dead since the beginning of the show. However NaruHina still has a flying chance, because Naruto actually acknowledges Hinata, and their relationship hasn't hit any rocks as of yet. (However I believe their relationship is practically nonexistant, and needs actual, out of the war interaction. Even then it seems like a pretty unbalanced pairing to me..)
You can never be sure if a pairing will absolutely happen at the end, so don't put your hopes up too high.
Edited by Iwantbuns, 04 July 2014 - 04:15 AM.
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