#renruki playlist

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guys hear me out... im cooking another renruki playlist cus my current one is like 60+ songs... but what if this one...... is break up coded..... yes

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The only reason I care about my Spotify Wrapped is because it is so intimately connected to my writing-- I basically only listen to music while I am writing (or drawing, I guess), but I am nearly always listening to music while I am writing.

I am absolutely unshocked at Fake Empire coming in at #1. It was the Inuzuri angst-writing song for me this year and I often dug it out on purpose when I needed to get a particular scene written. I think I listened to the song a little last year, but it gained a lot of personal poignancy last year because of the line about bluebirds on our shoulders after I got a bluebird tattooed on my shoulder last November. Am I mildly embarrassed to have a song by the National as my #1? A tiny bit. It's fine, though. It's a good song.

Beyond that, I am flabbergasted that Go Places did not make my top 5, because I listened to Go Places, like. a lot. Now that I think about it, it's possible that it's because I only really discovered it this year, and so I missed out on the first few months of the year, whereas the rest of these are old faves. I sincerely do not remember listening to Helplessness Blues or Hold On, Hold On all that much. I mean, I like both those songs, but I would not have guessed them. We're On Our Way is the first song on my Ductwork playlist, so a lot of times, I would hit play and it would start playing and then I would hit shuffle, so that one doesn't surprise me (also, it's a good tune)

I just checked my last year's Spotify Wrapped post and I guess I tagged it "man i need to get back into neko case in 2023"??? Goal achieved, I guess. In case you were unaware, Neko Case is in the New Pornographers, so I feel like it's kind of an achievement to get them as my #1 AND #2. I was in Top 0.05% of Neko Case listeners because I am very cool and also autistic.

It told you your favorite artist by month, and it was like: March: Neko Case, April: New Pornographers and I was like, yup, I was writing go places then. And then it was like September: Mike Doughty and I was like, oh, yeah, when I got back on my Heart is a Muscle bullshit. I am nothing if not predictable!!

Anyway, here are my top songs 5-10, which feels like a more accurate record of my personal collection of Songs To Get Sad About Renruki To.

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who wants to listen my ichihime, renruki and ishihime playlists?

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(via https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5WljHTfFgAYDyjTqr5kE5w?si=H3_jN2nTRCSqjMFZWhcdJw)

~Rukia’s Drunk Karaoke Playlist, for your listening pleasure~

Like Renji’s Drunk Karaoke Playlist, this playlist is an emotional rollercoaster of bangin’ tunes (not debateable) that I feel resonate with Rukia at different parts of her story.

So we start off with some Lorde that I feel captures her time in Rukongai with Renji, then we move into Sad Song territory for their separation when Rukia was adopted. ‘No Light No Light’ is about Kaien :( and the following couple are about how she’s still struggling in the absence of both of these crushes close friends she has lost. 

Stevie Nicks kicks in when she goes to Karakura and meets Ichigo, and we then have a ‘finding herself’ section (the songs about snow and dancing natch) when she was rescued, reunited with friends and crush, got her powers back and realised, hey, I’m worth something and I’m pretty damn cool (pun intended). ‘Does Your Mother Know’ is specifically about being hit on by Ichigo’s classmates.

Important! -> When you reach ‘I Hate Seagulls’ please fast forward to 7:10 to reach the song I actually wanted: ‘My Best Friend Is You’, a hidden track that I couldn’t find on its own on Spotify. You can search that instead if you are not using Spotify. Those last few songs are about Renji once they are reunited :) 

(I did try to find a way not to have Lorde songs one after the other but it made sense chronologically to me and I couldn’t disrupt that, sorry) 

List of songs:

1. Royals - Lorde

2. Glory and Gore - Lorde

3. Buzzcut Season - Lorde

4. OMYGOD - Kate Nash

5. Without You - Lana Del Rey

6. Once More To See You - Mitski

7. No Light No Light - Florence and the Machine

8. Weak - Skunk Anansi

9. Feelings - Hayley Kiyoko

10. Edge of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks

11. Let it Go - Idina Menzel

12. Dancing Queen - ABBA

13. Does Your Mother Know - ABBA

14. I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston

15. My Best Friend is You (on Spotify as ‘I Hate Seagulls’ - fast forward to 7:10 to get to the right song) - Kate Nash

16. Pink in the Night - Mitski

17. Poor Song - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Hope you enjoy!

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Royals- Lorde

This song reminds me of a younger Renji and Rukia. It is an indictment of the rich, the nobles, who couldn't give two shits about the rest of the world - people at the top who didn't earn their position and don't deserve it - by a rebellious group of newcomers who are unburdened by false idols and who feel that their values are better and more pure.

