#fire at the manor

[abybweisse]

The fire, revisited

I have a crack theory that might not be too cracky.

Previously, I'd thought the fire at Phantomhive Manor was started by either the attackers (and/or John Brown) or by Tanaka (on Vincent's standing orders, in case something like this happened to him).

Well, I'd be surprised if Tanaka somehow managed to do that, considering he'd fallen from that stab wound to the back. Either John Brown or the other attackers on his/the queen's orders is still a good possibility. Particularly since I expect that John and the queen already know by then that Undertaker is a reaper.

But there's another possibility I'd never really talked about before: the reapers who came to collect all those souls. I was thinking of this during discussions about ch209, because this new reaper states there're no additional comments to make about Snake's death, even though he's in a space underground where there are body parts stored, blood transfusion equipment, and a bizarre doll who is actually Snake's killer.

You'd think he'd at least mention the odd circumstances of Snake's death, especially when there's a hunt for Undertaker and his latest bizarre dolls. I don't think this reaper is completely oblivious to what's going on; it seems to me he might be trying to actively cover up what's happening, so he's not including such details in the official documentation. It could be for selfish reasons (to avoid overtime), or it could be based on special orders he's been given.

I say that because for a long time, the reapers weren't talking about Undertaker, and Grelle didn't even know about Undertaker's past as 136649. Othello knows because he was there and he was trained with 136649. But if he's a "fugitive of legend", why aren't reapers like Grelle and Ronald aware of his history? William has been at least somewhat aware of him for a while... but he's in management. The "superiors" are finally getting reapers in collections involved with this ongoing case against Undertaker, and I suspect it's only out of necessity. If they could, they would keep the vast majority of the reapers in the dark about this deserter.

Because they consider him to be that much of a threat to their organization. For quite some time, I've thought he knows something (bad) about the organization itself, and if he spread that knowledge around to the reaper masses, there could be an uprising. We've seen it with the maids turning against Heathfield, Ada and the patients turning against the Aurora Society, and now with the top students against the orphanage. When people realize they are being controlled and harmed for someone else's benefit, they tend to rise up, and I think that's what could happen if enough of the reapers learn whatever Undertaker knows.

The "superiors" finally got serious about it, according to Othello, when they sent him from his lab to the human realm. They seem to have hoped he could make this problem go away by talking to the deserter, destroying him, or capturing him. But once Othello realized it really was him, of all reapers, he knew he couldn't handle the situation on his own... and that he and Grelle wouldn't be enough, either. That's why he sent the dove for backup.

But I think someone else in the reaper organization already knew Undertaker was involved and tried to stop him without properly documenting anything -- they tried to cover up his activities. The night of the attack, one or two reapers were sent to collect souls from the dying, as per usual. While looking through their cinematic records, the reapers saw occasional instances of Undertaker showing up in them, but the most instances would have been in Vincent's records.

Vincent's records would have had extensive chunks of memories involving Undertaker, and the information in those records (things they said to each other) could have been damning somehow. To the organization, at least. What if Undertaker admitted to being Vincent's father? What if he told Vincent secrets he knew about the reaper organization? What if he mentioned the experiments he'd already been conducting on cinematic records and corpses?

Any reaper reviewing such records might think the best thing to do is destroy all this evidence, which might hopefully destroy the information, too. Why would a reaper destroy evidence about the organization's activities, if that information could help spawn a revolution? Too much of a hassle? Doesn't understand the full implications? On someone else's orders? Perhaps the reapers sent to collect these souls were specifically told to burn Vincent's body and the manor, and those reapers did as they were told, regardless of the circumstances. I wonder what happened to any reaper who saw whatever they saw in those cinematic records.... 🤔

Whoever ordered the fire to be started, or whoever decided to start it... they did so to destroy evidence.

As well as to keep Undertaker from collecting Vincent's body and cinematic records. Because whoever this person is, they know Undertaker would have found those things useful. And they didn't want him to have access.

The end result is pretty much the same, except that now I think reapers might have actually done it, instead of attackers/John or Tanaka.

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #theories #crack theory #reapers #grim reapers #fire at the manor #john brown #superiors #reaper superiors #reaper organization #undertaker #observation #vincent phantomhive #ramblings #feb 22 2024 #long post #long reads

[glovelylovely]

one day you think: i want to die.

and then you think, very quietly: actually. actually.

i think i want a coffee.

a nap.

a sandwich.

a book.

and i want to die turns day by day into

i want to go home,

i want to walk in the woods,

i want to see my friend,

i want to sit in the sun,

i want a cleaner kitchen,

i want a better job,

i want to live somewhere else,

i want to live.

