User blog comment:Lemursrule/Bleach Fandom: The Real Enemy!?/@comment-1248963-20130214012427

Just FTR, it's the other way around. It's not 1. Character gets merchandise 2. Character becomes popular, but 1. Character is popular 2. Character gets merchandise. Which is why you don't see many Yamamoto or Komamura figurines, posters, or anything.

Thus, Orihime and Chad not getting merchandise is basically a result of being unpopular. Which is understandable because they've done nothing worth noting since the SS arc.

Also, your idea of fanfiction is really sad and limited if you believe every fanfiction that roots for a particular pairing (canon, crack, het, yaoi, yuri, threesome, whatever) is a display of immaturity.

PS. Protip: If you're going to call people "limited in knowledge" (which is the same as "ignorant", which is not much better than "stupid", mind you) might as well use better grammar.