#EPISODE 12

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Reblogging S’ suffering bc well, he suffers and it is now animated.

Sebastian Michaelis’ Lament: Nina Hopkins and Victorian women’s hair

“Chapter 107: At Night, The Butler, Compelling” is another favourite chapter. It fully describes Sebastian’s pettiness when it comes to Nina Hopkins snubbing him, one of the few people who doesn’t like him, not impressed by him, doesn’t admire him. It must be the demon’s one of the many pet peeves. He values her professionalism and her sense of style but her negative treatment of him sends him to question himself : “why manifest to be a virile, young, and a beautiful man if I cannot charm everyone?” It doesn’t amuse him. It agitates him. Anyway, Nina also treats the male servants of the Phantomhive Household the same: Bard, really pissed, and Finnian, clueless. Except for Tanaka.

In the manga, Nina as a tailor admits that she loves to dress up pubescent boys. But I don’t think it has to do with her sexual preference. She adores Mey-rin’s androgynousness the first time they’ve met. True. Her declarations though have become the subject of discussion among the puritanical accounts on Twitter. Just because Yana Toboso designed her character so the “mangaka must be pedophile.” It is this ambiguity that makes reading it difficult for others.

(Chapter 17: At Midnight, The Butler, Brand New)

Anyway, difference of opinion irritates S. Nina is avant-garde and very open to changes. While S is not. For a demon, his sense of style is very conservative and clings to etiquette and protocol. That’s why his rebuke of Bard’s sexism is truly remarkable. Demons probably find it amusing what holds the people back in order to feed their bigotry and in turn their hypocrisy.

Which is why S views the hair an impeccable requirement in the Victorian society. He was so heartbroken after he saw Sieglinde Sullivan’s short hair. The demon’s reaction is one to be framed!

Hair was a very important body part during the Victorian era among women of the middle and upper classes. It was a sign of their femininity and a focus of sexual interest. No wonder, poor women, who were deprived of clean toilets and struggled with poor hygiene, were forced to sell their hair, which they normally hid with bonnets or hats.

There was a strict societal code to follow how to style their long hair. Cutting the hair was simply unthinkable. Coiffed hair was a sign of coming into age. Victorian women never wore their hair loose, but for pictorial purposes only, and when there was intimacy involved.

They did occasionally trim split ends, or even singe them, but long hair was viewed as being ultra-feminine and desirable.

In order to celebrate the extreme long Victorian hair, people catapulted it into art. One of them is incorporating the strands of hair into ornate mourning lockets, a memento mori of a deceased loved one. (Morbid Anatomy, for one, offers courses how to design intricate Victorian mourning hair lockets.)

Empress Sisi of Austria, for example, had an elaborate regimen to groom her hair. Apart from exercising to death and starving herself.

Sisi looked on her daily sessions of hairdressing as a “sacred ritual.” She used the morning hours that Fanny (Franziska Feifalik) was combing and styling her hair for reading, writing letters, and for studying Greek and Hungarian with her tutors. But daily hairstyling was only one component of Sisi’s haircare regime. Every three weeks, her hair had to be washed and dried. This was a time consuming process in itself.

…

Every three weeks it was washed with raw eggs and brandy, a procedure which took an entire day, including drying. After washing her hair, the Empress would don a long, waterproof silk dressing gown and walk up and down until her hair dried. ( x )

Her vanity, like “to be beautiful is to suffer”, caused her to have a headache, but saved her life for a few minutes, due to tight lacing of her corset.

Also calling in sick when one is cross with the employer is the oldest trick in the book. When Sisi’s personal hairstylist, who earned as high as a university professor, didn’t show up for work because of the monarch’s capriciousness, the empress admitted that she needed her: “After several such days of hairdressing, I am quite worn down. She knows that and waits for capitulation. I am a slave to my hair.”

A predicament Sisi shared with the other women during her time, but in Yana Toboso’s universe one of her characters has been spared.

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Epsiode 12, here we go!

And the subtitle works!

Spoilers, obviously...

NO RECAP! Very important! We're on the 12th episode now and we only have 1 more episode left. I'm glad they didn't waste precious minutes on recap.

I've always thought that Sascha has black hair for some reason... but no, their hair is actually brown. I do hope to see them again in the future.

Yeh, the start of WW1. It was a long time ago...

