#雪 doing polls

[riririnnnn]

My vote goes to Bachira.

I'm going to rant about him soon.

[littleeyesofpallas]

ITS a little short but Can you explain abiout 4th squad vice captain isane kotetsu shikai and her released command ?

I'd love to, but sadly there's really nothing to explain.

Her release call is hashire[奔れ]: "hurry/run/rush" and the name is Itegumo[凍雲]: "freeze/frigid+cloud" which is as far as I'm aware just exactly what it looks like...(although go figure, Viz somehow screwed it up and called it "Frozen Snow" having pulled "snow" just out of their ass entirely... The word for snow is yuki/setsu[雪], which admittedly shares a prominent radical but is not interchangeable with kumo/un[雲])

There appear to be no homonyms or puns at work here, as far as I can tell.... It's not an existing compound word for anything else either, and I'm not really sure what is has to do with Isane's visual design or personality, or even what it has to do with the form it takes... Itegumo didn't even show up in that one zanpakutou filler arc.

I really wonder if there was anything to it or if Kubo just slapped it together for that one singular scene it appeared in and never looked back.

Poor Isane, always getting the short end of the stick... She's one of my favorites too.

(Tied for super last in the zanpakutou popularity poll along side junk like Don Kanonji's dumb cane, Isshin's dropkick, a perfectly generic asauchi, and Rangiku's boobs....)

[solidaritytw]

Recent TVBS mayoral election polls: headline and other #s

Sources: Summary of six majors; Taipei (Jul. 11-13); New Taipei (Jul. 13-17); Taoyuan (Jul. 6-11); Taichung (Jul. 18-20); Tainan (Jul. 4-6); Kaohsiung (June 29 - July 4); Hsinchu County (Jun. 26-29)

Comments -Framing "coal power or nuclear power?" as a binary question puts the national government in a tough spot. -According to this poll, the KMT went with its less popular option in Hsinchu County. -Lin is the incumbent in the greatest danger, but this Taichung poll was conducted before China's intervention to strip Taichung of the right to host the East Asian Youth Games, which may have rallied support to Lin. -After all that’s happened, Ko Wen-je's net favorability is still positive. Pasuya Yao, meanwhile, is toast. -Cheng Wen-tsan fever continues. -Hou You-yi has broad support and is perceived to be a clean politician. -The KMT is disintegrating in Tainan.

HEADLINE FIGURES

Taipei Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) (Independent): 40% Ting Shou-chung (丁守中) (KMT): 30% Pasuya Yao (姚文智) (DPP): 11% Undecided: 18%

New Taipei Hou You-yi (侯友宜) (KMT): 48% Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) (DPP): 29% Undecided: 23%

Taoyuan Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦) (DPP): 56% Apollo Chen (陳學聖) (KMT): 20% Chu Mei-hsueh (朱梅雪) (Independent): 2% Undecided: 22%

Taichung Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕) (KMT): 39% Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍): 33% Undecided: 28%

Tainan Huang Wei-cher (黃偉哲) (DPP): 41% Kao Su-po (高思博) (KMT): 15% Su Huan-chih (蘇煥智) (Independent): 8% Mark Lin (林義豐) (Independent): 7% Hsu Chung-hsin (許忠信) (Independent): 5% Undecided: 24%

Kaohsiung Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁): 40% Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜): 32% Undecided: 28%

Hsinchu County Hsu Hsin-ying (徐欣瑩) (MKT): 31% Yang Wen-ko (楊文科) (KMT): 27% Chang Chao-feng (鄭朝方) (DPP): 9% Undecided: 32%

More questions under the fold:

TAIPEI (Continued)

Favorability: Ko (Independent): 43% favorable, 34% unfavorable, 23% no opinion Ting (KMT): 36% favorable, 24% unfavorable, 40% no opinion Yao (DPP): 15% favorable, 47% unfavorable, 38% no opinion

Satisfaction with Incumbent Administration (Ko's): Satisfied: 44% Unsatisfied: 40% No Opinion: 16%

Regarding Typhoon Maria, New Taipei Mayor Eric Chu (朱立倫) yesterday announced a day off today, while Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je and Keelung Mayor Lin Yu-chang (林右昌) didn't. Do you believe that Mayor Ko's decision was appropriate? Yes: 66% No: 19% No Opinion: 15%

