Quote Originally Posted by Lord Raziere View Post
honestly, I would've stopped the sharingans abilities at "copy any jutsu" all those other abilities that Sasuke exhibits later? just split them up into various jutsu that other ninja figured out and use. Then when Sasuke comes across them, he does his eye-kirby thing and gets those jutsu for himself. the author had a perfectly good explanation for why the Sharingan could upgrade Sasuke endlessly to face Naruto, but he didn't use it.

Itachi's abilities? could've just been jutsu he copied from someone else.

Mangekyo? could've been just something stolen from someone else.

and so on. it would keep the Sharingan powerful and relevant, keep it consistent while expanding the lore of the world and showing all these techniques that Sasuke would've had to overcome first to use after. but he was too lazy so he didn't.
See that's what a smart writer would do. It even fits in to the theme of Naruto having to work and scrounge for every bit of power he has, while Sasuke just has to peep it happening. The enforced scrappy dog who's nature means he has to fight even himself to get stronger, vs the skilled ******* who masters things literally by sight.