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Part of me headcanons that Sebastian would host an elaborate funeral for his master after his soul was consumed. To celebrate that tiny little human life that was so much more than a blip in his long existence.
But another part of me knows that Sebastian would return to the manor, alone. He would clean every nook of the house, leave no piece of silverware unpolished, and cover all the furniture in pure white linens to preserve their ephemerality. And he would sit, solitary, in the empty mansion, and mourn the end of the most enthralling chase, the most intoxicating high of his immortal existence. He would mourn the days before "Ciel" Phantomhive cursed him with a glimmer of humanity that will mar his nature until the end of days.
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“We hate them” my child, we are the original. You’re the weird ones. I’ve been following the manga since it’s 8th chapter. Kuroshitsuji would not be where it is today without SebaCiel.
This is a case for why Asian IP should gatekeep you weird westerner actually. Your media literacy is 0.
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favourite scene in the Weston College Arc has got to be the one where Ciel and Sebastian make out while Sebastian uses his rosary as a choking collar.
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Aight because there's a new kuro anime I have to say this and I'll only say this once. I dont get the people who vehemently deny the existence of sebaciel elements in kuro.
Look its valid if you are not into certain ship but screaming 24/7 that sebaciel aspects in this series is not real, and hating on the shipper all the time, insisting the shipper 'doesn't get it' and 'this is not what Yana wanted' and claimed the fandom hates sebaciel shipper (acting like fandom colonist) make no sense...
I saw someone said "I dont really have anything against /those shippers/ bc how can i blame them for liking (ok i kinda blame them) something that's there poisoning the entire manga, but im tired of thinking about that disturbing visual baiting"
Sebaciel is not poisoning Kuroshitsuji, sebaciel bait and the development of ciel relationship with sebastian is the whole thing
I personally always been pretty neutral about sebaciel, its just the thing that happen naturally in the series ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Some people went as far as insisting that Sebastian is Ciel father figure and all of the romantic bait between them are totally platonic father and son moments. I'm sorry but this is such a cope
"I don't like this thing in an anime that I like so I will erase it or change it into something that it is not in a god honouring way, and I will gaslight the fans of this thing because it made me uncomfy"
Also if you still watch or read Kuro, I'm sorry girl but you dont get to throw stone in the glass house, you are a freak just like the 'freak shippers' that you condemn. Its fine to enjoy 'impure' media
You cannot claim moral high ground while still endorsing the series and participating in the fandom. Just sit your ass and calm down...
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Young master lost a bet 🤭🐱
gift for @dante-redgravee 🥰💖
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I can't talk about it at any length because it's not as easy as grabbing a manga panel or two but my favorite thing about the Book of Circus anime is how they added the monologue from Sebastian in the first episode about his treatment of prey and filling Ciel with despair, specifically because it echoes this text from his seduction of Beast later in the arc. But by occurring first in the anime adaptation, it retroactively turns the text from the seduction into the echoe.
The manga canon already compared and contrasted his treatment of Beast and his treatment of Ciel through the paneling and composition of these scenes. But I think it's interesting that in the season that is the most canonical interpretation of the text (even according to antis), with Yana's most involvement in production on record, that the queer subtext here was essentially doubled-down on and emphasized—and yet somehow "only the degenerate OG anime has gay stuff and isn't canon".
The addition of this anime-only monologue to a scene featuring Ciel on the edge of his bed in only a night shirt, lamenting that Sebastian "only wants his soul" before asking him to stay with him while he falls asleep is a deliberate amplification of what the manga has always done, which is establish a sexual undertone to Sebastian and Ciel's relationship and imply a certain form of desire.
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Sebastian and Ciel’s contract mark is so bd/sm coded I don’t even wanna hear it. Literally their version of collaring. A mark of possession that’s more powerful the more obvious it is? Binding them to each other? Displaying a power exchange and loyalty to one another? Yeah right.
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En estos meses he perdido el interés en Kuroshitsuji, estoy comenzando a sentir que ya me estoy yendo del Fandom.
