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Why does the Gotei even have that provision where you can make captain by killing another captain in front of 200 witnesses? Who do you think the most-challenged captain is? It’s gotta be Hitsugaya, right? Do you have to provide the witnesses, or like, if you’re in Squad 10, are there two hours every Tuesday where you have to stand in the courtyard and watch your captain beat up fifteen dudes from Squad 11 who are convinced they can take him? Or maybe the culture of “being a captain sucks so bad that no one actually wants to do it” dissuades takers. Hitsugaya shows up for his challenges with a stack of paperwork taller than he is. “Take it,” he says. “Also, you have to chase down the Bount. Also, you have to transport the King’s Seal and if you lose it, they’ll execute you. Also, there’s a Valley of Screams situation you need to take care of. Also, you have to chase down some guy who was sealed in a tree in the World of the–where are you going? Where are you goooooooiiiinnnnnng???”

Pretty sure the “You can be captain if you can kill a captain in front of 200 witnesses” rule exists because its not actually clear if Yamamoto (or anyone) has the ability to *effectively* fire a shitty captain.

Think about it: Let’s say Captain X sucks. Maybe he used to be better at the job and that’s how he got fired, but now he’s so bad at his job that he’s an active political/organizational/physical hazard to the Gotei-13. He’s gotta go, but what ARE Yamamoto’s options, really?

Long Analysis under the cut:

1. Fire him normally: You think someone in the position of captain is going to acknowledge a pink slip? Hell nah, if the Gotei-13 wants him gone, then someone has to come and kill him.
2. Send some one to kill him: So many ways for this to go wrong. If the assassin is not successful, that means there’s going to be an angry captain on a rampage in the civillian-dense city. If it IS Sucessful, there’s two more problems: “btw, the boss can totally murder you if he feels like it” is not going to help the recruitment policy. also:
3. Great! He’s dead! Who’s going to be captain now? There aren’t many spiritually potent people, and barely any captain-class individuals. There might literally not be a suitable replacement- which creates an opportunity for political forces to attempt to jam thier own operatives into the job, which results in more violence etc. Hell, MAYURI didn’t get fired, and he was actively using other shingami as bombs. I don’t think he managed to keep that secret- I think that the main thing keeping him alive is that Yamamoto couldn’t find a suitable replacement

The rule of “You can be captain if you can do it in front of 200 Witnesses” fixes this rather nicely.

1. Nobody is challenging a captain unless they really, REALLY suck. Nobody likes to admit it, but being a captain is a shitheel job for shitheels- like you said, Hitsugaya could show up with a mountain of paperwork and destroy any romantic notions of political power a challenger might have. Furthermore, it’s VERY clear that the captains have the right to defend themselves- with lethal force. None of the captains are a fight to sneeze at, so you’d only risk death if it was worth it.
2. The duel provides its own replacement. Yamamoto doesn’t have to go find some new shitheel or fend off a political onslaght- it’s VERY clear who is captain now! Paperwork sorted nicely :)
3. The replacement WILL have the backing of the division they’re in charge of, and probably a few friends in other divisions, which will improve the function of the division and the Gotei-13 overall. It’s a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it note, but the 200 witnesses have to be shinigami. It’s a clever little rule- each divison has a maximum of 200 shinigami (including the captain), and all the divisions are spread out- the only way to GET the 200 witnesses is to challenge the captain in front of the rest of the division you want to take over. The Most Likely version of this is someone within the division getting rid of thier shit boss, with the backing of thier peers. Or, in the case of Zaraki, the division witnesses the challenger’s power and develops a healthy respect for the new captain.
   
   …But if the captain is involved in the duel, he’s not a witness, is he? You’re going to need at least one additional witness- probably at least a dozen maybe as many as fifty, to account for people who are out sick or if the division hasn’t gotten around to hiring replacements so they have less than 200 shinigami at the moment. And for that, you’re going to need the approval of other shinigami- even challenging a captain on the grounds of a different division means you probably should have the approval of that captain too.
   I imagine most challengers turn up for the duel with the backing of the whole division, a good portion of the other divisions, and at least one other captain. I headcanon that Unohana is present at every attempt on an 11th captain as the additional witness- as loyalty to her old division, to make sure the new captain is… acceptable, and because She Likes To Watch, if you get my meaning.
   
