I had to stop and ask:What do you mean by girlfiends talking about arousal in t he presence of a naked man?Who gets hot just cause some guy is naked?Women react to sensation,men to sight.The unexperianced with nudity might mistake embaressment for arousal but I doubt it.Years of drawing artists models/working at dungeons and at gyms have shown me that much.So,what gives?80% of people look better with their clothes on anyway.Most men have no asses, very slack thick waists and awkward skrawny legs,not to mention all that hair and stretch marks,acne,ect.Yuk.Take this to heart guys and groom for gods sake!The sight of most naked men is not arousing,its what they can do.......though most can't.Good thing women are sexually ignorant(they have low stndards when it comes to having satisfying sex) and bound by social codes and over emotional(they bond no matter how sucky the sex),not that guys don't have problems with similar issues,thats why men had porn and women now have fanfiction .Though reading material gets less gender based the more capable/demanding a person gets.This is my experiance.
Author's response
Sakura is having a quick flashback of a convo with Ino regarding naked men (I don't think my formatting stuck on this site to show thoughts). As to if a naked man is something that is attractive, I agree that in some cases, no a naked man is NOT attractive, I have seen some that are a turn off and in my younger years I found the naked male form less appealing than I do nowadays. However,
1. this is fanfiction, hence my naked Itachi it to die for, muahahaha!
2. Itachi is a ninja and has been honing his skills for years upon years, hence his physique is naturally better than that of the average man. (Hence no chicken legs or flabby abs, and I bet you can break a fingernail trying to pinch his ass when it's flexed) Also, Itachi is supposed to be short, so there would be no stretch marks from a sudden growth spurt. He's never been fat, so there would be none of those type of stretch marks. In my mind he is not a super hairy guy gag
3. Being a ninja, I would assume that extra precautions are needed, such as bathing regularly to mask certain things as body odor which would be a dead giveaway if you are upwind of a potential victim. Taking care of the hygene aspect.
4. This is not Sakura watching a situation from the outside, viewing porn or being a vouyer. Sakura is IN this situation, feeling the sensations and seeing the naked man coming at HER. Hence this situation is in fact sensation based rather than visual based.
Further note, the naked Itachi is not meant as much to tauntilize the reader, as it is to set building blocks for Sakura. Sakura and Itachi getting together is about as crack a pairing as you get in the Naruto fandom. Since I have chosen this pairing, it is my job to explain why they would be not only physically attracted to one another, causing a lustful/chemical reaction to one another, but why they would be mentally attracted to one another into something that would be deeper than lust alone. Something that they could base a lasting relationship off of. Hence I am laying the foundation fot that little by little. I will begin to show the mental aspects of why they would be attracted to one another in upcoming chapters.
I hope that answers your questions, if not, feel free to e-mail me at dragonflyelj@hotmail.com