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[thezoraprince]

Taking Care of You - Bazz x reader

hi hi!!!! long time, no stories! i FINALLY got this one ready, and i couldn't wait to post it!

enjoy :)

dedicated to dear @rocklover719 <3

y/n - your name 1.8k+ words (1,852) kinda nsfw at the end (take caution in last part)

‘Where is he?’

You’ve been waiting ever so patiently for Bazz to return from the _____ tower. It’s felt like an eternity, and with the sludge falling from the sky out were beginning to get worried. ‘I’m sure he’s fine.’ you think to yourself. ‘He’s probably caught up with this investigation and lost track of time.’

A few more hours pass. You’re sitting alone at the table, Bazz’s dinner growing cold. You sigh in frustration as you carry the plates to the sink. ‘He said he’d be back by now… right?’

Bazz had always told you when he expected to be home, and he was very clear that if he was going to be late, he’d let you know. You remember how hesitant he was to give you a specific time before leaving this morning, but he was very adamant about being home before sun down.

The sun’s just beginning to set.

‘Where is he?’

—————

It was late. There you sat, in the living area of your home, waiting. Waiting for Bazz to return. The sun had set hours ago, dinner was long past, and you wondered if he would ever walk through the door.

There was a strong bang like knock. You got up from your spot and opened the door cautiously to see Dunma, carrying the black and white Zora you’d grown to love. Your heart sank into your chest. “Bring him in.” 

Dunma entered your home and gently laid him down on the bed. “Do you know what happened?” you asked. She shakes her head slightly with a shrug. “I found him as I was heading back from the lake, passed out on the grass.” She sighs. “All I got from him was a quiet ‘Watch for the sludge’ before he was out again.” 

You caress his face with your hand as you listen. He looked to be in worse shape than you imagined. “Would you care to find Lady Yona for me? If it’s something to do with sludge, I think we should at least have her take a look at him.”

“Of course.” She turns for the door. “Oh, he’s going to hate me for having to report this to Prince Sidon.” 

And with that, Dunma left. You sit with Bazz, trying so hard to hold yourself together. He looks so lifeless, yet so… so peaceful. You hear him wheeze quietly, and it does make you feel a little better. You sit there for quite sometime, waiting for Lady Yona to arrive. And soon enough, she does. You answer the door, getting up slowly from your spot as to not disturb Bazz. 

“Y/n! Do you know how this happened?”

You shake your head. “All I know is that Dunma found him on her way back from Toto Lake.”

“That’s alright.” she says, following you to see Bazz. “For now, I’ll treat him as best I can, and we’ll go from there.”

“Thank you, Lady Yona. I really appreciate you.”

You walk out of the room and sit back on the sofa to wait.

You wait.

And wait.

And wait.

And just as you hoped, Lady Yona comes to you with a smile. “He seems to be doing fine for now.” She sits beside you, placing her hand over yours. “I can assure you that he’ll be back to his normal self soon enough. Just give it time.” Relief washes over you. “And if you find out any more information on this incident, feel free to let me know.”

“Thank you again, Lady Yona.” you reply. “And I will. Be safe on your way back to the infirmary.”

She gives you a nod before heading for the door. “One more thing.” she adds, turning back to you. “I know Bazz is one for staying busy, so please make sure he rests as much as he can. He’s very important to the domain, and Sidon’s very worried about his state. He has Rivan and Gaddison taking on most of Bazz’s duties until he feels that Bazz is ready to return.” She sighs. “You know how Sidon is… always worrying about something.”

You give her a smile. “I’ll make sure of it.”

“Good good!” She turns back to the doorway. “I’ll come back at some point in the next few days to check in on him. Let me know if there’s anything else I can do to help.”

Lady Yona heads back to the infirmary. You watch as she leaves, checking for any sludge that may be falling in her direction. And when you know she’s safe, you head back in to see Bazz. He’s still in the same position he was before, looking much better now. You kiss his forehead gently before laying down beside him, trying not to disturb his rest. He groans softly from the movement, however, your heart racing with excitement when he does so.

But, he remains asleep. And you decide that it’s probably best for you to get some rest as well.

—————

The sun rises over Zora’s Domain not too long after you’ve fallen asleep, the rays blinding you as you open your eyes. You let out a soft moan of disapproval, knowing that you won’t be able to sleep again until the sun has at least halfway set. You roll over to see Bazz turned on his side. Oh, it makes you feel so happy. You smile at him before getting up to make breakfast.

After some time, the kitchen starts to smell of cooked salmon and eggs. You hum quietly to yourself as you prepare a plate, feeling a rather familiar set of arms wrap around your waist. “My angelfish.” His voice is hushed and hoarse, as if he’s has a cold. “My lovely, darling angelfish.” He rests his head on top of yours, holding you tightly. “I’m sorry I was late last night. A lot happened all at once, and I—” 

You could tell he was uncomfortable standing. You manage to turn around and face him while he speaks, his arms not moving. “Bazz, you should be resting.”

“Nonsense.” he said. “What’s got you in such a tizzy?”

