I find short tempered, easily angered characters very funny. But if I actually like them, that's on a separate scale, and Sakura and Bakugo are on the opposite ends.
Sakura lashes out when angry when people are being sexist, sexually harassing her, not taking serious matters seriously, blatantly antagonizing her, and taking her friendship and comradeship for granted.
Bakugo lashes out in actually cruel ways over trivial and pretty matters.
Sakura lashes out as a defense mechanism. Bakugo lashes out as an offensive tactic.
There are times when Sakura is lashing out angrily and its completely unjustified and unhealthy. There are times when Bakugo's righteous anger is the most reasonable response.
Its also interesting how their story arcs are nearly mirrored as well. Sakura starts out weaker than her peers, and her story arc is working from the bottom to be equal to, and then stronger than her peers. Bakugo starts out well beyond his peers, and is learning to accept others becoming equally strong and stronger than him. Sakura is learning confidence. Bakugo is learning humility.
Sakura is meant to be unlikable for being bitchy. But she ended up being a power fantasy for kids who've been mistreated.
Bakugo is cautionary tale about a power fantasy gone wrong. But he ends up being a power fantasy for assholes.
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Sometimes I think Hiruzen got some kind of weird divine message at the moment of Kakashi's birth. Something like:
Hiruzen, smoking in his office: eh, my life is hard
A voice in his head, sounding suspiciously like Danzo: hey, this is the birth of the one to whom you (and the next few generations) will pass on all the problem children
Hiruzen, interested: and when can I start doing that?
Voice: in six years
Hiruzen, unhappy: eh, that's a long time to wait, but it'll do
Hiruzen, handing Kakashi to Minato at the age of five: I'm giving you a year to make him a good babysitter
Minato, shocked: excuse me?
Hiruzen, disgruntled: damn it, Minato needs a team of students to make him a good hokage, but he's also needed on the battlefield, what to do
Hiruzen, looking at Kakashi: boy, you're 6 years old now, it's time to become a chunin, the clock is ticking, someone needs to watch the kids while Minato is on the battlefield
Hiruzen: hmm, time to end the war and pass the hat to Minato, he needs to spend more time on the battlefield, but then he'll be distracted by his team.... But those kids aren't little kids either, they should be on their own by now. That's right!
Hiruzen, looking at Kakashi: Boy, how old are you now? 10? It's time to become a jonin and take charge of the team, I'm tired of pretending you don't, you'll be in charge instead of Minato
Hiruzen, looking at Itachi, Tenzo, and Shisui(about the last one, that's my personal headcanon, sorry, I'm weak for him): I have genius and powerful kids in the anbu, I need to choose which team to send them to
Hiruzen, looking at the team where Kakashi is: right here, after all, who can handle genius kids better than a genius teenager
Hiruzen, after the massacre of the Uchiha clan: well that's too bad, we need to somehow eliminate Kakashi from the anbu so he'll have Sasuke and Naruto on his team 5 years from now
Hiruzen, 2 years later, when Asuma, Gai, and Kurenai came to him: well finally, I've been waiting for you guys
Hiruzen, three years later: Kakashi, here's your team, these are the two most troubled kids in the village and the girl not from the clan
Kakashi: Fucking hell
(I have a headcanon that Team 7 sometimes left their kids with Kakashi)
Sakura: we're going on vacation for the weekend
Kakashi: yeah, okay, have a great trip
Sasuke: you stay with the kids
Kakashi: firstly, I'm a hokage, not a babysitter, and secondly, what kids?
Sakura: firstly, I'm the head of the hospital
Sasuke: secondly, Naruto and Hinata are coming too
Kakashi: you're all crazy
Lol, Kakashi will babysit Boruto and Sarada's kids and no one will be surprised, everyone's used to it.
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