Tenten [ テンテン ] (oriental_dragon) wrote,
@ 2025-05-02 08:42:00

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OOCP 06. Listen up Destiny...
Because bandwagons are fun.

And also, as I've learned in the past, you can know a character without... ever really thinking about certain aspects of a character. Some things can get easily overlooked. And sometimes it's better to have them written out rather than have it as general knowledge or assumptions. So here is a chance for me to contemplate over things that I had never considered concerning our local weapons enthusiast.

Any questions concerning Tenten - be it her relationship with your character, her family, her history, her life, etc - go here, if you will, please~ ^^ Ask what you wish about her and I will answer accordingly. Don't be shy, now. Here, anything goes.

Previously asked questions at the old place can be found HERE.
But feel free to ask them again if you wish. More than likely, the answer has changed a bit.

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oriental_dragon
2009-09-10 04:33 pm UTC (link)

1. Yes, very fluent in Chinese, actually ~~although her mun knows absolutely nothing of the Chinese language~~. Contrary to her current residence in Japan or how comfortable she seems in the setting, Tenten was born in China and lived there up until she was three. She moved back for a period of time between the ages of ten and fifteen. So, in actuality, Chinese was her first language. But considering she's bounced back and forth from the two countries since she was little, Tenten takes pride in associating herself with both, because they encompass the two cultures that ultimately make up who she is: Japanese from her father, and Chinese from her mother. It's not often that she would speak Chinese with anyone else outside of her family or those who would understand without question. But on rare occasions, if you get her frustrated/flustered enough (which I'm sure Shikamaru has), she'll slip in a word/phrase/string of sentences here or there, mostly without realizing it.

2. ...Honestly, she would not be surprised? What if I told you, it's more that he's wasting his potential than his actual women-bashing ways that frustrates Tenten the most? Tenten likes to view herself a very perceptive person. And it is her belief that if he actually did applied himself, he could blow them all out of the water. In most if not all things that he chooses to take on. It just drives her insanely crazy that while others had to struggle to get where they are, to learn the skills or make the grades, he's there by just barely trying. In a way and in that aspect, she could very well possibly be jealous of Shikamaru.

And no, in all honesty, Tenten doesn't actually HATE Shikamaru. Especially when it doesn't seem like he goes out of his way to talk down to her. He just enjoys pushing her buttons, which is fine. Because at least he puts up somewhat of a fight when they banter back and forth instead of just brushing her off. It may not be respect on his part, but she'll take it as such and roll with it.

3. It's not that Ino stands for everything that Tenten is against. Only that she does in a way. Because Ino's not the typical anti-feminist. No, in some ways, Ino might actually be even more of a feminist than Tenten. Because she is capable of manipulating the status quo and stereotype to her advantage. How? Who the hell knows and Tenten's been trying to figure it out for years. But she sees it and understands it. Ultimately and at the end of the day, while Tenten does not agree with Ino's way of living in the least, she tolerates and to some level respects it. Because she's not into changing anyone if they're perfectly happy. And, obviously, Ino is. It's not her place. It's just so freakin' frustrating because Tenten knows for a fact that Ino is above such things.

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