They are neither ashamed nor proud of their upbringing, perfectly at peace with where they are and aware that the ladder only leads up for them from here on.

But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece

Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash

We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair

Shallow- Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper

This reminds me of RenRuki watching their sweet, tender crushes on each other grow into something deeper, steadier. They are aware of the change, they are excited for it. They know their bond grows deeper with every day and they couldn't be happier about it. They're opening up to each other, honestly, truthfully and they are ready for whatever change is to come next, even if it is a lil scary.

I'm off the deep end, watch as I dive in

I'll never meet the ground

Crash through the surface, where they can't hurt us

We're far from the shallow now

She Keeps Me Warm- Mary Lambert

The girl being sung about in this song gives me big Rukia vibes, and just the sweet domesticity of it, the subtly by steadily building beat, the tempo, all of it just makes me think of RenRuki.

She says that people stare

'Cause we look so good together

since I was young- Wrabel, Kesha

This song is nearly gorgeous in how it deals with the healing that occurs with time. It starts off with the singer in a despondent place during their childhood and then builds into a beautiful story where the singer grows and seizes the life they want, and now they're sitting and looking back, marvelling at how far they got and how crazy it seems. They're at peace with who they are, proud of themselves and most importantly, happy.

And now I'm more myself than I ever was

I'm happier than I ever was

And I've learned to let someone love me for me

Oh, since I was young

Always been the weird one

Fucking up that little town

And I've been this way since I was young

Someone To You- BANNERS

I wrote a RenRuki fic for this song. You knew it was gonna be on here.

I have a very specific headcanon as to this song, and that is Rukia after the SS arc, realising for the first time that it is within her power the divide she feels from her world. That there's no 'place' she will ever belong to really, but the people around her. The people who nearly sacrificed themselves to save her, her spot is next to them, and she wants to find it.

And if the sun starts setting, the sky goes cold

Then if the clouds get heavy and start to fall

I really need somebody to call my own

I wanna be somebody to someone

Still Into You- Paramore

Old, married couple RenRuki, dancing together in a club, or in a wedding, or alone in the middle of the street while it rains, or hell, in their own living room, so in awe of the strength of their love.

And you know, how sexy they find each other.

Can't count the years on one hand

That we've been together

I need the other one to hold you

Make you feel, make you feel better

It's not a walk in the park

To love each other

But when our fingers interlock,

Can't deny, can't deny you're worth it

'Cause after all this time I'm still into you

Team- Lorde

Teen RenRuki coming of age, and slowly losing that naive, childish sparkle from their eyes as they realise nearly everything they've known of life is untrue, studded with lies and false hope. Their lives are struggles as far as they can see, and they are determined to remain together or 'on the same team' as they go through it all.

Living in ruins of a palace within my dreams

And you know, we're on each other's team

...

I'm kind of over getting told to throw my hands up in the air, so there

You Drive Me Wild- The Runaways

Stop lying to yourselves. You know Renji was obsessed with this song.

You're on my mind always my one desire

And let's get together and build us a fire

Make me tremble and make me shake

Pleasin' each other rockin' till daybreak

Shoujo S- SCANDAL

No RenRuki/IchiHime/GinRan playlist will be complete without this song. I do in fact make the rules and am not sorry in the least.

I highly encourage you all to look up the translation and drown in feels, but here are a few lines for now-

The selfishness that allows me to say I need you

(May I never lose it, never get rid of it)

Love or friendship, I just want to know

(It's too vague; I just don't get it)

I'm waiting for you to someday knock on the door to my heart

It's not just about you anymore

I think you need to get hurt a little

There you have it, everyone. XD God, I had to reblog the OG post with additions cause I hit the text block limit lol. Here you go, for the direct link cause I forgot to include it up above

My RenRuki playlist

Direct link to Spotify for people who don't wanna sit through my analysis ✨

Are you bored yet? by Wallows ft. Cairo

Okay, so starting off angsty (it's alphabetically sorted, not my fault) but I personally feel like this song is perfect when it comes to Renji letting his mind run away from him.

Renji's insecurities when it comes to Rukia are Through The Roof, and his self perception is also just a lil bit fucked up. I can see them stumbling into a 'lull' in their relationship, as any long time couple would, and making losing himself to his doubts about whether he is enough for her or not, which I feel like this song reflects beautifully.

Rukia's answering steadfastness is also depicted beautifully by the feminine voice in this song.

Here are some lyrics in red for Renji's POV and blue for Rukia's-

What's wrong?

You've been asking but I don't have an answer

How come?

I'm still thinking, let's pretend to fall asleep now

Feels like I've known you my whole life

I can see right through your lies

I don't know where we're going

But I'd like to be by your side

Ashes- Stellar

RenRuki smexy times 👀 ft. Renji POV

I'll let the lyrics speak for themselves.

