The thing about RtN Hinata is she's not that far removed from canon-Hinata deep down. Hinata ultimately has this possessiveness around Naruto, something I've described as her seeing him as moe. Like she doesn't acknowledge his strength, instead viewing him as the same loudmouth who never gave up in the academy. This is the mental image of him that she idolizes, the failing student who refuses to give up while putting on a happy smile to cover his own sadness. In many ways Hinata fails to acknowledge how he's changed and instead looks down upon him, believing it her duty to defend him even from the criticisms of his children. Behind that shy exterior is someone who very much wants to push herself onto the sad little boy she wants to protect. She gets jealous of a scarf knitted by Naruto's dead mother for crying out loud!
RtN Hinata is a lot more open about it with her domineering nature. She is what is hidden underneath the underneath of Hinata.
Thats brilliant.
Holy Hannan you completely changed RtN for me. All this time I (and probably many others) had this subtle assumption that RtN counterparts were the opposites of their originals.
But If you look closely... they are rippled reflections of themselves. A few examples off the top of the head:
Hinata is a possessive kitten, which is what she would be if her shyness didn`t hold her back. (Think Erika from teen wolf). She is the outspoken domeneering woman she deep down wishes she could be. Because if you really think about her "desire" to be more confident... where does that road lead to?
Ino is a shy sexually repressed character in RtN which could hint at her deep insecurities since she amongst the kuniochi appears to pay the most attention to her appearance.
Gai is a tired old man seemingly swapping personalities with Kakashi but could ultimately show how tired he is and that his power of youth is leaving him.
Kakashi on the other hand is a upbeat go getter which could synch with the person he would of been if his life story wasnt full of tragedy.
Neji is a pervert which for all we know Neji could actually be as well if it werent for his clan imposed self discipline.
Ive got nothing on Kiba, maybe he just secretly also likes cats.
(Finally to the big boys)
Sasuke was in my view always going to become this if it werent for the Uchiha massacre. He is rich, dark and talented. Naturally women would have been all over him and would have lived the frat life.
And Naruto... I think Mnenma is a dark reflection of the part of Naruto that resented his parents for dying. It is an even darker reflection of Narutos darkest desire to have vengeance on the village that basically tortured him his entire young life. If Naruto was a less compassionate and kind person Mnenma would have easily been born.
This also fits with the whole metaphore of ripples in a lake representing spacetime. The RtN universe is not an inversion it simply obscured some of the traits that these characters had and allowed the ones underneath to see light.