#Hōgyoku

[nobrashfestivity]

Fruit on Vine, 1830s Yamada Hōgyoku; Publisher: Iseya Ichiemon Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

#Yamada Hōgyoku #japanese art #woodblock print #ukiyoe #color woodblock #japanese #woodcut

[midnightactual]

I want one thing to be supremely clear to you, oh reader mine. All Aizen had to do to win in Bleach was intercept Yoruichi during TBTP.

If he had done that, Kisuke would be depowered, Tessai would be imprisoned, the Vizard would all be dead, and probably Kaien would still die and Isshin would still desert but Masaki would die and Ichigo would never be born. Aizen's plans probably would have succeeded at least until he encountered Zero Division (who absolutely knew everything he was up to and were unperturbed). At any rate, Bleach would not have happened.

All he had to do was stop Yoruichi. Not even beat her or kill her. Just stop her.

He didn't. He didn't even try. He didn't even try with Gin and Kaname and all the other forces at his disposal.

He didn't even try because he had no confidence in his ability to stop her even with all that. He deemed it superior to allow loose ends to develop, which ultimately resulted in his defeat, than even attempt to engage her at that time.

That means he assessed that fighting her with everything he had would essentially guarantee his defeat one way or another, whereas having loose ends only presented a "minimal" risk of eventually being defeated.

I don't care what anyone thinks about this. That is the only way to read the risk-reward structure presented in TBTP. It perfectly explains Aizen stammering in FKT when she appears as well. And it fits in with Aizen explaining in SAFWY that he feared fighting Kenpachi in a mortal body. He knew he did not have good odds of winning in a fight against Yamamoto, Kenpachi, or Yoruichi without Hōgyoku. These are simply the facts of the text of Bleach as it actually exists.

You can imagine whatever you like, but this is what Kubo (and Narita) wrote. It's canon.

#Out Of Character #Bleach #Meta #Yoruichi Shihouin #[ oh yeah and btw ] #[ the fact that Aizen never tried to use Hōgyoku as a weapon ] #[ unto itself ] #[ to like shred Yamamoto's soul? ] #[ yeah that's because it couldn't do that ] #[ if it could have he would have used it that way ] #[ so that inherently places a limit on its powers too ] #[ it was not by itself effective against any threat which ] #[ Aizen himself couldn't easily beat either ] #[ hence why he had to absorb it ]

[pulvisetsumbra]

BLEACH x Inuyasha

Ichigo Kurosaki, a 15yo "human" whose normal life ends when a demon drags him into a cursed well. Instead of hitting the bottom of the well, Ichigo ends up 500 years in the past during Japan's violent Sengoku period with the demon's true target, a wish-granting jewel (Hōgyoku). After a battle with a revived demon accidentally causes the sacred jewel to shatter and awakens an asleep demon, Ichigo enlists the help of said human-friendly demon named Rukia to help him collect the shards and prevent them from falling into the wrong hands.

#bleach #inuyasha #bleach anime #Rukia Kuchiki #ichigo kurosaki #Byakuya Kuchiki #sesshomaru #myedit #mybleach #yes this will have a part 2 #i blame discord for this AU #yes send me if you write fic #and byakuya is using his SS arc to channel his best sesshomaru impression

[bleach-smashorpass]

A housekeeping post!

As of right now, all the manga character polls have been made! Zommari was last, and the polls should run until mid-April sometime. That's 190 characters roughly, not taking into account secondary forms and the like. That should, in theory, be the last poll, but it won't be. We have some tentative plans, so I'll outline those.

Anime Only — an additional batch of 96 characters have been compiled and alphabetized, ready to be made into polls. These include miscellaneous hollows, shinigami, and of course the bounts (and their dolls) and the zanpakutou spirits. There are also a couple movie characters in there, too.

Beyond Resurrección — this one is mostly selfish, but I'd like to do a quick round of polls going through the Espada's Hōgyoku Resurreccións from Brave Souls because I think the designs rule.

Burn the Witch — a Burn the Witch round? If people wanted?

After that? Who knows! There are probably other things that can be posted from Brave Souls (spirit society, some of the alternate forms, you know.)

