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glitchy-anime-fan · 1 year

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My Alois Trancy theory/Headcanon that I will stand by no matter what

Here is your preemptive trigger warning for the fallowing; mention/implication of pedophilia/sexual abuse (I’m going to try to keep it as vague as I can but it’s also a huge part of Alois’s backstory), suicide, kidnapping, and death in general. I think that’s all so read at your own risk! You have been warned

I will admit that I am still a Black Butler fan. It’s one of those series I watched in middle school when I was just getting into anime and it one that I usually go back to and reread from time to time.

I wasn’t really a fan of the way season one of the anime ended (since it diverted so much from the manga), and I’m not a huge fan of the Trancy Arc (season 2 of the anime) in general. But I do adore Alois as a character, he is my boy and I refuse to believe he died at the end of the season. In my heart my son is finally free and happy, i don’t care about the anime’s “cannon” (the season isn’t even canon to the manga anyway).

But I digress. I recently started reading the manga again and as I was refreshing my memory of the characters, I had a thought. What if Alois WAS the former earls actual biological son?

I’m sure - given how old the series is - people have already thought of this before, but I don’t care. This is my 1 am theory/headcanon and I need to write it down while it’s fresh in my mind.

So, just a vague recap of Alois incase you are unfamiliar; Alois Trancy, aka Jim Macken, (I will be referring to him as “Alois” for consistency) is an anime exclusive character introduced as an antagonist of the Trancy arc. He is the second named contract holder, contracted to the anime exclusive demon Claude Faustus. Alois is a former orphan boy who, after the death of his entire village including his little brother Luka, is taken by the former Earl Trancy and is subjected to years of pedophilic sexual abuse. Alois is later given the name “Alois Trancy”, is played off as the earls son, inherits the Trancy estate after the earls death, and forms a contract with Claude.

Now that we are all caught up, let’s get into the theory. As I mentioned earlier I strongly believe that Alois is actually the Earls biological son. As part of a made up backstory Alois often tells, he says that he was kidnapped shortly after his birth, causing his mother - the Countess - to kill herself from the grief.

Now it’s unknown if this is “canonically” true. Alois’s presumed uncle Arnold Trancy has his reservations on if Alois is actually related to them by blood. But I think this fake backstory could have actual grounds for being true. Why do I think this? Where am I even going with this post? I’m glad you asked.

First I’m going to explain my version of Alois’s background, and then I’ll quickly explain my main pieces of evidence.

The Background

Here’s how I see the events of Alois’s life playing out before what’s shown in the anime.

Countess Trancy was likely already well aware of her husbands, less than acceptable desires (for a lack of better words), prior to Alois’s birth. It’s possible that at the time it would have been difficult for her to leave the marriage or the house in general for one reason or another, so finding out she was pregnant was likely not ideal. The countess likely would have feared for her child’s safety in the house and made a plan to protect her future child. The “kidnapping” wasn’t really a kidnapping at all, but rather shortly after his birth (likely after the portrait shown in the anime was made/taken), the countess’s plan was put into motion.

I believe this was a “baby was entrusted to a maid who placed him with a commoner family to protect him” type of scenario. The countess handed off baby Alois to a trusted maid who left the baby on the doorstep of a couple from a nearby village (cough cough the Mackens cough cough). The countess them may have actually killed herself as both an out from her husband and as a final way to keep her baby safe.

Alois would then have been raised as Jim Macken, becoming a big brother later on when Luka is born, and is none the wiser to his true identity. Since we never see Mr and Mrs Macken, I could even see one or both of them sharing physical traits with Alois that help pass him as their son; ie blonde hair and/or blue eyes. Or they could have passed it off as recessive traits that skipped a generation.

After this, the rest of his backstory plays out like how it’s explained in the anime.

The evidence

Now I bet you’re where I got this wacky idea from. Well let me share the two big reasons I have; Alois looks incredibly similar to Countess Trancy, and the former earls comment about Alois’s eyes.

If the jury will look to exhibit A. Above I have included an image of Alois (left) and the late Countess Trancy (right). You might have to click for better viewing, but you can already see in similarities. They both share similar platinum blond hair and icy blue eyes. Could this be a coincidence? Sure. Do I necessarily 100% trust the trivia section of the characters wiki? Not really, no. Mainly given the fact that this season is non canonical to the series, I feel like I get a little leeway in this. I mean it’s not like the blonde is fake or anything, given Alois is this shade of blonde as a child.

The former earls brother, Arnold, is also a platinum blonde. The former earl was a sandy blonde, so there’s a lot of blonde floating around the gene pool.

