Legacy of Hatred
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Hey guys! First and foremost, this is NOT a fanboy based thread where I will spill my guts hypothetically filled with Sasuke-loving emotions, no. The title was to get the attention Sasuke fans, and Sasuke fan-boy haters who'd LOVE to character bash and criticize me for squirting my fallacious fanboy juices all over the base. But without further ado...
Some people have claimed that Sasuke's inability to remain stable makes him a bad character. First let me evaluate this argument.
Sasuke betrayed the village for power and revenge.
Sasuke got his power and revenge.
Sasuke turns against the village.
Sasuke goes neutral.
Sasuke sides back with the village.
Sasuke DID have a couple changes of heart, however lets look at why by evaluating Sasuke's character:
Sasuke is not one to take truth at face value. Sasuke is like a child in a world of adults that tell children what truth is and what to be with the simple justification of, "because I say so." All the other shinobi around Sasuke's age may accept face-truth, however Sasuke always wanted to know more and know why, which is the primary attribute of a critical thinker.
Sasuke witnessed Itachi slaughter his clan; justifiable enough, he seeks revenge.
Sasuke defects from the leave village because Itachi pushed him to seek power through hate, and Sasuke is not a bad person so the reason he felt at one point that Naruto was getting stronger, was because truly he is not one to rely on hatred(evident in the the Uchiha as a loving clan).
Sasuke gets his revenge, and becomes neutral. He has no real reason to return to the leaf since his only purpose in life was to get revenge for the Uchiha.
Sasuke is told the "truth". He didn't simply believe what Obito/Madara said because he said it. Obito/Madara had enough hard facts to back up the truth about the village to a point where Sasuke would believe it without seeming like a "believing anything" child. If you recall, Sasuke did reject this idea many times even while Obito/Madara backed up his claim with facts. This is reason enough to turn against the village since Obito/Madara's claim was 90 percent truth, and a 10 percent lie of omission(leaving out the part where Obito was responsible for the Nine-Tails attack. Lies of omission are the hardest to spot since they aren't mentioned.
Sasuke then goes neutral after hearing Itachi's words. He sought Itachi, seeking more truth. And got the truth through the first-person view of Itachi, via the Mangekyo Sharingan. This leads to Sasuke seeking truths that no other shinobi ever sought.
Sasuke hears everything about Madara everything about Shinobi and the village, and even the dark secrets of his own clan. Although Sasuke still doesn't know that Obito was behind the attack, it makes no difference since he may still find out, and it would only be more reason for him to inherit Itachi's will. Hashirama's argument was a causal argument mixed with a moral argument, his evidence was the strongest since he knows damn near everything.
In conclusion, Sasuke is not "wish-washy", he simply seeks the truth and doesn't take anybody's words at face value. He is a critical thinker and a pessimist. Instead of emotional words, Sasuke wants facts and hard evidence. It is for this reason that I claim, Sasuke is a good character.
Thanks.
Some people have claimed that Sasuke's inability to remain stable makes him a bad character. First let me evaluate this argument.
Sasuke betrayed the village for power and revenge.
Sasuke got his power and revenge.
Sasuke turns against the village.
Sasuke goes neutral.
Sasuke sides back with the village.
Sasuke DID have a couple changes of heart, however lets look at why by evaluating Sasuke's character:
Sasuke is not one to take truth at face value. Sasuke is like a child in a world of adults that tell children what truth is and what to be with the simple justification of, "because I say so." All the other shinobi around Sasuke's age may accept face-truth, however Sasuke always wanted to know more and know why, which is the primary attribute of a critical thinker.
Sasuke witnessed Itachi slaughter his clan; justifiable enough, he seeks revenge.
Sasuke defects from the leave village because Itachi pushed him to seek power through hate, and Sasuke is not a bad person so the reason he felt at one point that Naruto was getting stronger, was because truly he is not one to rely on hatred(evident in the the Uchiha as a loving clan).
Sasuke gets his revenge, and becomes neutral. He has no real reason to return to the leaf since his only purpose in life was to get revenge for the Uchiha.
Sasuke is told the "truth". He didn't simply believe what Obito/Madara said because he said it. Obito/Madara had enough hard facts to back up the truth about the village to a point where Sasuke would believe it without seeming like a "believing anything" child. If you recall, Sasuke did reject this idea many times even while Obito/Madara backed up his claim with facts. This is reason enough to turn against the village since Obito/Madara's claim was 90 percent truth, and a 10 percent lie of omission(leaving out the part where Obito was responsible for the Nine-Tails attack. Lies of omission are the hardest to spot since they aren't mentioned.
Sasuke then goes neutral after hearing Itachi's words. He sought Itachi, seeking more truth. And got the truth through the first-person view of Itachi, via the Mangekyo Sharingan. This leads to Sasuke seeking truths that no other shinobi ever sought.
Sasuke hears everything about Madara everything about Shinobi and the village, and even the dark secrets of his own clan. Although Sasuke still doesn't know that Obito was behind the attack, it makes no difference since he may still find out, and it would only be more reason for him to inherit Itachi's will. Hashirama's argument was a causal argument mixed with a moral argument, his evidence was the strongest since he knows damn near everything.
In conclusion, Sasuke is not "wish-washy", he simply seeks the truth and doesn't take anybody's words at face value. He is a critical thinker and a pessimist. Instead of emotional words, Sasuke wants facts and hard evidence. It is for this reason that I claim, Sasuke is a good character.
Thanks.
