You know, you do have a point about the Naruto/Sasuke thing, but I think I would be upset with myself if I did not at least try to defend it! :) I don't speak for every Naruto/Sasuke fan, of course, but this is how I see those two.
There is NOTHING sexual about the fight. It's two twelve year old boys who are very emotionally messed up, and Sasuke especially so. The reason the fight stands out--not just for being an awesome fight--but for the first time the boys are honest with each other. Naruto labels Sasuke as his first and "most important friend" and "something-like-a-brother", and Sasuke openly calls Naruto his "most important friend", since he already has a brother and that boy does not need another sibling. They are trying, as best as they know how, to define their relationship with each other, but I think it's difficult for them because it's not just the difference between "friend" and "brother". Sasuke means more to Naruto than anything, and although Sasuke can never get out of his brother's shadow, this is the VERY first time he has ever admitted to anyone besides his brother that he cares for them, in whatever fashion.
Naruto will do whatever it takes to get Sasuke back, the point that he will abandon his dream of becoming Hokage. Sasuke will do everything it takes to not let Naruto become more important to him that he already his, even to the point that he leaves the only people who have shown him any affection since the murder and takes refuge with a pedophile.
In my opinion, these two idiots deserve each other.
Rather than any kind of UST, the fight (for me) is just one big ball of Unresolved Feelings. And this kind of epic love/hate relationship outshines any of the emotions Naruto might have for anyone else, I think. Until either Sasuke or Naruto dies (or both) these two morons will be dancing around each other, and it's fucked up and unhealthy and right up my alley. :)I think a lot of us in the Naruto/Sasuke corner of the fandom are also familiar with CLAMP's school of "most important person"="soulmate". Whether that is a healthy relationship or not. (There's also a huge connection between Naruto's demon and Sasuke, but I will not spoil that for you).
I also think that this line is rather romantic: "Even if I have to break all the bones in your body and drag you home, I won't let you go to Orochimaru!"
Or later, when he runs into Orochimaru again: "In my presence, don't you dare talk about Sasuke as if he belongs to you!"
Anyway. I know you won't agree with me, but I just didn't want you to think it's JUST about the sex, because to be honest, that's not what Naruto/Sasuke is about. Even if it was canon, these two will probably never get the opportunity to even think about having sex. It's just that I don't want to label them as "friends" or "something-like brothers", when the real meaning of their relationship is so much more complicated than that.
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There is NOTHING sexual about the fight. It's two twelve year old boys who are very emotionally messed up, and Sasuke especially so. The reason the fight stands out--not just for being an awesome fight--but for the first time the boys are honest with each other. Naruto labels Sasuke as his first and "most important friend" and "something-like-a-brother", and Sasuke openly calls Naruto his "most important friend", since he already has a brother and that boy does not need another sibling. They are trying, as best as they know how, to define their relationship with each other, but I think it's difficult for them because it's not just the difference between "friend" and "brother". Sasuke means more to Naruto than anything, and although Sasuke can never get out of his brother's shadow, this is the VERY first time he has ever admitted to anyone besides his brother that he cares for them, in whatever fashion.
Naruto will do whatever it takes to get Sasuke back, the point that he will abandon his dream of becoming Hokage. Sasuke will do everything it takes to not let Naruto become more important to him that he already his, even to the point that he leaves the only people who have shown him any affection since the murder and takes refuge with a pedophile.
In my opinion, these two idiots deserve each other.
Rather than any kind of UST, the fight (for me) is just one big ball of Unresolved Feelings. And this kind of epic love/hate relationship outshines any of the emotions Naruto might have for anyone else, I think. Until either Sasuke or Naruto dies (or both) these two morons will be dancing around each other, and it's fucked up and unhealthy and right up my alley. :)I think a lot of us in the Naruto/Sasuke corner of the fandom are also familiar with CLAMP's school of "most important person"="soulmate". Whether that is a healthy relationship or not. (There's also a huge connection between Naruto's demon and Sasuke, but I will not spoil that for you).
I also think that this line is rather romantic: "Even if I have to break all the bones in your body and drag you home, I won't let you go to Orochimaru!"
Or later, when he runs into Orochimaru again: "In my presence, don't you dare talk about Sasuke as if he belongs to you!"
Anyway. I know you won't agree with me, but I just didn't want you to think it's JUST about the sex, because to be honest, that's not what Naruto/Sasuke is about. Even if it was canon, these two will probably never get the opportunity to even think about having sex. It's just that I don't want to label them as "friends" or "something-like brothers", when the real meaning of their relationship is so much more complicated than that.