Exhibit B follows off this point, and it’s specifically regarding the reason the former Earl disliked Alois originally; his eyes. It’s explained in the series that, prior to Alois becoming his favourite (🤢), the Earl despised Alois because of his “filthy eyes”. Now what’s a good reason - other then Alois rightfully giving the disgusting excuse for a human being a serious death glare - that the Earl would call them “filthy”? Could it be because they remind him of his late wife’s eyes, who also had light icy blue eyes?

Do you see where I’m going with this?

To me, it’s likely that the Earl hated Alois’s eyes because they reminded him of his late wife’s. Do I think the guy was smart enough to put two and two together? No, not at all. But I think it could be plausible that Earl Trancy could have recognized something in Alois’s eyes that made his detest them for so long.

Of course this then makes Alois’s backstory so much worse and sadder, but hey I don’t control when my 1 am thoughts tell me.

So, yeah. That’s the theory. Thanks for those one you who read always to end! Here’s some tea and cookies ☕️☕️☕️ 🍪🍪🍪

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blackbutler-readerinsertsandjunk · 10 months

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In which horror movie would these characters be the killers?

-Maurice

-Doll (they/them)

-Alois

-Ciel

aaaaa I hope I understood this right!

most of these have at least some basis in canon, maybe with little twists, hehe~

It’s a psychological horror called Chrysalis, plastered with trigger warnings about the abuse that Alois goes through in the first act of the movie. There’s some supernatural mixed in as well, given that the boy literally conjures a demon to help him get revenge on his abuser. While Claude is the driving threat toward the soon-to-be-former Earl Trancy, the old fool doesn’t suspect that his ‘son’ has anything to do with it. … Right up until Alois steps in, requests that he make the killing blow, and, well, gets to strike the earl down. The rest of the movie is the aftermath of Alois trying to cover it all up, and Claude perhaps not being very helpful. Much of the horror, as psychological, comes from the buildup to the initial killing, as well as the effects of the abuse Alois went through after the old earl is dead. It’s dark, scary, and perhaps too real of a film.

A political, more action-like horror called The Earl, with high drama and higher stakes… and, of course, a touch of paranormal in the form of Sebastian. Unlike Alois’ film, Ciel’s doesn’t go into huge detail about his past, and it isn’t the main focus of the movie; there are some flashbacks, but it isn’t lingered on too much. The plot centers more on the world of aristocracy that Ciel is a part of, and the things he must do to put a stop to anything which needs stopped. As expected, Ciel is a tool in Her Majesty’s arsenal, and Sebastian is one of his tools. The biggest thing which marks it as a horror rather than pure action and drama is that some of Ciel’s victims are either innocent or deserve some lesser punishment than to be killed. That’s one thing his film has in common with Alois’ — the brutal honesty that the world is not fair.

A suspenseful horror called Fairground, devoid of supernatural elements, and at its core a story about how far a person will go to be loyal to their loved ones. Perhaps Freckles themself isn’t the main character, although they do have moments where they get the spotlight. They got tangled up in all this because they adore their family… because they wanted to save what they thought was left of it. The ‘father’ of the circus troupe keeps them all as puppets on a string, and all of the members got desperate with his threats. They run their circus, but after the show is over, all the first-stringers take to the shadows to kidnap children who attended the show. The Baron has given them these orders, snapping at them not to question why. All they know is that it, unfortunately, necessitates killing the parents of any child they take. Freckles is one of the most sympathetic characters, crying when they have to be the one to kill and full-on sobbing after they deliver any child to their ‘father’. The film doesn’t have a happy ending, although it does come with a sequel hook.

It’s a ‘slasher’ horror set in a university called Pretty Please, fairly typical as horror films go. The main draw for it is that there isn’t a huge body count, and it’s not quite as gory as some movies in the genre, so a lot of people recommend it as a first watch for someone just getting into horror. (Also, people recommend it for anyone who likes horror focused around LGBT+ characters!) Maurice is a too-eager-to-please, insecure bitch in sheep’s clothing who has a crush on his best friend Edgar. When a new student arrives on campus in the form of Joanne, someone Edgar takes under his wing, Maurice’s jealousy reaches a fever pitch. The most iconic scene involves Maurice, Joanne, and (according to film critics) 20+ stab wounds. The rest of the plot consists of Edgar’s other friends stumbling on clues, whereupon Maurice attempts to pick them off… and, when he tries to kill Herman, paying dearly for it. While others say the plot isn’t anything too wild, it’s still a good pick for anyone having a horror movie marathon.

#horror tw #Black Butler #Kuroshitsuji #Alois #Ciel #Doll/Freckles #Maurice #reaction #general #drama #horror #suspense #AYYYYYYY #one hell of a queue

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nullbutler · 1 year

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Do you have any Alois headcanons

HI HI THANKS FOR THE ASK! I have a number of them!! I'll try to categorize them best I can! (Design, Relationships, Backstory, Extra)

DESIGN <3

AS YOU CAN KINDA SEE FROM MY ART...I like to draw him with slightly longer, wavier, curlier hair. This isn't just to differentiate how he looks next to Ciel, but it kinda emphasizes his more 'high-energy' nature

I really do think my favorite part of his anime-design are his eyelashes, so I try to preserve those!

