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Original meme on X

// I took the step and started drawing Xiaolumi. It's OVER guys. These two will be the only thing I draw from now on.

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Ch 176: Bard’s Not Impressed

When Sebastian introduces him to the other servants, Bard isn’t impressed.

Apparently, Sebastian didn’t tell Bard he would be working as a servant (let alone a chef), only that he was recruiting soldiers for a private army.

It’s understandable how, just based on looks, one would underestimate Mey, Finny, and Sebastian, especially when they’re the only staff Bard encounters.

He didn’t travel halfway across the world for a joke, and he lets his displeasure show.

However, I’m a little disappointed with how Yen Press translated the insult Bard hurls at Sebastian.

In the Japanese, Bard calls Seb 優男/yasao(toko), which can have a few meanings, such as you see here:

Yen Press went with “man of slender build,” which ofc makes sense since Sebastian is a string bean who looks like he’d blow over in a harsh breeze.

However, considering Bard’s condescension and crassness, I think the third definition is more appropriate here.

It’s why I translated it as “pretty boy,” and I think that meaning better explains the look of shock and seething displeasure on Sebastian’s face than the Yen Press translation does.

It’s possible that they have inside knowledge that Yana intended it as such, or simply they didn’t want to offend anyone with homophobic language.

But I definitely think that early Bard would have no hesitation calling Sebastian’s virility/masculinity into question in a harsh way.

I think that’s also one reason Sebastian resorts to physical violence at the end. Yes, he’s taking Bard’s sass (“battlefield etiquette”) and turning it on its head, but he’s also showing him that he isn’t such a weakling as he may appear to be.

I also love how Yana shows Sebastian’s eyes reverting to their demon form, if only for a moment.

...Bard has no idea who he’s dealing with.

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Black Butler Chapter 206

I’ve caught up! The recent Black Butler chapter was very unexpected…

I won’t spoil it of course, incase some haven’t read it yet.

Miss Yana knows how to keep her fans hooked! That’s all I will say! 🖤

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #black butler manga #chapter 206

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Is Claudia near Undertaker?

During reading the manga again I’ve noticed a skull on a pillow on Undertaker’s desk. I wonder whose it could be?

Undertaker was seen cuddling a skeleton also on other official arts like these below:

What do you think @abybweisse​ ?

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Yana Toboso illustrated Ciel, Sebastian and Undertaken halloween costums based on character from Disney Theme Parks: The Haunted Mansion, The Hitchhiking Ghosts!

Ciel as Phineas (The Traveler), Sebastian as Ezra (The Skeleton) and Undertaker as Gus (The Prisoner).

Happy Halloween!! 🎃👻💀

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Can anyone send me the prompt list for the Dadbastian week, please?

#dadbastianweek2023 #dadbastian #black butler #sebastian michaelis #kuroshitsuji

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I put up fake webs for Halloween and this was all i could think about

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Hannah Annafellows - secretly the main character of Black Butler Season 2?

Here we go again. I've been digging around in my notes and looking at Hannah Annafellows, one of the least liked characters in Black Butler. What is there to like? She is one of the few female characters and all she does is get degraded and it felt uncomfortable to watch. However, we have another bored demon who comes across a child who is trembling with fear, but cheerfully greets her anyway. What does he want? To ask her help not for himself, not for riches, fame, power, or anything people normally ask for. No, he wants the happiness of someone else. Having never encountered such selflessness, she is intrigued and agrees to make his wish come true. Luca thinks that will happen by destroying the town that grieves him and his brother so much. Easily done. She and the triplets cause a fire and kill everyone who acted against the brothers...save a few poor boys who were in a similar situation or took pity on them. Hannah says it is done and Luca THANKS HER. In all the years she had done contracts with humans not one thanked her. Why would they? She would be their ultimate end. Fear, anger, resignation, those would be common, but gratitude? Not for their demise, the oblivion that Ciel appears to be seeking to escape what happened to him and his brother, but for being so kind as to help them. This changes her. It affects her strongly and deeply. The Kuroshitsuji Fandom site says she cried as she devoured Luca. She could not break the deal either, but instead of 'digesting' Luca, she kept his soul stored inside her. She went to see the happiness of his brother, to insure her side of the bargain had been well kept...only to see him in distress over the loss of Luca. He had his wish, bought by another, yet wasn't happy? This probably threw her for a loop. For he part, she would have been given a great gift-something new that in thousands of years she hadn't experienced, yet would not have felt she had executed her part in kind. So she contemplated how to achieve happiness for this mortal for whom nothing seemed to bring joy. He gained wealth, power, even some fame as an Earl, but it did not fill him. He wanted his brother which she could not give. He would not join Luca in "heaven" so she needed to get him to make a pact with her. That was a tricky business since he also contracted with Claude. We saw that Sebastian was unable to complete his contract when he didn't have both the soul and the body. So she took Alois/Jim's physical eye which would look like a mere repayment of the indignity visited upon her to Claude. Thus their whispered pact as he lay dying could take hold. Why was it possible? Claude abandoned his pact with Alois. He mislead his master about the truth of who started the fire and then got bored with taking revenge upon Sebastian. Even with Sebastian, he broke that pact as well, because Ciel is just so darn tasty!

