if sasuke was the main character then he probably would've been a LOT more sympathised with than he is now (which is to say rarely). like the narrative wouldn't even need to change to show his pains or 'his side of the story', bc it does that plenty. it's just that he is not the main character. and idk what it is about our human minds but we tend to sympathise with main characters automatically (unless ofc you go off the rockers insane and do something like obliterate almost everyone from the planet *cough* eren yeager *cough*)
an instance that comes to my mind where this does happen is with lelouch from code geass. while i don't agree with his character motivations, people generally do sympathise with him as he is the mc and as viewers we know he isn't inherently evil. sasuke's goal towards the end is slightly similar but ofc people love to hate him so they don't even try to understand where he is coming from.
my point is, most people while engaging with the naruto story don't read between the lines and so don't see how traumatised and in pain sasuke is and hence don't understand his character motivations. heck, they don't understand a single bit about him and so they automatically hate him, as he is supposedly going against the main character's goals.
which is really sad given all that he has been through.
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ENTANGLEMENT | Part I, Chapter I
A Portal/Half Life Universe Fic from Chell's Perspective
Rating: Explicit
Overall Word Count: 10,730
Chapters: 1/20
Where to Read:
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SYNOPSIS
Location Unknown, Michigan, USA.
Aperture released her, set her free. That ought to have been the end of it. But cast out into a world rendered unrecognizable after a mass extinction level event, Chell is forced to fend for herself, navigating a war-torn world in the aftermath of the seven hour war that devastated the states in a bygone era.
Mere days into her newfound experience on the surface, Chell finds bizarre technology inside a Michigan radio tower, discovering that the same interdimensional forces that started the war were still around, scouring the area in search of technology from the facility she hoped to never see again — Aperture Science.
With no choice but to go back to the facility to deliver a dire warning, Chell tightropes on the cusp of two worlds, unaware of the consequences of pursuing the past and surviving an uncertain future alongside an unlikely ally.
It's finally here!! A former roleplay thread with @sarcasticgaypotato turned novel, this story follows the events of Half Life 2: Episode 2, and is an inspired continuation of the ending of Half Life: Alyx from the perspective of everyone's favorite Aperture-dwelling characters. Chell, whose mission is to protect Aperture technology from getting in the hands of the Combine, must also act as GLaDOS's protector and keep her safe. GLaDOS, on the other hand, has to figure out the complicated ways of the world from a new perspective - literally.
This story is friendly to those who don't know Half-Life lore, and a treat for those who do! This story is a close-to-canon survival novel fic with ChellDOS as a major focus. Full of survival, interactive elements, complicated feelings, and a beautiful slow burn robot/human love story. <3
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Litana showed up!!! Yay!!!
ok listen I understand some people are mad that Litana isn't (And I'm quoting not mocking here) "dark enough in the manhwa" (sidenote: I think people were expecting a very cool dark skin tone from more of an Central African-esque fantasy region bc of her location. Which would have been so cool! tho I had defaulted to South America-esque in my readthru bc those are the rainforests I know) but if you aren't equally upset by her outfit and clear lack of research for that (And dare I say, disrespect to many native cultures very present in that) I'd like to sit down and consider why? esp in consideration to the skin tone Pan4 uses for the Koreans that have shown up.
Cale (White Boy)
Choi Han (Korean)
Litana (Rainforest Native):
like if she's supposed to be 'African' the skin tone AND the barely wavy hair deserve the bombastic side eye, and natives might also fight over the color choices, but this sports bra miniskirt with bicycle shorts monstrosity deserves a little questioning no matter what is all I'm saying. lets go team lets go
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Just for kicks, because these are just the primary, active projects I'm working on (kind of), and I'm curious. This may also serve as motivation for finishing them faster, but I do Not Guarantee That bc brain.
Set in the in-between moments of the hugging montage in Forever Charmed, Chris and Coop have a heart-to-heart about the "Uncle Coop" bombshell and what it actually means for Coop and Phoebe's relationships.
In the aftermath of a tragic mission in the unchanged future, Chris and Bianca have an introspective conversation while Bianca tends to his wounds.
An AU request twice over (I have been working on it, I promise!), Paige is the Twice-Blessed Witch.
Chris's perspective of events in the latter half of Little Monsters (ft. y'know, everyone headcanons that kid is Wyatt's bestie, so let's break that down, shall we?)
A 5+1 fic of Coop being asked to interfere with Chris and Bianca's budding relationship by... honestly, who doesn't ask him might be more accurate
Someone has to clean out Andy's apartment, and somehow it ultimately falls on Prue and Darryl.
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i love being an f1 fan
everyone is so supportive and fun and the seasons make perfect sense
nothing ever goes wrong
pinnacle of motorsports guys
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sighs, y'know I don't talk about it much on here, but I do wish fandom was....better. I wish it was better! I wish that there was an air of community again, where people aren't bullied, or compared to one another, where there's no sense of competition because everyone's gettin' attention. I wish artists (fanartists, writers, graphics and gifmakers and fanvidders and everything and everyone in between) were more appreciated. I wish people didn't have to use the block button so liberally. I wish fandom experiences were more positive, end of, because I am so....so tired of hearing absolute horror stories of how people I know have been treated in fandom, or hearing stuff in my periphery. I wish fandom was a celebration of love again, something that lasts for a good long while. I wish it could be a positive experience for people, instead of something awful that turns them away from stories that mean so much to them, because of the grief and bitterness and anxiety that fandom drowned it in.
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Re: your tags on the George gif set. OMG thank you, why were people taking that so seriously, he's literally laughing, it is so clearly a joke?
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Lmao yeah I mean, as someone who has a very similar sense of humour to George irl—which is very dry, very sarcastic, you never really know if they're joking but you know they are (if that makes sense?)—I honestly just don't think its that likely Paul would have been particularly offended about the joke, or at the very least, I don't think George would have intended to cause That Much offence. To me it just rubs off as like Something Funny that came to mind for him in the moment. [EDIT: Ive also noticed people in the tags saying stuff like "George told the TRUTH", and would like to clarify that that is not what I believe he was even doing here lol. Like I think this was a mostly-thoughtless comment, that he just thought would be funny.]
Like to be honest, his sense of humour has always been quite sardonic—take for instance his "what kind of girl do you like?" "John's wife" comment, like it's mocking, but it's still clearly a joke. So if you'd been friends with someone as long as both George and Paul had been friends for, I feel like you'd just be used to that sarcasm by this point. Hence why I personally doubt Paul would have been offended by the comment, because like, at the end of the day they were mates. They joked around a lot, and Georges sarcastic quips were apart of the groups collective humour, which Im sure everyone was used to by this point (and knew not to take too seriously). Im not saying that There's No Way Paul couldn't have been offended by the joke, but like, I still think its worth keeping in mind that even if he was, I think it's unlikely that that was Georges intention. I was also messaging Fiona about this the other day, and she pointed that Pauls reaction to the comment could have gone either way (he could have found it funny, it could have been upsetting), but we don't know how he responded to it, so it's just a bit Wild that people are getting This Offended on Pauls behalf, when like, We Simply Do Not Know.
I get that sometimes in life you have friends who are literally just Bitchy, but dress all that bitchiness up by saying "geez its just a joke. You're overreacting"—which is incredibly frustrating because it means they can get away with any criticism they should face. But like, I just really don't think thats what's happening here lol. Like I do just think this was intended as a joke, and was probably taken as a joke.
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