Now that I got a taste, I think that I'd suffocate

For every second that you aren't by my side

But now I'm stuck at the gate of Lucifer’s estate

I fell in love with a girl I met in Hell

...

Thinking about all the things

The way you pull my strings, I love the way you turn me on

You’re the Queen, so let me be your King

I’d do anything, so that we could rule the world

(like really I could just quote the entire song and call it Renji's internal monologue)

Bad Girl by Daya

Okay, the next song is entirely self indulgent (and almost nonsensical) but it's so funny just hear me out.

It all started with a dream, my dream to be precise. In which Renji was at a bar, where all these guys from BLEACH (exclusively dresses in leather) kept coming up to hit on him and somehow I just knew he was waiting for Rukia to show up.

He kept quoting lines from this song and well, when I woke up I already knew I couldn't NOT add it to my RenRuki playlist.

Nothing you could do or say is right

I already know just what I like (bad, bad, bad, bad)

Bad girl

Need a bad girl

Need a bad girl

'Cause the bad boys just don't cut it

Best Friend by Saweetie ft. Doja Cat

Yeah okay I know you think I am trolling you now but wait XD

*ahem* so there was this highly indulgent RukiHime AU that I was writing with a side of RenIchi and I distinctly remember a scene in which bffs Renji and Rukia were vibing to this song.

Like, you have to admit it, they would.

Bitch, you look goodt, with a T at the end,

Imma hype her everytime, that my motherfucking friend

Bitter Winter- San Cisco

My personal headcanon is miscommunication remains a big theme with the two of them even through the progression of their relationship. Don't get me wrong, I'll be the first one to start weeping over how well-attuned RenRuki are to one another but at the end of the day, when it comes down to it, communication is key. I feel like they'd take a while to truly grasp that and as a result of that, this song reminds me a lot of what I feel their fights would look like-

I'm stuck here, in the middle of winter

I feel a bit bitter about what you said to me

Well you never talk about it

Instead you scream and shout it

Never let nobody into let them know what you been through

And yet, in the same breath, this song also reflects the underlying devotion RenRuki have for each other that has them fighting tooth and nail to stay by each other's side no matter how tough the going gets at times.

I, no I don't wanna be

With anybody else but you

Can you come with me

blame game- mxmtoon

Okay, so we all know my fav flavour of Renji is Himbo™. Let's talk about my fav flavour of Rukia, numerous and detailed.

Jaded and bitter Rukia after The Academy Incident honestly hits the spot in me. Like, of course she will grow up and realise why Renji did what he did, but I do think she was heartbroken and deserves a good, ole angst arc.

And you

I think you knew

I put my heart into us and you cracked it in two

Break My Heart Again- FINNEAS

(There are happy, fluffy songs in this playlist I swear I just-)

Renji has anxiety. Listen to me, we're not here to debate that. He does and I do think he tends to draw back from Rukia on days it gets really bad. It hasn't always been easy on Rukia.

That, combined with the whole adoption shenanigans, yeah. A younger Rukia might feel hurt and upset by what she sees as Renji's hot and cold behaviour, before she reaches the route of the problem.

So don't pretend that I'm the instigator

You were the one, but you're born to say goodbye

Kissed me half a decade later

That same perfume, those same sad eyes

Cold Little Heart- Michael Kiwanuka

The first time @feastingonvicturi made me listen to this song, I pegged it as a Renji song.

It reminds of Renji's self-loathing and how futile he thought all of his efforts had been towards the end. He is willing to rip Soul Society apart to protect the baby hairs on Rukia's forehead and the fact that he not only failed to make her understand that, but couldn't keep her safe either has gotta be hard on him.

The sheer yearning, the loneliness, the self-hatred just ughhhhh

Bleeding, I'm bleeding!

My cold little heart

Oh I, I can't stand myself

...

Did you ever notice

I've been ashamed?

All my life

I've been playing games

We can try to hide it

It's all the same

I've been losing you

One day at a time

Cool Kids- Echosmith

RenRuki watching the other kids in the Academy.

Nothing in this world could ever bring them down.

Yeah, they're invincible, and she's just in the background,

And she says,

I wish that I could be like the cool kids,

'Cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit in.

I wish that I could be like the cool kids,

Like the cool kids.

Dark and Stormy- Hot Chip

This song, much like its name, reminds me of dark, stormy nights that two scraggly kids spent going above and beyond to be there for each other, protect each other. When they were scared, when they were in pain, through cold, oppressive heat, gut-wrenching nightmares or even thought the times when it felt like their world was melting off the edges around them, no way of knowing how to fight their situations, so much bigger, so much scarier than they were.

