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bleachnessMuch to my amusement, I heard friends of mine recently describing their relationship with Bleach as "the world's longest one night stand." That is, Sensei has this habit of delaying gratification--as with the mysterygami episode and now with the invasion of the Seireitei, he sets us up to expect something and then switches modes. One friend compared it to a lover who gets you all hot and bothered and suddenly goes ADHD and tries something else (like Allon being Allon, a fugly fodder Quincy who no matter how much he reveals about the Quincy is still fugly fodder, and new characters no one really cares much about). Damn it all--audiences want to see the destruction of SOUL SOCIETY!
Anyway, I was wondering about how people view their relationships with the manga vis a vis romantic metaphors.
[Poll #1841169]
Anyway, I was wondering about how people view their relationships with the manga vis a vis romantic metaphors.
[Poll #1841169]
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Date: 2012-05-19 12:27 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-05-19 10:35 am (UTC)Haha, I'm more a "roll your eyes" sort of wife. I can't remember the last time I got raging mad with the series although it may have been over the Orihime in the mushroom pajamas with the hot dog in her mouth... maybe I wasn't mad then so much as I was with the fandom memes. Without Kon around, Kubo's love of boobs isn't as self-mocking as it is with his mutilated arms. I'm currently only a little sore about Kon's absence and not mad about anything at all.
I didn't even get mad with the Szayel Rape of Nemu. I found that whole period perversely fascinating and revealing. I found the Szayel clones fight horrifically boring and POINTLESS and the same with other fights--so yeah, I'd characterize my marriage as periods of high, constantly re-instigated romance with a soulmate (I "get" Kubo--I don't crave fast plot and I love his art and poetry) and periods of blah.
Currently I'm too blissed out with the very idea of a Quincy arc to be bothered by much, but I do understand peoples' frustrations with the series--I just don't feel them because I love Bleach that deeply. I get into other fandoms and series but I feel really *married* to Bleach.
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Date: 2012-05-19 11:30 am (UTC)Haha, I feel like Oda wasn't The One. His style wasn't my match though--as appealing as it was. I need to pick up the manga again (it's daunting--so behind). I still pick up Kishimoto occasionally though even though I dislike him the most out of the Big Three--but Naruto is about to end and I'm curious. Kishi really feels like a failed relationship to me--and I used to love Naruto so much. By contrast, Bleach never failed me that way.
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Date: 2012-05-19 10:39 am (UTC)I love your icon. LOL.
Oh my son is a crazy Moffat fan, and my deadly patience is going to really be tested waiting for the next season of Sherlock.
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Date: 2012-05-22 12:48 pm (UTC)At least we have Cowboys vs aliens vs Doctor Who vs John Crichton to look forward to in the meantime?
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Date: 2012-05-19 03:20 am (UTC)I picked “Other” because the other options involve caring. I don’t want to care anymore. I don’t want to be touched, caressed, comforted…nothing. I know all the tricks and I want the relationship to end.
But, I go back.
I wish I could stay in the acceptance phase longer, but as I manage through this process, but I revert to denying, bargaining, and becoming depressed and angry over and over and over and over….
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Date: 2012-05-19 11:20 am (UTC)I lol-ed for real. I know you're not the only one.
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Date: 2012-05-19 11:24 am (UTC)Oh there are better FANDOMS--like the Tiger & Bunny fandom was so amaaazing after the horror of the Bleach fandom. And it's one of the few series I still miss in my life now that it's over, even if I've loved other series more. A fandom can make a difference!
Bleach is where some of my dearest most wonderful friends are--that's part of the appeal, but even they don't love the manga the way I do. I'm like a serious Bleach wife. I've gone beyond "Kubo's gf"... yeah, I'm gonna start calling myself BLEACH WIFE from now on. Need icon.
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Date: 2012-05-19 03:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-19 11:24 am (UTC)Your devotion to this community is touching. :)
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Date: 2012-05-19 04:46 am (UTC)I think after 10 years, I just sort of want some closure, though. I just want Ichigo to grow up a few years, get old enough to Marry Rukia, maybe have Ulquiorra come back from the dead and be a proper broody antihero, that kind of thing.
I still love Bleach, I still love the world Kubo has created, but I'm not as much into the stories he's telling right now. But I'm keeping on because I admire his work, I still love the universe, and damn it, I want to know what happens.
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Date: 2012-05-19 11:26 am (UTC)You no excited about Quincy arc, dear friend?
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Date: 2012-05-19 06:03 pm (UTC)I mean, in theory we're getting back to Shinigami. In theory we're getting into the very basis of Bleach. In theory we're poised to get into some of the very basic questions about the world and people: Was killing the Quincies just? Is Soul Society really a good place?
But for some reason I'm not as intrigued as I should be. Not sure why. I think part of it is knowing that a lot of my favorite Arrancar may not be back (Starrk, Ulquiorra). Part of it may be that I don't yet see how this "final" arc will answer questions about Isshin, Masaki, the Zero Squad, the King's Realm, Aizen's anger at the Spirit King, the identity of those Corpses in Szayel's Lab, etc. Part of it is how Cartoon Villain the Quincy are (I was hoping more righteously angry, ala Early Ishida). Part of it is that yet again, Rukia is conspicuously absent.
I mean, I don't hate the arc. It's intriguing and I trust Kubo-sensei to take it to good places! It's just... I don't know, maybe I'm uneasy because it's officially the last arc, and I wonder if it will ever truly answer all my questions.
But like I said. I still like the series, it's just not a maddening love, and I still think Sensei is a true arist.
Hopefully, this story will eventually full reignite the flame.
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Date: 2012-05-19 05:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-19 09:24 am (UTC)Yeah... I'm still waiting for an end for the X/1999 manga! Compared to that Bleach is a walk in the park. We at least get somewhere, however slowly.
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Date: 2012-05-19 10:55 am (UTC)I think I'm somewhere between "worst relationship I ever loved" and "I play the field." My passion with Bleach started fizzling out after the Lust arc and though there are moments of reignited passion and nostalgia, it's never been the same since.
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Date: 2012-05-21 04:57 am (UTC)I am invested in Bleach, but I want to see how it ends most of all. Kubo's story and characters are thought provoking and interesting, and those particular characters are the ones that I like the most out of all the characters in Bleach.
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Date: 2012-05-21 01:12 pm (UTC)but I love Bleach. I need therapy. And Rukia. Damn...
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