Rukia and Orihime’s Friendship is Extremely Good: Some Ramblings
Rukia pushes everything down, and won’t allow herself to become close to people. Whether or not you ship it, I think she and Renji were extremely emotionally dependent on each other as children/teens, but they both hid it under a mask of detachment and machismo as a necessary defense mechanism against the brutality of life in Inuzuri. She stanned hard for Kaien, but he was both married and her superior, and then he died. Her only family member expresses himself by performatively never expressing himself. In her heart, Rukia is ride-or-die for the people she loves, but she can’t manage to get it out.
Orihime can’t hide anything. Her heart is huge and she loves out loud and she can’t help it. She wears her emotions all over her face and she’ll start crying and can’t stop and is embarrassed as hell about this. (I am also an easy crier and this is Real)
Rukia loves how giving and open Orihime is, and secretly wishes she could be more like her.
Orihime admires how hard and tough Rukia is, and secretly wishes she could be more like her.
And then, one day, a Bitch in a Stupid Hat is like “Orihime will not be fighting for absolutely no good reason” and Orihime is like “for the good of my friends, I will be very sad and go off by myself” and Rukia is like “FUCK ALL MEN YOU ARE PERFECT” and Everything Changes.
I think Orihime is the only person who can get all the way into Rukia’s shell.
They are both Little Sisters with much older, detached brothers that they idolize. Sora was distant because he needed to be both Orihime’s brother but also her provider, and also he’s dead. Byakuya is distant because he’s dead inside (sorry, not sorry).
Orihime is Traditionally Pretty and gets objectified and admired for it. Rukia is small and boyish and gets overlooked for it. Both of them think the other is the prettiest girl they know.
Orihime wants to do crazy things, but feels self-conscious about it. Rukia is a stunt queen and would take any dare, but she can’t when she’s in Soul Society because Kuchikis Comport Themselves With Dignity. When they are together in the Living World, Nothing Can Stop Them, Certainly Not Common Sense. I like to think Ichigo and Renji have to most lit Vine accounts in two worlds.
They are both Weird Girls and it’s great. Orihime has insane fantasies and Rukia loves batshit manga and they will both draw whatever and show it to people who Do Not Want This. These are two girls that would be Tumblr mutuals and post a thousand increasingly strange memes that are hilarious to each other. They would have a shared fanfic universe. They would go to cons as the two old guys from Gravity Falls (Note: I have never seen Gravity Falls).
They each have a jock best friend who would take a knife in the face for them, and they appreciate How Lucky They Are to have these goons.
They love those Dumb Karakura Boys so, so much, even though Chad is the only one who deserves it.
The one thing that makes me really mad about WDKALY is that I cannot believe Rukia would not tell Orihime that she and Renji hooked up, just immediately. As in, Renji is in mid-dramatic confession and is like “are you texting?” and Rukia’s like, “Yeah, keep going, babe, by the way, Orihime says good job she’s very proud of you.”
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