I say this as someone who loves Karin: the girl is deeply, deeply fucked up. She participated in human experimentation, thinks nothing of trying to rape her crush, and is obsessed with a boy who looks just like Sai.
Sai, on the other hand, is a young man who has been brainwashed so deeply he isn't sure of even his own emotions and is trying to learn how to be human, guided by books and observation.
In some ways, he's very child-like.
I wouldn't trust Karin with my pet betta fish.
When I was discussing Sai/Sakura with friends, the potential dark side of that pairing was brought up: that if Sakura is helping Sai become more human, she's in the perfect position to form him into whoever she wants, and to a certain extend I think he would go along with that. However, I believe Sakura has the moral integrity to refrain from doing so, and would help him find his own personality. The same can not be said for Karin.
Honestly, I haven't read a whole bunch of fic, so I'm not sure what the majority of fic writers are doing with this pairing, but those are my thoughts on it.
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Sai, on the other hand, is a young man who has been brainwashed so deeply he isn't sure of even his own emotions and is trying to learn how to be human, guided by books and observation.
In some ways, he's very child-like.
I wouldn't trust Karin with my pet betta fish.
When I was discussing Sai/Sakura with friends, the potential dark side of that pairing was brought up: that if Sakura is helping Sai become more human, she's in the perfect position to form him into whoever she wants, and to a certain extend I think he would go along with that. However, I believe Sakura has the moral integrity to refrain from doing so, and would help him find his own personality. The same can not be said for Karin.
Honestly, I haven't read a whole bunch of fic, so I'm not sure what the majority of fic writers are doing with this pairing, but those are my thoughts on it.