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Kay ([personal profile] sincere) wrote2007-07-17 12:32 am
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Through season 2 of Bleach

I only started watching Bleach because I was interested in knowing where I would fall in what I knew of only as some massive apocalyptic fandom war of Ichigo/Rukia vs Ichigo/Orihime.

I finished "season 2" tonight, and all I can say is that I don't really care about who Ichigo ends up with half as much as I totally adore Renji/Rukia.

Long story short, everyone is awesome, especially Urahara, except for Ishida Uryuu, who while no longer a complete prick, is still mildly obnoxious, borderline damsel-in-distress at times, and kind of dumb without realizing that he is kind of dumb. (At least Ichigo knows he's not the brightest crayon in the box because crayons don't have hair.)

I see a lot of pairings I am interested in, even pairings that are seemingly contradictory. (Kira/Hinamori, Aizen/Hinamori, and Hitsugaya/Hinamori? Bring it on!) Almost all of them are het. I'm not really seeing any gay here so far. Well-- there's some girl gay. No boy gay though. Unfortunately, I have no idea how I'd, well, find fiction or anything about those pairings since I don't want yaoi. It's not nice and coherent like KH fandom is.

Also, for the record, I'm currently leaning Ichigo/Orihime.

[identity profile] terrykun.livejournal.com 2007-07-17 10:44 am (UTC)(link)
Really? That's the war you heard of? The only major Bleach ship-war I'd heard of was Ichigo/Rukia versus Renji/Rukia.

What defines the extent of Season 2 for you? (Lest I spoil you for my discussion of)
My ships of choice:
Renji/Rukia
Ishida/Orihime
Kira/Hinamori

And Hanatarou seriously needs someone to sex him up for all his troubles. Preferably a large-breasted woman.
[livejournal.com profile] mands_leanan: "For all his suffering, he must've had a really good time in his past life."

Also, time to play "Spot the Girl-Gay!"
Chizuru >> Orihime
Soi Fong >> Yoruichi
Tatsuki >> Orihime (about as much as towards Ichigo anyway)
Isane >> Unohana
And occasional casual sex between Yoruichi and Kuukaku.

You pick up on any others?

[identity profile] hauntedreality.livejournal.com 2007-07-17 12:51 pm (UTC)(link)
YES!!!! I love the Renji/Rukia too! I watched a lot of Bleach and then trailed off, not because it ceased to be good, but I just fell out of love of watching anime for awhile. I need to catch up on Bleach again.

Also, I agree with the het in it and with the girl gay. I like Orihime/that one girl with the black hair who is at the high school...

[identity profile] hauntedreality.livejournal.com 2007-07-17 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
*reads the other comment* I think I meant Orihime/Tatsuki. I'm bad with names. I also like Ishida/Orihime and Kon/Rukia (I'm weird, okay?!) And, really, I'll like pretty much any pairing if you give me enough time to think about it. Heh.

[identity profile] yami-chan.livejournal.com 2007-07-17 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Really? That's the war you heard of? The only major Bleach ship-war I'd heard of was Ichigo/Rukia versus Renji/Rukia.

Dude, there is a HUGE ship war for IchiRuki and IchiOri. It rivals the Avatar ship war. It's one of the reasons I stay away from the Bleach fandom all together. But even I can still hear the canons.

Concerning the Girl-Gay... if girls have met, they are probably slashy. It's almost like yaoi. XD
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[identity profile] kay-willow.livejournal.com 2007-07-17 02:25 pm (UTC)(link)
That's what I heard of in [livejournal.com profile] fandom_secrets. I'd never heard anyone advocate Renji/Rukia until I liked it myself, and mentioned it to [livejournal.com profile] madfnorder, who admitted it was one of his reasons for preferring Ichigo/Orihime. XD

I'm not crazy about Uryuu in any context, so while I could see him with Orihime, I wouldn't ship them at this point. At the moment I'd rather ship her with Tatsuki and then watch and see where she goes with Ichigo. (I could do Uryuu/Nemu, though. BUT HE'D HAVE TO FIGHT IKKAKU FOR HER.) I like... kind of everything with Hinamori so far, though. She's adorable, and I totally respect her AHHHHH I'M GOING TO EAT YOUR FACE at Gin after what he did. XD

Of your last group, I don't know Soi Fong, Isane, Unohana, and possibly Kuukaku. Unless Unohana is squad four captain with the absurd braid? She healed Renji though, she's okay.

