Sephiroth Really Does Care For Cloud At All Times, So As A Result, Maybe He Is Always In Danger.

FINAL FANTASY XVI (2023) — Joshua & Clive Reunite

I remember when I first saw this scene. My thought process was: dang he took his clothes off to only realize that he didn’t like what he saw and then told him to put his clothes back on :/

What ACTUALLY happened in that scene with Cid and Clive....

I finished all of Naruto + Shippuden in two weeks. Yes I’m crazy and I binged all of the canon episodes.

Anyway - I took notes on my thoughts before, during and after every single arc.

In terms of Sasunaru, I had some inklings about the pairing during Shippuden, none pre-time skip but what really made me fully believe at one point Naruto was maybe in love with Sasuke, was early Kage Summit arc.

I just didn’t think Naruto would handle Sasuke’s absence so poorly when I started Shippuden. I completely misjudged his character. I didn’t think he would be so clingy. It was like baby’s first breakup with him. It was genuinely like watching someone experience a breakup, get depressed but instead of getting over it in half a year, it was 500 episodes or 10 years of anime. He literally was not the same character anymore. Yes he got older but he was just such a downer compared to pre-time skip because he was depressed about his man.

I fully believed he was in love with him until the whole reincarnation brother stuff. 

So many ups and downs with Naruto but I love him. I can’t believe I’m saying this in the year 2024, almost 2025 but Naruto is one of my favourite anime characters ever. Maybe I just don’t watch enough shounen but I’ve really come to like Naruto. He’s so endearing and him recovering over his breakup was one of the most cathartic things ever. Literally more cathartic than 99% of the anime fights. My biggest takeaway from watching the show and how I remember it, was Naruto’s coming of age story from his career to his interpersonal deeply complex relationships he has with people, especially Sasuke Uchiha. Take that as you wish.

I wonder how much hate I’d get if I said that despite, all of the sns content I post or repost, I don’t actually ship them.

I noticed the change in Naruto’s behaviour towards Sasuke during Shippuden and rather than more earnestly be upset about it, I coped and made jokes on here about how Naruto’s feelings towards Sasuke derailed the character the potential Shippuden had.

MY BIGGEST ROMAN EMPIRE/QI DYNASTY THOUGH has to be Naruto x Sakura or NaruSaku. ALSO JUST SAKURA’s marriage.

I’ve never made a single post about it but I genuinely really warmed up to the ship early Shippuden because I thought Sakura developed a crush on Naruto and they had a better dynamic there.

I also really grown to adore Sakura so I love her as a character. I CANNOT stand how much Sasuke disrespects her in Shippuden thou. Holy shit I was so mad when he fake-killed her at the end of the war arc OMG. She’s already disrespected by the authour and fans, I just want her to have good things happen to her fully, not some half assed manner like her ending. I understand that the authour genuinely believes that his writing of female characters is acceptable, which is why he continues to write them that way and call it a happy ending but still.

She’s done so dirty everywhere, I just want her to have one genuine win with no strings attached.

I know she married the love of her life but she didn’t get what she wanted. She’s still seen by most people and in-universe characters as a lonely wife and “single” mother raising her child all by herself while her husband doesn’t contact her. She’s in a marriage where I don’t think she expected Sasuke to have some dumb ass plot barrier stopping him from coming back to the leaf when they initially got together. Of course, she loves him enough to deal with his absence but canon wise, she’s not happy about it but has to keep a brave face when questioned about it by Sasuke. Cuz that’s her character, she’s not going to complain about it, it’s out of his control (ugh). There are times where she’s clearly settled with her circumstances but LIKE AS A GENUINE FAN OF HER CHARACTER, I dont want that for her. It’s not a happy ending if she’s still lonely and never gets to see her man. For Christ sake, it was clear in the anime that she’s not even used to his touch because she hadn’t felt his touch in a decade by then. It’s so sad and I wanted better but the authour refuses because he believes it’s in character and makes sense for their relationship to still have barriers.

Like she will always accommodate for him but he just “can’t put in the same effort” and she might as well just deal with it with a smile on her face.

Like she’s so successful but she chose to marry a bum. Sure it might be true love but double standards much?

I understand that Sasuke is written a little bit like Jiraiya where he’s never at one place for too long and Sakura likes more serious personalities in her men (and I guess men who go against the grain?) but she prefers that kind of guy but also someone who is there for her. They’re just not compatible and it’s like upsetting to watch. Sakura can only enjoy half of her marriage because she only got half of what she wanted.

How does this connect back to Naruto x Sakura thou? Again I thought the feelings were mutual during Shippuden and was sad when they weren’t but for Naruto, he seems to at least like his wife.

Please be mindful that if her marriage isn’t written the way it is, I would not be complaining like this.

Rewatching link click rn

I don’t really get how Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi are friends?

Lu Guang keeps things very business and treats Cheng Xiaoshi like his co worker (which they are). However, what makes these two men continue to hang out with each other outside of work? What do they have in common?

