None of us are ever ready for the "war". We think we are but it's truely way too blown out of proportion for us to actually prepare,
especially in the Naruto fandom. A lot of us out there treat NH/SS/NS pairing debates as if we were arguing about religion

(Really, not an exaggeration). NaruHina I feel is dangerously getting close to the edge of being nailed in it's Hinata-centric coffin. Think about it. All these little "hints" and Hinata focus lately ... Kishi's planning something
BIG for the shippings that will cause the internet to crash from a massive sh*tstorm. The NaruHina fans need "faith" and they'll cling on to whatever they get. Which is exactly why they see every Naruto/Hinata interaction or a menton of Hinata's crush proof. They don't have anything else. Sooner or later (I'm betting sooner), NH will finally be gone either by a rejection or a huge NaruSaku moment in the upcoming chapters (more likely).
I don't see the point of flipping out. Be annoyed about it and criticize it? Sure. That's what I'm doing. But losing faith just because of this when Naruto continues to show nothing but platonicism is overreacting. As always, NaruHina isn't without a chance but it's really 30 or 20% at the most. I'm suffering from NaruSaku depravation at the moment XD like all of us but we'll get our big moment soon. The ObiRin/NaruSaku parallel pretty much confirms it by now, contray to the NH/SS side of the fandom
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Neoshadow: That's why I put my debating on hiatus for a while. I found I'm
really good at arguing my point but the constant stubbornness of NaruHina really tests my patience

. Still, I love seeing how angry and quick to insults they can be when I list the reasons why NaruSaku will probably happen. It's in hindsight hilarious XD because you can almost tell how much they're afraid we're right. Oh yes. When NaruSaku becomes canon, I will sit back in my chair with some soda and laugh my ass off at the rage and cussing fits we'll see from the majority of the SS/NH fanbase. Not say "In your face!" but sit back quietly with a smile on my face. Hard not to get a sense of enjoyment out of it, y'know?

Originally posted on Heaven & Earth in NF.
My take on the Kiba's comment and the different between a minor fan-service or throwing bones to a loud Fandom to chew on.
Someone was saying that Kiba could be consider has Naruto's rival and might have feelings for Hinata or Kishi is developing NH.
My reply.
I've seen this in other stories too, as well in Naruto with Ino telling Sakura to stop showing of in order to impress Sasuke.
In Kiba's case I don't think that is the case, it only applies when the two person are competing for the same girl or boy's affection.
With Kiba it just happen all a sudden and it look very unusual and awkward.
In the end is not a pairing moment since it was completely ignore, so it was more of a semi fan service or Kishi throwing bones to keep NH happy and reading the story.
What can we consider pairing hint?
Pairing hints are mostly between the two person, some kind of effect the unrequited love is making or change they are creating on the person they have a romantic feelings for.
We saw this with SS two times in Forest of Death with Sasuke losing his cool and gaining his cool again because of Sakura and one more time when he ask Naruto to protect Sakura with his life.
With NS, numerous times, we have Sakura teasing Naruto, flirting with him, the feeding scene 1 compared with feeding scene 2, the impact Naruto created in her mind, Sakura acknowledging Naruto and saying how much looking on him makes her want to change, the hugging scenes, Sai's revelation, her tender smiles for Naruto and Naruto only, wishing too forfeit a test to protect Naruto's dreams, wondering what are does feeling she has for Naruto, having third party question her feelings for Naruto are some examples of what I mean.
This is what I consider pairing hint with implication of possible change of love interest or change of mind.
Now with all this said SS and NS should be neck on neck but what really hurt SS was the Summit Arc because it crossed a very serious line.
NH has nothing like that is more about throwing bone at them to keep them quiet and interested on the story, just look on what happen with RTN.
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