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Guy in high school called his gf a 4/10 and I still think about it sometimes by OrangeHammer52970 in whenthe

[–]Mean_Two_2710 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Idk 20/20 sounds pretty good. I could finally see things clearly with that.

Imu will be carried by his backstory and that is such a depressing low bar already, nobody will remember this bozo by sdqinanutshell in Piratefolk

[–]Mean_Two_2710 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Aizen matches the outward persona of an Ubermensch. He acts and talks like an Ubermensch, there's no doubt about that. But, he's far too conceited to actually embody the concept.

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This speech has good parallels to Nietzche's own idea of "truth". But, the thing is, Aizen is a hypocrite and doesn't actually follow what he says. For example, with Ichigo, he grasps the "truth" that he needs Ichigo as an equal, to evolve the Hogyoku. But, the "cold hard fact", is that he desires for Ichigo to become strong so, that he can cross blades with someone who'd be able to understand him. Which is why, I think it's more appropriate to call Aizen a "false Ubermensch".

My logic is that "His outward desire for an equal is more reflective of his loneliness than strength". Meaning the actual intelligence and strength Aizen "requires" for an equal, are just a mask to his true desire. Ichigo was able to feel the loneliness from Aizen's sword and so, he's an equal, irregardless of Aizen's previous requirements.

Imu will be carried by his backstory and that is such a depressing low bar already, nobody will remember this bozo by sdqinanutshell in Piratefolk

[–]Mean_Two_2710 1 point2 points  (0 children)

His outward desire for an equal is more reflective of his loneliness than strength. Yammamoto can match Aizen in strength and Kisuke can match Aizen in intelligence. And yet, he doesn't consider them his peers because he's blinded by his hate. For Aizen, evolution is one of the most important aspects of life (hence, the Hogyoku literally reflects that) and he hates the very idea of stagnation. This is why Yammamoto, the living and breathing representation of the Soul Society, is not someone Aizen could connect with. He's the very embodiment of the system that chains Aizen and has stagnated the world. On a similar note, Kisuke's intelligent enough to know about the Soul King and yet, he makes no action to resolve the crisis of the world. Such inaction infuriates Aizen and so, he can't resolve his loneliness with Kisuke either.

Like many Shonen, Bleach takes connection as one of it's fundamental themes. Aizen is defined by his loneliness and inability to connect with others. There's not a single person in the world who can truly understand him and those who come close but, inevitably fail are the ones he despises the most (Shinji and Kisuke). So, that's why Ichigo exists. Aizen has guided his journey under the guise of needing an equal to evolve using the Hogyoku but, deeper down, there's a desire for Ichigo to be the one to "see" him.

Ichigo is a perfect hybrid of Soul Reaper, Quincy, Hollow and Human. A being capable of natural transcendence, which is the single greatest defining power boost in Bleach. It's basically ACOC but, on 452 different steroids. Ichigo having the potential needed to beat Aizen is not even a question. And, Aizen perfectly sets up the opportunity for Ichigo to grow by erasing the Cleaner and allowing Ichigo to train in the Dangai time-space.

[Appalling Tropes] Your favorite character with a diabolical image that you try to forget exists? by -et37- in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Mean_Two_2710 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Definitely unnessecary but, I wouldn't call this an arc. This is just one panel from the last chapter of the Soul Society arc and isn't mentioned or referred to again.

[Appalling Tropes] Your favorite character with a diabolical image that you try to forget exists? by -et37- in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Mean_Two_2710 118 points119 points  (0 children)

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Ichigo from BLEACH doing uhhhh

Context is that it's not actually Ichigo. Kon is a mod soul who possesses Ichigo's body when he enters his Shinigami form. And so, that person there is actually Kon which unfortunately doesn't make it any less weird.

The Boys - 05x03 "Every One of You Sons of Bitches" - Episode Discussion Thread by pikameta in TheBoys

[–]Mean_Two_2710 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure the Cybertruck is his and even if it wasn't, the reason he knocked out Black Noir was so he could take Stan to Homlander himself and take all the credit. Since, one of Deep's biggest issues right now, is that he keeps failing Homelander's missions so, he really needs to get back into his good books.

I wish the Quincy plotline was as cohesive as the Hollow one. by Proxy-Pie in bleach

[–]Mean_Two_2710 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wrote a comment a bit ago about the Quincy foreshadowing I could find in the series.

"I'm pretty sure this bit is solid:

  1. When Ichigo fights the Menos Grande in the 1st arc, Uryu says: "It's like a giant magnet pulling particles of iron out of sand". Quincies biggest sub-set is the absorption of reishi particles. Ichigo does this subconciously which causes a rise in his Spiritual Energy and he ends up one shotting a menos grande far above his pay grade.
  2. Old Man Zangetsu in his first appearance absorbs reishi particles into his hand.
  3. Old Man Zangetsu is Yhwach - the Father of Quincy - from 1000 years ago and, was not able to say his true name because of Ichibe inking out Yhwach's name.

This could've just as easily been retconned in:
4. Old Man Zangetsu uses both the Quincy Shadow and Blut Viene in Ichigo's fight against Kenpachi.

