Affinity #70-71 (Hitsugaya X Hiyori AND Baraggan and his Fraccion)

Affinity #70 ~ Who you calling Tiny?

As I said before, this week there'll be TWO Affinities since I was unable to post last week. Fight Night Mondays will return sometime next month w/collaboration Bleach v. Fairy Tail featuring newcomer M.V. Heartfilia. Without further ado, let's end Tuesday on a good note. Hiyori and Hitsugaya first met when the coinciding forces of the Visored & The Gotei 13 were up against Aizen Sousuke & his Espada. Of course Hiyori suspects Hitsugaya is too young to be Captain-level, but Hitsugaya tries to reassure her that he is. However, the two began bickering like children as they kept calling each other Baldy & Midget. When Hiyori finally called Hitsugaya a Midget, he finally snapped and got provoked into bickering against her. I found this comic relief moment hilarious because, if you think about it, Hitsugaya Toshiro is a kid. Rangiku, Hitsugaya's lieutenant, is older than her own Captain, but the two get along and respect one another as Captain & Lieutenant. Hiyori is in complete denial of this fact because, in her time, there weren't any young Captains. If you look at the Captain's sleeves ~ Hitsugaya, Sui-Feng, Komamura, Kenpachi, & Byakuya are more recent than the other Captains. Hiyori and Hitsugaya eventually do end up fighting alongside one another, but the two's first meeting is beyond peaceful. Like bickering siblings, they got past their feud because of a common foe they face ~ Aizen Sousuke.

Affinity #71 ~ A King & his Knights

A King is just as powerful as his pawns. However, a King is nothing without his Knights ~ his shield of protectors is what gives his title such gravitas. The King, however, doesn't think highly of his Knights. He sees them as a means to protect himself from lifting a finger against his foe. He sees them as weaklings who were lucky to have had been beside the King's mantle. He sees them as simpletons who know nothing of victory. Above all else, the King sees his pawns as disposable. As much as I love the King, his cruelty and harshness only drove him mad because, like I said, he is nothing without his Knights. The Knights fought valiantly, but the Gods of Death ended up getting the best of them. In anger, the King crushes his Skull Throne, ascends, and begins his rampant attempts to fight off the very foe that his Knights failed to takedown. The King's symbolism of Death is that of Age/Time ~ perhaps he himself is afraid of Aging/Time of the essence. At that moment, time eclipsed him and he longer was able to face the undeniably truth that his reign will come to an end. Despite being all powerful, the King was just a pawn for a God ~ something a King doesn't take kindly too. In the end, The King & his Knights were merely a big shield for the God cloaked in white. 

I hope you enjoyed this week's double Affinity. Look forward to regularly scheduled Affinity posts on Tuesdays. Until then, you all stay classy!