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Just dropping by to say I love your blog a lot!!❤️❤️❤️ you are doing the lords work lol someday I try hard to find good questions to send you that I think you'd like to think about--but all I ever come up with is "since it's canon that after the tybw and 10 year time skip and they have tv--who would actually have a tv, and what do think they'd watch, or would they try to make their own weird version of a tv station/show? Would ichigo be able to get it on his home tv, like, he's just wanting one day and then there's yumichika, renji, ikkaku and shuuhei on the lowest budget drama in all 3 worlds"

Just want yall to know I love and appreciate all the work you do!!❤️❤️❤️

Aww, thank you! I'm glad you enjoy it! <333 You are one of our OG dash blorbos and it makes me really happy that we continue to blorbo it up together. <3

This seems like an excellent opportunity to bring back

which is further elaborated in this post. (I’d forgotten everything except the C-SPAN gif, which is a total disservice to House Hunters Interdimensional—I feel so ashamed!)

As far as who has TVs, I think all the division offices have one, because they were part of a military tech rollout. They have yet to really catch on individually, though. In the commercial district, there’s a TV store with a whole wall of them out front, and people tend to simple congregate in the streets to watch whatever’s on, as though it were a live playhouse. The difference is that it’s 24-hour programming, and when it’s not airing Central 46 C-SPAN it’s fueled by camera-happy insomniacs.

I used to live in a city that had a local access channel that a friend of mine swore by, which was a single-camera one-man puppet show performing the entire story of the Bible. Soul Society definitely has one of those, except it performs the full history of Soul Society. It’s actually incredibly well-researched and is the love labor of Some Guy who was granted access to and spent a lifetime absorbing the Kuchiki records. Byakuya has signed off on the show, but owing to its low production value, he did not consent to use of the Kuchiki name anywhere but in the credits roll.

There’s also a shopping channel that is essentially a slideshow of the existing SC catalogue, intercut with footage of straight-faced SC staffers describing the items. This show is incredibly popular, because it reaps the benefits of dual audiences: 1) People who want to buy stuff from the shopping channel, and 2) people who watch it because they think it’s a hilarious, dry-witted mockumentary-style social satire. (It is not.)

Similarly, there’s a fairly ambitious show that compiles "Lights and Sirens" style reporting from the top 13 most popular border checkpoints in Rukongai, filmed by bored shinigami sitting in firetowers. This show typically has the affect of John Trudell as Randy Peone in Smoke Signals’ KREZ Radio. (This would be my favorite show, she said, surprising no one.)

Yumichika, Renji, Ikkaku, and Hisagi DEFINITELY made a no-budget drama that was going for a found footage aesthetic but in actuality has the aesthetic of "Hisagi with a camcorder." Even though it’s supposed to be a hard-hitting crime thriller set in the universe of Detective Byakuya (but not centered on Byakuya), there are often entire sequences of, like, Yumichika doing tai chi on a dramatic outcropping in silhouette, sunset behind him, and the other three offering hushed commentary like nature documentarians.

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"Fairy Tail"

Rated M for eventual smut.

Summary: Lucy Ashley was nothing more than a twenty year old living in the slums of Seattle. Now she's traveling with a dragon slayer and a flying cat to return everyone's happy endings in order to return home. But by the end of their journey, would she want to?

As I said before, I'm going to start posting this story's chapters here slowly but surely. If you want to use the link and binge read them all, that's fine too. (Just make sure to leave some reviews. ^.^)

Read chapters 1-74 on FF.net

Book of Fairy Tales

In the bustling city of Seattle, a beautiful blonde with long golden locks reaching the bottom of her belly woke with a loud yawn and a stretch. With a frown, the girl got out of bed and began to make herself some breakfast: scrambled eggs and a piece of toast slathered with strawberry jam. She watched the news while she ate, sad to see the typical murder story and kidnapping.

Then, it was time to work. Going to her desk, the girl picked up a pen and began to write. She was in the process of writing a new story. She was an aspiring author with no books published, simply because she was too scared of them being rejected. At least she had an editor.

Picking up her phone, the blonde sighed and dialed the familiar number. It rang twice before a woman answered with a nasally, snobbish voice.

"Hello?" the other woman greeted. "Lucy? What do you want? Did you write another chapter?"

The blonde smiled and answered, "Yep! I was wondering if you could check it out!"

"Email it to me."

Lucy did as she was told and emailed her newest completed chapter to her editor. And as always, the other woman completely desecrated it with harsh criticism.

"Listen, Lucy," the woman began, not sounding apologetic in the slightest, "I can't work for you anymore."

"W-What?" Lucy questioned. "B-But I've been working really hard!"

"Yeah, and your stories still look like a two year old wrote them. I can never get you published anywhere."

"I-Is this because of money? I can pay you more!"

The woman sighed. "You can't. You are just a waitress working in a crummy diner. You can't pay me any more than you already have. And I can't get you published. If I were you, I would just give up."

And with that, the line went dead, leaving Lucy to stare blankly ahead with blurred vision. Tears flowed from her eyes and down her cheeks silently as she laid her head on her desk.

"Maybe I should just give up," the girl thought. She then shook her head and sat up. "No way! I can't give up! I just need some reassurance!"

Standing up, Lucy went to her bed and picked up her blanket. It was a strange, white scaly blanket with a purple embroidery around the edges, her name stitched into it. That blanket and some strange golden keys were all she had when she was found in the forest by a hiking couple. She always assumed they were from her parents. After all, who else would they be from? The hiking couple said there was nobody around her when they found her.

