Board Thread:Fanon Canon/@comment-2089817-20151116044304/@comment-18812574-20151117055217

Why is this so complicated...

I'm haven't thought all this stuff out terribly in-depth, but I am sort of of the opinion that, before Yamamoto came along and the culture of the Soul Society and what-not, they were perhaps much more closely associated with Yuanrang. Perhaps the distance between the two realms had not yet been stretched out, or something, but this would allow for the passage of Oni, Tengu, Yokai, Kitsune, etc. etc. etc. back-and-forth from the Soul Society to Yuanrang and back again. Perhaps the same thing occured in the Human World. Maybe the Soul King himself or at least when the SK was sealed away in chrysallis Yuanrang was cut-off from the other realms, in a way, in order to protect the balance. After that turning point SS would start to evolve towards its own civilization, I would think, thus beginning the events of 2,000 years ago. I also wanted to integrate Chinese mythology more closely with the very beginnings of the SS, since it is one of the oldest cultures in the Human World, it seems it would only make sense. Particularly with Yuanrang. I've detailed some of what might happen if that were to be the case under the history section on Kōan Sugita.

Whatever we decide, we'll have to decide on a uniform timeline for the FC, at least. People can keep personal stuff for, well, personal stuff, but we should probably come up with a shared chronology.