Please do reply to this post (or send in an ask) with your thoughts, but that's it for now. I didn't expect this blog to get nearly as much traction as it has, and it's been fun running it, so thank you for participating! — Mod Chappy

#not a poll #seireitei bulletin #ive also (finally) enabled anon asks for a little while #they've been disabled because i didn't want to invite anything weird into my home

[incertola]

"Role swap"

An old AU created when Bleach was still ongoing. A brief explanation will be down here.

In this version, Kisuke Urahara has already seen the collapse of the Soul Society, when Gotei had got no power against Wandenreich. The support in the form of Ichigo Kurosaki didn't exist, as well as the Research Institute in the 12th division.

With the help of the unfinished Hōgyoku, the Soul King, and his own bankai, Kisuke got the chance to reshape history so that the soul society would have been ready for the battle. He made Aizen Sousuke a key character of his plan.

As a man who could have shaken up the whole Gotei, but didn't do it in Urahara's timeline. Kisuke provides him with information about the SK and steers him along the right path, while he himself is engaged in the creation of the S.R.D.I. (all subsequent canon events start here).

The reverse of the roles is that everything that happens is the result of Urahara's activities and plans, which turns him into antagonist in relation to Sousuke and forces Kisuke to take on the role of an éminence grise. Suits him well, doesn't it?

#bleach #urahara x aizen #aizen sousuke #kisuke urahara

[aho-dapa]

Tbh there's something about the way Ichigo, Kisuke, and Sōsuke are all reflecting off of each other in canon

Like this is sooooo influenced by my random uraichizen thoughts but

Like, considering Kisuke's Bodhisattva allegory with Guanyin/Kannon and his knowledge of the world, the idea that he preserves the status quo of the worlds by not actively doing anything in comparison to Sōsuke (from what we can see). He is a Bodhisattva in this sense. He's seen the truth, he teaches others the truth or hints at it because true Enlightenment can only be with the self. But.

Then there's the actual consequence of SS and what shinigami have to do to maintain the balance. Kisuke opposes Sōsuke and his views not because he believes it's right, but because he believes that the destruction of the worlds is not acceptable. It's a necessary evil.

Sōsuke has an ego with him wanting to become God, but there's also something almost tragic about his arc with reframing it from his perspective of Soul Society.

Soul Society is not a good place. Honestly horrible to live in. Especially when we find out that they sacrifice souls to hollows and vice versa in the name of balance.

Tbh, I ended up asking myself, from this viewpoint, is the Soul Society really worth protecting? Because it's goal is not about protecting people, but protecting the balance. Can the shinigami claim ignorance? Should they even be allowed to when they are complicit in destruction of lives? What would 'life' actually be considered in this universe? Do hollows deserve life as humans do? Except the SS ultimately sees both as a means to an end, hollows are just more of an obstacle.

Effwctively, shinigami are content sleeping on a bed of ground bones. I can see Sōsuke thinking this from a biased perspective.

But he's also not some savior either. He's arrogant and has a callousness to him that conflicts with this more sympathetic view of him.

His anger at Kisuke for knowing the truth of the world and not trying to change it seems genuine. There's an air of hypocrisy to his character I can't shake and it makes me wanna know more about why. Like the question of the greater evil vs the lesser evil.

Except Ichigo. He steps forward, finally knowing himself in full, to defeat Sōsuke, to defeat Yhwach, yet I can't help but feel like he's still so ignorant of the world he lives in. If he learned about their horrors, could he truly stand by in shadows waiting as Kisuke does, or would he become like another Sōsuke, for whatever reason. Or would he become a different path?

Sōsuke is also related to illusion and water, a reflection. We never see his bankai and I would even go so far as to think that he own powers don't work as they do in canon. There's still too many unknowns about him for me to be confident in them. But Ichigo’s own insights about Sōsuke's loneliness is just... it's so tempting to build off of that.

Because those feelings are likely a reflection of Ichigo from when he was a young age and his own confusing powers may have brought only more loneliness instead of understanding or connection.