ALSO I DONT KNOW IF THIS COUNTS AS A HEADCANON BUT!! He's got such an interesting color scheme if you look at it from an analytical point of view. here, see-

You can see, his outfit (specifically his tie/vest) are green when he was a kid, as in before the 'incident' took place.

Around the time that he is a new earl/chronologically speaking the former Earl Trancy is still alive, he wears red. Red is a direct contrasting color to green. Red is also the color of that god forsaken kimono (but also, additionally, this outfit here)

His clothes in the current/majority of the story are this sort of reddish-purple, with a green vest. This, in a way, shows that he has reclaimed some of his original self, but he's still wearing something reddish -- the past is not gone. It should also be noted that, while black, Claude has a reddish undertone, and Hannah has a blue scheme. Hannah wants to save Alois, and Claude wants to drive him to ruin. They clash, and he wears a purple coat.

And, at long last, when he finally accepts Hannah's love for him, he is in Ciel's body. And what is Ciel? Blue!

THAT WAS LONG BUT I'VE BEEN SITTING ON THAT RANT FOR A WHILE! I might repost it, is just find it so damn interesting!

Onto the other stuff!

RELATIONSHIPS <3

Part of the reason he hates Hannah so much is this innate '6th sense' he's been shown to have (he's actually quite good at reading people!). He can tell she's deceiving him in...some way. So he doesn't trust her one bit!

Another reason is because, genuinely, he feels like she's trying to distract Claude away from him. While I don't ship them, I think the story has much more depth when he's portrayed/interpreted as having a one-sided crush on Claude. Erasing that, or at least erasing the codependency of that relationship (whatever form it might take), is to the story's detriment. Even if you don't think Alois wants to kiss Claude, it's undeniable that he has an unhealthy bond with that spider demon.

Also, part of the reason I even ship cielois is because they have such a unique and interesting dynamic of 'I'm/you're the only other person who understands, yet we are so incapable of showing it.' I think if there was ever anyone who could get on Ciel's level, it would be Alois.

BACKSTORY :(

it's kinda shown in my fic moth wings, but I believe Alois was probably ostracized a bit by the other boys in his situation

I always saw 'Alois' as a concept he grappled with for a number of years. First Alois was like a persona he 'went into,' but later on, he just became more and more of his expression of himself. And, later, an expression of revenge and anger at the rest of the world

He definitely has some memories issues/a bad memory. I wouldn't be surprised if he only really recognized Luka in dreams, or went weeks without thinking about his face.

Also! Since he had to look after Luka, he is/was surprisingly good at taking care of himself.

Someone brought up the headcanon that Luka and him were Irish, and that was part of the reason the village hated them. While I think that's super interesting, I don't know enough about that history to fully adopt it!

EXTRA!!

He absolutely hates other rich people. I think he knows he's going to die soon, so he wants to basically...fuck with as many people as he can. he had little to no qualms destroying that entire ballroom/the nobles trapped inside because...they're just nobles! eat the rich!

He was also...so eager to put on that dress HGJAJ Gender Non-Conforming AF and I love that for him. if he was in a modern setting, I honestly think he'd be perfectly happy with any/all pronouns.

He's also a lot more animated than Ciel. Even during a quiet scene, he's most-likely tapping his heel or fidgeting with something

#alois trancy #headcanons #I probably have more #long post #asks #answered

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indigoipsum · 1 year

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Any Alois headcanons?

Hehe yes 😼

TW: Light ED discussion

A lot of people have brought this up, but I really do think he’d have a very poor body image/issues with eating. It’s extra complicated because of how food insecure he was when he was younger, and while he wants to indulge in sweets and rich things, he still sees himself as something that exists solely for attractiveness and fears weight gain. I think he also has trouble accepting getting older, as he starts to get taller and broader, because men have consistently been the ones to hurt him and yet he has to accept that he’s becoming one. The whole ordeal is just weird for him.

I think Alois’ trauma complicates his relationship with sexuality and gender. He’s just a kid so like… I can’t say he’s 100% anything but it’s kinda widely accepted he’s mlm. In my modern AU rp I had eons ago I figured he’d probably use they/he pronouns and experiment with wearing dresses and skirts (which he should be able to regardless of gender! I just see him being able to embrace his femininity if he lived in a more accepting society)

He and Lizzie would 100% be friends. I think he’d flirt with her to annoy Ciel, but after a while the bit isn’t funny anymore and he just wants to spend time with her. She would help him mellow out a bit and he would encourage her to be more assertive. Lizzie would probably start swearing without realizing and Frances would be like ???!!! We know that he can wield a sword, so I think that he’d enjoy fencing with her (and she’d beat him every time).