We made our own love

Nobody helped us

We'll make our own love

Outrun the sadness

Dionne- The Japanese House ft. Justin Vernon

Dramatic Renji pining when he is yet to realise that if he were to bend down and kissed Rukia right then, he'd be kissed back and then climbed like a tree.

And I know it's not very sexy when somebody

Loves you this much and knows you this well

But it's the way it is

And I sense it's not the best time to be trying

To fuck with your head and digging up old ground

So I squash it down

Electric Love- BØRNS

When I listen to this song, I get a very distinct image of pre-confession RenRuki dancing in a night club. Maybe Orihime dragged the entire gang there, maybe right as the song comes on they're still surrounded by all their friends.

They're the only two who exists in each other's worlds though, unable to tear their eyes off each other, as close as they ever will get to understanding the truth of their feelings without speaking them out loud.

And every night my mind is running around her

Thunder's getting louder and louder and louder

Baby, you're like lightning in a bottle

I can't let you go now that I got it

Everything I Do- Bryan Adams

Call me a sap, but if this ain't Renji's anthem then what is?

Don't tell me it's not worth tryin' for

You can't tell me it's not worth dyin' for

You know it's true

Everything I do

I do it for you

Forest Fire- Brighton

Renji in SS arc when he realised how horribly wrong everything had gone. This song just captures the feeling of loss so well, all of the despondency and everything. Even apart from that, the symbolisms in this song are nearly perfect for RenRuki.

I keep imagining those flames that did rise

And blackened up the sky

The light that showed you barefoot in the snow

And then the fire started building up inside

Exploding blinding lights

Now I'm the one left screaming through the night

And how

Was I to know

I'm not strong

I should have saved you

And oh

I hope you know

That you're my home

But now I'm lost

Heart of Fire- Black Veil Brides

Ah, BVB my old love

Think about RenRuki tag-teaming opponents for max adrenaline rush while listening to this one.

And if you start paying close attention to the lyrics, you will realise they are near synonymous to the passion both of them carry as Soul Reapers as well as people.

This heart of fire is burning proud

I am every dream you lost and never found

This heart of fire is stronger now

Build your walls but you can't keep me out

I'll burn 'em down

Hey Stupid, I Love You- JP Saxe

This song is so fluffy, sweet and loving I just can't-

Rukia and Renji comforting each other, and talking about their insecurities, vowing to remind each other, over and over again, that they love each other if they ever begin to forget.

I'm not gonna interrupt

If you need to talk about it

Roll my eyes or get offended by

The way you doubt it

You know you're mine

You just forget sometimes

So promise me you won't

And you know I'll remind you

When you think I don't

Hey stupid, I love you

Holy- Zolita

When I say Renji worships Rukia, I mean Renji worships Rukia.

Worship your body as you walk my way

You're the only one who can make me pray

Kaise Mujhe- Benny Dayal, Shreya Ghoshal

This is a Hindi song and you can probably find better translations online than I could provide. The very music of this song however, conveys devotion so deep it almost feels as if it has replaced the beat of your very heart.

Here are a few lines translated-

You came to my life.. like the moon descends into the lake sometimes

Slowly and graciously

...

I used to belive

God no longer cares about his creation

But having made you

He has risen in my eyes again

I am indebted to him like I never was

Love Shit- LU KALA

In which Renji acknowledges his (lack of) self esteem and how much his life has been affected by it.

Show us a Renji as in love with himself as he should be, damnit!!!

Say anything you want 'bout me, I probably heard it

Thought I deserved it, nah, I don't deserve it

More Than Friends- BEKA, HONNE

Soft glances, occasional touching and sudden butterflies in tum-tums.

GOD SO SAPPY I LOVE IT

I was I was wondering if we could talk

I think about you every day

And the mix tape you made

Is all I ever play

Nothing To Lose But You- Three Days Grace

More angst hot from the SS arc because when I tell you I am an angst junkie I am one hundred thousand percent serious.

I know that I can't undo

The self-destruction, the damage I've done

I've got nothing to lose but you

Out of My League- Fitz and the Tantrums

Good ol' Renji having trouble believeing this is for real and that he is truly Rukia's HUSBAND and the FATHER of her daughter and not just an elaborate fantasy of his younger self.

'Cause you were out of my league

All the things I believed

You were just the right kind

Yeah, you were more than just a dream

You were out of my league

Got my heartbeat racing

If I die, don't wake me

'Cause you are more than just a dream

Pal- Javed-Mohsin, Arijit Singh, Shreya Ghoshal

Another (the last) Hindi song on this playlist. It speaks of how within a moment that you fall in love with someone, your entire life can change and find a whole new meaning to it.