I can't help but think that Kisuke represents Stagnation and Sōsuke represents Progess. Except poth come with an unsavory taste in the mouth. Kisuke waits, likely works towards a goal, bit it's far too slow for the people that have already suffered because of the world. Sōsuke steps forward, also hiding until he's sure of his strike, and he probably would have won if not for Ichigo. What is Ichigo then?

The only part of the Soul King that's named is his heart, which can bring about miracles, things unexplained due to emotions and desires. It acts similar to the Hōgyoku. Ichigo speculates that Sōsuke may have actually wanted to lose to him and that's... also a lot of implication about Sōsuke's character. There's also the idea that Sōsuke may have built Ichigo up. To what? Defeat him? Stand by his side? To make him less lonely? Or are these Ichigo’s unreliable feelings, are they simply Ichigo’s own reflected onto Sōsuke?

Both of Kisuke and Sōsuke's plans and views come with a price. And Ichigo remains ignorant, but he stills fights for everyone to not pay that price, even his enemies.

In a way, it's like Sōsuke decided to pay a huge price upfront to pay back later, Kisuke is frugal and making sure to balance everything while moving forward but that means people can't attain true wealth within their lifetime. Yhwach decided to destroy the concept itself despite that it means everyone will then have to pay that price.

Ichigo, is just, bursting through all of that. But he's also only one person. And idk, that feels important to how change must be made collectively when it's about a whole society. All Ichigo does is step forward, with other people, like the beginning of a wave.

Like, this is the end of the post but SŌSUKE AND KANAME??????? That alone needs a whole thesis and how it informs both of their characters since the only person Sōsuke actually trusts out of everyone is Kaname

#using their firsts name because I've been planning a fanfic 😭 #is uraichizen even a thing?? #uraichi #aiichi #uraaiichi then?? #bless restore drafts fr was gonna lose this all trying to figure out sōsuke and kisuke's ship name 😭😭 #ichigo kurosaki #kisuke urahara #sōsuke aizen #kurosaki ichigo #urahara kisuke #aizen sōsuke #bleach

[acidic--ace]

Something that's been on my mind regarding Aizen and Ichigo's interactions so I'm throwing it out: Why I think Aizen never used his shikai against Ichigo and what that says about his ulterior motive.

For starters, we have to answer the question as to why Aizen molded and formed Ichigo. Like Aizen said, he knew about Ichigo since before he was born. Aizen was intrigued by the immense power that is gained from hybrid beings, hence why he was so focussed on working and experimenting with the Hōgyoku. Isshin and Masaki were an unexpected but welcome surprise, and in old fashioned Aizen fashion, he adapted and observed. We all know what happened next since Aizen was so kind to narrate it for us, but he spent the next years monitoring Ichigo, and eventually actively forming him. Setting up the battles to push Ichigo to his limits, to slowly but surely become stronger.

I'm convinced that Aizen would have been disappointed if Ichigo died (which he almost did a couple of times) but at the same time something tells me he had faith that wouldn't happen. Despite putting him in life-threatening situations, he never made an active attempt to kill Ichigo, always leaving some window of opportunity, because he wanted to see how far Ichigo could evolve. Even after defeating Urahara and Isshin, and Ichigo seemed to be at his limits, he still stopped Gin when he made an attempt to finish Ichigo off. He still had hope for Ichigo to grow.

To be clear, he did not do this because he cared about Ichigo's well-being, but because Ichigo is the perfect counterpart. He is the perfect blend of Human, Soul Reaper, Quincy and Hollow. He is the counterweight and closest to an equal powerful force to challenge Aizen's own power. And Aizen wanted to have that, hence why he made sure to keep it around.

Like he explained to Gin, fear is necessary for evolution. Feeling and experiencing fear is a requirement for him to evolve even further and become stronger himself. Interestingly, this counters Urahara's view on fear, which he explained when training Ichigo in the beginning. According to him, "nothing comes from fear." He actively encourages Ichigo to not acknowledge fear in battles at all.

