This is probably asking, nay begging, for versus debate shenanigans which is all kinds of trouble right from the start. But ultimately my last run down this particular potential canon deviation makes me kind of want to risk it.
Rewrites are probably one of the most common missteps fic writers tend to make in terms of covering arcs already well trodden by canon. Granted usually they give the heroes new bells and whistles to make the fights slightly different or 'fix' things they might not have liked about the original fights, but ultimately it's still going through the same motions via the same battles ad naseum forever. And that's boring as hell since so few tend to try to think outside the box to find potentially more interesting options to work with.
This thread is (hopefully) intended to collect battles between people who you think would make for an interesting alternate option if possible in any potential endeavor you plan on doing. Granted it won't work in every case, trying to avoid Ichigo vs. Byakuya in the SS arc is damned hard considering the sheer amount of framework that entire sequence had setup, so trying to replace it haphazardly just doesn't work nearly as well. However in a lot of other cases, there are other potential options available if you look.
Chad didn't have to fight Shunsui, he just kinda ran into him. He could just as easily have run into Komamura, which makes for a FAR more interesting matchup. Ishida and Renji didn't have to run into Syzael, they could just as easily have gotten caught by Zommari, who in Ishida's case at least could have made for a very interesting scenario given the puppet strings. The four captains sent to Hueco Mundo could have been completely different, or hell the Vizard could have shown up instead. So on and so forth.
Hell, even in Ichigo's case it's easy to shift some of the later stuff depending how you play it since unlike Byakuya who was Rukia's older brother, the character relationships weren't as deep rooted in the story developments with the espada, instead most of what predetermined the fights was circumstance/Aizen. Ichigo could just as easily have been slated to fight Harribel and Yammi instead had things been setup differently. Or Syzael and Nnoitra. Or just one of the espada so we can spreed some of that goodness around since there are only ten, and say Gin. Or Hell, Barragon and Starrk.
Granted in the last case he'd have died horribly without some significant upgrades either way, but it's still on the table at least.
Regardless basic jist of this thread is to present some battles you would have liked to see or thing would work well for fic purposes, hopefully try to present your case a bit if you feel it's needed or what have you. Feel free to go crazy with it, and try to keep things from devolving into power level arguments, though admittedly I'm kinda asking for it with this kind of topic. :sweat2:
Some key concepts I've brought up before to help frame the point of this thread. Completely out of context admittedly but it should give a basic idea of what can be brought up:
Rewrites are probably one of the most common missteps fic writers tend to make in terms of covering arcs already well trodden by canon. Granted usually they give the heroes new bells and whistles to make the fights slightly different or 'fix' things they might not have liked about the original fights, but ultimately it's still going through the same motions via the same battles ad naseum forever. And that's boring as hell since so few tend to try to think outside the box to find potentially more interesting options to work with.
This thread is (hopefully) intended to collect battles between people who you think would make for an interesting alternate option if possible in any potential endeavor you plan on doing. Granted it won't work in every case, trying to avoid Ichigo vs. Byakuya in the SS arc is damned hard considering the sheer amount of framework that entire sequence had setup, so trying to replace it haphazardly just doesn't work nearly as well. However in a lot of other cases, there are other potential options available if you look.
Chad didn't have to fight Shunsui, he just kinda ran into him. He could just as easily have run into Komamura, which makes for a FAR more interesting matchup. Ishida and Renji didn't have to run into Syzael, they could just as easily have gotten caught by Zommari, who in Ishida's case at least could have made for a very interesting scenario given the puppet strings. The four captains sent to Hueco Mundo could have been completely different, or hell the Vizard could have shown up instead. So on and so forth.
Hell, even in Ichigo's case it's easy to shift some of the later stuff depending how you play it since unlike Byakuya who was Rukia's older brother, the character relationships weren't as deep rooted in the story developments with the espada, instead most of what predetermined the fights was circumstance/Aizen. Ichigo could just as easily have been slated to fight Harribel and Yammi instead had things been setup differently. Or Syzael and Nnoitra. Or just one of the espada so we can spreed some of that goodness around since there are only ten, and say Gin. Or Hell, Barragon and Starrk.
Granted in the last case he'd have died horribly without some significant upgrades either way, but it's still on the table at least.
Regardless basic jist of this thread is to present some battles you would have liked to see or thing would work well for fic purposes, hopefully try to present your case a bit if you feel it's needed or what have you. Feel free to go crazy with it, and try to keep things from devolving into power level arguments, though admittedly I'm kinda asking for it with this kind of topic. :sweat2:
Some key concepts I've brought up before to help frame the point of this thread. Completely out of context admittedly but it should give a basic idea of what can be brought up:
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