Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-1018594-20160409062530/@comment-27089028-20160829202430

Thekillman wrote: NeedleJizo wrote: The Curse of Hatred effectively acts as a brainwashing tool. It doesn't matter who you were before, as soon as that hits you your default personality becomes "I hate the world and I wanna kill all the things". It's a plot device at its finest. Basically the sharingan's powerful memory means that the normal process of recovering from trauma is very hard. Uchiha simply remain traumatized for far longer and can carry grudges for much longer. Obito was for a good part a traumatized kid, who as an adult was basically suicidal. That's really beautifully put. I still strongly think Obito was not real villain material but that explanation really does give his weak motivation some emotional weight.