#Alois wouldn't except transactional and Ciel wouldn't accept Alois's flesh
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Ciel vs Alois contract thoughts
The Black butler argument of Ciel & Sebastian vs Alois & Claude frusterates me in fandom because the argument is Sebastian is kind and cares about Ciel while Claude is cold and doesn't care about Alois which is the set up for their demon butler dynamics but I disagree.
Exhibit A Sebastian & Ciel
Here Sebastian admits he only protects Ciel due to the contract, he’ll put Ciel in direct danger to keep things amusing for him personally. Also to push the idea onto Ciel life is pain if you ever mess up in any way the world will punish you.
The emphasis is not on Sebastian’s so called concern for Ciel but their contract. It is the full weight of their relationship Sebastian whether he likes it or not is bound to protect Ciel and do his biding to the full extent of their contract and Ciel made that shit as iron clad as he could.
(Honestly for a terrified nine year old Ciel putting those safety measures in place was quite clever of him considering the stress he must of been under during that time.)
Ciel being from a business family and wanting to run his own toy company created an iron clad contract. Ciel was educated enough to set his own terms knowing the ways an ill thought out contract could screw someone over even with other humans.
Sebastian raising Ciel not only wants his soul but Sebastian is going to get as much flavor out of that soul as he can. Sebastian is after a long term investment in Ciel one that stretches over many years to get the best flavor possible.
It emphasizes how cold Sebastian & Ciel’s relationship really is based entirely on a type of transactional deal neither of them can fully break.
Exhibit B Alois & Claude
Claude in contrast puts an emphasis on the flesh. Alois’s only bargaing chip is having a soul Claude wants to eat.
This also makes sense Alois/JIm after being sex trafficked and taught to barter his body for comfort safety the way he did to survive under the old man. Gave Claude his soul in exchange for a good life.
Alois being a peasant probly didn’t know anything about contracts. He just knew how to sell himself for what he wanted. If he did I doubt Alois would trust words on a paper anyway.
Unlike Ciel who was taught to trust iron clad contracts Alois grew up knowing how uncertain his position is. If you think about it flipping out being jealous of Ciel makes more sense if you look at Alois’s survival was entirely based on being the favorite.
Alois was possibly competing sick as it was with other boys for the old Earls attentions. In that situation nothing is actually certain and holding a position continuing to recieve comforts was based on favor.
Alois not only loves Claude but needs Claude to want him because otherwise deep down he knew he’d be tossed aside without a second thought. Which i’d argue is why Alois let Claude lead him since ultimately. Alois didn’t have much of a choice he wanted/ needed Claude’s love/validation.
Alois never trusted anything and accepted a very precarious position because it never struck him how to make his position more secure other then eliminating the competition entirely.
As for Claude given his monalog about looking for something to spice up his life. Claude isn’t after a long term investment of careful culivation. He wants instant gradification a dance, a chase!!!
Alois didn’t seem exciting to him since he was the secured prize so to speak. Claude wanted to snatch Sebastian’s prey for the thrill of it!
Alois and Claude’s relationship was based on a power struggle of selfish gradification vs desire for actual love.
And that’s my thoughts on the relationship/ contract dynamics.
#black butler#alois trancy#claude faustus#ciel phantomhive#sebastian michaelis#its not entirely about the demons#Alois & Ciel had a lot to do with those dynamics#based on how they thought/felt#why does fandom keep trying to turn them into passive love objects?#they ain't self insert characters#Alois / drive the plot of their stories 50% of the time!#so does Ciel#its why Alois & ciel would be so good for each other#Alois wouldn't except transactional and Ciel wouldn't accept Alois's flesh#that would frusterate but force them to adapt#Sebastian & Claude aren't good for them
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