It's a good plot bunny. :D If you look at it with a more realistic angle, most kids that go through just a semblance of Naruto's childhood (neglect, bullied) tend to withdraw into themselves instead of becoming so extroverted. As a way of staying sane, they would learn to like solitude and silence, and usually strive to stay in the shadows rather than being out in the open. If the only attention you've ever gotten was negative, then wouldn't you want it taken away? The futile struggle for positive reinforcement and attention isn't worth having to deal with crap all the time.
Man. Naruto would have turned out loads different if he hadn't chosen to be noisy and annoying in order to get people's attention. :O (I mean... just look at Gaara, the poor kid. >__>)
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It's a good plot bunny. :D If you look at it with a more realistic angle, most kids that go through just a semblance of Naruto's childhood (neglect, bullied) tend to withdraw into themselves instead of becoming so extroverted. As a way of staying sane, they would learn to like solitude and silence, and usually strive to stay in the shadows rather than being out in the open. If the only attention you've ever gotten was negative, then wouldn't you want it taken away? The futile struggle for positive reinforcement and attention isn't worth having to deal with crap all the time.
Man. Naruto would have turned out loads different if he hadn't chosen to be noisy and annoying in order to get people's attention. :O (I mean... just look at Gaara, the poor kid. >__>)