NEW TAIPEI (Continued)

Favorability: Hou (KMT): 46% favorable, 18% unfavorable, 35% no opinion Su (DPP): 36% favorable, 31% unfavorable, 33% no opinion

Regardless of whom you will vote for, overall, do you believe (candidate) is a person of integrity (清廉)? Hou: 45% yes (12% strongly, 33% somewhat), 12% no (10% somewhat, 2% strongly), 43% no opinion Su: 45% yes (9% strongly, 36% somewhat), 13% no (9% somewhat, 4% strongly), 41% no opinion

The government is going to rebuild a coal power plant in Shen'ao, Ruifang. Do you approve of this? Yes: 22% No: 53% No Opinion: 25%

Some have recommended restarting the fourth nuclear power plant as an alternative to rebuilding the coal power plant at Shen'ao. Would you prefer rebuilding the Shen'ao coal power plant or launching the fourth nuclear power plant? Build the coal power plant: 24% Launch the nuclear power plant: 49% No opinion: 27%

TAOYUAN (Continued)

Favorability: Cheng (DPP): 53% favorable, 12% unfavorable Chen (KMT): 26% favorable, 19% unfavorable

TAICHUNG (Continued)

Favorability: Lin (DPP): 32% favorable; 29% unfavorable Lu (KMT): 37% favorable, 13% unfavorable

Satisfaction with Incumbent Administration (Lin's): Satisfied: 37% (7% very, 30% somewhat) Unsatisfied: 36% (24% somewhat, 12% very) Undecided: 27%

Do you believe that compared with three years ago, Taichung's air pollution is now more severe, less severe, or about the same? Less Severe: 6% (2% very, 4% somewhat) More Severe: 51% (14% somewhat, 37% very) About the Same: 34% Don't Know: 8%

TAINAN (Continued)

Favorability: Huang: 43% favorable, 20% unfavorable Kao: 18% favorable, 25% unfavorable Su: 24% favorable, 33% unfavorable

Hypothetical race with an extra independent candidate and without a KMT candidate: Huang (DPP): 43% Su (Independent): 10% Lin (Independent): 8% Chen Tzu-ching (陳子敬): 7% Hsu (Independent): 4% Undecided: 28%

Hypothetical race with the extra independent and the KMT candidate included: Huang (DPP): 41% Kao (KMT): 15% Su (Independent): 8% Lin (Independent): 7% Chen (Independent): 4% Hsu (Independent)： 3% Undecided: 20%

KAOHSIUNG (Continued)

Favorability: Chen (DPP): 34% favorable, 23% unfavorable Han (KMT): 28% favorable, 21% unfavorable

HSINCHU COUNTY (Continued)

Hypothetical election where KMT nominee replaced by KMT primary candidate who was passed over: Lin Wei-chou (林為洲) (KMT): 37% (+10) Hsu (MKT): 29% (-2) Cheng (DPP): 8% (-1)

Hypothetical election where Lin joined the race as an independent: Hsu (MKT): 27% Lin (Independent): 24% Yang (KMT): 20% Cheng (DPP): 8% Undecided: 21%

[riririnnnn]

My vote actually goes to everyone—I, literally, cannot imagine all the above characters handling kids/toddlers.

Rin: Nah

Sae: I think he is the kind of person who finds every baby gross unless and until they are blood related to him. Don't come at me, "Oh but he is a big brother!" Didn't we all see how Rin turned out to be???????

Ego: I don't think he'll ever care about anyone who doesn't have anything to do with soccer.

Nagi: Leave him to feed a baby and you'll come back to see the baby feeding him.

Barou: Nah. Just nah. Maid Barou, I know, but just nah.

Zantetsu: Somehow, the toddler will end up selling him somewhere.

Tokimitsu: He'll cry seeing the kid cry and the next thing you know is that the kid is babysitting him instead.

Noa: Too awkward.

[riririnnnn]

I don't know if it's already been done before or not:

Personally, I like BM's the most, especially the full sleeves + gloves. I like their name too—Idk why, I think it's the Bastard in its name that makes it appealing to me, LMAO.