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[nick / name]: Mome
[personal LJ name]: Momeraths28
[other characters currently played]: none
[e-mail]: momeraths.outgrabe@hotmail.com
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[series]: Naruto
[character]: Obito Uchiha
[character history / background]: Link to Obito’s page on Naruto Wiki
[character abilities]:
At the point I’m taking him from, Obito has not yet activated the Sharingan, his bloodline limit. Being a member of the Uchiha clan, he has an affinity to fire attacks and can use Katon: Goukakyu no Jutsu, which is seen as a rite of passage technique within the clan, as well as other typical ninja abilities such as being able to walk on water and fight proficiently with kunai and shuriken. Compared to his cousins, Obito is by no means useless - he graduated from the Academy three years younger than Sasuke and becomes a chuunin only a year older than the age Itachi did. However, this is also coupled by the hefty 1/5 he gets for intelligence. The key point about Obito’s abilities is that he is a shinobi with potential, which was sadly never realised.
[character personality]:
The name Uchiha is a blessing and a curse. Obito finds strength and identity in his clan: wearing the Uchiha crest, learning the clan techniques and striving to awaken the Sharingan. However, in a family of geniuses, average isn’t good enough.
As well as lacking in overt talent, his personality is one not suited to a shinobi. He’s forgetful, disorganised and always late, providing ridiculous excuses as to why (a trait Kakashi Hatake, his teammate, adopts as a memorial to him). Even though he is a chuunin by the time Kakashi Gaiden occurs, he still gets upset and frightened by the attack of enemy nin. Though he defends himself through brash argument to his rival, inside he feels like a loser and the weak member of the team.
Rather unhelpfully for a ninja whose eyes are his most important weapons, Obito uses eye drops and often complains there is something in his eye - not that he would ever use this as an excuse for crying…
His teammates are Kakashi and Rin, and their team leader is Minato Namikaze. Team Yellow Flash is a similar set up to Team 7 - Obito and Kakashi are rivals, Obito has a crush on Rin, who in turn has a crush on Kakashi, who…just wants his team to stop being distracted and complete the mission.
Obito prefers to go at his own pace and shows there is something below the surface when Rin’s life is in danger. He looks past the rules and regulations of shinobi law to see his teammates as people. Kakashi tells him emotions are useless and should be stamped out, but Obito knows emotions give a person strength. At the same time, he realises that just saying that is not enough: he has to prove himself through his actions. It is this new-found determination that awakens his Sharingan as he strives to defend Kakashi and save Rin. Rejecting Kakashi’s notion that a shinobi is someone who follows the rules, he substitutes this as someone who protects their teammates - honouring the name of Kakashi’s father in the process. Obito, though beaten in ability, status and love, shows he has it in him to be a hero as he sacrifices himself to save his rival and gives him the gift of his newly activated Sharingan.
Everything that Obito is can be summed up in the famous well, within fandom anyway quote that Kakashi goes on to take as his own philosophy:
Those in the ninja world who break the rules and regulations are called trash. But those who don’t care about their companions are even worse trash. Anyway, if I’m that kind of trash, I’ll break the rules! If that’s not being a true shinobi, then I’ll crush that idea of a shinobi! (Naruto manga ch.241 p.19)
[point in timeline you're picking your character from]: Age 12, so one year after being made chuunin and one year before his death.
[journal post]:
Rin, I’ve got another plan to see under Kakashi-teme’s mask. I know, I know, the last one cost us three missions’ wages Sandaime-sama’s roof was only a little exploded, personally I think he needs a break. It’s not healthy for a guy to turn that shade of purple but hear me out! Since this is Top Secret, meet me by the fountain for details.
But first I need to ask - can you henge into a banana?
[third person / log sample]:
Thunk. The kunai hit the centre of the target. Obito blinked at it, then ran over to check his eyes weren’t playing tricks on him. It didn’t matter the other three were out by a centimetre or so (his aim had an annoying way of veering to the left), this one was dead on!
Now why the hell did this always happen when no one was around?
Sensei had decided today would be a good day for ‘independent training’, which translated to ‘I’m fed up of you and Kakashi sniping at each other and Rin doesn’t deserve to put up with this either.’ Obito had left sharpish because he didn’t want to hear Rin timidly suggest to Kakashi they continue with the medical training she was giving him. She’d offered it to Obito and he’d accepted in a moment of spluttered joy and then quickly unaccepted because his chakra control was all over the place. Rin saw him being a loser enough of the time as it was: he didn’t need to fan the flames. But Kakashi, the bastard, had accepted; another accomplishment to add to his list of amazing feats and now she was training him. Which meant they were alone. Together.
His hand rested on the matting round the base of the kunai. It was rough for better grip and made the pale skin of his palm blush red. Obito glared at his hand - what a girly thing for it to do!
He wasn’t improving fast enough. His father didn’t need to say it, he just had a look that Obito had become all too familiar with. Already there were cousins younger than him who were at his standard; soon they would be better. He stared at the bulls-eye. They were saying the kinds of things about his three year old cousin Itachi that they’d said about Kakashi when he started at the Academy. Any flicker of interest about Obito, or rather, Obito’s surname, had died down quickly. A sub-par Uchiha, well there had to be one dud in every batch, right?
Obito yanked the kunai out and hurled it through the forest, far beyond where he’d set up targets (his father’s old training targets, which had an Uchiha crest for a background. Sometimes Obito’s vision was in red and white.) Sighing loudly for the benefit of any birds or insects that happened to be around, he set off running, hopping from branch to branch, not caring where he ended up.
Which was just as well, considering he managed to cross into another dimension. If he wasn’t so caught up in his thoughts, he might have bet, rather smugly, that Hatake had never done that.
