#but I mean like. the scaffolding. the basis around which the entire show is built

[liamgallaghermpreg]

i’ve been reading the original pilot script for spn and idk i know y’all love that dean smokes cigarettes in it and stuff but wow i like what we got so much better lol

[muwitch]

WHOS UR DAD GINJOU

Hello kids and welcome to the fanon corner and today we have nothing else to eat but cover one of the questions left unsaid during Bleach and it’s Ginjou Kugo and his heritage as Substitute Shinigami or, rather as another half shinigami-half human in the Bleach universe.

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First and foremost lemme tell you where I'm coming from. The question of Ginjou's heritage never gets stationed plainly, but there are some points in the story where it's hinted and we're free to guess. 

First and foremost this panel:

We can not only see younger Ginjou here, but he also describes himself (we as readers and he as a character under hypnosis don't know who he's speaking about so it's fair) as having both powers of shinigami and human, just as Ichigo. 

This point is further supported by the panel where he admits to Rukia, that the transition of powers from shinigami to human is only possible if the subject (Ichigo atm) has some of shinigami powers himself and Ginjo has robbed him of any.

We also know as a fact that there's no such thing as human born shinigami.

And we do know that Ginjo was the first (and probably only) Substitute shinigami prior to Ichigo. Hence his case of power transfer was the first incident of such nature.

[Transition of power as a result became illegal and I highly doubt that somebody has tried it in between, so we do plainly have just two cases to compare and we will] 

Long story short, here we arrive to a conclusion that one of Ginjou's parents, unbeknownst to him, might have indeed been a shinigami. 

So we’re gonna thread to the fanon territory and I mind you that all here is just my own personal opinion and that might not be the case so come here if you're not afraid. 

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There are some contradictions to this point and I'll try to cover them before we get any further. 

In CFYOW Ginjou states that there wasn't in fact any hybrid shinigami present and he filled the role of substitute himself. 

However it's said that Tsukishima cannot make up personas, who aren't in the original memories to switch with himself. Considering Ginjou telling Ichigo about the hybrid shinigami while already being under Tsukishima's fullbring, he couldn't make up that part. It could've been Tsukishima's own doing but not just a made up on the go. It should've some sort of basis under it. (It could be that they made it up to make the case closer to Ichifo if they did already know he was a hybrid but where did they get the information I wonder). 

The cornerstone of Ginjou's power transfer could've been his fullbring or the piece of Soul King which is present in his soul.

 This is pure speculation though, but could've been the case. That would make it possible for any other Fullbringer to do the same though and it's not the case as we can see. 

Also this panel shows yet no Cross of scaffold and a normal zanpakuto, which means either Kubo was lazy, or his fullbring wasn't complete at the time. 

Nimaya Oetsu stated that every asauchi except for Ichigo's was forged by him 

Honestly here is a dead point where we clearly see an asauchi on Ginjou but he either got it the same way Ichigo did which serves to the point, or obtained from Oetsu and I guess this one's a plot hole. 

Note as Cross of Scaffold at the present is Ginjous Fullbring merged with his zanpakuto as hinted by ^^^ panel. 

We don't know shit about his parents which is the main point of everything 

but still we do know that his mother was attacked by a Hollow once during pregnancy.

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So if we get that far and close to the point, we once again arrive at the thought that Ginjou's father could've indeed been a shinigami. 

Why father you ask? 

Because an absence of female shinigami for a long period of time would be impossible for instance and for second thought, let's be honest here, a male shinigami in a gigai could've unwillingly fathered a child  unbeknownst to himself far easier. 

And that's where it gets interesting. 

Because no simple gigai could do that, nor do shinigami just run a mock running their fingers into every pie. It would probably take a gigai which was either specially tailored or as close as possible to the human body and as we know Urahara-san, a proud manufacturer, did a series of such gigais to a very specific group of people. 

Visored have been in the World of the Living for a hundred years. 

They moved a lot. They blended into human society so Aizen was determined to smoke them out. It was also mentioned that they moved every 5 years because their gigais didn't change, but I highly doubt that they lived in complete seclusion for these 100 years. 

They made human friends and acquaintances, probably also had some romantic moments along the way more or less. 

And if we look closer to the group, we can spot 1 (one) member who's particularly familiar, can't we? 

Yep, that's my guess. 

And here we again go on a thin road of PURE speculation but already here we can see some facial resemblance in their genetic makeup. 

Skin color: this one's sleazy and we can only rely on anime, but both Love and Ginjou have similar skin tones (and they aren’t pale af).

Not only that, colors of their eyes also match though that one’s tricky but definitely not entirely out of the cuestion.

Ginjo has wavy hair. Not close enough to Loves afro, but also somehow plays to the genes, aye?

Those thick brows curled upwards at the ends? Check.

Practically identical eye shape? Check.

That prominent hunch of their nose? Check.

Thick lips? Check.

Sideburns?!!??? Also hairline shape, don't @ me.

Very distinct heavy jawline not every Kubo drawn character gets? Gotcha.

Similar built physique? Both are pretty tall [Love at 189 cm and Ginjou at 187 cm respectfully] and muscular [We know Ginjou trained a LOT to build up his body but that muscle mass doesn’t just miraculously appear unless it’s either diet or it’s what? Right, genetics.]. Ginjou is specifically addressed by Ikumi as huge, which, considering Japanese height tendencies, is quite rare actually. (also dat booty?) Check.

[If we crop it like that, it’s only the brows that make a distinct difference between them and the thickness of dem sideburns, lets admit Ginjou’s got the best part of his dad-in-question]

Considering th probability of Visored being around Narukishi and Karakura about 30+ years ago, which was high, and Love's overall attitude, which is pretty much either carefree otaku or tough as shit Gotei 13 captain, this leaves the probability of the above mentioned as likely possible. 

Ye, as I said. 

Love Aikawa might as well be Ginjou’s dad.