He probably enjoys lovecore stuff, like pink and white teacups with delicate hearts around the rim and stationary with little Cupids decorating the margins.

His handwriting used to be very messy, partly because he learned to write later in life and partly because of his racing thoughts and short attention span. However, he got teased about it when he went to hand in letters and official documents so he works with Claude to perfect his penmanship.

He loves gothic horror stories, but also loves romance novels. He’s pretty unashamed of this, even when the covers are a little embarrassing.

He’s not really a cat or a dog person. He prefers birds and insects.

Though he doesn’t want to admit it, he cares about Hannah. He just knows that trying to lash out at Claude is more dangerous. Getting closer to Lizzie probably makes him reflect on his actions more, too.

He prefers strong black tea to other teas. He likes white wine and champagne, though.

He wishes he could have been an actor. Granted, he likes having wealth, but high society bores him and he’s seen time and time again that most nobles are awful people. He drags anyone in the house to go see operas and plays whenever he can. He brought the triplets to a play once and got mad that they kept whispering about it amongst themselves, when he’s the one who should be making comments!

He consistently damages former Earl Trancy’s headstone and waits to see how long the rest of his family takes to notice. Inevitably, his Uncle Arnold notices, calls him, tries to blame it on him, then Alois gives his whole crocodile tears routine and makes Arnold pay for a new one.

Alois doesn’t know his real birthday, but chose Guy Fawkes day as a double excuse to party and cause mischief.

The Trancy family has some German and French heritage, which everyone asks about given his very German sounding first name. He had no idea that it was a German name and just goes along with it. Sieglinde is teaching him German, but he really just wants to know all the curses and rude phrases.

#long post #sorry about that I have a lot of thoughts #tw ed mention #kuroshitsuji #alois trancy #black butler #elizabeth midford #sieglinde sullivan

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lightcreators · 6 months

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@somnium-delicata continue from here (formely Legacy posts)

Special? Zero could only wonder what the Earl had meant by that, but at least Zero would meet that Trancy fellow soon.

“That’s good. Honestly Zero thought of just taking a night in the nearest inn”, they confessed. They were coming up short in coins, so they had to be frugal, or else they were thinking of their usual routine of finding a job until they earned enough money to move to the next place.

Their stomach growled.

Oh, and coming up short in food.

“So, what’s for lunch?”

By the way they looked at them, he understood. Describing Alois Trancy as ‘special’ wasn’t enough descriptive for someone who never met him --- hence remaining unprepared for the current phenomenon they would have to face! Though, as much he was complaining internally, as he had been delaying the idea for quite a while, he was the most and first informed about how his usual craziness and rudeness had been getting better … replaced for depressive emotions in which he had found himself the confidant in middle of circumstances. It was beyond his strength to be able to trust Alois! Regardless if an associated irony exposed how he showed a large portion of confidence inside his former rival, he was actually unable to believe all the reflective illusions he realizing he had been doing all the time. Alois never had been honest with his loneliness. Alois never had been honest with degree of his suffering. Alois never had been honest with anything who ever hurt him … He should have been here, remaining at his side when he decided to closing himself of the noblesse sphere temporary, nevertheless, moments passed inside that second manor during the aftermath until he wasn’t all day crying had been his compassionate move, his emotional understanding … One of his lies had been concluded inside circumstances. He needed that time away for reassuring himself it would remain trapped inside the box of what happened that none of this would leave that protected and sealed sphere --- and more than anything, he couldn’t let Alois know. He could let Alois realizing something about him, that might creating a horrible and tragic common point he didn’t even want the reminder of --- remembrance of his metaphoric twin, of the real Alois Trancy treating him disdainfully stayed an silenced burden … ❝ Extravagant. ❞ He eventually finished adding for answering that look. ❝ Noblesse norms are something he have no desire to learn, and he have a particular opinion of nobles. ❞ Frustrated sentence exposed within a sigh. Alois was a noble who loathed nobles --- who enjoyed privileges of the position without doing one single responsibility of his seat --- Mentally, it was permanently the reproach he had, regardless if he had been far more considerate than his predecessor. Sensing a pout born inside his expression, he pushed aside the thought.

