@gracefulAggressor #Yaoi #SasuNaru #Shipping #Discourse If I might take the position against GaaLee, for sheer argument's sake. How do you suppose their rivalry goes so much "deeper"? So much "subtler"? It's clear their fight eXemplifies the theme that hard work and dedication can overcome odds, and that even someone born disadvantaged can be eXtraordinary. It's a great theme, and one even a wiggler could understand. Quite surface-level, really. Kind of "obvious." Only, Roclee didn't win the fight. He's not the main character. And the theme doesn't resonate much, in a series about the descendant of a hokage with an immense well of chakra and the power of a demon inside him, and an ensemble cast of his superpowered friends, who were all born with their own unique abilities. Yes, Naruto is bronze, but that doesn't make him any less eXceptional of a troll. The opposite, I would argue. Now, let's look at the themes present in SasuNaru. The power of empathy and bonds with others. The futility of the cycle of revenge. Hatred will only ever breed more hatred. To break the cycle, one must have love and compassion. We saw all these themes resonate throughout the entire series, countless times. Gaara's arc included. Pain. Obito. Just to name a few. Naruto pacified nearly every mass-murderer he came in contact with, simply through his sheer power of empathy. But Sasuke was the first troll he truly pitied, and the one he always came back to. The one he always fought for. The one he wouldn't give up on. The one he loved. As tiny wigglers, their ganderbulbs met, and they saw their own loneliness mirrored back at them. They hated each other for their similaries as much as their differences, and built a rivalry from it, but they couldn't deny the string of fate that drew them together. They soldered a bond so deep that even Sasuke himself couldn't sever it. You couldn't ask for a more perfect narrative foil for Naruto than Sasuke. Naruto fought for Sasuke, because their bond meant everything to him. No matter how much Sasuke tried to run from the love threatening to smother his fiery path of vengeance. Their relationship is so impactful that it codified the series' core themes. What you define as "deep" is clearly flawed, and wrapped in your own self-delusion. "Deep" isn't sifting through scraps, and inventing your own narrative where it barely eXists, just for the sake of being an insufferable contrarian. "Deep" is what you call the threads masterfully and deliberately sewn throughout the narrative as a whole. Being a true fan is about respecting the teXt, and developing the literacy to understand what it's trying to convey, first and foremost. You posit that Sasunaru is "obvious," but just because it's accessible doesn't mean that it's lesser. What you seem to interpret as "obvious" is literally just how storytelling functions as a medium. It's the rails on which it guides an audience to a conclusion. I would compare Sasunaru to an iceberg. There's as much there teXtually as you're willing to dive for. If you're going to aspire to a proper shipping snob, at least find an adequate hill to die on. You're not going to find much success defending a digbeasthill. #Girlboss #Smackdown #Relapsed - MC Oleana
i really actually bot)(ered to read t)(is entire damn essay
Thank you, your highness. I hope you found it satisfactory. - MC Oleana
genuinely hate that im in agreement wwith you here but evven a hatestarvved closet fujoshi office wwench is right twwice a day or howwevver the platitude goes #sasunarusupremacy
I hardly seem hatestarved with you wagging your pitch all in my mentions. - MC Oleana
wwhat can i say i just givve and fuckin givve
it was... well composed. i suppose.
🞜 firstly i have to say i respect how hard youre willing to go to bat for a ship like this. genuinely respect that there are too many who would simply disagree drop a hate and move on. 🞜 obviously we arent that kind of troll. 🞜 there is only so much disdain that i can express reasonably with the fated mate trope starting before ones molt. i think it works often in media directed towards wigglers because it helps break down the notion of a meaningful relationship like that in a digestible way. but so few will ever be deployed off planet in a situation where they stay paired with the supposed fated trolls from their youth. 🞜 and thats where the appreciation for a ship like gaalee can really come in handy. 🞜 it was pure happenstance that they were pitted against one another in the chuunin exams. further growth and exploration of himself was required and even a revelation that had to be delivered by naruto helped gaaraa to find himself eventually and open the way towards being able to meet other troll ninjas on the emotional field. 🞜 but it was roclee who first slammed that door back open with his bare fists. he was never going to win. but the attempt was made. 🞜 an attempt that shattered the sandy shell built around gaaraas pusher. 🞜 where sasukes endless melodrama tore the entire nation to shreds roclee and gaaraa embody the truth of a troll enlisted in service to our great empire. the need to perpetually improve and improvise to survive and even thrive. 🞜 hard work and dedication to improvement may mean nothing when youve a demon residing in your very body barely locked away by what could be described as esoteric mayjiiks and yet both gaaraa and even naruto saw the truth reflected in roclees beautiful round eyes. that without the drive to improve. your bullshit super powers mean nothing. because someone else could always usurp you. 🞜 this isnt to say i dont have an appreciation for a truly fated pitchmance. trollkyo babylon is one of my favorite pieces of bl after all. 🞜 .... 🞜 bluh. honestly im starting to worry that i can feel myself coming around to your position. youre good at this. 🞜 regardless i guess it comes down to personal taste. and i like the effort that gaaraa puts into his reconciliation of himself as a troll. rather than just a living weapon. and how much of it is due to almost losing to roclee. 🞜 we should do this again some time. this was enjoyable. @oleanderSupernova #yaoi #shipcourse #shipping #discourse #sasunaru #gaalee #bl
- Oleana. I'mm *SORRY* .I think this is happening to you because of that "RaightWorthe" I accidentally posted the over day, before cupe timme, and then again accidentally a second timme later that night, while definitely fully conscious. I just wnat you to know that I amm SORRY. I don't even know how to play any gammes that aren't Sudoku. 🤣🤣🤣 Please forgivemme Olenana 🥲
Ah. Yes. Yes that's eXactly what happened. Must be some kind of computer virus going around. Just see that it doesn't happen again. Also, you'll be working overtime. - MC Oleana
Apologies for the tardy response. I felt that a thoughtful reply deserved the same from me, and so I waited until I could give it my full attention. It takes an honorable troll to cede ground in such a contentious #Yaoi shipping war as this. That being said, I am willing to meet somewhere in the middle. A lot of it does come down to personal taste, and what kind of themes do or don't resonate for an individual. Personally, I do wish they focused a little more on what made Roclee's character so compelling in the first place. And a little less on him as a joke character. But, perhaps they realized the themes in his arc were too at odds with the rest of the work. And chose to downplay it, instead. I suppose that is the space the original work leaves open for fanon interpretation. I do appreciate that Gaaraa and Roclee were able to come together once more, as triumphant allies, after the introduction of Kaguya quashed their once bitter kismesissitude. Not to even speak of the somewhat one-sided pale crush Gaaraa is carrying for Naruto, long after their own climactic fight. But I digress- Well fought, Acaruh-san. - MC Oleana