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however you see it

1. "what are we?" sebastian and "whatever i want us to be" ciel

2. "what are we?" ciel and "whatever you want us to be" sebastian

ciel ultimately holds power in this relationship and i think that's what makes such an interesting dynamic, yana is telling the story of various children who have been exploited by adults in various ways (the phantomhive twins, elizabeth, sieglinde, finny, meyrin, even the circus troupe who got adopted by kelvin etc...)

ciel is so incredibly lucky to have his fate in his own hands. even if i one day stopped shipping sebaciel, i will always understand the appeal.

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These damn allergies

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the emerald witch ending theme makes me cry!!!

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Sebastian why

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Sharing another old piece that I did (2018). It's a little wonky, but it has its charm.

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His butler, sentimental

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Nice try, Sebastian! (OC)

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The cognitive dissonance in Kuroshitsuji fandom (today) is, truly, appalling. I like saying appalling. I mean hilarious. I often wonder if some fans have ever truly interacted with the source material, at all. Back in 2015 everyone seemed to grasp what Yana Toboso was getting at (from what I remember), today though?

Fiction's moral policing is rampant now more than ever (even if it has been rampant for as long as fiction itself), so I guess people just lost the plot along the way, swept away by the excitement of getting to point fingers from a perceived moral high-ground. I am so sorry you hail from the land of sexual-repression, but I don't see why you should make it a problem for others.

It's something akin to walking inside an insect observatory, confused and outraged at the amount of bugs. You're telling me there's words... in this book?? so strange? and unexpected? who authorized this?

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GWA dub is so unserious 😭😭

Script writers were like "remember, Ciel is a Brit amongst Germans. Make him as British as possible"

𝕲𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙 𝕾𝖈𝖔𝖙𝖙💂🇬🇧🫖🍪☕

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We are being fed so well 🤤

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friends! im bored!

send me your craziest sebaciel aus

i'll go first- "pokemon" au, where they actually get zapped into the world of pokemon and when given a taste of his own power as a trainer, ciel grapples with the concept of not needing sebastian around anymore. (then of course, decides that all doesn't matter anyway, because he'd rather have sebastian around regardless)

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Are antis okay 😭😭😭

Like? Maybe it's time for some therapy for those violent tendencies?

Trust me if antis believed in therapy no one would be an anti anymore.

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The "fans" that say Sebastian doesn't care about O!Ciel

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Take Sebaciel shippers to a planetarium. Take Sebaciel shippers on an all expense paid cruise. Go to a sebaciel shipper potluck. Take a sebaciel shipper to a museum. Share Mey-Rin fanart with a Sebaciel shipper. Make homemade burgers with a Sebaciel shipper and serve the patties to other Sebaciel shippers. Play Mortal Kombat with Sebaciel shippers. Go to the beach with Sebaciel shippers and show them your pet spiders. Pray for Elon's arrest with a Sebaciel shipper. Have a snow day with a Sebaciel shipper. Enjoy kuroshitsuji canon with a Sebaciel shipper and shake the walls with how good it is.

Propose to Sebaciel shippers with a diamond ring. Show Sebaciel shippers what it's like to see the sky unobstructed by city lights. Dance the waltz with a Sebaciel shipper until your knees both hurt and you laugh together at the corner of the dance hall and fall in love. Drink a beer with a Sebaciel shipper from a nice craft brewery. Make a nice pasta dinner for a Sebaciel shipper. Kiss a Sebaciel shipper. Embrace a Sebaciel Shipper. Show a Sebaciel shipper what its like to be free from the chains of late stage capitalism and truly live in a loving world.

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Send Sebaciel shippers into a black hole. Throw Sebaciel shippers off the boat. Kneel on a sebaciel shipper's neck. Blow sebaciel shipper heads off with a grenade launcher. Blow Sebaciel shipper brains open with Mey-Rin's sniper rifle. Make minced meat out of a Sebaciel shipper and serve pedo patties to other Sebaciel shippers. Recreate Mortal Kombat fatalities on Sebaciel shippers. Bury Sebaciel shippers neck deep and surround them with spiders. Hack Sebaciel shipper socials and make them say they have irrefutable evidence that would lead to Elon's arrest. Trap a Sebaciel shipper under ice. Load a Sebaciel shipper into a cannon and shoot the Sebaciel shipper at a concrete wall.

no joke lad this is the funniest ask i've ever gotten in my life

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would love to hear your breakdown of the most egregious things the new season’s animation has done to the og intent of the manga (comparisons and all).