❝ You can stay. We have free rooms in here. ❞ He will have a good reason to tormenting Sebastian for their well-being meanwhile he was preparing himself psychologically to Alois. How convince that boy to let him go once he will show up for taking news and ask for help for an third party will be a very good question he would need to ponder … Otherwise, Alois will saw an opportunity to inviting himself and recreate former old days suddenly cut off! ❝ I’m not that inconsiderable … ❞ It was an half-lie, since before what happened, it wouldn’t have bother inviting them to stay inside his household for preserving his tranquillity. He didn’t do enough inside circumstances; hence, eaten silently by guilt, he wanted to do better … Usual behaviour of his unkindness and selfishness will show up eventually, for be frustrated over how things turned, nevertheless, he learned not to blame his poor invitees … He had still to show himself considerate in front of the future Vessalius duke as apologies … As he was listening the sound of their stomach, an smirk of amusement flattered his features. ❝ Sebastian knows. It’s always the surprise of my talented butler. Do you want something particular? I’m sure he’ll be delightful to have further preparations and chores. ❞

#somniumdelicata #ic :: ciel phantomhive #( ♚) post interconnected subplot #black butler spoilers /

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eemoo1o-animoo · 2 years

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Truths and Falsehoods: Claude vs Sebastian

I’ve often wondered what makes Claude and Alois’ contract/relationship so different to Sebastian and Ciel’s. And after all this time, I finally think I’ve figured it out.

And it’s not the humans. It’s really not. It’s Claude. Claude lies, Sebastian does not. (Of course, for the sake of this post, the plot hole with the re-contracting, for lack of a better term, will be ignored—I just put it down to shipping, anyway.)

Sebastian and Ciel’s contract has a rule that sticks out quite obscenely in context to this: Sebastian must never lie to Ciel. Ciel wants some level of trust in his and Sebastian’s relationship because his family is constantly facing betrayal, whereas Alois has always been hurt by the truth (so to speak; from the villagers feelings to him and his brother, to his abuse from the Former Earl Trancy), and so Claude has no contractual obligation to tell the truth.

Heck, Alois even says it himself in that episode with the garden maze. (“You could have just lied, and I would have been happy”, or something like that). Of course, in that instance, Claude finally told the truth. This part is a bit finicky (as is season two as a whole, but what are you going to do?).

Perhaps Claude, now no longer in a contract with Alois, has no need to “keep Alois happy”. Perhaps this could entail that this was one of the conditions of Claude and Alois’ contract. That seems quite viable.

Claude is under no contractual obligation to not lie, as I’ve mentioned, whilst Sebastian very much is (at least to their masters).

This could be why Claude has no desire to fill out his masters orders himself (like filling Alois’ room full of roses, which he initially left to fellow demons and servants Timber, Thompson, and Canterbury, who then filled the room with bluebells instead as per Hannah’s suggestion and request, demonstrating a higher respect and stronger affiliation with her than with Claude, perhaps inferring that while Claude pulls the reins as the household head of staff and as the one contracted to Alois, but is otherwise quite powerless* in comparison to, say, Hannah, as she had the final say-so once everything was over and done with).

* Backtracking a little bit, Claude seems to be a pretty competent demon. A worthy opponent for even the likes of Sebastian, at least in terms of skill. Contrasting with Sebastian, though, Claude seems to crave control over a secure trust with Alois. Whether the control is directly over Alois, or over the other demons (Hannah and the triplets), Claude seems to have it. That is, until Hannah’s true intentions come to light, and it inevitably ends in his downfall.

While they were never fully stated or explored in the anime, if I was to guess, the main obligations of Claude and Alois’ contract were most likely: “to always look out for [me]”, “to never leave [me] (alone)” and “to keep/make [me] happy”.

Of course, Alois’ death by Claude’s hands raised, and still raises, many questions about what the bounds of a demon contract may be. And while season two isn’t canon in the slightest, that doesn’t mean that something like this couldn’t happen.

Sebastian seemed a bit eager during his flashbacks/cinematic records to consume Ciel’s soul before his revenge was met, did he not? Bringing me to my next points:

How far is a demon willing to go to fulfil a contract? And what would Sebastian do if he wasn’t obligated to always tell Ciel the truth?

Is Sebastian’s obligation to always tell Ciel the truth prolonging the life of their contract? Is it ultimately saving Ciel from an untimely betrayal?

TL;DR: Read it, this is very important.

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butterflies-entangled · 1 year

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Trauma Responses Part 2 - Memory

- Claude never initiated sexual behavior with me, but that doesn't mean he didn't willingly take part in it. I remember asking him how he could do so without loving me, even a little. Even the former Earl Trancy had found me to be appealing in some way...

Claude simply said that such acts are acceptable for demons where love was not. At that time, I didn't really understand what that meant. Claude would never love me, nothing I did would ever change that. I was just a meal to him.

#memories #Claude 🕷

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the-letter-horror-lover · 2 years

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Mysterious

DancingShadows

Summary:

Two demon butlers, two young earls, and a mysterious family; What could possibly go wrong? Absolutely everything. What happens when Ciel, Sebastian, Alois, and Claude come face to face with The Queen's Shadow

Work Text:

The rain poured down out of the clouds and onto the roof of the Blackwell Family Estate. Drenching everything caught outside. Lavinia Blackwell and her younger sister Vera were watching the rain fall from the warmth and dryness of their bed room.

