dat lecture in our tag, lmao
Two major points that matter:
1. Kubo didn’t owe you anything.
a. Repeating Chekhov’s words: plotholes and retcons
“One must never place a loaded rifle on the stage if it isn’t going to go off. It’s wrong to make promises you don’t mean to keep."
b. But he deliberately lied, saying that:
Kubo on Rukia: When I draw this manga, I think of Ichigo as the Human side's protag and Rukia as the Shinigami side's protag.
When in fact, this is his truth:
c. Deliberate baiting of fans:
When he wanted an origo/rr endgame anyway. He should have been more forth coming like Kishimoto, whose shipping intentions was not really questioned coz most people expected it anyway.
So yes, he owes us fans something: a formal apology. But eh, who are we kidding? The guy can’t even explain the plotholes of his story, but he can put on an elaborate cosplay of Mayuri. He simply does not care; he’s rich anyway. Thanks to Rukia and IR merch.
2. Write your ship’s fanfiction anyway.
Yeah, but when we actually do:
Hypocrisy is very unbecoming.