Después de que Yana se fue con el ratón siento que el ritmo y la actividad se fue a un rincón. Este año he estado cada día más en otro fandom. He estado en este fandom desde 2016, ¿Será que es hora de decir adiós?.
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Sebastian looks like he's eaten all of Ciel's collagen.
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Just reading Rainbow Butler 2 and there was a story where Ciel had a nightmare on which Sebastian told him he would eat his soul out of his ass.
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black butler fans 2017: things are getting so real in the manga!! we're about to understand EVERYTHING. I have so many theories based on the actual series. the anime was nothing but a bad dream shhh THE MANGA IS SO GOOD RIGHT NOW OMG WTF IS HAPPENING I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER
black butler fans 2023: ciel microwave now. the aloises are back and they're religious. watch your fav eat shit in a poll about them. maurice is back. oh a chapter? forget that, coattails had an update
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Hi! I just wanted to say I love all your sebaciel/black butler posts, I think you single-handedly pulled me back into the fandom x) Also, I wanted to know your thoughts on the theory of what souls become after they are taken by demons. I remember when I was more active in the fandom, I heard a lot about souls "living" inside the demon for eternity after they are taken. Ngl, I like this theory, because it makes Ciel's expected end much sweeter, as in he'd be one with Sebastian. But this theory was mostly supported by elements of season 2, and since a lot has happened since then, I wanted to know what a more up-to-date fan thinks. ^^ Thank you in advance if you reply!
You make my heart warm and fuzzy! I'm always glad when people appreciate my mentally ill ramblings. It all unfortunately comes at a poor time considering Tumblr's apparent strengthened enforcement of their draconian TOS—and in light of a handful of fairly innocuous Kuro/sebaciel blogs being removed, I'm not sure what will happen to this blog. But I hope that what I've contributed can linger in the Tumblr space indefinitely so that people will continue to find them and I don't have to go about trying to back up any of my more lengthy posts elsewhere.
As for the opinion of an up-to-date fan: I'm… not really sure I'm the best example of what most fans think regarding this! A lot of people just don't think about it or flatly do not question the narrative but I think they should because all signs point to the narrative encouraging exactly this. All the same, I'll do my best to share some of what I've been thinking regarding this. In order to talk about what happens to souls when they're taken by demons, I'm going to also discuss the concept of devouring/consumption in the series because both of them are intrinsically linked and I think it's crucial to the entire idea.
The concept of souls being devoured is introduced into the canon by the Shinigami during the Jack the Ripper arc, by Grell and William. Before this, we don't really know the full nature of Sebastian and Ciel's relationship; what Grell and William say serve as the foundation for what we know about the dynamic and also about demons for the entire rest of the series.
One important thing to note is that Sebastian is suspiciously unhelpful in dispensing lore about this. His only mention of "devouring" souls specifically, to my recollection, is again with William in the Circus arc where he claims that he's long since grown tired of "indiscriminately devouring" them. Otherwise, Sebastian mostly just cryptically agrees or is evasive. My personal interpretation of this is that he just lets people believe what they want to believe about demons and I think that's a very fair approach. There's also a moment in the Blue Cult arc that gives you the feeling Sebastian is quite experienced with being, for lack of better word, demonized.
Anyway, none of this would really be a problem if it weren't for the fact that more than a hundred chapters later, it's revealed that Shinigami don't actually know for certain that souls exist. In Bard's recent arc, Ronald explains that they don't know if human souls exist and that they have always just assumed that they must (until the Bizarre Dolls came on the scene). He also mentions "The Brass", who have been receiving increased attention in these recent arcs. The general vibe of these mentions implies that "The Brass" is suspicious and untrustworthy.
I probably don't have to say it but if I do: it's a really big fucking deal that the source that established the major premise of the series has been talking out of its ass the entire time. And it frustrates me that no one talks about this! Everything that we think we know about souls (and about demons) has been called into question by this one damn panel and we might as well know nothing solid about either of them. The joys of the unreliable narrator! Yana plays with this narrative device very well.
