mmmmm, Rukia fans haven't had it as bad as Orihime fans--you've seen her in a big movie with lots of promotion. You haven't had tons of hatred flung at your character along with cries about how useless she is. For Kubo to have taken three years with Orihime's character development and only moved her one square down the chess board (I see that as her "It's all my fault" revelation as well as her finally asking the question Ulquiorra asked of her "Why do I always rely on Kurosaki-kun?") seems like excruciatingly slow work.
I can see the majority of Orihime's development coming in another arc from the viewpoint you're arguing but ... I want her to clarify for the audience and herself who she is at the moment. Something seems left out. Kubo pulled away one year ago and while Ichigo is showing us that he's a character in flux and crisis, Orihime was left directly facing her problems. Ichigo ran away from them to other fights. Orihime stayed on the dome in the very place of her shame--it seems to be that she can recover quicker than Ichigo can. One, she doesn't have a Hollow inside her to fight, just a quilt issue and a resolve issue. Two, she's already verbalized her dilemma which is more than Ichigo's done.
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Date: 2010-05-29 11:01 pm (UTC)mmmmm, Rukia fans haven't had it as bad as Orihime fans--you've seen her in a big movie with lots of promotion. You haven't had tons of hatred flung at your character along with cries about how useless she is. For Kubo to have taken three years with Orihime's character development and only moved her one square down the chess board (I see that as her "It's all my fault" revelation as well as her finally asking the question Ulquiorra asked of her "Why do I always rely on Kurosaki-kun?") seems like excruciatingly slow work.
I can see the majority of Orihime's development coming in another arc from the viewpoint you're arguing but ... I want her to clarify for the audience and herself who she is at the moment. Something seems left out. Kubo pulled away one year ago and while Ichigo is showing us that he's a character in flux and crisis, Orihime was left directly facing her problems. Ichigo ran away from them to other fights. Orihime stayed on the dome in the very place of her shame--it seems to be that she can recover quicker than Ichigo can. One, she doesn't have a Hollow inside her to fight, just a quilt issue and a resolve issue. Two, she's already verbalized her dilemma which is more than Ichigo's done.