You sigh. “You gave me quite a scare last night, you know?”

“Whatever do you mean, y/n?” He scrunches his face a tad, as if he were in pain. 

You turn back around to finish preparing plates for the two of you. “Go lie in bed, and I’ll bring your breakfast.”

Bazz gives you a questioning look, but does as he’s told. You watch as he heads back to bed, stumbling over his own feet as he walks. You’re quick to help him, and once he’s back in bed, you grab the plates. As soon as he’s comfortable, you hand him his breakfast and sit down beside him. 

“Please tell me, my darling.” 

“We can discuss it after you’ve eaten.”

—————

“It’s all a blur, really.” he says, taking another bite of salmon. 

You’re quiet, still chewing the last bite of your food. You grab Bazz’s plate from him once he’s finished and take them back to the kitchen. It doesn’t take long for you to return, Bazz still trying to tidy up whatever he can manage to.

“Bazz, please lie down.” You knew this was going to be a hard time for both of you, but you never expected Bazz to disregard his state completely.

“Y/n please. I’m only trying to help.” he frowns.

You walk over to him as he’s crawling back into bed, placing the blanket over his body. “You can help by letting me take care of you.” You sit beside him, placing your hand over his that’s resting just below his chest. “Please…”

He exhales loudly. “Fine…”

You kiss his cheek softly before laying down. “So, what exactly happened?”

He takes a moment to respond, thinking hard about the incident. “Again, it’s mostly a blur. All I remember is getting pelted by sludge, Link using some splash fruit to clear it, and then taking a breather before making my way back. I don’t remember much after that, or even getting home.”

“Oh, Bazz…” 

“But at least I made it home… somehow.” 

You swallow. Hard. “Well, yes, but…”

“But what?”

“Dunma brought you home.”

Bazz gives you a stern, yet anxious expression. “Whatever do you mean?”

“Dunma brought you home.” you say once more. “Dunma found you.” Bazz was silent. “It was late. Very late. I was just about to turn in when she stopped by.” Tears start to fill your eyes. “Bazz, I was so worried I’d lost you, your body almost lifeless as it lie here. I— I don’t want to— to lose you.” You start to sob into your hands.

Bazz slowly reaches for your face, wiping your tears with his thumb. “Oh, my darling.” You look up at him giving you a reassuring smile. “I promise I’ll be around for a long time.”

“You can’t promise that, Bazz!” Somehow you manage to cry harder. Bazz pulls you into his chest, stroking your hair.

“Shh shh.” He holds you tightly. “My sweet, darling y/n. I know how much you worry when I’m away, and it’s alright.” You once again look at him, him nuzzling his forehead into yours almost immediately. “Let me reassure you that I’m not going anywhere.”

You’re both silent for quite sometime, Bazz gently rubbing your back to soothe your cries. He slips his free hand into yours and kisses your forehead.

“Are you sure this is comfortable for you?” you ask, almost whispering.

Bazz matched your tone, yet a little more softly. “Right now, I… I need you close to me.” He pauses, squeezing your hand. “It’ll help me feel better.”

—————

Over the next few weeks, Bazz is much better than he’s been. You share the information you got with Lady Yona, and she’s more than relieved to know Bazz fis in a much better state. More caution’s advised to the residence in the domain, mostly for the safety of the children and those not in the Zora Royal Guard.

“Do you have to return to your duties?” you ask. 

Though Bazz is healed, you’re hesitant to let him return to work. Just the thought of it terrifies you.

He nods, a little more reluctantly than you expect. “I do.” He takes your hand into his, pulling you close. “Though, I don’t wish to leave you for more than a second, my angelfish.” 

You exhale, feeling a little sad. “Please be safe.”

“I will.” He places his lips on yours. “I… will…” 

Slowly, he presses his lips to yours once more, one hand caressing your cheek, and the other pulling you closer and closer with every movement. He pulls away for just a moment to look at you, eyeing you in a way that makes your heart flutter. “Oh, y/n…” 

He has this look in his eye, something only you would know. “Work can wait.” he breathes. He picks you up, your legs wrapping around his torso as he carries you back to bed. The door shuts behind him as you both enter the bedroom.

“It’s my turn to take care of you.”

[lesserfandomappreciation]

Thank you so much for answering my last ask! You write characters so well! Could I ask what an argument between Bazz and his s/o would be like? How would they make up?

Relationships of any kind are bound to hit a wall eventually - everyone disagrees about something, it’s natural they’ll express that disagreement. Bazz knows this and acts accordingly - taking a bit of time to reflect and then discuss things openly.  There is a difference between a disagreement and an argument. A disagreement is a simple difference of opinion. An argument is that but with passion, and passion can make things so, so twisted.  To be frank there’s not a lot of things that Bazz would easily get passionately upset about to the point of sticking around to argue. He’s the type to go and reflect on things; a twitch of rage, a frustrated grind of teeth - off to the waterfall he goes! That is its own blessing and curse.  Reflection is nice, but S/o ends up not being able to get their points across before he heads out, cutting communication short. The argument gets dragged out longer because of this. It’s very frustrating.  If he’s in the wrong, Bazz does apologize. He’s good about that. He dotes comfort on them and whispers apologies and comfort between each soft kiss.  If s/o is in the wrong, it really depends on how they move forward. An sincere apology is enough to get the big, bad warrior to melt back into their arms.  If they don’t apologize, the cycle of reflecting and frustratingly cut-off communication continues.

