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Vote for your favorites in the birthday bash contests! The polls are closing soon.

Only members of bleachness may vote in the polls. You may vote for as few as one or as many as all entries in each category (the two categories or contests are the "IshiHime" fanfic category and the "Draw Ishida" fanart category) but I suggest that you limit your votes to three because there will be three winners in each category. The polls will close TOMORROW Tuesday, November 17, 12 midnight CST.

The fanfic contest needs a little love and your votes to break a current tie!

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I got the Bleach manga calendar that I'd preordered for the one the prizes today! It's gorgeous! Good luck to everyone and thanks again for all the entries and gifts and for making Ishida's birthday and my own birthday week extra fun! <3

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You have to love the WSJ pastiches.  There was one last year that had aliens attacking earth and Orihime wondering if they were friendly. There was one with Ichigo and Rukia a few weeks ago that nobody understood very well at all. This time the editors put together a really cute one. Each hero is there and there's a smaller character next to him ( a girl of course) and under each girl it says "fan representative." Ichigo's fangirl is Orihime and she's saying "Because Kurosaki-kun is strong and kind..." (translation thanks to sketchbaka )

( WSJ preview )

The fact that these positive traits of Ichigo's are being recalled here just as he rushes forth to battle with all the ominous stuffs from recent chapters hanging on to him and trailing his half-naked body like ghostly ectoplasm as he shunpoes to Aizen .... *shiver* I feel so sorry for Ichigo. Do you think we'll see the strong and kind Ichigo any time soon in the manga? I'm a little heartened because Kubo gave us goofy!earnest!Ichigo for a couple chapters but I'm afraid we're heading right into Aizenpwnsyou!Ichigo and lots of fail!Ichigo again....


A deep deep heartfelt thank you to all of you who participated in the Ishida birthday bash yesterday and submitted entries or left gifts here on bleachness . I finished reading the stories last night and I think I've left comments on all the pictures and faved the ones on DA that were there--if I missed yours, please let me know! I'm going to go through them thoroughly again, though, when I make the voting poll. You have no idea how much I appreciated the community fun this year. <3