I have fought all your battles for you, just as you asked me.
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❝ ——Lookin’ for gratitude, hm? An’ here I was, thinkin’ ya already knew everythin’ there was t’know about me. ❞ A forced smile tugs upon his lips —— shoulders pulled up as a means of keeping warm ( the inner workings of Gin’s mind have always been so cold ; so disastrous. ) ❝ …Thank ya, nonetheless. ❞
I am a demanding creature. I am selfish and cruel and extremely unreasonable.
deathless ♚ sentence meme | not accepting.
❝ –—H’oh? This ain’t supposed to be news, is it~? ❞ Gin inquires through a sly smile, looking back at her through a slitted gaze. ❝ Don’t think ya should be proud of all that, Vi-chan —— Some might say yer terrible t’work with. ❞
❝ ——nah, it don’t hurt any. but lemme tell ya —— one time i grinned fo’ so long that my whole ARM fell off! had t'get kurotsuchi-taichō to stitch it back together an’ everything. scary, huh~? ❞
please abide by these rules if you plan on approaching and/or interacting with ichimaru gin, or the mun behind this blog. thank you!
THIS IS A SINGLE SHIP BLOG. gin is dedicated to this rangiku , and ONLY this rangiku. please respect our comfort by allowing us to actively write our pairing , which has been developed throughout various timelines in bleach , both canon and canon-divergent. do not pressure me to ship with you or your character––– if i feel you are being disrespectful to my rules , myself , or to gin’s character , i will unfollow and/or block.
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DO NOT REBLOG ANY THREADS OR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN GIN AND OTHER CHARACTERS. it’s unsettling for both parties involved. failure to respect this rule is the quickest way to getting yourself blocked.
DO NOT REBLOG MY OOC POSTS.
PLEASE REFRAIN FROM REBLOGGING HEADCANON POSTS UNLESS IT IS TAGGED AS THE FOLLOWING: ( ok to reblog. )
gin can and will gladly interact with OCs and other fandoms. i personally enjoy putting him in new, interesting positions and places that will further develop his character. however , gin will only interact with MUTUALS. please be respectful of this rule. I also ask that you have an about page dedicated to your OC , otherwise I will not know how to interact
PLEASE DO NOT REBLOG ASK POSTS. if you reblog an ask and start roleplaying off of it , i will not reply. i prefer to keep this blog as tidy as possible. if you're looking to start a thread off of an ask post , that's 1000000000% okay —— i just ask that you make a new post and tag me!!!
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT ICHIMARU GIN IS CONSIDERED A VILLAIN IN THE BLEACH SERIES. if your character knows anything about what has driven gin to follow aizen sōsuke into war , i will not interact with your character any further , and will drop all threads. this is GOD-MODDING , as gin has worked very hard to make sure his motivations remained concealed and absolutely private. your character should not know anything about him other than what has been revealed in canon , OR what gin has personally revealed to your character through active roleplaying.
if i follow you and you do not follow back within a week , i will assume you do not want to write together / can’t see a way for our muses to interact , and therefore will UNFOLLOW. this also applies to the blogs that follow me ; if you are an RP blog within a fandom i am unfamiliar with , or if i don’t see there being a way for our characters to interact , I WILL NOT FOLLOW BACK. please understand that this isn’t anything personal!
this blog will occasionally contain NSFW / TRIGGERING content. however , it will be tagged , following these naming conventions: blood tw , pregnancy tw , nsfw , etc. please let me know if you need anything specific tagged!
i am open to considering almost any theme you’d like to roleplay , just as long as you approach me PRIOR.
i do not follow back PERSONAL blogs.
if you are posting more OUT OF CHARACTER than IN CHARACTER , i will unfollow you. i like to keep interactions on the dash as in-character as possible , and to have the most roleplay-related content on my dash.
I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE ANY THEME I DO NOT WANT TO ROLEPLAY , for whatever reason.
i roleplay in MULTIPLE VERSES , which are exclusive to each other. therefore, it’s highly possible that gin will remember an event and/or an interaction that occurred in an earlier verse.
i do not give out my SKYPE INFORMATION unless we’ve been writing together for a while , or unless we talk often via tumblr messaging. please do not ask for my info. this is for my own comfort.
I WILL DO MY BEST TO POST TIMELY REPLIES–––– however , this blog is essentially like gin himself running a blog , so you should expect some disappearances and delays. he likes to vanish on occasion. i want to make sure that i am posting the best content and writing to my abilities , so if i need to take a brief pause to get my head together , i will do so.
