[ SECRET POST #245 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #245 ⌋

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Comments

Re: 19

[icemilk.livejournal.com]

He does a lot of psychological damage to Sakura, and post time jump, to Naruto, the way he discards the village, etc. At this point he hardly has to do anything, considering how the two groups haven't run into each other. Just the memory of him is enough to send Naruto into a spiralling depression (or a blinding obsessive motivation, neither of which are particularly healthy).

I agree, but this isn't something you can rightfully blame Sasuke for. Sakura and Naruto are the pursuers. They make the decision to chase and Sasuke makes the decision to avoid. My speculation is that if he were anything but cold, calm and to the point when he forced to address them it would be even crueler, since that would give them false hope when Sasuke knows that he can't return, but that's neither here nor there.

Naruto's blinding obsession probably has a lot more to do with being starved for love for too long than it does with anything Sasuke has consciously done to encourage it, since, well, he's done pretty much everything he can to discourage them both. Sasuke ends up being the one to remind him that his dream is to become Hokage when Naruto seems to all but have forgotten about it. Again, my speculation would be that he is encouraging his old team to jump ship while they can, since Sasuke understands that his goal is destructive and he'd rather push the last people he ever cared about away from that. But that's neither here nor there.

My respectful two cents. Just adding to the discussion. :)