[katsuma6]

"Would you still love me if I was a worm?"

[the-witch-of-one-piece]

Calling Them Daddy During Sex N/SFW: Part 1(Bleach Edition)

霊圧 + 淫慾. //spiritual pressure + lust. ( @sashi-ya x twoop)

Calling Them Daddy during Sex N/SFW Part 1 ft. Shunsui, Byajuya, Kenpachi, Bazz-B and Jugram Created by: The-witch-of-one-piece /600+ /Masterlist/Collab w/ @sashi-ya💜

TW: mention of being called daddy, penetration of a hole, spanking, dirty talk, rough sex and scratching

 He positioned you on your knees as your back arched up. You could feel your knees trembling as he rubbed his tip at your entrance teasing you. You suddenly feel his large fingers gripping the back of your neck pressing you against the mattress. Suddenly feeling his cock sliding inside you. His hand was on your ass as he was rocking you back and forth. With each thrust you could hear the sound of the skin slapping against one another. “Yes daddy just like that~~~!” you called out as you cried against the mattress in full of pleasure. 

~~~~~~~~~~

Shunsui 

Licking his lips hearing the phrase that was music to his ears. These thrusting motions continued at the same pace. You could hear a low chuckle as he groaned so quietly. Leaning in and kissing your shoulder, feeling his warm breath against your bare damp skin. “ So I’m your daddy now??” you could feel the smirk on his face growing. “Well don’t worry_____, daddy is going to take care of you.” Shunsui's sinful voice lingered in your mind with every sensational thrusting he did inside of you.

Byakuya

The pale captain's eyes widened as his thrusting slightly became a bit slower. ‘Daddy?’  he thought to himself. But hearing how you called him daddy once again you could feel his hand gripped on your ass a bit tighter making indentations with his slender fingers. You could hear the moans slipping from his perfect lips as the pace became a bit more rough. Removing his hand from the back of your neck as he pushed his bangs out of his face. “If you desire to call me daddy now.. I won’t object to it.” Both hands firmly holding your ass, his pelvic began to thrust more inside of you. 

Kenpachi

The hands that held you by the neck became tighter, his nails digging into your flesh feeling the sting as your body was coated in a thin layer of sweat. His eyes focused more as he drove his cock deeper inside of you. Instead of calling out daddy you began to moan trying to form the words but the pounding he was giving you was making it hard. When he noticed the word daddy wasn’t coming out he was a bit displeased his raspy voice said “you get me all turned on with that god damn word and you decided to stop saying it? Daddy must be fucking you really good then huh?” the wicked laugh leaves his lips.

Bazz-B

In his mind automatically ‘what the fuck…Daddy?!’  he would think this is some kinda daddy issue you have and that's why you called him daddy.. His jaw is flexing he tilted his back closing his eyes for a moment as he was savoring your slick walls clenching his cock. Hearing the moans of pleasure as you lustfully called him daddy sent the chills down his spine. Drawing his head back as he looked down. You felt the sting as he gave your ass a  hard smack. “I will show you what daddy is capable of doing to a little cum bucket like you.” 

Jugram 

Feeling his hands releasing slightly off the back of your neck, his hand gliding up your arched back. He could see the goosebumps forming. Jugram letting out a low moan spill from his lips. His eyes peeking through his blonde lashes looking at your naked frame, noticing your knees trembling. He didn’t want your knees to give out. Pulling himself out of you, having you on your back facing the blond lash man. Leaning in more, you could feel his thin build body against yours. His eyes looking directly at you “Daddy wanted to see that face of yours.” in his low hush tone you could hear calling him daddy turned him on. 

Tagging: @stygianoir @tealcat001 @dumbbitch223 @bookandyarndragon. @jin-supremacy01

[thewritetofreespeech]

hello! could you do some scenarios for quicy boys? like jugram haschwalth, uyrru, ryuuken ishida, and bazz b with a reader with long hair? maybe finding out they have long hair because they always have it up?

You pinched the bridge of your nose as you felt the start of a class 1 headache budding behind your eyes. A symptom of being around the Bambie's for too long.

You loved all your Quincy ‘sisters’ equally. There were so few of you these days that they must be cherished and protected, even if you weren’t part of the group. But like most sisters they could get on your nerves and be almost impossible to deal with. Sometimes you needed a break.

Quickly making your way out of ear shot of the squabbling through the many secret corridors of the palace, you heave out a heavy sigh at the sound of peace & quiet and let your hair down. Relaxing for the first time in what felt like months now.

“What are you doing?”

You jump at being startled by another voice coming from another secret corridor, this part of the castle really just a maze, and feel your face heat up. “I was…just trying to be alone.”

Standing up straight and trying to right yourself in front of the Quincy Grand Master, you feel very uneasy being out of uniform like this. It was undignified, and unworthy of your station. “This portion of the castle is usually abandoned.”

“I know. That’s why I come here.” Jugram replied. Much to your surprise. “They’re quite loud aren’t they?”

“The Bambie's?”

“All of them.”

