#Ancient Magus Bride

[dude1818]

The voices of Atsumi Tanezaki by @yuri_kyanon

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[siix-eyes]

[yonae]

[vivi-ships]

Antis are so interesting to me sometimes because there are two animes I love that have very similar character dynamics, Ancient Magus Bride and Black Butler and I see them get treated very differently.

Both shows involve an extremely traumatized teenage orphan voluntarily selling themself for a sense of safety and control. Ciel sells his soul for revenge to Sebastian and Chise sells herself for auction, risking a life of slavery, just for a place to call home.

Elias Ainsworth, a centuries old demonic mage, drops £5,000,000 to purchase Chise, a 15 year old girl, with the expressed intention of teaching her magic and making her his bride and she has little to no say in the matter.

And Sebastian, a centuries old demon, forms a contract with Ciel, a then 10 year old now 14 year old boy, where he openly expresses his desire to consume his soul, constantly grabs and speaks to him in incredibly suggestive ways, and while it is less blatant there is a heavily implied romantic/sexual relationship between them in which Ciel would actually have all the power and control since Sebastian is incapable of acting against his wishes.

Personally, I've never seen anybody talk badly about Elias, I've never seen anybody call him a groomer or talk about the blatant power imbalance between him and Chise.

Maybe I'm just missing it but I've only seen people mention how cute they are and I agree but I feel like some of those same people would see Sebastian and Ciel as incredibly toxic and gross when realistically they're far closer to being equals in their dynamic and that's where I get a little bit lost.

[xxcrossroadsxx]

Happy New Year 2024!

[honeygriot]

My favorite romantic anime I've watched this year

1. My Dress up darling

2. Kamisama kiss

3. My happy marriage

4. Fruits Basket (2019)

5. Horimiya

6. Kaguya-sama: Love is war

7. Romantic Killer

8. More than a married couple, but not lovers

9. Ancient Magus bride

10. Apothecary Diaries

[umihoshi]

Not to sound like a monsterfucker, But nothing is more disappointing then the biggest baddest cursed motherfucker transforming back into a cookiecutter twink.

[mmm-asbestos]

my strongest mental illness soldier

[immanime]

Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 OP

[junijupi]

Elias' two moods 🥀 🩷

[faiiryteethh]

The Ancient Magus' Bride [2017]

[siix-eyes]

[chaikajpeg]

elias with deer antlers

References:

"Mature red deer stag", photo by Bill Ebsen, taken 26. september 2009 in Jægersborg Dyrehave in Denmark (if that tells you anything)

2. T-Michael (a tailor and a founder of a fashion label if i'm not mistaken)

also, i hate cropping my drawings and could not decide what version to choose in the end, so please have both

[yonae]

[sierrasheep]

I should do inks again

[spacefarer]

*incoherent squealing* I love them I love them