#huge thank you to mori for help w/ speculating on the spiritual awareness bit!

[iobartach]

here's some stuff for my ocras buile / ravenous hunger / bleach au, that i should've added ages ago dfghj;

simply put; this verse is as close to a 'zombified miguel' as i'm probs gonna get

how did it happen; blame gigi, ofc , specifically zcmbiee's gigi

what does it mean; he's a hungry, hungry carnivorous spider. but more than likely tries to satiate his bottomless hunger by hunting wild critters, rather than people. there's probably been some close calls

but important to note, is he spiritually aware? potentially no? i'm tempted to play fast and loose with this since he has already met several shinigami. sooo maybe... shinigami, arrancar, hollows... everything that's a spirit, he can vaguely register, thanks to the combination of his own enhanced senses and... maybe giselle using her abilities on him? idk. but, as a friendo put it; great as miguel's vision is, he'd still perceive spirits as 'being out of focus / blurry' , at least at first. this may improve, though.

his personality hasn't completely vanished yet. this isn't to say he's better than the captains that got zombified - still human after all. a little bit. yhuji - but his willpower is strong. he's not giving up yet -- or giving in.

his main goal is to try and reverse what the quincy gigi did to him. has made contact with the usual go-tos of mayuri, urahara, etc. ... but it's all still a work in progress.

he's trying to avoid becoming a spider-zombie, at all costs. and resist gigi's control, but i'm quietlyyy gonna downplay that part bc it's a bit too icky to me.

...okay but last minute addition, and stop me if this sounds too farfetched ; somehow, someway, miguel finds a cure by being exposed to the hougyoku? 👀 don't tempt me here, i could take this in a number of directions tgyhuji