(poem from duckbunny, but with a lesbian twist. post inspired by bittersweetresilience.)

#lesbian #wlw #children of divorce #madchen in uniform #go fish #desert hearts #bound #disobedient #portrait of a lady on fire #saving face #glee #booksmart #but im a cheerleader #rafiki #imagine me & you #the haunting of bly manor #heavenly creatures #alien #tootsie #the incredibly true adventure of two girls in love #summerland #the children's hour #fried green tomatoes #thelma and louise #black mirror

[twistedappletree]

Can I just scream about these two for a minute??

Lan Sizhui and Lan Jingyi are so capable, so strong, so fluid and in harmony together as cultivators. Even Wei Wuxian himself is impressed by how skilled they are at such a young age.

And really, who would expect any less from Lan Clan disciples who’ve learned from the Twin Jades of Lan? But these two go so far beyond that. They are, in every sense of the phrase, core disciples. Trusted enough to handle situations like Mo Manor on their own, skilled enough to subdue something as resentful as the arm—something they’ve probably never come across in their short years of training, and determined enough to not give up even when the situation becomes dire and seems impossible.

You can give most of the credit to their seniors if you want but their level of cultivation wouldn’t be this high if they themselves didn’t put in the work, dedication and self-discipline to supersede all expectations and harness their full potential.

My boys deserve some goddamn respect on their names and that’s final. ⚔️

{ Footage from S1/EP1 of the MDZS Donghua }

#mdzs #mo dao zu shi #mdzs donghua #lan jingyi #lan sizhui #mdzs juniors #a yuan #wei wuxian #mo manor #mo xuanyu #precious juniors #video #LSZ JUMPING OFF HIS SWORD LIKE PLS SAVE SOME RIZZ FOR THE REST OF US #also the music in the second scene is FIRE lbr 🔥🔥🔥 #it’s so precious to me that WWX doesn’t know Lan Sizhui is a-yuan yet #and he’s already like ‘this kid is a goddamn prodigy I wonder where he got it from’ LOL #these scenes aren’t too spoilery but #spoiler warning #just in case #and before anyone says ‘yeah but hanguang-jun still had to help them bla bla blahhh’ #this was an EXTREMELY unique situation that was way more advanced than they could handle on their own #and yet they STILL kicked absolute ass #RESPECT #MY #SONS #OR GET #TF #OUT #THANK YOU

[powerupcomicstonight]

#Abbeycourt Manor #Powerup Comics #Pagliacci #Fired #Sacked

[scoutingthetrooper]

#home #home interior #home design #home decor #gothic #gothic architecture #victorian #fireplace #manor #dark #dark aesthetic #dark academia #dog #pet #spooky #wood #wooden #fire #flame #great dane #mansion #ornate #craftsmanship

[michaun]

thinkin bout them

#thobm #poalof #portrait of a lady on fire #the haunting of bly manor

[ghibli-stims]

🗒 -> Sketchpad (The Nightly Manor) Stimboard !

📦 -> with detective & fire stims !

📬 -> rqd by anon !

📓 -> 🔍 - 🔥 - 🔍 / 🔥 - 🔥 / 🔍 - 🔥 - 🔍

🔓 -> requests closed ! rq rules !

DNI -> NSFW/Kink/Bigots/Etc. I'll Block You.

#stimboard #stimblr #stim #sfw interaction only #sketchpad tnm #the nightly manor #tnm stimboard #fire stim #detective stim

[rannis-rise]

🔥 volcano manor

#elden ring #gif #volcano manor #fire #interior #gamescenery

[love-jesus-but-i-drink-a-little]

Just a friendly reminder that writing fics about actual living breathing people is creepy :)

#fics #the haunting of bly manor #thobm #tlou #tlou series #tlou hbo #portrait de la jeune fille en feu #portrait of a lady on fire #pedro pascal #bella ramsey #amelia eve #victoria pedretti #noemie merlant #adele haenel #ellie williams #joel miller #don’t be creepy man

[dragoneyes618]

AU of the Tremaine Manor Fire @hannahhook7744 where the Tremaine home burned down, almost everyone died, and the only survivors were Anthony, Dizzy….and Dizzy’s father, Prince Hans.

