#i HAVE written a 'deleted scene' so maybe i'll post that hmm...? it needs all the context though.

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Just got a wave of affection for my horse OCs... as in, the random horses that appear in my fics

[sorryimananti-romantic]

LMAO NOT US HAVING THE SAME TASTES IN OUR ANIME CHARACTERS IM CACKLING 💀

yes! bleach is one long anime, one of my big four (naruto, fairy tail, one piece are honourable mentions) but bleach is def my fav bc the genre and art literally everything is my thing

omg if the recent animations are doing justice i've got to give it a go. i have the attention span of a cat lmao hence why i prefer reading (bc i have to physically swipe) over watching (suddenly i'm staring at the dust on my keyboard i gotta clean it)

GIRL URAHARA FKDJGHDJ HE'S SO im gonna say it DADDY. 12 year old me had a crush on this daddy like a huge crush he's such a tease and i still love him sm jfdgkdhg he drives me crazy lmao. AND YES YORUICHI. absolutely adore these two.

kenpachi and yachiru is the duo of bleach, no questions. recently read a post and it's coming to mind now-- not only do they match each other's freak, they accentuate it which makes their partnership so good. his bankai was insane.

omg yes ulquiorra and grimmjow were my babies. i adored them even when they gave everyone hell 💀 AND YES. THIS SPECIFIC ORIHIME SCENE!! istg even after all these years i remember these quotes word by word. and omgg if you think i can write sth up to that level i will sob?? 😭😭 tite kubo is literally my biggest inspiration like if you ever see a poetic line from me in my fics know that there's a tite kubo influence behind it bc he slayed so hard with this scene!

and omg. orihime and ulquiorra ugh 😭 i want to write this now AHAHAHA i really like the concept of this warm, healing person x hollow person that only knows how to destroy (why do i feel like i've written sth like this before hmm this concept just very familiar to me)

omg yes thank you for refreshing my arrancar memory and i remember how much i liked the hueco mundo arc! these characters were such a good twist imo and OMG I REMEMBER THE TWO SCIENTISTS FIGHT ITS BLURRY BUT I REMEMBER IT BEING KINDA GROSS WHY WAS THAT (i need to reread lmao i'm sold) (also i think rereading it now would be so much fun i fear once i start i'll be unable to stop hoho) (also i'm a sucker for scythes too we're the same)

the quicys :')) i had to google these names but i remember whatever you said vaguely. but i agree with everything lmao and i have to talk about rukia's bankai it's soo pretty. honestly i never vibed with any quincys that much back then, maybe it'll be different now. liltotto is still memorable hehe

omygod. the kon arc was hilarious. and the captains showing up 💀💀 nothing beats that fr

AND YES YES AIZEN AND THE FIGHT WAS SOOO GOOD MAN KEPT COMING BACK but like all the tricks he pulled would always have me go O.O (bruh i'm itching to reread now bc like these memories are scratching at my brain now AHAHAHAHA)

omg you should never delete your yapping i love unfiltered yapping sm and this was so good. i only have one person irl i can talk to about bleach but we haven't talked about bleach in years so it is so refreshing to do this again! you def could write the manga atp tho AHAHAHAHA

AND YES. I'M THE BLEACH ENTHUSIAST WHO WILL NITPICK ON EVERYTHING (BUT OUT OF LOVE) i just need to reread again lmaooo i used to like chat about bleach with random ppl on tumblr back in those days. you can hit me up whenever you want too bbygorl let's both reread the manga that would be so fun omg?? imagine reading together and discussing chapters or arcs together AHHHHHH

i was snooping around your blog and saw that you also like bleach (the anime/manga) 👀 are you still following the new seasons or did you stop at some point?

do you have any favorite: character, shinigami (shikai/bankai), arrancar (abilities/resurrecion), quincy/sternritter (abilities/shift), visored, hollows, arcs? special moments that have stuck with you (positively/negatively)?

it's so rare for me to find someone else into it lol so you got me curious now~

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omgg when i tell you that bleach is the love of my life, possibly my fav manga ever (or at least one of my fav)!! i started reading and occasionally watching (bc i was more of a reader) back in 2012 until the manga ended (somewhere around... 2016?) and then i reread the whole thing again and watched whatever episodes were available :'))

i don't read mangas anymore, i sometimes watch anime (not very often) but i still cherish bleach so much. and omg seeing those terms made me go *blink blink* bc it's been so long i had to google to confirm what some of those were!

and that's why my answers might not make sense BUT I HAVE FAVS. definitely. firstly, ichigo, ofc. esp when he attained bankai. kisuke urahara is also my biggest anime crushes (also my anime crushes are such a strong indicator of my type). from the arrancars, i remember how obsessed i was with ulquiorra and grimmjow (ulquiorra's arc and the way he died? and the scene with orihime still lives in my head rent free).

i honestly don't remember much but i remember being a fan of the ishidas too. i also have the softest spot for rukia and byakuya, kenpachi and the little girl that tags with him. toshiro's powers always fascinated me the most and aizen was so hot for being the villain lmao. and omg ywach!! always gave me the chills.

i think my fav arc was when (the explanation's gonna suck) the soul society is in... shambles? with ywach and the other espadas. thousand year blood war or sth? basically before the manga ends. i think the ending and opening of this anime are perfection.

i think this is my cue to reread bleach bc i've been wanting to reread (and hopefully getting back into reading manga) for a while now. since the last time i touched this manga was in 2016, my knowledge is very dusty if you can't tell already-- but if i pick it up again, i'm bothering you 🫵 bc it really is rare to find a bleach enthusiast! i need to hear your fav moments and fav characters too, come on. refresh my memory (and give me the push to pick bleach again)

[sothischickshe]

11, 17, 20!

