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abybweisse · 1 day

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Found this...

And did a thing...

You know she probably also practices it while riding a horse....

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #francis midford #frances midford #kuroshitpost #kuroshit #shitpost #blackbutlercrack #my edit #apr 25 2024

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I know this headcanon is a very rare one to see in this fanbase and that exactly why I want to share it, but I personally have a lot of fun reading Undertaker as asexual! I think he would be sex-favorable and very romantic towards his partners (or past partners I guess) but still asexual. I love to see how other people headcanon him as well but this is one that I never see and if I had to guess I would say that's probably because so much of the fanbase has the hots for him hahah

Undertaker's sexual identity?

My main reason for not thinking of Undertaker as asexual is because it's very important to my theories that he fathers Vincent and Francis/Frances with grandma Phantomhive. And I doubt he'd have sex with her (or anyone) without wanting to. Forcing himself to have kids with a human just for the point of pissing off the royal family doesn't seem like a strong enough argument.

I guess you could say he's sex-favorable -- how is this considered asexual? -- and just passively accepts an offer from her, but I don't see him that way.

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #undertaker #claudia phantomhive #cloudia phantomhive #theories #headcanons #anon asks #sort of #i answer #answered asks #apr 23 2024 #sorry for the delay

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Aby, what do you make of the fact that we never once in the manga saw our earl and Sebastian do actual digging/investigation into possible Phantomhive murder suspects? It’s the whole premise of the story (a soul for a revenge), but so many years in, nothing was shown of our earl’s progress on finding those responsible. Do you think that our earl and Sebastian have already learned everything off-screen?

Plot device to delay the inevitable

That's basically what it is... that when they first make their contract, our earl decides that instead of searching out whoever attacked the Phantomhives, he's going to let them come after him in an attempt to finish the job.

He assumes that all the assassins sent to kill him on a somewhat regular basis are just pawns. He's waiting for the person or persons who ordered the attack(s) to show themself/selves.

Apparently, he and Sebastian realize it's not someone like Haku, either. Because he's out of the picture, replaced by Lau. And they don't seem to suspect Lau, since he's been so useful and helpful. Lau has made asides to himself (or perhaps they were just thoughts) that are very suspicious, but I don't think he could even possibly be the "big bad" here. He wouldn't be behind the original attack, anyway, all the way from China, before he had much power. He was already sending letters back and forth with our earl before leaving China, and it could simply be that our earl was planning to get Lau to England and in charge of the local branch of Qīng Bāng... specifically because Haku needed to be "dealt with". Our earl was trying to put together a loyal network of evil nobles and route out the disloyal members of the extended network, too -- like Haku and Vanel.

His father's network seems to have included some very disloyal members. I believe at least two of them were high-ranking members of the cult that bought the twins. And then Kelvin was in the extended network.

Personally, I think Sebastian has at least an idea about who the true culprits are -- the one who ordered it, at least -- and maybe even someone who was involved in her decision making process. Just like Sebastian figured out, before our earl did, that Jack the Ripper was likely Madam Red and Grelle working together, he might have already figured out the ones who plotted the attack were probably Queen Victoria and John Brown. With John prodding her to it, and then her ordering it. He wants his young master to figure out who Jack the Ripper is. Similarly, he might be waiting for our earl to put the pieces together about the "doting" queen and her odd master of horses... with that damned Prince Albert puppet of his.

Our earl suspects his own aunt Angelina of being Jack the Ripper, but it is some final timing clue presented by Sebastian that tips him off it has to be her and Grelle. Something should finally tip him off about the queen and John. Who knows?

Maybe he finally realizes the puppet serves John in a way that something similar would have served Sebastian... if our earl had agreed to the original offer for the demon to make him think his twin had returned. I wonder who might comment about the puppet and get our earl to thinking about it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Or -- and this is more likely -- our earl thinks about the timeline and circumstances of the Tower Bridge project... and finally realizes how much the queen has gained from having control over the Phantomhive estate, coffers, and entire earldom for a few months. She would do anything for her "Prince Albert", and that bridge is historically dedicated to his memory.

