#black butler season 4

[somecoolpigeon]

Professor Michaelis

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[slutttttttttttttttt69]

i miss them so much

I CANT DO THIS

THEY ARE CRAZY

BRAIN ROT IS REAL

#black butler #black butler season 4 #kuroshitsuji #sebaciel #sebastian x ciel #proship #anti anti #antis dni #proship friendly #proshippers are valid

[ena333333]

Professor Michaelis seems like the perfect blend of sweet and sneaky. He's all gentle and caring, like the wise, selfless teacher and kind-hearted counselor rolled into one. But underneath that nurturing vibe and motherly glow, there's still that same old sinister side.

If I were his student, I'd accidentally call him mom every day🥹

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #sebastian michaelis #professor michaelis #black butler season 4 #kuroshitpost

[bezierballad]

#kuroshitsuji #black butler #sebastian michaelis #kuroshitpost #public school arc #black butler season 4

[hairunowa]

Black Butler - Public School Arc - ED

「贖罪 (Shokuzai)」 by Sid

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[pengold]

Weston College but what if it was like Ouran highschool host club

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[motivated-by-pure-spite]

THIS COMMENT IS MAKING ME CRY CHAIRS AQHSJ😭

#black butler #black butler season 4 #kuroshitsuji #kuroshitpost #I M C R Y I N G #ebony dark'ness dementia raven way

[cewwart]

less than a month until season 4!!!!

here’s a screencap redraw in celebration ♡

#ciel #ciel art #ciel fanart #ciel phantomhive #black butler ciel #o!ciel #black butler #black butler fanart #kuroshitsuji #kuroshitsuji ciel #kuroshitsuji fanart #black butler season 4 #kuroshitsuji season 4 #redraw #my art

[anawkwardlady]

You can put your hand in my enclosure, I would never bite you, me? You cannot be serious, just try it come on, give your hand, I'm normal and well adjusted, you have nothing to be scared of, just put your hand out, haha why are you being weird, your haaand please, I'm so normal, pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleas-

#kuroshitsuji #black butler #black butler season 4 #sebastian michaelis #ciel phantomhive #nana is posting

[lovelylittlewordsmith]

#I just think it's really funny that like 5 seconds after the anime announcement came out everyone jumped straight to animated f-slur ciel #I had a feeling that they would change it but it still made me laugh when I watched the episode #black butler #kuroshitsuji #ciel phantomhive #public school arc #sebastian michaelis #black butler season 4 #black butler public school arc #kuroshitsuji season 4 #kuroshitsuji public school arc

[thisdarkhomeofghosts]

Black Butler fandom after years of waiting for a new anime announcement:

#black butler #Kuroshitsuji #NO BUT IM SERIOUSLY SO FUCKING HYPE FOR THIS ARC #sebastian michaelis #black butler season 4 #public school arc #ciel phantomhive #undertaker #yana toboso #black butler anime #kuroshitsuji manga #black butler fandom #kuroshitsuji anime #manga #crunchyroll #2014 tumblr

[slutttttttttttttttt69]

hmmm...i wonder where have i seen this before...

oh YEAH

#black butler #black butler season 4 #kuroshitsuji #sebaciel #sebastian x ciel #proship #anti anti #antis dni #proship friendly #proshippers are valid

[bitteraristocrat]

WESTON ANIME IS COMING!!!!!!!!

#kuroshitsuji #black butler #black butler season 4 #ciel phantomhive #sebastian michaelis #weston college #GEHEVDV SEE KSBFVE #jdbwhfvab #FINALLY #please it's been seven years

[secretanimeart]

had to draw my fave goth boy in preparation for the new season

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #black butler fanart #gregory violet #black butler season 4 #kuroshitsuji season 4 #weston college arc

[spicyspell]

Like a sleeper agent, I have awoken.

(Ps: my commissions are open :)

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[neo--queen--serenity]

The Black Butler revival will, of course, in this day and age, be the complete embodiment of pro-ship vs. anti-ship discourse, given the subject matter.

But for those of you who are watching this for the first time in 2024 (which includes myself!), there are certain things about the show you simply must understand, for the sake of media literacy.

The first is that Black Butler is supernatural gothic romanticism at its core. This genre alone should tell you that the relationships integral to the plot will be complex, messy, and toxic, by default. That is not only a huge part of this genre’s appeal, but very much the point of the story.

The themes are dark, the terrible things that happen to the main characters are dark, and therefore the relationships at the forefront (and in the background) will reflect that.

The gothic genre has been alluringly popular for over a century (longer, if you know your history) because audiences are entranced by the macabre, the tainted antiheroes, the monsters who live inside us all. It’s popular for a reason.

That being said, understand that whether you, the viewer, ship Sebastian and Ciel or not is irrelevant. Their bond doesn’t need to be understood as romantic or sexual, but it sure as hell isn’t normal. It isn’t healthy. And the audience knows that. That’s the draw. It’s what makes them compelling to watch.

Ciel and Sebastian’s relationship mirrors many gothic novels, poems, and penny dreadfuls written in the Victorian Era (the very same time period in which Kuroshitsuji takes place). The Victorian folks who read these tales for the first time ate that shit up, because it was tantalizing. It was shocking. It was inappropriate, and monstrous, and violent, and erotic, and went against societal norms. But that was the point.

A huge part of gothic romanticism is the blatant sexualization of the relationship between the “monstrous” characters and their human counterparts in the story. Sex itself doesn’t need to take place for their bond to be sexually charged. The forbidden nature of their relationship—which typically involves layers of social taboos, moral ambiguity, or simple infatuation—is what makes their interactions erotic. Sexual contact rarely ever actually happens in these stories. It’s the taboo nature of their bond that creates the tension.

One of the many reasons audiences love this genre is the constant question of morality in its themes. Who, between them, is the real monster? Could the human character have ever been saved? This genre is often associated with tragedy, because the bond forged between the characters in these stories are destined to end in death and destruction. The reader knows it can’t end any other way. How can it?

But an integral element of these gothic tales is the catharsis that comes with this tragedy. The corrupted human often gets what they want in the end, even if it’s at the cost of their own life. Whether they regret their choice to foster this monstrous relationship varies on the story, but it doesn’t change the trajectory of their descent.

Sebastian and Ciel’s relationship is the whole plot of Black Butler. Their closeness bears a grotesque ick factor, but it is deliberate. It is a constant reminder of how unnatrual their bond truly is. Rationalizing or watering down how abnormal they are about each other misses the point entirely. They will never have a normal, healthy relationship, and that’s what moves the plot forward.

That’s why you’re watching it.

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #ciel phantomhive #sebastian michaelis #the soundtrack repeatedly uses gregorian chants of the agnus dei. like COME ON. gothic media loves a catholic allegory #gothic literature #gothic romanticism #neo queen serenity’s posts #please remember to be civil! or else my block button will be upon ye #black butler analysis #kuroshitsuji anime #yana toboso #black butler anime #classic literature #black butler meta #black butler season 4 #black butler s4 #kuroshitsuji season 4