Bleach is a multiverse. That's canon fact. Different dimensions exist, entirely different worlds and universes exist, which Shinigami can access through the Precipice World and, presumably, police and patrol as much as they do the Material World that we see which Ichigo lives in. We don't ever see these worlds, but canon makes it clear that they do, in fact, exist.
Here's how the game works. We're going to wipe the slate clean, and then rebuild the upper echelons of the Court Guard Squad completely. All Captains, Lieutenants, Seated Officers, and the Captain-Commander are gone and do not exist. Instead, they will be replaced.
By who? Well, that's the name of the game. We're going to be making proposals and counter proposals as to exactly who would be best suited for the various openings in Soul Society.
Since Soul Society is a gigantic afterlife that sits in the nexus of an ambiguous multiverse, all settings are allowed to participate. Manga, anime, video games, TRPGs, books. There are no limits. The only requirements are that the individual must be (or have been at some point) powerful enough to fulfill whatever duties and obligations their position would require of them (i.e. proposing someone who has never been powerful and never noted as having the potential to become powerful as a Captain won't fly).
The only restriction is that absolutely no one from Bleach is allowed. The entire Court Guard as they exist in canon is gone. Abolished. Those characters do not exist, or if they do, they never became Shinigami/never rose above the rank and file Shinigami.
Basically, to condense the tl;dr, we're going to be building and posting our own 'lists' of who we think are best suited to be the Captains, Lieutenants, Seated Officers, and the Captain-Commander. Everything can be drawn upon to provide characters to propose, provided they meet the common sense standards that their proposed position would warrant (for instance, they have to be strong enough to do the job, the Gotai 13 is unlikely to allow straight-up villains to be Captains unless their benefits vastly outweigh their drawbacks, characters who are compulsive criminals are more likely to end up in the Maggot's Nest than get a promotion, ect, ect).
For the sake of deciding where someone might go and how powerful they might be:
Assume that dying and becoming a Death God has increased their fighting power, not decreased it, though by exactly how much is up to you.
Assume that any powers or abilities they possessed in life translate over into death (i.e. they can still use ki, they can still use magic, ect) in addition to acquiring the powers unique to Death Gods (the ability to wield "Demon Arts," i.e. Kido).
Assume that their Shikai (and Bankai, should they have one) reflects the powers and tools they possessed in life.
To help prevent mass Googling, I'm providing some basic information in the following quotebox that will help you build your lists. Remember: these lists do not have to be complete. That would be a whole hell of a lot of work, and this is supposed to be fun. Don't feel obligated to detail every Seated Officer, every Shikai, and every Bankai unless you want to. Your lists and proposals can be as detailed or as sparse as you want the to be. These are just some general points to help give your lists some direction and support.
If you want, you can read all of this and really put some effort into trying to propose a setup that makes sense and fits with everything. You can list Shikais, Bankais, power levels relative to others, and whatever else you want.
You could also ignore everything in the quote box and just go fuck it, it would be badass if these guys were Shinigami. That's fine too. It's up to you how detailed and in-depth your lists are or are not.
Holy shit that was long.
I'll start us off with my thoughts on the subject.
For Eleventh, I'm going to go ahead and say Guts would probably be the best Captain. He's the most Kenpachi-like person who isn't Kenpachi that I can think of, and is also likely one of the few characters in general who could really fill his shoes. As for power, Guts punches eldritch abominations to death and doesn't even really have any superpowers. Just giving Guts a semi-immortal body and the ability to move at speeds and strengths variable to his willpower would probably put him at Captain level, so I would say he definitely qualifies there.
For Third, I'm Kenshin all the way for Captain. He's not a psychopath like some people, but he's been through hell and back as an assassin. He understands more than most how sometimes certain lines have to be crossed, along with the pain of the prices that you have to pay for crossing them in the first place. I think he would really fit their ideal, and with his own skills combined with an immortal spirit body, he definitely would have the power to qualify as a Captain.
Some people might argue that Ryu Hayabusa would be the best fit for Second. And that is arguably true. But if we're going with the canon state of the Captain of the Second also being the Head of the Onmitsukid, I can really only think of one person who has the combination of: strength, ability to lead others, sheer charisma necessary to effectively control an entire military branch in addition to one of the Gotei divisions, and is also a ninja. I've gotta give this one to Naruto. Ryu has the skills to back up every last bit of his legend, but he works alone. He's not going to 'lead' anybody, much less an army of thousands. Plus, Naruto has, like, nine demon gods sealed inside him, and can blow up continents when he gets pissed off. Suck it, Soifon's Bankai! He's not even using his Zanpakuto yet!
Cross Marian is definitely a Captain somewhere, but the problem is, I'm not sure if he should go to Eighth "the party and womanizer" Division, or Twelfth "we'll science you to death" Division. He kind of fits both of them. In fact, he kind of fits both of them really freaking well. Having thought about it, though, he really fits Twelfth better, as his whole gig is that he's a super-scientist that has used magic and technology to push the boundaries of what an Exorcist can do, even going so far as to experiment on and turn Akuma. So Cross for Twelfth.
I'll think of more with time, but I'll leave my list here for now. The only other thing I can think to add at the moment is that there is only one single individual who I would trust with the power, authority, and responsibility of being Captain-Commander.
