So that's what he meant...

[branchandroot]

So, when Aizen said that the throne of heaven is empty, he meant that the King does not involve himself in the actual politics of SS. He wants to be a King who exercises his power temporally, not just spiritually--if we can make that distinction /within/ a world of spirits.

Also! The separation of the royal family into another world/plane, and the apparent emphasis on their... well, holiness, leads me to think that I was right, and the royal family stand as/for the Devas in the Samsara parallel.


If Ichigo's mother really does turn out to be one of the royal family I will laugh /so hard/. Because talk about temporal. It would come down to a conflict between Aizen's ambition (which, by the way, I expect another twist out of before the end) and Ichigo's... total normality. Personality wise, at any rate.