On Two-Dimensional Relationships and the lack of Lee and Gai-sensei
Dear Naruto fans with a SemeUke obsession,
Get over it.
No seriously. Get over it. I love GaaLee. I love NaruSasu. (Okay, well, no not as much these days because Sasuke is an ass, and does not deserve Naruto.) But seriously, what is your obsession with extreme uke and extreme seme? Why is it that NaruSasu is okay for some, but SasuNaru is not? Why do you take wonderful, complex characters and make them two-dimensional, out of character tropes? If you want them to have sex, fine, whatever, but can they do it in character? And since you obviously ship the same characters together, can we all grow the hell up and get along? Who cares who tops and bottoms so long as they are together!?!? I mean, seriously, if you were in a relationship, would you even want to have sex the same way all the time?
I mean, hello! People tend to be dynamic. They are complex and different. The world is not divided into seme and uke. The world is full of different people with different preferences. Just because someone might prefer to bottom, does not mean that they always do or that they are a bashful stuttering uke who can't take control.
Also, just so you know, during intercourse, the bottom has a lot of control. I mean, seriously. A lot. Sexual appeal in general gives people power; during the act, this is brought to a whole new level. The person bottoming is not weak, is not shy and bashful, they actually have control and power over the person on top. The person on top also has power, but seriously the bottom actually tends to have more. (Also, anal sex is uncomfortable, not necessarily painful--unless you actively try to make it hurt, and that's just mean.)
As far as SasuNaru goes, Naruto and Sasuke would fight over who tops and who bottoms because it is in their character to do so, and because the world still seems to think that being the bottom means you are weak. Hopefully, once the world gets over its ridiculous homophobia we can all grow as people and realise that. And just because Sasuke happens to be very feminine does not mean he is the uke. Women can be dominant in bed, too, thank you. But seriously, he is very much a man, and just because he is prettier than you, does not mean he has to take it, or that he would willingly 'submit', not that Naruto would either. Seriously, have we forgotten just how much they fought and challenged each other before?
As for Gaara and Lee, my beloved OTP.
Stop making Lee a smirking seme. He does not smirk. Lee has sparkly smiles and the Nice Guy Pose. He is a kind, respectful person with lots of energy and an idealized version of love. He would not smirk at the Kazekage/person who almost ruined his shinobi career.
Gaara is the Kazekage. He is a bad ass motherfucker, and he knows it. He is also vastly asexual, and the only reason GaaLee works is because Lee is crazy and energetic and exuberant, and maybe a bit oblivious, but totally kind and caring and willing to go the distance to make someone as socially inept and fucked up as Gaara feel love. But just because Gaara has no concept of being 'in love' or being 'sexually attracted' to someone it does not mean he is the automatic uke. And if he is bottoming, he is not a blushing, bashful virgin (see Maladore's wonderful fic, Diplomatic Relations to better educate yourself on the ways in which GaaLee works and works well, and the kind of bottom Gaara would be). Please stop making him such.
Also, Gaara may be shorter than Lee, but height has nothing to do with anything. (Nor does being extremely pretty.)
And please stop having Lee call Gaara "Gaara-kun." It is annoying and wrong. And disrespectful because Gaara is the Kazekage, and also because he kicked Lee's very bubbly butt in the Chuunin exams. Lee would not call him that. Please, learn the proper use of Japanese suffixes. And stop having Gaara use them. He does not use them. He is Gaara of the Desert. And the Kazekage. He doesn't need to use suffixes.
Thank you, kindly.
-Eeri
Dear Kishimoto-sama,
Where are Gai-sensei and Lee? You keep giving us a tiny glimpse and then they go away. You finally gave us some more Gaara, but then he went away too. I miss the other characters. I miss my three favourite characters, specifically (Lee, Gaara, and Gai-sensei). Shitsureishimasu, etto, please resolve your hard on for Sasuke, make Naruto stronger, and bring back the good stuff. Arigatou.
Get over it.
No seriously. Get over it. I love GaaLee. I love NaruSasu. (Okay, well, no not as much these days because Sasuke is an ass, and does not deserve Naruto.) But seriously, what is your obsession with extreme uke and extreme seme? Why is it that NaruSasu is okay for some, but SasuNaru is not? Why do you take wonderful, complex characters and make them two-dimensional, out of character tropes? If you want them to have sex, fine, whatever, but can they do it in character? And since you obviously ship the same characters together, can we all grow the hell up and get along? Who cares who tops and bottoms so long as they are together!?!? I mean, seriously, if you were in a relationship, would you even want to have sex the same way all the time?
I mean, hello! People tend to be dynamic. They are complex and different. The world is not divided into seme and uke. The world is full of different people with different preferences. Just because someone might prefer to bottom, does not mean that they always do or that they are a bashful stuttering uke who can't take control.
Also, just so you know, during intercourse, the bottom has a lot of control. I mean, seriously. A lot. Sexual appeal in general gives people power; during the act, this is brought to a whole new level. The person bottoming is not weak, is not shy and bashful, they actually have control and power over the person on top. The person on top also has power, but seriously the bottom actually tends to have more. (Also, anal sex is uncomfortable, not necessarily painful--unless you actively try to make it hurt, and that's just mean.)
As far as SasuNaru goes, Naruto and Sasuke would fight over who tops and who bottoms because it is in their character to do so, and because the world still seems to think that being the bottom means you are weak. Hopefully, once the world gets over its ridiculous homophobia we can all grow as people and realise that. And just because Sasuke happens to be very feminine does not mean he is the uke. Women can be dominant in bed, too, thank you. But seriously, he is very much a man, and just because he is prettier than you, does not mean he has to take it, or that he would willingly 'submit', not that Naruto would either. Seriously, have we forgotten just how much they fought and challenged each other before?
As for Gaara and Lee, my beloved OTP.
Stop making Lee a smirking seme. He does not smirk. Lee has sparkly smiles and the Nice Guy Pose. He is a kind, respectful person with lots of energy and an idealized version of love. He would not smirk at the Kazekage/person who almost ruined his shinobi career.
Gaara is the Kazekage. He is a bad ass motherfucker, and he knows it. He is also vastly asexual, and the only reason GaaLee works is because Lee is crazy and energetic and exuberant, and maybe a bit oblivious, but totally kind and caring and willing to go the distance to make someone as socially inept and fucked up as Gaara feel love. But just because Gaara has no concept of being 'in love' or being 'sexually attracted' to someone it does not mean he is the automatic uke. And if he is bottoming, he is not a blushing, bashful virgin (see Maladore's wonderful fic, Diplomatic Relations to better educate yourself on the ways in which GaaLee works and works well, and the kind of bottom Gaara would be). Please stop making him such.
Also, Gaara may be shorter than Lee, but height has nothing to do with anything. (Nor does being extremely pretty.)
And please stop having Lee call Gaara "Gaara-kun." It is annoying and wrong. And disrespectful because Gaara is the Kazekage, and also because he kicked Lee's very bubbly butt in the Chuunin exams. Lee would not call him that. Please, learn the proper use of Japanese suffixes. And stop having Gaara use them. He does not use them. He is Gaara of the Desert. And the Kazekage. He doesn't need to use suffixes.
Thank you, kindly.
-Eeri
Dear Kishimoto-sama,
Where are Gai-sensei and Lee? You keep giving us a tiny glimpse and then they go away. You finally gave us some more Gaara, but then he went away too. I miss the other characters. I miss my three favourite characters, specifically (Lee, Gaara, and Gai-sensei). Shitsureishimasu, etto, please resolve your hard on for Sasuke, make Naruto stronger, and bring back the good stuff. Arigatou.