Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25122992-20170623182336/@comment-734582-20170623205415

Mr. Grave wrote: Uchiha plagued by the Curse of Hatred like Fugaku, I would have made Hokage only in order to quell the rebellion at least temporarily until the village's echelon came up with a better solution to avert the Uchiha massacre. I don't think the Curse of Hatred would be that harsh on Itachi. The Uchiha Massacre was what sent him off, but assuming that Obito never launched his attack, that wouldn't be the case.

Rather than a story of a clan that refuses to back down and refuses to see the bigger picture, it would be a story of a young talented Uchiha who thought like a Hokage, worked his way to the top and eventually became the first Uchiha Hokage. This could be a big enough deal to undo the Curse of Hatred.

Shisui would not have died and thus would not have awakened Itachi's MS. Without that Itachi wouldn't have felt the need to manipulate others than that, as the whole Coup was what made him rely on his own power.