It's definitely that. Sasuke says and does whatever. Very little thought or coherency to his actions anymore, so people just want to guess where it's going to go. Honestly, I think people are just trying to figure out what crazy shit he'll do next.
Wanting to see him forgive his friends (even though they haven't actually done jack to him) isn't shocking, really. I can understand the obsession the fandom has with his actions a little bit.
I agree there.
But what i'm getting at is the over-obsession with his actions (like this thread). So what if he does or doesn't? His attitude isn't going to change. I've read stuff saying that he owes Konoha an apology and he should pay for his actions.
Please, after what he's found out, he owes that village nothing and their extremely lucky that he ran into Itachi (very conveniently I might add) when he did.
And when people call him emo, how should he react after the amount of crap he's gone through? Say, 'Oh well, these things happen, let's sit and eat Ramen and forget all that.'
He's clearly a character built for the purpose of showing us how strong emotions are and how they can drive a person to do these things and the fact people still don't get this is beyond me. They constantly say, Naruto didn't do that.' Of course he didn't, it would destroy the purpose of the manga and his character, he's the cliche hero, he's supposed to find the good in everything.
It's just annoying to read.
(Sorry if it sounded like a rant).