Parzival by Fidus

As fans have come to notice, the Hazbin crew are symbolized in the opening title: Apple for Charlie, antlers for Alastor, playing cards for Husk, webs for Angel Dust, a needle for Niffty, and gears for Sir Pentious.

Now, I have NOT forgotten Vaggie; she's my fav character and who I think is very underrated and often treated harshly by a certain subset of the fandom. In fact, this post is about her and Charlie. Now, many fans have theorized that Vaggie is represented by the spear in between the two words. But I disagree. Vaggie's spear in the show has only ONE pointed end not two. So, if not the spear, where is Vaggie's symbol?

The X. Specifically, the X inside the apple; and remember, the apple represents Charlie. And it has been repeatedly shown and acknowledged that Vaggie is Charlie's loyal supporter and trusted confidant. So, given the placement of the X inside the apple, I have a theory on what it means:

Vaggie is Charlie's heart.

Sebastian is expressing his love for Ciel through flowers

When looking back at all of Yana's previous artworks, where she depicts Sebastian and Ciel often in pictures with flowers, many have debated the significance of flower symbolism in Yana's pieces. While Yana has said that she enjoys playing with flower symbolism in Black Butler art, she never quite stated the reason behind that. It was not until a while ago when I found this information about the significance of flower language in the Victorian era that I understood how much Yana pays close attention to historical context:

"In the Victorian era, when expressing emotions was often considered inappropriate, the giving of flowers was a common way to convey feelings without speaking them aloud." (source).

this gives further meaning to all the flower symbolism Yana uses in her pieces. It's not merely an artistic choice, and it's not merely her liking flowers. It is part of the narrative. Back in the Victorian era, flower language was the most common way people expressed emotions because being open about emotions was improper, especially in high social classes.

which means that her flower drawings with Sebastian and Ciel have way more textual meaning with the flower language. It even gives it an explanation through the lens of the story, rather than her artistic choice. If given an explanation through the narrative, Sebastian may be gifting all those flowers to Ciel as a way to express something in particular. And if we remember correctly, he's gifted him yellow mimosas (they symbolize secret love), and of course, Yana's most recent artwork where Sebastian is giving Ciel a bright red rose in a cup of tea (Which symbolizes romantic love, lust, desire, passion). Perhaps Yana's flower symbolism is tied even more to the story per se because it's saying that the flowers are Sebastian's way of expressing his repressed feelings towards Ciel. This ties more into the theory that Sebastian's character development slowly ties into the fact that he cannot explain why all of a sudden he's falling in love with this mortal human.

Here's the mimosa art, for a deeper look into it. Ciel is wearing the mimosas over his head, in something that might appear to be a hat. Who is the only person who dresses Ciel? Sebastian, of course. Sebastian made sure to delicately place those yellow mimosas over Ciel's head. He wanted to make sure Ciel received the flowers, if not the message.

And a closer look into the new GFantasy cover. The position of the red rose takes significance because it's in a teacup, which means that Sebastian directly handed Ciel the rose, since he is the one that always makes Ciel his afternoon tea. He gave Ciel that rose because he wanted Ciel to notice.

Thus, the historical context takes on more significance when considering what could've been considered an "impropriety" and therefore not morally correct to declare out loud. Sebastian appears before Ciel with yellow mimosas and red roses, while trying to subtly convey the message that he is, indeed, in love with him.

Edgard Maxence (French, 1871-1954 ) • Saint Thérèse of Lisieux • 1927 • Lithograph

the angel and demon on the shoulder symbolism oh im sick

Lamb to the slaughter

I love the symbolism in this scene. Whilst both Husk and Angel are bound and trapped by their contracts, Angel has a more messy and enveloping commitment to Valentino with some flexibility all around (being able to stay at the hotel and so on) whereas Husk is more tightly bound and his bindings are concentrated showing how Alastor has made a cleaner deal, yet Husk cannot get out of being a bartender at the hotel.

First sketchbook page of the year 💘

Water Serpents II by Gustav Klimt (1907)

Unlocking the Mysteries: A Contemporary Interpretation of the Hierophant Tarot Card

by Aaron Nosheny

Apollo and the Sun Chariot by Pinckney Marcius-Simons

Ghost Cats Tormenting A Sleeping Dog Acrylic On Birch 30 cm x 30 cm rowe-art.com

Joseph Granié - The Kiss (1900)

Dame Autumn has a mournful face by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836 - 1893)

Lovers Sempiternal (2022) oil on wood panel Shop: suhaylah.bigcartel.com Patreon: patreon.com/suhaylah_h IG: @suhaylah.h