I like your idea about Druitt and Unny still in cahoots. It fits well with them both involved in what occurred at Weston. Redmond called on uncle Druitt so he knows the secrets of the Music Hall and the school. And of course none of it would've been possible w/o Unny, and there they both are on the Campania. I never did buy Undertaker's excuse for refusing to reap Druitt or let him be killed. Your idea makes much more sense. Toboso makes us laugh at Druitt so we won't suspect him 2 much, right?
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Undertaker and Druitt connections
I suspect that -- unless they are somehow related, and they might be -- Undertaker first became interested in what Druitt was up to when the viscount began selling off children and young women at auctions, if not sooner (and I'll get to that later in this reply).
If Undertaker was called upon to remove remains from any of the buyers, or from Druitt's estate, he'd want to know what they were doing to those victims/bodies. We know he's picked up remains from Phantomhive Manor on numerous occasions; Sebastian has the other servants pile up the remains from the circus troupe attack and cart them to some back or side gate for Undertaker to collect them. Most likely, this was done whenever there was a failed attack at the manor, even before our "Ciel" became earl and master. The Phantomhives, going back however far they go, would have been common targets to anyone who wanted to get rid of the queen's watchdog. And we know that before other servants were even hired by Sebastian and our earl, assassins and thieves were showing up on a nearly nightly basis. Somewhat regularly, in any case.
We now know quite a bit about how our earl ended up with his current servants, but we've learned very little about how he ended up with his various connections; we don't even know how he connected with Vincent's old, remaining network. I imagine that one of the first reconnections he made (besides Madam Red and Tanaka, of course) would be Undertaker. People would show up to the manor, Sebastian would kill them, and then what? Sebastian would have asked his young master how he wants to dispose of the bodies. At first, our earl might have suggested to bury them on the vast estate. But, as the numbers mounted, this would have taken more time and space, plus it could open them up for investigation, if remains were found (by others) that weren't proper burials in the family cemetery. Another option would be to dump them off the grounds, as far away as possible. This could still become a problem. Our earl would remember the creepy undertaker that popped up around the manor (and possibly also the estate grounds) from time to time, back when his predecessor was in charge. During the instruction both boys received about being earl and watchdog, Vincent might have already explained why he has Undertaker in his network... at least the professional reason, though definitely not the personal reason.
I don't know whether Druitt was ever in Vincent's circle, a member of the evil nobles. They probably attended Weston together, but we don't know if he's the Scarlet House prefect. Either way, Druitt might have actually become a subject for investigation before. There's even a scene during the curry arc that could be a hint to that. The jeweled lady that Druitt recalls might actually be Vincent in drag, at some event years ago, there to investigate Druitt or someone else in attendance.
We have no idea how long ago Druitt started trafficking humans, so perhaps it was related to that... and he just got away to do it again and again... much like we've seen him get away with the things he does while our earl is watchdog. Even when Druitt is arrested, he goes free. Probably bribery to corrupt officials. Some of the higher-up ones might be clients/buyers. Yana-san really drives home how much corruption and fraud and abuse there is in her Victorian England. Sadly, it's not too far from reality.
Doctors were largely detested during the era because of some shady practices that many engaged in. Practitioners would be hired to have people committed to asylums... or even to examine girls to see if they were still virgins, so their families could prostitute them out and charge more for their first assignations. Surgeons (for practice) and anatomists got their human dissection subjects through various means; some were acceptable and others were downright despicable. They prescribed dangerous substances as medicines; sometimes the "cures" really were worse than the conditions.
Though Druitt doesn't have a medical practice, he has a medical license. Before he even got into selling live humans, I wouldn't be surprised if he was involved with supplying and/or buying corpses for study. It would be interesting if Druitt cut out the grave robbers by going straight to undertakers for a supply, because he seems like the sort of person who would do a lot of studying on his own, particularly since he's an aristocrat with no intention of opening a public medical practice. Druitt's connections to Undertaker might go back quite a long way, maybe even back to Druitt's Weston years... when Undertaker would have likely re-entered Vincent's life. Who knows, but I'd be very interested to find out.
When Sebastian investigates all the people with events for the social season, narrowing down the ones that might line up with Jack the Ripper, we don't know where he gets all of his information. It's entirely possible that some of it comes from Undertaker, particularly about people like Druitt. Which supports the idea that Undertaker might already have a history of dealing with the remains of people who have passed through Druitt's doors.
Well, they definitely meet before the events of the Campania, since they already have some sort of dealings with each other, including the Aurora Society. Druitt could easily be the one who introduces Undertaker to Stoker. I very much doubt it would be the other way around, with Stoker making introductions between Undertaker and Druitt.
I'm sure there was more I wanted to get to here, but this reply has been sitting in draft for ages, and I've forgotten whatever else I'd wanted to say. 😬
But Druitt has got to supply more to Undertaker than simply laughter. Knowledge and/or experimentation that leads to medical technology would be very helpful for his current activities.
And we can't ignore the possibility they are also related. Particularly if Undertaker ends up being Cedric K. Rosewood, Rosenthal, Rosedale or any other last name that would make him sound right at home in Scarlet House....
