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[fanmix/fst] naruto/sakura: excuses for friendship
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don't worry
we'll be the heroes of the
sidewalk in our town (two hours traffic)
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01 doubting confidence clever little pun
02 telescope eyes eisley
03 3 libras perfect circle
04 girlshapedlove drug gomez
05 everything you want vertical horizon
06 love is a losing game amy winehouse
07 excuses alanis morisette
08 heroes of the sidewalk two hours traffic
01 doubting confidence clever little pun
02 telescope eyes eisley
03 3 libras perfect circle
04 girlshapedlove drug gomez
05 everything you want vertical horizon
06 love is a losing game amy winehouse
07 excuses alanis morisette
08 heroes of the sidewalk two hours traffic
VOLUME ONE/THREE: PART ONE OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP: TOO ALIKE TO LIKE YOU, FREAK
I'm definitely not knocking off Sasuke (hellooo, retarded); this is simply focused on Naruto and Sakura's friendship: there are so many outside factors, and it's -because- of that....I mean...in real life how many have seen relationships like Naruto and Sakura's turn ugly? But if anything, it only gets stronger: he still puts her and Sasuke first before himself, and she does the same. They're both these hyper, slightly messy preteens shoved onto the battlefield...and they really come to care about each other, for who they are. Sakura at first couldn't stand him. Naruto was interested in her, but he didn't know why: unlike Sasuke (he always knew, despite his denial over it, why he liked him) he couldn't initially explain his attraction to Sakura. It hits him during the henge, quite like how he realized why he couldn't hate Gaara: they are the same. It's not just about wanting to be acknowledged; it's being insecure, using loudness or brashness to cover it, and working hard and acting with your heart first and your mind later because nothing matters as much as protecting someone you care about.
They didn't start off friends; the whole first part is a huge development of them reaching a dynamic that is never really labeled. Most of Naruto's relationships can be interpreted as ambiguous (why else is he shipped with EVERYONE?), and watching this grow was so slow, and so nice to see. Because who Sakura is in the two parts, and because of how Naruto and Sakura regard one another changes so much, it's in two. AND BECAUSE GOD KNOWS MY LOVE FOR THIS PAIRING KNOWS NO BOUNDS. <3
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doubting confidence by clever little pun
i've got to make my way to the other side of the room
just got to say one word but i don't know what i'm doing
i know she's looking down at me and i haven't even talked to her
i want to tell her i love her pretty little red dress
but she's probably heard that already
has compliments in excess
i'm sure she knows she's pretty but
she doesn't know just how much i agree...
what's the worst that could happen? just step forward and say--
wait that's stupid...
i'm sure there's other girls who would talk to me
but the only one's attention i want is her
OMG, have I -ever- heard of song that just SOUNDED like Naruto was muttering in my head?
LINK: Mediafire
telescope eyes by eisley
i can't be seen with you you freak
but please don't make me cry
please don't make me cry
i'm just like you (i know you know)
i'm just like you (so leave me alone)
Seriously? I can't even meta. This song just speaks for itself: it captures Sakura's insecurity in wanting to be loved, but without someone finding out how dorky she is. And God forbid Naruto step too close and people realize the comparison (or lack thereof).
LINK: Mediafire
three libras by a perfect circle
it's difficult not to feel a little bit disappointed,
passed over.
you don't...see me like him
at all
If life were simple, you could say Team 7 started as a triangle: Naruto loved Sakura, Sakura loved Sasuke, and Sasuke accepted Naruto. Sakura hated that because she wasn't Naruto, and Naruto hated that because Sasuke's attention wasn't Sakura's. This could have kept things stagnant indefinitely if not for the fact it was never really all that simple: Naruto wanted Sakura as his girlfriend, wanted to be her hero but...he's been in love with Sasuke for a long time too, since childhood. She loved Sasuke...but then she loved Naruto too; and Sasuke loved Naruto, but he valued Sakura's life in tremendous regard as well. There's always something more she wished Sasuke would say, but he never does. And no one really knew what to do with that, so...
LINK: Mediafire
girlshapedlovedrug by gomez
don't ask me why or how
but that girlshapedlovedrug messes with my mind
don't mess with me, because that girl is a drive in my life
even if we aren't together, I'll still survive,
but don't ask me why: that girlshapedlovedrug really messes with my mind
Most likely if you asked Naruto in part one why he likes Sakura so much, why he's so desperate that she's safe and happy, doing what she says and Sasuke's treating her right, you'd get the reply Naruto gives to most deep, emotional questions on the spot, a well thought out 'Huh?'
