orochimaru

[naanima]

My sleeping pattern is kind of screwed up. I got home around 6.50pm today, body went "Initiating Shut down," almost immediately, and was pretty much unconscious to the world by 7pm. So, the question is; WHY AM I AWAKE NOW?! The simple reason would be my body hates me, however, I suspect it is because of my prolonged and painful coughing that woke me up. Hmm, on second thought: my body HATE me.

Rather than prepare for tomorrow's tutorial, I am, instead, searching for Orochimaru fics that does more than just provide him a personality of a gay-pedophile. I want depth, I want motives, and I want characterization! Hmm, I suspect I'll be severely disappointed.


I find Orochimaru to be the most fascinating character in Naruto. From the way that he present himself; cold, creepy, and so hungry (ok, we can argue for authorial intent here; snakes=creep/bad/etc., but I’m going to ignore K-sensei’s input for this study), to his mad ambition to know all, to learn all, to understand all. On a complete objective POV I can understand his drive, and his obsession to live. Knowledge is endless, and to have to die before learning everything must just kill the genius that is Orochimaru (say what you will of his actions but Orochimaru is a genius.)

You know, I keep on going back to the few flashback scenes of Orochimaru as a child, and I just can’t picture that little boy becoming what he is now. Orochimaru must have had innocence at one point, must have had compassion, and there must have been a point in his life when Orochimaru came to a decision. Compassion is nothing, protecting those precious to me is not enough. All there is is knowledge. I would love to read something like that.

And I’m so not awake enough to have this rant. Ok, going to attempt to go back to sleep again.


Actually, Orochimaru remind me of Marc Remillard of the Intervention series. Hunger for knowledge, genius, ruthless, and yet… yeah. Before I forget, read Julian May’s Intervention series. Marc is a damn fascinating character.

Comments

[worldserpent.livejournal.com]

XD Er, whoops, there should have been a carriage return here.

I meant that Orochimaru is not the main villain because he lacks complexity of motivation and he seems inherently evil, not because he resembles an aging J-rocker.

[naanima.livejournal.com]

I thought you didn't mean that ;p Though I admit, looking like an aging J-rocker is proabably a strike against him ^0^ It is the inherently evil bit I'm haivng problem with, I know that's what K-sensei is aiming for, but *gestures* I just want some depth.

[worldserpent.livejournal.com]

Indeed. There is nothing wrong with looking like a J-rocker, and when you're fifty-plus, is it such a crime to start looking it? XD (Like I said before, Jiraiya is the only one of the sannin to seem to accept getting old. He's settled into the role of dirty old man with aplomb!)

Inherently evil does get old after awhile. I was wondering whether he would do it with Itachi (and I think he is doing it, he had the perfect opportunity to grey it up a bit, didn't take it), so I hope he does something less about the inborn psychopathy with the other Akatsuki members.

[naanima.livejournal.com]

Personally, no problem with the way Orochimaru looks. I liek the gaunt cheekbones look. To tell you the truh I get completely freaked out when he walks around with that young face he has under his 'face-mask' thing. (It is the truth though, loves Jiraiya for accepting the whole getting older thing. Love how he absolutely revels in being his age.)

I'm still hoping that he'll do something more with Itachi mainly because of the whole flashback bit between Itachi and Sasuke. I jsut refuse to accept the fact that the kid Itachi was could suffenly turn around and massacre him clan for no reason. Really hoping it is some sort of conspiracy on the Uchiha's part that finally pushed Itachi over the edge. Hoping.

[worldserpent.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't like his young face either. It's actually not pretty at all. But now that he's switched bodies, we won't be seeing it anymore, thankfully.

I found the flashback was mostly wasted from an Itachi perspective. What seems to have been revealed was entirely predictable. Perhaps when Sasuke finally gets back more will be developed.