#bururaven

[pentopello]

"cry"

Oh thank you!! This one’s from the latest chapter of the vampire fic--it’s almost done, so hopefully i’ll actually get it out soon

Michael’s pretty sure he starts crying at some point. He has these dry, heaving sobs that Allen responds to by rubbing comforting circles into his back. It’s not quite the same without the tears, even if the last time that he really, truly cried was at his mother’s funeral. 

[charminalocket]

I got tagged by @bururaven what feels like ages ago to do this little thing.. So, here I go

choose one:

fangs or pointed ears

immunity or immortality

wings or horns

greek mythology or egyptian mythology

chokers or anklets

dark red or dark green

glitter or blush

heels or boots

ripped jeans or fishnets

long nails or short nails

vampire or werewolf

oceans or forests

books or movies

phone calls or text messages

rings or studs

skirts or jeans.

Thank you for tagging me 💙

[nikiforoov]

@bururaven replied to your post “@bururaven replied to your post “I swear all these comparisons...”

I said that because people keep comparing them online. And I've noticed that some of my followers who are watching Sarazenmai also started watching YoI I think, because of that.

ahaha yeah there’s def a lot of comparing happening :’D i’ve noticed the same! i’d say it’s more of unplanned promo if anything, since they’re two completely unrelated projects (even though they do share a good number of voice actors etcetc)

[theghostinthemoon]

I need new songs for my car player! Give 5 or more suggestions, please?

Oh god! I don’t know if the type of music I like is also the type of music you like. But I’ll say a few of my favourites anyways. If you don’t like my suggestions I won’t take it personally, don’t worry! Or maybe you already know all the ones I’m about to suggest 😅. Anyways, here it goes: 

.Panic! At The Disco released a new album recently and some of my favourite songs are Roaring 20s, King Of The Clouds and Dying in LA.Imagine Dragons also have some cool new songs like Natural or Born To Be Yours.Janelle Monáe also has some good songs. I love Make Me Feel.I don’t know if you’re into it or not but in case you like calm, nature related music I’d also suggest Avriel & the Sequoias. He’s probably not as well known as the other three so maybe it’s something fresh. 

[black--kuro]

Some thoughts on Kuroshitsuji

Hello, ladies and lords!

Lately I’ve been rereading the most recent chapters and, as inspired by bururaven’s brilliant theories, I also have been developing more into common ground, pushing away through the idea that Our Ciel’s name might be related to the Celtic Mythology, more specifically the Irish one, and I’ve also been trying to find a reason for Our Ciel to take his brother’s place. In this article, I’m referring as “Our Ciel” the Ciel we know from the beginning of the manga and as “Real Ciel” his twin brother.

The Earl Ciel Phantomhive

As you might notice, since young both twins had somehow a strong yet sweet and pure personality. That being said, and after the incident that robbed both their families, such purity should have vanished and the sense of individuality should have grown bigger (Our Ciel is a great example for that). That and the fact that true twins hate to be compared with each other (believe me, I know what I’m talking about XD) must have been enough reason for Our Ciel to maintain his true identity. However he didn’t. I have been thinking of some reasons for such, and after reading chapter 133, the most recent one at this time, I stumbled across this panels:

Vincent, apparently, didn’t believe that his younger son would be able to rule the Phantomhive Estate if the Real Ciel died, preferring to renounce to the family title as well as to donate everything to the British Crown. Although I don’t quite believe that much of his believes behind such decision, I do think that the Queen would beneficiate a lot from such. Afterall, the Phantomhives were an influential family and they know lots of dark secrets about the royal family. Erasing such people would be an advantage for her. Now, what if Our Ciel knew it? As we see, in this chapter Our Ciel listened in secret to Frances and Vincent talking about such matters and I’m sure that Vincent should put something important as that in his testament.

This way, I do believe the Queen knew about such, so she probably tried to erase the Phantomhives, burning down their mansion. After coming back, knowing from his father will, Our Ciel adopted his brother’s identity, so that way he could continue with the Phantomhive Estate and the Queen could do nothing about it, since it was legit.

Our Ciel’s Name

@bururaven suggested that Our Ciel’s name would be based on the Celtic Mythology, probably something connected to “light”. Afterall, sky (“ciel”, in French) and “light” are somehow synonymous, especially in religious terms. I do think that such assumption might have came from the diverse clues that are given to us, for example when Our Ciel named Finnian after one of the most famous heroes from the Celtic (Irish) Mythology book “Fenian Cycle”, as seen in chapter 91 (Greenwitch Arc) or in the cover of chapter 132, when he see the twins reading the same book with their father.

