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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[ Questions ] - Yamanaka Ino
[ Questions ] - Inuzuka Kiba
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[ Questions ] - Hyuuga Neji
[ Questions ] - Deidara
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[ Questions ] - Temari
[ Questions ] - Zetsu
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	strongsilentype 2009-09-15 10:02 pm UTC (link)
	1. What keeps Tenten up at night? Memories, fears, concerns, etc; what's under her skin even when she's perfectly happy with her life? 2. What's the most thoughtful thing anyone's ever done for Tenten? 3. You mentioned somewhere that Tenten isn't out looking for relationships. What are her thoughts in general on relationships? Sex? Commitment? Hormones? (Reply to this)(Thread)

Lol, you get a two-part answer too~

oriental_dragon
2009-09-16 04:49 am UTC (link)

1. Despite her usually calm exterior, Tenten has a lot of concerns in life, just like anyone else. However, her focus is more on the people around her rather than herself -- Will this person be alright? How is that person fairing considering recent events? She hasn't heard from such and such for a while. Maybe she should stop by so and so's place tomorrow to see how they're handling things. -- Tenten can link such a need and want to care for others back to a time when she had found herself helpless and vulnerable. Thrown into a situation that was out of her hands to control where the outcome had been the death of her parents. Of her entire family.

And for a long time, she had always blamed herself for not dying with them.

So, even though she understands that it is probably an unhealthy way of living, Tenten aims a good portion of her energy and time ensuring that those most important to her are safe and generally happy. Because this need to mother her friends stands at the root of one of her greatest fears: that, much like a good number of people in her past, everyone is capable of and would leave her again.

That is not to say that she does not have her own fears that would keep her up at night. It's not exactly to the level of being a phobia, but Tenten will, on occasion, have frightened fits during a storm where lightning is involved. Mostly because it reminds her of what ultimately took her family away. Most of the time, she is fairly good at handling that fear. But every so often, it will come to a point where only a handful of people in the world would be able to calm her.

And of course, there is always that one reoccurring nightmare that haunts Tenten's dreams from time to time. Mostly when it comes near the anniversary of the fire. When that mother of a bad dream surfaces, Tenten is left in a cold sweat and unable to go back to bed at all. Resulting in a full night of simply filling in the long hours until dawn where she will proceed to shuffle restlessly through the day until she can restart the sleep process.

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Although it's still not as long as the one I gave Ash...

oriental_dragon
2009-09-16 04:50 am UTC (link)

2. Well... two moments comes to mind. The first is actually more considered as a protective act done on her behalf. And that was when Naruto took it upon himself to beat up the guy that stole her virginity and broke her heart by leaving her afterwards. She had been angry at him for doing so, getting as hurt as he did (the guy manage to come into possession of a lead pipe during the fight and proceeded to use it against Naruto, resulting in a very bloody kitsune). But ultimately, that single act was what made their friendship strong and what it is today.

The second occurred during her first week of school when Tentne was five years old. A boy she had considered a bit strange but very sweet had presented her a hand-made friendship card the second week of school. And he eventually became one of her best friends up until the moment she had been forced to move back to China after her parents were killed. To this day, Tenten still has the card tucked away safely in one of a number of scrapbooks she has compiled over the years.

3. Well, first and foremost, let me just establish this. No, in my mind she's not out there actively looking for a relationship. She's perfectly fine and capable being single and being on her own. After all, Tenten is a very individualistic person. However, that does not mean that she does not want one. Tenten is, after all, human. And she's had a number of relationships in the past. There's just been one major factor stopping things from getting past the initial dating stage of things. And that is the presence of Naruto and Kiba (more the former than the latter). They are a big part of her life. If her potential partners cannot accept them, then in her mind, they are rejecting a big part of who she is.

Tenten's definitely not against relationships. She just has not found a guy that has been willing to make things work. Because deep down, she does want a commitment. Strong and very much "one-of-the-guys" as Tenny is, she does want to get married and have a family of her own one day.

As for her thoughts on sex, in the past and more so now after the incident of when she lost her virginity, Tenten has always been a bit sensitive on the matter. She takes it fairly seriously and would like to believe that, for the most part, she would never give in to having a one night stand with someone. It'd have to be a long term relationship or she'd have to feel a very strong sense of connection towards a person before Tenten would even consider the idea of sex with anyone. However, her first experience has taught her that sometimes... you just cannot determine the outcome of such things, no matter how sure you are of it. She understands that sometimes impulses are meant to be acted upon, although she prefers to restrain from giving in to them, at least for as long as she is capable. Because as she has learned in the past, from both her friends and from her own experiences, sex has a tendency to complicate things a great deal. And hormones? They must make a mess out of everything.

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	still fantastic~ strongsilentype 2009-09-16 11:05 pm UTC (link)
	Easy follow-up. How tall is Tenten? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	oriental_dragon 2009-09-16 11:26 pm UTC (link)
	Canonly, 164 cm, which roughly equals out to being about 5'5" - 5'6" if I remember my conversions right. Taller than me that's for sure, and most other girls her age with the exception of Temari. But still a little shorter than all the guys she hangs around. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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