Because I'm here - a Naruto/Sakura manifesto

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Title: Because I'm here - A NaruSaku Manifesto
Pairing: Uzumaki Naruto x Haruno Sakura
Fandom: Naruto
Spoilers: Up to Naruto manga chapter 319
Notes: This post actually isn't the manifesto itself: it's an index linking to the sub-parts, because the manifesto exceeds the Livejournal post character limit (by several times in fact).
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Another ultra-fast reader. ._o

But thanks muchos for the comments! =D

(As for psychology recs; J. Philippe Rushton is someone in the field I despise a bit because of his shithead remarks and racism at times. D:

Uh, okay. I don't know him at all, I just found some parts of the article interesting. D=

I believe what is most important is the independent support these two give each other without being completely needy or dependent on each other.

Exactly! I'm actually working on another Naruto essay! =D (though I have no idea when I'll complete the damn thing >__> ) In it, I address two things that seem to be quite dangerous in a relationship, in Naruto at least: excessive idealization (which makes you fall quite hard when it turns out that this person you look up to isn't all that), and excessive emotional dependence (a good relationship should make you Stronger, even if you end up alone afterwards, not weaker. At least, in my opinion. Some instances of excessive emotional dependencies left the characters that much weaker when things went bad: Sasuke/Itachi, made worse by Sasuke's idealization of Itachi, Sasuke/Fugaku - Fugaku made Sasuke dependent on his praises, instead of giving him self-confidence-, Gaara/Yashamaru, etc).

So I love how Naruto and Sakura are completely about free choice. No strings attached, just two healthy individuals who are natural around each other and enjoy each other's human personalities. =D

Naruto and Sakura find support in each other, and freedom in each other. Without realizing it, they are forming a secondary goal to saving Sasuke; and that is supporting each other through anything.

Lovely way of putting it! =D Some people make it think that it is all about Sasuke. Um, no. Akatsuki isn't all about Sasuke. Kyuubi isn't all about Sasuke. Sakura discovered the extent of Naruto's problems (Kyuubi, Akatsuki) After Sasuke left, and with Lee she's already shown in part 1 that she's capable of caring for someone even without Sasuke's interference. D= Well, I've addressed some of these things in a NaruSaku vs SasuSaku ghost annex that I've just un-hid in my lj as well, though that particular thing is a bit outdated and I'm too lazy to update. D=

The Fanart recs were great, thank you!!!

Thanks! =D I actually did do much of that part of the recs myself. Well... I got the Japanese websites by looking at the links on the first page of the NF NaruSaku fc, but I did a new search for DA ones.