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Tora!AU Kakashi becoming Hokage early instead of Tsunade
Somewhere out there Obito is letting out a scream into his pillow very very loudly
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Deidara is probably ripping his hair and ears out from tobis screaming all night long.
YELLING BECAUSE I WANTED TO HAVE SOMEONE BEING ANNOYED BY HIS SCREAMS BUT DIDNT KNOW WHO SO I SHRUGGED AND JUST DIDNT BUT DEIDARA IS PERFECT
Deidara my beloved,,, he is entering the au now.
If for whatever convoluted reasons Deidara was able to meet Tora, I think Deidara would fucking hate him actually (Tora is neutral to mild dislike) Shisui thinks hes funny actually and gets to be the only Uchiha Deidara can somewhat tolerate
owldork1998 asked:
It has occurred to me not only I'd Glitter and Gold a naruto song its a very Tora au song like come on
"Do you walk in the valley of kings?
Do you walk in the shadow of men
Who sold their lives to a dream?"
Ur brain is literally so big
I have fun with the silliness of the AU but then I actually sit down and think about it for a bit and begin to vibrate at the thought of the narrative weight of it
It's one of those "the laws made and people in charge were good for the time, but this is no longer that time, and the standards are no longer the same" situations
But it's the same guy in both times !! It's literally just the same guy!! But in each version, his standards are "up to date" with the time period!! That's so cool!!! He is pitted against a system he created in a past life that no longer fits the society that grew around it, and because he is who he is, he resolves to change it!!!
Idk I'm just so in love with the themes of how we as a society change over time and how sometimes a hard reset and fresh eyes is really whats needed to keep us as a civilization growing. The young are the future, even as they carry parts of the old with them!
Quite literally, in Tora's case
Anonymous asked:
thoughts because of your recent anon ask, Tora meeting said wet chihuahua that is called Obito in his timeline vs Tora meeting Madara in Team Ro time travel to the WS era idea
just a thought
I think that Tora meeting Obito is just like. It's on SIGHT actually. Like aside from the whole "this guy is an enemy of konoha and the Uchiha specifically who I now have an investment in like, not seeing dead" his personality as Tobi feels to me like someone who'd for sure get on Tora's nerves, especially considering Tobi often tries to deliberately get on the nerves of everyone around him.
Obito specifically I can see him hypothetically getting along with (with some luck) if he were to behave for like 5 seconds (physically impossible)
Tora is Kakashi's friend slash ANBU junior slash kind of brother slash kind of child he collected (and Tora collected him in turn) so I think he'd actually get INCREDIBLY mad about Obito for Kakashi's sake. Especially if he catches onto the stalking and stuff. Get the fuck away from kakashi!!!
Tora is suddenly tapping into that 'overprotective big brother' energy and directing it at a very confused Kakashi who, while he appreciates the sentiment, needs him to stop immediatley actually. Maybe it can be a minor conflict between them? Kakashi appreciates the sentiment but like, this is his own battle and Tora needs to respect that!
Tora thinks Obito is annoying and pathetic and that Kakashi can do SO much better and he wants to see him dead and buried.
Obito thinks Tora is annoying and annoying and ANNOYING and gets more mad about it with every plot he has that Tora inadvertently throws a wrench in. The final straw comes w Tora calling him out for his fucked up yandere ass puppy crush on Kakashi, which Obito is in very deep denial about and does not appreciate having pointed out!!!
Actually suddenly Tora has to die just for that.
Obito comes back to Akatsuki HQ suddenly way more motivated to kill Tora and Zetsu is asking him what got him so excited for it and he just narrows his eyes and goes "he knows too much." in a dangerous tone.
And Zetsu is like "!!!! Omg he knows our plans??" But no he just knows Obito is horny for Kakashi and Obito has to get rid of him before he fucking TELLS HIM
(It's ok even if he told Kakashi he wouldn't believe it)
Uhhhh story arc where they use Kakashi as a honey pot distraction for Obito and Kakashi doesn't think it'll work but it does and he wants to die about it
Hmmmm Tora and Madara huh
There's so many ways that could go actually I'm almost conflicted
If Tora meets him in canon as the normal story goes, it's hate on sight. The situation is perfect to dig up old feelings from a past life, but even without that he just hates the guy. He's an enemy. He's killed some of Tora's friends. He's tried to kill even more.
But team ro time travel plot Tora oooo
I think off the bat, he has similar views as Tenzo and Kakashi. Madara's betrayal was a thing that happened, but he's only ever learned about it through history books (unlike Itachi and Shisui who grew up on stories using him as an example of the worst of them) so he's largley neutral.
There's some odd twisting of his gut when he thinks about the man, some half remembered betrayal from another life, but it's buried with time as he grows up without reason to think about him. (Though in the canon future it'd return with a vengeance when "proven right" about him as an enemy)
They time travel to before Izuna's death so Madara is a lot more stable when they interact, though Tora still can't ever truly escape this lingering, twisting discomfort when he looks at him.
Despite being best friends with two Uchiha and regularly interacting with even more, Tora can never seem to bring himself to meet either Madara or Izuna's eyes.
He doesn't even know why himself.
Another interesting note ab Tora on team ro time travel is just the fucking dejavu thatd be beating him over the head the entire adventure. He's having a time!!! That's for sure!!! He can't take 4 fucking steps in any goddamn direction or conversation without feeling like there's something deeply wrong with him!