This song is mostly from Naruto's point of view, but I found this a song for Sakura herself as well. She is the darned most human and adorable, insecure thing I've ever seen, a completely loving heart conflicted by a slightly selfish mind. And with that is a personality that gets tired of being held back and makes her a girl Naruto, Sasuke, Ino, or anyone, could fall in love with if they aren't careful.
Seriously, I think hating Sakura takes an obscene amount of effort, but that's just me. ;p Actually, it's not just me, and it's not just Naruto either who's in love with her. Ino loved her when she was insecure and picked on; Naruto loved her when she was brash and loud and selfish and Sasuke found the first female to want to be around him--social retardedness and all--since...wow, his mom (*angsts for Sasuke*) (seriously, I don't see him fighting to die for any other girl).
You can't really ask yourself why, because it's not anything in particular: who she became in the forest of death; when she could look in the eyes of Orochimaru with Naruto while Sasuke was still caught up in the intent-jutsu; when she shoved Ino back out of her mind; and didn't think twice about standing between GAARARAGINGPSYCHOPATH and Sasuke with an itty bitty kunai (seriously, WUT, she's got balls)...
She's unbelievably, unstoppably emotional, and she will mess with your head. ;p And she'd die for Naruto too, and support him, no matter how annoying, stupid, and weird she finds him. ;3
LINK: Mediafire
everything you want by vertical horizon
you listen and wait for echoes of angels that won't return
he's everything you want, he's everything you need
he's everything inside of you that you wish you could be
he tries to say all the right things at the right times
but he means nothing to you and you don't know why
This, IMO, is the EPITOME of a Naruto/Sakura song, especially the screaming of slight frustration to the sky: -I- am everything you want, but I mean nothing to you, and I don't know why...
<--dork, STFU.
Anyway, but Sakura...he's just...he'd cut off his arm in a heartbeat. Anyone else first he'd give an optimistic speech about friendship and will power and true strength and more friendship blah blah blah and THEN cut off his arm. xD
And the thing is...Sakura knows that. Because they're kids, they don't understand what it means (I highly doubt Sakura has the self-confidence or entertainment to think Naruto likes her beyond a weird quirk of his in part one; though I find her an underused tool with her perceptive side of Sasuke and Naruto); but Sakura knows there's nothing she could do that could make him hate her, because he's already seen her at her worst and wanted to know her anyway. It makes her cry that he's just always there when she doesn't think anyone else gives a crap. She uses it in part one, but again, how much of this emotional baggage do newly christined teenagers (on the BATTLEFIELD) understand?
LINK: Mediafire
love is a losing game by amy winehouse
Over futile odds
And laughed at by the gods
And now the final frame
Love is a losing game
Losing Sasuke, and just how steep that price was to try preventing it. She initially puts off seeing Sasuke as long as possible, not knowing he isn't there, and goes instead to hear at the door Naruto saying he couldn't do it. And then just seeing him there; she's not listening to his words at first, just the bandages covering every inch of his skin, all of his fingers. And then she sees that guilty look on his face begging for forgiveness to HER when he's the one in a body cast...the absolute horror of realizing she let him go all alone tore her up.
Sakura is someone who grew up leaning on other people (Ino loved her, so she didn't mind; Sasuke slapped her off viciously at points) but with neither of them does she feel guilty for depending on exclusively. It's Naruto and Sasuke as a unit leaving her in the Forest of Death that had her angry, ...and Naruto, Naruto who only wanted to bring their friend back, and the idea that all she did was watch him go like a useless princess had her grinding her teeth and wanting to run out of the hospital without a flying fuck to what Shikamaru thought of her.
I just can't break up this panel. It just IS...love as a game where no one wins, when you fall too deep into it without even bothering to understand it. It's scary and it hurts and they just look so very young with their innocence gone (their best friend just went with a terrorist and one of them nearly died...again)....
Even though they've seen the other at their worst, most tactless moments, there's a sweet loyalty and quirk to their friendship that can make you laugh...or make you cry, because the power their words have over the other can either make them self-destruct completely in their mourning of Sasuke...
Or get up again.
Sakura: I'm sorry Naruto. You had to wait a while...
Naruto: ...?
LINK: Mediafire
excuses by alanis morisette
These excuses how they're so familiar
They've kept me small
They've kept me blocked
They've kept me safe inside my shell
Bringing this into the light
Shakes their foundation
And it clears my side
Now my imagination
Is the only thing that limits
The bar that is raised to the heights
She ran out of excuses for not gravitating towards Naruto and his way of never giving up a long time ago.