Here are a couple of lines translated-

Within that moment I remain fixated

When you first out your hand in mine

...

When you laugh, I sing

When I cry, you wilt

When I want to dance in the water,

You snatch rain from the clouds and pour it on me

Power- Isak Danielson

A beautiful song that reminds me of Renji and Rukia tiptoeing around each other, not knowing how much the other one loves them. A little sad, a little pained, but ultimately all too aware of this dedication that will never let them pull away from each other, even if it hurts some times.

Also, fuckbuddies with (not) unrequited feelings slowburn AU

It’s my desire that you feed

You know just what I need

You got power, power

You got power over me

Replay- Iyaz

Ichigo introduced Renji to pop rap and this song reminds him of Rukia. That's it. That's my headcanon.

That girl, like something off a poster

That girl, is a dime they say

That girl, is a gun to my holster

She's running through my mind all day, ay

[brokenangelwings22]

Gravity's Ascension Playlist

Since I typically use music to feed my muse, I thought I'd share the playlist I'm using for GA. Enjoy!

Gravity's Ascension Spotify Playlist

[cc-ichigo-kurosaki]

Threads of Fate [IchiRuki Divided]

OTP: IchiRuki - Shinigami Souls Divided [Main (Ship) Verse]

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Other: musings | (future) son / daughter | playlist

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[FIN]: thread is finished [VIT] Very Important Thread: this thread for me takes posting priority over others so it can be concluded asap, one from each other category of: crack, fluff, nsfw, long, canonAU, otherAU

Piggyback to Clinic // ship canon

Happy Birthday Ichigo 2020 // ship canon

Eyes Complimented // ship canon

That Punny Bunny is NOT Funny // crack

Something Nice About You // ship canon

Merry Christmas Ichigo 2020 // ship canon

Happy Birthday Rukia 2021 // ship canon

Valentines Day Application // crack

Happy Valentines Day 2021 // ship canon

The WAP Incident // crack

Chappy Shaped Trees // crack

White Ichigo Day 2021 // crack AU BroTP: IchiRuki Divided // with RenRuki @wild-pineapple-butt

Love Hotel for RenRuki // crack Other AUs

Canon (Angst)

Evil Urahara & Good Guy Aizen AU

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[temarisnara]

for the characters: ino naruto, rukia bleach, ochako bnha!

ino!!

favorite thing about them: ino is like, genuinely a really good and complex character. she’s kind and compassionate but also a mean little shit. she’s also just so cool like her power is fucked up and her dad used it for torture but she uses it to help people!!! I LOVE HER!!!! 

least favorite thing about them: bruh the comphet is REAL. i really had to sit there and watch her cry about SASUKE when she hasnt talked to him in FOUR YEARS. like my biggest beef with ino’s writing 100% boils down to they keep trying to pretend she’s straight and she ABSOLUTELY is not. 

favorite line: i dont remember anything aesrdtyfjuyku probably her telling sakura she’s going to be a beautiful flower or what the fuck ever gay shit she said

brOTP: SHIKAMARU AND CHOJI!!!!! THOSE ARE HER BROTHERS!!!!!!!!!!! they’re terrified of her but they’d all do anything for each other. also sai, i think their house must be a lot of fun. 

OTP: SAKURA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

nOTP: sasuke, but also just men in general. that baby is a lesbian.

random headcanon: she’s a LESBIAN. also since her and shikamaru’s birthday’s are a day apart i bet they had shared parties growing up and ino HATED it lmao but when they’re adults she’s like “what do you MEAN we’re not having a shared birthday party!?” and shikamaru is TIRED. also she’s made out with temari and karui, as a show of dominance. 

unpopular opinion: UHHHHHH her last conversation with asuma shouldnt have been about fucking SASUKE. also i really, REALLY wish we had gotten a tsunade/ino mentorship because ino and tsunade are the same person and that would be a NIGHTMARE.

song i associate with them: everytime i hear “i wanna be your girlfriend” by girl in red i think of inosaku so

favorite picture of them: i’m too lazy to get a picture but her in the jonin outfit is so cute. she’s serving LOOKS.

rukia

favorite thing about them: rukia was so formative to me as a preteen. she’s goofy, hot headed, stubborn as fuck, incredibly self sacrificing. she’s so good.

least favorite thing about them: nothing she’s perfect !

favorite line: oh my god like, really early in the series when she’s trying to convince ichigo to be a soul reaper, and she brings him to a park where a hollow is a attacking a child and he goes to save the kid and she’s like “No! You don’t get to pick and choose when you intervene! Either you’re a normal high schooler or a soul reaper.” that shit was good.

brOTP: renji and orihime. also chad and uryu. 