He then walked closer to you. Your breath catching in your throat as you thought he was going to scold you for being out of uniform. Instead, Jugram reached out and grabbed a lock of your hair. “I didn’t know your hair was this long.”

Your face felt incredibly hot as you looked up at him. Having to turn away from those green eyes before you faint. “I…I keep it up usually. It’s more presentable that way.”

Jugram smiled softly at you, and you thought your knees might buckle right then. “That’s what I admire about you. You always think of your actions in how they will affect the Sternritter and His Majesty.” You were surprised. You thought that Jugram never thought of you at all.

The blonde released your hair and took a step back. “Try not to wander off too far.” He then told you. “Can’t have you getting lost. Try to be back before last call.”

“I..I will!” He gave you a single nod and then went on his way. Leaving you a bit confused, as you stroked your hair.

“Oi! What the hell do you think you’re doing?!” You turn around at the loud sound of Bazz-B barking. Able to hear him more than see him with the helmet on your head. “I’m the only hot head around here! You can’t just be running off like that!”

“But isn’t that supposed to be what an infantry member does?” You tell him as you pulled off your helmet. “Go in first and clear the way so the rest of you can come in and finish them off?”

Bazz-B seemed startled for a moment, but it certainly couldn’t have been by your logic. “What’s that?” He asked, pointing at you.

“What? What’s what?”

“That!” He repeated. Just pointing with more emphasis at your head like it he made it more obvious you’d get it. “What’s going on with your head?”

“My head?” You asked. Touching it and feeling for a wound. You don’t feel any and suddenly realize he was talking about your hair. He’d never seen it down before. “I couldn’t fit my helmet on with it up the usual way, so I had to just bunch it up under there. Why? Does it look bad?” You probably had the worst helmet hair.

The senior Quincy didn’t say anything. He just turned his head away. His face as pink as his mohawk. “No! I mean…it looks fine. I just didn’t know your hair was that long. It’s…nice.”

“Do you like people with long hair Bazz-B?”

“No!” He snapped at you, but seemed to immediately want to take it back as he turned away again. “It’s whatever. Hair is dumb anyway. It just gets in the way.”

“Do you think I should cut it then? So it fits under my helmet better?”

“No!!” That was the loudest one yet, and you smirk. “I mean…do whatever you want! What do I care what your hair looks like?!”

Bazz-B literally waved you off as he marched off. Seeming done with the conversation. You don’t cut it, but any time he annoyed you from then on you would comment on Liltotto, or some other short hair cut you saw, and how cute it would look on you.

“Hmmm….I’m never going to get this….” Something about math was just beyond your grasp. Words you were fine with. Pictures, descriptions. But math? You must have missed the line when you were supposed to queue up and get that skill that day.

“Don’t be so discouraged.” Uryuu told you, trying to be encouraging. “You’re getting better.”

“You’re just saying that because we’ve been at it for over an hour.” Time did not seem to be playing a factor in your skills at all.

It was that time of year when all the students buckled down and started cramming for their university finals. This would be the test that decided their future, and they had to be perfect. Funny how you’ve faced literal monsters and nearly the end of the world, but a stupid test was what kept you up at night worrying.

“Let’s just call it quits and help me pick an easier university. Or a job in retail.” You tell him as you pull your braid bun down.

“Don’t say that! You really are getting it. You just need too…..” Uryuu’s pep talk stopped as you started to take your braid apart. “What are you doing?”

“It’s too tight. I need to give it a minute to breathe.”

“I just…I’ve never seen you like that. With your hair down before.”

You thought about it for a moment and you supposed he was right. Since it was so long, you usually kept it up & braided for ease. You never really thought about wearing it another way. “I’d wear it down, but it just seems like a hassle.”

“You should….maybe try it some time….”

You turn to look at Uryuu, who was pushing up his glasses as he continued to write notes, “do you like long hair Uryuu?” He didn’t answer you, but his face turned pink as he started at his notes. His pen pressing into the paper harder.

You might not be good at math, but you could see what this was adding up to. “Maybe I’ll leave it down more.”

Surgery had been very loud. 6 hours working on your patient, but you were confident he was going to pull through. You were dead tired. You needed a shower to get the smell of blood and disinfectant off you, followed by a very long nap.

“Good work in there.” You look up to see Ryuuken following behind you. Pulling off his mask and surgical cap.

“Thanks. You too.” You told him, pulling off your own cap. “I was worried when they put the Director in for my surgery. All that time behind the desk, I thought you’d lost your touch.” You click on the water the wash up some and, when you don’t hear anything from behind you, you look back at Ryuuken. “What? I hurt your feelings?”

“Your hair is long.”

You blink a few times at the older man, then reach up to touch your hair. It was down. Like completely down. Your hair tie must have snapped when you were taking your cap off, but you were too tired to notice. “Damnit,” you curse quietly. Now what were you going to do? “I keep it up because it’s a little hard to practice medicine with it flying around. Why? You got a problem with it?”