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Naruto and Sakura both realize what it will take to get Sasuke back, and they act accordingly. Naruto refuses to follow after Jiraiya in personality and succeed where he failed when it came to your heart, and Sakura will succeed where Tsunade gave up and NEVER give up on trying to protect/save either of them.
It's a mutual, unspoken thing again: they will be there for each other and work for a future where they can be happy. Sakura never wants to see Naruto dressed like a mummy for something that she felt was her fault, she never wants to send him out alone again.
Naruto never wants to see that hopeless sob in her voice like she was being ripped apart, and...
She said he wouldn't be alone next time.
Sakura and Naruto are both honest so much with their most vocal announcements it sometimes gets them hurt or in deeper trouble. Because when they reveal themselves damn, do they let themselves be vulnerable; but with each other it doesn't matter. Naruto tried with all his might to bring Sasuke back, Sakura knows that. Now she'll try with all her might to be useful enough to bring him back next time. And so will he.
No more excuses.
LINK: Mediafire
heroes of the sidewalk by two hours traffic
fill our bags up with booty
they won't know what to think about us, cutie
we'll be the heroes of the sidewalks in our town
you're my idea of a lady
hold onto my bootstraps baby
and drag me around, we're on the road tonight
we'll be the heroes of the sidewalks in our town
Again, what I love about them is how optimistic they make each other. They don't let the other stay down at all: and their words do affect each other. What Naruto says Sakura takes as the truth, it's a mutual, unspoken knowledge he would never lie to her intentionally unless it was for her. What Sakura says is always blunt to him; she's herself and it doesn't matter how long she stumbles over the words, for her he'll wait. He's an impatient ADD guy with an EXTREMELY intimate knowledge of the female anatomy, but his attraction to her is anything but shallow or perverted; it's almost a point he treats her like a lady/equal teammate than the loose woman he's often seen changing into or drooling at with Jiraiya. Without Naruto there, or had Naruto died, she'd have given up. Without her support, he'd have left with Jiraiya...but probably self-destruct under the guilt he piles on himself unnecessarily. Their friendship in part one is a small, awkward, subtle thing you can miss if you aren't careful; Sasuke and Naruto have a relationship nothing can ever break...
But Sakura is slowly, steadily creating her own. And one of them happens to be with a boy who's contradictions of shy and loud, selfish and passionate, brash and focused...are just like her.
They'll become the heroes of the sidewalk.
Take a good look at their backs.
LINK: Mediafire
I'm definitely not knocking off Sasuke (hellooo, retarded); this is simply focused on Naruto and Sakura's friendship: there are so many outside factors, and it's -because- of that....I mean...in real life how many have seen relationships like Naruto and Sakura's turn ugly? But if anything, it only gets stronger: he still puts her and Sasuke first before himself, and she does the same. They're both these hyper, slightly messy preteens shoved onto the battlefield...and they really come to care about each other, for who they are. Sakura at first couldn't stand him. Naruto was interested in her, but he didn't know why: unlike Sasuke (he always knew, despite his denial over it, why he liked him) he couldn't initially explain his attraction to Sakura. It hits him during the henge, quite like how he realized why he couldn't hate Gaara: they are the same. It's not just about wanting to be acknowledged; it's being insecure, using loudness or brashness to cover it, and working hard and acting with your heart first and your mind later because nothing matters as much as protecting someone you care about.
They didn't start off friends; the whole first part is a huge development of them reaching a dynamic that is never really labeled. Most of Naruto's relationships can be interpreted as ambiguous (why else is he shipped with EVERYONE?), and watching this grow was so slow, and so nice to see. Because who Sakura is in the two parts, and because of how Naruto and Sakura regard one another changes so much, it's in two. AND BECAUSE GOD KNOWS MY LOVE FOR THIS PAIRING KNOWS NO BOUNDS. <3
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doubting confidence by clever little pun
i've got to make my way to the other side of the room
just got to say one word but i don't know what i'm doing
i know she's looking down at me and i haven't even talked to her
i want to tell her i love her pretty little red dress
but she's probably heard that already
has compliments in excess
i'm sure she knows she's pretty but
she doesn't know just how much i agree...
what's the worst that could happen? just step forward and say--
wait that's stupid...
i'm sure there's other girls who would talk to me
but the only one's attention i want is her
OMG, have I -ever- heard of song that just SOUNDED like Naruto was muttering in my head?
LINK: Mediafire
telescope eyes by eisley
i can't be seen with you you freak
but please don't make me cry
please don't make me cry
i'm just like you (i know you know)
i'm just like you (so leave me alone)
Seriously? I can't even meta. This song just speaks for itself: it captures Sakura's insecurity in wanting to be loved, but without someone finding out how dorky she is. And God forbid Naruto step too close and people realize the comparison (or lack thereof).
