Some people will gladly tear down a character in the pairing they like in order to support the pairing. For example, people who love SS and insult Sakura's character when it comes to NS reminds me of the guy who said Hinata would kill herself if NH didn't happen. I doubt most SS fans actually hate Sakura, maybe just that their love for the pairing overcomes their love for the character. Or maybe they love a character, but they are willing to make her look bad for a pairing they love.
You have SS fans who say NS fans hate Sakura because they don't want her to get what she wants. Then you have NS fans who say SS fans hate Sakura because they don't care that what Sakura wants is obviously hurting her. TBH, I think both sides like Sakura. Even though Naruto isn't what Sakura has always wanted, NS fans see that Naruto has always made her happy and know that she will eventually come to want Naruto if NS happens. Even though Sasuke is hurting her, SS fans believe that Sasuke will come to love Sakura and treat her well, which will make up for all the sadness that Sakura had to endure in the past. In the end, I think the fans of both pairings generally like Sakura (except some side-shippers) although they may have different views.
Traci, we are not the same, ask yourself if any real life girl will like to be with a real life Sasuke when he treats you the same way he treats Sakura? SS fans has the tendency to wish Sasuke treated Sakura the same way Naruto did, SS has the also like to call Sasuke a jerk and a id**t, to show you that they did love the Sasuke from the movie saying that the AU Sasuke should teach real Sasuke a think or two for him to get over his revenche obsession, but later stated how much they dislike him for once again being a jerk, so if you don't agree with all the things Sasuke has done and wish he were more nice to Sakura, doesn't that tells you that the only reason the ship SS is because they see Sasuke as a cooler and more desirable person than Naruto, Naruto is loud, while Sasuke is cool and collective.
TBH we are not the same, SS throw away real life value through the window because Sasuke physical attribute is what a girls desire plus SS loves stories where the girl heal a terrible bad guy with her love, so they are hoping that Sakura humiliate herself just for the sake of the pairing, SS don't care how it happen they just want it to happen.
And to make myself clear lets compare.
NH
Fan like NH because the likes Hinata because, she is shy, have good manners, loves Naruto and will never argue with him in other words submissive personality men's love this kind of women, while there is a big part that love NH because o Hinata's body, you will be surprised of how many fans call Naruto an Id**t for not noticing Hinata's ***** yet. And there another group that side ships the pairing to get Naruto out of the way of SS.
SS
They say because Sakura loves him, but how many times with Sasuke good or bad we could see Sakura trying to let go of her desire to be with him, the first time was in chapter 3 look how early Sakura thought that loving Sasuke may not be a good idea until Naruto disguised himself as Sasuke given life to her fangirl mode again, then through the Manga we saw how many times she try to let go and how many times that love really hurted her, now the real reason why many likes SS is because they see Sasuke as a way more hotter person than Naruto, most SS fans are hardcore Sasuke fans and love posted all the sexy fan art about him, then we have the side shippers that wants Sakura out of NH's way.
Now NS
Tell me if even 5% of NaruSaku fans ship the pairing because they think Naruto or Sakura are hot. NaruSaku focus on the friendship, the bond, the concern, development, the fact that Sakura genuinely cares about Naruto and Naruto genuinely cares about Sakura, while both think about what they can do to make each other happy and will do anything to protect the other half.
Honestly do you really see SS, NH and NS has the same?
Did you ever ask yourself why Kishimoto and the Anime Team has always single out Naruto and Sakura in the Anime OP ED couples view (Naruto dreams) and artwork but had never single out NH and SS plus the only time they did it was with two fake characters that later got trolled? Why are they more comfortable focusing on Naruto and Sakura instead of the other two, if the other two supposedly destined to be the end game?
Another note, why Kishi made Naruto unhappy towards SS and Sakura unhappy towards NH when she could perfectly smile for Hinata since Naruto is a nice person, but he has never made a Sasu>>> Saku or a Naru>>> Hina to creates some questions, why there is only Saku>>> Naru?
Edit
Something else I want to had and this is mostly for
T 03, he ask why is NS seems so obvious NH and SS are still that popular.
This is my replay. SasuNaru KakaIru and KakaNaru are very, but very populas but Zabuza x Haku seems to be more obvious you could call them a genuine disguised canon couple by the Author. Was ZabuHaku lest believable than the other Yoai couple when the other chareacters never acted that way and Naruto show on many ocations how disgusted he feel about those tipe a relationship?
Is the Same with NH and SS, there is no focus on the boys side but it's still popular.
Edited by NS means logic, 13 August 2012 - 01:37 PM.