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[askerian]

teamwork review:
I just reread the first story and am rereading the second one...please don't have Sakura marry Sasuke...Oh pretty please?

leeeeeeeet me think about thaDENIED.

=________=

Though maybe she's afraid I'll emphasize the sasusaku side so much that the narusaku and/or the narusasu will fall by the wayside and then Naruto will be all alone as they float off in wedded bliss. Which is kind of funny because that's exactly what will happen!

IN NARUTO'S HEAD.



I would have a lot less of an instant *twitch* at this review if she actually explained why, like a plot-related reason, some trope she saw done wrong or that tends to imply unfortunate things and is therefore a pitfall she wants to make sure I avoid.

Because looking at her profile she's a yaoi only girl. Huh... Who doesn't like romance in stories... like there's zero in teamwork as it is? Granted it's kind of more action and character oriented than "oh my love the fruit of our union is growing in your ripening belly i can see our forever in your eyes~" but STILL.

(actually it's probably not romantic ENOUGH for a get-together story. sometimes it really does read as more of a friends and partners who fuck than a real falling in love thing. Blargh. T__T)

But anyway. oh my, what a sincere request, and from such a dedicated fan!

I must be heartless. :/



edit: pffffffffft. same person, another review:

Why does Naruto say "Gaara" when he sees Kisame?

I must have been too subtle. >.>

Also, I think this is one of the only stories that I actually like Sakura in. She is very useless in the beginning of Naruto the show and annoying in the rest of it. But the way you have described, makes me like...

o i c.

I'm really trying not to make a snap judgment here, but honestly the first explanation that comes to mind is that she likes Sakura in this fic honest! just, still not enough to let her marry Sasuke.

:DDDDDDDDD *plots marriagefic* woohoo i'm so inspired suddenly~~~~~~~~~~~~ I need shiny sugary traditions for them to go through~~~~

Comments

[kiyakotari.livejournal.com]

Ah HAH HAH AHA HAH HA!!

(The stupid, it burns.)

[askerian]

Mrgh.

*edits with moar stupid!* behold.

[mignonne422.livejournal.com]

...

Did she miss the label where it says OT3? Or, you know, the TITLE?

Lololol, oh interwebs and fangirls, you never cease to be a source of entertainment.

(As for the shiny, I think engagement pictures would be awesome! I bet Sasuke would want to hang himself XD)

[askerian]

Mrgh. Well, I could understand the worry that naruto is going to be abandoned and left out of the ot3 because, marriage = otpforeverrrrrOMGsoulmates and naruto not being included in that is an excellent source of angst and conflict and plot hijinx worrisome in that maybe i could really make him their occasional kinky lover while they have the TRUE relationship...

...

>__________>


(oooo engagement pictures. X3333333 "sasuke-kun, please HOLD STILL BEFORE I KILL YOU. your corpse will be more manageable. ... by the way I love you, yeah? yeah. NOW SMILE.")

[book-people.livejournal.com]

.......oooookay... *squints at moron* How did she miss, I don't know, the summary of the story? You know, the one where you make it pretty clear it's a threesome fic? *headdesk*

Sending formal invitations! Especially since most people already clear the date with those they need at the ceremony before sending them. Also, wedding gifts and/or bridal shower. Dunno if that happens in a Japanese wedding, but you can always cry "different universe"?

[askerian]

Well, it was a threesome for a while and some people break up? idk. >___>

oooh, formal invitations. And guest lists!! :333333

[qbic1.livejournal.com]

I must admit, I had a similar view before I started this fic. I was a yaoi addict with the very occasional trip into NarutoHinata love. But you quickly converted me to a OT3 addict. (g) There are so *few* good, quality SasuSaku stories available .. most become a bad harlequins within a chapter or two. And the absolute disregard that Kishimoto gives to his female characters in anime/manga doesn't help.

But I adore the strong Sakura of Teamwork. She doesn't know how she ended up in this mess but she's willing to change herself into this incredibly strong woman to hang on to the man she wants ... and she's surprised herself by discovering she wants both of them. And I can understand her finally. And it's not just physically, she's changing. She's grown up and discovered what she has to offer. I so wish you had been writing Shippuden. I think I would have liked your Sakura even if it wasn't OT3 in the anime/mange if you were writing the female characters.

And your Sasuke and Naruto are delightful. With Sasuke still the cold b******d of original and Naruto still as loud and clueless as ever, these are the characters I feel in love with 4 years ago. You've given them life and the ability to grow but not taken them away or made them into some strange Prince Charming.

