rukiaweek day 7: heroine 

Now it’s all ‘omg mean IR shippers who are bitter over their ship not being canon!! They are terrible people!!!’ and calling us us bullies when no, you weren’t there back then where there were daily d*ath th*ats and rude asks sent to us… Not to mention we were mainly angry at the way the ending was so rushed and poorly written. We didn’t even know whether I//sshin, R//yuken, G//rimmjow (AGAIN), U//rahara and Y//oruichi were still alive or not because it was never said IN THE MANGA (because we only got an answer in light novels years later but majority of people only read the manga, not the novels that are semi-canon at best). We were angry over U//rahara’s “forgive me, K//urosaki, K//uchiki, for leaving everything to you” was somehow forgotten and the final fight with I//chigo, R/ukia and U//ryuu (who had THE silver arrow) VS Y//hwach never happened. We were angry because C//had ended up fighting for profits (profesionnal boxing) and U//ryuu ended up alone (again), overworked and working as a doctor just like his father and that go against their character arcs. We were angry because there was a whole arc and hints in the final arc clearly showing how I//chigo didn’t fit in the human world anymore and yet stayed there in the end. We were angry because the Sokyoku, the symbol of S//oul S//ociety’s old ways and injustice that I//chigo destroyed, was REBUILT. We were angry because M//ayuri was still a Captain and not in jail for his crimes. We were angry because we loved and cared for the story and the ending went against the main and side characters’ arcs and against the s//hinigami’s new ideals represented by I//chigo and R//ukia. And yes, we were angry for the pairings too because it was so badly written but most of us were fine with an open ending or IR and ISH ending but the new ‘IR would be nothing without anime filler moments’ argument is so ridiculous because even if you only look at the manga, IR was great, developed and made sense. Weirdly enough, the ones repeatedly shouting that filler “argument” aren’t saying a word about R//ukia’s scenes getting changed/deleted in the anime rn despite being the  deuteragonist as if her erasure hadn’t been bad enough in the manga vers. of the final arc (same for B//yakuya scenes to a lesser extent)… But yes, our anger is mainly aimed at how poorly written the ending was, not only shipping-wise but in general. And now it’s irritating to see new fans act as if criticism that were there for a decade is not allowed towards the story or the mangaka.

While I’m watching the anime so far and I’m happy with the added scenes (especially the ones with U//ryuu concerning his heritage and the conflict he feels over the whole situation), I must say I don’t like how they deleted R//ukia scenes and B//yakuya scenes on purpose. I prefer the old characters designs as well and though and color palettes are now closer to the manga’s, the body proportions often look wrong (B//yakuya’s face, U//ryuu’s jaw to mention only a few exemples) and the lighting is horrible. I’m watching because I want to see EBTR, R//ukia’s bankai, U//nohana’s true self etc. but I do understand why fans who were in the fandom back then aren’t watching the anime or simply left the fandom given how we’re being treated and how some people are changing the narrative.

You got it all twisted thanks to orgs being all “the meanie IR fans were mean to us and that’s why they lost”

Like, I got death threats for a whole ass month in June-July 2016

I witnessed an I//H fan wishing that the unborn baby from a fellow IR shipped would die

Someone in the fandom here tried to take their own life after a series of death threats

The sheer racism of a Spanish I//H shipper who stole a Peruvian IR fan’s fanfic and who was blatantly racist towards her for being from Peru

The homophobia, the racism, the misogyny

I still remember how all IR shippers who were women were called ugly and unattractive and that we’d never get married

Hell, just a few days ago I noticed I got insulted

For what? I hadn’t said anything related to B//leach in months!

That got me to come back

And we’ll never forget the infamous “IR hall of fame”

Like, do you want the receipts? Check my blog

Check our blogs

Check the ones of us who’ve been here in this website since 2012 and later

Check the blogs from 2014-2017 for the receipts

Honestly, I don’t know what kinds of lies are spread ob Twitter and TikTok, they’re filled with toxicity anyway and filled with people who’ll start shit for anything so I’m not surprised the fandom side is the same, but, like if you’re a teen now, try to look for the actual and factual information

I//H shippers from yore are NOT innocent lambs

I’ve found them in other fandoms and oooh booooy

They bring the same shit in EVERY fandom

I’m just done with fandom babies believing lies

And btw, Bleach: The Hell Chapter? The I//H hug? The I//H holding hand scenes from the anime? NOT CANON. Kubo did NOT write them.

The novels? Kubo himself I//H started dating AFTER college. He said so on an interview because it’s not there in the manga

Y’all have the same like 5 panels over and over and say there are no IR scenes.

Happy early Halloween and Happy Bleach anime comeback 😌

Happy early Halloween and Happy Bleach anime comeback 😌