Drive-By Update

[redbrunja]

It is clearly the final month of school; I'm stressed, my to-do list needs two sticky notes to get everything on it, etc.

So if I haven't replied to your comment, it's probably because you wrote something that will take me more than two seconds to respond to; don't worry, I'll respond. Just... not right away.

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Secondly, the latest fandom_secrets post was so incredibly wank-tastic and troll worthy, that it deserves it's own WTF commentary. I'm not going to go into details, except that I have something brief to say about the Sasuke/Sakura/Hinata/Naruto (not in the fun orgy way) secret, since people on my flist are already talking about it:

1.) Sasuke/Sakura and Hinata/Naruto ARE NOT correlated variables: one can happen without the other.

2.) Stepping back from the details of the pairings themselves (since I think everyon already knows my opinion on that), wouldn't it be incredibly problematic if they both happened? Doesn't that send a horrible message to both girls and boys about how girls should just endlessly pursue the object of their desire? And boys should just go 'oh, okay' regardless of who THEY want to be with, because those girls spend so much energy on them? It takes (or it SHOULD) two to tango and neither Sasuke nor Naruto has shown that they are romantically interested in Sakura and Hinata, respectively. Which leads me to point three:

3.) Kishimoto is not writing a romantic adventure manga. Arguing about which pairing will be canon at this time is pointless because Kishimoto has not given us ANYTHING CLOSE to a clear canon signal about what relationships will end up being canon (one-sided crush does not equal 'will be canon'). This is not Avatar: we don't know how Team 7's romantic lives will work out and it's actually somewhat probable with Kishimoto's emphasis on nakama that we WILL NOT get a bunch of pairings in the epilogue (please god).

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Thirdly, I watched Star Trek on Sunday and it was the most awesome movie I have seen since Iron Man. Longer post to follow... sooner or later.

Comments

[the-sun-is-up.livejournal.com]

And there's also the whole "It's okay if a guy treats you like crap and/or completely ignores you because if you endure that for long enough he'll finally return your feelings" thing that goes along with SasuSaku and NaruHina being the endgame ships.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

That too.

I mean.... I don't want to get into which pairings I like because I'm trying to talk about more general theme and prediction and WHAT IS ACTUALLY WRITTEN IN THE MANGA but Sasuke and Sakura... kinda of had a really screwy relationship when they were kids, to the point that I can't look at future fic/prediction for them and NOT see Sakura muzzling herself a bit and Sasuke not realizing what he has.

[hieronymousb.livejournal.com]

With NaruHina, I'm personally not a major shipper or anything, but I'd argue maybe he's just never really looked at her in that light? To my mind, that's not the same as rejecting someone. I think your eyes can open to a person if you realize they are a romantic option. Maybe this is just me over-relating to my own life, but I've had several instances where I didn't really consider someone in *that* way, then the light-bulb kind of went off all at once, only to find out they reciprocated. Of course, it's not as though this happens in every instance.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I agree with that actually, which is one reason I wouldn't mind it happening.