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My Karin headcanons
Boy, I’ve got a full manga worth of those! Where do I even begin? haha, I think I will just post my favorite ones or the ones I use the most, from pre-Shippuuden Karin, Oto! Karin, Shippuuden!Karin, and current!Karin.
Pre-Shippuuden Karin
- The Karin that Sasuke met had yet to lose her village.
- I tend to picture pre!massacre Karin as being on the demure-ish side but with a hidden (Uzumaki™) temper. Like, the kind who is more drawn into herself and sort of insecure (she didn’t have her sensing back then in my head-canon, so she didn’t really perceive herself as anything special) but if you push her buttons god help you.
- I also picture as being pretty polite, in contrast with how rough, outspoken, and tomboyish she is now.
- I think she got taken with Sasuke because when he saved her, he was so strong and so kind. It was the combination that got her. Definitely worth admiring.
- I think her sensing ability fully awoke on the day of the slaughter due to the sheer quantity of chakra that was coming. It is my head-canon that she tried to warn those she came across, but they didn’t believe her and/or dismissed her words.
- I like to picture her living with her parents and grandma for some reason (though I think it’s likely that she had a guardian or something of the sort). In my head-canon, they do believe her because they could sense them too, but they tell Karin there was no time for them to make it out and she should leave and cling to life.
- (Spoiler for the Maybe Next Time sequel!!) One of my favorite head-canons is that Karin developed her “being able to turn off her chakra to go completely unnoticed” that night since she was hiding from those who were attacking the village.
- When Orochimaru finds her in the ruins of her village, Sasuke is with him. So my head-canon is that the main reason why Karin tags along is because of Sasuke, since she was able to perceive how dark and “evil” the feeling of Oro’s chakra was.
Karin in Otogakure
- Karin didn’t really have much shinobi training before Oto, so Orochimaru put Sasuke in charge of training her since that could help Sasuke himself hone his base abilities.
- Karin is initially confused by how well Sasuke seemed to understand what she was going through (never pushing, offering silent comfort in his own way) and when she learned of what happened to his clan, she vowed to herself that she would aid him to find Itachi when the time came. (Unknown to her, it is precisely her sensing that gives Sasuke the idea to gather his own team some time down the line).
- It is thanks to Sasuke being there that Karin slowly overcomes her grief for the loss of her village and he becomes “the only thing she has left”, so to speak. But she sees that Sasuke is far from happy; that he still carries a weight that is nurturing his suffering from the inside-out. So Karin makes it her mission to see him smile again because of that, and because she wants to repay him for everything he has (unknowingly) done for her.
- She knows vengeance doesn’t bring happiness because it won’t bring back the people you’ve lost but respects Sasuke’s way of living too much and believes he will pull through once he’s put his ghosts to rest.
- So she willingly endures and puts herself through Orochimaru’s experiments because she wants to grow into her own strength to be able to seize her goals with both hands, and do not have to lose anyone important ever again. She makes sure to learn as much as she possibly can to make up for any weaknesses and hones her sensing abilities as much as she can.
- Karin’s personality begins to change into the girl she is because she knows being respected and feared is the only way to survive in Oto. Survival of the fittest. Sasuke also starts to really rub off on her, which is why their outward attitudes are so similar lol
- And being pretty adept at reading people, she uses this to her advantage (feigning loyalty to Orochimaru).
- Despite the trouble it brings her, Karin is thankful for her heal-bite because with it she can make sure to never let those precious to her die again. It is this thought that aids her to endure it when prisoners and experiments bite her.
- Speaking about biting: Karin’s sexual desire for Sasuke begins to develop once Sasuke bites her. The feeling she gets when she feels her chakra mingling with his own coupled with his touch aroused her from the get-go. She was confused by it at first, but then she wanted more and it helped her become more comfortable with exploring her sexuality.
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- She develops tsundere tendencies because 379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡddboGjvx19
- a) she knows that if those around her notice that she loves Sasuke, they will be using it against her or worse, separate them. 379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9zzfoo1ex
- b) She knows Sasuke has got no time for love - yet - so she doesn’t want her feelings to get in their way and is okay with waiting until the time is right.
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- So basically: her emotional control is such because 379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhobMs4DRVp
- a) the tools she trusts the most are her mind and her senses, so she can’t let them get sidetracked by her emotions 379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxlueAM0yN
- b) expressing her feelings would have made her vulnerable, and that was lethal in Oto.
- Karin knows that Sasuke was going to rebel against Orochimaru sooner or later, so when Oro separated and shipped her off to the Southern Base, she was counting the days until it happened lol
Shippuuden Karin
- I love to think that the little black dress she wore was Konan’s! Either Tobi offered it to her or she found it laying around in the base and took it because her clothes got messed up.
- She found out from Juugo that Sasuke risked his life to save her own and was pretty touched by it, but she still lectured him over being so reckless lol
- On that same line: while Karin is touched when Sasuke protects her, it also irritates her because she can watch after herself and would rather protect him.
- Karin understands Sasuke’s base personality a little too well, so she’s not bothered by his bluntness. His apparent dismissal of her flirting doesn’t deter her either because she knows the time will come when he will catch on lol
- Though she may not say it, Karin likes Juugo a lot and finds him pretty reliable; she also trusts him to take care of Sasuke in her stead when she’s not around.
- Suigetsu is the thorn in her side, but she’s got to admit things get pretty quiet when he’s not around hahaha
- Karin knows that Sasuke values her and cares about her. She doesn’t need him to say it to know it. That’s why she never saw his betrayal coming.
- Karin is embarrassed by the FoD because of how lousy the first impression Sasuke got of her was (in her eyes, at least) hahaha
- It was Sasuke’s conversation with Naruto and a subtle change in Sasuke’s chakra due to Naruto’s words that made Karin start to think that not everything might be lost after all.
Current!Karin
- She went back to Sasuke because she perceived the change in his chakra.
- She is still hurt over what happened, but can’t really help herself because temporarily losing Sasuke only strengthened her feelings for him.
- That’s why she’s being more outward with her feelings; because she is so relieved to have him back that she can’t contain them lol
- Still, a part of her is still wary and fears that whatever affected him may happen again.
- I’ve always thought she isn’t aware of her Uzumaki legacy, but I’m considering revisiting this head-canon sometime in the future lol
- She is pretty curious about Sasuke’s bond with Naruto not only due to what she saw in the aftermath of the Danzou fight but also because she had already heard about it back in Oto.
General
- Due to her sensing and her sharp perception, Karin can pick-up on people’s moods and thoughts with scary accuracy; but she tries to keep that at bay when it comes to other people’s feelings (aside from Sasuke’s and - more recently - Taka’s) because it only brings trouble.
- She loves perfumes because a lot of things for Karin are about the senses. In this case, different aromas awake different parts of her, and they also remind her of different places and times in her life.
- She was always a little perverted, but her time with Oro totally brought it out hahaha
- Karin admires how headstrong Sasuke and loves how kind he is even though he might not show it.
- Being Oro’s loyal subordinate is nothing but an act and she thinks he is a creep, but a part of her is grateful to him because it was through her time in Oto that she became as strong as she is now.
- What turns her on about Sasuke biting her isn’t only his touch, but the feeling of their chakra mingling together.
aaaaaand since I’ve basically got a Karin living inside my head, I think I better cut this now or we’ll be here all night hahaha but I may come back and add a few more to keep track of them later~!
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