"Hmm, female characters kind of get shafted in fiction. How do we deal with that?"

"I KNOW! Let's take the few fully-rounded female characters who do exist and hold them to sexist standards!"

I mean, you're allowed to dislike whatever, but if you're going to hate on female characters for not living up to expectations that are usually suspiciously higher than those for male characters, at least don't cloak it in "but I only want what's right for my fellow women!"

Ergh.

So I have left sane_ichiruki because it failed to live up to its name. Instead of rehashing the retarded arguments they were making for OMG ICHIRUKI IS CANON, I will present a list of canon and uncanon pairings in Bleach, with help from autophanous. This is the definitive work. Some pairings may later be added, but none of the pairings in here can ever be questioned. They are incontrovertible truth.
( Proceed. )
That is all for now.

Icons are driving me nuts. They're going to be the death of me, I swear. So I think that after I take a shot at one more for bleach_icontest, I'll force myself to put Photoshop away and try to work on fanfic instead. Which will also be the death of me.

Meanwhile, have this.

annwyd: why do people always have to argue for HitsuMatsu by explaining how Hinamori can never be good enough for Hitsugaya? why?
autophanous: WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
annwyd: I have actually seen someone say that they ship HitsuMatsu because they hate Hinamori D:
annwyd: god I hate Hitsugaya fangirls
autophanous: me too
annwyd: they're like Ed fangirls in the FMA fandom. I wonder if it's a Paku Romi thing D:
annwyd: actually I suspect it has more to do with the apparent childishness of the characters. they look like they're the same age as the fangirls in question + the people around them look older = the fangirls feel like they have some sort of special bond or claim to the character
autophanous: oh god.
autophanous: NEWS FLASH:
autophanous: hitsugaya would hate you.

I rediscovered an old fic that I'd once seen on AFF.net where Sasuke is a horrible, abusive husband and Sakura runs into Naruto's arms and acknowledges how much she wuvs him. Of course, he's been there for her, suffering in silence, the whole time.

Featuring: pious!pining!Naruto, weepy!battered!housewife!Sakura, and random POV switches!

This sort of thing makes me want to write a fic where Sasuke and Sakura are married, Sasuke suddenly starts hitting her, and instead of sitting there and taking it, Sakura goes to Naruto and the two of them plot to figure out how to get rid of whatever evil spirit is possessing Sasuke and making him hit Sakura. Because they both know he'd never do that.

(Although first I need to do emlan's and then sadieko's birthday fics.)

Just for kicks:

A/N: Hello everyone again. I’m glad to see many of you share my loathing for the Uchiha clan’s youngest brat. And the rest of you that spoke for Sasuke…I understand totally, he did his Sharingan thing on all of you forcing you to say those things about him. I understand fully.

I only have one real comment to make. Someone commented on how bad Sasuke’s life was and that was an excuse for his behavior. (Sigh) The only thing I have to say to that is this, granted his whole family was murder by another member that’s a terrible thing and I don’t fault him for that or hold that against him. But please keep in mind there was another kid in Konoha, who never had any family what so ever. Had everyone that ever looked at him resent him for reasons he didn’t know till he was twelve yet, he still has better disposition then the lone savior of the Uchiha clan.

It’s possible to be a loner all your life and not be a total prick. Things to keep in mind…

Every time a NaruSaku fan/Sasuke basher makes that lame-ass comparison, Kishimoto kills a kitten. Won't somebody think of the kittens?

All right, Naruto fandom, I give the fuck up. You want to believe that there's no evidence that Sakura is in love with Sasuke, that Sasuke's treatment of her can be summed up with a Margaret Atwood quote about an abusive husband, that Sakura is a prize to be awarded to the worthiest male, that Lee is some kind of romantic superbeing, that SasuSaku is automatically tragic because it can Never Happen Now That Sasuke Is Totally Out Of Reach Forever?

FINE YOU GO AND DO THAT. I'LL JUST WAIT FOR KISHIMOTO TO FUCK YOUR SHIT UP WITH CANON.