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fightaers · 4 months

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sometimes i think abt how sakura's become so widely-spread and misinformed in that mass-production that she's almost become this caricature of the third female member in a trio who is a 'girl-boss who is so cool and is so sexy or so confident etc' when, in fact, she's actually a character with believable flaws and unique characteristic pertaining specifically to the experiences she's endured, and she's beyond someone everyone mass-ships or mass-hates, and in this essay i will—

#thinking about how many people mary sue'd her #including myself unfortunately before i reread part 2 #and like.......... god.#the way she has compassion and genuine goals and has her unique insecurity and flaws #and she has her strengths and her own determination #and the way the fandom either..... simplifies her or reduces her just.#it grinds on my nerves!#the other day i read fanfics where s.akura supposedly is just endlessly irritated by i.no bc shes ''suffering'' so much #[to get the attention of a guy and i.no's being 'unreasonable']#and im like???????#WHAT DO U MEAN #im not even gonna go to that rabbit hole because i have like. RECEIPTS on how much i.no means to her #i 100% believe i.no quite literally is probs the first to SAVE HER when team 7 was .... not around #and this is beyond mentorship. she has genuine PEERS bc of i.no!#AGAIN. i could go on and on about that #on how much guilt and gratitude she probs feels abt the rest of konoha 11 who /did/ take her in #on how much PART of why she worked so hard — catching up to nrt and ssk aside — is BECAUSE she wants to save k11 when they NEED her #ok imma quit now before i go full on rambling #i love her soooo much. and team 7 is messy yes but i love their messy dynamic too!#but i simply detest how she's either an accessory. an obstacle. or this dramatic over-the-top heroine that can do-all #funny how her main narrative is always abt her wanting to be an equal to her teammates #and even outside of the narrative she's almost never that.#gen: out of character.

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