Originally posted by: CmDr_RavEn
He used to be a little momma's boy... all the assassination attempts were just to harden him up and make him a man.

Honestly, do you really think the sand would create "the perfect shinobi" only to kill him? Come on, he was never meant to die.
The perfect little shinobi thing only works if the shinobi is a tool that you can use. There were indications in the manga and most recent anime that the Sand Village elders, or Kazekage himself, were worried that Gaara would become out of control. Now, I don't really see that in the story, as helping kids get their ball down is generally not the fare for a cold-blooded killer, but... who knows.

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-xtortout

Well crap, I typed this up, left the comp, returned and hit submit. Someone already wrote this. Sorry for the repeat.