Nara Shikamaru // 奈良・シカマル (haecceity) wrote,
@ 2009-09-10 21:04:00

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Ask me anything about Shikamaru—I'll answer it with as much detail as possible according to what I know so far, tl;dr included. It can be as impersonal or as personal as you want it to be.

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haecceity
2009-09-10 03:57 pm UTC (link)

1. I wouldn't say he thinks about Tenten aside from when he has to, and that's only when he has to plan things with her (if any at all in archery) or when he has to talk to her. She's just another girl that has a thing for overpowering men because she's a feminist, and he understands that. It doesn't mean he has to agree with it. This leads him to take a similar way of approaching Tenten as he does with Sakura—disagreeing with her just because he can, in the most logical way possible.

As a person and as a girl, he doesn't really have an opinion of her. But don't feel bad! He doesn't really have an opinion on people unless they're really important to him (this is canonically Team Asuma, Team Shikamaru, Kurenai, and maybe Temari but not as much as the Konoha-nins).

2. Probably the summer between his sophomore and junior year of high school. That was when his sensei would play shougi with him , with the stakes of paying for Chouji's meal tab. It's not really the countless games he played during that summer, but rather the quiet atmosphere that accompanied it. The summer breeze, the smell of cigarettes, and the sound of cicadas around the balcony of his sensei's apartment.

3. No. I actually have a backstory for this! Sort of. It's flexible and it might or might not be the girl you think it is but lmfao hi. 8)

When he was fourteen, he met a high school girl about three years his senior. He was getting bullied and about to get his money taken away (which he had the situation under control with a makeshift foolproof plan), and she barged in his life by taking him by his hand and dragging him away. Typical story of boy meets girl, girl meets boy, except the situation is nothing beyond the fact that he was on his way home and she was lost. He gave her directions back to her apartment like any person would, and promptly parted without much of a thought in his mind.

It was later that night that he was doing errands for his mother when he ran into the girl again in a park near his neighborhood. Without much of a thought, because girls shouldn't be left alone in the dark, he kept her company. They talked about everything and nothing, and once again, they parted without much thought on the subject.

Every so often they met at the same park, and it became more like a scheduled thing for them. Sometimes they talked, and sometimes they sat around not saying a word. But it all worked out, you know? A couple of months passed and this became a regular event in both their lives, and one day the girl came to him with a piece of news: she was moving away. They wouldn't see each other again, because the park was too far away. There was also a whole bunch of business that Shikamaru won't ever disclose to others because it's not his place to (and I want to give flexibility if anyone wants to use this backstory), but by the end of the night they became a couple. A low-key couple but still. A couple.

A couple of years passed. The girl move onto college, and Shikamaru moved onto high school. And as life revolved around them, the girl began to notice that Shikamaru was rapidly becoming an adult. Not in the way that most perverts would think of that sentence, but in the way that despite his laziness and indifferent attitude, Shikamaru was a pretty nice and dependable guy. There were some ups and downs in the relationship, but somehow it managed to last four years, until Shikamaru hit eighteen. I assume they broke up because the chick went abroad or there was some irreconcilable differences. I like the first option better. But they parted on pretty good terms, I'd think!

He probably lost it around sixteen or seventeen. 8)

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oriental_dragon
2009-09-10 04:46 pm UTC (link)

1. On a scale from one to ten, one being a hell no never gonna happen, ten being highly possible, and in association with all the girls he knows in current comm canon [ie. Ino, Sakura, and Tenten... because I don't think he knows Hinata yet], rank the likeliness of Shikamaru being in a relationship with them. And explain why for each.

2. How the hell did he get into pot?

3. How does Shikamaru view herself? On all aspects.

4. The wildest thing Shikamaru has ever done. Does he regret it? Why or why not?

5. What is one of Shikamaru's most well-kept secrets?

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haecceity
2009-09-10 05:16 pm UTC (link)

1. Ino: 1. She's his childhood friend, and while something without strings attached might be a possibility, neither of them would want that type of outcome because it might jeopardize their friendship, however dysfunctional it may be.
Sakura: 1. He's her student. Not only is that breaching the barrier, it shows that Shikamaru is prone to favoritism, and with Sasuke looking over him like a hawk on any vulnerabilities, he can't take any chances. Not that he's attracted to Sakura in any shape or form... really.
Tenten: 1. They just don't clash together as a relationship type of pair, imo. Shikamaru is a very particular person, and for him it's like a hit or miss type of thing. That, and he probably doesn't date down or across. :(

2. On a whim, like most things he's into (go, shougi, archery, biology, chemistry, TAing, &c.). He's not an addict though, I swear.