And re-reading that, I know I sound crazy - you didn't change the boys and I loved that but you changed Sakura and I approved - I'm on painkillers and probably shouldn't be writing but ... darn it, TW is soooo good. You let the characters be adults without taking away their best qualities.

Gonna go take my broken bones back to bed with my vicodine and hope I sound saner than I think I do. But, just wanted you to know, you have convinced more than one yaoi addict that Sakura is wonderful paired with Sakuke and Naruto.

[askerian]

DDDDDDDDDD: WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOURSELF D:

~#._.#

no, I think I see what you mean a little. Sakura had POTENTIAL and good starting points, but (especially recently) Kishi sucks at taking the time to develop them properly and realistically, and since he's more concentrated on the great narusasu love story sometimes sakura ends up bending for the needs of the plot, instead of the plot bending to her character and personality like it does for naruto and sasuke (and even sasuke i feel has been pushed a leetle bit far down the ic road to hell in the name of moar angst. XD alright, so naruto has lost a lot of his loud and clueless and kinda rude charm recently in favor of determined, leadership-potential young cliche as well... could have gained one without losing the other, kishi DX ) ... is that it?

[phantomshade]

...Oh god, it hurts to laugh now. Thank you, stupid side of the Internet.

I'm always amazed that people seem to forget that if they don't like a particular plot or pairing in a story they can just, you know, NOT READ IT.

_{If you're worried about there not being enough romance, maybe after the Chuunin Exam is done you can do a chapter of "Oh thank god we're all alive, let's go home and just not let go of each other for an hour or so" or something like that?}

[askerian]

*lovesquishes*


well, after the second exam there's a one month lag and then the tournament. I suppose I could fill the one month lag with deliciousness, but I think they're gonna be training. XD

... OH WAIT HOW FAR ALONG IS SAKURA NOW maybe she could start showing or something... though she's very muscled, so i'm not sure... but ooh the cute. X3

[inverts.livejournal.com]

She is very useless in the beginning of Naruto the show and annoying in the rest of it.

UGH, THIS ANNOYS ME SO MUCH. People, learn the value of having a strategist/healer on your team. Protip: IT IS A GREAT DEAL OF VALUE. I just. There are so many words I could say but A) you already know Sakura is awesome and B) it would just be lost on this kind of moron.

[askerian]

Nrgh yeah, kneejerk reaction of haet here. I know I'm supposed to be ~~flattered that my fic is the **exception**~~ zomg but I'm just... rrgh.

[ishanatur.livejournal.com]

I agree with people undervaluing healers and/strategist (Shikamaru is a great example of how a good strategy can beat outright strength) but although Sakura has the potential for these things I dont know that we get to see them much in the anime (I'm not up on the manga yet so maybe that changes).
From what I've seen Kakashi is their strategist, I don't think I have ever seen Sakura use her intelligence in a battle strategy. And as for a healer part its simply bad planning to have a healer on a team with someone like Naruto (auto-heal) Yamato and Sai (long-distance fighters tend to get hurt a lot less).
No matter how brilliant Sakura may be she never has the opportunity to shine because of the team she is in. The one time she is out of it (the battle with Sasori & Chiyo) she really shows her stuff.
In my opinion no one this show no one has been given a shorter stick than Sakura. She is the only one who doesn't have an "ability" (some also add Lee to this group but I disagree since speed is a VERY valuable attribute) that kishi can cut to during a battle. Half the time I'm wondering where she is. With her strengths she should be a combination of Tsunade and Shikamaru but I dont see that.
One of the reasons I LOVE teamwork is that we get to see Sakura use those skills. We get in her head and hear strategizing, and even though she's not pulling fancy jutsu's we see her useful. And I love the line where she's like "No, pretend I'm Naruto. Now what should we do?" This is what she should be doing in canon. Because I think we can all agree that Sakura does not get equal treatment but then none of the girls do (And as much as I love Tsunade hemophobes dont become doctors).

wow... i'm reading this and realising how LONG this is... Sorry! :)

[darksea.livejournal.com]

"oh my love the fruit of our union is growing in your ripening belly i can see our forever in your eyes~"

Snerk.
I want to say I can't imagine Sasuke ever saying that except that I sort of almost can. Although not sincerely.

[askerian]

XD yeah, maaaaaybe in a very flat deadpan voice and even then i'd have to trim some of it off.

