Naruto 694: Naruto and Sasuke (1)
I'm later than usual, and there's no pictures this week (unless I find a moment to put them in later) but I will try to make up for that with the discussion, even though I feel like I'm rehashing a lot of old issues with it. It also might interest you all to know that Shonen jump has confirmed Naruto will be ending in 5 chapters, so this is ( Read more... )
I just realized it now, but you know what this reminds me of? There's a tabletop role-playing game called Exalted, where you play a character who has a divine spark inside them. Thing is, mortal bodies (and more importantly, minds) weren't really designed to handle that kind of power, and so each character has a Flaw and a Limit Break. A Limit Break is a situation that causes the Exalted to lose control of themselves and give in to their Flaw. If a Limit Break happens, the character has to make a Willpower roll, and if they fail, they become temporarily controlled by their Flaw. A Flaw might be something like "Deliberate Cruelty" (exactly what it says on the tin) or "Red Rage of Compassion" (attacking the perceived cause of another's suffering without restraint). Flaws based on compassion tend to have Limit Break conditions that involve the Exalted witnessing someone else's suffering--so an Exalted really can turn evil (for a day) if they lose someone they love.
tl;dr: Sasuke is an Eclipse Caste Exalted with the Red Rage of Compassion Flaw...except his Limit Break happened when Itachi died and can only be turned off by Naruto punching him in the face while yelling about friendship.
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