Bleach - The Grim Reaper (Male Reader Insert)

(Not a Chapter) Unused/Scrapped Ideas for the Arrancar Arc

I kinda wanted to write this as somewhere to document some ideas I had while I was writing the entire Arrancar ideas.

You can obviously skip this chapter if you want but if your interested in something i either didn't use or change, feel free to read this.

-(Y/N) was originally suppose to be captured alongside Orihime.

So during the fight with Tres Bestias (Harribel's Fraccion) in the chapter "The Forbidden Rescue Mission", I originally was going to have Harribel join the fight after her fraccion got taken out and fight (Y/N). The fight was going to end with Harrribel using the Caja Negacion similar to what she did in their actual fight in the chapter "(Y/N) vs Harribel's Conclusion! Wiz's Display of Power".

By doing so, (Y/N) would've been a prisoner alongside Orihime. There he would interact with a lot more of the Arrancars and plan a jailbreak that would eventually lead him and Orihime to Grimmjow, where he would the story would line back up with canon.

I scrapped that idea the moment I came up with the idea of Wiz. Wiz's inclusion added so much more context to (M/N)'s backstory. Wiz is also to (Y/N) what Nel is to Ichigo. I'm glad I came up with the idea of Wiz because I actually love how she turned out as a character.

(Y/N) and Wiz were supposed to fight the Exequias.

After (Y/N) and Wiz's first encounter with Yammy, The two were suppose to fight the Exequias, who were on their way to kill Dordoni after he failed to beat Ichigo. The two were suppose to clear out the Exequias and (Y/N) would've taken out Rudbornn Chelute, the leader of the Exequias. This would mean that Rudbornn would be apart of (Y/N)'s arrancar army and the fight between Rudbornn, Rukia, Renji and Chad would not happen. Although I never wrote that fight, not having that fight happen would change how the fight between Yammy vs the Captains + Wiz went.

I can't remember the reason why I scrapped this idea in all honesty.

There were going to be POV shifts to show how (Y/N)'s arrancars help each member of the rescue team in their fights against the Privaron Espadas.

I split each Arrancar to suit each member of the rescue team for a reason. Chad and Panzer are both defensive fighters that used shield like arms. They suppose to have a goofy moment of them just being silent (consider Chad is very quiet and Panzer literally not being able to talk). This was also going to be a way for me to write more Chad scenes. Chad would've also lasted a bit longer against Nnotira with Panzer with him.

Uryu and Merlin would be a sniper duo. Uryu would initally be a bit awkward, talking to a silent hollow but he would eventually learn how to work with Merlin in order to create unique strategies.

Yylfordt and Renji was a team simply because Renji and (Y/N) both worked together to fight him and Renji would have a good idea at what Yylfordt's strength was like. It also would've been an amazing scene to write Szayelaporro seeing his dead brother being reanimated. He wouldn't even be mad. He'd be impressed.

Rukia and Siegfried would probably be the least interesting interactions. At least until Byakuya showed up. I can also see Aaroniero being intrigued that a Shinigami had an ability similar to his own, being able to take a Hollow's power as their own, and going out of his way to find out more about (Y/N).

I eventually scrapped this idea because it was extremely overwhelming to balance it all.

Starrk was originally going to die like in canon... kinda...

I fought for a while on whether I should've allow Starrk to live or not. If I did allow Starrk to die then (Y/N) would've killed him instead of Kyoraku. But the more I started to write the whole "King of Hueco Mundo" subplot the more I knew I had to keep Starrk alive. And I'm glad too. Starrk is easily my favorite Espada.

Besides, (Y/N) already has an arrancar that's suited for long range battles in Merlin.

(Y/N) was originally going to turn into a Vasto Lorde after Aizen took out all the Captains

After seeing Hiyori get literally cut in half by Gin, and Aizen treating the Captains like fodder, (Y/N) was going to start panicking and Thanatos was going to convince (Y/N) to switch with him since they were going to be next. (Y/N) wouldn't budge until he saw Soi-Fon get cut down, which then (Y/N) switched with no hesitation, causing (Y/N) to turn into a Vasto Lorde.

(Y/N) would've still lost but the arrancars would've escaped to Hueco Mundo with (Y/N) to help him learn Resurrecion.

I scrapped the idea as I wanted (Y/N) to have the conversation with Aizen and be present when his dad, Isshin, Urahara and Yoruichi showed up. I didn't want to scrap those interactions. 

Also I wanted to have (Y/N) and Ichigo vs Gin happen for a two reasons.

1. Ichigo and (Y/N) haven't had a proper tag team battle outside of maybe Shrieker all the way back in the Substitute Shinigami arc.

2. I kinda was building this tension between Gin and (Y/N) in the Soul Society arc while they were on Sogyoku Hill but never had time to develop it. (This would've been developed a lot more if I stuck with the "(Y/N) got captured with Orihime" route)

So that's why I changed it.

Wiz was originally going to find a way to travel to Fake Karakura Town in time to teach (Y/N) resurreccion.

As the title suggested, I wanted Wiz to show late to the battlefield, but just in time to assist the arrancars teach (Y/N) resurreccion. Obviously I just wanted her to be there as she kinda acts like (Y/N)'s guardian/mentor whenever his dad or Urahara isn't around and she would've been the perfect person to teach him.

I scrapped the idea as to keep the continuity. If Wiz was able to show up, then the rest of the captains would be able to as well... and that is not the case.

Gin was going to be lethally wounded by Aizen and (Y/N) would've used his true Bankai to add Gin to his army.

As stated by Azrael, despite his Shikai ability being able to summon hollows, his true bankai would upgrade his ability to be able to summon literally anyone he's killed before.

Just like in canon, Aizen would've land a devasting hit that leaves Gin bleeding out and in desperation, Gin allows (Y/N) to land the final blow, which would allow (Y/N) to summon Gin.

I eventually decided not to do this because, for one, I genuinely like Gin. And for two, I have plans for him in the future. I just have to figure out how I'm gonna make it happen. And besides, if I can't get things to work out, I can just fall back onto this idea and (Y/N) will end up recruiting Gin to his army of undead soldiers.

But yeah, that's all the ideas I've changed/scrapped from the arrancar arc. In all honesty, this arc was by far the most stressful to write by far but it allowed me to experiment with so many ideas. 

Let me know what you guys think.