Quote Originally Posted by Buffalobiian View Post
Thanks to a guy called Madara, that is. Otherwise, he did pretty damn well all these years I'd say.
I don't.

If Itachi's end goal was to have Sasuke live a happy fulfilled life as a respected member of the Hidden Leaf, then Phase 1 of his plan: Instill into him a lifelong all-consuming hatred, was a retarded way to start.

I realize the thinking behind it was "I'll take all of Sasuke's hatred onto myself so he doesn't have to hate anyone else." But the problem with taking an 8-year old and making vengeance his entire existence is that, once he's obtained that vengeance, he doesn't know how to be anything else.

Itachi said it himself. "Sasuke is still naive. He can easily be died any color." Maybe if he hadn't spent so much time trying to manipulate and deceive his brother into turning out the way he wanted, his little brother wouldn't have been so easy for Madara to manipulate.

And his final fail-safe measure is "I'll just fucking mind control him into being the way I want." which doesn't even end up getting used on the right person.