“No,” he told you matter-of-factly. Also making his way over to the wash sink. “Actually, it suits you.”

You were a little taken a back by his compliment. Two in the last half hour no less. As far as you knew, that was more complimenting than Director Ishida did in a year. “Well, thanks.”

“Are you on call?” He then asked. To which you sort of shrug in response.

“I guess. I can’t leave until my patient wakes up.”

“Come by my office then.” Another surprise. “I want to go over the surgery notes when you’re done.”

You weren’t sure why, but it felt like surgery notes were the last thing he wanted to go over. Maybe you were just tired. In any case: shower, nap, check on patient, go see Ryuuken. Somewhere in there you had to find a new hair tie, but that could wait til later.

[j-u-u-z-o]

I have an obsession with his eyes, recently.

He turns me on like a stovetop; Those blue eyes like grimmjows (my boo).

[kenneduck]

If Sidon likes heroic strong dudes so much… and Bazz became captain of the guard and knew strong swordsmanship from Link…

I 100% believe Sidon’s first crush was on his personal guard, Bazz. Sidon just with his schoolboy crush on the strong guard who escorts him around the domain.

I believe Bazz isn’t that much older than Sidon. I know Link trained Bazz to use the sword before the calamity, but I imagined Bazz to be a kid when Link did so. So in my head, during their “teen” years, Bazz realizes one day that Sidon has a blush on his face while ogling him. That Sidon is like “wow, you’re so heroic” and Bazz is embarrassed, but excited for someone to appreciate his abilities as a guard.

If anything, they end up smooching and stuff before Bazz is like “yeah no” cause I HC Bazz as Ace. And Sidon is… not LMAO. But I can’t help but imagine Sidon’s first crush being him.

But also now I’m imagining present time Link being like “I can’t remember anything about my romance life before the 100 year sleep. You like anyone before me?” And Sidon just glances over to Bazz, who is guarding the two in the Domain, and Link is like… “ah, makes sense. Bazz is gorgeous”. And Sidon adds “and heroic”. And then Link teases Sidon for clearly having a type. Meanwhile Bazz is blushing and acting like he isn’t listening in on all the compliments.

[gabelew]

i'd say this is more or less how I imagine Bazz to actually look like, outside his Generic Male Zora NPC model and also my usual, more cartoony version of him

like, there's this slight angularity in his features, and his scales are more dark grey with bluish undertones rather than black

he's also at least a bit roughed up around the edges

[troius]

What we learned from the war

"Endings are hard" is a something of a truism, but it's borne out in Bleach, where every story arc besides after the first two stumbled at the finish (even the endings of the first two arcs don't really "end" so much as continue into a new story). In the Arrancar arc, the number of characters and plotlines got so overwhelming that an ending that had to be rushed if it was to arrive at all. In the Lost Agent arc, the characters were pared down, but the ending wound up thematically inconsistent with the story anyways, possibly due to real-life circumstances. And the Thousand-Year Blood War somehow managed to have both problems.

The change in direction from "tightly focused character drama" to "sprawling cast of soldiers" meant that it was unlikely to ever give us the development of our protagonist that we craved, and that lack of focus was only aggravated by the widely-reported health problems of the author. And yet, perhaps because we don't get that, because so little of this arc is filtered through Ichigo learning about himself, we get a much clearer statement of the values inherent in the work.

This is most evident in our antagonists for this Arc. Yhwach and the Wandenreich don't really have the relationship with Ichigo that previoius antagonists had. He never knew his Quincy heritage, never identified with their ideals, and so feels very little conflict about opposing them. He doesn't ever develop his Quincy powers, at least beyond integrating them with his already existing powerset. And he doesn't take much of a personal interest in Yhwach, who in turn, doesn't seem to think much of him when he's not directly in front of him.

But for all that Ichigo doesn't end up having much of a dynamic with them, the Wandenreich still manages to maintain a unique character. Every antagonist has a priority, something that they are willing to do great evil for. For Soul Society, it's its own existence, the continuation of the system they've built. For Aizen, it's his own self-aggrandizement. For the Fullbringers, it was simply living another day, screwing over others so that they can't screw you first. But the Wandenreich has no such priority. They simply want it all to end.

That's most obvious in Yhwach's ending monologue, but you can see it from the very beginning as he kills Yamamoto, the man who tried to move on from his bloody past being slaughtered by the man who would absolutely not let it go. Yhwach shows more emotion towards the skeletons of Argola and Huberdt, his dead soldiers from a war long lost, than he does towards any of his living subordinates. And his subordinates follow his lead in showing no love to one another, happily stabbing each other in the back without even the Arrancars' uneasy level of camaraderie. Their movement has no future, and neither do they, so nihilism is the only recourse.

