There's a difference between not wanting to go through the pain again and deliberately removing yourself, and between not wanting to go through the pain again and not realizing that you're removing yourself. One is sympathetic, but they do it to themselves. The other is tragic because they don't realize they're adding to their own pain. Tsunade always struck me as the latter.
Tsunade's doing that latter. I HIGHLY doubt that she's self-analyzing enough to realize what she's doing, and I don't think she's aware that she has a second chance in love until it's too late.
I always had the feeling that Jiraiya had had a real crush on her when they were younger that never went away, but that Tsunade never believed it was serious.
Yep. That's how I always read it. With the addendum that I don't think that Tsunade realized how much she cared about Jiraiya until she lost him.
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Date: 2008-09-21 08:17 am (UTC)Tsunade's doing that latter. I HIGHLY doubt that she's self-analyzing enough to realize what she's doing, and I don't think she's aware that she has a second chance in love until it's too late.
I always had the feeling that Jiraiya had had a real crush on her when they were younger that never went away, but that Tsunade never believed it was serious.
Yep. That's how I always read it. With the addendum that I don't think that Tsunade realized how much she cared about Jiraiya until she lost him.