Ok, so I posted the comic...
And her first reaction was this
oh my kittening gooooood
i never thought i’d say this about people who follow a manga
but whoever drew that comic with sasuke stabbing sakura and sakura protecting naruto, then punching sasuke
you do not respect these characters
you do not like them
you do not want them to have a happy ending
all because you want your precious narusaku to happen
and anyone who wants this scenario to happen, would you wake the kitten up already? this would utterly break naruto and sakuras heart if it turned out that they had to turn against sasuke in the end. Sakura would NOT protect naruto with kittening pride if it meant having to kill the guy she loves. YES, loves, because she never stopped loving him when he was at his worst and to do so now would make no damn sense. Naruto never gave up on him at his worst, and for it all to kitten on him now would mean that he was wrong all this time about Sasuke.
You all harp on and kittening on about how he’s the main character and gets whatever he wants, but you ignore the fact that he wants his friend back, HAS wanted his friend back more than anything. You cant kittening pick and choose what he gets to have (even though he hasn’t expressed a desire for sakura in for kittening ever) and what he doesn’t.
kitten your theory, kitten that comic, and have fun when it never happens. i will be laughing all damn day
And then she posted this
im utterly disgusted by that comic
rage. utter rage
and my anons say I disrespect the characters by wanting sasuke and sakura to find happiness with each other?
give me a kittening break
I knew both of them were posted in my direction because she's kinda looking for a fight with me for a long time.
So then, I responded...
chatte-georgiana said: I would say you need to take it easy. Others have done fanfics and stuff like that too, where Hinata kills Sakura for Naruto or something like that, yet, no one screamed they hate. To each his own, really.
And her answer was this
No. It doesn’t matter if there are fanfiction in the world that are also completely deplorable to the characters (and lets be honest, you know those type of fanfiction must have got plenty of hateful reviews as well). It doesn’t matter if it’s a piece of fanart. I don’t care if it’s someones opinion either, to be honest. If I have something to criticize about it, I am going to criticize it and rightfully express my anger.
I’m not taking it easy, not when I am always harped on for not respecting the characters, namely Sakura for wanting her to be happy with Sasuke, but somehow having this girl give up on her hope, on her goal of protecting both sasuke and Naruto, is doing her justice?
And Sasuke is one of my favorite characters in the manga, and it is beyond annoying to see his character twisted into doing something all for the sake of upping narusaku’s chances, never mind that Naruto and Sakura would never be happy again if it turns out they had to fight Sasuke because he was ‘evil’.
I’m sure there were PLENTY of times when you talked about how something in this fandom annoyed you too. Please don’t tell me to take it easy just because I don’t happen to agree with this horrible scenario and think it’s terrible for all the characters involved.
And then I answered this
Well, than why not criticize those as well or those where Sakura is raped by Sasuke. Come on, really.
Not respecting the characters??? Let’s kittening talk about Sasuke respecting Sakura and Naruto then. Yes, I like him too but that doesn’t mean I am going to give credit or be ok with the kittening things he’s done in this manga! He’s been pursuing a path that he knows it hurts his best friends. He tried to kill both of them several times so don’t give me the happy ending crap, please!
And no, this is not for a happy NaruSaku thing. If you saw, that was just a part, the continuing can involve so many possibilities!
And his character is twisted in the cannon manga as well so don’t give me the crap people twist him. HE IS CANNONICALLY TWISTED! He is trying atm to kill all the Bijuus not thinking about the fact that his kittening best friend has a bijuu inside him! DO you really think Sakura will just let him?
If you’re happy about the fact that EACH TIME when Sasuke is around Sakura is unhappy as kitten, than sure, go ahead! But don’t go telling me that it’s a thing that disrespects the characters because it’s NOT! And you know it.
And if you think that Sakura would let Sasuke harm in any way Naruto, sorry but you’re wrong. And this has nothing to do with the pairing itself, it has to do with Sakura’s self-awareness! She knows Sasuke is not the good guy she wanted him to be and if she didn’t leave him to do what he wants, once, what makes you think she’ll do it now?
You forget the Chuunin exams, the Forest of Death, her engaging him so many times, just for Naruto’s sake?! Really? IF it fits your perfect scenario, than sure, go ahead. But the manga facts are there.
Sakura won’t let anything happen to Naruto, especially because of Sasuke, whether people like it or not, and it has at least NOTHING to do with pairings. So don’t give me the “for you narusaku scenario crap”.
But it’s not like you’re going to change your opinion and I fear it’s going to hit you hard, no offense, when something like this is going to happen. Because it will. Sure, maybe not exactly this way, but we all know it will. Parallels and foreshadowings are a lot to be a proof.
And don’t bother replying back, because we both know we’re not going to agree with this. You’ll speak from your SS perspective while I will speak not from NS perspective, but from Sakura’s. A perspective I am sure you won’t accept. And don’t worry, I am aware of Sakura’s feelings for Sasuke and I accepted them like I told you many times, however, at the same time, unlike you and other people, I am aware of her feelings for Naruto, something you never accepted that I’m afraid it will hit you hard when it’s going to be something undeniably cannonical.
So as I said, to each his own.
And her answer
You really don’t think I would criticize a scenario of Sasuke RAPING Sakura? Are you serious right now?
The only reason why I haven’t is because I have never seen that kitten, and it really shouldn’t take much to guess that I would never approve of something like that. Ever. You are twisting my critique of a scenario around and making me look terrible for it because I don’t dare criticize all the terrible depictions of the characters out there. If I were to do that, I would be on tumblr all damn day.
But seriously, I shouldn’t have to out and out say ‘hey Sasuke would never rape Sakura!’ for people to get that I would never condone that. I shouldn’t have to talk about literally every problem I see within the fandom in order to express my opinion on one matter.
You are not understanding the broader picture of what fighting Sasuke means, what Sasuke being wholly EVIL means to the story. Sasuke doesn’t do anything without good reason, killing the bijju for one, because of the villages need to fight each other to obtain that power. And Sasuke fighting Naruto to kill the kyuubi is a guess, and a faulty one at that, because for Sasuke to out and out try and kill the village hero would turn everybody against him immediately, thus rendering him irredeemable. And that would never happen in this manga, that’s not hard to see.
Attacking his teammates is a whole other ballgame because time after time, THEY came after HIM when he repeatedly told them to leave him alone. The only time Sauske was completely in the wrong was when he stabbed Karin, but you like that pairing for whatever reason so I’m not sure why you think he doesn’t deserve to be in Naruto and Sakura’ presence, but with Karin it’s totally okay.
And I never said Sakura wouldn’t give it her all to protect Naruto if she perceived a threat against I’m. I am saying the idea of protecting him from SASUKE is completely out of whack.
And oh, I am so throwing that happy ending crap at you. Because this manga is Naruto, and a happy ending it pretty much a given just because of that.
Speaking of happiness, was I imagining Sakura smiling widely when Sasuke came to protect her? I must have been.
But I’m done here. I would have happily continued this conversation more if you didn’t make that nasty comment of me daring not to criticize all the raptastic sasuke fics in the world.
I still didn't posted an answer cause I just saw this one.
As I said, this is just for debating purposes, not bashing or anything!
Edited by Chatte, 21 June 2013 - 11:44 AM.