#houhouhouh <- things that sound absolutely wild out of context

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For the Bleach Red AU regarding Ichigo's powers. I'd suggest either Quincy, Hollow or Fullbringer powers being what awakens first. Probably during the Hollow Bait Invasion. Also, I am presuming that Tatsuki is going to awaken to some Fullbringer powers as she's very much Orihime's Chad. And that makes me curious about our now supporting character and love interest Ichigo. Does Chad shake up Orihime when Ichigo has been kidnapped by Aizen like Tatsuki did in canon? 1

Would Ichigo also do a silent, tear filled confession to a sleeping Orihime when put under the isolation spell before his departure to Hueco Mundo?

Back on the Ichigos power wheel. Imagine if the Hollow Invasion attack that awakens Ichigo's power were his Quincy's powers. I can actually imagine early serious Uryuu trying to buddy up to Ichigo and try to teach him the ways of Quincy. All while both of them are probably wondering why. Maybe that ends with a mutual retelling of the past from Isshin and Souken. But given how quickly Ichigo learn son his feet, Soul Society would be in a for a whooping if he awakened to his Quincy powers first

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So about Ichigo-- I had planned that his Quincy powers would manifest first, but do so "wrong" as observed by Uryu. :D (Uryu assumes this is because Ichigo is a stubborn, learn-as-he-goes punk with no training and no respect for tradition. That might be partially the case… Or maybe Ichigo has some kind of latent power /cough cough/ that isn't fully covered by 'Quincy' standards. Hm! (it's probably fullbring, but i beef somewhat with the way fullbring was handled in canon, so it would likely be very very different from the standard explanation.) )

You're absolutely right about Tatsuki! I did make some art of fullbring concepts for her in the past, but I don't know exactly where she would sit in terms of power just yet.

And as for your last question vis a vis rehashes of canon scenarios-- I have no idea! There's no guaranteeing that an AU will follow the arcs of canon, because it's already diverged from canon by dint of its very existence. That's part of the fun, and then the wagon hits a bump, you go off the road, end up in another country and oh god we're into wholly original fan content--

If the scenario interests you, you should totally write your take on it!

RED isn't exclusive or anything; play in this sandbox with me!

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.. that said, and i mean this in the least normal way possible, seeing ichigo cry over orihime is an extremely compelling line of thought.

I wanna see that boy cry!