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Idiots

[Jul. 12th, 2005|01:40 am]

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If you're a Naruto fan, then by now I'm sure you've heard about it's getting licensed to Toonami. Seems that alot of people don't like that. They say that, "They're going to ruin the show." and "They'll have to take out all the good parts."

Well, while surfing the net, I came across something. It was a petition by some deranged fans to try and get Toonami to not air Naruto. They make the same claims as stated above.

I would just like to say, don't be like these idiots. These are japanophiles, people who seem to believe that everything that comes from Japan is gold, and everything that comes from America is shit. Let me tell you something, the world will not end if Naruto is licensed, and the damn thing hasn't even been released yet, so do us all a favor and shut the hell up. If you like the show so much, then why not let them license, so other people can enjoy it?

Okay, rant over. I'm going to bed now.

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Fanfic Idea #1

[May. 19th, 2005|10:55 pm]

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A short idea that I wrote for a Naruto fanfic. It's a crossover, and I may do it if I can hammer out a plot. This teaser takes place during Naruto's three year training trip with Jiraiya.

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‘Dammit’

Naruto sat under a tree by himself, yet again. It was where he went a lot whenever Jiraiya would go peeping. He thumped the back of his head against the tree.

“Dammit.”

He thumped his head again. He was tired. Sick and tired of this same exercise. He was certain that it was just Ero-Sennin’s way of getting him out of the way when he wanted something else to do, but he couldn’t really risk shirking off any training the pervert was willing to provide.

Naruto’s thoughts began to drift, so he thumped his head once again to try and clear his head.

“Dammit to hell!”

Naruto decided to try one more time to actually meditate before calling it quits and going to do something else.

‘Clear mind. Clear mind. Clear mind.’

His thoughts began to wander again. He began to see images of his friends from Konoha. He remembered the Ichiraku Ramen stand that he always ate at.

‘Clear Mind. Clear Mind. Clear Mind.’

He remembered the day Iruka gave him his headband, the day he first met Kakashi, the mission to wave country.

‘CLEAR MIND. CLEAR MIND. CLEAR MIND DAMMIT!’

‘Would you shut the hell up already?’

Naruto’s eyes snapped open. He jumped up and looked around, trying to find the source of the voice, but nobody was around him.

Had he imagined that voice? It wasn’t the Kyuubi’s, because the fox had never been able to weaken the seal enough to communicate before. In fact, the only time he’d spoken to it had been the time Ero-Sennin threw him off that cliff.

No, this voice had been different. It didn’t have the same echo like quality of the Kyuubi’s voice, and it hadn’t been as deep. ‘Maybe I was actually getting somewhere with that meditation stuff.’

He sat back down and closed his eyes again. ‘Clear Mind, Clear Mind, Clear Mind.’

‘You ready to listen now?’

‘Holy Shit! I didn’t just imagine you.’

‘No, you didn’t. Congratulations, you figured it out.’

‘What are you doing inside my head?’

‘It seemed like an interesting place, so I decided to take a break here.’

Naruto frowned mentally. ‘A break from what?’

‘Searching.’

‘Searching for what?’

‘For people like you dip-shit.’

‘HEY!’ Naruto did his best to shout at the voice without actually using his.

‘Calm down, or I won’t tell you what makes you so special.’

Naruto blew a mental raspberry in his head, ‘Yeah, you probably want the Kyuubi too right?’

‘Kyuubi?’ Went silent for a moment, then Naruto felt an intense pressure on his head.

‘What… the… HELL… do you… think… you’re… DOING!’

No reply came, and the pressure simply continued for another minute. Then the pain let up, and the voice returned. ‘Ah, yes, I suppose a gigantic demon would make you quite the individual, but that’s not what I was talking about.’

‘What the fuck are you going on about!?’

‘Calm down and do exactly as I say. Concentrate on me, and only me.’

‘Oh I’ll fucking concentrate alright.’ Naruto thought of every way he could to get revenge against this guy for doing that shit to him. He’d rearrange his pretty little face the first chance he-

He? Naruto wasn’t quite sure how, but he knew this voice belonged to a man. And he could see a blurry image of the man too. He tried hard to bring the image into focus. Slowly but surely, an image of a man smirking at him came into his mind.