LINK: Mediafire
three libras by a perfect circle
it's difficult not to feel a little bit disappointed,
passed over.
you don't...see me like him
at all
If life were simple, you could say Team 7 started as a triangle: Naruto loved Sakura, Sakura loved Sasuke, and Sasuke accepted Naruto. Sakura hated that because she wasn't Naruto, and Naruto hated that because Sasuke's attention wasn't Sakura's. This could have kept things stagnant indefinitely if not for the fact it was never really all that simple: Naruto wanted Sakura as his girlfriend, wanted to be her hero but...he's been in love with Sasuke for a long time too, since childhood. She loved Sasuke...but then she loved Naruto too; and Sasuke loved Naruto, but he valued Sakura's life in tremendous regard as well. There's always something more she wished Sasuke would say, but he never does. And no one really knew what to do with that, so...
LINK: Mediafire
girlshapedlovedrug by gomez
don't ask me why or how
but that girlshapedlovedrug messes with my mind
don't mess with me, because that girl is a drive in my life
even if we aren't together, I'll still survive,
but don't ask me why: that girlshapedlovedrug really messes with my mind
Most likely if you asked Naruto in part one why he likes Sakura so much, why he's so desperate that she's safe and happy, doing what she says and Sasuke's treating her right, you'd get the reply Naruto gives to most deep, emotional questions on the spot, a well thought out 'Huh?'
This song is mostly from Naruto's point of view, but I found this a song for Sakura herself as well. She is the darned most human and adorable, insecure thing I've ever seen, a completely loving heart conflicted by a slightly selfish mind. And with that is a personality that gets tired of being held back and makes her a girl Naruto, Sasuke, Ino, or anyone, could fall in love with if they aren't careful.
Seriously, I think hating Sakura takes an obscene amount of effort, but that's just me. ;p Actually, it's not just me, and it's not just Naruto either who's in love with her. Ino loved her when she was insecure and picked on; Naruto loved her when she was brash and loud and selfish and Sasuke found the first female to want to be around him--social retardedness and all--since...wow, his mom (*angsts for Sasuke*) (seriously, I don't see him fighting to die for any other girl).
You can't really ask yourself why, because it's not anything in particular: who she became in the forest of death; when she could look in the eyes of Orochimaru with Naruto while Sasuke was still caught up in the intent-jutsu; when she shoved Ino back out of her mind; and didn't think twice about standing between GAARARAGINGPSYCHOPATH and Sasuke with an itty bitty kunai (seriously, WUT, she's got balls)...
She's unbelievably, unstoppably emotional, and she will mess with your head. ;p And she'd die for Naruto too, and support him, no matter how annoying, stupid, and weird she finds him. ;3
LINK: Mediafire
everything you want by vertical horizon
you listen and wait for echoes of angels that won't return
he's everything you want, he's everything you need
he's everything inside of you that you wish you could be
he tries to say all the right things at the right times
but he means nothing to you and you don't know why
This, IMO, is the EPITOME of a Naruto/Sakura song, especially the screaming of slight frustration to the sky: -I- am everything you want, but I mean nothing to you, and I don't know why...
<--dork, STFU.
Anyway, but Sakura...he's just...he'd cut off his arm in a heartbeat. Anyone else first he'd give an optimistic speech about friendship and will power and true strength and more friendship blah blah blah and THEN cut off his arm. xD
And the thing is...Sakura knows that. Because they're kids, they don't understand what it means (I highly doubt Sakura has the self-confidence or entertainment to think Naruto likes her beyond a weird quirk of his in part one; though I find her an underused tool with her perceptive side of Sasuke and Naruto); but Sakura knows there's nothing she could do that could make him hate her, because he's already seen her at her worst and wanted to know her anyway. It makes her cry that he's just always there when she doesn't think anyone else gives a crap. She uses it in part one, but again, how much of this emotional baggage do newly christined teenagers (on the BATTLEFIELD) understand?
LINK: Mediafire
love is a losing game by amy winehouse
Over futile odds
And laughed at by the gods
And now the final frame
Love is a losing game
Losing Sasuke, and just how steep that price was to try preventing it. She initially puts off seeing Sasuke as long as possible, not knowing he isn't there, and goes instead to hear at the door Naruto saying he couldn't do it. And then just seeing him there; she's not listening to his words at first, just the bandages covering every inch of his skin, all of his fingers. And then she sees that guilty look on his face begging for forgiveness to HER when he's the one in a body cast...the absolute horror of realizing she let him go all alone tore her up.