Hans did not love Drizella, nor even like her that much. They tolerated each other in a “we have to work together so let’s make the best of it” at the best of times, and there were many times that were far from that. They only married because he’d get a stable place to live, as the Tremaines were banished with all of their property and possessions, and she’d get to marry a prince. But there is a big difference between not liking her and wanting her to die.

And there were his daughters, Dizzy’s sisters. Hans did care about them, but he never knew how to show it. He didn’t know how to be a father, but he knew he didn’t want to be like his father. So he generally didn’t have much to do with them, figuring that if he couldn’t be a good father, at least he wouldn’t be a bad one. Instead, he was an absent one. He generally had more to do with them as they grew older, once they were approaching adulthood and he had no chance of messing up their childhoods anymore.

And now they are all dead. No chance of ever having another interaction with them, of ever talking to them again. No chance of ever figuring things out with Drizella. A silent, burned-out house.

Hans has never been truly alone before. In the Southern Isles, he was the youngest of thirteen brothers; before long, sisters-in-law, nieces, and nephews joined the family. Sure, he hated most of his brothers, but that doesn’t change the fact that he was accustomed to living with many people.

On the Isle, he wed Drizella at her mother’s insistence and moved into her home; in addition to her, her sister, her nephew and her mother, before long they had quite a few daughters of their own. He may have barely talked to most of them and been at odds with the rest of them - ironically, the Tremaine he got along with the best was Anastasia - but they were always there, always constant. 

Hans is used to the sounds of people talking and shouting and arguing, the bustle and rustle of people moving around and going about their daily lives. And now, all that is gone. Dead. Silent.

Hans hates the quiet.

He falls into a depression. He pretty much moves into the Isle’s taverns and restaurants - anywhere that is full of people, where he is surrounded by noise. Anywhere he can get a drink, and another and another, in a futile attempt to drown his sorrows. He’ll fall asleep in the early hours of the morning in the corner, wake up when the morning’s patrons start coming in and/or the owner kicks him out, and will find another restaurant or bar to do it all over again.

On the occasion that he happens to be at Ursula’s Fish and Chips Shoppe, Dizzy will come over and talk to him (Dizzy is there a lot now, because Anthony decided that his cousin needed someplace to stay where she’d reliably get meals, and Ursula has no objection to Uma turning the back room into a makeshift shelter so long as the numerous kids there take shifts). Hans tries to put on a good front for her; he’ll hide his mug or make a point of drinking water; he’ll do his very best to focus and pretend that he’s sober; he’ll ask her how her day has been and what she’s up to.

Not that Dizzy’s days vary very much.

Until she gets chosen to go to Auradon.

When Dizzy leaves for Auradon, Hans is glad for her, because it means she gets to have a future, away from this Isle full of nothing but ghosts and memories.

But he is sad, too, because it means that he’s finally really alone.

#descendants #disney descendants #the isle of the lost #tremaine manor fire #prince hans #prince hans of the southern isles #dizzy tremaine #lady tremaine #drizella tremaine #tremaine family

[abybweisse]

Just a quick question. Did Vincent and Rachel’s souls get collected and the only reason why they can’t become bizzarre dolls is because they have no body to the host new cinematic records?

Why Vincent and Rachel can't become bizarre dolls

Their souls should have already been collected by active reapers, and that's what technically makes them dead, right?

They can't become bizarre dolls because:

1. Their bodies have been destroyed. Well, we know that's the case with Vincent. We are only assuming the same fate befell Rachel's body, since her body was right next to his when our earl found them.

2. If their bodies were destroyed, so were their cinematic records, which are stored in the brain.

No bodies. No cinematic records. No bizarre dolls.

That's why I theorize that whoever set the fire either knew Undertaker was a reaper or was acting on the instructions of someone who knew. And probably not just that he's a reaper (who can glean information from viewing cinematic records) but a reaper who has been messing around with corpses and cinematic records....

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #vincent phantomhive #rachel phantomhive #undertaker #bizarre dolls #cinematic records #fire at the manor #soul collection #reapers #grim reapers #albicocca011 #asks #i answer #answered asks #feb 24 2023

[ratstreetz]

Welcome to my page!

#osc #warrior cats #wings of fire #httyd #the owl house #inanimate insanity #battle for battle #battle for dream island #the power of two #hfjone #the nightly manor #portal #portal 2 #half life #half life 2 #half life but the ai is self aware #hlvrai #law of talos #regretevator #the crane wives #chonny jash #cccc

[theinquisitxor]

February 2023 Reading Wrap-Up

I read eight (8) books in February, which I am happy about, since Feb. is such a short month. I enjoyed most of the books I read, with genres that include fantasy, mythology, historical fiction, and others.

