Ichi☀️🌙Ruki

ℑ𝔣 ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔴𝔦𝔢𝔩𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔡,

What I can't fathom is ever since the start of the final arc anime, there's this resurgence of new Ichihime shippers that all decided that since it's canon, that must mean it must have been well-established, wasn't shoehorned in at the last minute, and that it was totally normal for Rukia to get sidelined in TYBW.

Idk, imo it's not that Kubo is a bad writer (if he was, the whole relationship between Ichigo and Rukia wouldn't be as amazing and fire as it is, HE WROTE THAT), but like he has a perfectly good established narrative and he actively CHOOSES to trash it scrap it for ????? reasons??? because "he intended Ichihime to always be endgame so their kids could carry on the death and strawberry" but then why did he actively hinder IchiHime on every level to show they weren't good for each other, especially in the HM arc and elevate IchiRuki every chance he got to the point he says in interviews he feels almost compelled to draw IchiRuki together???