kratos wanted to give freya an engagement ring with a protection spell around its wearer with the help of lunda.

even if he knows the vanir goddess can handle herself, he just wanted her safe from harm.

So spoilers for the Sasuke Retsuden novel are out. Sakura looks like she’s rocking her old outfit which is cool. There’s a scene where a prisoner assumes Sakura is single because she doesn’t have a ring. Sasuke doesn’t understand; apparently rings aren’t common in Konoha. Which I’ve thought for awhile but seen antis use as proof they aren’t married (no rings). Anyways, what are your overall thoughts on some of the spoilers so far?

I’m interested to see if this was just one of several instances where Sasuke and Sakura learn more about the different relationship traditions that Konoha probably don’t incorporate, or at the very least aren’t as common or significant, and whether such discoveries will alter their perception of their own relationship. Not in terms of them thinking that they weren’t acting like a true couple before, but in terms of influencing them to begin expressing affection for each other in different ways, and those ways could maybe be inspired by what they learn during their exploration of the uncharted territories. It will probably end up being a topic of discussion they share at some point in the story.

I’m also very interested in how Naruto contracts whatever illness is affecting him in the novel, and how Sasuke and Sakura wind up in the situation they were in during the spoilers because that scene didn’t seem to be from early in the novel.

Lastly, it’s rather typical to see so many people talking about “jealous Sasuke” this and “jealous Sasuke” that, when the spoilers that have been released have literally given no indication whatsoever that Sasuke feels any jealousy because of this random prisoner talking about Sakura. All that was said was that the prisoner assumed Sakura was single because she wasn’t wearing a ring, and Sasuke seemed puzzled because he was unaware of such customs. But of course people will just jump to the conclusion that Sasuke was jealous because they just can’t get enough of the jealous and possessive Sasuke headcanon. If I ever needed a reminder of why I stopped reading SS fan fiction, this was it.