Posted 15 June 2013 - 02:40 PM
Well, I wrote this a while back for a person who wanted to know why I called SS a time bomb. So I decided to share it here since it does cover my thoughts on my experience in NF. So enjoy.
For a long time, NS fandom has been battling NH/SS fandoms that they will be the one to get the endgame pairing because of developments they are getting, while our is in questioned, especially since they have been shoving down our throats that Naruto hates Sakura. Here's the problem that they refused to acknowledged. Kishi made a movie and it was NS galore. They got mad to the point they became hypocrite. In the end, everyone agreed that the movie is just a movie. But, I have always said that the movie shows Kishi's intentions.
Enter 615. This is where many confusion came in, to the point NS was getting demolished. If NH is confirmed, SS is confirmed. It's that sadly simple. 616 saved us from ultimate defeat, but the fans keep rubbing in and mentioned the movie is just complete fanservice for NS so they can be happy. 627, Sasuke is now "good", which means since NH is in good condition, adding Sasuke to the mix will solidify NH. Danger? Oh....Talk about backfired.
Enter 628, where Sakura shows up now, but not because of Sasuke, but because of Naruto. So, ok, not worrying fans, so they wait for more. 630, people starting to downplay heavily that Sakura actually knows Naruto like that, then....we got the nuke: Minato. The death of NH happens when Naruto confirmed his feelings for Sakura. So yeah, after all that, Naruto still loves Sakura. Hinata did everything she wanted to do. Which means, there's no more for her. Therefore, NH is done. It doesn't help that Hinata has been talking like a friendship, no more romance. So how does that effect SS? Easy: parallel.
Whether you against the idea of parallel in a story, you have to acknowledge that parallel is used to give the audience the idea where the life of the current characters will go and if the past generation failed, this one won't. That being said when Minato compared Sakura to Kushina, this ultimately gave NS a ticket to victory. While the parallel overkilled NH, it has now placed the time bomb on SS because this story is about Naruto, and now knowing the connection, it's impossible to go back on it. Pretty much, NS has won already, but it's not yet revealed. SS has no parallels, no third party support, nothing, just Sakura, who's in the verge of letting it go completely.
If you may noticed by now, the fans are pushing it too extreme to the point we just scratched our head and think, "Um ok?" Is it sad? To be honest, yes. I don't like to disrespect fans but it is sad, especially lately, NH fans are counting on SS to backfire NS. Unfortunately, we are at the point that Sasuke is in fact hiding his true goal, which is not good at all for SS. If Sasuke truly betrays everyone, consider SS dead. The bomb they have can only delay, but can't deactivate it. Can they postpone it longer? We'll shall see in this volume. Question?