Other than the obvious obligation to their superpowers, they don’t seem to have chemistry with one another.

Lu Guang calls Qiao Ling big sister and seems close to her. Same with Cheng Xiaoshi.

Been rewatching Malcolm in the Middle and something I realized now as an adult was both Francis’ & Malcolm’s mommy issues.

Their issues manifest differently. Francis just complains about Lois and openly spites her.

Malcolm does the same but unfortunately goes down the path where his character seems to be attracted to girls and women much older than him.

I had a feeling in the back of my head that Malcolm’s mommy issues would manifest that way, in a reverse stereotypical daddy issues situation I see in a lot of media as well. However, it’s still really disappointing.

In all fairness, it doesn’t help that the audience grows up with Malcolm and that his actor looks younger than his character’s age.

Hey I’m confused by the first two words of your response but everything I agree with. People are still finding themselves and in the end, it is speculative media. Either or not intentionally is up to debate (my own East Asian baggage) but I’m interested to hear more about what you have to say.

In the end, it’s my opinion and you may or may not agree and that’s fine.

Unpopular opinions on mlm ships

It’s weird. I’ll watch Banana fish, Sk8, JJK, Buddy Daddies and even Link Click and come to the conclusions that the main mlm ships (Ash x Eiji, Langa x Reki, Geto x Gojo, Kazuki x Rei, & Lu Guang x Cheng Xiaoshi) are all just good friends and have no romantic chemistry.

It’s honestly really jarring to not really engage in previously named fandoms until much later after completing the show and being surprised by people’s interpretations of character interactions.

For example, until Reki and Langa talk about something else besides skateboarding, I don’t see any romantic chemistry. Same with Kazuki and Rei with something else other than Miri and their jobs, Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi with their time traveling, and I think Geto and Gojo just needed more moments together. Ash and Eiji are an unique case, I read the manga first and I didn’t get queer vibes from the story. They also just seemed like good friends to me :/

However, I’ll believe Yuji and Megumi from JJK are totally into each other. I feel like it’s because they had more interactions within the story that suggested a stronger bond than Geto and Gojo. I don’t really get me either.

Something from my notes while I was watching Shippuden

It’s weird that Naruto married a woman who is quiet, introverted and has special eye powers. During my time watching this god forsaken show, I noted down that Naruto seems to attract introverted shy downer boys like Gaara and Sasuke. I guess there is something about that type of personality he likes in dudes. I am still very doubtful that he would like that personality in a woman because he criticized his future wife who had the same personality but in the end, he seemingly married her. It’s like he married a female-ish Sasuke. Like someone who superficially sounds like him on paper.

For Sasuke, he doesn’t seem to like a lot of people outside of his family. He tolerated Naruto’s extroverted, loud and confident behaviour. He was annoyed by his obsession with chasing after him though. I don’t blame him he gets it from both sides and it’s not like he has a mentor to ask for advice on how to deal with it. Anyway, I’ve seen him ignore Sakura who has a similar personality to Naruto at times. She’s tomboyish and has the former traits. He low-key criticized her for being obsessed with him. He also doesn’t seem to visually like pushy women, but it might be because every woman so far has been pushy in their advances and flirty towards him. There is no shame for whoever has a crush on him. But he doesn’t seem to mind it as much when Naruto does it. I mean he does mind it but he didn’t say it’s disgusting or anything. It’s again weird that he married Sakura because I always felt like he didn’t like that kind of woman but he’s okay with it when it’s a guy to a more tolerable extent.

Those two really did marry the female version of their “type”. But again, the impression I got so far was that they didn’t like that personality if it was the opposite sex for whatever reason.

I know I just finished the show but I feel like LITERALLY everyone married the wrong person. Everyone should swapped partners. More people should be single, some people shouldn’t be dead while others I’m shocked they survived (looking at you KIBA AND MIGHT GUY) and others who aren’t married yet for some reason.

Sakura and Naruto, I love you both dearly but you both married the wrong people in my eyes. But this also applies to everyone else so don’t come for me (this wasn’t in my notes but I have to put this in here - I’m just copying pasting my immediate thoughts I wrote in my notes lol)

It’s just weird. I followed a strict anime filler guide and it makes me feel like I missed something.

Food for thought

Oh also Sasuke totally gives off I have commitment issues, bachelor vibes and just lone wolf identity. Kinda like Jiraya but not a pervert or a writer. More like he just wants to be alone even if it meant being away from society. To me, he will always prioritize himself above everyone else because he has way too much baggage. He just comes across as someone who wants to be in solitude. It’s unfortunate because he had such a bright future when he was a kid but in canon, he seems to be married while living his bachelor lifestyle from the ending.

lol going through my notes I took while watching Shippuden

Im prob the only person who thought this

(Scene right after Sasuke puts Sakura in a genjutsu by punching a hole in her)

Fuck Sasuke

I hope Naruto kills him

Rips his head off for what he did to Sakura how could he

I really fucking hate him