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-͟͟͞☆ lizzy my muse, my ❤︎ shaped piece of my soul -͟͟͞☆ very media/fandom critical so watch out 🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪 -͟͟͞☆ sorry for having prophetic dreams. as if that's my fault.

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so-bitya

lately I've been having dreams about kuroshitsuji. I had a dream a while ago about consoling my mom who was upset s6 hasn't happened yet, and I was coming up with weak excuses that they need a bigger budget and more time for the songs. it's that serious

so-bitya

I had a dream last night about s6 and s7 being announced (blue cult and blue memory got their own seasons) and I was trying to rush home to post about it. it looked lowkey awful with really bland colors but we were trying to ignore it <3. im losing it.

#i believe bad things in dreams dont come to reality so maybe this means...??!#i dont mind if it takes 3 or 4 years i just want it to look good #like lets get some of that shonen anime budget please #b.exe

lately I've been having dreams about kuroshitsuji. I had a dream a while ago about consoling my mom who was upset s6 hasn't happened yet, and I was coming up with weak excuses that they need a bigger budget and more time for the songs. it's that serious

#im losing my mind #i think we're in another bota situation where we have to wait 3 years #i dont mind but im so worried if its going to have worst production like s5...#b.exe

two things about lizzy and r!ciel being placed in the middle here:

1) ridiculous how early r!ciel is confirmed in the arc because there's no way it isn't him. Lizzy is still leaning by a person on the chair while o!ciel left the hall, so it could only be his twin. (tho my denial of 2ct was super strong back in the day)

2) I know they're showing up here to heighten the drama~ but I wonder if r!Ciel will get involved with the superiors Othello mentioned and Lizzy will get dragged in too...

#im just overly suspicious of anything with lizzy now #because i miss her so much haha #kuro #blue cult arc #b.txt

cloudi-days

ciel and lizzy are yana's best written characters so far and its not even close

#gueninely... yeah they really are the best written #like ciel obv has so much depth but lizzy... her writing is crazy #she constantly subverts expectations she changes the flow of the story she provides new lens for the hero/villain (the twins)#and its no suprise they have the most dynamic relationship in the manga #they just blow everyone else out of the water because the rest of the cast is sadly a bit static #even sebastian lags behind a bit but yana seems to be working on him #kuro #o!ciel #elizabeth midford

I also think it's ironic that when o!Ciel feels comfortable enough to use Soma and Lizzy, esp in a way that endangers them, that he loses them.

#im referring to his money making scheme in blue cult #like... it was not well thought out at all #kuro #b.txt #o!ciel #soma asman kadar #elizabeth midford #blue cult arc

o!Ciel's relationships with Soma and Lizzy is so special. o!Ciel doesn't like people who are a detriment to him esp off the start. he takes a while to warm up to someone, and usually, he has to come up with some benefit or advantage for getting along with someone (which yes sometimes they really are just excuses) but with Soma and Lizzy. like they literally are trouble magnets and Ciel is so attached to them. its sad. I know from Soma's pov that Ciel doesn't grasp at happiness given to him, but knowing everything Ciel's been through and lost! He is holding on to them. He's basically attached to the hip. and it's in the Blue Cult arc where Ciel suffers so much from losing Soma and Lizzy specifically!

#they kill me #ooohh god recontextualizing how ciel interacts with them #like ciel got attached to soma so quickly its insane. esp compared to everyone else he LOVES that boy #and lizzy is so. yeah what a bad idea to hang out with someone who could expose your secret any second.#anyway lets just devote ourselves to her happiness for the rest of our lives no big deal #you nutbag #kuro #o!ciel #elizabeth midford #soma asman kadar #blue cult arc #b.txt

We're all wondering how Ciel feels about Soma and Lizzy after they left him, but I think it would be like how he feels towards Undertaker? A lack of reaction to being betrayed, to the point he seems to even forget it? But I doubt Ciel just honestly just forgetful– he has a tendency to ignore/suppress personal matters, especially regarding complicated relationships, like Madam Red. But if it gets to the point he even temporarily forgets Undertaker isn't with him, it's a little concerning, no? Even Sebastian takes note of his reaction.

