Board Thread:Fanon Canon/@comment-2089817-20151211030148/@comment-3403804-20151212044827

Consider this, Ichigo at the apex of his power was capable of casually blowing away mountains with simple sword strikes, in comparison to that, Kidou, which should be much more powerful due to it's greater scope and application -- should be capable of extraordinary things. Like I said, Kidou can be used to annihilate entire planes of existence, even if doing so would have enormous repercussions on the world at large. And yes, extremely powerful kido masters might be able to destroy a city with a single spell if neccessary, but that isn't overpowered in the least because despite the great amount of havoc wrought in this manner, that kind of force might not be enough to deal with a Captain-level opponent. It IS however a very potent threat.

That being said, not all members of the Coven are Battlemages, some of them are Maguses. These sorcerers are basically based upon the image of characters like my own Shigenaga Arma. Although they're capable of doing extraordinary things beyond the ability of even their battlemages, they're actually pathetic combatants due to how their spells require a LOT of preparation to work, in exchange for truly godlike feats, cursing a city unto undeath for instance, would be their work, not the work of the battlemages.

In regards to blowing up worlds however, that's not a feat any lone member of the Coven could accomplish on their own, when it was shown in Memories of Nobody, it required a large amount of Kido Corps members, and the Coven, brilliant though they might be would still require most of their members to do something similar. Even if they might accomplish the feat with 10 rather than a 100. It's also something they most likely wouldn't do eitherway, due to the immense repercussions such an action might have, especially if you destroyed Soul Society with such a method.

As for you Brave, it's true, most of our battlemages exhibit characters never before seen in canon. Your own Gekko is no exception to this, as it seems you're in the process of building him in accordance to my own view on Zanjutsu and Kido, and Sei's view on Hakuda. Although the same can be said for pretty much every fanon canon on this site, Kido is not overrated any more than any other part of the Zankensoki is. It does however differ in the fact that it has drawbacks and restrictions not found elsewhere, in order to curb it's enormous power. When you learn to wield it in spite of these obstacles, the feats a mage might unleash are simply tremendous.

The reason The Coven might possess such power is precisely due to how powerful this fanon as a whole tends to be, it makes it possible to challenge characters such as your very own Gekko, or even Seireitou or the Yonko. Even so, there are weaknesses within their ranks, like the previously mentioned Magi, who are incompetent at combat and can be taken down by virtually anyone in most cases.

As for how they'd react to Shunsenryu, that is a tough one, while they would deplore mixing something as pure and clean as Kido with something as barbaric and nonsensical as Hakuda, they would still appreciate the technique itself. Simply by virtue of the great understanding of Kidou neccessary to perform it - Gekko would have few troubles in a world shaped by the Coven's will, rest assured of that.