That if great on your part, but the vocal part of the fandom, not so much.
Yup.
Exactly. I would like to see some closure.
Me too and I think Kishi will deliver. Like I mentioned in another post, judging from the info we've gotten on this movie so far, I'd say it's pretty resonable to expect that she will get at least some major panel time before the series is over.
I haven't seen a lot of people who consider Sakura's background sympathetic because Ino rescued her quite early on, not to mention it really seems like a drop in the ocean compared to people like Gaara.
This is true. I suppose that just makes us a minority.
And no, compared to what Gaara had to go through, Sakura's past isn't all that sad or tragic, but it wasn't exactly all sunshine and rainbows either. All in all, it's good enough for me.
Kids are usually bullied for what they do, but something they can't change -- which gives the bullies power. When I went to school kids were just bullied for their clothes or their race, but it was contained to school. But thanks to cellphones and the internet, a lot of kids can't escape it at all.
True, but I've also seen kids being bullied because of their physical features, like having a certain hair colour or something, so I wouldn't say that Sakura beign bullied because of her forehead is completely unrealistic.
It would be nice to see more Ino.
Indeed. Ino is awesome. That's why I'm looking forward to todays episode, becuase this is we finally get to see her in action again.
I think it's not her comments, but the fact that she had a normal upbringing with parents. I'm not saying she's inconsiderate, I'm saying the fandom is harsher to her because she doesn't have a tragedy.
But that's just it. She never brings up her upbringing vs. Naruto and Sasukes upbringing. I could understand it if she was always complaining about her parents or if she was always comparing her background to Naruto and Sasuke's, but she never does. It's totally irrelevant. The idea that, just because a character doesn't have a sad past, somehow means that that character now has to work harder to be acknowledged by the fanbase is just dumb in my opinion.
I don't think tragic characters are necessarily more interesting either, but it does make them more forgivable through the perspective of the fans. Let's not forget in Naruto's world, half of all the characters introduced have incredibly sad backgrounds.
Indeed. Still, even though Sakura's past may not be all that tragic compared to Naruto or Sasuke's or Gaara's , it still provides a perfect freudian excuse for why Sakura acts the way she does. Like you said, it's not like Sakura is the only character with a relatively normal background. Look at Tenten. No tragic background there, in fact, we don't even really know anything about her background. Look at Ino. No tragic background there. What about Shikamaru? At the beginning of the series, he was pretty much a sexist a**hole. Why? Because of his domineering mother. But so what? It's not like she ever abused him or anything, not that we off at least, so what's his excuse? Or Choji. His tragic past is largely the same as Sakura's. He was bullied, but then he found a friend. I guess the major difference here is that, unlike Sakura, Choji never had a rivalry with Shikamaru, but in my opinon that only makes Sakura a more complex character than Choji.
I think women are judged more harshly by some vocal fans, but I agree with you, it probably corrolates to the fact from the fact that writers stick them in the weaker, female tropes. Not the hero, but always the one being saved.
Yeah and it really frustrates me, especially because Kishi has already proven that he knows how to write Sakura as a badass heroine, i.e. the rescue Gaara arc as well as the Sasori fight. That's why, when the Five Kage summit arc happened, I became so indredibly disillusioned with Kishi. I hated what he did to Sakura, especially the "All that's left for me is to believe in them". That made me think that Kishi just simply didn't care about Sakura at all, but now thanks to the info on this new movie, my hopes have been somewhat restored.