Could you tell me the source of that adorable cat cartoon on your page header? I've seen it before but was never able to track it down,
ADFJASF YES OFC PLEASE LET ME ENLIGHTEN YOUUU
He is 小黑 (xiǎohēi) who is a very famous kid's cartoon cat-boy spirit in China. He has a TV show, comics, and the gifs/images I use on my blog are from the newest movie 罗小黑战记 (2019) called The Legend of Hei in English.
It's super cute, I highly recommend it.
(which you may or may not be able to watch here with english subs i mean what)
I find myself curious about what sort of humans catch your fancy...You said some of them fascinate you. They all seem pretty loathsome to me, but perhaps you can show me a fresh and less corrosive viewpoint. So how, exactly, do you find them fascinating?
The answer is enclosed in your question, @aroturier. The depths of depravity and their loathsome behaviour is precisely what makes humankind such a fascinating species. Every day of their lives they spend creating prisons of words for themselves and others around them. They spin webs of logic to entangle themselves in, they struggle against currents of their own invention. Every day they find new and inventive ways to make the lives of those around them increasingly difficult, even though it does not matter in the slightest at the end. Is that process not fascinating to you?
So I was about 2 start collecting mages from Sebastian-Art & I wanted 2 kno if they r done by u, 'Darkest Crow' or not, so I get the name right. Whoever is doing Sebastian-Art the highlighting is what really 'makes' those pictures. Wonderful work. I wanted 2 compliment u on switching the B&W 4 ur background images 2. That 1 of Sebastian is a favourite of mine & it just highlights what a great job Yana did with that smoke-clouds-darkness-aether stuff. U can see it was a 2-step or more job.
First of all, no, I am not @sebastian--art. I would never be able to draw even half as good as her. Lol, I wish I could! XD But no, the images from Sebastian Art are from @sebastian--art. :)
As for the second part, do you mean my blog’s current background image?
Thank you, that is one of my edits! :) Yeah, I really like that drawing from Yana too.
Re: Akuma6 poster. 1- Those are way taller than 2" heels 2- that's an ass-cape. V.v. stylish in the infernal regions, 3-where did you ever get the ideaSebastian Michaelis was trying to blend in?! No man with a weakness for ass-capes and stilettos ever settles for blending in. It's either 'all eyes on me!' or he goes home, eats a half gallon of Rocky Road and writes off that day as a wash.
seb on the way to show up all the other idols and put them in there place
Here it is! This is the image I use in my header. I typed in the word ‘manor’ in google search to find the picture originally. This is actually a college-Harlaxton College (at least it is in England). I colored the image blue. I can’t remember if I also cropped it, or if that was what Tumblr did when I put it as the header.
aroturier said: Perhaps we’re seeing what we want or expect to see? When I looked at it I thought he reacted quite a bit. I was surprised at how emotional he seemed. But it was subtle.I saw anxiety, sadness, pity (toward Ciel and Agni as well as Soma) admiration,(for Agni) even a little affection for his friend there at the end.
Ehhh....well, we all sees what we want to/expect to see. The most I see out of Sebastian is an expression of mild regret. He’s shocked when he opens the door, but Sebastian is shocked a lot.
But besides all that, Sebastian’s reaction still pisses me off because of this:
Back in Chapter 17, Sebastian was so taken with Agni’s capabilities, strength, and faith in his master that he pays Agni an astonished compliment about the type of person Agni is. (And I checked the original just to make sure they didn’t decide to use “person” when he actually uses butler. My grasp of Japanese is tenuous at best, but he does use a more polite form of “person,” (kata instead of hito) as well.) I thought that was important, because up until this point, Sebastian always looked down on people as bugs that were beneath him. Agni was literally the one human whom Sebastian looked up to--both literally and figuratively. (I’d like to think Agni was taller than Sebastian for a good reason.)
And in Chapter 127: he says Agni is an exemplary butler. BFD. He’s not commenting on Agni as a person, but on how well he did his job. “You were a good plumber, Bob,” seems like a pretty crappy eulogy compared to, “You were a good human being, Bob.” Why define Agni as a butler when even Sebastian saw him as something more? I guess saying he’s a good butler encompasses the fact that he protected his master till the end, but dammit, I’m greedy and I wanted more for Agni, especially since this is the first major character death in almost 100 chapters. And the fact that Agni wasn’t even central to the plot of this arc makes it even worse for me, like he was just stuck here so he could die.
So, yeah, I think Sebastian’s eulogy seems like a step backwards.
Were you acquainted with (hope I spell this right) chibimyumi? I only asked because I noticed she'd recently gone on hiatus and I just wondered if she'd heard about the recent announcement about Weston arc being made into an anime. If you weren't a close friend who might know how to contact her would you happen to know of anyone who was? I understand she'd recently had a nasty experience over something stupid, with some people within the fandom and it left her feeling pretty sour and discouraged
My understanding is that @chibimyumi still reads private messages... at least occasionally (and might read posts she's tagged in)... but is very selective on whom to respond to. I'm definitely not close enough to get responses, though we used to communicate sometimes, when she was active here.
However, the news about the return of the anime is just about everywhere by now, so I should think she knows about it, even if she's not spending much time or energy on Tumblr. Anyone she's still talking to on here has probably already had conversations with her about it, if she's still interested.
ETA: As @yume-holic points out in the comments, Chibi going on hiatus really isn't that recent. The announcement was in August 2021, so it's been nearly 2 years already.
