Intelligent Discourse, Please

[elementalhero]

The Karin-bashing over at capslock_naruto is really upsetting me. Like, really upsetting me.

Actual quote: "Karin, shut up. You get to talk when you do something."

Excuse me? Excuse me??? For your goddamned information, Karin has been doing something: Her job. Karin is a sensory-type ninja. It's her job to find Danzou. It's her job to then communicate Danzou's location to Sasuke so he can kill him and they can get the frack out of Dodge. Why in god's name would she jump into the fray when physical combat isn't her specialty? And even if it was, what the hell would Karin accomplish by getting distracted by fighting when she's supposed to be tracking Danzou? I'm willing to bet that a male character wouldn't be getting this kind of flak from the fanbase.

You know who hasn't done anything in two chapters? Suigetsu. You know whose specialty is combat, and yet who hasn't won a fight in...a very long time? Suigetsu. You know who isn't getting bashed at all? Take a wild guess.

(Not that I want Suigetsu to get bashed. I love him. But the obvious misogyny is killing me.)




Someone spam me with sexy fanarts to make me feel better.

Comments

[hungrytiger11.livejournal.com]

You know what kinda bugged me (well, bugged is a strong word, maybe *confused* is better) is all the "sensory-type" nins that are popping up. Okay, I understand that Hyuuga can literally see chakra, so maybe Aoi the Byakugan-stealer is excused this but.... that is KARIN'S SPECIAL...er, SPECIALNESS! GET YOUR OWN SPECIALNESS!I mean, Sasuke chooses her for this thing only she can do, Orochimaru chooses her for this. Or was I totally wrong? Is it just rare, not only her?

Karin *is* doing her job...sucessfully too. She zeroed in on Danzou in this fic. Yes, she has her flaws (and her badassery) but that is because she is a character. Complaining she should be quiet is silly. She has been giving very reasonable suggestions.

[okroginator.livejournal.com]

I am so unimpressed with Aoi. He doesn't deserve sensory chakra. He doesn't deserve Karin's power. It ticks me off. XO

She is! I don't understand the hate. If her and Suigetsu's roles were reversed, I don't think anyone would be complaining. >C

[hungrytiger11.livejournal.com]

Your icon! It's so cute!
_{Just curious, but since it is about love... do you ship Karin with someone?I can't tell if it is suppose to be ironic or not. I'm sort of bad with irony.}

To be fair, Aoi is using the Byakugan and even if you are not very good with it, you can see yards away. I'm guessing since he wasn't born with it, Aoi can't see miles like Neji or Hinata but he can probably see the fight happening. I was more annoyed that Shi or Chi or whatever he's called from Cloud has it. If he had it.... why wasn't he an Orochimaru toy too?

[okroginator.livejournal.com]

I sometimes use this icon to be ironic and show off Karin's badassery, and sometimes I use it for shipping. It all depends on the situation. I actually used to ship Karin/Suigetsu much harder than I do now, but that changed when I became utterly addicted to Karin/Sasuke. I still ship them on/off, though. (Actually, the truth is that I ship all possible combinations of Team Hawk. ALL. POSSIBLE. COMBINATIONS.)

Truly, I agree with you on an intellectual level, and Ao having the Byakugan justifies his sensory abilities much more than that random guy chatting it up with Danzou, but I had already decided to be unimpressed with Ao, so I wasn't about to change my mind. -_-;;