Comments | reimars: Naruto - Two Leaves, unbearable anguish

reimars

Naruto - Two Leaves, unbearable anguish

Dec 31, 2005 01:12

Kabuto and Sasuke, Sasuke finally figures out what everyone else already seems to know.
For 30_evil_deeds.

( It took him almost two years to do it, but it wasn't hard to tell when Sasuke had finally put all the pieces together. )

30 evil deeds, two leaves, kabuto, sasuke

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reimars December 31 2005, 09:12:32 UTC

Well, it's not like there was the slightest chance in hell of Kabuto drinking that tea. So it was more to make a statement than anything. *grin*

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reimars December 31 2005, 09:30:05 UTC

I reread it a while ago, and I think Naruto said something about how Orochimaru wouldn't give him power for free. But then he didn't even blink when Jiraiya told him about the three years thing, so...I'm not really sure what we're supposed to think. But I can't recall anyone other than Kabuto and Sandaime being told specifics about the immortality jutsu thing.

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reimars January 1 2006, 10:31:53 UTC

He's slow, but steady. Like the train. *grin*

Er, it's a little gauche, but only to people who know not to do it, I think. Or maybe that's just soup.

crazy_toffee January 13 2006, 21:41:08 UTC

Then, because he respected the fact that Sasuke was able to keep the cup still in his hands, he added:

This I liked. Even if Kabuto is a bad person, he is still a person and there is a humanity to this reaction that's very accurate. I think character's whom we consider 'bad' just show how human they are in different ways (and nothing is worse than a stereotypically evil character ^^U). Kabuto, in this fic, felt incredibly human, yet this did not take any of his true nature away. The same goes for Sasuke: the fact that he would ask if it hurts (of all things!) and still remain calm and stay on his path... it's very true to character, because there's a lot of a man and a lot of a little boy in that statement.

You really have a knack for this. :D

reimars January 13 2006, 22:41:36 UTC

I think character's whom we consider 'bad' just show how human they are in different ways
I really love how you phrased this--throughout the series we keep being given characters in the villain's role that still have their own personalities and their own reasons, and it's one of the really attractive things, for me. I'm glad that that feeling managed to get into here. *grin* And the same for Sasuke, too; so many people call him immature, and he is, but I've always seen his character as this trainwreck combination of maturity and immaturity in different areas, and that's what the most fascinating and frustrating about him.

If life in Oto's changed him even a little, it's going to be beautiful to see his character when he comes back. *grin*

And, really, thank you very much for this review. I enjoyed writing this the most of the drabbles so far, so it's gratifying to know that it read well, too. (I hope that doesn't sound too arrogant, but seeing this did make me happy.)

crazy_toffee January 13 2006, 23:24:33 UTC

I've always seen his character as this trainwreck combination of maturity and immaturity in different areas

With a side-dish of extreme selfishness, naturally. You pretty much summed up my view on Sasuke. I think the real fascination DOES lie in the fact that he is too mature where he shouldn't be and too immature where he should, and - last but not least - an odd mixture of loyal and wilfull.

I wonder how life in Oto will have changed him... I want to see it, but it makes me nervous as well. I have the nagging feeling that he'll be a study in corruption and personal angst.

I'm happy to hear the review made you happy (redundance aside ^^). Nothing beats hearing that a story was read hwo you meant it to be read... or at least, close to how you wrote it (which usually differs, oddly enough...hm...)

*goes leaf through more of your stuff*