Sakura is someone who grew up leaning on other people (Ino loved her, so she didn't mind; Sasuke slapped her off viciously at points) but with neither of them does she feel guilty for depending on exclusively. It's Naruto and Sasuke as a unit leaving her in the Forest of Death that had her angry, ...and Naruto, Naruto who only wanted to bring their friend back, and the idea that all she did was watch him go like a useless princess had her grinding her teeth and wanting to run out of the hospital without a flying fuck to what Shikamaru thought of her.
I just can't break up this panel. It just IS...love as a game where no one wins, when you fall too deep into it without even bothering to understand it. It's scary and it hurts and they just look so very young with their innocence gone (their best friend just went with a terrorist and one of them nearly died...again)....
Even though they've seen the other at their worst, most tactless moments, there's a sweet loyalty and quirk to their friendship that can make you laugh...or make you cry, because the power their words have over the other can either make them self-destruct completely in their mourning of Sasuke...
Or get up again.
Sakura: I'm sorry Naruto. You had to wait a while...
Naruto: ...?
LINK: Mediafire
excuses by alanis morisette
These excuses how they're so familiar
They've kept me small
They've kept me blocked
They've kept me safe inside my shell
Bringing this into the light
Shakes their foundation
And it clears my side
Now my imagination
Is the only thing that limits
The bar that is raised to the heights
She ran out of excuses for not gravitating towards Naruto and his way of never giving up a long time ago.
-----
Naruto and Sakura both realize what it will take to get Sasuke back, and they act accordingly. Naruto refuses to follow after Jiraiya in personality and succeed where he failed when it came to your heart, and Sakura will succeed where Tsunade gave up and NEVER give up on trying to protect/save either of them.
It's a mutual, unspoken thing again: they will be there for each other and work for a future where they can be happy. Sakura never wants to see Naruto dressed like a mummy for something that she felt was her fault, she never wants to send him out alone again.
Naruto never wants to see that hopeless sob in her voice like she was being ripped apart, and...
She said he wouldn't be alone next time.
Sakura and Naruto are both honest so much with their most vocal announcements it sometimes gets them hurt or in deeper trouble. Because when they reveal themselves damn, do they let themselves be vulnerable; but with each other it doesn't matter. Naruto tried with all his might to bring Sasuke back, Sakura knows that. Now she'll try with all her might to be useful enough to bring him back next time. And so will he.
No more excuses.
LINK: Mediafire
heroes of the sidewalk by two hours traffic
fill our bags up with booty
they won't know what to think about us, cutie
we'll be the heroes of the sidewalks in our town
you're my idea of a lady
hold onto my bootstraps baby
and drag me around, we're on the road tonight
we'll be the heroes of the sidewalks in our town
Again, what I love about them is how optimistic they make each other. They don't let the other stay down at all: and their words do affect each other. What Naruto says Sakura takes as the truth, it's a mutual, unspoken knowledge he would never lie to her intentionally unless it was for her. What Sakura says is always blunt to him; she's herself and it doesn't matter how long she stumbles over the words, for her he'll wait. He's an impatient ADD guy with an EXTREMELY intimate knowledge of the female anatomy, but his attraction to her is anything but shallow or perverted; it's almost a point he treats her like a lady/equal teammate than the loose woman he's often seen changing into or drooling at with Jiraiya. Without Naruto there, or had Naruto died, she'd have given up. Without her support, he'd have left with Jiraiya...but probably self-destruct under the guilt he piles on himself unnecessarily. Their friendship in part one is a small, awkward, subtle thing you can miss if you aren't careful; Sasuke and Naruto have a relationship nothing can ever break...
But Sakura is slowly, steadily creating her own. And one of them happens to be with a boy who's contradictions of shy and loud, selfish and passionate, brash and focused...are just like her.
They'll become the heroes of the sidewalk.
Take a good look at their backs.
LINK: Mediafire
don't worry
next time we'll
do it together. (sakura)
all mp3 zip: hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?4ys249mv1tt
comments greatly appreciated!
part two's relationship will be posted...some other time XD
/edit: ARG, I forgot to credit the artists for the covers. D:
Front Gummis: Amarm (What the hell? I can't find her on DA all of the sudden!)
Back Gummi: Whistine
(You know you have an OTP when you see them in gummi bears)
comments greatly appreciated!
part two's relationship will be posted...some other time XD
/edit: ARG, I forgot to credit the artists for the covers. D:
Front Gummis: Amarm (What the hell? I can't find her on DA all of the sudden!)
Back Gummi: Whistine
(You know you have an OTP when you see them in gummi bears)
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Incidentally, I was watching the 135th episode where most of these things happen, when Sakura sees Naruto covered in bandages and sees what exactly the promise cost him.
