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yesssss 100% also recommend it's wonderful. here's a link for the lazy.

hey there. do you like the arctic circle?

how about survival fic? some tasty, tasty forced collaboration in an unknown situation? then you should check out Ends of the Earth by Valiant_Effort on AO3, a naruto fic where Kakashi, Ino, and Sakura end up in the Elemental Nations equivalent of the arctic, where Itachi and Kisame have also found themselves stranded. ever seen caribou in a naruto fic? this is your chance!

when I tell you I sat down and read this, captivated, in one sitting, you should know I’m not kidding. and that my productivity suffered greatly. anyway, go read it

#fic rec #not DoS #but it's sooooooo good omg

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this was such a lovely thing to find in my notifications this morning, thank you!!

you might also be interested in these fics:

you cannot unlearn the feeling

Gaara & Uzumaki Naruto, ~1k, Soulbonds - Formed During Moment of Extreme Empathy, fits in with AoL-verse

He has the scroll. Mizuki is being worse than ever. Iruka is hurt and everything is terrible and Mizuki asks, "Don't you want to know why you could never bond with anyone? Why it's impossible for you?"

in your nature

Senju Tobirama/Uchiha Madara, 10k, Soulbonds - Formed During Moment of Extreme Empathy, uses the same worldbuilding as AoL

"Maybe a marriage would be the way to go," Madara says eventually, half out of exasperation but also half because it wasn't actually a bad idea. Except for all the ways in which it was terrible. "But not," Izuna says with a wrinkle of his nose, "with Hashirama." "No," Madara says, holding back a laugh at Izuna's expense out of politeness even though Izuna will feel the full brunt of how funny Madara thinks the idea is. "There are, however, other Senju."

What if I just read "The Art of Losing" by @wafflelate a million billion times because it's my favorite.

Anyway the rest of this post is just going to be me going !!!!! so, spoilers ahead

Things I think intensely about:

-how suna is going to react to Gaara deciding to become the kazekage

-how any detractors of his new position are going to be IMMEDIATELY shut down because the "first" thing he does is "contract with a seals mistress to get the dead wastes converted into arable land" (who is going to prove it WASNT a seal? Sunas sealing sucks lol. And technically it did originate from a seal. Gelels seal.)

-how devastated Gai is going to be upon learning literally everything Kakashi went through

-how pissed as fuck people are going to be upon discovering that root seals can apparently block soulmate bonds? I feel like sealing people without their informed consent is about to become very very illegal outside of emergency circumstances.

-how the fuck is cat feeling. Does he believe Kakashi is dead? Does he hope Kakashi is alive?

-nara shikakunand yoshino are about to fucking eviscerate the elder council. Either they were aware of this bullshit or they were criminally negligent. Oh, what's that inoichi and shibi? Some of your family got kidnapped too? Maybe we should bring torture back to t&i. Just this once.

-kakashi is going to be so fucking proud of shikimaru. In his super repressed way. Maybe in a he deserves that legacy more than I ever did if he's feeling self deprecating.

-do you think temari has to sit through a million drafts and revised versions of kankuros shikabane play the more information comes out. Soul mates who were cut off completely from their connection, one believing the other dead, and the other never even educated about soul bonds. Them still recognizing each other enough that Kakashi was kind to her and she freed him instead of killing him. Please kankuro why can't you make the fight scenes longer.

-shikaku seeing shikakos complete shadow transformation and being like "yeah that's insanely dangerous to so much as think about attempting, I don't want to consider how bad things had to be for her to create that. Forbidden jutsu on account of who the fuck knows how she didn't end up falling into the black"

-does Gai feel like he failed Kakashi. Does he swear never to do so again. Imagine him thanking shikako for saving his friend. Imagine Kakashi being shocked Gai still considers him a friend

-hi inoichi this is my soulmate Kakashi, he did not take thinking I was assassinated well at all, do you have any self help books because he hates talking about feelings

-obviously she knows about seals because danzo wanted his own nara level intelligent seal master. Obviously she hid as much of her skill as she could from him because she isn't stupid.

-anyway here's a book a better storage scroll some medical seals and the seal to get rid of roots evil tattoo of shittyness.

-actually now I'm thinking about what if she DOES join suna because Kakashi has trouble feeling safe in konoha or just because being around a shikamaru who never knew her and idolizes Kakashi is kind of awkward.

-if they share dreams do you think she explains her original world to Kakashi after he dreams of cities he's never seen.

-wondering who was the first person to remember the lookalike yoshino nara missing nin that got mentioned in that one report.

-if I think about how nervous Kakashi is going to be the first time he trolls shikako and how he'll feel when she grins or laughs or goes along with it I experience An Emotion™

-"I don't know if you'll like them, but here's other you's favorite books. They make a good social barrier, and you've been looking a little overwhelmed."

-yoshino is going to cry so so so much. Her baby needed her all this time and she never knew it.

-kakashi learning that he was absolutely invited to shikakos funeral and danzo is just a dick who lies

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#i'm dying

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My favorite thing about getting a post massively reblogged is seeing how many people have negative tagging systems. I don't mean "negative" in the sense of "bad", I just mean that instead of tagging something as X, they tag it as not-Y.

Like you'll make a post about how spoons were invented in the 1720s in an ill-fated attempt to settle an argument between four of the five popes, and it gets reblogged and someone tags it "#not naruto".

And it's like, you're not wrong. That post has nothing to do with Naruto! But you can't help but feel proud your post got selected as one of the few non-naruto posts worthy of being included on their clearly heavily Naruto-themed blog.

#not not naruto

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Oh oh oh here it COME—

#laugh rule

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fannish next of kin?

I'm writing an article about digital lives after death, and I'm looking to speak to someone who has personal experience with the AO3's Fannish Next of Kin feature (specifically as the FNoK for someone who's passed away). If you'd be up for (briefly!) talking to me and potentially being quoted (anonymously/pseudonymously fine), please message me where I can get in touch/reply in the comments. I'd love to have an actual first-hand perspective on this feature rather than just talking about how it works.

#i have a FNOK but am not dead so I can't help with this lol #but reblogging for boost!

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Soup or soup

Oooof, that's a tough one! 🤔🤔 🤔 I know it's a little controversial but.... I'd have to go with soup.

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Crows be like

#pepper im reblogging this for you

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#we must reblog this until it has a translation on it at least

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the 'tried to kill you' to found family pipeline tho

#yes

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Me watching tv: it’s what murderbot would have wanted

#murderbot

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Rules for living in winter

From: 3rdritual

#poetry

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OP: [makes a post]

OP's mutual: #this looks like a 10k note post to me!

OP: No! You can't do this to me!

Me: OP says they don't want notes, so I can ruin them by giving them more notes!

Me: However, a clever poster would CLAIM they don't want more notes because they would know that only a great fool would take them at their word. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose to add more notes to this post!

Me: But OP must have known I was not a great fool; they would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose to scroll past this post!

OP: You've made your decision then?

Me:

#rb at 6.7k

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It’s that time of year again so here is your yearly reminder that the world isn’t ending and people don’t hate you. The sun is just setting at 6 pm.

#peer reviewed tag

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what's happening in the minecraft fandom?

You’re happier not knowing.

#lmao #minecraft

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i watch naruto because i can’t afford therapy