Originally Posted by UchihaTaijiya

I used to get frustrated a lot more with people, especially when Sasuke was absent from the manga and even more so after his reappearance. So many were dead-set on seeing him 'turn into the next Orochimaru'. It was pretty annoying and it was like they either couldn't understand his character or didn't care to try.

I mean, I did think there was a chance that Sasuke would be farther gone than Kishimoto is currently presenting him, but I still thought that there would be humanity in his character no matter what. Or it would have been terrible characterization. >.>

And it's really annoying when I come across people who disregard the mangekyou sharingan/psychological torture Itachi put Sasuke through. o.o To me that is key as to why his character has turned out this way.