#I’m so amused by the imagery of all these people trying to surreptitiously cheat using their powers too

[kingofanemptyworld]

someone (not me) should really consider writing a grimmichi sports fic. and I don’t even necessarily mean a full-on, serious au where they go through the trials and tribulations of high school baseball or something. I was thinking more like a crack fic where someone within soul society has the brilliant idea to have the shinigami, visoreds, and remaining arrancar bond via a series of friendly games.

the key point is that ichigo switches between the teams constantly because he’s, y’know, the weirdest hybrid to ever exist and more practically a good analogue for peace between the three worlds.

they do the works. baseball, volleyball, basketball, soccer/football. someone jokingly suggests fencing and ichigo nearly gets a foil through his eye because grimmjow is, of course, still trying to murder him whenever they’re matched up against each other (and also usually even when they’re on the same team). nel originally wants to be a cheerleader but then she tags in for someone and realizes she is actually very competitive when the stakes aren’t life and death. rukia nails grimmjow in the face with every ball she gets her hands on (as payback for the whole skewering incident when they first met). the eleventh division is hilariously bad at any sort of team play (kenpachi has to be banned entirely). harribel is long-suffering but turns out to be nearly as competitive as nel.

and ichigo and grimmjow fall in love 🧡💙

(look, something about being perfectly in sync when they’re playing together just really gets to them, okay? grimmjow realizes he can enjoy himself and prove he’s better than everyone else without eviscerating anyone, ichigo likes how grimmjow looks in the soccer shorts, it’s a whole thing)