Why do writers find the need to genderize the kyuubi? Makes no sense.
Why would an immortal being "feel" anything towards its container? Even if it has a conscience – and it must have otherwise fanfic would get dull pretty fast – why would it do anything at all that resembled something useful or helpful to its container? Makes no sense.
Why do most writers "assume" that humans, the shinobi even with all their might and prowess in battle, can compare to the bijuu? In fact, why would they think they can do anything, Shingami included, that they didn't want to happen in the first place? Makes no sense.
Finally, the narutoverse, canon or otherwise, is riddled with Deus ex Machina devices. Every other chapter Sasuke gains a powerup, Naruto's idiocy increases by a factor of ten and female teenagers' hormones dictate most of their action, instead of what should be a shinobi response.
Im tired of that shit.
In that spirit, I decided to write a knuckle-headed Naruto, but not an idiot, nor a naive one. I'll bypass the Oliver Twist Syndrome that plagues Naruto fanfiction to the brim.
I won't be forgiving to the Council. Danzo, on the other hand, is one of the most reliable characters to write. Point in fact: he is the only character in Konoha that actually acts like a shinobi, as we have come to understand the word.
Tsunade is a crybaby bitch of epic proportions. Beautiful, vain, and the mentality of a housewife "woe is me" with nuclear weapons as fists. I won't be forgiving as far as she is concerned as well.
Jiraya. The other possibility as far as konoha shinobi go. He understands humanity's vices and in true shinobi fashion, uses that knowledge to his benefit rather than throw a fit and grow a conscience. He's ok in my book.
Sarutobi is... an idiot. The supreme ruler of a militaritic nation, who trains children all the techniques needed to murder another human being right from the craddle, and he lets the Council do as it pleases? Sounds like a bad joke, doesn't it? In fact: it is a joke, and a terrible one. My Sarutobi will be a shinobi, the very best shinobi Konoha has to offer.
The rest of the crew doesn't matter much really, and I'll write them as I go. I do have a plan for this story, should be pretty long in comparison to my other stories.
My update ratio is inversely proportional to x and y, X= anything resembling "update soon", Y= real life. If I hear no complains of X nature and Y is not frightfully busy, then expect one chapter a month. If not, tough.
Pairings, romance, sex, etc. aren't a main concern and sex will only be used to move the plot forward, not as a wanking resort. There won't be lemons, lime or whatever type of fluff / waff. This is a shinobi story, one to make you think that the author must be an utter asshole to write what you'll be reading. You won't see any graphic sex at all in this story só if that's what drew the M-rating readers to this nook of the net, you better search elsewhere.
This is NOT going to be a pretty story. I'm not worried about a happy or a sad ending, as much as a coherent one.
The first, real chapter, should be released April, 15th.
A word to canon fanatics: I despise the argument that something is ridiculous because it isn't on canon. Kishimoto makes a good job of destroying his creation, why harp on me? That being said, I stopped reading the manga right when I felt it was a never ending filler, rather than a story with a somewhat coherent plotline. To me, that happened a bit after the Chuunin exams, can't say precisely which chapter, but there you go. I don't care about what Kishimoto did to the story afterwards, I don't care if this character or that was introduced later on, or any "logical incongruity" you think I comitted. Read first, then judge.