Sasuke Is Misunderstood - Tumblr Posts
Mod// THIS. Thissssssssss. Y’know how many times I’ve heard people say “Sasuke is literally a psycho.” and I’ve wanted to punch them in the face??
BRO Sasuke had EVERYTHING ripped from him. He lost his parents, his older brother (who also forced him to watch his parents murder over and over again in Tsukuyomi) as a CHILD. Need I remind people that, as adults, we struggle to regulate our emotions… So how is Sasuke (who I believe was roughly 6 or 7 at the time), supposed to know how to regulate his after such a traumatic experience??
Trauma DOES NOT equal crazy.
Don’t come for me for saying this, but Sasuke’s actions are JUSTIFIED in my opinion. Love that mans though.😘
@sassykinzonline
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.