Speaking of Bizarre Dolls, another source on the nature of souls has been Undertaker. He's said some very interesting things about them in the Luxury Liner arc when prompted.
Two things worth noting here: the emphasis on living beings in general rather than only mortals, and also the quotations around the word "soul". It's also quite curious that he makes a heart gesture when referring to the soul and that this panel specifically has the effect of directly equating loneliness with a wound. Sebastian discusses the heart at one point with Ciel, which manages to sound eerily similar.
Can't shackle another's heart, impossible to make another's soul their own?... Semantics, perhaps?
The fact that Undertaker specifically said "all living beings" is important. Because if instead he is a reliable source of information where the Shinigami apparently are not, then all of this applies to Sebastian as well. Living beings seek completion. This implies that what Sebastian is doing is also about seeking some form of completion.
Which brings me to one of my favorite topics: the theme of devourment in the series often being sexual. It's always been present in artwork for the series, implied in the inappropriate chemistry between Sebastian and Ciel, implied in multiple artworks of Ciel being portrayed as food on a table wearing fetish footwear designed for the sole purpose of sexual immobilization but has become more concrete in recent arcs. The subtext has become text and the text is written in bold.
… But it actually began in the Emerald Witch arc, with Sebastian and Ciel’s conversation about witches (you know, the Birds, The Bees, and the Witch Orgies). In this arc we also receive this chapter title artwork, featuring Sebastian and what is likely intended to be a witch. And A Caption. That sure is a caption.
Consumption in general in the series is not always inherently sexual, however. It ties into the concept of completion and this is also something we see in the recent servant's arcs, with Mey-Rin breaking down sobbing because after a long life of suffering, she's finally eaten something warm (bread), something that she's been deprived of all of her life. Also with Bard likening his future wife's breasts to bread, and then again with the food Sebastian gave him in the cave providing him with the strength to escape his predicament (which allows him to find a new purpose in the Phantomhive household, filling the hole left in him by his family's murder).
Tangentially, it's really interesting to see how this theme of consumption and completion comes into play with Sebastian's increasing humanization throughout the story. It was through his contract with Ciel that he even learned how to even prepare edible food. He is also the one responsible for Ciel’s feeding and nutrition, which Yana has said before in a tweet is the reason why his health has improved considerably. Sebastian’s contract with Ciel is directly adjacent to his increased capacity to care, to love.
Mey-Rin’s arc also provided us with this (fairly gross) moment involving the Baron debauching a maid, stating his desire to see the shape of her soul. Jane shortly after provides the context that this is one of the qualities that the Baron seeks in his search for someone who can replace (or possibly provide substitute cinematic records for) his deceased wife. This echoes Undertaker’s sentiment regarding all living beings seeking to heal their wounds and find companionship.
“Okay, Mr. 9000, what’s the point of all of this? You're being weird!!” My point is that Sebastian (and perhaps demons as whole) can be perhaps likened to a miserable Don Juan seeking to complete himself through short-lived “devouring” of humans that never truly satisfies his cavernous need. And this is turned upside down by his long-term contract with Ciel, which has permitted Sebastian to grow and learn to care for others.
So, what happens to the “souls” consumed by demons? Provided that do they exist in any capacity, I would assume nothing particularly good if that demon is never sated by their consumption (and we know that Sebastian has never been sated because of the narrative likening him to a literal black hole). I think a more pertinent question will be if Sebastian will actually be able to consume the little soul he has cultivated, fed, and thus come to cherish. Perhaps not consuming Ciel, continuing his newfound purpose as a butler and worshiping something greater than himself (“love and belief”), will finally be the thing that satisfies his hunger. He already statedly prefers his “game” with Ciel to being a frenzied beast, after all. Perhaps what Sebastian needs is to simply keep the little imp he has inadvertently permitted to branch from him.
For the time being, I’ll be hanging back and watching what happens with Tumblr. I have previously stated my intent to discontinue the use of Tumblr but my Asks are open and I’m happy to answer any queries or fill any requests of this nature. My only request is that when interacting with my posts people show basic respect for myself and my ideas.
