10:38 AM - I'm over my Ichi/Ruki traumatic lapse, but still... THAT SADISTIC WENCH!
Turns out that an Ichi/Ruki friend of mine (one of the few sane ones out there) put my email on the signature site as a practical joke! That's so EVIL! I'm now going to search up some Ichi/Hime hentai doujin to email them to her as a 'thank you'.
I can tolerate Ichi/Ruki as LONG AS THERE'S NO ORIHIME-BASHING! That's what the ones that troll me don't seem to get. Orihime is my main favorite character and seeing her get trashed by most of the fans of that pairing for merely having the misfortune of crushing on Ichigo ticks me off (and a lot of fans of her. Face it. A lot of the people complaining aren't even pro-Ichi/Hime. One of my 'anti' buddies actually obsesses over yaoi and likes Orihime on the side, so NOT ALL people against the 'tards' are crazy about Ichi/Hime. Most of the people are just fervent fans of either Orihime or Renji himself, not of a specific ship.)
Anyways. Since I'm calmer now, I feel SO MUCH better. And I did indeed sign the petition and told the poor girl requesting it that though I do like Ichigo and Rukia's friendly bond, I couldn't stand how Orihime was trashed because of it. My exact word were: "I didn't know being an Ichi/Ruki fan made it a requirement to hate Orihime. That's why I no longer support them this heavily"
Frankly, making them cannon or trying to influence Kubo's already set plot, would add more fuel to the ship war. I think it's best if we let out favorite mangaka do HIS OWN THING IN PEACE!
tags: ichihime ichiruki renji ichigo fanfiction rukia orihime war