"Rain is really quite dreadful, isn't it Lavinia," Vera said as she got up from watching a particular raindrop run down the glass. Her light blue ruffle and lace dress flourishing as she spun around the spacious bed room.

"Yes Vera, it really is," Lavinia's soft, yet elegant voice spoke up as she too stood up from the soft cushioned window seat, but instead of spinning around she headed towards the large wooden double doors.

With one hand on the door handle, Lavinia turned back around to Vera who had made her way around the room and back to the window seat

"Everyone should be gathered by now, Shall we head downstairs?" She questioned her younger sister. Vera nodded and stood up once again and followed her older sister out the doors.

My Butterfly

orphan_account

Summary:

Sebastian.

He's the one that got too carried away.

Notes:

You should listen to Gorecki's Symphony No. 3 while reading this. It's what I listened to while typing it.

Work Text:

My Butterfly

Tanggled in a web of lies

Held captive by the spider who only wishes to destroy all your beauty

What kind of death is a death

That you should be drained of your color and youth?

What kind of death is a death

That doesn't lead out of your full potential?

You should burn brightly in death

As you have in life

Free and in the sky

Together

I should have your life

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It's simple.

Ravens eat spiders. It was a full moon outside when I killed all the servants at the Trancy Mansion. They tried to run, and leave their Lord behind, but I caught all of them, and slathered them. I crept up the stairs, so silent, with a box in my blood stained hands. Alois was sleeping, as if nothing had happened. I smiled, looking at his sweet face. Such a sad expression, even in sleep. It was this face I had seen as I left him on that night, his slender fingered hand reaching back out for me. So gently, so timidly. And he drew back and watched me leave. While he was so yearning for love, and peace, Ciel had been so full of hate. That's why I convinced him that he was the one who killed his own parents. And with that, he shot himself.

I realized, Alois wasn't happy with Claude. He had sold his soul to a demon who was incapable of fulfilling his deepest wish. Everything he wants? The only thing Alois Trancy wanted was for someone to love him. Claude would only betray him. He had to die.

"Alois." I whispered

His eyes fluttered open. It was too dark for him to see I was covered in blood. "S-sebastian? W-what are you doing here?"

"I have a gift for you." I opened the box, revealing a kimono. I had heard of the one he wore for the former Earl Trancy, the one of butterflies tangled in webs. This one had butterflies flying free in the sky, done in soft and dark blues. "Go put it on for me?"

"Where's Claude?"

"Shhh, go put it on. I want to see you in my gift."

Alois slowly rose from his bed and went to the bathroom to put it on, coming back out to me with it tied loosely at his waist.

"Beautiful." I said, pulling him by the wrist towards his mirror. I held him from behind, his waist and jaw, as I kissed his soft, white neck. He reached up to touch my face, quickly drawing his hand back to see his hand covered in the blood from my face and began to struggle in my grip. I tossed him on the bed and was quickly on top of him.

"Shh, shhh~ Don't cry, my darling butterfly. I freed you from that spider's web." I pulled his legs on either side of me, "I want to hear you sing for me again."

I quickly entered him and he tossed his beautiful head back and screamed. The sound was just so beautiful, flying off the walls. I thrust had into him to draw more of his song out as diamonds glinted on his cheeks. I leaned down and kissed each diamond. Heaving and shaking, Alois wrapped his arms around me and buried his head in my shoulder. I thrust harder and faster and he sang louder for me until I came inside him, making him groan in agony.

I leaned back to look at him, "Beautiful."

He lay so still next to my through the night. So still and silent, covering the world in his diamonds, and purple roses bloomed where I had held him.

"You are beautiful." I kept whispering to him, "I love you."

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pancakes

Love Shiro

Summary:

The most important meal of the day is always a good way to build better bonds, because who wouldn't be happy with a plate full of fluffy pancakes?

Notes:

For me, this takes place before the ship's bow.

Work Text:

The rooster barely opened his eyes and was already crowing to announce the beginning of another beautiful day at the Phantomhive mansion.

The first rays of sunlight illuminated the servants' quarters, but the light still dim was not enough to illuminate the entire room and wake up its four residents.

The time to get up was at seven and by the clock it was still six. But even if he preferred to sleep a little longer, one of the servants forced himself to get up and get dressed.

In the Phantomhive manor, the first to wake up was always Sebastian because it was his duty to wake up and help the young master get dressed. The second out of bed was Chef Bardroy, as all meals must be ready before the boss even thinks about eating.

The young lord used to be woken up at 9, meaning breakfast had to be served at ten and so Bardroy always forced himself to get up before 7 to have everything ready and fresh without the risk of spoiling the meal (as he always did). But he didn't wake up early just for that reason, one of the reasons was to be able to calmly enjoy his own breakfast before making everyone else's.