Most of the time. I think it's important to note that every time a member of the Wandenreich expresses positive feelings towards one of their comrades, it's immediately followed by them turning on Yhwach. Liltotto, Bazz, Giselle, eventually, in her own twisted way…even Jugram, at the very end. Sure, Yhwach kills them for their impertinence (he is the bad guy), but he also massacres the Wandenreich faithful en masse. There's no salvation, only death, and he'll enforce that state on his followers rather than allow them to discover any alternative.

I imagine the lesson, and the general attitude of the Wandenreich, was not lost on Uryu Ishida. Even in his relative paucity of appearances, it's he who is at the moral center of the arc. His culture, which he had thought was nearly entirely dead, turns out to be alive, and out for vengeance against the people who exterminated them. It's something he probably fantasized about growing up, and I don't blame him for joining. How could he not?

But at the end, he makes the very easy choice. Calling it a matter of "life and death" is a little on the nose, but it's morally quite black and white. Yhwach has no hope for this world, or for his people within it, or even himself. He lost a war for the nature of existence to a monster a thousand years ago, and never got over it. But Uryu has the strength to look at the horrors of this world and yet hope for better. Because he has people he loves in life, and who love him in return, he can dream of a better tomorrow.

And that's what the ending is all about. Yhwach loses to Ichigo, and it is very much "good guy beats bad guy". But he also loses to Uryu, and to "I hope to have a family with my girlfriend who I love so much" Renji Abarai, and to "I have a tremendous amount of hope to eventually make myself king of everything" Sosuke Aizen, and eventually (in a way I'm still confused about mechanically) to the child Ichigo and Orihime will eventually have, the literal embodiment of the potential of the future.

The final villain of Bleach is not society's tendency to preserve itself at any human cost. It's not individual selfishness, or manipulativeness, or any of the many vices we saw embodied in the hollows throughout the series. It's despair, the idea that life might not be worth living even through all the struggles and horrors our protagonists have endured. Sure, it will always raise its head, sometimes at the most inconvenient, or ill-fitting times. But having its reincarnation be blown away by the supernaturally normal lives of our cast…well, that's as clear of a message as I can imagine.

[thezoraprince]

Drive-Thru Shenanigans - Sidon x reader / Bazz x reader / Revali x reader

“You know those videos of women calling their boyfriends their husband at the drive through, to see their reactions? What would Sidon and Bazz’s (and you can add Revali for the Revali lovers!) reactions to their s/o casually referring to them as their husband in a conversation with someone?” - @rocklover719​

i’m making this a drive-thru AU, because working for the ‘Siren’ for the past 3 1/2 years has taught me some things. i’m also combining all of these into one, because they’re short enough to fit in one post. so, let’s all pretend that Hyrule has a drive-thru restaurant (or a specific café chain) for like 10 minutes max. 

enjoy <3

y/n - your name

SIDON

you’ve pulled up to the speaker

“Hi, I would like…?”

you turn to Sidon

“What would you like?”

and he tells you

“And my husband would like…?”

‘Husband?’

they tell you the total 

and you’re waiting to pull up to the window

Sidon’s got a cheeky grin smeared across his face

“Did you just… call me your husband?”

“Yeah, what about it?”

“What about it? Oh ho ho, I can play this game.”

you pull up to the window

you’re making your transaction

and they’re handing out your items

“Thank you so much!”

and Sidon leans over your lap to speak to the person in the window

“And can my [wife/husband/partner] have a straw, please? [They’re] prone to spilling [their] drink when driving without one.”

Sidon knows you so well

and he knows he’s embarrassed you a bit

he giggles silently as the person in the window hands you a straw

“Have a nice day!”

and off you go

“Did you really have to do that, Sidon?”

“Oh absolutely, y/n. You know I can’t pass up an opportunity to watch you blush.”

BAZZ

you’ve got your order down

“Hello! Can I please have…”

and you turn to Bazz

“What do you want, Bazz?”

and he tells you

“And my husband will have…”

Bazz freezes

‘Husband? Husband?! HUSBAND?!??’

you’ve got your total and you’re next up for the window

“You cannot do that, y/n!!”

“What?”

“You just— you—”

he exhales deeply

you see how flustered he is

and it’s ADORABLE

“Bazz, are you alright?”

and he nods slowly, smiling slightly with embarrassment

“Mhm…”

you pull up to the window

you’ve done your transaction and you’ve been handed your items

Bazz is silent

“Bazz? Seriously, are you okay? I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be sorry, y/n. Please. That was just… very unexpected. And, umm… I found it… quite attractive.”

“Oh?”

“Yeah, umm… I’d really like to go home now, please.” 

REVALI

it was your day to treat yourselves

and Revali’s basking in the glory of being Passenger Princess

you pull up to the speaker box and you’re greeted with a friendly voice

“Hi! Can I please get…”

and you already know Revali’s order by heart

“And can my husband ha—”

“Hhhhold on…WHAT?”

and you just laugh

“I’m not your husband!”

and you hear a giggle from the speaker box

“Is that Revali? Don’t worry, I’ve got that order memorized. We’ll see you up here.”

and you pull up

“Revali, it was just a joke! Chill out!”