Whoever is right is up for another debate, (or a matter of personal preference) but what it boils down to for Aizen is that in the end, he firmly believes that anything or anyone powerful should experience fear. And the reason for this is that power in itself should never remain stable. We still don't know Aizen's complete motives, but what is clear is that he refuses to bow down to the everlasting reign of the Soul King. That he firmly believes the position of Soul King, the palace, Squad Zero, all of it, should be challenged. That they should feel fear, and he hates the fact that nobody takes up that role.

We do get hints that Aizen himself doesn't just want to overthrow that reign, but also wants to take over the place of the Soul King himself. And even though Aizen is an arrogant power hungry bastard, he is not a hypocrite, because he makes sure that his own power is actively challenged as well. Whether that's by empowering Ichigo, keeping Gin close despite suspecting betrayal and never asking anyone to trust him, he makes sure his power is never stagnant.

And because of all that, he also does not use his Shikai against Ichigo. Using his Shikai would mean an immediate advantage, and the challenge that Ichigo provides would be significantly lower. Ergo his power will be unchallenged. It's a strategic move, all crafted according to his own plan. He wants Ichigo at his fullest potential, unhindered. So that he himself will evolve without hindrance as well. To stand at the top himself.

#bleach anime #bleach #bleach aizen #sosuke aizen #aizen #ichigo kurosaki #bleach ichigo #bleach analysis

[uraharashouten]

Urahara Kisuke's bankai has a 'range'

...but what does that really mean?

"Kannonbiraki Benihime Aratame's power... is to restructure anything she touches."

This claim that Urahara Kisuke asserts to Askin Nakk le Vaar in Bleach chapter 666 sounds ridiculously OP, doesn't it? Where's the catch? Ah yes, it has a 'range.' I, and fandom in general, have speculated just what that limit is. We see Askin get caught in it, and his arm flayed open—only to repair itself instantly when he jumps back. So it seems that you can't get too close. We also see Kisuke's wounds reopening as Benihime collapses, so there has been much speculation (including on my part) that perhaps Benihime's restructuring expires when bankai does... the wiki seems to think so.

Well, I am here today to unveil a new (and probably controversial) opinion: That "range" has nothing to do with distance or time—it's a metaphysical one, and it hinges on the subordination of willpower.

Before I go on, I'd like to stress how fundamentally important the concept of willpower is to Bleach. This has been explored with great thought and detail by better than me, so I'll gesture to this post and this one. We saw the Hōgyoku merge with Aizen, who had a strong enough will (and hubris) to stand atop the heavens, only to see it abandon him when he began to subordinate his own will to the "will of the Hōgyoku." We know from No Breathes From Hell that with a strong enough willpower, as measured in reii, one will quite literally leave a lasting impression in the very fabric of the universe.

So: how does this apply to Kannonbiraki Benihime Aratame?

Let's take that second point first. We never, in any subsequent official material, hear about Kisuke's blindness, or even his scars. We never get any mention of how his eyes "died" again once his bankai expired and had to be restored. When we encounter him again in CFYOW, there is nary a mention about any of that. So... it seems unlikely that Cinderella's curfew applies to Benihime's restructuring.

So if there's not a duration limit to the range, what about proximity?

In a shounen manga where shinigami can't wait to shinigamisplain their bankai in great detail to their foe before using it... Urahara Kisuke breaks the pattern by playing coy. Well, of course he does; he's Kisuke, so we chuckle and think "How in character!"

But could it also be that his bankai is less effective once an opponent knows about it?

Well, of course it is. Once Askin's aware of the 'range,' he seeks to avoid it. But in the exchange that follows... see how close they are?

Kisuke's right hand is fending off Askin's while his left's being restructured. So unless we want to imagine the 'range' of proximity is tightly hugging Kisuke's body, or that he's passing on a lot of tactical opportunity here, we have to consider that perhaps proximity isn't the necessary factor.

In any case, we know the the 'range' doesn't hug Kisuke's body.

He did say "anything it touches." And we saw Kisuke laying the groundwork for that in chapter 606.

Even sealed, Benihime has still 'touched' this terrain.

But neither do we see Kisuke or Benihime physically touch Askin's left arm before he invokes bankai. (If we see that in the anime I will throw my laptop across the room and stand corrected. But it'll also be a way simpler explanation.)

