The Best Laid Plans, by: arun2110 - M

Title: The Best Laid Plans
Author: arun2110
Category: Work in Progress
Rating: M
Pairings: None or Unknown
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4034451/1/The_Best_Laid_Plans
Summary: Madara had a plan. The Yondaime ruined it. Madara made another plan. One that could not fail. But the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry and this one had just run straight into the number one most surprising ninja in Konoha, one Uzumaki Naruto.

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This fic has one of the better war-settings around. Also contains an interesting characterization of Kakashi and Team 7.

4.5/5 from me.

I concur with Myst. I like the character development in this. 4/5

I actually have to say that I like the character development the least in this. I dislike the nickname of "Uke", since even though it's spelled the same, it's pronounced differently, I dislike Sakura's quick reversal in attitude (even if it was off-screen, it was important enough that it shouldn't have been off-screen) and I dislike that even though Naruto and Sasuke immediately banded together against her, she didn't complain.

Also I disliked the immediate portrayal of Naruto with Shisui and I thought that Kakashi's analysis and training has been stupid. The politics were meh but had some interesting twists, Shikaku seems dimmer than I would have given him credit for, and I am generally not a huge fan of the story.

I liked the banter between the team, since it feels realistic, but it's OOC for what he set up the characters as in chapter four or five, if I remember correctly.

Edit: I won't vote either way for the library, because while I am not keeping an eye on this, I also do not dislike it that vehemently that I feel like it should not be included in the library. I can certainly see the appeal. So I am abstaining.

I like the character development well enough but it's not fantastic I have to agree with JJ about Sakura. 3.5/5

I love reading entertaining, thought provoking and realistic takes on interesting but overused canon plots. This fic certainly doesn't fail to deliver.

It's excellently written, and the war situation is pretty well developed. Kakashi's decision to train the boys in using their power supplies will surely have interesting consequences. I won't complain about Canon!Sasuke bashing, either.

The posters above me are probably right, but that doesn't change the bigger picture, nor the amazing premise.

I feel the pros out way the cons by far, this fic is my most anticipated Naruto update at the moment.

4.8/5

For a second there I thought this was the Fem!Sasuke/Narukosmutfic of the same name.

Character development was never a priority when I started writing The Best Laid Plans. The story is an experiment. I'd taken a very long hiatus from writing and while I'd done character development before, I'd never done a plot like this and I wanted to see if I had to skills to pull it off. So, those who feel that there's little character development are right on the mark. That's the way the story is designed. The little bits of character development you see onstage are there because they further the plot in some way. Most of the team bonding, the developing trust and friendship takes place offstage because they don't. My reasoning: It's important to the plot the reader see Team 7 is a tightly knit team, but it's not important how they came to be that way. The clues are built into the story so that the reader can fill in the gaps.

That said, I'm happy to see that people are reading The Best Laid Plans and like/hate it enough to discuss it in a forum. Now, if only people left reviews after reading the story. LOL

Please feel free to ask for clarifications and point out plot holes and whatnot. I'd much appreciate whatever help you can give me with your comments and criticisms.
Arun

I havent read it since chapter 4. Not that I didn't enjoy it and all, but I had to go to bed . Anyway, right now I'm feeling up for NaruSaku fics, that means no SasuSaku fics while I'm in that stage....

You are not going to make it SasuSaku will you? More of a personal reason not the actuall story.

No, no SasuSaku in the story.

I don't think it's really going to go either way. The author's not one to play the pairing game and pander to the legions of shipping fanatics like some.

Aw, Riddler, they didn't know that.

How's the work on the next chapter coming along? I'm afraid I'm glued to the phone these days and haven't made much progress on my next chapter.

Very Very interesting, although it's not my style, it pulls off the plot.

Is that about the whole story or a comment on some specific scene or something?

I remember reading the story earlier, and then I found myself trying to figure out where I left off. I found some things that I remembered really well and then other stuff that wasn't as clearly memorable.

So I found myself just following the plot instead of my usual analysis of the entire piece of work. I enjoyed it, and there are things that trigger my memory, but trying to figure things out on an empty stomach was hard.

Ah! Glad you enjoyed it.