“I know it was a joke. And that’s not the problem. Today, I’m Passenger Princess. You know this! WE MADE AN AGREEMENT, Y/N!!”

and you’re laughing way too hard now

you get to the window

and you calm yourself as best as you can

“I am soooo sorry. I referred to him as my husband. He is not my husband. He is THE Passenger Princess, and he wanted me to correct myself for you.”

and he is smiling

“That would be correct! Thank you!!”

the person in the window is DYING with laughter

you’ve got your transaction done and you’ve got your items

“I hope you and THE Passenger Princess have the best day ever! We’ll see you soon!”

and then you’re out of there

“Revali!! Why would you do that?”

“Because… I’m the Passenger Princess.”

[lesserfandomappreciation]

Are you still accepting BoTW, by any chance? I’m a Bazz lover lol, and I recall one of your older posts about him being direct with his feelings towards the reader, so they don’t get weirded out when he goes into “puppy love mode”. Can we have some more details/ headcanons on what exactly Bazz’s puppy love is like? (Also I love your writing!)

Thanks for the compliment dear! Bazz's puppy love is a wonder to behold.

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Y/n shifted the tome onto the next page and recrossed their legs as best they could. The water nearby pooled into the falls and slowly dropped to the rivers below. Few people came this way and at this time of day, there was no more a peaceful place.

This did little to offset the deep, deep nerves settling in the pit of their stomach.

"Bazz." Beneath them their seat jolted. "Is something the matter?"

The arms around their waist tightened. "No. Not that I recall. Whatever for do you ask?"

"Well, it's been a while and..." Y/n shifted their legs once more, grazing Bazz's scaled legs once more as they grappled to find comfort. "You've been staring at my head this entire time. Are you sure you're alright?"

A deep chuckle reverberated against their back. One of Bazz's arms let go, rising to cup y/n's in callused fingers while the other remained resting around their waist.

"Beauty must be seen to be appreciated. To be witness to yours is an honor to be indulged in at all hours - as long as one is allowed. May I continue to be captivated by yours?"

[creamieyume]

Sharpedo might be a good buddy for Bazz…? They are a predator who always protects their territory.🥺🦈

But I think Umbreon is interesting too. I don't know why lol.😂 I just imagine Umbreon's glow might help him when patrolling and at least Umbreon can swim, right? 😂 If I had some free time, I would like to draw Bazz and Umbreon.

Anyway, My English isn’t good. please forgive me if I make a few mistakes. I'm just a Google Translate guy.💦

[gallusrostromegalus]

Have been waiting for someone to open a Strenritter ask! My top top top Q about them: what language do they use when speaking to each other?! Clearly, the Sterneitters are supposed to be ✨diverse✨TM, which I guess makes sense, since Quincies are basically like “special” humans meaning that they can come from anywhere on earth.. Characters like Jugram and Bazz have obvious Germanic influence, Cang Du is Chinese/East Asian-coded, Bambietta and Berenice Gabrielli have vaguely Italian sounding names, Askin is apparently a Turkish name; I could go on, but you get the idea. So I’ve always wondered: what language does Kubo imagine them speaking in: English (?) German (?) or do they have some magic Quincy universal translator planted in their ear and they can just speak their respective mother tongues and everyone will understand? Also, when they talk to the shinigamis, do they speak Japanese? Can the shinigamis speak English?! These thoughts have been keeping me awake for weeks and I need answers 😭😭.. Curious to hear what you think!

There is a long answer to this but I am doing Dog Activities at the moment so a short answer I will elaborate on later:

1. Dead people and anyone in spirit world gets universal translation *unless they are consciously choosing to speak a specific language*. Iba actually understand his boss when Komamura is talking to himself in Wolf right up until Komamura decides he's going to tell Kenpachi a joke in Wolf, and Iba sighs wistfully, and writes another incomprehensble email to Duolingo about including Wolf or Bird as a language.

2. The sternritter speak a lot of languages but the one language NONE of them speak with any competence is German. Even the ones that grew up speaking German don't speak it anymore because they deleted that knowledge in favor of being better cultists.

[littleeyesofpallas]

At this point I've basically long since run dry on Bleach funfacts, certainly out of any that have any real weight in the broader readings of the series. But I do have one not-so-fun fact still left up my sleeve --a real dead end nothing contribution... So buckle up, I guess? I apologize in advance if this ends up, like, I dunno, spoiling the aesthetic(?) for anyone. Feel free to just ignore this and move on if you're touchy about keeping your obsessive fandom experiences squeaky clean.

So, I noted back when I was combing thru Quincy terms, that it felt a little less than comfy that in addition to the general n*zi aesthetics Juugram's official title was in fact "Sternritter Grand Master" which felt, at the time, like an unfortunate coincidence that it would fall in line with the naming scheme of the K*K's nonsense titles like Grand Wizard/Grand Dragon, Grand Cyclops, Grand Magi and various other ridiculous sounding occultist LARPer horseshit they've cycled thru over the past century+. But I just kinda left it at that and didn't think to dig any deeper,

