Somewhere In The Kuchiki Manor...

This...

But it's Byakuya with all of Ichigo's versions/forms...

If only Kubo did actually love his main character and the very first antagonist turned most loyal ally (and friend, fuck you!)...

There's no enough of Byakuya in the entirety of this shitty, badly written arc.

And there's not nearly enough interactions between Byakuya and Ichigo...

After Cour 1 and that emotional scene between both of them, I expected a whole lot more between them.

I expected Byakuya in the main team fighting Yhwach... Not people with simple Reishi based powers.

Oh no... It's Masaki...

Oh look! It's Masaki!

Oh no... it's Inoue...

Still fucking boring because they go on and on and on and just won't shut the fuck up...

At least we got Urahara's Bankai!

The surprised expressions in the Anime give me even more the feeling that none of these powerful people did their homework...

Ichigo is still so fucking nerfed that he still cannot one-shot a Almighty-less Yhwach.

Oh good... Jugram also likes The Speech™...

Fanfic-y scene with Inoue and Tatsuki talking about flowers just so the writers can link Inoue to the fire lilies and therefore Ichigo...

I hope this translation is incorrect!

It says: "It doesn't matter who he is" ... while talking about Ichigo. It's Tatsuki speaking, by the way.

I mean... DO NOT FUCKING USE AI FOR ANYTHING!

Us, the ones that never vibed with Ichi//hime and built our headcanons through the crumbs of the fillers and added Anime scenes, were accused of picking and choosing...

That only the Manga was canon.

Well... Let me tell you...

That means we're the only ones allowed to actually pick and choose from whichever source material we like to go on building our headcanons.

You? The purists?

I don't want to see you use ANYTHING from the Anime that isn't frame by frame on the Manga to plead your case.

"It's just a simple celebration. No need for too much formalities and exchange of vows..."

Somehow, Byakuya, who let's not forget is just a fictional character. This specific version a figment of my imagination:

"Are you sure about that?"

Grandpa Ginrei in the distance, also a figment of my imagination:

Well I'm sorry if I'm not Kubo and I'm not satisfied by putting out the most shallow, A4 sheet of paper characterization in my stories...

I'm just not that lazy to throw a character in and give them ONE emotion as his entire personality.

"Byakuya a little ooc.."

And it's just someone who clearly didn't follow the rest of the series to understand everything he went through and all the ways he evolved in his relationship with Ichigo throughout the years that I set my series...

People out here worshipping in the "He would not fucking say that!" altar, instead of practicing the "What would make him say that?"

When I write Byakuya, I write him as someone who's radically different in the privacy of his home than what the rest of the fucking Gotei 13 has the right to see.

So if you're looking for stone-faced, robotic Byakuya, stick to the source material because I refuse to be like Kubo.

Unless they were referring to me writing Byakuya as being what you people call a bottom...

Because what? Am I supposed to do what I've seen in other stories and writing him borderline abusive?

Am I supposed to take a man that's been in a position of power with all that it demands of him and write him as never, ever relinquishing control, not even in the intimacy facet of his life?

That's not actually feasible, unless you want me to write what I would consider to be an asshole that lives to be in control 100% of the times.

Which I never will.