RamenxBlossom

This is sort of random, but this is my little rant on Hinata:

I was reading this fanfic, and it had alluded to some NaruHina moments. Now I didn't really care, as the story didn't focus on romance and pairings never mattered too much to me anyway (as long as it wasn't too much I'll tolerate it). However I eventually stopped reading it, when I realised it was becoming too painful to read.

And that was because within just three chapters, the author had managed to develop Hinata's character more than Kishi had ever done.

When I was younger I was very shy and a complete pushover, and while I wouldn't go as far as to say I was bullied, I did do things I didn't want to since I couldn't say "no". So Part 1 Hinata became my role model. She was kinda like me, but had this determination about her that I admired. She was a bit of an outcast within her clan, but she actually grew and proved her worth. So I really wanted her to see her succeed and wanted her to achieve her goals.

When the whole confession happened, I expected a confrontation about it in which there would be a answer, since there was a build up of NaruSaku as well, but we were all well aware of Hinata's feelings. Instead it was ignored, and along with it Hinata's character was ignored as well.

And it took me a while to realise that Kishi was no longer interested in her and I couldn't help but feel betrayed when he decided to bring her back to suddenly ship her together with Naruto. Because in the meantime he had done nothing to show her relationship with her clan, her relationship with her sister, basically the things she used to care about the most.

Instead she became pairing fodder and while I wouldn't have minded NH once, Kishi had done nothing to explain why. The Last only served to showcase her as a mindless shell in which her 'goals' had become nothing more than Naruto and stripped her of any personality traits that she once had.

It's now painful to see Hinata because I can't bring myself to hate her as she once meant so much to me, and now all I see was wasted potential and that hurts a lot more than you may realise. And way more than the pairings, I think this was one of the things about the endings that i was disappointed about the most.

... Wow that was a lot longer than I thought. Oh well, just needed to get this off my chest. Because it hurts seeing her bashed since I know she used to be great, but her current character disappoints me so much as well and it just makes me tired.