In any case, he's certainly a dangerous man to touch carelessly...

Which may be why Askin's predictions turn out wrong:

Now that's a familiar-sounding overconfidence. And when we get overconfident, we can become careless.

After that initial open-arm surgery, Benihime never rearranges anything of Askin's, does she? Perhaps because he's now on guard. He's focused on keeping himself together.

And now, we circle back around to the importance of will. Here's my assertion:

Benihime can't restructure reishi that's held together by a stronger resistant willpower.

Corollary 1: if you don't want to be rearranged by Benihime, you must either concentrate on choosing not to be, or establish a pattern strong enough that it survives your loss of consciousness, or even your death. Corollary 2: If you do want the effects of Benihime's restructuring to continue, then by all means subordinate your will to it. Especially if you're Kisuke and want to keep your new eyes. grumbles about retconning all my eye headcanons

Consider that Kisuke did nothing to rearrange the body chemistry of Yoruichi and Yuushirou as they lay unconscious nearby, suffering in Askin's Gift Bereich. I've wondered about that—but as great nobles, they have some of the highest reii of any shinigami. It's safe to say their patterns are indelible. I think that for Benihime to restructure them, they'd have to subordinate their wills, and for that, they'd have to be conscious.

What about the Gift Bereich? How is it that Benihime could make a path in, but not a path out? What's the difference?

The difference is that Askin's will established a structure that wouldn't permit creation of an exit.... even if he died. That's supremacy of willpower.

Askin's right. Why is Kisuke even asking something like this? It's almost like he's discerning just how iron-clad is Askin's intent.

Is there any support for this I can glean from Kisuke's history? Glad you asked.

We know that Kisuke has said his bankai isn't suitable for training. If it's best used on restructuring himself, that stands to reason. But we also can take something from his training of Ichigo.

"I press you a little and you fall apart!"

Advice, it has been said, is a form of nostalgia. If this is Kisuke's lesson, we can suppose it's what he learned... in his own training with Benihime. The need for resolve, for willpower, to keep from literally falling apart—could it be that's how he won his own bankai battle?

#Kisuke.meta #MUSE::Kisuke #[[ meta ]]

[writerswhy]

My job won’t let me BLEACH in the morning so my brain works overtime during the night. I got like +10,000 words worth of headcanon lore that is begging to be unleashed.

None of this makes sense, this is just for me, okay?

The Hōgyoku - aka BLEACH’s orbital laser

Hinamori and her namesakes - “young forest” + fire imagery + “[Plum trees] symbolise perseverance and hope, as well as, beauty thriving in adverse circumstances. As the plum tree blossoms between two seasons, it is also seen as a symbol of spring - bringing warmth, transition and the promise of fruitfulness.” 

“Dragons plant no trees” but make it BLEACH

Gendered conflict (our three love stories - hitsuhina, renruki, ginran)

“Meeting in the middle”

Institutions and Rukongai

Red Wedding + cursed land + Lady Stoneheart + Arya + wolves = cannot escape the Riverlands ——> Nobles + betrayal + Soul King = Soul Society is a haunted house

Loneliness (because everyone is so lonely) 

Non-violence philosophy

Memories and the “wild Rukongai”

Boat load of Hinamori headcanons 

Choosing to befriend, choosing to love, and maintaining these bonds. Choosing humanity 

it’s not about transcending, it’s about meeting

…meeting violent ends

Restorative justice 

Complicity vs making the best with what you have 

Frankenstein and ghost stories

They’re ghosts but this is THEIR haunted house and THEIR broken heart

Boy oh boy, I have no idea how this is actually going to turn out but I’m going to have so much fun doing it. I’m going to feed my obsessions. 

#bleach #This is a mess #just a mash of media #100% canon contradictions #I’m so excited :) #personal

[bankaizen]

just thinking about aizen and his curse of loneliness. not just during his time in the seiretei and his evolution of power, but also in his deicide when his wings are clipped to ground him and seal him away, being refused and dismissed by the only other person with a mind as great as his own; insulted and enraged that someone who matches him in intellect can't understand his desire to change the state of the world. and then when he's imprisoned depths below the surface in vast darkness, immortalized by the hōgyoku and punished by the solitude that comes with it. there is no overcoming it. he doesn't just feel loneliness, this man is loneliness.