You just summarized what--or a part of what I like about this pairing and I just adore you to death right now. Heeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
Thank you! I'll be downloading a few songs because they just sound great. <333
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Wait, if you're stalking me, but I'm stalking you? Does it even matter? :)
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This, the entire meta is love and I can only say this: word. Believe it or not, I fall in love with Naruto/Sakura before any other Naruto coupling. It just struck me from the very beginning how similar, well-matched and natural their interaction seemed to be – and I loved the progress it underwent. Of course, I cannot describe it as eloquently as you did, but I love this pairing so much because there is so much trust, understanding and acceptance between them. And I just love how Naruto sees Sakura for what she is and Sakura also comes to see Naruto in the same way. I also agree about that Sakura is hard to hate – I don't see any repugnant traits in her. And lately, I've just realised how much I love writing this pairing, although I don't think I can manage it halfway as well as you do (because what you say about them is in-depth, accurate and ... well, amazing).
That's all I can say, but out of curiosity: which rec list?
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OMG I'm so excited. I so mad I don't have time to sit and really READ anything good right now without getting distracted.
Oh, let me get the link...
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This is possibly one of the best fanmixes I've seen around in a while. The lyrics just match up so perfectly, and though the music isn't completely my type...I have to give the credit to ya here for sure! =D
NaruSaku = optimistic-future OTP
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Hmm, what kind of music do you listen to?
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I agree abotu Everything you want ^_^;. It has always reminded me of the triangle that is Team 7.
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And Everything is one of those songs I...odddly enough...never get tired of hearing. Most songs I just want to die (Hey there Delilah for ex) because they play to much. Doesn't happen with that one...:D
Anyways, glad I got a stamp of approval! Thanks!
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Glad you liked my song choices! Thanks!
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Yeah, I LOVED the gummi bears, but it kinda made me a little worried about how obsessive I am: I look at candy and see an OTP? What?!
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Kidding, kidding. :D I'll be snagging, because really, I haven't seen many Naru/Saku mixes. And you're great at pegging the songs to the characters, and making people out there realize "hey, this girl's got a point, even if I love/hate the pairing in question, she makes some very good observations."
So yes. Love love love, all over. :D (It doesn't help that I'm fond of Naru/Saku myself. >>; )
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lol; seriously you have no idea how much your comment means to me, because I honest to Bob do try my hardest for that (I hate it when I hear a song on a music play list/AMV and my mind can't click it. D;)
Who isn't fond of NaruSaku to SOME degree? ;p
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PART ONE -- IT'S THAT LONG O_O
I might have to do a series of replies if this gets too long... lololDamn, LJ character limit. *cough*wait that's stupid...
i'm sure there's other girls who would talk to me
but the only one's attention i want is her
I both agree and disagree with this slightly. There aren't other girls who would talk to Naruto unless you count Hinata, which I don't because he's completely oblivious to her feelings/she's not helpful to him at all by keeping them hidden (even if it's not really her fault for being so inhibited and shy). I just re-watched the episode where Naruto is in the hospital after riding Gamabunta all day and Shikamaru is visiting him after seeing Chouji (who has a tummy ache from over eating). Shikamaru says to him, "Well, neither of you are the type who girls would pay a visit to." Which Naruto seems to agree to, or at least doesn't seem to disagree with/isn't phased by the statement, but I love the fact that ACTUALLY Sakura stops by to see him after her visit to Lee because she heard he was also in the hospital.
Too bad he's not there at the time. >_<;But I agree that even if there were girls who would offer him attention & affection he's only interested in Sakura even back then. We don't get to see how his crush developed on her but it seems pretty well established even in the second episode.
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slfkjdsglkjsf I love A Perfect Circle but it mildly freaks me out that you picked one of their songs for a NaruSaku FST XD
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If life were simple, you could say Team 7 started as a triangle: Naruto loved Sakura, Sakura loved Sasuke, and Sasuke accepted Naruto. Sakura hated that because she wasn't Naruto, and Naruto hated that because Sasuke's attention wasn't Sakura's. This could have kept things stagnant indefinitely if not for the fact it was never really all that simple: Naruto wanted Sakura as his girlfriend, wanted to be her hero but...he's been in love with Sasuke for a long time too, since childhood. She loved Sasuke...but then she loved Naruto too; and Sasuke loved Naruto, but he valued Sakura's life in tremendous regard as well. There's always something more she wished Sasuke would say, but he never does. And no one really knew what to do with that, so...
OMG YES Though my view on it might be slightly more complicated/muddled than that. They make the perfect OT3 because they started as a Naruto > Sakura > Sasuke > Naruto triangle but ended up all loving each other equally I think.
