is sebastian more brutal when he kills people who harmed ciel?
there are moments where unjustified violence repulses sebastian
but also ones where he remains completely unmoved
when patrick dies, sebastian is next to him and only cares about the snake he hears in the walls
he watches siemens’ death like a theater performance
during the campania arc, he pays no attention to the hundreds dying around him.
when it comes to killing, i’d divide it into two categories:
execution (quick, precise, emotionless) — people who were not directly connected to ciel:
azzurro’s assassins — most of them got stabbed with a knife, two were thrown off a cliff
assassins sneaking into the manor at night — cut with knife
circus children — burned at ciel’s request
werewolves in the laboratory — slitting throats, stabbing, he used gas only after they released it themselves
cruelty — sebastian killing people who harmed ciel:
cultists — rape, starvation, sacrifice as offerings. he literally teared them up
kelvin and doctor — triggered ciel's trauma. head crashed, heart pierced
azzurro — held a gun to his head, and ciel had clearly been beaten by him earlier. as “payment” before killing him, sebastian broke his arm and showed him, at least partially, his demon form
sieglinde’s mother — she brought ciel to the brink of death with the gas, so sebastian repaid her with the same poison forced directly into her lungs
soldiers in the tank — torn apart by a grenade thrown into the confined machine. the tank would have killed ciel if diedrich hadn’t intervened. and so the tank became their grave
sebastian explains his aggression as fitting into the role imposed on him by ciel: “however, if you are particular to my being such a devil, i shall act accordingly.” yet the only times he truly behaves like a beast are motivated by prior harm done to ciel.
the tank is also one of the rare moments where we see sebastian joking about death. it fits the narrative of “this isn’t who i am, but if my master desires it, it is a servant’s duty to comply,” but looking at the bigger picture and his behaviour during the whole hunt, i get the impression that his moments of heightened aggression aren’t driven by his aesthetic, but by something closer to a personal vendetta against those who have harmed ciel. the role imposed on him is merely an excuse, because as a demon he doesn’t allow himself to consider that he might feel the urge to take revenge on someone for harming a human.
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