As soon as he entered the kitchen, his first action was to prepare the wood for the stove, and as he added the wood and lit the fire, Bard decided what the servants' breakfast would be today. He liked that, it was the only meal that Sebastian didn't leave a stipulated, after all, as the butler said: "What the servants eat doesn't matter to the master as long as they don't get sick".

- Very good! What should I do today? Maybe something sweet to improve the mood and start the day more excited, that, I already know exactly what to do!

Bardroy opened the cupboards behind the ingredients and placed each one on the counter in the center of the kitchen. Flour, milk, eggs, salt, butter, coffee beans, oranges and a chicken.

— Tea is missing for Mr. Tanaka.

It took a while for him to remember that Mr. Tanaka's morning tea herbs weren't in the tea cupboard, but in a box on the counter in the center of the kitchen. As he went to get the box, Bardroy caught eyes with a slender, pale figure peering out of the kitchen door like a ghost.

— Aaah! — His scream startled his company who hid behind the doorframe, however his hand was still visible on the doorway — I can still see him!

That finally got his company into the kitchen, well maybe I should say "companies" because that new employee was never alone, he always had one or more of those damn snakes with him and today was no exception, but to Bardroy's relief, he was only accompanied by one.

— "Don't be so scandalous first thing in the morning!" Said Emily.

Still uncomfortable, the chef composed himself and took a deep breath so as not to be even more bothered by the presence of that snake. Bardroy took the box and turned away from the rookie. Of everyone who could wake up now, did it have to be just the snake guy?

Snake stood there, Bardroy could feel those eyes following him around the kitchen, he could imagine them watching his every move, much like a snake ready to pounce.

When the chef finally turned around to question what he wanted, Snake (or Emily) asked if he needed help with something, much to his surprise.

Bardroy hesitated. He looked at the ingredients and then at the clock on the wall and then back at Snake who seemed uninterested in actually doing anything.

“If you really want to help, you can sift the flour. Do you know how to do this? Just take this, it's called a sieve, put the flour here and beat it on top of this bowl here.

Bardroy would point to the utensils on the counter and then wait for the rookie to start. Snake might be weird, but at least he turned out to be a lot more useful and not a goof like Finny or clumsy like Mey Rin, he could do something as simple as sifting flour without making a mess. It was something. But it still bothered her to see him standing there with a venomous snake on his shoulders like it wasn't even there.

The Phantomhive chef could recognize a venomous one easily after nearly dying from them as a soldier and that was a coral snake, a pretty dangerous species to have around.

Frankly, what had happened to the boss to hire this guy? Bardroy might never have known, but if the boss did it, it's done and nothing would change moping or complaining. He would have to live with it.

— 'What's for breakfast?' Said Emily.

“Are you Emily?

— "No, I'm Emily and this is Snake, how can you mistake a lady for a man!" Said Emily.

"Okay, so can Snake speak to me as himself, my lady?"

“Emily” didn't answer.

— Okay, fuck it. The boss's cafe will be pancakes with jam for the starter, then a chicken pie with orange juice. Our coffee will only be pancakes, so I need you to sift a lot of flour. I'll take care of the pie, you can keep doing this until the flour is good. Did you understand?

A nod was her response, then silence reigned in the kitchen. An awkward silence.

Bardroy let out an annoyed groan, he really wanted to smoke right now, but it could get in the way of his taste buds when tasting something, so he stopped himself and started making the dough. He'd changed his mind on his initial plan, since he had the rookie to help him, he could let him make the pancakes while he took care of the rest himself.

As he made the dough for the pie, Bardroy tried to distract himself by imagining how pleased the boss would be to see that he'd made a perfect breakfast without burning anything in the kitchen and without Sebastian having to do anything.

Either way, you couldn't go wrong with pancakes. Maybe it was his love of the dish, but Bard could make perfect pancakes even with his eyes closed. He took twenty minutes to finish the pie crust and fill it, he left the pie ready in the fridge, he would only bake it later so it was warm before serving. With that he still had two hours left to devote to pancakes and drinks.

“Let's see, we'll have juice and coffee for the boss and chocolate for us. Damn it! — It was here that Bard remembered that he'd forgotten to get the cocoa from the pantry — Hey, newbie, are you done with the flour? If so, then get the pot ros… But what are you doing?!

Bardroy yelped when he saw that Snake had filled four bowls of flour and was filling a fifth.

— “Sieving the flour as you asked, why!” said Emily.

“This is too much, idiot!

"'You said to sift until it was good, but you didn't say how good it was,'" Emily said.

Bard blushed slightly, he hadn't really said it, but common sense, why! He took the sieve and pretended nothing happened. At least he had plenty of flour prepared.

— Enough sifting! Take the pink pot with the Cocoa label from the pantry and bring it to me.

Immediately Snake went to the pantry and brought the pot, but before handing it over he said:

— "Isn't that old?" said Emily.

- No, it's not. And even if it's a little bit, it's well closed and protected, learn one thing: cocoa is like coffee, if well kept, it lasts a long time.

— "Why don't you just drink coffee like Smile?" said Emily.

“Who is Smile?” thought Bardroy, but he ignored it, this guy was quite oblivious to the world apparently.

— It's not because you're the chef of a great noble that you can go out drinking coffee like that whenever you want, only the boss has the right to squander, the servants have to save or go hungry! Do you have any idea how expensive coffee is? If we spend too much of the groceries, it will be deducted from our pay.

Bardroy pointed his finger in Snake's face as he spoke, without realizing it, he went into a monologue about how expensive Brazilian coffee was for the working classes and that's why beer or chocolate were their best options to start the day.

Snake wasn't paying much attention to the matter, so much so that the chef had to snap his fingers in his face to get him to hear him again.

“If you have any preferences or allergies you better say now that the pots are hot, our time for coffee is over as soon as the boss finishes his.

For a moment, Snake stared at the chef before looking at the floor and “Emily” replied.

— 'Eggs,' said Emily.

— Okay, “Emily.” Then eggs. What kind of eggs? Scrambled? With salt? Something else together? Bardroy was already opening the fridge to get some extra eggs to make omelets while she waited for an answer.

— “Only eggs.” said Emily.

Bardroy was stunned, he even stopped before opening the fridge and turned to the rookie who took two steps back when he was stared at.

— What do you mean 'only eggs'? That's not healthy eating! No wonder you're so pale and skinny, sit here now, today you and your little friend are going to taste a decent breakfast!

That said, the mansion's chef turned on his flamethrower and started preparing the most important meal of the day in record time, because nothing in the world was better than a flamethrower to speed up everything in a kitchen, right?

- Here it is! The Bardroy's best breakfast menu!

Bard presented his dish with happiness and satisfaction, all done in little more than an hour with little loss in the process. As Snake didn't show much excitement, the chef decided to talk about the dish of the day, he liked to talk about his cooking, only unfortunately his usual listeners (Finny and Mey) weren't very good at listening. Snake seemed to be different in this.

— Feast your eyes on the fluffiest pancakes you'll ever taste, made with the finest quality wheat flour and topped with sugar sprinkled over honey and accompanied by hot chocolate. Make no mistake, this is a typical recipe from my country, it doesn't compare at all with the London version, American pancakes are much more appetizing. Come on, you don't have to hold back, they're easy and quick to eat, a perfect dish to start a working day right. You can eat as much as you like, I made enough for all of us and the boss. Bardroy said serving Snake with lots of pancakes.

He then sat in the chair on the other side of the counter, with his own plate well served and a steaming mug, but he didn't touch the food, he waited for the novice to taste his masterpiece.

Snake couldn't help but feel embarrassed, he hesitated as he picked up his fork, cut just a little piece of it and hesitated even more to put it in his mouth, staring at the piece.

It didn't seem right that he could eat something like that in such quantities. That dish would have been his two-month serving at the circus, before he was taken out of that cage.

He couldn't remember when the last time he ate something so different was, the most he could remember of food he'd ever tried outside of an egg was the meat of small animals that Emily occasionally gave him when they were exposed in that cage at the circus and the fresh bread that Joker used to buy for everyone in the main troupe.

The sound of fingers tapping against the wood of the counter plus Bardroy's gaze started to annoy Snake so he shoved it down his throat. He barely chewed, he seemed to fear what he would feel, but he was surprised by the taste and texture, it awakened him to a feeling he had never tasted before.

- Delicious! Snake groaned softly with the fork still in his mouth.

Bardroy was glad his food had managed to get some expression out of the novice, and then he noticed a detail.

"Was it Emily who said that just now?"

A faint shade of blue graced Snake's cheeks and it didn't go unnoticed by Bardroy, but he didn't have time to tease any further as the sound of footsteps down the hall drew his attention to the door.

"Is that pancake!?" - Finnian came running and as soon as he entered the kitchen, he sat on one of the benches next to Bard. — Woah, yeah! It's pancake with honey!

Mey Rin and Mr. Tanaka arrived shortly thereafter and also took a plate.

Employees had their coffee in peace and without clutter before the boss for the first time since he was hired. That climate surrounded by the heat of the stove and the delicious smell of chocolate plus the pancakes gave the situation such a comfortable, welcoming atmosphere.

Without anyone noticing, the rookie was smiling between mouthfuls.

Well, someone noticed, and made a mental note of what to make for Snake's breakfast from then on.

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