#jumpcut to ciel spotting soma and lizzy and waving hey guys #and they promptly ignore him and he falls into mud and it rains :(#but seriously im betting on ciel accidentally acting too close when they meet again #which is poetic as it means they did achieve making ciel feel comfortable around them to the point he forgets they have bad blood now #kuro #b.txt #o!ciel #blue cult arc

#girl he don't know what the hell going on 😔#kuro #blue cult arc #kuroshitpost

like on one hand when I was a kid I could ignore many of the erotic elements of Kuroshitsuji because it wasn't that shocking, compared to the shoujo I read at the time which also had extreme age gaps (shout out to Dendeki Daisy 💀) and how girls were more sexualized in manga with panty shots and groping incidents, Ciel got let off relatively easy.

but on the other hand the reason why Kuroshitsuji's fanservice feels so much more insidious is because the negative effects of CSA is the plot. It's the driving force of the story, and every arc just shows a little more how Ciel's trauma impacted him, but sure let's just ignore that, "wow look how Sebastian put his hand on his cunty little waist," like it gets to a point 💀

#theres a LOT of pedophilia in shoujo #and only recently cultural attitudes shifted #however i think its messed up as a kid i was being “conditioned” to ignore it #also i wonder about the sexism of it all and how kuro treats fanservice of men vs women #as in women are always dehumanized as sex objects so its only “horrifying” when it happens to little boys instead #would explain the fandoms attitudes toward beast and hannah 😒#🍅🍅🍅#kuro #b.txt #o!ciel

speaking about fanservice this was the chapter seb ripped ciels shirt off in such an over the top manner even some shippers found it silly. Before, at least the manga started out as a bl influenced gothic manga, but that kind of overt fanservice became outdated. now it just feels ridiculous whenever yana does that, like really?

(tho I wonder if she's going to do it more frequently now that they've returned to the story, but its going to be really jarring after having almost a decade without them.)

#i have no patience for it anymore like yana we do not have the time for this #she has 10+ characters that need major updates on and a billion more she keeps adding to the cast #funny tho the first things she does after bringing them back is compare them to father and son AGAIN #🍅🍅🍅#kuro #b.txt #blue cult arc

I finally reached this infamous pose. I remember when the chapter dropped and fans were making fun of it and failing to recreate it.

#fans making fun of fanservice... i miss that 😔#kuro #b.txt #o!ciel #blue cult arc

mengyaosevilpussy

tragedy enjoyers when a character upholds the system that they themselves were a victim of

#my thesis on ciel #misc

so-bitya

I've been reading a book about trauma called The Body Keeps Score and it's been enlightening so far, but I've also rereading Kuroshitsuji and now I can't stop looking at Ciel like this...

so-bitya

in this excerpt about why people return to traumatic situations, I wonder if Ciel's situation as the Queen's watchdog is not some warped reenactment of his trauma. While he essentially is forced to work and the cases he deals with aren't always the same as his, Ciel is certainly drawn into this line of work, as some arbiter of justice. Ciel often projects himself onto victims, feeling past emotions he had at the cult– shame, helplessness, vulnerability, etc. But somehow, if Ciel repeats these situations enough, and "grows" from them, he can rewrite those emotions with overwhelming power and ability that he earned, his past regrets now wiped away cleanly. Yet as the excerpt stated, "repetition can only lead to further pain and self-hatred".

#this is the point i was trying to get with ciel and lau #ciel's work as a watchdog is fascinating- in how much he's shooting himself in the face #kuro #o!ciel #b.txt

I've been reading a book about trauma called The Body Keeps Score and it's been enlightening so far, but I've also rereading Kuroshitsuji and now I can't stop looking at Ciel like this...

#his behavior matches whats in the book so far perfectly #its crazy i dont think yana planned everything perfectly but wow #b.txt #kuro #o!ciel

orbleton

the lioness does not concern herself with the amount of sweet treats she consumes on a weekly basis

#meee #misc

cloudi-days

i need to talk about the whole tucking ciel into bed thing bc either sebastian started doing that of his own volition and ciel just rolled with it OR it was ciel who sat there all expectant on night 2 of the contract like 'arent u gonna tuck me in? its Bedtime??'

#i dont think he'd necessarily recognise it as childish unless someone else said something #<- prev #omg exactly i think theres so many habits ciel didnt grow out of simply because his trauma + isolation from others #like that he still seems to keep a stuffed toy with him at his age?#i think he would still love them even as an adult #kuro #o!ciel

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