#except for 6 ships I'm not too fond of in Bleach I'll ship anything tbh

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Oooh👀 what are your sexuality headcanons for your faves/favorite Bleach gay ships

My headcanons vary depending on what mood I'm in or what ships I'm writing, so I wouldn't say I'm particularly firm on any of these but generally it's

Ichigo → bi and/or ace, mainly because I project so much of myself onto him but also because I'm a huge protagonist stan of any media I consume and none of the protags I like are straight/cis (in my head)

Orihime → bi. She gives me such strong wlw energy and I also love that she's got chemistry with half the characters in Bleach. She's a funky bi baby

Chad → gay, but sometimes I like to ship ChadHime/IchiChadHime so gay/bi? I don't think anyone read Bleach with the notion that Chad is straight, and the epilogue just intensified those feelings tenfold, like thanks for not giving him a nameless off-screen wife, Kubo

Uryu → ace/aro/gay/bi (if I'm writing ishihime, but usually I lean more towards the first 3). Generally a big fan of the 'gay kid has a complicated relationship with Dad' trope because of uh...personal cathartic reasons, even if it feels a bit like a stereotype. Guilty.

Renji → bi, also? I would love to write a trans!Renji fic one day. It needs to exist (I'm sure there are good trans!Renji fic out there already) but I want to write one.

Rukia → bi/lesbian. When I first started watching Bleach I was a huge aro!Rukia person, too; whether this was because I liked her as a character and saw myself in her or she just has a Vibe, this was something I liked to headcanon.

Bonus Arrancar:

Ulquiorra → I don't think Arrancar see gender and sexuality in the rigid ways humans do so the concept of gender is more fluid/non-binary with them. Also he's so gay, that's a gay little bat.

Favorite Bleach gay ships:

I'm just going to list them, because there are SO many: IchiIshi (rip), IchiChad, ChadIshi, RukiHime, RiruHime, TatsuHime, Renji x Kira, Momo x Rangiku, ShunUki, Shunsui x Starrk, Yoruichi x Kukaku, UnoIsa, RyuIsshin, Komamura x Tosen (Angst), GrimmUlqui, and (crack) Shinji x Aizen in this weird AU I have in my head where Aizen is caught during the Turn Back the Pendulum Arc and doesn't get a chance to Hollow-fy the captains

(+ all my favorite m/f relationships that are bi in my head, like IchiHime, ChadHime, IshiHime and RenRuki).

#except for 6 ships I'm not too fond of in Bleach I'll ship anything tbh #i come from many multi shipping fandoms so i latch onto rarepair appeal quickly #asks