The Connections That He Ended Up Making Before Leaving The Village - Blog Posts

It’s really tragic to think about what kind of person/kid Sasuke could of been if the massacre hadn’t happened. Especially when we get flashbacks of a baby sasuke from the ‘before’; all bright and happy and energetic. The trauma from the genocide really made him revert into himself so severely, to the point where he felt his only safe emotions were frustration, irritation, smugness, jealousy, and stoicism.

If the massacre hadn’t happened, I think that genin / teen sasuke would of been more... well, happy obviously, but more transparent about it. Quick to laugh, much better at teamwork than he was, shy, a bit more anxious/more eager to please and prove himself, a little more outwardly doubtful of himself, and kinder. Of course, Sasuke has always been kind: even with his canon self. It’s been hinted at numerous times in canon about Sasuke being ‘soft’; or just kind, especially in shippuden with his ‘no killing rule’, and numerous other lilttle things that he’s done in interactions with others. But no genocide Sasuke would of been more generous with letting it show and wearing it on his sleeves.

But that Sasuke died from the moment he stepped onto the compound that night.