Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-1018594-20160409062530/@comment-27089028-20160829192829

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. Not so much brainwashing as it is a response to trauma when one is emotionally more sensitive. As Tobirama said no clan valued love better than the Uchiha which is why they did their best to conceal it because it is emotions that awaken the power of the eye that reflects the soul i.e. the sharingan. Normally it is negative emotions that causes this change and as emotional trauma continues to grow so do the power of their eyes so in other words the curse of hatred is really just the double edged sword of loving too deeply. But Sarada has proven there is another way as she unlocked her sharingan through positive emotions via wanting to see her dad showing it's powerful emotions of any kind that triggers an Uchiha, drives them, defines them more keenly than most.