I don't like or hate SasuHina. But when the pairing doesn't have basis in canon (and if you think SasuHina does, I'm sorry to say you are delusional), it's the job of the writer to convince me. Personally I don't think SasuHina would work easily, and a lot of writers go the easy route of making at least one of them VERY ooc, but with a good plot and good writing, I can believe anything.

There is one plot, though, that always gets on my nerves, not only because almost EVERY SasuHina fic uses it, but also because it Makes No Fucking Sense.

Yay for stabbing stupid cliches through the eye.

"I'm afraid I must decline," Sasuke responds finally, voice dripping ice crystals.

The Hyuuga elder frowns at the kneeling young man in front of him, clad in a formal white and blue kimono. The old man doesn't like how openly Sasuke meets their eyes, how proudly he lifts his chin. The Uchiha is all but a powerless clan now, but Sasuke doesn't seem to realize it. "The contract was legal, signed by your clan head and three elders. All formalities are out of the way."

"As my own clan head, I must nullify this contract."

One of the other elders at his side draws back in offense. "You would insult us so?"

Sasuke's eyes narrow. "You insult me by insisting that this sham be pushed through."

There is a collective hiss as the Hyuuga elders draw in a shocked breath. "How dare you -- Hinata-sama is the very own daughter of our clan head--"

"Let's be frank. I don't know what my father was thinking when he accepted that contract. Maybe he thought that sullying the purity of our line didn't matter since I wasn't about to inherit anything. As you know, that changed. In any case, I am not about to test what sort of probably useless mutation a mix of sharingan and byakugan will create. My children will be Uchiha and nothing but."

He gets on his feet, bows perfunctorily, and turns away to leave, pausing with his hand on the sliding door.

"Besides, when this was supposedly signed, she was still the next clan head. You would never have married her into another clan, especially not if it risked her own heir's Byakugan. If you want to get rid of your failure so badly, find another sucker."

Yes, Sasuke is a callous son of a bitch. Oh, and if you're going to flame me, make sure you actually READ what I wrote instead of imagining that I'm flaming indiscriminately. I don't mock SasuHina in itself here. I mock this stupid arranged marriage plot, which would work a hundred times better if only people bothered to even mention the logical problems instead of using it as a shortcut to force them together.