With Orochimaru, I always figured it was a mix of pragmatic "Well, he is INCREDIBLY useful, and he is seemingly in the mood to actually work with us in good faith, and we kinda NEED all the help we can get given the level of BS that happened at the end of the war, so....." thinking, along with the fact that he and the Taka saved all 5 of the current Kage, AND a large chunk of the remaining allied forces when they bulldozed the Tobi Zetsu controlling Yamato, AND Orochimaru brought back the 4 Hokage which was the only reason they didn't lose much earlier. Plus Sasuke probably spoke up for him (which would be of......limited use in convincing everyone of fucking anything, admittedly). Tsunade also could have though, after their conversation when he had Karin put her back together. Helps that Orochimaru was dead and not involved at ALL in the wirld ending crisis. Lol.
Kabuto though is a much harder sell. Might have just come down to the fact that according to Sasuke, the guy would have turned over a new leaf (thanks to Uchiha mindfuckery), and the ONLY individuals that could even have taken him down (without throwing a bunch or high level shinobi at him and being prepared for heavy losses) were probably just Naruto and Sasuke.. Immediately following the war, I could see why they wouldn't be willing to do that. 😅
Kabuto though is a much harder sell. Might have just come down to the fact that according to Sasuke, the guy would have turned over a new leaf (thanks to Uchiha mindfuckery), and the ONLY individuals that could even have taken him down (without throwing a bunch or high level shinobi at him and being prepared for heavy losses) were probably just Naruto and Sasuke.. Immediately following the war, I could see why they wouldn't be willing to do that. 😅
