Well, I call retconning because we, the audience, have been beaten over and over the head with the story Sasuke knows and shown Itachi as... distasteful of his sibling and rather bloodless in his interactions.

I actually like the idea that something in rotten in Konoha, because just from the way Naruto was treated, as well as the whole ninja lifestyle (Iruka and Kakashi's snipping at each other pre-Chuunin exams springs to mind) exists strikes me as something that is ripe for storytelling.

But.. I don't know, I really have a hard time, with the way Sasuke was treated, what we were told before, etc, believing that in a clan full of (we presume) smart, skilled ninja, an uprising against a FUCKTON of other smart, skilled ninja was the best choice.

We don't have the details of there plan, but I just think that there would be a massive amount of things they could do covertly that wouldn't cause the kind of death tolls that it seems like the original Uchiha was talking about.

Oh, I definitely think the whole ‘Itachi loved peace and serenity’ crap that Madara spewed was bullshit.

Oh, so much.

I really need to do so rereading to get it all straight in my head, but on the whole, this felt super slap-dash and like everyone's i.q. needed to drop for it to work, which I hate.