OK CRACK THEORY TIME
I was rewatching the Weston adaptation and there's something strange about the whole Claudia thing and then the fact that on two separate occasions Undertaker says "I knew you'd protect the earl" like, of course he knew, Sebastian is bounded by contract to protect Ciel above anything else, but BUT
What if this isn't the first time Undertaker had to deal with the demon with a Phantomhive?
Ciel says that he never got to know Claudia, and it's strange enough that Undertaker has a locket with her hair, so we know for sure that Undertaker feels strongly about her (and about Phantomhives in general). I know that it's theorised that Undertaker is Ciel's grandpa and stuff but but but, that would mean that Vincent and Francis are half-shinigamis? Nah.
What if Claudia had a contract with a demon and Undertaker tried to talk her out of it? He fell in love and saved the piece of hair before her soul was eaten, and promised to take care of her kids. He can't bring her back, he can't bring Vincent back, but he had time to save real Ciel and now he's somehow trying to do the same for our Ciel?
Does that make sense or...?











