Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25409224-20140911175512/@comment-1514283-20140922124420

Some random observation. I think it's a fair assessment to say Kishimoto must have had Madara, essentially the quintessential Uchiha, in mind when he wrote the data book entries on Susanoo and its relationship with Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu, right? Now, considering Madara was able to perform Susanoo without his eyes, something else struck me: Madara absorbed Sasuke's Amaterasu flames shortly after he was revived.

If that were such an easy feat, to absorb the flames, then surely that begs the question why Nagato did not do so, and instead used Shinra Tensei to repel them?

Seeing as Madara also absorbed Hashirama's senjutsu chakra I suppose it's possible one of Madara's MS abilities is absorption which is typically a Rinnegan ability, though I suppose it's also possible Madara was capable of using Rinnegan jutsu without the actual eyes and simply needed them to see and achieve maximum power?

This topic is muddle af, but I got my money on Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu being a part of Madara's moveset. It's also worth nothing that Kaguya knew of Amaterasu as well so it's possible that Indra possessed it as well and that thus both his transmigrants had it.