[personal LJ name]: Momeraths28
[other characters currently played]: none
[e-mail]: momeraths.outgrabe@hotmail.com
[AIM / messenger]: ninjagoggles on AIM
[series]: Naruto
[character]: Obito Uchiha
[character history / background]: Link to Obito’s page on Naruto Wiki
[character abilities]:
At the point I’m taking him from, Obito has not yet activated the Sharingan, his bloodline limit. Being a member of the Uchiha clan, he has an affinity to fire attacks and can use Katon: Goukakyu no Jutsu, which is seen as a rite of passage technique within the clan, as well as other typical ninja abilities such as being able to walk on water and fight proficiently with kunai and shuriken. Compared to his cousins, Obito is by no means useless - he graduated from the Academy three years younger than Sasuke and becomes a chuunin only a year older than the age Itachi did. However, this is also coupled by the hefty 1/5 he gets for intelligence. The key point about Obito’s abilities is that he is a shinobi with potential, which was sadly never realised.
[character personality]:
The name Uchiha is a blessing and a curse. Obito finds strength and identity in his clan: wearing the Uchiha crest, learning the clan techniques and striving to awaken the Sharingan. However, in a family of geniuses, average isn’t good enough.
As well as lacking in overt talent, his personality is one not suited to a shinobi. He’s forgetful, disorganised and always late, providing ridiculous excuses as to why (a trait Kakashi Hatake, his teammate, adopts as a memorial to him). Even though he is a chuunin by the time Kakashi Gaiden occurs, he still gets upset and frightened by the attack of enemy nin. Though he defends himself through brash argument to his rival, inside he feels like a loser and the weak member of the team.
Rather unhelpfully for a ninja whose eyes are his most important weapons, Obito uses eye drops and often complains there is something in his eye - not that he would ever use this as an excuse for crying…
His teammates are Kakashi and Rin, and their team leader is Minato Namikaze. Team Yellow Flash is a similar set up to Team 7 - Obito and Kakashi are rivals, Obito has a crush on Rin, who in turn has a crush on Kakashi, who…just wants his team to stop being distracted and complete the mission.
Obito prefers to go at his own pace and shows there is something below the surface when Rin’s life is in danger. He looks past the rules and regulations of shinobi law to see his teammates as people. Kakashi tells him emotions are useless and should be stamped out, but Obito knows emotions give a person strength. At the same time, he realises that just saying that is not enough: he has to prove himself through his actions. It is this new-found determination that awakens his Sharingan as he strives to defend Kakashi and save Rin. Rejecting Kakashi’s notion that a shinobi is someone who follows the rules, he substitutes this as someone who protects their teammates - honouring the name of Kakashi’s father in the process. Obito, though beaten in ability, status and love, shows he has it in him to be a hero as he sacrifices himself to save his rival and gives him the gift of his newly activated Sharingan.
Everything that Obito is can be summed up in the famous well, within fandom anyway quote that Kakashi goes on to take as his own philosophy:
Those in the ninja world who break the rules and regulations are called trash. But those who don’t care about their companions are even worse trash. Anyway, if I’m that kind of trash, I’ll break the rules! If that’s not being a true shinobi, then I’ll crush that idea of a shinobi! (Naruto manga ch.241 p.19)
[point in timeline you're picking your character from]: Age 12, so one year after being made chuunin and one year before his death.
[journal post]:
Rin, I’ve got another plan to see under Kakashi-teme’s mask. I know, I know, the last one cost us three missions’ wages Sandaime-sama’s roof was only a little exploded, personally I think he needs a break. It’s not healthy for a guy to turn that shade of purple but hear me out! Since this is Top Secret, meet me by the fountain for details.
But first I need to ask - can you henge into a banana?
[third person / log sample]:
Thunk. The kunai hit the centre of the target. Obito blinked at it, then ran over to check his eyes weren’t playing tricks on him. It didn’t matter the other three were out by a centimetre or so (his aim had an annoying way of veering to the left), this one was dead on!
Now why the hell did this always happen when no one was around?
Sensei had decided today would be a good day for ‘independent training’, which translated to ‘I’m fed up of you and Kakashi sniping at each other and Rin doesn’t deserve to put up with this either.’ Obito had left sharpish because he didn’t want to hear Rin timidly suggest to Kakashi they continue with the medical training she was giving him. She’d offered it to Obito and he’d accepted in a moment of spluttered joy and then quickly unaccepted because his chakra control was all over the place. Rin saw him being a loser enough of the time as it was: he didn’t need to fan the flames. But Kakashi, the bastard, had accepted; another accomplishment to add to his list of amazing feats and now she was training him. Which meant they were alone. Together.
His hand rested on the matting round the base of the kunai. It was rough for better grip and made the pale skin of his palm blush red. Obito glared at his hand - what a girly thing for it to do!
He wasn’t improving fast enough. His father didn’t need to say it, he just had a look that Obito had become all too familiar with. Already there were cousins younger than him who were at his standard; soon they would be better. He stared at the bulls-eye. They were saying the kinds of things about his three year old cousin Itachi that they’d said about Kakashi when he started at the Academy. Any flicker of interest about Obito, or rather, Obito’s surname, had died down quickly. A sub-par Uchiha, well there had to be one dud in every batch, right?
Obito yanked the kunai out and hurled it through the forest, far beyond where he’d set up targets (his father’s old training targets, which had an Uchiha crest for a background. Sometimes Obito’s vision was in red and white.) Sighing loudly for the benefit of any birds or insects that happened to be around, he set off running, hopping from branch to branch, not caring where he ended up.
Which was just as well, considering he managed to cross into another dimension. If he wasn’t so caught up in his thoughts, he might have bet, rather smugly, that Hatake had never done that.