#there's so much i haven't mentioned and i could go on allll day but those are just my immediate thoughts #if i think about him for too long i lose my mind #g.txt

[my-my-my]

i just read one of the Anonymous ask they say "60 ft giant!aizen"! what if Hōgyoku turn him to this? i mean giant aizen hehehe… Could you talk about Aizens relationship with others and his human and their reactation to this?

LOL

Maybe being a giant will solve his problems. You know, "modern problems require modern solutions". But you know Sq 12 and Kisuke will be on the case trying to reverse that shit lmao. NO ONE will be happy (not even Aizen).

#bleach #aizen sousuke #i'm not gonna answer this ask seriously anon lol #i'm cackling at the thought of giant aizen #he'd be sf miserable #also i miss the bodega boys #answered #anonymous #aizen sosuke

[electronicwitchcollection]

i just read one of the Anonymous ask they say "60 ft giant!aizen"! what if Hōgyoku turn him to this? i mean giant aizen hehehe… Could you talk about Aizens relationship with others and his human and their reactation to this?

Honestly, it’s so bizarre I can’t even wrap my mind around it 😂

I think if the hogyoku did turn Aizen into a giant (god help us all)

Gin would find it insanely amusing. He snort, holding back his laughter at the comical scene of lord Aizen filling up the streets of karakura town. Wary of falling victim to Aizen and his suddenly size 98 feet 😂 “You must be thrilled Aizen sama, you’ve finally reached the heavens”

Urahara would also find it funny. “Bet ya didn’t think the hogyoku would do that, now did you Aizen? Surly this wasn’t all a part of your plan?” Aizen would somehow blame this on Urahara too, he 100% believes everything bad that happens to him is somehow Kisuke’s fault.

Shinji “at least your body now matches your massive ego.. 🙄 ”

Tousen wouldn’t change, he would still blindly follow Aizen. If anything it would cement his belief of Aizen and the path he had chosen.

I believe Ichigo would attempt to cut him down the same way he did that first Menos Grande. Swipe at his legs until he gets smaller and smaller so he can reach his head, cos “what the fuck else am I supposed to do? He 60ft tall!”

Ukitake “Shunsui, look at the size of his feet! If we’re not careful, he’ll destroy the whole town…”

Shunsui “forget the town. If his feet are that big imagine how big his dic…”

Ukitake “Kyoraku!”

If Aizen had a partner… I like to believe the love conquers all… but seriously.. how could any relationship continue like that? One stray sneeze and you’re outta there 😂 It would hurt, but realistically, if he couldn’t change back, or get the hogyoku to also change you into his size, you’d have to part ways.

#bleach #bleach fandom #bleach fanfiction #Asks #What on earth is happening #Shunsui will always make me laugh #Giant Aizen 🫨

[harukaprism]

Face sitting

Pairing: Sosuke Aizen x F!Reader

Warnings: Smut, MDNI, face sitting, cum eating, oral (f receiving), greedy Aizen, Gin walks in on you, hate fucking, I guess? Loveful hate? He also is like in his second stage with the Hōgyoku, long hair and purple eyes

Word Count: 1,294

Dawn's notes: I have been watching Bleach again, so, Here.

You were used to being treated like a pet with Sosuke, he had kidnapped you from the Soul Society when the three of them declared war, you were trapped in the castle that he had built in Hueco Mundo. 

The Arrancars regarded you with such disgust, but Ulquiorra was always kinder with you. He knew that you were important to Sosuke, he knew that to keep his lord calm you were needed so he never crossed you. 

Which is why you went to him to find the man your pussy was craving.

Your sexual attraction to the former captian was always there, there was no manipulation needed on his end, having met in the academy the two of you had always stayed close, you were lucky enough that he had never showed you the power Kyōka Suigetsu held. Claimed you were too precious. Disgusting. 

