Posted here, now that the internet isn't going wonky...

[moonsheen]

Title: Perfectly Justified
Author: Moonsheen
Fandom: Naruto
Type: mild het
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: No, the ninja are not mine.

Comments

[refracting]

I love this. It really seems to me to be Neji, and not one of the extremes you mentioned (which, indeed, are far too common). I really like the balance your Neji has with Hinata, and this was just awesome to read.

[fancylala]

(And we won't talk about that one doujinshi involving henge no jutsu. No, no we won't.)

This wouldn't, by any chance, be that one doujinshi where Hinata too shy to give her lunch to Naruto that she uses henge no jutsu to turn into Sasuke, is it? Cause I have that one lying around here somewhere and I must say...

Blushing Sasuke! I love you Hinata!

[moonsheen]

Sadly, no. That sounds cute. This was not cute. This was faaaar from cute. (Lemme put it this way? Naruto doing the Neji-smirk? Scary as all hell. And it just went downhill from there... )

[hemlocke]

Nice analysis of Neji you've got going there and you're right. *shudders* Neji, romantic? Gives me the heeby-jeebies. I can't imagine Neji carrying a rose.

And Sex Kitten Hinata is all wrong too. Way off. I imagine Hinata will eventually break away from the family and find herself but she's quiet by nature. More likely than not she'll grow up to be a quietly strong woman. Certainly not a walking sex bomb.

As you can see, I'm ranting. But I hate OOCness without a purpose. OOC in a well written parody is all right. Blatant ignorance of a character's basic personality is just wrong. I should stop right here ^^

[moonsheen]

If anything Neji would be infuriatingly practical in a relationship. We're talking stiff 'ah, this is the part where I am supposed to do this...' awkwardness. Flowers and chocolates he is not made of. Romeo he is also not. (Two houses, divided by--no.)

Best example I can think of in a fic that takes the stereotypes and runs with them: Hinata's jilted by Neji (for, all of reasons, him going off and marrying someone the clan told him to marry without any violent or at least very vocal protest whatsoever) and her first course of action is to run off and sleep with Naruto. And I'm left going '?!?'! Who are these people and where did they put the real Hyuga? To be fair though, the fic itself was translated from another language, and with a good betareader some parts of it seemed like they would work well--but the issues with the characterization stand. And I'm ranting too but uh, yeah. Squicky hetship. Rampant OOCness in a serious fic=much hair pulling.

[mythicbeast]

Nejihina = TEH BEST. n.n

Nice ficlet ye've got, here. :D