No no, you're SO RIGHT like whenever Kakashi is shipped with someone else he's super submissive, and he's almost always the bottom when he's shipped with Guy. Yet he's exclusively a top with Iruka???? I guess I can see why people do that, but it seems really shallow and uncreative. I love a kakairu fic where Kakashi bottoms, and I love a kakairu fic where Kakashi is super invested in the relationship. It's always that Iruka is chasing Kakashi, and Iruka is unsure of his worth, etc. I LOVE how you're writing this fic, it's so refreshing! Especially since Iruka is one of my absolute favorites in the whole series, so I love to seen him portrayed this way. And the characterization for both Kakashi and Iruka in your fic seems more nuanced, multifaceted, and grounded in canon, which is awesome.
I hate to say it but I agree and it feels somewhat uncreative, especially when its clear theres been no thought or weight put to it, as if kakashi being dominant is just default! and i also love fics where kakashi is the one thats super invested. one of my favorite tropes and things to write between them is making kakashi absolutely down bad like crazy because, hes definitely the type to fall hard without meaning to. and yeah, its always iruka chasing kakashi! i think lots of people misrepresent the power imbalance between them and make it a bigger deal than it needs to be. so what kakashi's a jounin and one of the most decorated shinobi? if you look at him from the perspective of someone like iruka who generally has his life together, Kakashi is a mess, and definitely not someone iruka should be fawning over. ive always felt that iruka is way too self-confident to secong guess himself or his worth the way i sometimes see him portrayed. i much perfer depicting him as humble, instead of self-depracating. Iruka is also one of my absolute favorites and i try hard to do right by him, and kakashi both!
thankyou so much for this comment! so glad youre enjoying so far!!! <3
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