Personality: As a child, Sasuke played the role of little brother well enough. Loved his mother, wanted only to please his father, and wore his title as Itachi’s youngest sibling with admirable skill, both adoring and striving to be just like him – if not better. Yet, with his clan’s massacre at his brother’s hands, all of that changed. Love slid right into the realm of hate, and from that moment on, he has done nothing but push himself for its sake.
This has crafted a young man who has never once forgotten where it was he has come from – one of the most prestigious clans to grace Konoha’s grounds - and over the years, this has taken root and blossomed into something quite dark indeed. From it, a haughtiness has spawned that has him bowing before no one, not even for shows of basic respect. It’s head held high in a cool show of arrogance and eyes that glitter with frigid condescension.
He’s distant and does little to dispel the image he has crafted for himself, which is namely that he is better than you. This has become more of an understood matter since he left his village, where he lets his talents speak for himself on that. In fact, there seems little of the fire-branded youth that Sasuke once was: searing smirk on his lips, ready to gloat or easily prodded into overreacting out of jealousy and a self-consuming desire to be strong enough to kill that man. Rather, in the power he has garnered since his betrayal, Sasuke has become enshrouded in cool confidence, one that at times might lead you to believe there is little left beneath it all of the boy who had once cowed his own Ego for the sake of saving his teammates.
One could say there’s something of a mystery that has come to cloak this older version. He shields his thoughts readily, giving nothing away most of the time, and if he does, it’s only when he’s pushed to his limits, and even then, those minute betrayals of reactions can be difficult to come by. He’s far more composed, more calculating even, yet manages to give a sense of honesty whenever he speaks. Perhaps it’s the seemingly unshakable confidence, or maybe he’s just learned to deal deceit as easily as he does blows. Whatever it is, Sasuke moves through his life with a certainty that no longer acknowledges any other possible options.
The only thing that has seemed to temper any of this is the fact that under it all Sasuke held on to some semblance of caring. While he rarely offers a comforting word and tends to seal all actions with a scalding pride, it didn’t change the fact that when push came to shove, he wasn’t about to leave a teammate for dead or kill anyone unnecessarily. [Granted, as far as “the rest of the world” is concerned, he doesn’t seem to give much of a damn for the most part - unless it's Konoha, and then that, well. . .he has his thoughts on what precisely they deserve for all that his clan, his brother has suffered. And one could argue easily enough that it’s the fear of losing yet another person close to him that drives his rasher actions – though, the idea that anyone is considered remotely close to Uchiha Sasuke might take some people by surprise.]
There have been glimpses of this side of him – a strangely nostalgic smile, the thank you that winds its way out when a teammate comes to his aid or the fear that rises and drives him to save a fallen teammate – that creep out every so often. Subtle things that are rare occurrences, but let you know that not everything had been slain for the sake of revenge, that something of a heart still remained underneath all the ice. The lasting vestiges of a time spent as part of a team hardly forgotten, of the boy that might have once been if not for a moonlit night steeped in blood.
Make no mistake, however, he is still cold to the touch with one current objective in mind. He’s neither wholly good-gone-terribly-awry nor is he the boy-next-door, but rather he walks somewhere between the two, making his own way as he once stated he would.
Sasuke maintains this attitude – distant but in control, aware of all he is and what he wants - throughout most of the time skip. However, there’s an abrupt shift that comes with the Kage Summit. Regarding his interactions at the summit, the cool facade begins to dissolve. Whatever control Sasuke held over his own emotions breaks down, leaving behind someone who is wholly consumed by the power of his own hatred.
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This has crafted a young man who has never once forgotten where it was he has come from – one of the most prestigious clans to grace Konoha’s grounds - and over the years, this has taken root and blossomed into something quite dark indeed. From it, a haughtiness has spawned that has him bowing before no one, not even for shows of basic respect. It’s head held high in a cool show of arrogance and eyes that glitter with frigid condescension.
He’s distant and does little to dispel the image he has crafted for himself, which is namely that he is better than you. This has become more of an understood matter since he left his village, where he lets his talents speak for himself on that. In fact, there seems little of the fire-branded youth that Sasuke once was: searing smirk on his lips, ready to gloat or easily prodded into overreacting out of jealousy and a self-consuming desire to be strong enough to kill that man. Rather, in the power he has garnered since his betrayal, Sasuke has become enshrouded in cool confidence, one that at times might lead you to believe there is little left beneath it all of the boy who had once cowed his own Ego for the sake of saving his teammates.
One could say there’s something of a mystery that has come to cloak this older version. He shields his thoughts readily, giving nothing away most of the time, and if he does, it’s only when he’s pushed to his limits, and even then, those minute betrayals of reactions can be difficult to come by. He’s far more composed, more calculating even, yet manages to give a sense of honesty whenever he speaks. Perhaps it’s the seemingly unshakable confidence, or maybe he’s just learned to deal deceit as easily as he does blows. Whatever it is, Sasuke moves through his life with a certainty that no longer acknowledges any other possible options.
The only thing that has seemed to temper any of this is the fact that under it all Sasuke held on to some semblance of caring. While he rarely offers a comforting word and tends to seal all actions with a scalding pride, it didn’t change the fact that when push came to shove, he wasn’t about to leave a teammate for dead or kill anyone unnecessarily. [Granted, as far as “the rest of the world” is concerned, he doesn’t seem to give much of a damn for the most part - unless it's Konoha, and then that, well. . .he has his thoughts on what precisely they deserve for all that his clan, his brother has suffered. And one could argue easily enough that it’s the fear of losing yet another person close to him that drives his rasher actions – though, the idea that anyone is considered remotely close to Uchiha Sasuke might take some people by surprise.]
There have been glimpses of this side of him – a strangely nostalgic smile, the thank you that winds its way out when a teammate comes to his aid or the fear that rises and drives him to save a fallen teammate – that creep out every so often. Subtle things that are rare occurrences, but let you know that not everything had been slain for the sake of revenge, that something of a heart still remained underneath all the ice. The lasting vestiges of a time spent as part of a team hardly forgotten, of the boy that might have once been if not for a moonlit night steeped in blood.
Make no mistake, however, he is still cold to the touch with one current objective in mind. He’s neither wholly good-gone-terribly-awry nor is he the boy-next-door, but rather he walks somewhere between the two, making his own way as he once stated he would.
Sasuke maintains this attitude – distant but in control, aware of all he is and what he wants - throughout most of the time skip. However, there’s an abrupt shift that comes with the Kage Summit. Regarding his interactions at the summit, the cool facade begins to dissolve. Whatever control Sasuke held over his own emotions breaks down, leaving behind someone who is wholly consumed by the power of his own hatred.