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If the cult tragic event didn't happen to the 10 year old twins and they were allowed to grow up normally, would there have been arranged marriages for both boys? Which twin was Lizzie meant to marry?

Had Lizzie treated each twin boy the same, or differently?

Marriage arrangements

There possibly would have been an arranged marriage for both, but since our earl wasn't expected to inherit, there wouldn't be as much expectation for him to marry. If they'd had a daughter, there would have been more pressure to marry her off. They might have arranged a marriage between their daughter and Edward.

If Madam Red had borne a daughter, as she'd hoped, that daughter could have ended up betrothed to our earl, even though there would be a nearly ten year age gap. But I'm sure they could find someone much closer to our earl's age to match him with, if they wanted to arrange a marriage for him. The only thing is, the way Madam Red obsesses over Vincent, she might plead for them to have our earl wait until her own daughter was old enough to marry him.

Lizzie was meant to marry real Ciel, since he's the older twin, the original heir intended to become earl and watchdog.

She treated (and treats, technically) real Ciel as her betrothed. Our earl, she treats more like a brother or friend. Of course, right now she's angry with our earl and also angry with herself for not being able to tell them apart when our earl was pretending to be real Ciel.

This weird arrangement of marriages between cousins reminds me of the comparison I did between Black Butler and the Egyptian myth about Thoth helping the goddess Nut bear her five children: Osiris, Set/Seth, Horus (the elder), Isis, and Nepthys -- the siblings intermarry and have affairs, leading to Set/Seth killing Osiris, Isis getting Osiris resurrected, etc. Except here, we have Rachel giving us real Ciel (Osiris) and our earl (Set/Seth), Francis/Frances giving us Edward (Horus the elder) and Lizzie (Isis), and Madam Red was trying to have a daughter (Nephthys). Let's not forget that mysterious Osiris group mentioned by Rian Stoker. That might be how Undertaker was introduced by Druitt to Stoker in the first place....

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abybweisse · 3 days

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Oh yeah, this. There's another part in the game where if you interact with a rope snake, it'll say it's been forgotten now that it's no longer needed.

Sigh, I wish I hadn't pretty much foreseen Snake's death back 2017... but at least it didn't come as a surprise when it finally happened.

Sorry I was just thinking about Mother3 theory and Rope Snake and stuff.............

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #mother3 theory #snake #mother3 #mother 3 #foreshadowing #discussion #such a downer #rope snake #comparison #apr 23 2024

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abybweisse · 5 days

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"this would kill a victorian child" factoid actualy just statistical error. Ciel Phantomhive, child of fragile health, is an outlier and should not have been counted

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #ciel phantomhive #our ciel #earl phantomhive #our earl #apr 22 2024

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abybweisse · 5 days

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Very true. The anime adaptations have, so far, portrayed Sebastian as a nicer, more likable, less devilish, demon than he is in the manga.

LMAO he did not say that!

"Then you'll let the matter drop?" What a normal milquetoast benign phrase. This is loser Sebastian erasure, manga readers know that our resident stinky demon takes any opportunity he can to bully a child

^^^ the actual, insufferable words Sebastian says

#kuroshitsuji #black butler #sebastian michaelis #anime vs manga #manga vs anime #comparison #characterization #anime adaptation #apr 22 2024

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abybweisse · 6 days

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S4, ep2 thoughts

They seem to be sticking to the manga pretty well, and it ends with a cliffhanger for the arrival of Soma to Weston. Ep3 should begin with the rest of his arrival.

I'm not sure whether Harcourt was meant to be a full albino, but he is presented as one here, pink eyes and all.

All the fan service scenes of the manga have been preserved in the anime adaptation, but thankfully they haven't really been exaggerated. Just animated.