OTP: ICHIGO!!!!!!! also orihime. 

nOTP: the cops are coming for byakuya/rukia shippers.

random headcanon: it’s been so long since i’ve read/watched bleach idek.....

unpopular opinion: ok. listen. renruki is a fine ship, i dont hate it, but like. i wish we saw more of them rebuilding their friendship. it’s like renji went from excited about arresting rukia, to “oh shit my actions have consequences rukia’s gonna die whoops”, to betraying the soul society to save her, to them just being chill again. i feel like both of them needed to process their separation and the events of the soul society arc and we just never saw that.

song i associate with them: start of time is About ichiruki

favorite picture of them: I SCREAMED

ochako!

favorite thing about them: i love how sweet and lowkey weird she is. like she’s just vibing, always. and like the scene where bakugo turns to yell at deku and ochako is sitting there physco-analyzing him. i just love it!!

least favorite thing about them: please sir may i have some agency?? plot relevance?? ANYTHING???? 

favorite line: ok its not an ochako line but bakugo saying she’s not fragile is good shit.

brOTP: DEKU AND IIDA

OTP: bakugo+kirishima. also mina?? tsu is cute too.

nOTP: uhhhhhhh i dont remember having one besides like, the general gross shit. dont ship her with adults or mineta etc.

random headcanon: this might actually be canon? or goes against canon? idr. but she can NOT cook. at all. 

unpopular opinion: traitor ochako....please.....also her crush on deku is  harmless or whatever but it’s so boring and adds nothing to her character

song i associate with them: i cant think of any on my own so i went to kim’s playlist future me by echosmith is a good one

favorite picture of them: antime she’s being a weirdo tbh.

[lemonade-of-gods]

I just wanted to say thanks for sharing your ideas for the Ichihime OSO AU; it was so much fun to create with you! 🥰 I created a tentative playlist on my latest reblog, so I hope you enjoy the songs I chose! ❤️

I'm so glad there was someone to share the ideas with because I've literally been having this idea for 2 years now, but I had no one to discuss with aaaaa

And definitely! I'm exhausted and will prolly sleep in a bit so I'll check them out tomorrow~

PLEASE SUGGEST ALL OTHER BOLLYWOOD AUS YOU HAVE FOR RENRUKI/ICHIHIME WITH ME IN THE FUTURE

[pan-matsuri]

Tagged on this ask challenge by @limborealis. I kinda cheated on some of the prompts, but oh well, shrug emoji.

1) Relationship status: My parents ask about this a lot and I usually just tell them about an anime I’ve watched recently.

2) Lipstick or Chapstick: Never been big on chapstick personally, but I like lipstick. I didn’t know that this was a debate.

3) Last song listened to: I usually listen to a playlist of anime themes or wrestling themes at work.

4) Top 3 shows:

Anime: (I’m working on a list of “reviews” for all the anime I’ve watched)

Haruhi Suzumiya

Sword Art Online

Stellvia

Sitcoms: (I’ve binge watched each of these at least once)

Broad City

Parks and Recreation

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Others:

WWE - I’ve gotten really into wrestling lately.

Full Frontal - Samantha Bee puts on the best politics satire.

A good let’s play - Shout out to my first passion in video games.

5) Top 3 characters:

Haruhi Suzumiya (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) - Haruhi is perfect.

Rukia Kuchiki (Bleach) - Rukia is smol and cute.

Bayley (WWE) - Bayley is precious.

6) Top 3 ships:

IchiRuki - IchiHime and RenRuki are just plain wrong.

Kirito and Asuna - Sorry, Sinon, but I can’t rightly break up Yui’s parents.

RinMaki - Yes please.

You’re supposed to tag people at this point, but sorry folks, you’ve reached a dead end of social activity here.

I guess maybe @kitty-buu, @laika952, and @captain-megane.

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Writing/Art Update 12/16/2022

After three false starts this week, I finally managed to get out of the gates and have finished (1) of my Renruki week fanfics. It's 2400 words, and I'm shockingly pretty happy with it. Having one thing done is infinitely better than having zero things done in my opinion. I'm not necessarily walking away from the other ones, which sit at 700, 300 and, uh, 7 words, but I hate slog writing shorties, just on principal. Like, if I didn't enjoy writing them, how on Earth should I expect you to read them?

I had a bit of a wild AU idea today (not for AU day, b/c why would I?) and I'm debating whether to trying writing it to see if it's got any legs, or if it's too dumb.