Even though Vincent claims he didn’t named his children (Rachel did), I do consider that he had, at some point, an opinion about the matter, at least when naming Our Ciel. He even claimed that traditional English names:Said that, I do think that Our Ciel’s name could be the one from some character from the “Feninan Cycle”, since ancient Irish Celtic names would obviously fit the criteria Vincent and/or Rachel used.

“But what the hell is the Fenian Cycle actually?”, you might be wondering. Well, Celtic Mythology is divided in 4 major cycles, being the one of the most important ones the Fenian Cycle. It tells the story of Fion mac Cumhaill and his group of soldiers, the Fianna. Such group was formed by the union of two noble families, the Bascna and the Morna. The Morna betrayed the Bascna, killing its leader. Fion was born in the Bascna family and after obtaining revenge on such atrocity, he tasted the Tuna of Wisdom and gets admitted to the court of the king in Tara, where he achieves great things. One day, when hunting, he spotted a fawn, however his hounds didn’t let him killing it and he took it home with him, Turns out the faw was Sadbh, a woman that was transformed in faw by a druid. After some time, Fion had to go outside of his lands, to fight against invasors and Sadbh stayed alone at home, The druid transformed himself in Fion, assuming his identity (just like Our Ciel) and temped the woman outside, where the spell was active. Fion never saw his wife again, but when he tried to search for her, he found that the woman had a son with him, named Oisín (this is supposedly the author of most Fenian Cycle stories).

 This whole cyle is quite long, but at the end Fion and the rest of the Fianna die in battle, surviving only two characters, Oisín (Fion’s son) and Caílte (Fion’s nephew – note the similarities with Ciel’s name), probably a connection to the Phantomhive twins. The last one is quite the protagonist in the Acallam na Senórach, the most important text of all the Fenian Cycle. However, this character is portrayed as a fast runner, good at storytelling and had the ability to speak with animals. None of these characteristics resemble Our Ciel.

Analysing Oisín’s story, I do guess we can somehow make some more reliable approaches. After the battle both survived, Oisín felt in love with a fairy, going with her to Tir na nÓg, where he had his famous son Oscar. He then came back to his father’s land, but when he came back he realized that 300 years had passed (3 years passed since the incident that took Our Ciel away from his house). His wife also informed him that he could not touch the soil with his feet, having to walk around by horse always (Sebastian is sometimes referred in the manga as a loyal chess horse, that never leaves its king). However, Oisín ends up touching the ground, becoming an old man and dying.

As you can see, the Fenian Cycle theory still has some flaws, but I do believe that, as such book is shown a lot in the manga it might have some deeper meaning. What do you think? Do you like Celtic Mythology? Could you tell us more about the Fenian Cycle? What do you think of such? Please, tell us! (^-^) See you! o/

 - Blackuro

[ace-aro-taku]

I forgot to post last night but I drew some art for @bururaven’s fanfiction http://archiveofourown.org/works/4836260

[fabelyn]

bururaven replied to your post: Not sure why I even bothered to try and watch the...

I’m disappointed. The anime became utter trash just like that. Man… *facepalms* Totally dropping this one…( -_-’)

Yeah, MC is now trash (rape is fine but god forbid a girl is wiling to have sex), plot progression is trash and non existent (no we didnt see the girl do 180 in personality and ask to speak to the MCD alone after asking for sex) etcetcetc

EDIT: forgot the part where MC tried to kill the girl before, but now insists she needs to do whatever to survive

[cheesytoucans]

bururaven replied to your photoset “So, is the wall going to end up representing hatred and bigotry and...”

I think they are sisters, but Ange is the actual future Queen, Ange is Princess Charlotte. Well, this is what I think so far anyways.

Ange is the actual blood royalty yes but it seems like at this point our current acting princess, the previous Ange, would be the one to become Queen anyway should they manage to get her to that point. We don’t have all that much to go on so far but it looks like Ange and Charlotte knew each other as kids, something happened, they switched places, and now the previous princess Charlotte is Ange the spy and vice versa. Even though Ange is the actual princess though I don’t think she has any interest in becoming Queen and unless something big happens I doubt she ever will be. Charlotte on the other hand may just be pretending to be the princess but she seems like she really does want to become Queen and just might very well be a damn good one if they can get her to that point.