#ch143

[officialtokyosan]

tenma getting physical when distressed

[thunderpot]

"Some even reached out to try and pet, unable to stop themselves. Xie Lian immediately brought him back into his arms and the ghosts were miffed. [...] Xie Lian’s left arm held Hua Cheng even tighter, and his right hand brushed his hair."

[nagirambles]

Rambling about Fairies - Manga Chapter 143+144

I’ve seen people give Aquarius flak for just abandoning Lucy like this, and honestly, I agree. But rather than looking at Aquarius as a terrible woman, you have to look at her as a narrative device, as she is in this situation.

This arc’s theme of duality honestly peaks here, with this CSM vs CSM battle of compatibilities. Scorpio and Aquarius are meant to parallel Aries and Leo. 

S+A don’t have a single moment of even trying to think about fighting each other. The moment Angel took out the key Aquarius gives up, and Scorpio doesn’t even think about fighting, casually greeting Lucy! They planned to leave the moment they realized they were pitted against each other, because nothing, not even contractual obligations, will pit them against each other. That’s their love.

Then we come to Leo and Aries. 

With A+L, there is hesitation-- but they both come to the same conclusion. Aries actually sighs when she sees who she’s up against, instead of looking scared or meek like in the anime. She is resigned, and Leo is angry. Why? Because they both know who will be winning this fight. You don’t put the sheep against the lion and expect anything other than the lion to win. 

I like it when there are indicators to a relationship between spirits outside of the human world. I really, really wish we saw more to this.

Aries doesn’t have a raw, resolved expression like this ever again, but I love this moment of characterisation. They clearly love each other, just like Aquarius and Scorpio, but they are willing to put it aside for duty. They don’t let their relationship get in the way of their contractual obligations, which is what spirits have to do. 

This is a direct parallel to Scorpio and Aquarius. 

One more thing-- the emphasis on pride. Aquarius didn’t give half a shit about looking like a dumb woman. Her beloved Scorpio is here and if Lucy makes her look bad, she is going to throw hands. She threw aside her pride to fawn at her boyfriend, because that’s who she is. 

Aries and Leo though, they put it before everything else. Loke goes all in immediately, because right now, he is neither a womanizing playboy or someone who treasures Aries personally-- he is just Leo, a combat spirit, and Aries is just the enemy he’s been pitted against. And Aries dives right in despite being a meek and defensive fighter, to respect that will. 

[abybweisse]

Hey✨ as I finished the manga, for now, I noticed sth abt real Ciel when he returns back. He says one thing, but does completely other things. For example, he says how much he missed and loves his brother, but backstabs him next second. Then, he says he wishes to be closer to o!ciel, but makes him a rival. He’s happy that o!ciel’s business goes well, but orders to burn the toys. Like wth is in his mind? Could he be extremely manipulative or !maybe! mentally ill?... after all he went through🧐

He also says (in ch140) he’d never forgive anyone who calls his younger twin a liar… and then says nothing to Lizzie when she does exactly that (ch142/143). Is real Ciel never going to forgive Lizzie for that?

I think it’s important to remember real Ciel is not alive and is essentially programmed on “episodes” that Undertaker strung together from real Ciel’s own cinematic records. Undertaker tells us those episodes are “future memories” that flash before a person’s eyes just before they die… and that real Ciel was “chock full of them”. It’s possible that he’s got a bunch of conflicting episodes that make him a bit unstable. It’s also possible he’s always been rather fickle, and I suspect that might be the case. Both of these things could even be happening at once, making him repeatedly contradict himself.

And yeah, he’s also definitely very manipulative… just like our earl and Vincent… and probably everyone else who’s ever held the position of Queen’s Watchdog.

[its-pun-pun]

[opbackgrounds]

Pretty sure Kureha fought Death and stole his scythe.

Twice.

[iiloffy]

for @kirvvi

[biby-24k]

Oh dear, I guess you didn’t like that strawberry cake...

O!Ciel x Elizabeth -  Drawing by IG: @ Biby_san

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