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odditiesinnaruto: mita-rashi: tenebrisforibus: odditiesinnaruto: tenebrisforibus: roan-spaniel: odditiesinnaruto: This is one of the rare times I have felt sorry for Tobirama. He doubts his brother’s loyalty to him. He isn’t sure if Hashirama will choose to save his life over Madara’s. It’s easy to imagine why Tobirama distrusts/hates Madara. Tobirama has to compete with him on everything from Hashirama’s time and the conception and development of his dream when they were younger, to later Madara possibly succeeding Hokageship. As the only remaining brother of Hashirama Tobirama stands in line to succeed should something happen to Hashirama. He would either be the next Senju leader or the next Hokage. He was likely used to wielding considerable clout as not only a male of the head family second only to his brother but also as the lieutenant/general of Hashirama. “Don’t lend him you ear, brother!”/“Don’t you listen to him, brother!” Tobirama is used to being the main voice his brother listens to. Lol. And in that scene Hashi isn’t even listening to him. {{ THIS. And people conveniently forget the profound psychological effects of this on Tobirama’s character?For me Hashirama’s been abandoning him since childhood. There can’t be a stellar sibling relationship between the two after all these. Sure they get along and cooperate, but.Ah, I can go on and on about this all day. :/ I wonder what is going through Tobirama’s mind at this moment. Shikamaru acknowledges him as Hashirama’s primary aide. Is he happy about the validation or bittersweet because ‘that’s not how it was…’. {{ Probably the latter. If one would take time and study the dynamics between all sibling relationships here, contrasting between the Uchiha, one would notice that the use of the title ‘niisan’ or ‘aniiki’ is different between say, Tobirama calling Hashirama ‘anija’, especially in Hashirama’s flashbacks. Almost as if Tobirama always needed to remind Hashirama he’s his brother. Also, open up to? Shikamaru had no idea Hashirama often shut Tobirama up if he didn’t like what he was hearing (that suspicious chakra flare again; which you could let slide only once, when Tobirama threatened to harm Sasuke). Definitely not your usual sibling dynamics here. I don’t really have much to contribute here except to highlight how much it pisses me off as a reader to see a relationship like this between the last two surviving brothers of a war. Just, Hashi. Get your head out of your fucking ass. His relationship with Tobirama even directly contrasts Madara and Izuna. Madara who LISTENED to his brother and valued him above almost all else, vs Hashirama, who decided that somehow Madara was worth more than family. Madara seems to at any point understand the distinction between blood and friendship. To see them as unequal but equal, and know when one should take value over the other. But Hashirama just… sees one thing he values and focuses on it, at the expense of others, even if those other things are, say, brothers, or friendships. Too true. Hashirama did not know the relationships he should prioritize. Madara wasn’t just a friend to Hashirama. The guy put Madara on a pedestal. He was a ‘prophet’ and a ‘gift from the divine’. The sad reality is, Hashirama made it very clear what happens when you don’t stop at the limits he has set. Tobirama stops when Hashirama shows his chakra and temper. Madara never realized what would happen if Hashirama lost his patience with him. Unlike the Third who couldn’t bring himself to kill his student or his friend (Danzo), Hashirama would have no such compunctions. At the end of the day it is easier to kill someone who left the village no matter their relationship to the leader of the village then to kill someone who is the leader’s brother who is seen by the people as a voice of reason. Hashirama believed that the well-being of the village will result in the well-being of its inhabitants. This is a very wishy-washy thing to say and shows that he did not perhaps consider what happens when the well-being of the village is not in the best interests of its inhabitants. Madara’s last words didn’t make him consider what was wrong with his dream. -- source link
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