Where I'm taking Orihime from (and why)
So, for those of you familiar with Bleach, there's this thing called the Hueco Mundo Arc, that's eaten the past three years or so like some kind of destructive fungus or kudzu or something. The best way to summarize the Hueco Mundo Arc is as follows:
- Ulquiorra gives Orihime an ultimatum: Come back with me, or I kill EVERYTHING YOU HOLD DEAR. She complies.
- Orihime heals Grimmjow's arm for Aizen, thus ensuring that Luppi never troubles fandom again.
- Ichigo flips the fuck out and with the help of Ishida, Chad, Renji, Rukia, and Urahara, goes storming into Hueco Mundo to save her.
- Aizen and Ulquiorra proceed to brainfuck Orihime for roughly 70 chapters, causing her to emo a lot.
- Fandom eats itself because, like the sandy wastes of Hueco Mundo, the story goes on and on and on and on, seemingly forever.
- Turn Back the Pendulum finally comes and brings the sweet, sweet release of flashback chapters. And then Charlotte Coolhorn shows up and some Vice Captains get mutilated and fandom is happy again.
So I've decided to take Orihime from right as she's coming back to Earth from training with Rukia in Soul Society. Why?
- I don't like the idea of taking her from the middle of a half-finished story arc. To put it in perspective, it'd be like taking Rukia from the middle of the Soul Society arc. And since there's no telling when she'll actually ever LEAVE Hueco Mundo, I think it's better to take her from the last point before the beginning of that arc until it's finished.
- Part of the mindgame Aizen plays with Orihime is to isolate her from any friendly influence. For almost the entirety of the arc, she's by herself in enemy territory. Now, not only is this NOT going to be the case in ANY multi-fandom RPG you throw her into, but it drastically changes her personality from the 26 volumes prior to the arc (and thus from anything you're likely to see her do in a multi-fandom RPG, where at least half the given population is prone to being friendly towards her). Thus isolated, Orihime doesn't have to concern herself with maintaining a cheerful façade for her friends (or anyone else she's likely to encounter outside of Hueco Mundo), and sinks into depression. So basically, there'd be no point in taking her from a hostile environment where she's lonely and depressed, and throwing her into an environment that's going to bring her right back around to how she acted before the arc even started.
- Normal!Hime is much more fun and fulfilling to play than Emo!Hime, in my opinion. I've had my fill of ANGST and EMO in RP, and I like to avoid it when I can.
I HOPE THAT MAKES SENSE!
- Ulquiorra gives Orihime an ultimatum: Come back with me, or I kill EVERYTHING YOU HOLD DEAR. She complies.
- Orihime heals Grimmjow's arm for Aizen, thus ensuring that Luppi never troubles fandom again.
- Ichigo flips the fuck out and with the help of Ishida, Chad, Renji, Rukia, and Urahara, goes storming into Hueco Mundo to save her.
- Aizen and Ulquiorra proceed to brainfuck Orihime for roughly 70 chapters, causing her to emo a lot.
- Fandom eats itself because, like the sandy wastes of Hueco Mundo, the story goes on and on and on and on, seemingly forever.
- Turn Back the Pendulum finally comes and brings the sweet, sweet release of flashback chapters. And then Charlotte Coolhorn shows up and some Vice Captains get mutilated and fandom is happy again.
So I've decided to take Orihime from right as she's coming back to Earth from training with Rukia in Soul Society. Why?
- I don't like the idea of taking her from the middle of a half-finished story arc. To put it in perspective, it'd be like taking Rukia from the middle of the Soul Society arc. And since there's no telling when she'll actually ever LEAVE Hueco Mundo, I think it's better to take her from the last point before the beginning of that arc until it's finished.
- Part of the mindgame Aizen plays with Orihime is to isolate her from any friendly influence. For almost the entirety of the arc, she's by herself in enemy territory. Now, not only is this NOT going to be the case in ANY multi-fandom RPG you throw her into, but it drastically changes her personality from the 26 volumes prior to the arc (and thus from anything you're likely to see her do in a multi-fandom RPG, where at least half the given population is prone to being friendly towards her). Thus isolated, Orihime doesn't have to concern herself with maintaining a cheerful façade for her friends (or anyone else she's likely to encounter outside of Hueco Mundo), and sinks into depression. So basically, there'd be no point in taking her from a hostile environment where she's lonely and depressed, and throwing her into an environment that's going to bring her right back around to how she acted before the arc even started.
- Normal!Hime is much more fun and fulfilling to play than Emo!Hime, in my opinion. I've had my fill of ANGST and EMO in RP, and I like to avoid it when I can.
I HOPE THAT MAKES SENSE!