... kinda tempted to put a scene like that in teamwork, but it might hurt sakura a bit unless i worked it out so she wouldn't take it as a personal jab. Hmm. >___>

[lady-aquill.livejournal.com]

*fails miserably at puppydawg eyes* butbutbut Asuka! but of -course- your suppose to bend to every whim of you every fan!!! *brightly sarcastic* only you know NOT. >.>; really now Sasuke and Sakura gettting married is a key(ish) plot point that makes solid sense in the Teamwork!verse

i'm suprised no one suggested this.... reception seating arragements.
who sits wear and trying to keep the political ramifcations of such to a minimum....after all if Sasuke wants people to take him seriously in politics, an Uchiha wedding invite would get him major political brownie points.
..... and now i can see Sakura fretting over seating arragements and Sasuke scowling at them and Naruto going bwah? and secretly plotting Sasuke's Bucks Night (Ino would totally do Sakura's Hens Night and order a male!stripper).

[askerian]

*kneadkneads* Well, I understand that it feels like they're excluding naruto a little.

THEY ARE.

and naruto will be depressed over it and figure out he has to step back and let them be happy.

HE WILL.

AND THEN THEY GO AFTER HIM AND BEAT HIM UP AND OMG IT DOESNT WORK WITHOUT YOU.

I swear some people have a problem with the idea of "what doesn't kill us makes us stronger". Of couse their relationship has to be put to trials by fire sometimes damn it. Too easy otherwise. >(((((



Oh man, the seating arrangements. XD sasuke would even think about it on missions and it would make him SO grumpy. XDD

Oh man the bachelor parties. oh MAN. XD ... he'd totally clone himself and go naruko-chan so he can go to sakura's too XD i wonder if she'd actually let him or if she'd just pop the clone.

[venia.livejournal.com]

Um. I don't want to bother you with nuisance but ^-^;; Can I pop up with two tiny comments on TW? 1. After reading again the lemon that took place after the seal was completed, it seemed strange to see Sakura acting so shy and unsure later, when the boys snuck in the girls baths before the exam. She looked so surprised when Sasuke shampooed her hair ;^; (that part always moves me). I'm guessing it's because she wasn't expecting a tender gesture from him, despite having already had the rough sex.
2. Come to think of it, how the hell did the hokage and the other jounins knew what had happened between the three, at the beginnings of the story, when they banged in Naruto's home like that? Had they been suspicious from the night before, seeing them walk drunk hand in hand?

[askerian]

♥ 'course you're not a nuisance.

1) I have to admit that writing so many pieces out of order makes things choppy sometimes. my reasoning though is that sakura was still high on kyuubi chakra, so she lost her inhibitions for a while. after that, they came back in force. XD;;; also passionate and kinky is easier than tender, when Sasuke is involved. Sasuke being tender is a Big Deal. (but yes, the development is still going back and forth. I am a messy asuka. ~_~;; )

2)... ONE DAY I WILL FINISH THAT ONESHOT I SWEAR XD;;;; *goes to work on it /right now/* it's been in progress for like three years now. i'm so bad. soooo bad. XDD;;;;;;;

[maruiqi.livejournal.com]

I am having similar issues with a NaruSasu fic I'm writing on the Pit because people keep requesting I change it into a KibaSasu. I just what is this I don't even.

I'm sorry you had to put up with the stupid. Even though yonks and yonks of SasuSaku badfic has turned me off the pairing for the most part, I still love it in TW and some other goodfics I follow.

And nggggh Naruto feeling left out of the threesome was very prominently foreshadowed in TW 1/2/whateveronethatwasIforget. I'm so glad that wasn't just me being biased towards Naruto. Except I totally am but shhh. It made me sadface even then and you're going to do horrible angsty things with it in future and I will cry. ;_;

[missing-nin15.livejournal.com]

*random lurker pops out* May I know of this NaruSasu fic you're writing? :D (looking for some NaruSasu to read and I don't think I've read yours)

[shewhoflies.livejournal.com]

...um.

I suppose if she were worried that the marriage would exclude Naruto too much it would be a valid (but unnecessary) concern. But the way you put it and with what little she wrote it sounds like she just doesn't want Sakura to get much attention. Which is,at best, silly, since Sakura is an integral part of the relationship and her getting married to Sasuke is both politically necessary and integral to her social standing and therefore well-being.

Also! It's what's best for the baby. Why is she not thinking of the baby. She must think of the baby.

