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You ever been in love?

Once

How'd it end?

It hasn't

The Get Down series quotes

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All of this happened when Bojan flew to Finland in 8.6.2023

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I'm having an hard time with people saying that, for Sebastian, Ciel is nothing more than mere food and that everything he says or does, is just mere aesthetics.

A little disclaimer: i'm NOT a Sebaciel shipper so what i'm writing about Sebastian and Ciel's bond is nothing about romance but simply about two beings that destiny has basically linked together.

When you write a story and this story has been going on for a while, you cant really expect the characters ain't experiencing a development and growing from a point a, to a point b. So i cant really believe some people will just look at the manga and saying "Well, Sebastian hasn't change". Because the contrast between his interaction with Ciel at the beginning and his interaction with Ciel now (let's say from Book of Circus) is quite noticeable.

Sebastian has been living among humans without interruptions for almost 4 years now. We can't know (yet?) how many contractors he met before but definitely none of them needed him this long like Ciel does. He had to fit into human customs and human emotions.

I dont agree with the fact he does't have, in fact, emotions, on the contrary we can discuss that he has a different range of emotions compared to humans and may lack of some of them but after so much time into this world it was inevtabile at some point he would start (even indirectly sometimes) learning from humans how to show some of them genuinely and not as a simple butler's act.

Which bring us to the relationship with O!Cieal. We know they didn't start in the most friendly way but that in the first 3 years they both managed to find a good balance regarding the master and servant dynamic. They did work on the surface, with Sebastian looking like the perfect, loyal butler following every order.

What do we also know? That Sebastiand wouldn't do nothing further than that. He openly admitted that yes, his contract obliged him to protect Ciel and keep him alive but it was also Ciel's responsibility not to take bold decision in order to hurt himself (i mean Sebastian let his young master to wander around venomous snakes knewing he could be bitten) and he kinda was intrigued by the idea of Ciel having troubles. Part of the game, let's say.

And there we could all think, yep, that's what exactly makes him an evil creature. So when does this change?

I think Agni's words in Book of Circus definitely started the shift in his attitude, pointing how Sebastian should always prioritize his master wellbeing, even if this means going against his orders if really necessary.

But i consider the Campania to be the real turning point in their relationship. Because for the first time both Ciel and Sebastian reached a point where the possibiliy of losing the game and losing each other was concrete, as Undertaker almost killed Sebastian with the minimum effort. It's the part of the story when maybe, for the first time, we see Ciel genuinely worried he could lose his demon. He feared he could lost Sebastian for who he was and not as the tool of his revenge.

The more the manga progressed for that moment, Sebastian has shown to be more emotional, less controlled. We saw him panicking in the Emerald Witch Arc when Ciel suffered from severe PTSD from the venomous gas. We saw him struggle because Ciel refused to have anybody around but Finny, which lead him to threaten to devour his soul as a last chance to bring back his old master and we saw him killing Sieglinde's mother and all the militaries involved not just beceuse he had orders, but because all of them made Ciel suffer. IT WAS PERSONAL.

The last year has been though for both of them. So many things happened. It was inevitable at some point they would develop a kind of attachment bond, even when we talk about a "sick and twisted" relationship like the two of them have.

That he would genuinely start to care, in some way.

Maybe Sebastian doesn't even realise this, maybe he has't fully acknowledged this yet because, as i said, his range of emotions differs from ours and he's still a demon, after all.

But now, coming back to the present chapters, if all the previous missions revolving around the servants implied their backstory, i get the feeling we may finally have a hint from Sebastian present perspective which doesn't revolve around the past only like his cinematic records Undertaker saw did.

That being said, when i say Sebastian cares about Ciel i'm not meaning he will also give up on his soul. Sebastian is tired and he's starving. He would get it regardless (and Ciel would never step back from his pact. He would never leave his servant without a paycheck).

But would he feel a little nostalgic looking back, in the future, at that 14 year old Earl from the Victorian England? Definitely.

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I truly think the Atlantic arc is a huge turning point for Sebastian and Ciels relationship.

Them both being confronted properly for the first time that they could lose each other. Sebastians weakness being Ciel and causing his guard to fall round Undertaker. Ciel momentarily letting his mask slip and showing that he genuinely cares for Sebastian when he's hit and again when they're on the boat and Ciel permits him a day off.

The way we see the start of their relationship, how sebastians whole life shows his dedication to Ciel, both the contrast in his care now compared to then but also the moments of appreciation that drew him to Ciel to begin with.

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*texting jayce*

viktor: update, i may or may not be in a cult

viktor: update 2, i may or may not be the leader of said cult

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Ladders and Benjamin here we have Jance

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Unpopular opinion: it's 2025 and you can say Sebastian and Ciel developed at least a little affection toward each other without shipping them.

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So uhm...

If you think about the fact we got the servants backstories in the latest missions so who says we may not even get something about Sebastian way before he met Ciel?

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Grell: I'm a proper lady!

Sebastian: *breathes*

Grell, already throwing her clothes off: you know what, nevermind!

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Man, imagine knowing only the first two season of Kuroshitsuji anime, deciding after years and years to catch up with the manga and finding out there's a serious theory among fans which states that Undertaker is Ciel's biological grandfather.

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in all timelines, in all possibilities, only you...

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in all timelines in all possibilities only you can show me this

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credits

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Someone give them an empy room ASAP

Captured the cutest Jance moment in Skopje 🥹🥰🫶

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grlimo i ljubimo

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Za roko te držim, a se ne dotikava

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