Erida Seika
Okay, so I've been engineering this thought about a modified soul release for a while now. In comparison to other species, modified souls are left at disadvantage for no clear reason - for example, everyone understands that humans cannot quite stand at the level of others, but modified souls are supposed to be stronger than shinigami or hollows, aren't they. I mean, their name does scream 'enhanced', and if I recall right, the reasoning for their creation was the idea of creating super soldiers, right?
Except we all know how that turned out. All mod souls apparently are lousy fighters, minus the Red Pill edition, which are not even real mod souls.
Now, I am thinking of a release, that each modified soul is programmed with. A fight-or-flight zone, terminator form, killer mode - it could be whatever we want to call it, but for the sake of simplicity, I am calling it Modified Mode. Basically, it would be a form, that further enhances the combat capability of a modified soul; similarly to how hormones (ex: adrenaline) are released in a certain situation (let's say it's a fight), the modified soul (the container) would release reiatsu/substance within the host when provoked/threatened. This chemical release would temporarily 'morph' or 'modify' the host to compliment the powers programmed into the container - this would come with physical changes and visible modifications, not just an increase in power. While this is completely uncanon and original idea, I will try to explain it in a canon example.
You see, when Kon jumped into Ichigo's body, I doubt it was a perfect match for him. He brought his own powers of enhanced leg strength to Ichigo's body, showing off what modified souls accomplish within any host - ability to borrow the power within the container to the host. However, if we think it from another point of view, Ichigo's body wasn't specifically crafted to compliment to this particular ability, and thus, it might be possible, that Kon couldn't fully manifest his ability. That problem would be fixed with a Gigai designed to compliment his abilities, or... modify the host to bring out the ability's full potential. Do you see what I am trying to say?
The Modified Form would, regardless of whatever host they are inhabiting, modify it so, that it can act as a better vessel to the container's power. This could give a +1 AR like a shikai, but there could be a various levels of release - if the initial form is to 'modify' the host, another stage could be accessed by forcefully 'mutating' the host even more drastically to compliment the mod soul's power.
As no modified soul, except for the Red Pill edition, can have a zanpakuto capable of Shikai or Bankai right now, this would be a good thing as the species would get a release it deserves. Read: 'right now'. As you know, some modified souls will be allowed to develop a zanpakuto through in-character means, but they will have to train for it and they will have to abandon this release. More on this will come later, when Izuna and I finish our unending discussion on this subject - hopefully pretty soon, actually.
For most part, this is an idea fairly underdeveloped and a nice addition rather than a required installment. I am awaiting your feedback on this!
Now, I am thinking of a release, that each modified soul is programmed with. A fight-or-flight zone, terminator form, killer mode - it could be whatever we want to call it, but for the sake of simplicity, I am calling it Modified Mode. Basically, it would be a form, that further enhances the combat capability of a modified soul; similarly to how hormones (ex: adrenaline) are released in a certain situation (let's say it's a fight), the modified soul (the container) would release reiatsu/substance within the host when provoked/threatened. This chemical release would temporarily 'morph' or 'modify' the host to compliment the powers programmed into the container - this would come with physical changes and visible modifications, not just an increase in power. While this is completely uncanon and original idea, I will try to explain it in a canon example.
You see, when Kon jumped into Ichigo's body, I doubt it was a perfect match for him. He brought his own powers of enhanced leg strength to Ichigo's body, showing off what modified souls accomplish within any host - ability to borrow the power within the container to the host. However, if we think it from another point of view, Ichigo's body wasn't specifically crafted to compliment to this particular ability, and thus, it might be possible, that Kon couldn't fully manifest his ability. That problem would be fixed with a Gigai designed to compliment his abilities, or... modify the host to bring out the ability's full potential. Do you see what I am trying to say?
The Modified Form would, regardless of whatever host they are inhabiting, modify it so, that it can act as a better vessel to the container's power. This could give a +1 AR like a shikai, but there could be a various levels of release - if the initial form is to 'modify' the host, another stage could be accessed by forcefully 'mutating' the host even more drastically to compliment the mod soul's power.
As no modified soul, except for the Red Pill edition, can have a zanpakuto capable of Shikai or Bankai right now, this would be a good thing as the species would get a release it deserves. Read: 'right now'. As you know, some modified souls will be allowed to develop a zanpakuto through in-character means, but they will have to train for it and they will have to abandon this release. More on this will come later, when Izuna and I finish our unending discussion on this subject - hopefully pretty soon, actually.
For most part, this is an idea fairly underdeveloped and a nice addition rather than a required installment. I am awaiting your feedback on this!