Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-3297904-20150406210743/@comment-26275777-20150412202614

Well, there's something to be said for elevating Orochimaru to some sort of Bad status alongside Obito and Madara. I still feel Kabuto was shoehorned into the whole "I'm a creepy snake dude who summons zombies" role, and he didn't nail it half as well as Orochimaru. It would've been interesting for Itachi to fail to seal Orochimaru, for instance - maybe he somehow tricks him and successfully escapes as that white snake, and takes over Kabuto's role in the Fourth World War. And then have Kabuto help Sasuke revive the Hokage instead? That would be better than trying to make Kabuto into a supervillain or pushing Orochimaru into a weird Heel-Face turn.