Knocking on the door that held the 4th Espada you knocked gently. The door opened in silence and you were met with the striking green eyes that studied you. “Sorry to bother you, but Aizen isn’t in our room, where could I find him?” You hated saying that you shared a room with him, he forced you to of course, you hated him sometimes, hated the way he looked at you with those honey brown eyes stared at you as you readied for bed with him, the way your inner muscles clenched seeing him fresh out of his bath. 

“Lord Aizen is in his study, claimed he was doing a project with the Hōgyoku.” That was all the information you needed, with that you walked away from the door down the long halls and stairways. 

It was easy to get lost in Las Noches, so many wrong turns, stairs that lead to nothing, so many levels that had too many people who wanted you dead, and one person who kept you here, but not by force. You wanted to be with him, to touch him, to revel in his praise and attention. What was wrong with you? 

Opening the door to the study you looked at the man you craved since the day you met. His hair was longer and his clothing much more different. No matter. As you approached you listened to him take a deep breath. “What are you doing here? It can be dangerous here. I know I have warned you multiple times.” His voice was calm and dripping in honey, it was almost convincing. But you knew the true beast that lived inside of him, the true Sosuke Aizen. The lonely man, the man who demanded control, the one who wanted to be king, created his own world where he was worshiped. 

But that was not what you care about. You wanted him to shut the hell up. Walking up to him you threaded your hand in his hair pulling him to the ground with you climbing over him. His beautiful brown eyes were glinting in the blue light that basked the two of you. “Shut up Sosuke.”

You had planned this, so you lifted your skirt and put your knees on the side of his face, you  sunk down and sat your bare pussy on his face. The best way to get a man who wouldn’t shut up to be quiet was to use his face. You clearly took him by surprise because he let out a muffled question, which of course you couldn’t hear, but with his mouth now open a bit you could get what you wanted. 

Even before anything happened you were already incredibly hot and bothered. The way his face was proportioned made it so your clit was easily nestled right against his nose. With a quick circle of your hips the pressure he was applying made your head swim. 

Sousuke always did this to you, he knew how to pleasure you just right to make you see stars instantly. Oh how you hated it. A chill ran up your spine as you felt the man under drag his tongue ever so slowly between your sweet dripping lips. 

Lacing your fingers through the thick hair at his skull you pulled roughly as you dragged against his face pleasuring yourself, the feeling of using him was exhilarating. Sure, you had ridden his face before but it was at his behest, not yours. Oh how the tables have turned. 

Suddenly, you felt his tongue push past your tight ring of muscles as he buried himself as deeply as he could. Bastard, it’s like he could read your mind, but it made your job easier. Lifting your hips you let yourself slowly descend back onto his tongue, how he was able to make you feel this full with just his tongue you had no idea, but you loved every second of it. 

Those strong calloused hands wrapped around your thighs pulling you down further into his mouth as he moved his face so he had free access to your clit. The devil sucked on the hardened bundle of nerves harshly sending pleasure rocketing up your body, the moan that you had been trying so hard to repress made its way to the surface letting it fill the room. 

Euphoria was always present when he pleasured you, even though he was very self centered when it came to you it was always you first then he would focus on his own pleasure and release. Grinding harder against his face you braced your thighs around his head squeezing tightly as white shot across your vision letting your orgasam rock your body. 

His suckling to the sweet bud became softer as he let you ride out your release, you were sure you were suffocating him with not only your sweet release but your thighs yet you didn’t care. All you could do was weakly hump his face like a bitch in heat. 

Once the buzzing in your head and sex calmed down you lifted yourself up on your knees getting off of his face you glanced down to see Sosuke move from under your skirt gleaming back at you, his face was coated in your juices and release; breath steady and calm. Asshole. 

“Why do you look so smug?” You scoffed as you went to get off of his body, ready for the distance he always gave you after nights of pleasure. It always puzzled you, he demanded your

closeness yet it seemed you somehow got too close and he put distance between the two of you. 

“What God wouldn’t love for a woman to suffocate him with her sweet pussy?” He chimed as he pulled you back up further lolling his tongue out before the door to his office opened. 

