#claudia phantomhive

[lacediap136649]

[ us, forever ]

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Hello everyone! I’ve missed you all so much! I hope you’re all having a wonderful day. 💖

[rrainbows]

i really wish i gave a fuck about that one guy

[imintobutler]

Suspiciously scythe shaped Undertaker escaping the dispatch

[ireaalydontcare]

[Humans do change in such little time, don't they?]

[iniyaas]

I was mostly on the fence for the Undertaker is Cedric K.R./Ciel's Grandfather theory, but today, I was skimming through the Book of Atlantic arc, and--

Here. this scene totally sold me on it.

No, it is not the matter of the mourning lockets, or Claudia's being one of them, or Ciel grabbing them and UT entrusting it to him just like that, or anything.

It's just that..... Ciel just looks so baby in his eyes??

Throughout the series, we have seen Ciel through various character's eyes. The "young master" (and prey) for Sebastian. The young master (and a child) for the servant gang at Phantomhive manor. from an outsider perspective, we have Arthur C.D. comparing Ciel to his own brother, later he thinks of him as a manipulative mastermind enjoying a game of real life murder with a demon butler by his side. His enemies think of him as a spoiled rich brat wrapped in cotton wool who has everything at his fingertips. etc. etc.

But here?

Like, this is probably the one single occasion we get a rare glimpse of UT's perspective, as we see his shock of dropping his precious chain of lockets. Fortunately, Ciel grabs it, and then.... we see Ciel through his eyes.

A baby.

Not even a child, but a baby. I am in literal tears. Look at him, big innocent baby eyes, round baby cheeks, this is the rarest of rarest, babiest baby Ciel I have ever seen in the whole series, even. I am crying. This is what my grandfather means when he says I never grow up in his eyes no matter how old I get. Oh, that's his precious grandson alright. I have no doubt about this at all.

Plus, I don't know how far R!Ciel is liked in the fandom, but,

This is some grandpa behavior too. Just laugh it off as your feral grandchild tries to take a huge bite off your arm.

And now, I wanna know how he sees Frances in this scene, cuz Frances always comes across as strict and proper (and kinda scary) to everyone. but maybe, he does still see her as a little girl who would run about around him, unaware what he really is.

And this is just heartbreaking. the way he starts crying the moment he sees Vincent's photo. Imagine being alive for eons, and living on and on only to watch your child die the most miserable death, burned down to the marrow of his bones. Damn.

(We are going to get this scene animated and I am not ready ;_;)

[mangshadow]

Undertaker x Claudia

[cedric-k-rossignol]

[lycheeboxx]

I like to think Yana planned all of this far in advance. That panel with the scissors symbolizing a death scythe and the tailor’s tape symbolizing the cinematic record, with Claudia possibly centered and Vincent right next to her, feels like foreshadowing of what we’re seeing now... that when it was time to reveal Undertaker’s past as a Grim Reaper, it would also bring Claudia’s backstory with it.

Essentially, they’re likely to be revealed as a pair because they were together (or in love if you will - it did take two people to tango Francis and Vincent into existence), basically confirming the fandom’s long-standing grandfather theory.

Additionally, the panel in chapter 103 makes even more sense now, as it connects to the first one I mentioned. The only three names listed are Claudia's, Cedric's, and Vincent's, and it explicitly refers to his lineage.

I think it’s pretty safe to assume Undertaker is canon Cedric at this point, unless Yana pulls a last-minute curveball nobody saw coming in the chapters ahead.