[Meme] Ask me my top 5 whatevers

[edenfalling]

Slightly modified from various places: Ask me my Top Five Whatevers, fannish or literary or otherwise. Any top fives. Doesn't matter what, really. I will answer them all in comments or a new post. (But definitely not with pictures. *grin*)

Because I am bored and I hate all my WIPs -- including the two things I was trying to write for Femgenficathon and which I failed miserably to finish by even the extended deadline. Please help distract me?

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ETA:

--5 fanfics I will never write (but want to read), courtesy of aishuu

--5 favorite manga and/or anime series, courtesy of theodosia21

--5 favorite stories I've written, also courtesy of theodosia21

--5 Naruto characters who've had all of five panels, but deserve their own story arcs/gaidens, courtesy of leahnari

--8 favorite things to eat, courtesy of hungrytiger11

--5 favorite scenes from The Chronicles of Narnia, also courtesy of hungrytiger11

--5 favorite female characters (from my childhood), courtesy of uminohikari

--5 tropes I love, courtesy of rianax

Comments

[leahnari.livejournal.com]

Top 5 Naruto Characters Who've Had All of Five Panels, But Are Awesome/Interesting Enough For Their Own Story Arcs/Gaidens.

[edenfalling]

I am playing a little fast and loose with your panel limitations, but I have tried to be true to the general sense of "stuff Kishimoto will never elaborate upon but which would be all kinds of interesting to read." :-)

1. The epic romance (or arranged marriage, whichever) of Sasuke's parents.

2. Likewise the story of Sakura's parents, who I don't think have ever appeared in the manga -- if I'm wrong, please tell me where to find them!

3. I want to actually see Anko's apprenticeship to Orochimaru, from beginning to end. It would be fucked up and fascinating.

4. I have been persuaded that Shino needs more moments to shine and his clan could always use more backstory. Maybe the tale of how he got his first few kikkai? (I am assuming the Aburame are not born infested, since I think that would be very hard on embryonic development.)

5. Um. I dunno really. Kishimoto's world is open-ended enough that I get the sense pretty much every character had a life before entering Naruto's story and will have a life after exiting it, so almost all of them are fair game for backstory elaboration or future adventures. But to return to my initial theme, I would like to see how the fourth Kazekage and his wife agreed to bind Shukaku into Gaara, and whether (and when) Gaara's mother realized that the ritual would entail her death. Because that is all kinds of interesting.

[hungrytiger11.livejournal.com]

Ah, the Aburume clan does some sort of scarifical looking ritual, where a few days after a newborn is born they lay it down and let the bugs eat/infest the child, so that they develop in a sybionic manner. Kakashi briefly gives this explanation during the Chuunin exams.

[edenfalling]

...I have no memory of this. Is it in the manga, or is it anime-only?

[hungrytiger11.livejournal.com]

Manga. I'd link the chapters, but don't know where to find them online anymore.... its when Shino is fighting during the chuunin exam. THeres a creepy picture of a baby.

[edenfalling]

Huh! I must make a point of looking for that passage when I reach that section in my manga reread. (I am currently stalled out in the middle of Sasuke and Lee fighting before the first test, because those chapters feel so pointless.)

[leahnari.livejournal.com]

I think the mention of the Aburame ritual might have been in the manga - possibly during Shino's fight with Zaku, someone's rattling off Aburame exposition from the balcony - but I can't say for sure.

Yeah, it didn't need to be literal, I actually took the phrase from someone talking about Uzumaki Mito. You got the point :P

1. That would be awesome. I'd love to know more about them as characters - especially during those last few years with the coup - and the larger implications of how the Uchiha clan worked (also, population). >_> They're a fixation of mine...

2. Also potentially cool. I don't think they even get a mention. Sakura implies she has them, when she blames Naruto's bad behavior on the fact that he doesn't, but... Jeez, Kishi.

3. Ohh, it would be ^_^ 'Course, I'd be glad to see more of Anko, period.

4. So much. Easily one of the most competent and powerful of the Rookie 9, but he's rarely used because (I think) he's too skilled and would mess with the plot (mainly thinking of the Retrieve Sasuke arc). He was also the only person to have any seeming effect on Tobidara the GodTroll.
But it would be great to get more background on the clan itself. How many people are in the clan. Is it large enough that they intermarry or what steps are necessary for someone to be brought in? Actually, I want to know these for all the clans.

5. Ooh, that would be interesting. Learn more about them, and the interpolitics of Suna.

Oh wow I got wordy. <_<;; ^_^; TD;DR - I agree.

[edenfalling]

It really annoys me that we get all this background on Naruto's family and Sasuke's family, but Sakura's parents only exist by implication. And I am a sucker for backstory and world-exploration in general, which is why I listed the others. :-)