frostworks-create reblogged
Kankuro in my SI OC fic, The Glass Marionette
"And the thing was - the thing was, Kankuro understood. Kankuro was the rebel that needed to get in line. Favored by dignitaries because of his puppets, viciously protective of Gaara, and vocally antagonistic against Rasa. It was a volatile combination that could set off a coup. And what was one person to a Kage, when an entire clan had been toppled by an elder that was supposed to be retired, or every bloodline user could be slaughtered on the whim of someone who wasn’t even in their right mind, but had the authority?
What was one dead son when the other was already as good as on the executioner’s block, for the sake of your village?"
This version of him is further than I've posted, but it is a part of what I've planned!