I had a brief moment of liking Orihime/Rukia too, as far as girl-gay goes. X3
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[identity profile] kay-willow.livejournal.com 2007-07-17 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh god he's so woobie and stubborn and loves her so much. D: It pings in all the right places~ ♥

Tatsuki/Orihime is awesome too! And I don't object to Kon/Rukia. It's adorable. X3 His introduction via Ichigo was fantastic, too -- relentlessly macking on the girls in his class. Poor Ichigo thought his academic life was ruined forever.

[identity profile] yami-chan.livejournal.com 2007-07-17 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I agree with you about the boy-gay. Out of all those characters, the only boys I'd really slash are Hanatarou and Ganju. It's freaking adorable. However I'm not terribly interested in the het either. Especially any slash with Rukia. She's just so small compared to Ichigo and Renji.Every time I think about it, my brain breaks.

Now the femslash? *hearts* :3

And I know you'll be able to find lots of het for that series. This isn't one of those series where the boy-slash out weighs everything else, I think. Don't quote me on it... like I said, I'm running from the fandom.
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[identity profile] kay-willow.livejournal.com 2007-07-17 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd never even heard of Renji/Rukia until I decided I liked it on my own! I've never seen the true depth of the ship-war in action, but I see little cannons get fired off on [livejournal.com profile] fandom_secrets and f_w every now and again. XD I just sort of want to sneak in around the edges and cuddle this one tragic pairing, is that so wrong~

It's true. XD
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[identity profile] kay-willow.livejournal.com 2007-07-17 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
She... is very tiny. I do not understand why she is so tiny when we know that she is Renji's age, which is not unrespectable. XD GROW A FOOT OR TWO, WOMAN.

Anyway. It, um, can WORK still. It's just a little more awkward. But my point is that there's a [livejournal.com profile] bleach_yuri and a [livejournal.com profile] bleach_yaoi, but there's no [livejournal.com profile] bleach_het, which is what I'd really like. A bunch of the het pairings I like shoved into the same place. There's a lot of LITTLE pairing comms that don't seem to be very active, but that's just sad. :\

[identity profile] terrykun.livejournal.com 2007-07-17 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
She... is very tiny.

By your own logic, that means she is meant to be picked up. (:
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[identity profile] kay-willow.livejournal.com 2007-07-17 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Renji is wholly capable of doing this thing.

[identity profile] hauntedreality.livejournal.com 2007-07-17 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, yes, yes! ♥ You have me wanting to watch it again!

[identity profile] starvinbohemian.livejournal.com 2007-07-17 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Bleach is awesome in every way. I'm an Ichigo/Rukia shipper myself, but Renji/Rukia has a special place in my heart. However, I've despaired of Kubo ever giving us any reciprocity from Rukia's side. Interestingly, I'm told that there's more animosity between Ichigo/Rukia and Renji/Rukia shippers in Japan, whereas Ichigo/Orihime is the rival ship here in the U.S. I guess I never thought that was especially odd, because it's Renji. Whatever you ship, you have to love Renji! ^_^

[identity profile] yami-chan.livejournal.com 2007-07-18 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, and I do agree that it would be hilarious because she'll kick him in the face adorable to watch.

[identity profile] yami-chan.livejournal.com 2007-07-18 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
I just sort of want to sneak in around the edges and cuddle this one tragic pairing, is that so wrong~

It's like commando love. XD Awesome.