“Captain Aizen…” Came Gin as you whipped your head to look at the man. “I see you are busy, I’ll come back later.” Just as quickly as the silver haired snake appeared he disappeared. 

A rush of embarrassment flooded your body as you struggled against his hold, you had a few interruptions before, a few Arrancars coming to your bedroom door as you were going down on him to summon him for a meeting. “Let go Sosuke.” Your mumbles came out quickly but gently. 

He knew what no meant with you, but he wasn’t listening this time. “We are not done, until I am drowning in your sweet nectar. You started this, now you get to go with my plan.” The purple in his eyes was gone and his hair was short again, not that it mattered. 

“You’re such an asshole.” You let out a whine as you clenched your thighs around his head again feeling his assault on your abused clit. 

You hated him, but fuck if you didn’t love what he made you feel.

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[swan2swan]

Going by what we have seen when even just ONE of them fully cuts loose, how do you think Aizen would have fared if he had actually managed to make it to the Royal Realm? Would the Hōgyoku have beefed him up enough to take them all on or would just Ichibē have been enough to ruin his day? I love that the anime gave them a proper showing and had them back up all the talk.

Flyzen would have been able to take Squad Zero's four individuals with ease, and he could survive a Bankai, but I don't know how he would have fared against Ichibei. The man could have inked Kyoka Suigetsu and renamed the blade; inked Aizen and renamed him to something; he could ink the Hogyoku and rename it 'rock'. Assuming he saw through the blade's illusions, of course.

But I think Aizen *could* have won, because that's part of the significance of Ichigo stopping him down below. However, it's also arguable that Aizen would have lost, and that Ichigo stopping him before destroying Karakura Town was more important because that was Ichigo's responsibility. Heaven could handle itself; his task was to protect the mortals. Which he did.

At the same time, though, my stance is that both Ichigo and Aizen broke the universe's power scaling in that scene: either one of them would have been up to the task of fighting Yhwach in the Final Battle. They basically went to Level 110 in a game that peaks at 100. Then they had to play at ranking up to 100. So...Aizen coulda won? I guess?

#bleach #bleach spoilers #aizen #squad zero #aizen would probably have gone to full strength against them though #no monologuing #but I also don't think he had any intel on them #which was a problem for him

[midnightactual]

Because I keep having to say it:

BLEACH DOESN’T HAVE POWER LEVELS

Reiatsu is usually not as big a determinant of victory as the matchup of the nature of powers is.

To provide yet another example, it’s canon that Tsukishima casually undoes Yhwach’s breaking of Zangetsu. He could stab Aizen or Yhwach once, and completely undo their powerups by changing their pasts. He could literally make it so that Aizen never absorbed the Hōgyoku, and Yhwach didn’t absorb the Soul King or as many dead Quincy souls, by changing the past! We know this because in Orihime and Chad’s rewritten pasts, he did beat Aizen:

This isn’t an illusion or mind control. He didn’t just beat Aizen “in their heads”. He canonically beat Aizen in their pasts, straight-up. It’s very clearly and repeatedly stated how his powers work, both in chapter 456 and elsewhere:

In chapter 681, Tsukishima literally beats a fully powered-up Almighty with zero issues. Legit, Tsukishima can solo Aizen or Yhwach if he gets in one single hit. Or Kuruyashiki, or Azashiro, or Cien, or Roka, or Aura, or Hikone, or Retsu, or Kenpachi, or any other OP character you care to name. (The one likely notable exception is Yamamoto because of the strength of his convictions, as we saw with Byakuya, and that it can take time for Tsukishima to really twist up someone's past.) He just doesn’t because Ginjō doesn’t tell him to. And the reiatsu differential has no bearing on that whatsoever. But Byakuya beats him because he can work through the alterations Tsukishima has made.

This is just one example. It's often rock paper scissors. Reiatsu is not the end-all, be-all, which people somehow got in their heads from I guess Aizen no-selling Soifon’s Shikai. (Which, how does anyone know that wasn’t just an illusion anyway? Aizen is not a reliable narrator.)

#Out Of Character #Bleach #Meta