There were many times in Lucy's life that she felt abandoned, unloved. The girl always wondered about her past. Why was she in some forest? Where were her parents? They obviously left her there in that forest, but why? If they were going to abandon her, why did they leave her a blanket and some strange keys? Despite these negative questions, the blonde held hope that one day she would find her parents and get some answers. She could only hope it was all just a big misunderstanding and that her parents were searching for her every day, missing her as much as she missed them.

How was it possible she could miss someone she never met so badly?

Lucy wrapped the blanket around herself and cradled the keys close to her chest.

"Hello, Mama, Papa," she said aloud. "I don't know what you two are up to today, but I hope you're doing well. My editor just quit on me today, but that's okay! I will get a book published and I will get my name out there! Then you guys will see my name and my face and hopefully recognize me. Then we'll be a family…"

Sighing, Lucy removed the blanket and looped her key-ring back onto her belt loop. That was why she became a writer in the first place, to find her parents. She tried researching them, but strangely no information popped up at all. Usually the internet could give information on anyone thanks to social media, but there was absolutely nothing in regards to her parents. She was alone, always had been.

After being found in the forest, the hiking couple that found her turned her over to the police, who in turn handed her over to the foster care system. Sadly, Lucy was never adopted, for in a big city like Seattle, there were countless of kids needing to be adopted. She never made friends, too focused on her books and finding her parents.

She graduated high school alone, working in a restaurant to pay the bills. She lived on the top floor of a tall, tower-like apartment complex, isolating herself from the world. All she wanted was to find her parents, but the only way to do that was for them to find her first.

"And that's not gonna happen without an editor to help get me published," the girl thought. "But since it's my first day off from the restaurant in a while, I guess I could take it easy today."

With an excited smile, Lucy quickly got ready for the day, throwing on a hot pink mini skirt and a black tank-top. Making sure she didn't forget her strange golden keys- they provided her comfort- the girl skipped out of her apartment towards the one place in the city she felt she belonged in: the bookstore.

When she arrived, Lucy greeted the cashier with a friendly smile and browsed through the aisles to find an interesting book she could drown herself in. She ended up finding one, a mystery romance novel, and took it to her signature table in the corner, far from everyone else. The girl read it cover to cover until the sun in the sky was replaced with the moon.

"Ma'am, the store will be closing soon," an employee told the girl. "And next time, if you want to read the book, you should purchase it."

Lucy flushed from head to toe and squeaked, "I'm sorry!"

The employee smiled at her forgivingly before walking away. Lucy got up to put the book on the shelf. She was going to leave the store before a thick book covered in dust caught her attention. Pulling it from the shelf, she found that it was a book of fairy tales, the popular ones that were known everywhere. However, taking a closer glance, she found that the first chapter was ripped out and that the stories were different than the ones she had heard.

An employee then spoke into the intercom, reminding the lingering customers like herself that the store was closing. Lucy was going to put the book back on the shelf, but felt intrigued to read more. Usually the fairy tales were sweet, sappy stories with princes and princesses and love at first sight, but this book seemed to have different versions. More realistic versions. She was intrigued and decided to buy it. After all, she was caught spending the whole day reading a book without buying it, she should at least buy something to make up for it.

Rushing to the counter, Lucy handed the cashier the book. "I'd like to buy this!"

The cashier arched a brow at the dusty, worn out book but scanned it anyways. "Have a nice day."

"You too!"

Lucy made sure to walk home as quickly as possible, taking the well-lit streets. Seattle wasn't known for its safety, there was no way she could walk home at night with ease. Luckily, the girl made it home quickly and unharmed, the only problem during her journey being the few catcalls she received.

Lying in bed, Lucy turned on her lamp and got situated in her blanket, ready to read her newest book. Her fingers traced the spine where she could see pages were ripped out. Scanning the table of contents, she found that the first story, the one that was missing, was the story of Rapunzel.

"I wonder why someone ripped it out," Lucy thought. "The person who did this probably really likes Rapunzel and didn't wanna buy the whole book."

Shrugging it off, the blonde began to read the first page of the book that was left. It appeared to be a continuation of Rapunzel, the last page of the story. She briefly wondered why somebody would take the rest of the story but leave the last page. Wasn't that the most important page? Shrugging it off, she began to read.

"Because of this," Lucy read aloud, "the entire kingdom was cursed. Their happy ever afters were no more, leaving them to live unhappily. Until the savior arrives, they have no chance at happiness."

Lucy arched a brow and flipped the page, beginning to read the first actual story, only making it past the first paragraph when her body began to feel hot. Lucy removed her blanket and fanned herself, confused as to why her newfound heat was not going away. In fact, it was getting even hotter.

"A-Am I having a stroke or something?" Lucy warily asked aloud. "Is this a symptom for heart attacks?"

The heat quickly began to engulf her, causing the girl to yelp in pain. Her head became dizzy and her body felt like she was being drained of her energy.

"W-What is happening to me!?" she groaned, clutching her stomach in pain.

Her body raked with sobs as the pain only grew, along with the heat. It was something Lucy had never felt before in her entire life. It was like her body was growing numb and being burned at the same time.

"Am I going to die? I haven't even been able to do anything! I haven't found my parents or fallen in love! I've never had any adventures! I just locked myself up in this place! I'm too young to die!"

Just as an ache pounded in her head, Lucy released a loud scream and grasped her head, pulling at her golden locks. The girl could faintly hear her neighbors pounding on the door, asking if she was alright. Then, the burning stopped.

Lucy gasped for air, finally opening her eyes to survey her room. She found a bright light coming from her lap, where her keys were somehow glowing. Before the girl could take another breath, she suddenly found herself falling, engulfed in a bright light. Unable to keep her eyes open, she opted for screaming her lungs out instead, feeling like she was falling from the sky.

Somewhere during her fall, Lucy lost consciousness.