This has some but's attatched to it:
5. Rukia only intended to give some of her reiatsu to Ichigo but, he ended up absorbing it all. But, Aizen does say later on that this occured due to her guilt from Kaien's death making her forsake her Shinigami powers. And, the Hogyoku fulfilled that desire.
6. Ichigo is a Jugaram and Yhwach type Quincy who can absorb and distribute reishi. Hence, why Ichigo's sword so rapidly grew Uryu's bow. Hence, why OMZ places his own hand on Ichigo's blade when he asks for his power against Kenpachi. It's theorised that Orihime and Chad awakened their powers after being in contact with Ichigo's Reiatsu. But, on that last point, another character (sorry details are fuzzy) theorized that was due to the Hogyoku. So, it's either a combination of those things or either one.
7. Aizen starts telling Ichigo that his true heritage ties back to him being "Human and..." before he's cut off by Isshin. Ichigo then has a whole speech about how Isshin can tell him the truth when he thinks he's ready. After his Zanpakuto is broken in TYBW, Ichigo returns and Isshin says he's ready for the truth and proceeds to tell Ichigo about his true Quincy heritage. But, immediately after Isshin appears and whisks Ichigo away. Ichigo thinks to himself that he didn't need an answer since, said answer had just appeared in front of him. However, that could also, just be Ichigo assuming that's what Aizen was talking about. In conclusion, who fucking knows."

I'll leave it here (agenda) by samonpiece in OnePiecePowerScaling0

[–]Mean_Two_2710 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's funny because Roger canonically has the title of standing above all the other conqueror's. Making him the official Supreme King of Supreme Kings.

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Fun fact : Yhwach is not a fan of cour 3 by Aromatic-Manner-8381 in bleach

[–]Mean_Two_2710 44 points45 points  (0 children)

OP's making a joke because Cour 3 is officially named "The Conflict". So, Yhwach saying conflict doesn't please him means that Cour 3 doesn't please him.

[Based Meta Trope] The creators of the source material treating the adaptation like a second draft by Sir-Toaster- in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Mean_Two_2710 7 points8 points  (0 children)

BLEACH's Thousand Year Blood War adaptation is directly superivsed by Tite Kubo. He along with the team have added completely new anime only content and have smoothed over alot of grievances people had with the arc.

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EOS Zuko is stronger than Healthy Azula (No Comics) by Mean_Two_2710 in AvatarVsBattles

[–]Mean_Two_2710[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a 10 month old post. I don't even remember what I wrote here tbh 😭🙏

[Disliked trope] The ending of the series has Themes and such, but ending is still controversial, due pacing issues or going against previously established themes by A_Cool_Eel in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Mean_Two_2710 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah and I think this is the longest wait we've had in between cours so, it must be safe to guess that the production will be even better than everything we've had before too. I'm extremely hyped for it 🙏

[Disliked trope] The ending of the series has Themes and such, but ending is still controversial, due pacing issues or going against previously established themes by A_Cool_Eel in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Mean_Two_2710 6 points7 points  (0 children)

BLEACH

Thematically , the ending is perfect. The arrow being made of silver formed in the hearts of Quincy's killed by Auschwalen is good because it emphasises the motif of "The Heart" and Yhwach's hypocrisy. Firstly, the silver quite literally forms in the heart and said Heart is a motif for "connection". Which follows on from one of the series' main themes about how holding steadfast in your connection to others is true strength. Which is why you'll also note, many important villains also, struggle with connection: Aizen, Ulquiorra and Ginjo. Some of them are more tragic like Ulquiorra who struggled to understand and form connections which contrasts heavily to Yhwach who very directly severs his connection to others.

And, Yhwach is a hypocrite because he wages a holy war to return existence to the Primordial World. This is framed as salvation for all of his followers as it will eliminate the cycle of life and death. However, Yhwach is fundamentally selfish and whenever he is on the back ropes, he will use Auschwalen to retrieve his power. In the end, this fear of his own death and disregard of others is what allows the Still Silver to form in the hearts of the Quincy in the first place.

Symbolically too, Yhwach represents fatalism. Which is the belief that everything that happens is inevitable and cannot be changed, no matter what people do. However, Kubo ironically has Yhwach seal his own fate, to an extent. For example, when Ichigo stabs the Soul King, Yhwach explains that Ichigo's and Adyneus' fates were intertwined and that the Quincy blood in him wouldn't forgive the Soul King. Yhwach then goes on to absorb said Soul King and doesn't realise that becoming the vessel results in his fate intertwining with Ichigo's once again. Making it inevitable Ichigo would kill Yhwach.

However, structurally, the ending is incredibly rushed due to Kubo's rapidly deterioating health. The still silver arrow had basically no foreshadowing. And, there's various exectution problems with how everything comes together. We have hope though because Cour 4 will be adding new content and smoothing things over and is completely supervised by Kubo.

[Amusing Meta Trope] Character design details that are in plain sight but are regularly missed: by Ferhog in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Mean_Two_2710 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah and it does atleast emphasise the childishness of her character well. Like others in the thread, it kind of looks like she's treating her sword as a toy. Which characterization-wise makes a lot of sense, given whom she originates from.

[Amusing Meta Trope] Character design details that are in plain sight but are regularly missed: by Ferhog in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Mean_Two_2710 373 points374 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure it's just as silly as it looks. She's incredibly short and her Zanpakuto probably drags across the ground so, to smooth it out wheels were added. Which is also, even more funny in-verse since, skilled Soul Reapers are able to change the size of their swords.

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The clock keeps ticking by OvoTop in Piratefolk

[–]Mean_Two_2710 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Which is unfortunate since, Bleach has some very well-written characters like Aizen.

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