Or so I will lie to myself about until the bitter enddd~I really love instances back then like when Sakura was worrying about Sasuke and Sasuke was telling her to shut up and Naruto was telling Sasuke not to tell Sakura to shut up and then Sasuke was shutting Naruto up by telling him that he wanted to fight him too, and the look on all their faces sdlkjsdfklj PRICELESS. *ahem* /fangirling~
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I agree that in part one, Naruto probably doesn't even completely understand why he's so devoted to Sakura. I like that about him. In the episode where Gaara explains why he's a psychotic serial killer, Naruto is terrified thinking how different they are even coming from the same background situation, but he fails to get the reason why. He attributes it to Iruka being the person to accept him as a human being, but that's not it. Iruka only accepted him when he was 12 years old. Gaara is the same age but became the way he is much farther back. Gaara mentions that his beast makes him emotionally unstable (that or the technique they used to seal it inside of him) but there's more to it on Naruto's end than just a lack of that--ever wonder WHY the Sandaime forbid the entire village from speaking about the Nine Tails incident or WORSE revealing the secret to Naruto personally? Gaara grew up knowing he was a monster, understanding why everyone acted the way they did around him, but Naruto didn't understand why people were so cold to him: he was able to grow up believing he was a human worth his existence and developed a drive to prove that to the people who looked down on him. I'm not sure it would have been possible if people had opened called him a monster-child to his face. /tangent Ah, I dunno where I was going with that or how it connected to the song... BTW nice picture of Naruto bleeding out of his face. XD
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Anyway, but Sakura...he's just...he'd cut off his arm in a heartbeat. Anyone else first he'd give an optimistic speech about friendship and will power and true strength and more friendship blah blah blah and THEN cut off his arm. xD
LOLOL I have no words to that XD
but Sakura knows there's nothing she could do that could make him hate her, because he's already seen her at her worst and wanted to know her anyway
I ♥ them so much because of that. 100 percent when I think of Naruto's love for Sakura I think unconditional. Which is what everyone craves. If he's willing to give her that (and I know she's willing to give it back she's seen his worst points just as much and he's only grown on her) then ... skjsdfj I dunno what but it turns me to goop when I think about it.
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Sakura is someone who grew up leaning on other people (Ino loved her, so she didn't mind; Sasuke slapped her off viciously at points) but with neither of them does she feel guilty for depending on exclusively. It's Naruto and Sasuke as a unit leaving her in the Forest of Death that had her angry, ...and Naruto, Naruto who only wanted to bring their friend back, and the idea that all she did was watch him go like a useless princess had her grinding her teeth and wanting to run out of the hospital without a flying fuck to what Shikamaru thought of her.
I never ever thought of that before, but it makes perfect sense. She wants to get stronger to bring Sasuke back but really she wants to get stronger to take the burden of bringing Sasuke back off of Naruto. She's always crying about being useless for Naruto. Sasuke left her behind because he knew she was dead weight to him but she doesn't angst about it.
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Ah, loved the whole long meta. Can't wait for the next parts (since I love their dynamic so much more--yes, it's possible--in shippuden) XD *goes to dl the songs*
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I LOVE THAT I SOMEONE FANGASMS AT THE MOUTH AS MUCH AS I DO. <3
i'm sure there's other girls who would talk to me
but the only one's attention i want is her
I both agree and disagree with this slightly. There aren't other girls who would talk to Naruto unless you count Hinata, which I don't because he's completely oblivious to her feelings/she's not helpful to him at all by keeping them hidden (even if it's not really her fault for being so inhibited and shy).
I was going more for Naruto's show of arrogance he tends to display: OF COURSE any girl would want to talk to me, I'm amazing! I'm horrible! I'm Naruto Uza--*Sakura punches him*
Granted it just comes down to that: a show. He's really just as insecure as she is: she looks in the mirror and goes "yeah! I'm going to get Sasuke's first kiss today!" but when it comes down to it...she wants HIM to make the first move. She'd hang over his desk all day than do it herself.
Snooze you lose, Naruto got it first xD----
I LOVE perfect circle, did it freak you out I chose a band you knew or you don't agree it fits?
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Well while others would disagree, I try to limit myself as much as possible with my meta (you can't really tell though ;p); so the stuff I keep to myself in my nifty text docs is WAYYY longer. xD
but ended up all loving each other equally I think. Or so I will lie to myself about until the bitter enddd~
Lol, yeah I used to be a Team 7 OT3 but...bleehhhhh; it just doesn't work. Though it might be because fangirls put themselves inside Sakura or whatever; I really think that Naruto's the link between them, since he has a bond with Sasuke before Team 7 and Sasuke sees Naruto OUTSIDE of Team 7, while he always thinks of Sakura as a UNIT of Team 7...