I still don't know whether they plan to include the weird fire giant in the story itself; I'm hoping that's just hype and/or symbolism. I mean the end credits have the p4's heads either exploding or getting lopped off, and that definitely can't be part of the story. They are needed for the plot later... still as humans, not bizarre dolls. So, here's to hoping the fire giant never surfaces, either. 😆

While I'm now paying for the Crunchyroll subscription, I guess I ought to start watching all the other series I've been putting off.... 😮‍💨

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #s4 #weston college arc #weston arc #public school arc #observation #thoughts #crunchyroll #apr 20 2024

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abybweisse · 6 days

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#kuroshitsuji #black butler #sebastian michaelis #earl phantomhive #our earl #our ciel #ch211 #blackbutlercrack #kuroshitpost #kuroshit #shitpost #shitposters on tumblr #apr 20 2024

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abybweisse · 9 days

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Night, y'all... a little after 1am 🥱

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abybweisse · 9 days

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Ch211 (p4), Travel-ready

Just like with Baldo's mission with Lau, we are getting a cliffhanger, so hopefully the kids make it to our earl ok....

We go back in time, yet again, to Lau's opium den. This time, it's Sebastian and our earl getting ready to leave on their mission to Brighton. Sebastian's uniform is now clean, so he dons it.

Then Ran-Mao and the other ladies who work there bring in a bunch of clothes ordered by Sebastian. I see a hat box with Lock & Co Hatters on it and several boxes from Nina Hopkins' shop.

Sebastian goes to get his master ready to leave, but our earl doesn't know how to pay the tab to Nina. Sebastian seems confident that our earl will regain his title and funds, then he can pay the bill plus a nice tip.

"Clothes reeking of opium are unbefitting of you." 🙄 😆

Sebastian goes over his master's cover story, for going to the resort hotel, while dressing him.

And emphasizes the importance of Earl Phantomhive being fashionable in bespoke clothing.

Ready for travel... and another turn at chess with his brother.

I'm wondering how on earth they will walk into the hotel controlled (ultimately) by Undertaker and real Ciel... as Earl Phantomhive and his butler. Are they not going incognito this time? A bold chess move, indeed, if they just walk in like this, even if it's run by some random person from the Aurora Society. People will recognize them; there will be talk. There's been front page news about the scandal.

Maybe that's the intention, at this point. But... can they get away with it for long enough before local police or the Yard shows up again?

🤔 Maybe they take on some disguise before they enter the hotel....

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abybweisse · 9 days

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Ch211 (p3), Take us to your master

Artie and Theo get Finny to the surface. Finny isn't sure why they bothered to save him, but Artie has a point: they still need him. Even if it's just instructions on what's next. Or where his master should be waiting for a report. Theo just wants Finny to conserve his energy.

Oliver helps Finny out of the water, which is quite different from how Finny pushed Oliver in. Finny thanks him, and Oliver just goes right in for a hug. For a brief moment, Finny smiles a bit.

But Theo gets right down to business. They don't have their evidence anymore, but they have a lot of information.

There's no reason to report to the police or the Yard anymore. So, Theo wants to go straight to our earl and Sebastian to make the report.

Idk if they are looking at the orphanage for a moment or if they are already walking away, but Finny notices the nearby windpump and recalls arriving there, just recently, with Snake... and it makes him cry.

One good thing about the staff waiting down there is they won't see the kids return but will assume they have drowned. They might keep someone down there (like in shifts) to wait for bodies to surface, but none will. Still, they will probably think the bodies are there and just stuck at the grating or something. No one from the orphanage will be looking for them outside... unless one of them finally discovers the busted grate.

I was hoping they would destroy the windpump and flood the underground facility, but it looks like they are focused on making a report and perhaps returning with reinforcements.

The chapter isn't over just yet. One more part to go.

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abybweisse · 9 days

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Ch211 (p2), The way it's built

We are back to where ch210 leaves off, and Finny is definitely shot in the left shin.

The staff don't seem to have dealt with this scenario before, but at least one of them knows there's no way out through that drainage system. The entire place was built with the idea in mind that kids might try to escape, and all escape attempts must fail. They assume these kids will come back up for air... or drown down there.