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Sebastian is not stupid. He most probably has eidetic memory and he has more than enough experience to set things into motion, start a war, spread a plague, make Ciel fall in love with him... One needs brain power for that, to predict how certain words and action would ripple across the pond, just like the butterfly effect.

Hello, Grelliam! Long time no see! Let's see... the last time we saw them was... Hm... The Campania arc, I believe. Will did make an appearance in the manga at the end of Campania, but I can't quite remember if he made it to the screen.

Did Grell get a new coat? Madam Red's coat didn't quite fit her, but this one does. And it looks kind of like the red version of Sebastian's black coat. She must've wanted them to match. Or did she want to match with Will? Or both? 😁

Ah, so Alan & Eric did make it to the anime. What a coincidence, since they also aired the musical earlier today...

While Grell's reason to have offed herself was quitr obvious, I think Will decided to do it because he didn't want to be a corporate slave anymore. Well, guess what...

Well, they look like a mess...

How did I forget that Tanaka can speak German?!

Yeah, Heinrich definitely has seen Vincent in a dress at some point...

I've always been wondering, just how rich & powerful Diedrich is... He obviously holds a very respectable position in the society.

Jealous!Ciel is jealous! Don't worry, Bocchan. Sebastian will be yours again soon enough.

See? He's bathing you.

I'm very sure that Ciel can bathe himself, but of course, he'd have Sebastian bathe him. They simply can't keep their hands off each other...

A question though, where did Ciel get those clothes from? Didn't see any trunk or suitcase.

Did Diedrich eat anything other than sandwiches? Anything at all??

Oh, so the sandwich was an appetiser...

Sebastian actually looked both disgusted and affronted. As though Sieg's lack of manners is offending him on a personal level.

Glad to know that Ciel didn't get PTSD from a ship...

Unruly girl... Ciel doesn't mince words...

Ah, so they finally acknowledged Nina Hopkins...

To see Sebastian got completely ignored...

His face tho...

Is Sieglinde getting married? Why did Nina envision her in a wedding dress?

Ah, they're finishing each other's sentence... Sebaciel is back!!

Whoa! Whoa! Nina is working on a large order for a choir?! Foreshadowing much?? The boyband arc is coming?!

Speaking of, did UT commission her to make r!Ciel's attire as well? Did she not suspect anything?

I CANNOT!! THIS IS WAY FUNNIER THAN THE MANGA!! 🤣🤣🤣 and that "BOINK!" sound effect is a cherry on top!

And the episode ended with Wolf's scream of horror...

See you next week!

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Who here has watched TBHX episode 12? Because I SURE HAVE!!!

Okay, so this week we finally got to be introduced and get to know Queen. In respond, there were a lot of posts having been excited to see X and people saying X took the spotlight like he took the title in her arc.

I know it was all a fun and jokey post. Don't worry, I'm not taking them seriously. WHICH IS WHY I'M GONNA HAVE FUN BY HYPING MY QUEEN IN MY PREFACE! BECAUSE HELL YEAH, SHE IS SO GOOD!

I don't care what anybody says, I would absolute put my trust into Queen. If she says "jump" while standing on a cliff, I wouldn't even stop to ask "how high?" That is how much I trust her.

While if X ask me to jump, I would shoot him a dirty look and say, "I swear, if you send me to the moon, then it's your ass!" Because who knows if he's trlling me or not.

Unlike all the previous heroes before her, Queen is unique from the fact she has aimed to be a hero with eyes wide open. She knew about the flaws and setback of the trust system, but still she went in fully determined in order to change things for the better. She puts high expectation on the world as much as on herself.

A post once pointed how Queen had never once refer herself a female hero nor raise the issue of the patriarchy that would have made it an obstacle. She says she's gonna be a hero, so she will be. That's it. It's the media that pulls her gender into the narrative in order to make her more appealing.

With all of that said though, I think Hero X was absolutely necessary to showcase the dynamic of Queen's character because he is everything that she is not.

Queen, from the very beginning, has stated her wish and goal to the public of becoming X in order to abolish the Trust System. Hero X is an absolute John Doe, nobody knows he's motive or who he is.

Queen use her power by creating a world of order with a tap of her polearm or stick. Hero X displace people into a world of chaos with a snap of his finger. Queen is affiliated with a hero company, X doesn't. Queen is straightlaced and use all her effort to rise to the top, while Hero X acts like such a troll as he swaggered into the Top 10 Tournament.

