Aizen-sama Suggestions

Reality is an Illusion

[aizensamasuggestions]

How about clingy ex-lovers? How do you get rid of them?

I can't say that I have any ex-lovers that would qualify as "clingy." Useful and imbued with hypnotic suggestion, yes. Those I have.

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I have so many questions I want to ask you but for some reason I can't think of anything rn.

Take your time, Anonymous. I'm not going anywhere.

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Do you happen to have a favorite theory about Hueco Mundo's permanently nocturnal state? I must confess that the idea of their days being stolen seems a bit fascinating to me, or maybe the sun? Or simply in the process of creation someone conveniently forgot to give the hollows sunlight, perhaps to encourage them to go to the human world... or to keep them out of it. Anyway, thoughs?

As you may well know, Anonymous, one of my Espada was, in fact, allergic to sunlight. But it is unknown, however, which came first: the lack of sunlight, or the genetic evolution of that particular Hollow.

I suspect, as you do, that Hyōsube Ichibē stole the daylight hours. This is very much supported by the fact that the moon of Hueco Mundo is perpetually in its crescent phase and never changes. Hueco Mundo, it seems, experiences one, singular night, always and forever.

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Was Shinken Hakkyōken on your radar before the Quincy invasion, and did you have a plan to deal with it? It seems like it would be easy enough to metaphorically snap it over your knee if you can get a hold of it sans wielder, whereas even a Lieutenant-level shinigami could be a major threat if they were able to wield it against you when they had the jump on you so to speak.

The so-called God Slayer....

Yes. I was aware of it. Though I confess I did not realize where, exactly, it had been hidden.

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You say that no one’s power in the soul society is rivaling your own, but then you say that Urahara has ability that you respect above your own. it seems a bit contradictory, so i wanted to ask in what way did you mean it in? in strength? in mentality? or maybe intelligence?

also, to add on, you say to Yamamoto that you would most likely lose to a battle with him, so that kind of goes against the statement that “no one’s power in the soul society is rivaling your own.”

I will answer these in reverse order.

I could never win against Yamamoto in a physical battle. In this one area, Kyoka Suigetsu's insistence that they are not a melee weapon, but a weapon of the mind works against me. They refuse to kill what they strike, so I have learned to compensate with Hakuda and Kido. Yamamoto is, as we have seen, a master of both, and clearly perfectly willing to cheat and use Forbidden Kido against me (which, it should be noted, I did not stoop so low.)

Urahara Kisuke is my only true intellectual rival, but I could crush his spiritual pressure with as much effort as it takes to swat a mosquito.

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Did you celebrate Hirako's birthday?

ALWAYS.

[aizensamasuggestions]

What was the point of vaporizing that random salaryman in Karakura Town? Surely you already knew you had that capability and so there was nothing to learn, and you don't seem the type to become exhilarated by popping ants with a magnifying glass.

Don't I?

I appreciate that assumption, Anonymous.

However, I will admit to not only flexing my spiritual pressure muscles, but also showing off in front of Gin. I suspected he might be gearing up for his final, but inevitable betrayal, so I wanted to remind him of the sheer massive devastation I'm capable of.

Much like when I vaporized the Kido Corps member who thought to lay hands on me to escort me to "the chair." Sometimes, a little demonstration of power goes a long way.

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It is said that every man, no matter how principled, has his price. How much would it take to get you to bail Soul Society out of their coming Hell predicament? Would unstrapping you from the chair be enough? If not, what if you could kick all of C46 in the shins too? What if they give you unlimited tea as well? What if Hinamori's glasses cookies come with the tea, and also Momo wears the catgirl maid costume from episode 304 whenever she visits your cell to serve the tea for some reason?

Letting me out of Muken would be plenty.

After all, I saved the Soul Society before for less. You may have noticed that Kurosaki Ichigo would surely have failed without my help.

And then I went quietly back to "jail."

So, clearly, I am not so demanding as all that.

[aizensamasuggestions]

This is kind of random but, do you think it is possible to send a message via hell-butterfly to those in hell?

Who are you considering speaking to? Do keep in mind, when you do, that Hell does... affect the brain. Your friend may no longer be entirely sane.

But, yes, it should be possible.

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You've spoken at length of the current discordant relationship between yourself and Kyoka Suigetsu, but surely there must have been harmony at one point in order to achieve what you have. When you two were in (perhaps relative) harmony, was KS a passive/receptive part of the team or was it more of a proactively helpful "Bro-ka Suigetsu" going out of its way to bail you out of potentially embarrassing situations and otherwise doing you a solid from time to time?

The tone of your question, Anonymous, makes me imagine that you think you have no reason to fear me. That's extraordinarily foolish.

My relationship with my zanpakuto is only troublesome because of the nature of hypnosis and my narcissism. Kyoka Suigetsu was against the idea of ever revealing the depth of our betrayal. We had worked, in tandem, for over a century perfecting a persona that would be loved and trusted by the Gotei. Kyoka Suigetsu would have been happiest if I had stayed in the shadows. I can't entirely disagree that strategy had its merits.