#Esto me recuerda a un fanfic que hice hace un año#Creo que si aprendí a leer a Sebastian#Sebaciel#Español
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Another thing that bothers me is the way antis will use the word "coded". Coded is a word for groups that aren't allowed to have explicit representation to use for when authors make something that's obviously for them under the radar. Like queer coded. In kids shows there can also be stuff with coding for neurodivergent characters, and race coding can also be a thing. The idea is authors can't directly do what they want because society is being a dick (like they want to make x and x characters gay or have a Black main character) and so they code it so that people of those groups can still see themselves in it and Understand What They Mean.
So "child-coded" and "family-coded" are not things that even make sense. If the author wanted a character to be read as related or a child they would have simply written them that way! Nothing was stopping them! I respect all headcannons, but you headcannoning someone as a child or related and seeing your own evidence for it is not the same as coding.
Do you know what is coded though? Sebaciel. That ship is so heavily queer coded- in everything from the way the characters are drawn to the age gap to the campiness to the contract, the relationship-that-isn't-a-relationship-because-taboo!
These are classic queer tropes. They are all over the place in queer fiction, especially older queer fiction, to illustrate and emotionally navigate relationships that are considered by society predatory and taboo. Queers have always been painted as predatory. Because when you kicked out your teenage kid for being queer, guess where they went? They found some older queers to take them in. And support them in ways you never could, and see their strengths. And then people would say little Johnny was "seduced" or "taken advantage of" by some "degenerates" and "perverts" because they didn't want to take the blame of putting little Johnny on the streets. (Ofc sometimes im sure there were predators doing this maliciously, but that doesn't mean it was always the case. Not everyone wants to take advantage of people.)
Queer people also tend to have overlapping relationships because of social ostricization. For example, your dating history is your friend group and back in the days of Houses and mentors, your dating history might also have them in it too.
Age gaps are also a very quintessential trope in queer fiction. It makes a lot of sense when you think of how someone whose family life was suddenly cut short (or never really there in the first place) would end up wanting the sort of dynamic where someone was there to take care of them. And again- I'm sure that this was sometimes abused by a handful of people, but it as a fiction and as a desire is part of queer history and has been for hundreds of years. Most people whose parents pushed them aside or actively hurt them end up with daddy/mommy issues! Not everyone of course but a good amount! I want a daddy! I feel so much younger than I am because I am only just now getting to live my life as me!!! So of course i project myself onto and want to read stories about some little victorian boy and his op demon butler!!
Do you understand what I'm saying?
Ciel is very heavily queer coded. He was ignored by his family and then forcibly removed from it (because they died here, ofc) and the fact that he is essentially rescued from his powerlessness, aloneness, from being abused and taken advantage of by Sebastian, who is also very queer coded, ticks a lot of boxes. Then there's the whole messaging of Sebastian being seen as an abusive monster (when he is really quite caring of Ciel) and Ciel being seen as some perverted, broken, godless freak (ey what queers haven't heard those?), the religious implications of "making a pact with a demon" ("you can't be holy because of this relationship! Satan made u gay!!!!"), the victorian setting, the costume choices, the idea of being eaten, hell even the kinky undertones of the power dynamics- there are too many queer tropes to count. Even Ciel's age, when taken metaphorically- someone who hasn't been given the chance to have much experience, who isn't taken seriously, who does not have the social standing of someone who can hold their own against "grownups"- can all be read as coding for someone being descriminated against. Raise your hand if you're queer and have been called 'boy' or 'girl' derogatory/been treated like a kid for no reason!
I'd go so far as to say that most of the reason Black Butler squicks so many people is because the coding is so overt and obvious, but people still take it literally and think it just means "p3dO!1!!!1!". Probably because ya'll stay away from queer history because the Elders reclaimed slurs and that makes u angry lol.
The fact is even if Sebastian and Ciel never "get together", their relationship is still inherently queer and always will be. And quite frankly if it was cannon then it wouldn't be coded anymore it would just be gay. :)
Anyways thats how i feel about coding thanks for comin to my ted talk. x
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