But the focusing did not stop there. Somehow… he could see… beyond the man. He could see gray clouds floating behind him. Sometimes the gray clouds would part and reveal a ray of light, and others they would crash together and make a sort of black smoke.

‘You can me can’t you?’

‘Yeah.’ Naruto answered dumbly.

‘Good, you’re advancing just as quickly as I’d hoped.’

‘What is this?’

Naruto could hear the voice chuckle. ‘A little awestruck are we? People like you and me, we’re connected. Not just to each other, but to all living things. You should be able to see anyone like this if you just concentrate hard enough.’

‘What about the colors behind you?’

‘Yes, your are seeing my character. The light represents all my charity, and goodwill, and crap like that. The black represents greed, pride, hatred, and the rest of that shit too.’

‘But you’re almost completely gray.’

‘That’s good to hear, it’s what I strive for. I’ve been told that I’m gray before, but I was afraid that I was just being told what I wanted to hear.’

‘What does all this mean?’

The voice laughed more loudly this time. ‘Boy, if I knew the answer to that, I’d know the meaning of life.

‘Now boy, I can teach you more about this, but only if you let me. Do you accept?’

‘But I already have a teacher.’

‘Good! Learn as much from him as you can. Learn from anyone who’s willing to teach you something. You have to learn to gain power. Speaking of which, if you reach out around you, like you did when you felt me, you should be able to sense your teacher approaching.’

Naruto did as instructed, and sure enough, he could see in his mind’s eye the Perverted Hermit himself.

‘One more thing, don’t tell him about me. My teaching are for a select few, and I’d like to keep it that way.’ Naruto could feel the voice’s presence begin to leave him, and the image of the man began to fade.

‘Wait!’ Naruto tried desperately to grasp hold of the image. ‘What’s your name?’

‘Revan.’ Came the one word reply.

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Well there you go. If you haven't figured it out yet, this is a crossover with Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Any comments and criticism accepted.

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More Naruto Fanfiction Cliches

[Apr. 18th, 2005|05:28 pm]

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Toads Suck Ass, Foxes Are Where It's At: Instead of signing a contract with toads, Naruto will sign a contract with foxes, usually multi-tailed, and they will be infinitely more powerful than any other summonable creature. They will also be 100% loyal, and there is a good chance that Naruto will get a pet fox.

FU-SION-HA!: Before anyone says anything, yes, I am guilty of this. But it is still a cliche, and is worthy of being noted. At some point in the story, Naruto will fuse with the Kyuubi, take on fox-like characteristics, (red predator eyes and long claws and teeth are most common) and become unfathomably powerful.

The Naruto Dress Up Doll: At some point in the story, Naruto will change his outfit. Usually because whatever wise and all-powerful master he is now training under has told him that orange is a stupid color, ninjas don't wear orange, and orange makes him too visible. The clothes are usually either black, red, white, or a combination of the three.

Three more cliches for ya. I'll add even more later.

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Naruto Fanfiction Cliches

[Apr. 7th, 2005|11:44 pm]

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Here, I plan to rant a bit about cliches in the Naruto fandom that just really, really piss me off. Feel free to add your own.

HAKU LIVES! : Hey, I like Haku just as much as the next Naruto fanboy, but this is just ridiculous. Sure he's cool, but can't you people just let him friggin die? He sacrificied his life to try and protect Zabuza, can't you just let him have his sacrifice and die happy? This almost always happens in a "Retelling of the tale" kind of thing. If an author has decided to re-write the wave country arc, then there is a good chance that by some miracle, Haku will live, become a leaf ninja (most likely a medic-nin) and become Naruto's best friend. Usually though, he is pretty much forgotten, and never used in the story again.

Love At First- no wait, Thirty-Second Sight: This goes for NaruHina, SasuSaku, or any other pairing that just comes out of nowhere. It usually goes like this. Naruto, or any other male character, will look at Hinata, or any other female character, and suddenly go, "WOW, she's hot! How come I never noticed this before?" Come on! Isn't love supposed to develop over time? I'll read pairing fics, but this always gets my goat. If you think she's hot, how come you never said anything before? Like maybe, in school, where you saw them everyday? Or some other point in the storyline. Love at first sight is bad. Love at Thirty-Second sight blows shit-poppers.

BloodLimit #452: Either Naruto, or an OC, will have a BloodLimit that no one has ever heard of. Ever.

I'll add more later.

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