It is not the one we followed, however. My ego wouldn't allow it.

You will notice that in the following Winter War, as it is sometimes called, I rarely relied on Kyoka Suigetsu. Such is the nature of our relationship.

However, previous to my so-called betrayal, Kyoka Suigetsu was always my greatest ally. They have given me the greatest gifts, not the least of which is my ability to call shikai silently--a power they offered me the instant I knew their name. They gave me this incredible advantage because they understood that with the sheer force of my reiatsu the number of minds we could control was unlimited. This is something no other Soul could ever give them. If someone were to attempt to use Kyoka Suigetsu in my stead, they would fail. Without my reiatsu, Kyoka Suigestu's power is severely limited. But, together, we are unsurpassable.

They did, however, attempt to drown me when I first learned their name.

And then, again, later, I had to live with the indignity of all of the Gotei 13 thinking my shikai was "fog."

And, of course, they never aim to kill, only psychologically scar.

Even so, I would chose no other.

[aizensamasuggestions]

It was once remarked (by Zaraki Kenpachi, if memory serves) that, outside of Gin and Tosen (who had their reasons), none of the captains of the Gotei 13 feared death. Do you think the open revelation that all captains will unconditionally go to Hell after death (rather than continuing the cycle of reincarnation) has changed this?

I have no interest as to what the other captains fear or don't fear.

I do, however, think that the Soul Society should fear keeping me imprisoned much longer. My passive reiatsu kept Hell stable, without it the walls will continue to crumble.

And let me say that again, in case the Captain-Commander was asleep or hit the sake--my PASSIVE reiatsu. That means the spiritual power that I emit without even thinking about it.

I mean, I can understand, however, if Kyouraku is actually fine with Hell breaking loose if it means that his lover friend will return to him. However, he should never forget who all else is in Hell.

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What books should I read to Become like you

Paradise Lost by John Milton, The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, and The Art of War by Sun Tzu.

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So, I just have to ask. The Butterfly look... Was that your idea or the Hogyouku's? If you could've controlled what each of your evolutions looked like what would you have picked?

It is quite possible, @pokephira, that my subconscious did choose the "butterfly look," as you call it. I was transforming from a Shinigami to a god, so it makes a certain amount of visual sense to for me to have taken on the appearance of an insect that makes a similarly dramatic physical change. Butterflies are also often symbolic of Souls in various cultures, so there's another connection that might have been pulled from my mind by the hogyoku.

I, of course, saw none of it, myself. No one held a mirror up to me. The only thing I remember of that time was the feeling of power--the surging, the pain, the... glory.

Though, speaking of mirrors, Kyoka Suigetsu has whispered to me their memories of one form in particular:

You may wonder how they could see what I could not. The answer is quite simple. A part of them stays in any mind that we possess during our perfect hypnosis. Thus, they can relay to me the things that those victims have seen. I have inquired about the other forms I took, including "the butterfly," but Kyoka Suigetsu is uninterested in sharing those details with me for reasons that are entirely their own.

This one, however, they bring up quite often.

I'm uncertain why this form interests them over of all the others. I suspect that Kyoka Suigestu delights in the psychological questions it poses, not the least of which is, how broken my Soul must be that there is not one, but three holes? Is the placement of them significant?

And then there's the blindness.... all the skulls on the wing-like protrusions have mouths, but no eyes. My face, similarly, is more mouth than eyes and the eyes I do possess are pupilless, as though blind. The only place there are eyes is on the wing-membrane. Is there a metaphor to be gleaned here? Is there something that all my power has blinded me to? Or, is a certain amount of blindness required for transcendence?

Also, is there any significance to the number of wing sections (6) or tails (3) or their combined number of 9? Nine, of course, both being the number of the highest type of kitsune, the nine-tailed fox, but alsoan unlucky number, a homonym for suffering and agony.

We've talked about this endlessly. It's part of how I pass my time here in Muken.

[aizensamasuggestions]

Do any of the other denizens of Muken ever try to communicate with you via reiatsu "morse code"? It seems like at a minimum Azashiro probably could have done so if he so desired.

Could have?

Kenpachi Azashiro and I have exchanged words.

He was, if I remember correctly, under the mistaken impression that I lost to Kurosaki Ichigo. Azashiro, in fact, mocked me for it. I kept my own council--difficult though that was for me--because it seems that there there must be some benefit to the Soul Society that this lie is perpetuated.

Everyone seems to believe that Kurosaki Ichigo not only stood a chance against me, but somehow actually won.

Is the Ryoka boy too proud to tell the story accurately?

I realize we were alone on the battlefield, but, surely, someone else saw what truly transpired that day.

