My biggest problem with Naruto fan fiction has to do with Naruto's past. I know that it was rough and nobody loved him but I take serious issue to authors
writing in how he spent most of his life dealing with violence and assasination attempts. I don't think it was so extreme or else Naruto would be a lot
more like Gaara. Kill them all and let the kami sort it out.
Instead he actively seeks thier attention. Not something he would do if their attention brought threats on his life. Another point is that when Gaara talks
about how when he was five his own father tried to assasinate him, Naruto is shocked by it. When I think of Naruto's upbringing I think of a community
wide silent treatment. That no one would ever pay attention to him. If he went to a restaurant, he would never be served. When he was in class the teacher
would never call on him. I guess for most people it just doesn't seem harsh enough. I think it is cruel enough for a child to be crying for help and no
one will even acknowledge his presence. That's why Naruto would be driven to do the outrageous pranks and acting out in class. So people would be forced
to pay attention to him. If I could find some fan fiction that reflected that kind of past I think I could stomach it.
I'm also not a fan of all the Sasuke bashing that happens in most fics. Sasuke is not a perfect person, who never knows defeat, that needs to be torn down
but that seems to be the attitude most writers take towards him. In canon, he gets beat enough, by Gaara, by Itachi, by Zabuza. The list goes on but a fic
like Chuunin Exam treats Sasuke like he's getting what's coming to him when Gaara castrates Sasuke over and over.
If only writers treated all characters as fairly as Lathus does in Dark Titans. You can tell that the author doesn't like Ranma, especially as it's
made clear in the Author's Rants but Ranma doesn't fold like a lawn chair when fighting Ryouga or the Ink demon in his side story.
That's my bone with most fan fiction is that authors will pick there favorite character in the fic and then make them ridiculously overpowered and castrate
thier least liked characters. Letting them flail around in a geyser of their own blood while the main laughs it up with his harem. What I'm looking for is
some balance.
writing in how he spent most of his life dealing with violence and assasination attempts. I don't think it was so extreme or else Naruto would be a lot
more like Gaara. Kill them all and let the kami sort it out.
Instead he actively seeks thier attention. Not something he would do if their attention brought threats on his life. Another point is that when Gaara talks
about how when he was five his own father tried to assasinate him, Naruto is shocked by it. When I think of Naruto's upbringing I think of a community
wide silent treatment. That no one would ever pay attention to him. If he went to a restaurant, he would never be served. When he was in class the teacher
would never call on him. I guess for most people it just doesn't seem harsh enough. I think it is cruel enough for a child to be crying for help and no
one will even acknowledge his presence. That's why Naruto would be driven to do the outrageous pranks and acting out in class. So people would be forced
to pay attention to him. If I could find some fan fiction that reflected that kind of past I think I could stomach it.
I'm also not a fan of all the Sasuke bashing that happens in most fics. Sasuke is not a perfect person, who never knows defeat, that needs to be torn down
but that seems to be the attitude most writers take towards him. In canon, he gets beat enough, by Gaara, by Itachi, by Zabuza. The list goes on but a fic
like Chuunin Exam treats Sasuke like he's getting what's coming to him when Gaara castrates Sasuke over and over.
If only writers treated all characters as fairly as Lathus does in Dark Titans. You can tell that the author doesn't like Ranma, especially as it's
made clear in the Author's Rants but Ranma doesn't fold like a lawn chair when fighting Ryouga or the Ink demon in his side story.
That's my bone with most fan fiction is that authors will pick there favorite character in the fic and then make them ridiculously overpowered and castrate
thier least liked characters. Letting them flail around in a geyser of their own blood while the main laughs it up with his harem. What I'm looking for is
some balance.