Look, I love this joke, but honestly if my dramatic, emo, vampire boyfriend texted me about the snail he just saw, it would only make me fall deeper in love with him.
i love that my taste in music is pretty consistently a hit with all the little gay people in my phone but described by everyone i’ve ever shared it with irl as “songs you play when you want to people to leave your party”
I can’t deny how invested I was at one point. Speculating like crazy because of the interactions, chemistry and overall bond that Ichigo and Rukia shared.
For years I watched their relationship be depicted closer. The way Tite would draw their eyes fixated on one another with so much emotion. Always in each other’s immediate mind. Always drawn together in spreads and promotional covers.
For years, I thought I was blessed to watch their constant evolution as their relationship grew larger and more intricate. I thought, that they for sure would end up together. Because no friendship with that level of love for one another ends in just a simple “friendship” At a certain point, their interactions stopped being overly silly and comedic and the serious, emotional dial was cranked up to 100.
But obviously it didn’t end that way.
Seriously, no hate towards Orihime. I think the character is very sweet. Same with Renji. But, looking back, their characters were always the ones with the unrequited love.
There was a point in the story in wich Renji let go of his feelings and moved on and same with Orihime. I don’t remember with every exact detail when but I do remember I sensed the shift.
After that, I don’t remember any important interaction between Renji and Rukia or Ichigo and Orijime that would make me think those feelings where still there. Or that they where even reciprocated.
Onwards from there, the road had seemed cleared for IchiRuki and that’s why the ending of Bleach hit me so hard in the brain.
It felt so…. off.
There’s no years worth of content. No countless interactions filled with trust and support. No several looks filled with warmth and longing. No teasing, gentle smiles or overwhelming emotions between the couples who ended up being Canon, atleast in my opinion.
Not when you compare between them and Ichigo and Rukia.
I remember from time to time, the scene where they both think they will never see each other again. That Ichigo would no longer be able to percieve her at all. How much pain, longing and just… love was contained in their eyes. When she started to fade and jerked her head upwards to meet his eyes in such a way…. It’s like she wanted to reach out to him, say something but couldn’t. Because she is ultimately bound by Tite’s limits.
I wonder now…. if that’s when he changed his mind, for whatever reason that I, to this day can’t seem to sense from the rest of the story.
I wonder if that was his way of saying goodbye. I wonder if that was his way to close that possibility off in an emotional and respectful manner.
Bleach is getting its final arc animated and it’s supposed to come out later this year. I’m not… sure if I want to watch it.
Thing is, if Tite really meant that scene as his own private goodbye, then maybe he shouldn’t have kept pairing them up afterwards in the very same way as before.
Even to this day, promotional materials and special illustrations are still depicting them together. Even knowing the outcome.
Some people may think not watching a show because your ship didint end up Canon is immature and that why the heck would I care so much about characters being together in a Shonen.
But Bleach is different. Because A LOT of its plot, subject and story rides on Ichigo’s and Rukia’s relationship. It’s not a side story thing and it’s not a background filler. It’s very much ingrained in the main storyline. Over and over again.
That’s why the ending feels so unfaithful. Offbeat.
I chose not to regard it too much. Rather, I prefer to reminisce on the slowly building bond between them. Because that’s not erased by the ending.
I guess, I will forever be sour on the fact they work so good together and that for me, it’s just a bummer that they can never officially give fruit to years of blooming relationship and chemistry.
Truly an example of something just “meant to be” but will never get to.
Right now, for my life, I prefer to focus on things that can be.
According to this Brynn Tannehill, a “senior defense analyst at a think-tank,” whose bio describes herself as a former Navy aviator, their members had bludgeoning weapons which they planned to use to attack pride attendees. Also according to her and her unnamed source, many were also supposedly armed with concealed carry weapons, which they planned to use in case they met armed resistance. None of this seems confirmed elsewhere as yet. This somewhat contradicts initial reports which described their “riot gear” equipment primarily as “shields,” and “at least one” smoke grenade.
I N T E R E S T I N G
i wonder if the cops were lying to make themselves/their intervention seem like more of a big deal
eta: on further reflection i can’t fuckin believe i fell for shitty cop talk. patriot front doesn’t really do guns, at least not in the way she’s talking. don’t believe this
tired of tv treating the ugly, the disgusting, and the offensive as real and the beautiful and good as trite and meaningless. it’s so boring, I’m so bored.