Hey traditions. Well, I dunno if you can use this or how are you going to play this part, but in my country, it's traditional to give gifts to the household that they are going to need on a new home, like cooking utensils or a stove or a washing machine or china or paintings or vases... Mainly decorations and kitchen stuff. Or people like close friends can maybe give an all-expenses paid voyage, but I don't think that one would fly on a ninja village... maybe Ino gives them coupons worth herself, Shika and Chouji as babysitters? XD

[askerian]

*lovesquishes* mrgh yes. Agree with everything.

Ohh, yeah, the gift list! we have this one too. *makes note* ^___^
(haha, i could see ino volunteering shika and chouji as babysitters. ... I totally just spelled it cloudji at first. this is your fault somehow.)

[lilai.livejournal.com]

"oh my love the fruit of our union is growing in your ripening belly i can see our forever in your eyes~"

Oooh i can soo totally see Sasuke tell that... to Naruto.
Well, you already made Sasuke pregnant somewhere (don't pretend you did not I know you did huhuhu). *grins*

Marriage!fic is shinny !
Just found that : "The Japanese bride-to-be may be painted pure white from head to toe, visibly declaring her maiden status to the gods." Body painting yay ! or maybe not, but still, something about the color of the kimono and the visibily not-virgin status of Sakura could be fun. ^o^

[askerian]

*snerk* I'm not pretending. Mmm mpreg. ♥ and yes, it would be really funny. Naruto: ghhhkNO DX

Haha, I like the white paint idea but sakura is very visibly not a maiden, sadly enough... you're right that it could be hilarious. I wonder what color she'll choose for her dress. She hasn't deigned inform me yet. XD; (read: i don't know which possibility would get the best plot result. XD still exploring 'em.)

[acechan.livejournal.com]

Heh. You always get the best crazy reviewers.

My wedding!fic suggestion: formal clothes fittings. Necessary regardless of western/japanese style wedding, guaranteed to be taken with ill grace by the boys, and Sakura likely won't be best pleased either, what with trying to figure out how to make something look good on her when she's however many months preggers.

[askerian]

Hur hur hur. Oh god yes. That's planned. Clothes fitting = HELL. >D >D >D

[monique-27.livejournal.com]

*lol* Oh, Asuka. All the great things happen to you. ;p

PS Wedding Fic = ULTIMATELOVE. acechan (http://askerian.livejournal.com/485893.html?thread=10949125#t10949125) has a good plan, yes? *prodprodpokepoke*

[kiwi-socks.livejournal.com]

...Wait, would Sasuke do the groom's speech? (I forget if it has a particular name). Or someone demands he travel on a white pony to her house and present Sakura's parents with a pair of geese (old-timey Korean tradition says the internet) to propose the 'right' way? Or maybe three geese for the implication. Because that is a hilarious image

[askerian]

... w-white pony. *ded of lmao* CAN YOU IMAGINE HIS FACE AS HE'S PARADED THROUGH THE STREETS.

*dies of death* XDDDDDD

[flourite-roses.livejournal.com]

Can I please say "I support you, read your Teamworks at least twice, SasuSaku marriage W00TS~"? Although I read it on your web first. Then didn't know how to review. And panicked a little because it's too good not to. :P

lol about the sudden inspiration, should I help by making random comments like "I HATE SASUSAKU MARRIAGE"? XDDD

[askerian]

#.__.# *lovesquishes*


... NO, THAT'S OKAY REALLY. DX

[nekokriszty.livejournal.com]

No, you're not too harsh. You're not harsh enough.

"Because looking at her profile she's a yaoi only girl. Who doesn't like romance in stories." Which means, she reads fan fictions for the porn.

Then why the hell write something like that? If you don't care what happens as long as guys fuck each other, why the hell say things like that???? Why would she want to make the authoress feel bad about herself for not being able to make her understand what the fic is about?? (Not to mention, she reads so much of this story, and STILL doesn't understand shit about the situations, relationships, characters in it? Is she totally retarded???)

I'm just angry because it's because of people like her that when I write "I'm sorry, for some reason I can't see NaruKiba happening", even the smartest writers tell me to stfu about my pairing preferences. Because they are fed up with it; and I can't even blame them.

[kitty11chan.livejournal.com]

Well, I generally don't like Sakura because she reminds me far too much of the bitches that used to clump together & mock me in school. Your Sakura is one of the few I can stomach.