make the sweat drip out of every pore
Normally I love love love aramatheydidnt (mostly for the constant flow of Koda Kumi PVs that leaked last month...OMG I LOVE HER SO MUCH), but today there was something that saddened me:
Tite Kubo's Bleach Manga to Enter Final Arc
I just...this is my fandom, yo. I read the manga every week. I write more fic for this fandom than any other. I don't know what I'll do without my weekly fix of nakama and Gotei 13 and Vizard and Arrancar and Fullbringers. I mean yeah, I'll still have Doctor Who and Criminal Minds, but it's not the same. Can I pray it's a "one day = four years" arc like Hueco Mundo/FKT/Deicide so I don't have to cry and rend my clothes and mourn it just yet? I mean, the Fullbring arc was so short. It didn't even last a year! It was fantastic, but I want a lengthy good-bye.
::sigh:: You know what? If Kubo-sensei goes on to do another series, I'm there. I'll mourn Bleach, and I'll stay in the fandom, but I support him as a skilled creator and if he has another idea in his head that he wants to get out then I'll give it a shot, and I encourage you guys to do the same.
But this leads to a discussion question: What do you want to see happen? Personally? I want my Isshin backstory. I want to know what division he was a Captain of (please oh please support my pet theory he was the 10th Division captain before Shiro-chan), I want to see him younger, and I really want Masaki to show up. And I also really kind of want to see Karin follow in her father and brother's footsteps. She hinted she might last year. It would be good to see her start. And if it gives me thismuchmore canon fodder for HitsuKarin, then hey, I'll be ecstatic and actually win a ship war...maybe.
You know what I don't want, though? As much het ships as I write Ichigo in (three: Orihime, Tatsuki and Riruka) and I know how much other portions of the fandom are rooting for Rukia to win his heart, I don't want Ichigo getting a girlfriend. Not even for the 3 in 4 chance that it'll be a ship I love to the moon and back (and I would totally be okay with Ichigo/Rukia if it was done well). I don't know. Kubo-sensei has said it's more than that, and I think he's right. Unless this arc takes over a year to flesh out, I kind of want to see him back to normal, balancing high school and soul reaper duties. Graduation would be nice, but a tossed in romance would not.
Tite Kubo's Bleach Manga to Enter Final Arc
I just...this is my fandom, yo. I read the manga every week. I write more fic for this fandom than any other. I don't know what I'll do without my weekly fix of nakama and Gotei 13 and Vizard and Arrancar and Fullbringers. I mean yeah, I'll still have Doctor Who and Criminal Minds, but it's not the same. Can I pray it's a "one day = four years" arc like Hueco Mundo/FKT/Deicide so I don't have to cry and rend my clothes and mourn it just yet? I mean, the Fullbring arc was so short. It didn't even last a year! It was fantastic, but I want a lengthy good-bye.
::sigh:: You know what? If Kubo-sensei goes on to do another series, I'm there. I'll mourn Bleach, and I'll stay in the fandom, but I support him as a skilled creator and if he has another idea in his head that he wants to get out then I'll give it a shot, and I encourage you guys to do the same.
But this leads to a discussion question: What do you want to see happen? Personally? I want my Isshin backstory. I want to know what division he was a Captain of (please oh please support my pet theory he was the 10th Division captain before Shiro-chan), I want to see him younger, and I really want Masaki to show up. And I also really kind of want to see Karin follow in her father and brother's footsteps. She hinted she might last year. It would be good to see her start. And if it gives me thismuchmore canon fodder for HitsuKarin, then hey, I'll be ecstatic and actually win a ship war...maybe.
You know what I don't want, though? As much het ships as I write Ichigo in (three: Orihime, Tatsuki and Riruka) and I know how much other portions of the fandom are rooting for Rukia to win his heart, I don't want Ichigo getting a girlfriend. Not even for the 3 in 4 chance that it'll be a ship I love to the moon and back (and I would totally be okay with Ichigo/Rukia if it was done well). I don't know. Kubo-sensei has said it's more than that, and I think he's right. Unless this arc takes over a year to flesh out, I kind of want to see him back to normal, balancing high school and soul reaper duties. Graduation would be nice, but a tossed in romance would not.