Oh-ho.  Interesting theory -- one that I personally would like to be
explored a bit beyond just a SPAMfic.  I can't really figure out who the
delusional one is here --  Sasuke or Itachi.  Either brother would have to
be in some serious denial to be the one responsible for his clan's massacre,
and yet manage to displace the responsibility and convince themselves that
the other sibling did it.  If Sasuke *is* the responsible one, there would
have to be some heavy-duty mental illness and/or inner power at work that
would allow him to keep Itachi's double three-point shangaran from actually
showing him the truth.  And if Itachi is, as Sasuke's memories indicate in
the manga, responsible for the massacre, does Itachi have some kind of
schizophrenia or dissociative identity disorder that would convince him to
place the blame on his innocent little brother -- and them torture him for
it, trying to force Sasuke to remember something that never happened?

You did a better job of summing up my idea just then, than I did in writing it.
:D  I definitely agree that there's grist for a full-fledged story, here, but I
don't think I'll be the one to write it. :)  I had a hard time keeping my head
wrapped around the notion long enough to do the SPAMfic without contradicting
myself (much). :D

For the purposes of this story, I wanted it to be completely unclear what really
happened that day.  The idea boils down to this--that they both hate for the
exact same reason, but only one of them is right. ^___^

Either possibility is intriguing.  As it stands, your ficlet raises more
questions than it answers.  I'm hoping your fic muse allows you explore it
further, for our entertainment.  ^_~

*lol*  The raising of the questions was what I was hoping for, actually.  It's
an idea with a lot of possibilities, and as for what the real truth of the
matter is... maybe that's in the eye of the beholder. :)  If anyone wants to
explore this idea further, I'd love to see what came of it. :)

Thanks for commenting!  I appreciate it!

^_^

Yoiko


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