I can understand something of the appeal of remixing, from this and from the extended AN provided here...and, alright, a few things in this very long comment carry over from issues raised in other stories of yours...
1. I actually do agree with you when it comes to Kakashi/Iruka, but for other reasons. I can see a romantic relationship of Kakashi's working -- but for the reasons you gave, I'd not expect it to work unless it was with somebody else with similar emotional problems, with neither party expecting 'fixing' but acceptance-of-what-is. Expecting fixing is, except in a shrink/patient relationship, unreasonable, damage-dealing and damaging. But aside from this...?
Kakashi and Iruka are most interesting as friends, and the dynamic changes if romance enters the picture. It might retain some of its interest if it's written with the characters kept 'true,' with the likely trajectory of such a relationship (some form of 'doomed') not being ignored, but I've yet to see that and have the feeling it would be rather cruel to them. (And also not something I could write, so I'm setting the plot bunny free in hopes of it finding somebody who is up to it.)
2. I like your stories because a lot of people write Sasuke with...well, one of the things that always amused me is that his being an excellent ninja often felt like an informed ability; between Naruto and Sasuke, Naruto actually demonstrates -- from the very first pages -- better ninja skills.
Let me clarify this: It is established that Naruto was able to, wearing a bright orange jump suit, sneak out of his Academy class, under the nose of a chuunin, and spend an extensive amount of time on the Hokage monument. This is an exposed position. He is wearing a shade of orange usually worn for visibility. Not only that, but as one of the filler arcs pointed out (correctly), somebody with explosive notes getting the time to place them on the mountain could quite well cause major damage to Konoha. One would therefore expect the security around the monument to reflect at least a vague awareness of this...so it's reasonable to expect that Naruto was also managing to avoid being noticed by at least some skilled jounin while he was doing the graffiti.
In some places, Naruto probably would have ended up being placed in a tiger team, whose job is to find security holes in their own organization & play pranks using them just before an official inspection is due.
Really long comment, pt1
1. I actually do agree with you when it comes to Kakashi/Iruka, but for other reasons. I can see a romantic relationship of Kakashi's working -- but for the reasons you gave, I'd not expect it to work unless it was with somebody else with similar emotional problems, with neither party expecting 'fixing' but acceptance-of-what-is. Expecting fixing is, except in a shrink/patient relationship, unreasonable, damage-dealing and damaging. But aside from this...?
Kakashi and Iruka are most interesting as friends, and the dynamic changes if romance enters the picture. It might retain some of its interest if it's written with the characters kept 'true,' with the likely trajectory of such a relationship (some form of 'doomed') not being ignored, but I've yet to see that and have the feeling it would be rather cruel to them. (And also not something I could write, so I'm setting the plot bunny free in hopes of it finding somebody who is up to it.)
2. I like your stories because a lot of people write Sasuke with...well, one of the things that always amused me is that his being an excellent ninja often felt like an informed ability; between Naruto and Sasuke, Naruto actually demonstrates -- from the very first pages -- better ninja skills.
Let me clarify this: It is established that Naruto was able to, wearing a bright orange jump suit, sneak out of his Academy class, under the nose of a chuunin, and spend an extensive amount of time on the Hokage monument. This is an exposed position. He is wearing a shade of orange usually worn for visibility. Not only that, but as one of the filler arcs pointed out (correctly), somebody with explosive notes getting the time to place them on the mountain could quite well cause major damage to Konoha. One would therefore expect the security around the monument to reflect at least a vague awareness of this...so it's reasonable to expect that Naruto was also managing to avoid being noticed by at least some skilled jounin while he was doing the graffiti.
In some places, Naruto probably would have ended up being placed in a tiger team, whose job is to find security holes in their own organization & play pranks using them just before an official inspection is due.