But then I was reminded that in the early days of the K*K one of their stated goals was to establish a white supremacist "country" inside the united states, and as they dabbled in this insurgency fantasy, they dubbed this goal of a secret, second, white nation within the confines of the USA, their "Invisible Empire"...

And although the word we hear throughout the TYBW arc is the German Wändenreich[ヴァンデンライヒ] from Wänden:“Walls” and Reich:“Empire/Realm,” the Japanese meaning underlying that term is [見えざる帝国]: “Unseen/Invisible Empire.”

In fact the white robed and hoods tradition stemmed from what were initially petty pranks(although they escalated very quickly in seriousness and danger) in which they would menace black communities and abolitionists by pretending to be the ghosts of dead confederates. In this capacity the imagery and language around them also evoked an "Army of Ghosts."

And although it was never properly addressed, there was always this vague issue of the Quincy's ages... Those with clear backgrounds like Juugram and Bazz-B seem impossibly old. And we see that As Nodt is recruited on what appears to be his deathbed --in a hospital, on life support and in fear of dying, with a bible on his bedside as if ready to be read his last rites-- and of course the Quincy genocide of 200 years prior.

And tangential to this, we see the brief, if mostly pointless, return of the three dead Fullbringers --Ginjo, Tsukishima, and Giriko-- who all seem to have retained their memories and powers across the borders of life and death. (We won't ask about how or why their fullbring items are still usable) Is it safe to speculate then that the Quincy are in fact a literal Army of Ghosts? It explains how they're able to go toe to toe with the shinigami in ways Uryuu's initial explanations of their skills would've suggested wasn't possible. (i.e. that they were describes as being regular flesh and bone humans and only their weapons are actually supernatural, and thus they are not capable of particularly extraordinary physical feats, or blessed with any superhuman durability.) And it also sort of makes more sense that rather than being a bunch of flesh and blood humans who survived losing the war, somehow spiritized themselves to get into the afterlife, and then hid for 999 years, that they could have just been humans who died first and were recruited as ghosts, having been spirited away into the shadow realm. Or Quincy that died with the full intent of reuniting as ghosts, having some kind of assurance that they would retain their memories and powers.

I like the former over the latter though, as it means the Ishida family really were the last living Quincy. But I do like the morbid idea of Yhwach commanding his army, Jamestown style, to kill themselves as the first step to them going to heaven. Only in this case the kingdom of god as they imagine it has to be fought for because the shinigami are already have a whole society there and need to be driven out first.

There is also a lot of "Knight" and "White Knight" imagery and titles evoked in the K*K's long history, and while that's absolutely vague enough to be handwaved on its own, it's definitely not not adjacent to all this....

(This has nothing to do with anything I just had already slapped the uniforms pic together and wanted to use it somewhere)

So to sort of loosely review everything going on with the Quincy....

Catholic inverted priest frocks, crosses, silver and exorcisms, holy eucharist angel wings&halo final forms, blood eucharist schrift, conversion based recruitment policies, the whole "one kingdom under god" shtick, miracle baby son of god christ figure, explicit mention of monotheism

but then also 5 pointed crosses/stars and pentagrams,

victims of a genocide with a dr.mengele nemesis, YHWACH-v-YHWH

inverted Hugo Boss uniforms, german themed attacks, skills and tools, crosses again, explicitly evoking the Schutzstaffel with Yhwach's royal guard, and nonsense blood purity eugenics b.s.... weirdly not touched upon "black sun" or swastika imagery tied to Ichigo

For some reason a few loose threads of what appear to be Loius XIV and his sun god apollo fixation, purifying light and sun and stars motifs

YHWACH having big Backbeard energy, the literal evocation of Backbeard, being a western ghost army

and now these mismatched crumbs of what appear to be deliberate K*K references: ghost army, invisible empire, grandmaster, etc...

Like... I don't think this makes them worse, or paints Kubo as some kind of crackpot racist --in case my stance on his use of n*zi imagery didn't make that clear-- but like... I don't know what to make of it honestly... It's as inconsequential to the actual message or plot as anything else, including the n*zi stuff, but it just feels weird knowing it's there? Just sorta loitering around in the background?? Also the Quincy are just such a bizarre clusterfuck of unfocused nonsense ""themes"" with like zero actual content just in general. Given everything that's in that slurry I think that might be for the better? Because any coherent message drawn from all of these influences probably couldn't have been any good...

[j-u-u-z-o]

Nobody:

Me: oh nothing. just imagining reader lure their tongue into his mouth and smile when he closes his lips around it, sucking it gently. 😩💕

Shunsui, Isshin, ZADDY Kenpachi, Kisuke, Shinji, Kensei, Ikkaku, Renji, Bazz B….any other characters 😮‍💨

[kenneduck]

Bazz and Kenne 🌸💕

I imagine they’re both Ace, and that they both are confused over their fluffy feelings for one another.