1.The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black (The Folk of the Air #3) 4/5 stars. I reread this on audio, and as with the first two books, I really enjoyed my reread of this series. I think these books are so much fun, and they were perfect to listen on audio. YA fantasy, audiobook

2.The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller 5/5 stars. I can't believe it's taken me this long to finally read this book. I deeply enjoyed this book, the writing, and the story. It broke my heart, even thought I knew what was going to happen. Mythology retelling, lgbt.

3.Elementals: Stories of Ice and Fire by AS Byatt. 3/5 stars. This is another one of Byatt's short story collections, which each story having some sort of fire/ice theme. I enjoyed some stories better than others. Literary Fiction/Speculative Fiction

4.Mysteries of Thorn Manor by Margaret Rogerson. 4.5/5 stars. This is the Sorcery of Thorns novella that recently came out. This was so cute and so much fun, and was a nice to visit the characters again from Sorcery of Thorns.

5.Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel. 4/5 stars. This is a retelling of the Hindu epic, The Ramayana. I read The Ramayana for a class in college, so I was a little familiar with the story already. I enjoyed this book a lot more than I thought it would, and it had a lot of stuff that I really like in books. Ace main character, Court politics, character driven story, characters trying to make the world a better place. However, it seems like Hindu community is rather split on this book. Mythology Retelling.

6.The Stolen Heir by Holly Black. 4/5 stars. This was such a good continuation of a beloved series. It played into the strengths of what made tfota so good, but also delivered fresh new settings, characters, and plots. Holly Black knows how to stick an ending, and I can’t wait for book 2! YA fantasy.

7.A Column of Fire by Ken Follett (Kingsbridge 3) 3/5 stars. Not quite as good/enjoyable as the other Kingsbridge novels, but still very entertaining. This one takes place in the late 1500s, surrounding Queen Elizabeth and the French court. Lots of politics and the major historical events of this time period. Definitely a little different in scope/approach than the first two books. Historical Fiction.

8.Life in Medieval Europe: Fact and Fiction by Daniele Cybulskie 4/5 stars. I've been listening to Daniele Cybulskie's podcast- The Medieval Podcast- for several years, and I've been meaning to pick up some of her books. I thought this was a great little book debunking common stereotypes about the middle ages. This did a good job of introducing topics clarifying common misconceptions. Non-fiction.

3 fantasy, 2 mythology retellings, 1 lit fiction, 1 historical fiction, 1 nonfiction.

March reading goals:

A Day of Fallen Night by Samatha Shannon

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

Expanse #7 by James SA Corty

The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride (if I can get the audiobook)

Velvet was the Night by Silvia Moreno Garcia

Legendborn by Tracy Deon (?)

A nonfiction

#February Reading Wrap Up #reading wrap up #books #fantasy books #the queen of nothing #holly black #the stolen heir #the song of achilles #madeline miller #mysteries of thorn manor #margaret rogerson #as byatt #kaikeyi #vaishnavi patel #a column of fire #ken follett #daniele cybulskie #my post

[gorging-boat]

Not a fan of how much the story of Eurydice/Euridice and Orpheus/Orpheo has been applied to wlw stories, always involving a portal of some sort separating the two.

Also attached is the lyrics of the aria Che farò senza Euridice from Gluck’s opera L’Orfeo in case you still haven’t cried.

#portrait of a lady on fire #wlw ship #damie #dani and jamie #the haunting of bly manor #ava x beatrice #avatrice #warrior nun

[scoutingthetrooper]

#home #home interior #home design #home decor #gothic #gothic architecture #dark #dark aesthetic #dark academia #fireplace #fire #flame #books #library #reading #stone #castle #manor

[shipcestuous]

For ppl who don't mind unhappy endings and fucked up storylines (fucked up as in murder, not fucked up as in incest lol), criminal minds has two episodes with brother sister couples. First episode is "heathridge manor" (my favourite!!) and second is "house on fire".

Thanks for the recommendations, Anon!

There's some discussion of Criminal Minds in this tag.

I have seen those episodes and agree. Very watchable case-of-the-week episodes with interesting/shippable canon.

#asks #anonymous #commentary #noiv #nr #r: brosis #canon #criminal minds #criminal minds: episode: heathridge manor #criminal minds: episode: house on fire