His contrast with her, for better or worse, allows to highlight Queen's strength and weakness. (And can I just say it's so funny that Hero X was essentially made to be her trauma for this arc 😂). And Queen's greatest strength is definitely her powerful sense of justice that really resonated with people and it definitely resonated with me.

Their dynamic could also be taken as a commentary of Queen having to be perfect all the time and not being allowed to make mistake (possibly why she resonated with Lucky Cyan) in order to be taken seriously.

Her ideals and goal empower her, but in a way, they also shackle her. Keeping her from being a person even if it's a choice she willingly taken.

But now that she finally tasted failure – a very real and normal human experience – how will she keep the trust she had in herself and her ideals that has been the fuel her strength this whole time.

Or better yet, maybe she could finally ask herself the question; who is she without her ideals?

Moping and drinking in the dark room while scrolling social media. Damn, I feel you girl.

Oh, her eyes light up. Even during her depression Queen can't stand injustice. THAT'S MY GIRL!

Oh... Bowa... hun... you really need to chill more

Bowa's background? I didn't expect that?

Oh no... since it's established that Fear could take away your common sense. Bowa is really gonna go cross a line with this

Oh, Bowa. Hun. If being able to help people mattered so much to you. Being Hero X shouldn't be the most important thing for you...

LITTLE JOHNNY IS SO ADORABLE!!! I LOVE THEIR FRIENDSHIP!!!

Cyan so strong she could make even Queen her believer

Cyan being Queen's oshi confirm 🤣

BAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAAHA, i'm sorry... but what the fuck? Just how bad is Hero X's relationship with Rock that they had to put a data analysis about it. And who is this Hero Nine? And why do they think they're friends???

Okay. This just occured to me but it seems like Fear is confirm energy during Cyan arc. But before that, there has been strange occurences with Fear that was never defined as such. Good to know

Also, Liu Zhen. I know you have good intention. I want to believe you... But the fact you have hidden agenda, never put into light the secret of the plane beforehand, and just generally have bad taste of friends. I really can't trust you.

Wreck why are you there?! Of all the possible people having a relationship with Hero X. I didn't think they include you

The second tournament for Queen, already?!

Aaaaawwww... Johnny and Cyan are such a good friends with Queen. I love their dynamic so much 🥹.

Ooooh? Junkyard fight? Bowa vs Queen? We couldn't see her fight with X – so this is our consolation prize?

Both girls using ranged weapon is a really interesting point since polearms and such are often used by women in history because they have easier time handling it.

Bow is such a beast. No wonder she manage to get the title of X.

Queen is such a tank. She's taken so many hits and she hasn't gone down at all!

HO.LY. SHIT. did Queen just carved up a land there?

I'm sorry, I don't think I could write any more reaction. I'm just locked the fuck in in this fight

QUEEN-JOHNNY-CYAN FRIENDSHIP CONFIRM!!!!

Okay. I knew they were friends in the last episode. But still, this isn't just being friends. This best friends/support group/found family. The best kind of friendship! I'm so happy for you Queen.

Also, you manage to stay in the Top 10 and be Number 2 despite not competing... girl! That's crazy!!!

The girls are out and they're gonna party!!!

JOHNNY NO!!!!!

So... it looks like we know who the next arc is gonna be.

And have to wait a month for it....

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA DAMN YOU LH0!!!

Very action-packed this episode. I couldn't react well with the fights because the whole time I was like •o•!!

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Jinshi.exe stopped working

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Episode 12: One Sleepless Night

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zhou zishu and wen kexing parenting each other's children from the start like stepdad WHO i'm just your dad now congrats you have twice as many as you thought you did! !!

[himemeiya]

*sips tea*

[luckydaikon]

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Their first ever scene together…

One we AND they will never forget!

What we saw…

What we didn’t see

And Andy definitely will never forget it! 😭

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[seekers-who-are-lovers]

Natsuko Hirose: “We need you. I want to see you. Even if you’re in despair right now. I promise you there’ll be a day with fun. So please… live. Lukeeee!!! I love you!”

Episode 12: Zenshu

Can you feel Natsuko’s pain? Can you feel her yearning? Can you feel her heart beating so fast? And… are you crying?

[icy-watch]

...what happened to Shade, the previous master?

[deathnotewiki]

April 25, 2004:

· Video #2 from the Second Kira arrives.

· Hearing the word “Shinigami,” L falls out of his chair.

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Episode 12: One Sleepless Night

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