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he doesn't end in a relationship eek Wow. I always thought he'll end up with Misty. Oh well--off topic

I know that on the Simply Love forum, CCP was recruiting every new member as a SasuSaku Army member.

I didn't know there were other armies, but I'm pretty sure SasuSaku started it--- I think an army is fine for a pairing that has POSSIBILITY, but not for crack pairings (like NejiSaku... if you're trying to say they will so get together, and not trying to cinvince them that you just love the crackiness).

SasuSaku has always been a well loved but equally well hated pairing that needs an army-- especially since our two main haters are NaruSaku and NaruSasu, and, no offense to those who like both, but from what I've seen, both fandoms just completely ignore any moment, or are "what you consider moments and development I see as nothing." I've seen far too many NaruSasu fans say that "It must end in NaruSasu or else Kishimoto will lose all of his fanbase, merchandise sales will drop, and no one will want to watch or read it anymore. Besides, Sakura has a 70% chance of getting with Lee." (quoted from Kaze-Hime's deviantART journal).

Or, even better, for NaruSakuers, its "Omg, the Englisht translation of the Chinese Translation of the Japanese manga says that Sakura only really really really really really really really really really likes Sasuke! And the databooks mean nothing because their not events in the series, it's just Kishimoto having fun drawing."

Every fandom has it's haters, and SasuSaku usually takes the brunt of it all because of all the pairings that SasuSaku would "destory" (NaruSaku, SakuIno, NaruSasu, SasuIno, SasuHina, SakuLee, KakaSaku, etc.), even if those pairings have no real weight in the series. Plus, to add to it, Sakura and Sasuke are also two characters that you either love or you hate-- when one character is hated (usually Sakura), people will do anything to say "I hate Sakura. She doesn't deserve Sasuke." or "Sasuke's an emo b***h beyond redemption. He'll never get with Sakura."

SasuSaku has all the elements of a CANON pairing (more so than probably any other pairing possibility in the series), but people are so judgemental toward both of them because of their humanistic characteristics. Sakura is the most human character in the series. She's seen as 'weak' becuase she doesn't have inhuman abilities (Sharingan, Kyuubi...) and she's always being protected, even if she's ready to fight. She has a tendency to have a temper and low self esteem, while holding grudges and being judgemental-- but at the same time she's compassionate and willing to change, and to grow. Sasuke has a hard time building relationship because eveyrone he's been close to has been killed by someone he loved-- so he's had death and betrayal since a young age from the people most important to him. He's learned not to get close so he doesn't feel that way again, but he still manages to grow and open up.

These humanistic characteristics are what make people hate Sasuke and Sakura. They're not liek Naruto, who's comedic and nver gives up. Tehy're not liek Kakashi, who's just all around bad a**. They have flaws. People just don't appreciate that :/

On Gaia, yes. This army is what spawned the others.

And I made it for the exact reason you just stated: "SasuSaku has to be rightfully defended because from what I see, we're bashed left and right." [And Sireta just described that wonderfully.]

Luckily a SasuNaru army hasn't spawned yet.. and hopefully never will.. if we're lucky they'll think an army is a waste of time. I'm sorry, but I'm TIRED of seeing armies for every pairing pop up. At least SasuSaku NEEDS to be defended.

@Twilight_NewMoon: Of course. Welcome to the army. :3

The fact of the matter is that if they feel threatened and bash back, then they know they're being undermined and proven wrong.

People only bash instead of debate when they know they're wrong and refuse to admit it. mrgreen

Unfortunately, I'm not very good at debating. Or writing uber-long posts about, well, almost anything. And keep on sounding intellegent anyway. When I go into rants, I tend to repeat myself. Alot. And like with my essays at school. My teacher always yells at me for that... >>;

But even in the NaruHina guild, it says that the army was "inspired" by the SasuSaku army. I mean, there's nothing wrong with creating a crew to defend a certain pairing, but seriously, you could at least give it a cool name. eek

And... to date, this has to be the longest post I ever made. -frames- (Even though it isn't really all that long... sweatdrop )

Yeah! Heck, even I'M still practicing what I'll say if I meet up with new bashers and such.. It's been rather quiet now that I've thought about it..

May i join?

I always wanted to be in an army,especially a sasusaku one.Now THATS a bonus! xd