But in case it is somehow not known, let me tell you the truth. It was not Urahara's child solider who defeated me, but Urahara Kisuke himself. I was still standing, unaffected, when the last of Kurosaki's so-called Final Getsuga Tensho faded. In a moment, he would have been completely powerless in front of me. In fact, I would have won the day were it not for the trickery of Urahara Kisuke that finally ensnared me.

People are always so quick to accuse me of being a liar, but this lie is repeated to me over and over. Why? Who first told the story this way? Why is the truth being kept from the world? And, why, by all the Gods, did a Kenpachi repeat it to my face?

Of course, if it were true, Azashiro would be well within his rights to mock me. Defeated by a fifteen year old child? I would, indeed, be a joke.

But, that's not how it happened.

In fact, I would dare Azashiro to win against Urahara Kisuke, former warden of the Maggot's Nest, one of the Quincy War Potentials, a man whose bankai can restructure anything it touches including himself, and whose Kido capabilities match my own. THERE is man worthy of my "defeat." But let it be noted that there is defeat and there is death.

And no one has killed me yet.

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When you sass people during fights for being bad at their jobs and not understanding basic concepts of combat between spiritual beings (eg. your comments towards Soifon and Shinji), is this more a form of mental warfare or is it rather your inner Teacher coming out and expressing exasperation that people who ought to know better are ignorant of the fundamentals of their craft?

The latter.

If there is one thing I can not abide, it's poor form. You may not know it to look at me, but I am a hakuda master. For reasons of Kyoka Suigetsu's inability to strike true I have had to learn to defend myself with Kido and through hand-to-hand combat. When people who have all the advantages I do not and still fail to utilize them properly, it provokes me to lecture.

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Also @hirakosuggestions is a fool if he thinks I didn't anticipate his inverted world. Unlike him, I actually paid attention to the people around me.

[aizensamasuggestions]

Hello Aizen-Sam’s. Curiousity has forced my hand. What is your opinion on Renji having married Rukia? Do you believe he married the wrong Kuchiki, or do you believe he made the right choice?

Why do you need my opinion in this matter?

If Rukia wants to abandon the comfort of the Kuchiki clan and the position of being a True First, she should feel free. She's secured a captaincy--what does she need the Kuchiki for? She has money (at least a paltry Gotei salary), housing, and and a job for life. She's no longer in the Rukongai, which I can only imagine was the original goal.

It was inevitable that she leave the clan when she marries at any rate. She would never have had her name on the Kuchiki grave or partaken in their fortune.

So, why not?

Do you have some objection that I'm not privy to?

Oh, wait, I see now that the person you care for is actually Renji. Do I think he could do better? I don't know. What were his options? He landed his childhood best friend. I suspect many people feel that's a sort of story book ending for him, right?

And are you suggesting that the lieutenant had a chance with Mr. "I'll Be Loyal to my Dead Wife For All Eternity"? And, honestly, Anonymous, if Kuchiki Byakuya couldn't stand up to his family to get better treatment for Rukia or Hisana, how on earth could he talk them into marrying not only a man, but one from the one of the lowest possible Rukongai districts? Kuchiki doesn't have that kind of backbone. He's far too much of a coward.

If Renji wanted rule-breaking True Firsts, he'd have to have looked at the Shiba/Kurosaki clan. But, regardless, he seems plenty settled. He made his bed, as it were, and, for all I can tell, he seems happy in it.

I'm afraid that I don't care overly much for this kind of thing. Is there a particular reason you wish the couple ill?

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Suppose everything had more or less gone according to the Keikaku(tm) and you found yourself sitting in the big chair with the Gotei, the Quincy, and Zero Squad all gone or subdued. You've mentioned previously the extent to which some of the Gotei might have been repurposed in this scenario, but what about the army you built yourself? To which (if any) of the arrancar would you have offered continued 'employment'?

All of them, of course.

Why, dear Anon, would I waste an asset?

Perhaps you are thinking to yourself, "But, Aizen--" though you might as well call me Sousuke since you already imagine yourself close enough to me to ask such personal questions, "--you must be lying. After all, you struck down Harribel and told the Gotei she was nothing to you."

Yes, I struck her down.

But I didn't kill her, did I? She survived to try to protect our home, Hueco Mundo, as its queen.

I know she hates me for it, but I did it to spare her life. Had I allowed her to go up against them, even as strong as she was, she would have died. The Gotei had just decimated my entire army, the Espada. In their typical fashion, they sparred no one.

Perhaps again you are saying, "Wrong again, Aizen. Grimmjow survived that battle."

That's because Grimmjow didn't face the Gotei.

Kurosaki Ichigo fought Grimmjow.

The only two to survive that battle were Harribel and Gimmjow. Coincidence? I think not. Yes, Nel survived as well, but she chose not to be an enemy to the Gotei. A decision I can hardly blame her for.

If they could all still be with me, I would happily keep them all at my side. Those that would stay, at any rate. I never held the Arrancar or Espada to me against their will. To be fair, most of them served me for fear of my power, but in the end it was not I who struck them dead, was it?