What's that? Hollows don't have Hearts? There's only one person for that job. . .
Here's how the game works. We're going to wipe the slate clean, and then rebuild the upper echelons of the Court Guard Squad completely. All Captains, Lieutenants, Seated Officers, and the Captain-Commander are gone and do not exist. Instead, they will be replaced.
By who? Well, that's the name of the game. We're going to be making proposals and counter proposals as to exactly who would be best suited for the various openings in Soul Society.
Since Soul Society is a gigantic afterlife that sits in the nexus of an ambiguous multiverse, all settings are allowed to participate. Manga, anime, video games, TRPGs, books. There are no limits. The only requirements are that the individual must be (or have been at some point) powerful enough to fulfill whatever duties and obligations their position would require of them (i.e. proposing someone who has never been powerful and never noted as having the potential to become powerful as a Captain won't fly).
The only restriction is that absolutely no one from Bleach is allowed. The entire Court Guard as they exist in canon is gone. Abolished. Those characters do not exist, or if they do, they never became Shinigami/never rose above the rank and file Shinigami.
Basically, to condense the tl;dr, we're going to be building and posting our own 'lists' of who we think are best suited to be the Captains, Lieutenants, Seated Officers, and the Captain-Commander. Everything can be drawn upon to provide characters to propose, provided they meet the common sense standards that their proposed position would warrant (for instance, they have to be strong enough to do the job, the Gotai 13 is unlikely to allow straight-up villains to be Captains unless their benefits vastly outweigh their drawbacks, characters who are compulsive criminals are more likely to end up in the Maggot's Nest than get a promotion, ect, ect).
For the sake of deciding where someone might go and how powerful they might be:
Assume that dying and becoming a Death God has increased their fighting power, not decreased it, though by exactly how much is up to you.
Assume that any powers or abilities they possessed in life translate over into death (i.e. they can still use ki, they can still use magic, ect) in addition to acquiring the powers unique to Death Gods (the ability to wield "Demon Arts," i.e. Kido).
Assume that their Shikai (and Bankai, should they have one) reflects the powers and tools they possessed in life.
To help prevent mass Googling, I'm providing some basic information in the following quotebox that will help you build your lists. Remember: these lists do not have to be complete. That would be a whole hell of a lot of work, and this is supposed to be fun. Don't feel obligated to detail every Seated Officer, every Shikai, and every Bankai unless you want to. Your lists and proposals can be as detailed or as sparse as you want the to be. These are just some general points to help give your lists some direction and support.
If you want, you can read all of this and really put some effort into trying to propose a setup that makes sense and fits with everything. You can list Shikais, Bankais, power levels relative to others, and whatever else you want.
You could also ignore everything in the quote box and just go fuck it, it would be badass if these guys were Shinigami. That's fine too. It's up to you how detailed and in-depth your lists are or are not.
Holy shit that was long.
I'll start us off with my thoughts on the subject.
For Eleventh, I'm going to go ahead and say Guts would probably be the best Captain. He's the most Kenpachi-like person who isn't Kenpachi that I can think of, and is also likely one of the few characters in general who could really fill his shoes. As for power, Guts punches eldritch abominations to death and doesn't even really have any superpowers. Just giving Guts a semi-immortal body and the ability to move at speeds and strengths variable to his willpower would probably put him at Captain level, so I would say he definitely qualifies there.
For Third, I'm Kenshin all the way for Captain. He's not a psychopath like some people, but he's been through hell and back as an assassin. He understands more than most how sometimes certain lines have to be crossed, along with the pain of the prices that you have to pay for crossing them in the first place. I think he would really fit their ideal, and with his own skills combined with an immortal spirit body, he definitely would have the power to qualify as a Captain.
Some people might argue that Ryu Hayabusa would be the best fit for Second. And that is arguably true. But if we're going with the canon state of the Captain of the Second also being the Head of the Onmitsukid, I can really only think of one person who has the combination of: strength, ability to lead others, sheer charisma necessary to effectively control an entire military branch in addition to one of the Gotei divisions, and is also a ninja. I've gotta give this one to Naruto. Ryu has the skills to back up every last bit of his legend, but he works alone. He's not going to 'lead' anybody, much less an army of thousands. Plus, Naruto has, like, nine demon gods sealed inside him, and can blow up continents when he gets pissed off. Suck it, Soifon's Bankai! He's not even using his Zanpakuto yet!
Cross Marian is definitely a Captain somewhere, but the problem is, I'm not sure if he should go to Eighth "the party and womanizer" Division, or Twelfth "we'll science you to death" Division. He kind of fits both of them. In fact, he kind of fits both of them really freaking well. Having thought about it, though, he really fits Twelfth better, as his whole gig is that he's a super-scientist that has used magic and technology to push the boundaries of what an Exorcist can do, even going so far as to experiment on and turn Akuma. So Cross for Twelfth.
I'll think of more with time, but I'll leave my list here for now. The only other thing I can think to add at the moment is that there is only one single individual who I would trust with the power, authority, and responsibility of being Captain-Commander.
What's that? Hollows don't have Hearts? There's only one person for that job. . .
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