(note: i’m an animator and i agree with you i just wanna see what you’re specifically thinking of)

Oh boy

Ohhhh boy

Spoiler alert for ep 3 and comparison to the same scenes in the manga.

Also tw for some triggering moments from ep 3, please proceed at your own risk.

So this is going to be part 1 and I'm gonna start with shrimple 🦐 things because I don't have my big tablet with me so the suggestions are made with what I have available.

So first of all, the RCiel flashback, absolutely disgraceful execution.

I'm not going to go into it fully yet, but for example this scene:

In the manga you can see the horror in his eyes.

When using only black and white, one is forced to convey emotions in their most pure form because of the color restrictions. That's why it works so well, plus Yana is a master of shadows and compositions primarily containing black.

The "animated" shot does not convey even remotely the same emotion for me.

Firstly because of the style they have chosen. You can't have his eyelashes be this bright and expect to portray fear properly.

Secondly because of the colors.

IT'S SO DAMN BRIGHT.

Yes, the manga is also bright but that's because it wants to point your attention to his eye. And the emptiness that comes with the terror in it.

The blue in his eyes and the two highlights ruin any convincing part of this shot left. Too much detail, TOO MUCH. It works in the manga because it's made with as little lines as possible, the detail takes away the effect.

So here is what I added according to what I mentioned:

It's darker on the side, creating a greater contrast with the eye. I have included only one highlight, just like in the manga and have made the eyelashes darker. I also added a bit more detail under the eye for a stronger effect (just like it's done in the manga).

Here's a gif to show the difference:

(Please keep in mind I'm not claiming to be an expert and I'm not claiming to be better than the studio itself, this is just how I would have done it to fit the aesthetic and story better)

The next one is Sebastian related.

I hate his new design.

Bro he's so petite and shiny, WHY ARE THEY ALL SHINY, SINCE WHEN anyway

Here's one shot I took of his face that annoyed me to hell and back

Who is this man.

Is Tamatoa gonna come for him soon, what's the deal?

So I used Book of Atlantic as reference and fixed his face a bit. I also made the shot darker because OF COURSE IT WILL BE

(Once again, it's not the best, but at least the hair reminds of the og Sebastian and at this point, that's enough for me)

Here's the gif

And for last, another Seb related

It's this scene from the manga:

I love it's composition because look at how full and sad and overwhelming ociels panel is compared to how small and cornered sebs one is.

Not only is he so small, but he's also off center IN HIS OWN panel, pushed as much to the left as he can be to portray how distant he is to ociel now.

Its not about the speech bubble, it's about unconsciously separating them from one another.

And here's what the stupid ass studio decided is best

SMACKED HIS AAH IN THE MIDDLE, TAKING vertically 2/3 OF THE SHOT.

EHM

WHAT

Also IT'S SO BRIGHT YET AGAIN.

He's supposed to be lonely in this shot, left aside, pushed away, unwanted.

DON'T PUT HIM IN THE MIDDLE YOU DUMMIES FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

I put him in the first third of the composition, put the light source off camera, cus we don't need that brightness, fixed his hair and made IT DARKER YET AGAIN. I also had to draw some of the background, I hope it doesn't stand out too much.

No gif cus there's a 10 pic limit that I didn't know about.

ANYWAY.

This is just the first part, I'll get to the animation and specific scenes later. I know I didn't cover any of the important ones but I can't do much without my tablet 😔

Once again, I'm not claiming to be an expert, I just really love this story and want it to get the care and proper adaptation it deserves.

And if you think I'm being nitpicky...

Yes.

I absolutely am.

Because that's how you make a high quality product.

By THINKING. And making THE APPROPRIATE CHOICES TO MAKE THE WANTED EFFECT EVEN STRONGER.

Wow I feel better.

Can't wait to get to the animation heheehehhe

Thanks for the request btw, you're awesome, let's colab and fix it together :3

Bye now, see you soon, keep arting!!!