So you like Naruto, you say?

[soleil_et_pluie]

I don't usually make "useless" posts, but i had an IRL conversation with one of my friends today about Naruto, and it was every bit as embarrassing as i always thought it would be. All their names sound stupid spoken out loud. I couldn't even say "Madara" without it sounding like "Mud'ra." i was like READ 500 YOU FOOL, because he liked naruto for a

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[ronsard]

Well, of course your experience with IRL Nartuto discussions has been dissatisfying. You're doing it all wrong! First of all, I agree with Shivi that younger siblings seem to be the key to geekery joy. Both my bff and I rely on ours to feed us plot updates during those (possibly months-long) bouts when we just can't be fucked to actually read the manga. Furthermore, these discussions are not to be had with peers, especially male ones. That will only lead to frustration like them being all ~dismissive~ of your shipping tendencies and you being completely mystified by their interests in general.

No, no, the best conversationalists to conduct anime/manga discussions with are LITTLE CHILDREN. Refer to my journal for an ongoing series of my symposiums with an 8YO on topics ranging from Kisame's euphemistic sword to the implausibility of Sasuke's brother being a good guy to "Big Sis, your nails look like Itachi's" "No they don't!" "Yes they do!" "These are totally red wtf?" Also sometimes I spend entire afternoons eating pizza and getting my forehead poked by a 6YO girl and learning the handseals for Chidori from her older bro. Now that's the good life.

AND OF COURSE 'MADARA' SOUNDS WEIRD WHEN YOU SAY IT LIKE THAT. It's all rushed. What are you, ashamed? You've got to let the syllables linger, rolling off your tongue like a song, and when you reach the last syllable, lower your voice as though in a loving sigh of satisfaction. "Ra... Raaaaa..." PRACTICE UNTIL YOU GET IT RIGHT IT'S A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH.

(Alternately, just call him Mad Maddie like I do ♥)

NO NEVER AGAIN YOU'VE TRAUMATIZED ME WHY DO YOU EVEN HAVE TO ASK? Hit me. Harder, better, faster, stronger. Would you like me to look over that Sasuke/Suigetsu one too? I'd like to see that one hit the Internet :3

[nthcoincident]

No Mai, "Madara" should not be said. Madara should be indecently wailed with accompanying sound effects.

That's why no one said this name in the last chapter, because those three syllables just send all and sundry into transports of ~joy 8D

[ronsard]

Okay, you do it your way and I'll mine and we'll see who will win sensei's love. DYING WILL.

[soleil_et_pluie]

I AM NOT SUCCUMBING TO THIS MADARA MADNESS. I WILL NOT PRONOUNCE HIS NAME SO LOVINGLY. Apparently I have problems making old Death-Water not sound stupid, either.
..heheheh Mad Maddie, that works.

That all sounds so cute ;_; ..My younger brother would NEVER discuss naruto with me, though he did read it at one point. Let me paint you a picture: he watches outlaw star, an anime from like 1999.

Okay, you get it... soon! Uh, yes, definitely, do you still have it or do you need me to resend it? YAY GO GO BETA POWERS.

..I WANT TO MEET YOU GUYS IRL. ;_;

[ronsard]

GIVE IN YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO. And say whaaaaat girlfriend, that's unacceptable D: Shisui's name is the best ever. First of all, the kanji in his name invoke the most beautiful and morbid imagery. The sound of it is practically a sigh, you can tell by the fact that Shivi keeps having Itachi say his name in her fics. Shisui. Shisuuuiii. Linger, man. Loving.

I love Outlaw Star :O And 90s anime! Your brother sounds like an interesting individual can I have his number? Ahahahaha, no >.>

I still have it! I'll look it over and get it back to you soon ♥

[nthcoincident]

Shisui is the fucking sexiest name ever. SLITHERY CONSONANTS. AN ADORABLE LITTLE 'U' IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Every time I write my name I want to kind of...change a few letters around...

/creeper

It's just not as much fun for him to say ITAAAAAACHIIII or MAAAAADAAAAARAAAAA. I thnk that's reserved for the women in their lives.

[soleil_et_pluie]

No argument on the "awesome name" front. My problem might be more the disconnect between typing it all the time/hearing it in my head, and then the very few times I actually say it out loud, I go, ".....What did I just say? whose name was that?"
..Slithery consonants, heheh.

..they were clearly meant to whisper each other's names in the throes of passion drowning completely platonic hugs.

...by the way you guys, i've decided i'm silly: my real name is kate just fyi. ♥