[Searcher]

by Solarknight123
Im just hoping she gets a backbone and actualy becomes useful. Instead of a weak crying damsel in destress who always has to be rescued all the time.
She believes she's weak yet those feeling are making her weak

She is weak because her powers are weak.
If she was as strong as ichigo then her confidence would alright.
Although ichigo gets depressed everytime he gets pounded by someone stronger.

by yahoosoda
But by going with Aizen she has commited the greatest betrayal by not having enough faith in her friends.

Having faith and knowing that her friends are not strong enough are 2 different things.

by yahoosoda
No doubt Aizen would have tried to take her by force if she refuses but that is better than the false presences she has woven around her captivity.
it would have shown a strong strength of character if she didn't just 'JOIN' them.
How can they be expected to fight to their fullest capacity not knowing the circumstances behind her capture.

What false presences Stay and her friends will die, go and her friends will live.
Since she cares about her friends and knows they will die if she stays, she has gone.
Orihime didn't just 'join', she saved her friends lives by 'joining'.
Since when does ichigo need to understand the reason for something in order to free his friends.

by cellardoor
Many of the readers, at least I, would have respected her if she had fought back, if she had stood up against their will. However, this is not the case, hence the complaints about her defeatist attitude.

Why!?! what could Orihime have done that you people would have said. Wow she stood against their will.
Maybe if the showed her one of her friends heads on a plate! and said need to see more heads of your friends.
Would it been alright if Orihime would have joined then, because she stood up against them.

I find it so strange that people who dislike Orihime give these reasons.
Saying that she is so strong as her heart and she just need to strengthen her heart.
Like that will happen like that. Orihime may need to hit rock bottom in order to climb herself back up again and be a supporting character we would all like.
She may strengthen her heart but who is going to teach her how to use her powers.

Orihime has been alone for some time, her parents left her, her brother dies.
And now the person she loves is drifting away from her, atleast that's what she feels.
And when she wants to fight with her friends, she is told we don't need you, we have battle trained healers.
So go home and be alone again.
Even when she was told all that she didn't sit down and wanted to get stronger.

And don't compare Orihime with Sado, atleast he can fight, has the will to fight.
But then he and ichigo has been fighting all along.
Orihim has just been in fight just recently and couldn't do anything but healing.