Did real Ciel poison his brother with mad honey?
There have been many theories in the fandom regarding whether or not Ciel's twin brother or another member of the Phantomhive household was poisoning Ciel and how it may have been done.
But I think if he did go so far as to poison Ciel, the safest way for him to have done so discreetly and without too much risk of killing his beloved brother would have been using mad honey, carefully mixed into warm milk.
First, let's look at how "mad honey" is produced.
It is most often made from the Rhododendron luteum plant (yellow azaleas) which we may have seen in the manga before, but at the time it was interpreted as lilies being used as sympathy flowers instead.
Remember the grave in the ripper arc and the flowers Ciel left on them?
Upon first glance, they appear to be a bundle of lilies. But Rhododendron luteum actually flowers in clusters like this. Could Yana have been dropping a hint early on that Ciel had been poisoned?
As for the effects of mad honey:
I believe in Ciel's case, he had a more rare and severe reaction to the poison which caused him to develop asthma.
The European symbolism behind this flower is interesting as well.
And who has been painted as the biggest "threat" to Ciel and Sebastian as of late?
The Undertaker, who resurrected real Ciel and is often portrayed with either a bouquet of lilies- or perhaps a cluster of Rhododendron luteum blossoms .
Now, as for where real Ciel would have obtained the mad honey, that is a good question.
But I don't believe he would have acted alone- there are too many pieces of the puzzle missing. I think he had help, and more than likely from an adult or a supernatural force.
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