There is this grate blocking the exit, which is what the staff member meant.

I said, a month or so ago, that we might see Finny bust through a metal fence or gate.

I was expecting a fence or gate above ground, but this will do just fine. The other kids swim ahead. For all the fuss he made, Oliver is doing well enough. Maybe it's one of those situations where he gives himself less credit than he deserves.

Finny struggles to keep going, but he's thinking of the day he was found by our earl and Sebastian. He doesn't finish his thought, though. What could they do? Reaching their goal is probably what he's thinking of. Maybe at least coming there to finish the job of dismantling the facility.

He's been shot twice and has used much of his strength breaking the grate open. As he's reaching his own limits, two hands grab his.

More to come soon.

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #ch211 #chapter release #chapter review #chapter analysis #fol orphanage #orphanage #finny #finnian #top students #artie #theo #theodore #mabel #oliver #part two #part 2 #apr 18 2024

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abybweisse · 9 days

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Ch211 (p1), Cover and title pages

Each one is displaying their personality here, though I find the pose for Theo to be a bit odd, with his arms in the air like that.

Basically, this cover art gives the sense they will get the freedom they seek.

How long will it last? And why is Finny not shown?

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #ch211 #chapter release #chapter review #chapter analysis #theo #theodore #artie #mabel #oliver #fol orphanage #orphanage #cover art #cover page #title page #apr 17 2024 #part one #part 1

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abybweisse · 9 days

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I have ch211 now. Kobo and iBooks already dropped it. Will post soon....

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #ch211 #apr 17 2024

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abybweisse · 9 days

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Saw this on Fb, and I decided to apply it to Black Butler characters.

Claudia/Cloudia Phantomhive = Aries ♈️

Cedric Ros-- = Aries ♈️

Vincent Phantomhive = Gemini ♊️

Francis/Frances Phantomhive is likely either a Gemini ♊️ (younger fraternal twin of Vincent) or Capricorn ♑️ (about 2.5 years younger but still born on a Friday the 13th)

Snake = Pisces ♓️

Agni = Virgo ♍️

Ciel Phantomhive and twin = Sagittarius ♐️

Sebastian says he was reborn when the contract was made, which was likely January 20th or 21st... making him an Aquarius ♒️

It tracks... for the most part. But I'm not sure Vincent's only 2/10. Maybe that's more reason for Francis/Frances to also be a Gemini.

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #zodiac #evilness #apr 17 2024

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abybweisse · 9 days

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Ch211, Spoilers part 3

When will we ever find out if the kids can flood the facility, destroy it in some other way, or even save anymore of the children? Not this month, and probably not for several months to come.

Because we get a cliffhanger, just like at the end of Baldo and Lau's mission. 😭

We return to Lau's Opium den, where their clothes have been repaired and cleaned, so Seb is removing the Chinese outfit he'd borrowed and putting on his usual butler's uniform. Sorry, but there's no fan service for the Seb simps, unless you are into what's not shown... or gloved hands.

Ran-Mao and other ladies from the establishment show up with several boxes of clothes and at least one box with a hat, maybe two. One hat is from Lock & Co. Hatters, on St. James Street, in London. The rest comes from Hopkins, so that means Nina's still helping them.

They need fresh clothes for their upcoming mission to the resort hotel in Brighton. Sebastian goes to his young master's room to get him ready for travel. Our earl asks something about the clothes from Nina. Or about Nina herself.

I don't know what all they say, but Sebastian does point out that the kid's current outfit reeks of opium (which would never do for where they are headed).

So, time to change clothes. I think we've seen scenes like this a few times throughout the series. It's very methodical and almost ritualistic. In a way, for demon and master, it is a sort of ritual, though.

Are his short pants slightly longer now? 🤔

And off they go.

So! It looks like we are going to Brighton next month, after all.

I was right we'd get the kids struggling to reach the river. Anyone who guessed we'd cut to our earl and Sebastian starting their mission was also right.

A whole new scenery next month.

But when will we ever get back to Finny... or Baldo?

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