I fucking hate shinigamis, the only reason i'd be one was if I got the chance to be a vizard....

And your a nooby so shuddap D:

*cries to self*

so, how would characters become vizards anyway? the hogyoku no longer exists...the only other way i can think of is that the character must be brought to a point near death, as ichigo was. they must start to become a Hollow, fight it as ichigo did, and overcome it. after that comes a period of time where the mask/evil personality(ies) comes out when the character is under stress, or uses powerful attacks (like bankai).

also, this raises the question- how will soul society react to the rise of vizards? will they cast them aside as done before? or will the vizards become a valued part of the gotei 13?

I'd feel the attitude of soul society has changed some in the 300 years that have past. However I'd strongly caution against allowing to many Vizards to appear. Afterall what are the odds of people coming that close to death (repeat what Ryouta said)?

I believe that with the time passing, and the fact that vizards helped out in the war against Aizen, the gotei would allow any emerging vizards to live, but their tight ass rules would never allow vizards to remain in their ranks. Just a thought though.

yeah, as sal said, it'll be difficult for people to reach that near death stage. after all, most of the people on this site are shinigami, and as such, have no reason to deal death blows to each other. (sekkou could though. for a price *hint hint* lol jk) so that is a snag this plan is hit by.

maybe this will inspire people to be Hollows!!! srsly, in all honesty, i kinda like rp'ing sekkou better than ryouta. more fun, more variability in behavior

With the civil war though, I think we'll find that that snag withers away for a certain amount of time. I have ideas I could use if Kuro were to become a vizard, but I think I'm going to lean away from that scenario this time. A shinigami doesn't need hollow powers to be powerful.

You are correct....i'm pursuing...alternate...utterly uncanon routes XD

Vizards would *Probally* be exiled from the soul societey. And maybe a cap of 5, maybe 10 vizards at the max.

I'd say 5 and i don't think they would be exiled. With the history and recent events they would be considered trump cards i'd say. Unleashed when the shit hath gone bad.

Yeah...But....Most vizards would be considered *unstable* and casted aside for safety reasons. Perhaps I am wrong though ._.

If a weapon is unstable you dont toss it aside for some crazy bugger to find it, nor do you allow said weapon to run wild without some kind of leash. Thats what confused me about the whole Vizard thing in Bleach, tactically it was a stupid to exile them.

A vizard is like a ticking time bomb, simply put.

And would you put said ticking time bomb down where anyone could find it? o.O

I mean that's like America during WWII saying "Yeah this A-Bomb thing, we're just gonna put it round about Berlin...yeah just leave it out in the open with instructions and all...ya know what send them the whole schematics. The thing is to dangerous" >.>

What would you do? Keep it in your basement and wait till it explodes and destroy the whole house? Or throw it away in the forest, avoiding any explosions....