I WILL NOT TOLERATE PUBLIC OOC DRAMA OR RUDENESS , NOR WILL I TOLERATE ATTENTION-SEEKING BEHAVIOR. please MESSAGE ME if you have an issue. i am here for fun ; roleplay is an escape for me , and i’d like for that to be respected.
if you are roleplaying a similar plot with another version of my muse , I WILL MOST LIKELY DROP OUR THREAD.
ichimaru gin prefers to think of himself as an ENIGMA to those around him. he is an extremely complex and complicated character, one so set on REVENGE and setting right the wrongs that have occurred in Rangiku's past, that he EASILY loses sight of himself, and what is truly important.
he is classified as a TRAITOR by Soul Society, along with that of aizen sōsuke and tōsen kaname, and he joins forces with them in hueco mundo. we only find out in the midst of the winter war in karakura town that gin's motives were to keep his enemy ( aizen ) closer than anyone else, and to KILL him with his own two hands. despite his intentions being pure–– to kill the man who STOLE a piece of rangiku's reiatsu against her will as a mere child––, he DIES without a single soul knowing all that he sacrificed. those he seemingly betrayed are left with NOTHING to hold onto; no mementos, no answers to the questions they so desperately sought out.
gin is a sneaky snake when he wants to be, and he is painstakingly GOOD at being one. he slithered his way through the shinigami academy, and through rigorous training sessions with the man he loathed more than anything or anyone else. he managed to distance himself from his EMOTIONS and ties to Soul Society in order to follow through with his private goals, ignoring all of his mistakes and the people he had harmed along the way. but deep down, despite his CREEPY exterior and nerve-wracking demeanor, his weakness will always be the little girl he saved on that beaten down path. despite every bone in his body telling him to RUN, centuries ago, he chose to FIGHT for what he felt was right, and for the girl he wanted so desperately to protect... even if he was only to be blinded by HATRED, and blinded by the thought of seeking vengeance for someone who never even sought it herself... only to end up wearing a MASK he had so elegantly developed as if it were his own skin.
he only realizes his failure in the end, while rangiku's tears SEEP through the paling skin of his cheeks. that he had lost himself along the way, and had become the monster he had longed for nearly all of his life to DESTROY. it is evident in his volume poem, and in the flashbacks of his childhood. and it is also evident in his unspoken apology.
ichimaru gin is a TRAGIC character, one that's true intentions aren't revealed until the very end. despite all of the turmoil and pain and anger he feels on the inside, and DESPITE the grin that happens to scare others in his presence, he can also be funny and sweet. there are many different sides to this sneaky little snake, just as there are endless possibilities to explore and to learn about, for he is constantly evolving, even in DEATH.
WHERE THINGS TURN CANON-DIVERGENT:
the main verses on this blog are EVEN IN DEATH and BLOOD WAR, where gin survives the winter war and hides out in the world of the living. he has been reunited with rangiku and upon discovering that aizen is still alive, leaves in the dead of the night to meet with that of the new head commander, KYŌRAKU SHUNSUI. he is overwhelmed with rage and rejects rangiku's wishes for him to stay away from soul society–– asking to be pardoned so as to FIGHT alongside the rest of the shinigami against the quincy, offering his aid despite his body remaining tattered and torn, if only to ( secretly ) finish what he started.
【 THIRD SEAT「 ᵛᵉʳˢᵉ 」】 gin in his youth, just starting out within the gotei thirteen. this verse takes place after he has killed the third seated officer of the fifth division, only to end up filling the vacancy himself.
【 FUKUTAICHŌ「 ᵛᵉʳˢᵉ 」】 gin as a fukutaichō of the fifth division, working under aizen sōsuke. this takes place before gin was given the role of sanbantai-taichō / before he became captain of the third division. note: gin is extremely cocky in this verse, so beware. he’s in his “rebellious” years.
d e v e l o p m e n t s i n t h i s v e r s e: two of the MAIN BONDS that are explored in this verse are with gin’s newly appointed lieutenant, kira izuru, and matsumoto rangiku.
the emotional abuse gin instills upon a man so self-loathing takes time to build. it starts off with kindness... a first mission where gin and izuru get to know one another. it ends in toxicity, betrayal, and complete despair.
rangiku and gin's relationship is explored in private... never shed light upon publicly. gin does not give their relationship a name... he is never there in the morning, nor has he ever been. gin practices the constant art of leaving; not wanting her to believe he is anything other than what he claims to be. in later verses / timelines, gin feels immense GUILT for giving into his selfish desires... for he knows such affections will only give her something to hold onto, if he were to FAIL in obtaining the hōgyoku, and in killing aizen sōsuke
【 SECOND IN COMMAND「 ᵛᵉʳˢᵉ 」】 gin post-betrayal, as aizen sōsuke's second in command / acting leader of the arrancar army.
d e v e l o p m e n t s i n t h i s v e r s e:
more often than not, gin is left to his own devices. loneliness eatsaway at him, the light of the moon a constant REMINDER of the lack of sun in his life. he is left alone far too often with his thoughts... which leads him to spiral into terrible spells of self-loathing. it’s in these moments where the SNAKE truly emerges... the monster in him running wild as he no longer has rangiku to talk him down.
gin has killed characters in this verse, so be wary if approaching him for a fight.
it’s been discussed with bergua that, upon entering hueco mundo, gin established a bond with tesra lindocruz. essentially gin found himself a new target for gaslighting and manipulation, taking him in before he tied himself to nnoitra. gin still holds this 'bond’ over his head, from time to time.
gin honestly just tries to torment everyone in this verse because he’s got a lot of guilt and feels like a monster––– so much so that he abandons any notion that he ISN’T.
there is a side-verse... WITHIN THIS VERSE ( lol ) where gin meets with that of kaneki ken. it starts off as an investigation into the powers of a half-ghoul, forced upon gin by that of aizen. gin studies kaneki and attacks him in the middle of the night, single-handedly incapacitating him before bringing him back into hueco mundo. he helps kaneki to recover, only so that he may exhibit his abilities to aizen... proving himself worthy of fighting alongside the arrancar against the shinigami, in a war unlike any other kaneki has ever known.
gin makes it a habit to torment nnoitra gilga (despairforme ) every chance he gets. XD
【 YŪREI「 ᵛᵉʳˢᵉ 」】 gin's spirit, lingering at the edges of a shrine made by matsumoto rangiku. the ghost of a tragic man, weighed down by his failures, even in death.
