User blog comment:Njalm2/Nanja's Point of View: Shinigami Edition/@comment-1493741-20150503073419/@comment-24384232-20150504044120

Z, you've just provided the clearest difference between Shinigami and Humans. A century to a human being is a long time. It might as well be an eon. Who we are as children, teenagers continues to change. From young adults to middle age, we undergo rather significant changes to our lives and personality, and thats in the span of a decade.

Yet here we have Yamamoto, Unohana, Zaraki, Shunsui, Ukitake who have largely retained the same personality for thousands of years. That's... not human in the slightest. People change. Death changes people. Hell even the passage of time changes people. But not Shinigami. That in of itself should be a hell of a warning, and a fairly good indicator that perhaps, Shinigami arent Human.

And like Sei said, the entire point of this guide is to explore the cultural and life of a Shinigami, which inevitably means coming up with conjecture and speculation based on the evidence presented in canon. If you're going to go on about adhering to canon, why make a fanon character in the first place? Their very existence flies in the face of canon, along with any involvment, addition of races, or alterations in your own storylines. Those pieces of work are not canon, they are conjecture's, they are theories, they are fanon made works that break away from canon.

I for one would like to explore the actual lifestyle of a Shinigami, and Soul Society. There are many red flags that paint a rather oblique picture for the kind of life the average Plus has. Tell me you have ever asked yourself these questions; where do the souls who have experienced "soul burial" end up in Rukongai? Do souls arrive randomly or is there some sort of pattern? Why hasnt Soul Society adapted modern technology for the everyday citizen? Beyond escaping the crippling poverty of Rukongai, what reason would they have to become Shinigami? What about family? If a human dies, and then a decade or two later, their family crosses over, do they arrive in the same place? Why havent the souls done anything to change the lives of other Plus's?

Canon doesnt answer these questions so its up to us to ask them and mayhap provide a reasonable conclusion based on the facts presented in canon. To just dismiss an out-of-box perspective simply because it doesnt fall perfectly in line with canon ... that's not what a fanon's about man. Its not even what a good story is about, and if those are your thoughts I'd take a good hard look and reexamine what you're saying because... well...

Pot meet kettle.