If there's a future where he realizes he's the reincarnation of tobirama it'd be well into his late teens, and since he's Itachi's age at the time of this adventure he'd be like 12/13. So he has NO idea that he was Tobirama in a past life and is deeply affected in a mostly negative way by the fucking past life car sickness effect
Tora gets hit w the time travel beam *gestures vaguely towards the "team ro time travel to warring states era but make it Tora AU team ro" post*
And gets mistaken for a bastard senju kid and missing brother of Tobirama bc of the resemblance. But also using the same logic I used w Itachi of the "the only people allowed to draw the connection are people who personally knew Tobirama when he was Tora's age (which, if sticking to the original team ro prompt, would be like 12) so only like. The founders + Touka get to make that conclusion
Him 🤝 Tenzo -> getting mistaken for a Senju and getting lots of hugs from Hashirama that make them Feel Things (TM)
People are telling Tora he's probably a bastard kid and he's making deliberate eye contact w that one time he tried to break into the senju compound and was kicked out bc the gates keyed into senju blood specifically. He's pretty sure he's not a senju guys. Trust him. Really.
Mmmm ok but actually taking it seriously, how would Tora affect the team ro dynamics in that specific adventure? In my original post I went really in depth on what each character thinks of their situation + the founders, so would that change at all?
On top of that, since it's a few month before the Uchiha coup, it's also peak Itachi-Tora-Shisui chaos hours as they plot to stop it
I think it's mostly the same, tho maybe Tora's general affect on Itachi means he isn't quite so much in the "Hey what if we just kill Madara. What then." boat
But also I can see the opposite, with maybe Itachi instead getting Tora on the "Hey what if we kill Madara in his sleep" boat
Shisui can sense the "Tora and Itachi are doing something alarming" button being slammed in the room over and investigates
Oh my god worst possible outcome: they get Shisui on board too. I can see it tbh, they were looking for ways to avoid the coup and the possible village retaliation and like hey !!! Opportunity they sure as fuck won't be getting anywhere else!!!
Plus like, play into the "Itachi rarley offers his own opinion bc he trusts Tora and Shisui to be in charge, but when he does offer it he's listened to"
Well he sure did offer his opinion!! And he sure is being listened to!!!
They actually all just feed into eachothers stress and decide that yes. To avoid the Uchiha coup and or possible village retaliation (they dont know the massacre is on the board yet but suspect smthn similarly bad), this is the best choice to make.
It turns into Kakashi having to talk them all down (whether he does so in time or not is debatable)
They get stopped, obviously, (tho actually commiting to killing off Madara like that would be very funny) and Madara assumes it was Tora's idea bc hes a clear leading figure in the trio and the other two are Uchiha. Tora is willing to take the fall for his friend, but Itachi is not
Itachi has a whole breakdown and bursts into awful messy tears for the first time since his father took him out to a battlefield as a child.
It's a whole thing and everyone is horrified (Tora and Shisui especially but even Madara + whoever else was there are cringing awkwardly at the sight of a previously blank faced little kid just. Loosing it.)
Itachi confesses to it being his idea and, at this point we're past the time travel reveal, explains he just needs to make sure Madara doesn't freak the fuck out and inevitable fuck over the entire Uchiha clan w a shitty reputation that haunts him for years to come
Madara is horrified what the fuck
Also INCREDIBLY demoralized ab the village now, what do you MEAN he fucking left it what do you MEAN originally Izuna died (they were keeping them in the dark ab everything future-wise other than just the fact that the village existed but this kind of forced the lid off that pot)
Also note: Kakashi !! Was !! Not !! Aware of this !!! Holy shit kids !!!!!!
They end up having a whole Thing(tm) about how look even if Madara one of the causes of their shit reputation,,, it can't all be traced back to and blamed on one man. That's not how politics work you guys.
(Queue shocked Pikachu faces and disbelief of three teenagers)
Kakashi, having his own special front row seats to the Konoha politics and rumor mill + yondaime's student + experience with facing the worst of it bc of his dad, giving them some sort of speech about scapegoats and politics and the soul crushing realities of systematic oppression and blame
It's a learning experience.
Anonymous asked:
your Tora drawing of him cutting off his hair with his mother in the back “advising” NOT to do it reminds me so much of Sakura during her own battle in the Forest of Death where she cuts her own hair.
Like, its a rite of passage for both of them, that they both cut away from the idea of what they should be to become someone they desperately want to be.
Tora to be a shinobi that HE wants to be with scars displayed freely and to impact a change to do better for this village
Sakura a teammate and a strong shinobi that can stand up by herself with bloody knuckles and a determination to be strong
I have nothing to add to this bc its perfect as is !!! Ur literally so right actually and I love character parallels and full circle stuff
Anonymous asked:
Sakura and Sasuke's dynamic after Sasuke insults Tora
Sasuke: *breathes*
Sakura: L + ratio + skill issue + your brother sucks + suck my dick + my brother is better + you can't read + your chakra control is shit + boykisser (derogatory) + girls better
Sasuke just got 99% less attractive to Sakura with that one single insult, invertedly changing the course of history as we know it (the world will never be the same)
Tora au Sai is actually just the demented love child of Tora (stone faced bastard with a bad sense of humor) and Shisui (smiling bastard with an even worse sense of humor)
I think Shisui would pick him up by the scruff and adopt him, he deserves some 1 on 1 attention in this au and Shisui will be good for him
owldork1998 asked:
For the ask game:
In the shadow of men (who sold their lives to a dream)
You know exactly what you're doing huh
From this ask meme
Haruno Tora is 9 years old, civilian born, and already better at this whole 'ninja thing' than even some of his teachers.
The other kids call him a freak, his teachers call him a genius, his parents call him a dissapointment, and his little sister calls him her hero; And to him, that last title is the only one that matters.
Haunted by knowledge of a life he can no longer remember living, Tora fights against a system made by the man he once was.
Or, Senju Tobirama reincarnates as Haruno Tora. This goes about as well as you'd expect for everyone involved.
150k words, spanning ages 9 - 19