Bleach, Cake, and Fanfiction: not in that order

Well, I've recently been introduced to TLC. The channel, not the actual TLC- I've had plenty of that in my loving childhood. Although I'm told that the channel also stands for Tender Loving Care.
I'm not sure why. It would make a whole lot more sense to me if it stood for Tasty Luscious Cakes, because that's what the majority of their shows seem to be about. Okay, okay, two shows, but they're the only two I've seen so far. Cake Boss and Ultimate Cake Off are both two really interesting shows; Cake Boss is a show that videotapes the bakery and lives of Carlo's Bakery (Carlo's=Italian. Carlos=Spanish. Or Mexican.) and the people in it. The main character, the Cake 'Boss', is the owner and he's quite short-tempered at times- he's yelled at the workers there twice in the two episodes I've seen. And the workers are all related to him somehow...his sisters, brother, brothers-in-law, heck, I think even his kids show up sometimes. Ultimate Cake Off is...well...a cake-off. A competition of three teams, it's actually pretty fun to see the outlandish cakes they create. Warning: these shows will make you crave cake. Very badly. Enough to contemplate walking to a Wal Mart to buy some cake, even after you've done your daily gym visit.

On to Bleach...I've recently become obsessed with it, and Toshiro Hitsugaya. Also, I can't find the keyboard shortcut for the accent mark in his name- the 'o'. It irks me. (It's not for lack of trying. ♀♪♂♫☼►◄89◄►◄ look! A fish!)
Anyway, I've become obsessed with our very own favorite 'frozen passion' Shiro-chan. And those other characters that can somehow be linked to him, such as Rangiku Matsumoto (more on her "death" later) and Momo Hinamori (again, more on "death" later), and even Yachiru Kusajishi. Apparently, this is an actual pairing that people write for...and even more surprisingly for me, a random little plot-Chappy of these two interacting turned into a slightly romantic oneshot. Possible future chapters...if I ever get to posting the first one.
Alright, let's get down to dying.
Although I'm usually WAY against character death (my reactions on Hiyori's status and Rangiku's 'deceased-ness' being proof), Momo's supposed "death" at Toshiro's hands actually would be somewhat acceptable to me. Face facts- they grew up as siblings almost, and even though I am/was an occasional HitsuHina shipper, it's also fun to pair him with Karin (oh, how we read into one little anime filler episode). Oh, that and the whole 'I'm attacking you to kill you because my traitorous captain [who I believed was utterly innocent] told me to attack you' thing. Momo seems a bit...let's say it...a lot insane. That, and how she came to be impaled upon Hyourinmaru [again with the elusive accent!] after her [again, traitorous] captain used his damn hypnosis [I really think he had it coming with Shinji's shikai] to make her childhood best friend stab her. Through the chest. Apparently killing her. Well, the only reason I'm okay with this is because Momo was in all honesty, a bit annoying (but cute...before the whole insanity thing...), and if she dies, there's SUCH a nice opportunity to write Toshiro angst!

Well, as I was perusing the Bleach Wiki (all Bleach fans should check it out. It's amazingly thorough...but as stated in this paragraph, inaccurate at times.), I happened upon the page for Tenth Division. Imagine my horror when under Notable Members, it lists Rangiku as former lieutenant, and says she died at Gin's hands. That, I just didn't believe. Apparently Rangiku fans were so enraged (or just confused...) with this that an entire forum thread was created on Rangiku's status. Is she dead, is she alive, missing in action, dying, etc... Well, that just didn't make sense. Gin wouldn't kill her off...and we don't even know if she's dead. We have Gin's word for it, and face it- Gin's a lying, manipulative bastard who's been bastard-y since he was but a small shinigami challenging Hirako-taichou's and Aizen-fukitaichou's sanseki. Yes, I'm aware how that sounds. I wouldn't be surprised if he was a cheater too. I bet he cheated on Ran with Halibel. Not Nel- Nnoitra has dibs XD

Fanfiction, as always, is high on my list of favorites. Favorite site, favorite stuff to read, favorite place-to-waste-time, etc. I have two major fanfictions to recommend for just being so dang funny that I've laughed in public (albeit softly) and I've smiled mysteriously (or as my darling mother says, oddly) for a long time...

Anyway, the first one is: Unexpected Guests, by Moczo. This has its own TV Tropes page on Fanfic Recommendations, and the humor in this fic has a page for itself. That's how funny it is. It focuses on Toshiro Hitsugaya (another plus!) and because I'm simply too lazy to link it, go look it up.

The second one is Sexy Captain's Curse...by...someone. This is rated M though, for some scenes of lemony goodness, but it's also very funny at times. Main premise? Female lieutenants think that having tons of reiatsu/reiryoku shoots your sex drive into the ground. Obviously, all the males freak. Includes some common pairings (Yoruichi/Kisuke, Rukia/Renji, Shunsui/Nanao) but there are some almost crack!pairings (Byakuya/Yachiru, Soifon/Zaraki, Izuru/Momo).

I leave you on that note, and I hope the respective authors don't mind that I've recommended their fics without asking...although why they would mind, I don't know.

Sayonara!