Anyway, so Hannah had the body in the form of Alois’ eye.  Claude had the soul in the ring, but cared not to eat it, rather trying to alchemically merge (another version of the merging theme) the two souls so he could claim the tastier one of Ciel.  Alois wanted Claude’s regard, so Hannah pointed out that Claude DID acknowledge Alois/Jim before dying. That allowed Alois to gain his happiness and Hannah was then able to allow herself and them to die to reach Nirvana where there would be no sense of self, and eternal happiness.  Her trials were those of the demon who followed the monk to learn how to rise up spiritually.  She quested not for herself, but for both of the boys and even tried to redeem Claude. Over the course of the show, the only one that actually grew and changed their nature was Hannah. So it is odd to discover that the story was actually hers. There are legends of demons in Japan following monks and Buddhism to reach enlightenment. I suspect that is similarly what was in play here. She suffered not only for Alois/Jim's pleasure, but to redeem her actions so she could reach that place of Nirvana for them all in the end. That's why she suffers silently, does not meet anger and pain with more of the same. She sought to end the cycle. I still don't like her character, but changing the lens certainly allows a better perspective to understand her and write her with agency. Her agency was the choice not to act, but to show humility and kindness. I think the tale told from her perspective, with more of her mental thoughts available to the audience would make an interesting one. Oh, and we know that the demon's names mean something. The other spelling of her name was Hannah Annafeloz. I tried looking up "feloz demon" and got a correction for "feliz demon", clicked on it and what did I get? Mephistopheles. Reading the Wikipedia page on it, that name is a Greek compound of "love" and a negation term. So Hannah's arc goes from "no love" to "loving". Her pact is the actual Faustian pact but turning the tale completely around from destruction to enlightenment. Interesting stuff, no? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mephistopheles

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Sebby edit by me. 🖤💕

#My edits #Posts by Raku #RakuenArts #sebastian michaelis #black butler #kuroshitsuji #Black Butler Sebastian #Black Butler Edits

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anonymously message me (3) things you want to know about me.

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It is officially confirmed that the new series of the anime Black Butler is the Public School and P4 visual and PV has been released!

The anime is planning to air in 2024!

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Hello. My late-night hobbies include making GIFs that have zero context, the result of having a lack of sleep.

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #sebastian michaelis #sebastian michaelis gifs #black butler gifs #help #why do i do this?? #:') #sned help

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Affectionate purring spider butler wants his mates attention.

Also some spiders make purring like sounds. Fun facts

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Tumblr Please Fix This...

Whenever I notice a number of notifications, many are from actual accounts that interacted with my posts.

Then I see a bunch of new followers, In my mind, I'm thinking "Oh wow, this is really nice!" But then I'm immediately disappointed when I see they are porn/spam bot accounts!

I thought Tumblr would have fixed this issue long ago... :/

(Also this next bit applies to the Black Butler fandom, if you ship Sebastian with Ciel or any of the minor characters with adult characters, just save your time and just block me. Please. )

#admin speaks #rakuen speaks #:/ #pro shippers DNI

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Demon cooking show anyone?

#kuroshitsuji #black butler #sebastian michaelis #claude faustus #YESS #I WOULD WATCH #Black butler 2

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♡︎ Claude Faustus relationship headcanons ♡︎

* I don’t see Claude as the type of boyfriend/husband to particularly enjoy PDA, so instead if you’re sleeping in the same bed together he will probably watch you sleep (not in the creepy way LMAO) and admire how peaceful you look!

* He’d like spending time with you, whether it’s you reading a book to him while he silently observes above your shoulder or going to a fancy restaurant together and chuckling at the kid who slipped while running around and fell

* He likes doing things for you! Like helping with work or helping you clean when you ask ☺︎︎

* you are automatically interesting if you like spiders, or at least don’t kill them. He likes that about you. You’re a human, shouldn’t you be scared of those? How intriguing….

*He likes slow dancing with you. Like even if its cheesy and youre terrible at dancing he still finds it cute and appreciates that youre trying

Modern HCs below!!

* REALLY likes watching horror movies with you, his favorites are Terrifier and The Conjuring 2!

* Insists on accompanying you when shopping, he’s just so worried you may get hurt somehow D: you are just a mere human after all

*if youre being bullied or harassed by someone and Claude becomes aware of it, you should know that that person will never show up or bother you ever again ;)

Claude loves you he’s just awful at showing it ! ♥︎♡︎♥︎♡︎♥︎

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #black butler 2 #claude faustus #black butler headcanons #claude faustus headcanons #i love him so much #<3