Nothing More Heartbreaking Than Realizing I Could Have Slipped In A Birthday Chapter For Sasuke Mid-fic

Nothing more heartbreaking than realizing I could have slipped in a birthday chapter for Sasuke mid-fic for his birthday had I realized it was coming just a bit earlier

Me when I make a fix-it fic and have to actually discuss how the main character is fixing things instead of going "Anddddd danzos arrested and the Akatsuki are reformed and the kids are all getting taken care of yay": Fucking outrageous /j

Hc that the reason Itachi is so immediately ready to verbally bite back @ Kisame + Deidara (the akatsuki in general tbh) is bc he got there and for the first time was allowed to express his opinions without immediately having someone on his ass for it /hj

He gets through his little Bickering Over Philosophy moment with Kisame by the docks, no one comes to yell at him Fugaku, Inabi, or Danzo style and just just like "Okay maybe this place isn't absolute shit actually"

The first taste of mild independence (His resume of child soldiering or babysitting himself and sasuke does not count) he gets and it's bc his asshole coworkers treat him with more respect as an entity capable of making his own choices than 99% of the people in his life

I just finished svsss and decided to take a look into some Shen Jiu fics because. Shen Jiu. And. This fandom as a whole doesn’t seem to believe in fix it fics / happy fics h u h? The amount of dead dove descriptions I’ve seen. The doves are the main cuisine of this fandom from the looks of it.

So in the Itachi Daylight / Midnight novels it talks about how he put Izumi in a genjutsu and had the two of them live out their lives together in an instant (Getting married, having children, growing old, retiring, etc), right? Well every few months I become just. Shattered at the thought for both of them. They were both ~12 to ~14ish. Being used as pawns by the village + clan. While all they wanted was to get to live their lives alongside each other.

Their relationship might have been barely baked. But by the gods if that isn't one of the most tragic things I've ever read. She lived that life out and was happy to have it, even knowing it was an imitation of something she'd never have. He put so much care into it, to have crafted a world and time where they could be together happily for decades. He made every second of every minute of every hour of every day of every month of every year for her. He made them a world were they got to plan their wedding. Where they got to see their children's first steps and words. Where she got to fulfil her dream and become an accomplished shinobi. Knowing she would never experience the real thing. He also had to live through this life alongside her. He was there, marrying her. He was there, watching the children he created grow for years. Raising those children beside her. Working alongside her for years in the field. Then. In one final moment her consciousness snapped and he was suddenly back in the body of a child again, holding his girlfriend who died before getting to experience any of it in the real world. In the body of a solider, who would likewise never get to experience it himself. He lost his wife, his children, his home, his perfect reality. And then had to go sever his ties with his real reality too. Both of them just. Hurt so much to think about.

HC that Itachi has a pet peeve about people thinking ravens and crows are the same animal