I don't know. I guess...some people ruined it for me, and now I can't go near it without a bad taste in my mouth. :( Well, aside from this pic: You made it into a banner at one point (http://img03.picoodle.com/img/img03/4/1/11/serapheyes/f_teamot3infom_28b7984.png). AWWWWWW.
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Anyho- ANOTHER FST??? IT'S SO SHINEY! Also, lulz, you and photoshop, I'm guessing you don't visit the graphic comms for textures and brushes for it.. am I right? (It's all about Layers and your settings for them - overlay is your friend....)
Although I love your picture inserts. I had cute little people and Sasuke and Naruto have gummi bears. OTP FOREVER? I THINK SO ONLY THIS AMOUNT OF GELATIN CAN EXPRESS EVERLASTING LOVE!
On top of which your music <3333
Vertical Horizon!!! Oh god, their music is so UNBELIEVABLY SasuNaru it hurts me inside.
Although honestly I would associate 'We are' with NaruSaku more:
Take a listen through the window
Take a lover on the radio
Ask her if she's got an answer
Do you know
Time enough to get a good one
Though they never seem to get done
I am standing for a reason
Do you know
[Chorus]
'Cause I don't know how
And I don't know where
We are we are
And I don't know why
I don't know if
We are we are
Seven days and not a return
Seven lives and not a thing learned
Take a lover on the highway
Do you know?
'Cause I am sleeping on a time bomb
And I am waiting for the light to come
You and I could get away now
Do you know
[Chorus]
I get up sometimes
Like somebody else
Am I just wasting time
For somebody else
Take a listen through the window
Another lover on the radio
Ask her if she's got an answer
Do you know?
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Just because of the idea of Naruto waiting around for Sakura but technically he doesn't have to wait for her forever. And is he just waisting time for Sasuke to come in and take him away. :'D I like it because it seems to indicate parallel choice to me.
Despite my love for VH I have a funny aversion to 'everything you want' as well as 'take you back'. ILU VH~~~ I really do. Shackled is the most awesome song that is awesome in the entire world.
Oh and this :
don't worry
next time we'll
do it together. (sakura)
Freaking KILLS ME D':
Also that and it's raining so much and I just had to take my little brother to school and I'm all WET now. Dx
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AND I THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY FOR FINDING ALL THEIR SONGS AS SASUNARU, ESPECIALLY EVERYTHING YOU WANT, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE OF THIS FUCKING AWESOME FANVID FOR IT THAT GOT DELETED AND THE 'HE' AND 'I' WERE ALL NARUTO AND AF;WIOEJFSD. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND.Psh. Layers. Like I have the time to work on covers for more than 10 minutes when no one really pays attention to them anyway. D; EXCEPT FOR YOU. xD (I suppose yours is the only one that matters ANYway...xD)
BTW, I DLed some Torchwood episodes to watch on the trip home tomorrow...~
I SERIOUSLY THINK WE REALLY EXIST IN PARALLEL UNIS INSTEAD OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. IT RAINED ALL DAY HERE, DARK, COLD AND POURING DOWN CRAPPY AND I HAD TO SPEND COMMUNITY HOURS WITH SOME KIDS. :O
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Now that I have a decent internet connection, I can start downloading your shiny FSTs again!!! Yay!!! XD
This one in particualr looks quite shiny, and the gummy bears are just too cute!!! :3
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I'm glad you liked this one too! :D I really liked this one, I especially recc 'heroes of the sidewalk'<3<3
TTYL darlin!
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When I first delved into the Naruto fandom (and I was quite relucant at first), the first pairing that came to my mind was Naruto/Sakura. Shippuden really reinforces the quirks of their relationship.
I love how they can stand side by side as equals. They respect one another as people and shinobis. They know each other's weaknesses and strengths and they've been with each other through the best and worst of times. I love how they can just be themselves around each other. Naruto doesn't reign in his stupidity around her, and Sakura expresses her inner demon quite frequently around him.
The pairing isn't flashy or apparent. It's just small bits and pieces here and there that make their relationship so special.
Sasuke's bond with both of them is complex (to say the least). However, it seems that all members of Team 7 has put their emotional developent on hold until later.
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can I quote your meta in the part two mix?! :'D
THEY ARE SO SOMEONE'S PARENTS/ALREADY MARRIED (Like House and Wilson, or . IT'S WHY I LOVE THEM.
Can I friend you?! :D
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