I was reading a nuke-nin Naruto fic just now (Never Cut Twice, on FF.n - mildly reccomended oveerall, highly reccomended in a couple of chapters where Naruto is explaining the philosophy of Pocky as a way of life, and where Itachi is writing in his journal about the subjectivity of good and evil) and it suddenly struck me - Gaara. He's still going to be fighting Naruto in TXY, if I ever get that far, and even if Gai and/or Rikou manage to summon Gamera to assist, well, look at canon.
Naruto kicked his ass, and Gaara asked how the blond could possibly be stronger than him, the answer amounting to the desire to protect those recious to Naruto and to become leader of the Leaf so they could all be protected ad would all acknowledge his existence. Gaara then starts acting nice to his brother and sister, the only people in the world he cares about even slightly, then returns a bit later to save Naruto's freinds, and when we see him after that he's the Kazekage and has gained enoguh respect in the position that the Sand sneds rescuers after him, instead of celebrating or just writing him off in the face of overwhelming opposition - in a way, he emulated Naruto's ideals and goals so well that he achieved them before Naruto himself.
Now, pipe that through spandex and powerposing and the explosive power of youth and this is SABAKU NO GAARA and AAARRRRGH! MY EYES ARE BURNING! THE GOGGLES, THEY DO NOTHING!!
- CD quakes with fearWhat, you think Samuel L. Jackson isn't going to survive the zombie apocalypse?
SERVO: Loook *deeeeply* into my eyes... Tell me, what do you see?
CROW: (hypnotized) A twisted man who wants to inflict his pain upon others.
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
Naruto kicked his ass, and Gaara asked how the blond could possibly be stronger than him, the answer amounting to the desire to protect those recious to Naruto and to become leader of the Leaf so they could all be protected ad would all acknowledge his existence. Gaara then starts acting nice to his brother and sister, the only people in the world he cares about even slightly, then returns a bit later to save Naruto's freinds, and when we see him after that he's the Kazekage and has gained enoguh respect in the position that the Sand sneds rescuers after him, instead of celebrating or just writing him off in the face of overwhelming opposition - in a way, he emulated Naruto's ideals and goals so well that he achieved them before Naruto himself.
Now, pipe that through spandex and powerposing and the explosive power of youth and this is SABAKU NO GAARA and AAARRRRGH! MY EYES ARE BURNING! THE GOGGLES, THEY DO NOTHING!!
- CD quakes with fearWhat, you think Samuel L. Jackson isn't going to survive the zombie apocalypse?
SERVO: Loook *deeeeply* into my eyes... Tell me, what do you see?
CROW: (hypnotized) A twisted man who wants to inflict his pain upon others.
--
"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows