Bleachness

I recently pimped two Deviant Art artists who were taking commissions and wanted to share some of their recent work with you.

I'm in LOVE with this chibi take on Kubo's New Year's spread: Six Hearts As One by Rusky-Boz That little chibi!pimp!Renji slays me! <3

This was a personal commission and I plan to write a Valentine's fic around this pic: IshiHime by Cacodaemonia

Now an essay rec. yulieana is known for not mincing words and not pulling punches. Be warned that this essay contains an inflammatory introduction that criticizes a part of the Bleach fandom to the point of bashing. I'm recommending the essay, though, because the main body of it is a clear, comprehensive answer to the argument that Ulquiorra was not a redeemed character and that his being killed after being downed, disabled and conquered by Ichigo/Whatever Ichigo became on the dome/IchiThing was justified. I'm always appalled when that sort of argument glorifying IchiThing comes up, and it's not unique to a shipping faction. For me the obvious message of the lust chapters was that Ulquiorra gained a heart while Ichigo lost his, and attempts to read the story otherwise (outside of fanfic) boggle me.


HERE is Yulie's essay.

For those who would prefer to not read the whole thing, here's a tiny excerpt and the gist of it:

( gist )

Manga spoilers!

Its a sneak peek of the upcoming EPIC fight between Ichigo and Ulquiorra from the PSP2 Game Bleach: Soul Carnival 2. This is NOT the official anime. Would be due for release next year 2010.

But it looks gooooooooooooooooooood.



oh yeah, IchiThing looks pretty awesome too. XD