【 EVEN IN DEATH「 ᵛᵉʳˢᵉ 」】canon-divergent. a broken man, existing despite all odds in the world of the living. here he has been seemingly saved, yet has no home to return to. lost in the agony and shame of his failure, ichimaru gin finds it to be better for everyone involved if he were to remain gone, this time around.
d e v e l o p m e n t s i n t h i s v e r s e:
gin awakens, much to his dismay, in urahara kisuke’s ( mysteriousshopkeeper ) little shop. he is angry, and bitter––– wishing he had been left to die, instead of carrying out his life in the world of the living. he is not an easy patient to treat, by any means; venomous words ( a result of despair, of DEVASTATION that he is, in fact, alive––– ) are an attempt to push the other away... acting as encouragement to END HIS LIFE as opposed to SAVING IT.
rangiku finds him after tracking a strange spiritual disturbance in the world of the living. she stays with him, thinking up excuses to often leave soul society and excuse herself from her duties in order to, instead, visit a man who would be executed for treason if word were to spread about his survival.
this verse is particularly emotional for gin. he’s at the ultimate low in his depression, no longer finding a purpose to his existence.
rangiku plays a pivotal role in rebuilding gin’s strength. intimacy exists beyond the physical––– it comes in the form of understanding and acceptance.
in this verse, gin finally opens up about the past. he finds out about aizen sōsuke’s imprisonment and that searing hatred returns––– no longer does he let his failure define him; instead, he is determined to return to soul society, in order to ‘aid’ in the war. as rangiku fights off this very notion and questions his ulterior motives, gin tells her the truth…. everything.
it’s in this verse that gin finally tells rangiku he loves her.
【 BLOOD WAR「 ᵛᵉʳˢᵉ 」】canon-divergent. this verse branches off of the pre-existing “EVEN IN DEATH” verse. ichimaru gin is made aware of aizen sōsuke’s survival, and the war against the quincy. overwhelmed by rage, he rejects rangiku’s wishes for him to stay away from soul society, instead leaving the world of the living in favor of asking the new captain commander ( kyōraku shunsui ) to be pardoned, and to allow him to fight alongside the rest of the shinigami. he offers his aid despite his body remaining tattered and torn, if only to ( secretly ) finish what he started.
d e v e l o p m e n t s i n t h i s v e r s e:
gin has successfully been PARDONED ( for the time being ) by the new sotaichō... however he has also been told that there will be some form of punishment, eventually.
gin has been given his arm back by that of kurotsuchi mayuri — a product of hojiku-zai( 補肉剤 ) or “FLESH-MENDING DRUG”
as gin’s arm finally regenerates, it’s within the confines of the research institute that gin stumbles upon a blown-up kira izuru... and just so happens to be there when he wakes up from his coma.
【「 宿命 」SHUKUMEI。】canon-divergent. in this verse, ichimaru gin and matsumoto rangiku conceive a child. while rangiku is overjoyed with the idea of welcoming a baby into a time of peace within the reconstructed walls of seireitei, gin spends the majority of her pregnancy absolutely restless, and distant. he is OVERWHELMED by the prospect of failure––– for what sort of influence could a fallen shinigami, a TRAITOR in the eyes of the vast majority of soul society, ever truly be upon his own flesh and blood? a man so indecently stripped of his title, even as he is pardoned for his crimes against the shinigami... ichimaru gin offers only remorse. his stories are dark, and twisted––– tales that arouse NIGHTMARES, that strip others of any hope they could have ever possessed.
much to gin’s dismay, a DAUGHTER is born––– cradled by summer’s warmth; a LEO, in every sense of the word. a child one might assume to be CODDLED by the likes of gin; protected by a father who would soon enough bestow a WRATH unlike any other upon those who did wrong by her. a direct result of his own adolescence––– of the horrors he alone had experienced, and WITNESSED. however, as this child ages ( trained by both her mother and father, and educated within the walls of the shinigami academy ) she proves to be quite the handful.
would FATE be so cruel to bestow upon him a child as REBELLIOUS and prone to dangerous situations as he was in his youth? STRONG-WILLED and stubborn, an absolute renegade who throws herself into battles that are WAY beyond her own level of training. with little regard for others, she selfishly pushes forward, constantly challenging both gin and rangiku’s authority. PANIC becomes a close confidante of the fallen shinigami, for oh, how TERRIBLE it is to be on the receiving end of the life he once lived, many years ago.
. . . one might even be so cruel as to consider it karma.
