MDaS Author's Commentary

by Noandra

If you've got questions about my writing process or headcanon, or why I say yes to some ideas and not others, there's a good chance I answer it here. This is literally just me word vomiting my thought process with My Dreams are Smart! and trying to answer as many questions as I can.

2. Chapter 2 - Chapter Concepts

1. Replace all the teachers' lesson plans with fuuinjutsu scrolls and make fun of them for knowing less than a kid

2. Pajama Revolution

3. Naruto starts writing down Kurama's lectures to put in a textbook later.

4. A rare snowy day in Konoha leads to Naruto and his summons delighting in shoving snow down everyone's shirt

5. Naruto convinces everyone the whole village is haunted

6. While researching his dad, Naruto finds out he was a toad summoner and makes connections to Pervy Sage. He immediately starts coming up with more and more convoluted stories to justify this without them knowing each other, until Pervy Sage delights in telling Naruto all about Minato's time as his student. Kurama just makes fun of Naruto for being delusional.

7. Naruto finds a very orange jacket. Kurama is horrified. Naruto somehow remains just as elusive as ever. The ANBU's confidence is even more irreparably shattered.

8. Naruto keeps a diary. Jiraiya reads it because he doesn't care about common decency. He immediately regrets that decision.

9. Hanabi is born. Naruto immediately starts planning her corruption.

10. Naruto tries fishing. Kurama gives a suggestion. It goes poorly.

11. Why do all the ninja wear sandals? Way too impractical! (note: what shoes should Naruto wear?)

12. Start a side gig where Naruto gives Kurama-style lectures to ninja

13. Naruto goes Christmas caroling

14. The fanclubs start a war

15. Expand Foxbux to Wave and become the dominant economic force there so Gato can go suck it

16. Naruto finds he actually has talent for things like drawing and paper mache, so he starts an art auction at the Academy.

17. Naruto tries tie-dying a shirt. It does not go well.

18. Naruto starts snacking on raw spaghetti. Everyone is confused.

19. Kurama is fascinated by Naruto's biology class. He knew humans were pathetic, but their sheer complexity just emphasizes how many ways there are to smoosh them to death. No wonder they're so terrified of everything!

20. Naruto and Kurama try to cast a genjutsu. It goes very wrong. They swear off genjutsu.

21. Naruto and Sasuke hate swimming. Naruto lords his water walking over a very wet Sasuke. Sasuke is not amused.

22. Kakashi's dogs and Naruto's foxes get along concerningly well

23. Kurama suggests dance lessons to help with coordination. Sasuke is very displeased.

24. Naruto sucks at making poisons

25. Naruto vs. his foxes over a giant beanbag chair

26. Naruto does not know movie theater etiquette

27. Naruto gives himself a middle name

28. Naruto tries crochet. He really sucks at it and is very salty about it.

29. Stupid hat fashion show.

30. Hinata and Naruto have a "relaxing" afternoon drawing together

31. Naruto tries being in a movie. He makes for a very good protagonist

32. Sock collection?

33. Naruto realizes his hair's getting pretty long. Naruto and Hinata have a hair day. They try (in vain) to fix Sasuke's duck butt

34. Could Kurama hypothetically possess a clone? (I'm not sure if I wanna do this, it might kind of mess up the dynamic of indirect communication but also I'm starting to move past that anyway?)

35. Flower crown! Kurama does not abide by stupid human standards of what's childish!

36. Hinata's birthday

37. Jashin helps spread The Word

38. Just an average meal in Sasuke's house. Yes, Naruto's totally there. Yes, it's definitely an average meal.

39. Kurama gets into Sudoku?

40. Naruto loses his apartment keys

41. Hinata gets a part time job at Naruto's coffee shop? Maybe her mom stops by in a show of support? (Hanabi isn't born yet, although her mom is probably in about her fourth or fifth month of pregnancy)

42. Crusade against homework

43. Naruto holds himself back from graduating early out of sheer spite

44. Maybe we add Minato's ghost to the dynamic?

45. A certain crazy person stops by Naruto's taijutsu training to see his "Eternal Rival's" new student

46. Naruto meets Lee. Naruto and Kurama debate the merits of doing something very stupid.

47. Hinata tries to give Naruto voice lessons

48. Itachi starts asking Naruto for Kurama's advice

49. Sugar isn't a poison :)

50. Naruto complains that the boys don't get to join the girls' flower-picking class

51. Hiruzen asks Naruto to bring Tsunade back

52. Orochimaru meets the cult. He is very disturbed.

53. Naruto meets/maybe recruits Kabuto

54. Dissection lab. Naruto is disturbingly enthusiastic