Probably? He definitely wants them to be connected to each other by more than blood–and he does teach all of them Grand Fireball when they turn seven, probably, but given that actual clan status (as the Nara go, anyway) involve things like clan tax and land/etc and there’s only one adult and maybe six kids at most they’re not really capable of being a clan yet. Eventually? But not yet.
Especially since they all live in different households raised by different people. Not sure if Sasuke arranges meetings with the kids. If so, it’s definitely infrequent.
Sakako is probably the oldest (maaaybe Sarada is older?) and so she and Sasuke get to make up the new Uchiha clan traditions. More like coming of age sort of things–seventh birthday, becoming a genin, etc etc. Maybe they get to learn Sasuke’s Fire variant of the chidori at age twelve?
Since the Uchiha matriarch-to-be is half Nara, it’s very possible that the fledgling Uchiha clan “officially” becomes an ally of the Akimichi-Nara-Yamanaka alliance and so there’s an exchange of benefits there. The new Uchiha clan get their ears pierced at becoming chuunin (maybe genin, too, like the A-N-Y clans, but definitely chuunin).
I was reading tumblr backlog a few hours ago, saw this ask, and immediately had thoughts. I spent a few hours writing, as this grew into a longer bunch of words than I expected, because I really like the NGSS as you’ve described them, and I like thinking about this version of the world. Only now, in the last step before posting, did I see some of your other asks, and I realized that I probably gave Sasuke the benefit of the doubt when I really shouldn’t have in my first read of Walking Around (Sharing the World). So, I guess this is speculation about a less-posessive-to-an-unhealthy-level Sasuke and what his family might look like: (under a cut, for length)
OMG THIS! THIS EXACTLY!
Though, just to let you know, Sasuke definitely did deserve the benefit of the doubt in Walking Around (Sharing the World). The Sasuke in WA(StW) is specifically through the lens of Sakako thinking about her parents’ relationship AND the NGSS. That kind of mixed up together so that the Sasuke you see in WA(StW) is him in his most jealous/possessive/bitter state.
Except for the part with trip to Sora-ku that didn’t have dialogue because that was meant to show how Shikako and Sasuke still have a good relationship and rapport, more so when he doesn’t have to even consider the NGSS/Gaara. Sasuke in Walking Around (Like Regular People) is the norm, Sasuke in WA(StW) is not.
But that being said, I super agree with everything you’ve said here. He’s definitely going to do more research into his clan–especially after the whole Danzo/attempted coup thing comes out because it’s a very complicated situation. No, they didn’t deserve to be killed and Danzo’s a rat bastard for having gotten away with it and his creepy Sharingan fetish, but it wasn’t the perfect clan that he remembered. Actually, he didn’t even remember it as all that perfect considering Fugaku was a shitty dad and Mikoto was far too passive with that, given that headcanon/fandom!Mikoto would not have put up with that bullshit.
But still. Sasuke, with his team, do go through as much of the Uchiha clan lands/holdings/ruins/libraries together and some of the traditions he keeps, others he discards. I think it’d be interesting if he and Tsunade bond somehow as the last of their clans and Team Seven also go through Senju clan stuff for her and incorporate that into the new Uchiha clan or the new Uzumaki clan. Yes, they also go to Uzushio. (I’m not sure about Namikaze? Is it a canon thing or a fandom thing, but I always though Minato was civilian stock orphan or something…)
The way I figure, clans are probably like companies? With the big clans being huge conglomerates and the smaller ones being more like small businesses. Especially when it comes to the Akimichi-Nara-Yamanaka who probably give each other discounts on things and have internal departments that seamlessly work together. Take the Nara medicine for the Akimichi food pills/cure, no doubt created from carefully cultivated plants from the Yamanaka.
Also, how the Nara have a separate R&D from the village’s. Shikako’s seals make the clan money because she develops them/gets them approved through the Nara R&D as opposed to going to the village’s R&D. TenTen gets a percentage of it even though she’s not a Nara because she basically is an independent contractor.
I’m certain the Akimichi own restaurants in the village and pretty sure that they own restaurants in other cities/towns. The Uchiha probably own most if not all of Sora-ku and no doubt other properties in Land of Fire. They’re a Noble Clan, after all, and not even the Senju were a Noble Clan (even though three out of seven of the Hokage were Senju).
Probably the burgeoning Uchiha clan 2.0 doesn’t have much to offer to the A-N-Y alliance yet besides whatever money became Sasuke’s as sole legal heir to the clan, but they probably will one day and the A-N-Y alliance can be investors or something, if we continue with the company metaphor.
[It’s probably why the Hyuuga Clan can get away with ACTUAL SLAVERY because not only are they a Noble Clan, but they’re probably ridiculously wealthy (alongside being Konoha’s most powerful bloodline after the Sharingan became endangered). And in the real world, the biggest/richest companies are always the ones that can get away with the worst shit]
The Sasuke of DoS hasn’t completely fucked up his life–he still has the same hardships, but instead of shooting himself in the foot and making it worse, he’s willing to trust his friends and ask for help. Which is why DoS Sasuke is better than canon Sasuke.
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