11. What do you envy in other writers?

This is gonna sound cheesy, but jealousy is something that I try to, I guess, actively dismantle for myself? For all things, not just writing.

Like, there have defffffinitely been times where I've read stuff and been like WELL THAT'S SO FUCKING GOOD, I CAN'T DO THAT, WHAT'S THE POINT. but I think that's transitioned into WELL THAT'S SO FUCKING GOOD, I APPRECIATE IT!!! I WONDER IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN LEARN FROM IT? IF SO THAT'S COOL! OR MAYBE IT'S JUST VERY DIFFERENT TO HOW I WRITE, AND IF SO THAT'S COOL TOO!!

And I mean, stats/kudos would be an obvious one, but I reallllly think that's mostly stopped having an impact on me? As in, I love kudos obvi, but I don't really pay attention to anyone else's, and I tend to see my stories as weird lil snails in competition with each other?

That said, here are some things I do get a bit jealous of sometimes:

Writers who have the sense to write an idea down when they have it???

Writers who can actively work on multiple stories in the same period

Writers who can respond to comments in a sane fashion????

Writers with a computer that works (I should just back everything up! And get a new one?! But it's so shit! I cannot face the task of trying to back everything up???)

Writers who can write things normally??

Writers with a strong sense of smell

Writers who are yanks and therefore don't think it's fucking batshit to use adjectives where adverbs should clearly go???

17. Do you think readers perceive your work - or you - differently to you? What do you think would surprise your readers about your writing or your motivations?

I mean, I'm certain that readers must perceive my stories differently to me, they are not me (well one of them is, I spose)! And readers are surely not a monolith? I would expect an array of perceptions!

I think there's often a fair bit of ambiguity to my stories, and I feel like that works for gg? Particularly cos I tend to write quite tight single pov, often unreliably, but also bc stories are ambiguous. I reblogged a Neil Gaiman post a lil while ago but fuck if I can find it or if I would be able to link to it if I could, but it was basically about how there often isn't an answer, that the ambiguity of the story IS the (point of) the story, and I think I broadly agree with that?

Like sometimes im deeply hinting at things that aren't stated and the ambiguity is mm I guess intentional but there's an answer I intend. And other times... Idk that's just the story and I can't say there's a distinct meaning or reason for the thing, it's just sposed to be vague - interpret how you will!!!

I don't know that I can speak to how any readers (other than I!) interpret me.

Hmm well I don't know if this would be surprising in terms of my writing/motivations but it kind of ties in with the above: when I'm thinking through or working out or then writing a story, I'm just thinking about it as a story. Like yea there are logistics, like how do I get a to do b, or into a better fucking mood so they stop yelling, but it's not really about how to convey parallels or comparisons or character notes. That stuff mostly comes in the edit. So when I write it, I often have no idea why stuff is there. I'll just be like I KNOW I NEED A SENTENCE WITH AN ICE CREAM, or whatever. and when I come to type it up im often like what the fuck is this for?? And I have to fight hard against deleting it!! And then when I'm editing I'll be like ohhhh this is here as a contrast to all the shit about the HOT PIES (or whatever), dang I'm glad I left this in!!! OK time to double down on or emphasise this somehow!!!!

20. Tell us the meta about your writing that you really want to ramble to people about (symbolism you’ve included, character or relationship development that you love, hidden references, callbacks or clues for future scenes?)

Afghff this is so hard cos I wanna yell about time 3 but I haven't even written any of it yet 😂

I'm gonna pull out something a lil silly, but @mego42 reminded me of an example in bdtn and it's something I do a fair bit, which is these ludicrous juxtapositions.

The one in bdtn is when rio asks Beth to watch Marcus for a bit n is like OI DON'T GIVE HIM LOADS OF SUGAR, and then Beth's like hmm should I make cookies with the kids?? (also that includes her thinking something about not starting something you can't finish 😇)

There's one in dirty dirty game where Beth just walks off from rio in the mid of a convo cos she can't be bothered with it, and v shortly after is musing on how he doesn't understand how conversations work 😂

I just like stuff like that cos it's not exactly textual but the placement makes it funny? I hardcore think that Beth is allergic to listening to anything rio is trying to say at almost any time, and that they're both absolute fucking hypocrites. It's also the kind of thing that I think a reader might not consciously notice, but I think bits like that kind of sink in and impact the experience of reading something??