I continue to inch forward at an absolutely abysmal pace on the art project for a different day. I came up with an art idea for a different day, but it is also tedious and involved, and I really wish I could come up with something I could dash off in a day or three, something of like the Arrancar piece I did in October. I did come up with one idea, which immediately spawned, like, three more parts. We'll see. 🙃

I really think I just have too many things going on at once right now, which makes it hard to focus, which means I don't get anything done, so I'm just going around in circles. I have decided that after Renruki week is over, I really want to start working on the next part of Heart is a Muscle again, and so I've been fantasizing wistfully about that, as if I won't be rolling on the floor complaining about that five minutes after I start it. I preemptively made a playlist. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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what music (specific songs, tracks, scores, genres or whatever) do you most associate with Renruki?

I have talked about this before (here was the main post, but you can also check my renruki playlist tag), but it's been a while, and this is one of my favorite topics, so I'm happy to do an update.

As a caveat, what I primarily listen to is indy folk, so if this is a lot of indy folk and the adjacent, well... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ take that as you will.

Probably my overall favorite band for the last few years is The Oh Hellos, and a great many of their songs are Renruki adjacent: Trees, In Memoriam, Bitter Water (I know I shouldn't love you/but I do). Cold is the Night is a Byakuya song. Soldier, Poet, King reminds me of Renji. Second Child, Restless Child and Eat You Alive (death she is cunning and clever as hell) are Rukia songs. Hello My Old Heart is basically the theme song for all of Heart is a Muscle.

Other bands that are basically a Whole Mood for me include Neko Case, Mike Doughty, Good Old War, the Head and the Heart, Brian Fallon/Gaslight Anthem. Every Lorde song is about Inuzuri. Two major recent additions to that list are WALK THE MOON and Autoheart, both of which I've known about for a few years, but have just been really big on lately. WALK THE MOON's Sidekick is about making out in Renji's kitchen, I am sorry, I don't make the rules. Anna Sun is about Inuzuri, Shut Up and Dance is very Renruki overall. Work this Body is probably about basketball, but it's also a very Renji-trying-to-beat-Byakuya song. Every Autoheart song goes about 1000x too hard, but Moscow is my current favorite (all i need is a fraction of your happy heart), but Anniversary, imo, is their most renruki one (No, I'm not giving you up, no way/I will never stop when it comes to you)

Here are some other miscellaneous singleton Renruki songs:

About You Now by A Summer High. Currently vying with Messengers by Jared & the Mill for Most Renruki Song. (Can we bring yesterday back around?/'Cause I know how I feel about you now/I was dumb, I was wrong, I let you down/But I know how I feel about you now)

Lucky People by Waterparks - very married Renruki. Stupid for You is also a very appropriate one.

Love Stuck by Mother Mother

Five Foot Three by Flannel Graph is not entirely a Renruki song but it's extremely a pre-adoption Rukia song, positively soaked with irony. Jackrabbit by San Fermin is another Very Rukia song that is currently growing on me.

It's buried somewhere in the post that I linked, but Skulls by Bastille continues to be extremely relevant-- I've been listening to a lot of Bastille lately, too.

I actually have a ton more, but either I've talked about them before, or they are just more songs-that-I-like-that-I-have-declared-Renruki-songs-on-vibes-alone or I just forgot, I think this is enough for now.

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Current Big RenRuki Mood track

Hey wake it up! Hey shake it out! Does anything still move you since you're educated now? And all grown up and travelled so well Do you still hear the sound of the thunder while you lie up by yourself?

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I am starting an entirely self-indulgent thread of my favorite RenRuki songs. I am trying to stick to the really, really RenRuki ones, and not just, ones I get a mood off of. Please feel free to send me your own faves, I might try to make a compilation. My musical aesthetic leans toward modern indy/folk.

First off, I don’t want to duplicate, but please also refer to these superb playlists by other people:

Sword & Shield/Star & Stray

Renji’s Drunk Karaoke Playlist

Song suggestions for numerous Rukia ships but A Lovely Mess is very good

Onto mine!

So, right now, my absolute #1 Renruki song is Messengers by Jared & the Mill. I am trash for this song. My dumb heart. I wish I were any good at moodboards or whatever. Please someone make me a edit of something with this song, I would die. But if you’re searching for worth Well, you’ll find it with her But she’ll ask for your trust ‘Cause it's hard being shown how to learn So, let her know that the stars Haven’t moved, God, I hope they’re the same Tell her life could be worse And I’m trying my best now to change

I Can’t Believe I Found You In That Town by Mike Doughty I don’t write songfic, because I am nearly 40-frickin’-years-old, but I am writing an Inuzuri fic by this name, because it’s extremely perfect. This is my #1 Mike Doughty pick, but I hope we all know how I feel about Madeline and Nine by now. Oh my days, they were so easy Till I kissed you in that door Now my arms, they feel so empty Like they never did, before

Etta James by Brian Fallon. All Brian Fallon songs are Renji songs, but this one is especially RenRuki. And for most of my sad life I figured I was gonna die alone 'Cause I just burned in the curve of my scars Twenty long years away from your heart But finally, finally, my love is in my arms

Two Princes by the Spin Doctors. I am not taking questions at this time.

