Okay, first off I swear Kubo read Freud, and took it literally. The Id; all passion, selfish desire, and instant gratification = Shirosaki ( Ichigo's Inner Hollow ). The Ego, which reins in the more powerful Id very much like a rider would guide, or restrain a cataphract ( Draft horse in full plate armor ) in battle = Ichigo. Then the Super Ego which is partially detached from the Id, and Ego tethered to the consciousness from high above provides logic, and calm perspective = Zangetsu ( Ichigo's sword ).
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Now, as far as Ichigo thinks on his own; I see him as a very kinetic-minded person. He's a freaking genius in battle, after all. He's able to read, and anticipate an opponents moves after a while of seeing them fight. However, he balances that battle-genius with being pretty idiotic otherwise. He's brash, and impulsive, and while he has random, startlingly accurate bursts of insight into his friends, for the most part he's dumb as a post when it comes to more subtle matters of the heart.
I think the reason for this is because his mental process is like a jumble of sounds, sights, movement, and memory all mixed up together. It's frenetic, with no knowing what piece of thought, or instinct will surface at a given time. Because of this quicksilver facility, Ichigo makes an excellent student. He's stubborn enough to give up free time in order to study, and learn.
As he progresses through the Bleach series, Ichigo also does a fair amount of growing up in a short amount of time. He goes from being a petulant kid, still grieving for his mother, and holding the whole world at an arm's length, to finding his own sense of purpose, accepting a huge amount of responsibility, and making some extremely important friends along the way. In fact, Ichigo's whole focus shifts during the storyline from child-like self-centered views ( though not selfish, just immature ) to being ridiculously selfless. It's interesting to watch, to me, and even more fun to speculate on how such a person - with so much power, and no desire to use it for anything save protecting his loved ones - would think, and react. How he would balance a life, and his responsibilities, etc.
...okay, enough rambling, since I got OT, there >3>;
/noms psychology with you (^3^)
The Ego, which reins in the more powerful Id very much like a rider would guide, or restrain a cataphract ( Draft horse in full plate armor ) in battle = Ichigo. Then the Super Ego which is partially detached from the Id, and Ego tethered to the consciousness from high above provides logic, and calm perspective = Zangetsu ( Ichigo's sword ).
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Now, as far as Ichigo thinks on his own; I see him as a very kinetic-minded person. He's a freaking genius in battle, after all. He's able to read, and anticipate an opponents moves after a while of seeing them fight. However, he balances that battle-genius with being pretty idiotic otherwise. He's brash, and impulsive, and while he has random, startlingly accurate bursts of insight into his friends, for the most part he's dumb as a post when it comes to more subtle matters of the heart.
I think the reason for this is because his mental process is like a jumble of sounds, sights, movement, and memory all mixed up together. It's frenetic, with no knowing what piece of thought, or instinct will surface at a given time. Because of this quicksilver facility, Ichigo makes an excellent student. He's stubborn enough to give up free time in order to study, and learn.
As he progresses through the Bleach series, Ichigo also does a fair amount of growing up in a short amount of time. He goes from being a petulant kid, still grieving for his mother, and holding the whole world at an arm's length, to finding his own sense of purpose, accepting a huge amount of responsibility, and making some extremely important friends along the way.
In fact, Ichigo's whole focus shifts during the storyline from child-like self-centered views ( though not selfish, just immature ) to being ridiculously selfless. It's interesting to watch, to me, and even more fun to speculate on how such a person - with so much power, and no desire to use it for anything save protecting his loved ones - would think, and react. How he would balance a life, and his responsibilities, etc.
...okay, enough rambling, since I got OT, there >3>;