Board Thread:Boruto: Naruto the Movie/@comment-6232909-20150811172020/@comment-734582-20150813102714

Elveonora wrote: Think about it: Orochimaru having a son and sending him to become Konoha Ninja? Orochimaru wanted to destroy Konoha for so long, there has to be some ulterior motive. Right now Konoha is the most powerful village with the most powerful ninja. It's far, far better for him to be friends with Konoha than to antagonize them. As long as Hiruzen was Hokage he could enjoy relative safety (Danzo protected him and Hiruzen did not dare hurt him).

Secondly, it's never clear *why* he wanted to destroy Konoha. However, since it was probably the village most invested with tracking him, it was likely in order to be left alone.

Lastly, while Orochimaru is a bit of a weirdo, he did note that people can change, and that he changed too. Unlike other villains like Voldemort (who made it a point specifically that he hated love) orochimaru is defined purely by a desire to understand all Jutsu and everything else is derived from that, from his immortality to his destruction of konoha.