   We also know about the rules for becoming captain from TOUSEN, who exposits them because HE was a witness to Zaraki taking over the 11th- I have to wonder WHY. Did Aizen send him? Was there another challenger to Kenpachi Kiganjo that Tousen was backing who was defeated, and then Zaraki showed up in a fit of bad timing? Is there a specific day you’re allowed to challenge th e captain of the 11th, and the other captains take a rotating duty to witness the challenges/keep the event from getting out of hand? Regardless, nobody thought it was odd that Tousen was there, so I think challengers normally have the backing of another captain.
4. “If your boss sucks, you’re totally allowed to murder him for his job.” is an amazing recruitment tool. Let’s be real, you’d like your job a lot more if you were allowed to become CEO by Mortal Kombat.

As for who is the Most-Challenged captain in the modern era: It’s Zaraki, hands down. He’s actively inviting people to come try to kick his ass (he loves it when someone can actually stand up to him), and in canon, rarely kills his opponents, especially if they’re weaker than him. He prefers to keep them around and build them up- Ikkaku is a notable example, and he was hoping Nnoitra would do the same before Nnoitra forced the issue. With an active invitation, a lower risk of death and- if you fight valiantly enough- the possibility of getting a job anyway, Zaraki is a VERY appealing captain to challenge.

The LEAST Challenged captain is Unohana- any stranger thinks that medics are wimps and the job sucks, so it’s not an attractive position to go after. People within the Gotei-13 knows that being a medic is tough as hell and so is everyone who serves in the 4th- and that Unohana is the WORST captain to challenge. Other captains will just kill you. Challenge Unohana and you won’t GET to die.

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i hate how widely mocked the free the nipple thing is like even among leftists. like yeah i do think its bizarre to frame a bare chest as inherently sexual for half of the population and perfectly fine and neutral for the other half. i think this should be seen as like 101 frankly

how are people still making this post about bras when “bare chest” is literally right there. i am talking about the right for everyone regardless of what their body looks like to be able to go fully topless without experiencing heavy social stigma and/or violence. jesus christ man

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#full agree OP#and to go even farther: we as a society need to be WAY more chill about nonsexual semi AND FULL nudity for ANY gender/body configuration#it’s a body! we all have ‘em!#I’m not saying everyone needs to be a full-time nudist (impractical)- just that it would be a positive to have more social situations#where it’s considered unremarkable to be casually nude or semi-nude.#I firmly believe that normalizing the human body outside of a sexual context is a social good.#and 'toplessness is for everyone’ is a great place to start towards that goal.#people not being able to separate 'seeing another person’s body’ from 'sexual situation’ is a huge problem.#(yes I was raised by hippies yes you can tell but they were RIGHT about this.)

Starting at about age 5, I took swim lessons at my local YMCA. Once a week every week in summer, and a bunch the rest of the year, I’d go to the YMCA, change in the women’s locker room, go do swim lessons, change back, and walk home. Those lessons saved my goddamn life- not from drowning, a situation I’ve managed to avoid by studious boat saftey and living in the middle of the continent- but being exposed to an enormous variety of naked adult bodies as a kid.

I was a kid and teen in the late 90’s and early 00’s. I cannot stress how common and even encouraged it was for people to hate their bodies- Especially if you were AFAB. Plastic surgeons advertised on TV, some 80% of the girls in my class starting in third grade had bulimia or anorexia, and dying young and leaving a beautiful corpse was romanticized in popular media.

Going to the YMCA and seeing the naked bodies of all these people made me IMMUNE. Wrinkles? Normal. Fat? Normal. Not being white? SUPER Normal. Being disabled? Yeah, that happens- to everyone, eventually. Scars? Stretch marks? Hair in weird places? Honestly, seeing someone without one or all of those was the odd thing.

While my classmates were starving themselves and worrying they’d be alone in life if they were anything short of a perfect plastic barbie, I had a vision of myself growing up and getting fat and saggy and needing a cane and enjoying every second of it. I was borderline suicidal for other reasons (living with AuDHD with only one of those diagnosed in a world hostile to both), but not having the extra stress of hating my own body because I had a realistic idea of what a body looks like probably stopped me from making an attempt at killing myself.

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