3. Himself, you mean? ;)

It's not that he's an insecure person as a whole, but that he's insecure about how dependable he is to others. He understands that he doesn't have the best personality in the world, but he'd rather stick to being himself than being fake and make lots of friends he can't trust. But he's aware that he has a shit personality and is willing to take full advantage of it. The problem is, if he makes a mistake, he'll dwell on it for a bit and blame only himself. Especially if it's a problem that spans a lot more than just himself. But there's really no use crying over spilled milk, so he'll move on, just as adults should.

He knows he's pretty damn smart, but sometimes wishes he wasn't. Life is boring when you know the answer to virtually everything just because he saw it in passing a couple of years back, or read it in a book, or had a conversation about it, &c. It's probably the reason why he's just so damn apathetic—he's bored to death. That's why he's never going to fully exert himself unless absolutely necessary; things would just be too troublesome if he did, and overall, even more boring than things are right now.

Physically, he doesn't really care.

4. Not changing his bank pin number after Ino figured it out. But he figures Ino and Chouji might need to fall back on it every so often, so... while there are times he regrets it (Ino spending his money like water, Chouji's restaurant tabs), there are times when he doesn't (when these two actually need the money and has access to his account).

5. His past major relationship (as noted before), and the extent of said relationship. I doubt even Ino knows the full details about it past what little details she's managed to dig up. Not even the chick's name ohohoho.

/SLITS WRISTS WANTS AN EDIT BUTTON

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	haecceity 2009-09-10 05:18 pm UTC (link)
	1. Sakura: I meant that she's his student. Not the other way around. Ughhhhh sorry. :( (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

oriental_dragon
2009-09-10 05:23 pm UTC (link)

-pets- It's ok, sweetie.

1. Tenten: I've written it before, and there are possibilities in there... somewhere if you look at it carefully. But the way we play them, I'd have to agree with you on that... but what's that about dating down ~~although I'm hoping Tenten falls under the across section of that statement~~? 8|

3. ~~No, I meant herself ^^~~ ...Orz. Note to self, check before copy and pasting things.

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haecceity
2009-09-10 05:32 pm UTC (link)

1. The distribution of points and their reasoning is as of right now, because I know for a fact that some situations are prone to change because I've been plotting. 8)

And I meant age-wise, lmao. It's my headcanon that Shikamaru wouldn't really consider anyone as someone who he'd potentially date (nor would he even think about it), and that he'd have to grow into the relationship after a great deal of development. Points if it's someone older than him, because he's a little mature for his age in one way or the other.

3. Pfff s'cool! 8)

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	oriental_dragon 2009-09-10 05:41 pm UTC (link)
	1. Secret fears and insecurities? 2. When he actually has it in himself to think about something, random or otherwise, what often comes to mind? 3. Lol, will Shikamaru and Tenten ever be on actual friendly terms? xD (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

haecceity
2009-09-10 05:51 pm UTC (link)

1. As I noted before, his dependability. If anything happened to Ino and Chouji, he'd probably blame only himself even if he wasn't involved in whatever case they're on right now. I don't think anything else scares him as much as failing as the oldest and designated pillar of the trio. He's already lost his teacher, and he's not aiming to lose anyone else around him.

2. Shougi strategies, of course. Against a recent player in the club or even himself as an opponent.

3. They... are? At least by Shikamaru's standards, which aren't normal, especially when it comes down to interaction with others. It's a little more intricate than the usual, and more often than not, it's what's unsaid or what's implied that makes or breaks whether or not Shikamaru and the person he's interacting with is on good terms or not. More often than not, they're on neutral terms, which is as friendly as Shikamaru will ever get without really big developments in canon. Someone can talk as much as they want with Shikamaru, but they should realize that it's more the quality of conversation rather than the frequency of it that matters to him more than anything else.

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