Anywhere by Passenger. Look, we all know that Let Her Go is an extremely good Renruki song, but may I also propose this one as a running-around-in-matching-caps follow-up? Darling that’s when I’m with you / I’ll go with you anywhere

Part of Me by Good Old War. This and Looking For Shelter are my big Leaving Inuzuri songs. We've got to run If you're holding on the seams will come undone And you'll only get part of me We don't want to catch a break while we're playing it safe You'll only get part of me

Homemade Dynamite by Lorde. This is also on my Self-Destructive Teens in Inuzuri playlist, and also, Lorde had a secret Instagram for reviewing onion rings, and that is Big Rukia energy right there. So let's let things come out of the woodwork I'll give you my best side, tell you all my best lies Seeing me rolling, showing someone else love Hands under your t-shirt Know I think you're awesome, right?

The Harold Song by Ke$ha. This is my go-to Rukia-pines-for-Renji song, again, I am not taking questions. Or when you took me, across the world, we Promised this would last forever but now I see It was my past life A beautiful time Drunk off of nothing but each other till the sunrise

Girl in the War by Josh Ritter If they can’t find a way to help her, they can go to hell

The Night We Met by Lord Huron I had all and then most of you / Some and now none of you

Home by Edw. Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes. I realize this has a lot of American place names in it, but it’s a Big Renruki Mood, especially the spoken word bit in the middle about falling out of a window. "While you were sitting in the backseat smoking a cigarette You thought was gonna be your last I was falling deep, deeply in love with you And I never told you 'til just now"

The Heart is a Muscle by Gang of Youths. Ha ha you knew it was coming I wanna be loved I wanna be whole again So tuck my hair behind my ears And touch my soul again

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I can't believe I forgot to add this to the list, but Dua Lipa "Let's Get Physical" has drunk RenRuki karaoke all over it. Who am I kidding? No alcohol is needed, just Byakuya in range. Probably sat in the corner with his fingers in his ears. Maybe he'll borrow the Shakira blanket to hide in. Similarly, I will fight anyone who says Renji wouldn't belt out Kings of Leon "Sex on Fire" as loudly as possible. Mostly because he enjoys "WOOO-OAAH"-ing at the top of his voice, although... ahem. Yeah.

Rukia and Renji would stone cold act out the entire video to “Let’s Get Physical”, possibly at their own wedding reception (Why are you booing??? You know I’m riiiiiiiiiight!) and Byakuya would cry one single tear, like a patriotic bald eagle. The lyric “I’ll riot with you” is an extremely RenRuki sentiment.

The thing about Bleach is that it’s honestly surprising that there isn’t some sort of official Drunk Karaoke hour-long special, but I agree that Renji is definitely into any song where he gets to WOOOO and A-ROOOOO and make other very stupid sounds, and he would be everyone’s go-to back-up vocalist on any track featuring thus, also, both he and Rukia are very enthusiastic tambourine players.

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A very specific playlist for when Renji has had one too many and feels the need to belt out some emotional bangers. It’s basically him reminiscing about the development of his relationship with Rukia along with some songs that are more to do with his personal development. It gets pretty moody in the middle because this playlist is about RAW UNFILTERED LOUD AND OUT OF TUNE EMOTION but it picks up again by the end 👍 I think it’s important for everyone to know that Izuru backs Renji up by singing the high parts in number 17. 

ANYWAY please listen to it and imagine Renji passionately warbling these particular songs you won’t regret it that much

Here is the list of songs in case you can’t use the Spotify link:

1. Cheap Thrills - Sia // 2. What’s Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner // 3. Ever Fallen In Love With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve?) - The Buzzcocks // 4. The Killing Moon - Echo & the Bunnymen // 5. Mr. Brightside - The Killers // 6. Please Don’t Leave Me - P!nk // 7. Starlight - Muse // 8. Iris - The Goo Goo Dolls // 9. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston // 10. Creep - Radiohead // 11. Francis Forever - Mitski // 12. Hello - Adele // 13. Higher - Rihanna // 14. Someday - Nickelback // 15. Spiralling - Keane // 16. Unstoppable - Sia // 17. Meet Me Halfway - Black Eyed Peas // 18. ...Baby One More Time - Britney Spears // 19. I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys // 20. The Greatest - Sia // 21. I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles // 22. Can’t Fight The Moonlight - LeAnn Rimes // 23. Counting Stars - OneRepublic // 24. Rude - MAGIC! // 25. Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley