#blanc answers

[maleyanderevnshowdown]

a gift, perhaps?

O-Oh, w-wow, those love letters sure were...

P-potent..........

❤️

[sentryablaze]

HIIII u seem rlly cool :] - @hotelofmadness

Omg thank you !! You are very cool too <33

[moerusai]

Poetic Justice

Janelle Monáe as Helen Brand — GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (2022)

Bonus:

[sicklyjelly]

happy holidays, here's a gift for y'all

[motherofplatypus]

So like, has Marinette overcome her trauma of Cat Blanc, or has that become another irrelevant event now?

[abybweisse]

Hello there, I find your theory about John Brown is a supernatural being in disguise is interesting me, because I don't believe that Undertaker will be the final antagonist but will face to face with Sebastian and Our!Ciel since his main goal is to restore the Phantomhive family and we still don't know who killed Rachel and Vincent, kidnapped the twins and burned their mansion. Also, in Season 1, John Brown was replaced with Ash/Angela who was a fallen angel and the one who cause the Phantomhve family's demise. If John Brown was indeed a supernatural being and was involved with the Phantonhive's death, I imagined him being a dangerous third party like how Ash/Angela became a very dangerous villain that made both demons which is Sebastian and reapers to join forces to stop the fallen angel. I don't know if the whole "snuff out the unclean, snuff out the unnecessary and snuff out the unwanted" will became canon, but let's just wait for another plot twist in thr climax.

Speaking of season 1, in the episode "His butler: Engaging the Servants", Finnian said that birds were his only friends, and since we probably get closer to Finny's past in the manga, could it be birds symbolizes his desire for freedom? Because I always heard this simile, " As free as a bird." What do you think of this?

Also, in the last episode of season 1, Sebastian said that his true form is unsighty, disgusting and repulsive. I personally think that he wasn't wrong that his true form is quite horrible for human eyes to see, i mean, having an eldritch like body with hundred of eyes is far from the word beautiful. Not to mention that Ash/Angela's reaction and how they were terrified implies that Sebastian can easily shred them in pieces which he actually did to that mad fallen angel (and also the cultist that killed R!Ciel in the manga)

(I'm completely aware that I often compared season 1 of the anime with the manga because some of them were nearly the same. Idk about season 2)

⚠️ long post ⚠️ and re-edited ❗️ ⚠️

Hello! Thanks for the asks!

John Brown as the biggest bad

I often compare John Brown (and Ash/Angela) to a Mother game character called Giygas, who is an extraterrestrial from a very distant world. In Mother, Giygas crash-lands on Earth and is cared for by George and Mary/Maria. I'm a little confused about the details, but they apparently go with Giygas to its home planet, where Mary/Maria stays. George steals technology from the alien race and returns to Earth, where he conducts more studies. George also somehow manages to pass alien abilities to his descendants. Fearing this technology will be used by Earthlings to destroy that alien race, Giygas is sent back to Earth to stop him. But by the time Giygas gets to Earth again, George has already died, and Giygas has gone kind of insane. Giygas decides to take revenge against humanity, particularly George's descendants, like Ninten. By the time you get to Mother 2 (EarthBound), Giygas is using all sorts of methods to control people, including this kid called Pokey Minch. Ness and his pals defeat Pokey and Giygas, but Pokey escapes, while Giygas is sort of... obliterated? In Mother 3, Pokey returns as King Porky. Though Giygas isn't seen anymore, some essence of evil left behind by Giygas still seems to influence King Porky. With help, Lucas manages to defeat King Porky (without killing him). Then Lucas still has to have a final showdown with his dead and reanimated older mirror twin brother, Claus.

George is one of the parallels to Undertaker, here, assuming he's Cedric, the paternal grandfather of the mirror twin brothers (real Ciel and our earl). Taking and researching technology from another race of creatures, passing abilities/traits onto his descendants. Does the technology come directly from reapers? I don't quite think so, at least not entirely. They keep mentioning their "superiors", and I suspect those are something truly superior to reapers, not simply reapers with higher authority. Angels, perhaps. That's what Ash/Angela is in s1, though apparently a fallen one. And both characters (John and Ash/Angela) have whips....

Perhaps the John Brown we have seen in the manga is one of these superiors? Possibly an angel of sorts.

An angel who has been sent to clean up this mess with Undertaker. I can imagine the superiors trying (at first) to take care of it themselves, not wanting the reapers to know whatever Undertaker has learned. But that's failed, and now active reapers are being pulled in to help.

And, in the process, John has made a contract with Queen Victoria, much like a demon might? The way he uses that puppet of Prince Albert suggests he's controlling the queen, and it might be a lot like the offer Sebastian originally offered to our earl (to make him believe his twin had returned). This makes Victoria the main parallel to King Porky. (I believe there's another one who specifically parallels Pokey Minch, before he returns as the self-proclaimed king.)

Perhaps John, like Ash/Angela, has a completely different side to him that we haven't seen just yet? Something polar opposite of what we've seen, so far. Something intense and crazed, much like Ash/Angela is. Much like Giygas becomes.

I seriously think that our earl (with help) must defeat John Brown as the "big bad", even more so than the queen, though she's probably the one who actually orders the attack, etc.

If the Mother game series parallels are close enough, John's (or the reaper superiors') main concern might be that Undertaker could make their roles obsolete. And that's kind of what Othello and Grelle discuss in ch149. And they haven't even discussed the possibility that this deserting reaper has been passing on reaper traits to human descendants. But they are already worried he might change the nature of life itself, making souls unnecessary. Making reapers unnecessary. It could destroy the entire system of the Afterlife. Much like Giygas' species fears humans stealing and using their own technology against them.

Finny and birds

Isn't there a scene in the manga that has Finny accidentally kill the first bird he tries to care for... or was that also just anime Finny? 🤔 Anyway, he definitely says he likes the outdoors and wide open spaces because of his previous confinement. It would make sense if he's also fond of anything else that symbolizes freedom, like the flight of birds. Makes it more poignant that there's so much caged bird imagery in his current situation at the orphanage... as well as the wren and myths/folklore associated with it.

Sebastian's demonic form

I quickly started to associate Sebastian with two characters in Mother 3: Boney, the loyal family dog who helps Lucas... and the Dark Dragon, the beast that follows your will... if you wake it up and give it your "heart". Lucas is the one to wake the Dark Dragon after his older mirror twin is "sacrificed".

We've actually seen glimpses of a form this demon can take, besides all the mouths and eyes, and besides the various animals (and furniture) it can conjure from itself. We see it reflected in a mirror on the cover art for ch88.

We also see it in a couple panels in ch137. The image on the left is not as well defined, and it might be as the demon is changing forms. The head of the one on the right looks particularly similar to the reflection on ch88's cover.

The Dark Dragon is a powerful creature that can be used for good or bad, depending on who wakes it back up. Lucas has a good heart, so the Dark Dragon does everything in its power to set things right again, after much upheaval. It cannot return the dead to life, just like Sebastian.

So... the Dark Dragon never goes up against Giygas... or even against King Porky. The biggest bads are defeated before Lucas even wakes the Dark Dragon. Giygas is defeated by prayer (of all things) in Mother 2. King Porky is captured inside an Absolute Safe Capsule, invented by Dr. Andonuts.

In Black Butler, we could see a break in that parallel, simply because our earl relies so heavily on Sebastian (and because Sebastian is already awake/under contract). However, we could also end up with our earl and Sebastian witnesses to John Brown and Queen Victoria being defeated by others who have been helping them.

One of Undertaker's other parallels in the Mother game series is Dr. Andonuts... but he's not the only Kuroshitsuji character to parallel the inventor: so is Sieglinde Sullivan. Dr. Andonuts is forced to work for King Porky, and his Fascinating Chimera technology is used/abused by King Porky's Pigmask Army, but he eventually manages to get revenge by keeping Porky alive but unable to cause anymore harm. We know Undertaker doesn't like the queen, so if he finds out she wants his Bizarre Dolls as "allies", he might confront her and John. Then we have Sieglinde, who is brought to England and introduced to the queen. Soon after, we find out the queen is sponsoring Sieglinde's new (mostly secret) projects... in a house and laboratory also provided by the queen. When Sieglinde figures out the queen is using her, much like her mother used her, she might also rise up against Victoria.

If we keep really close to the game, our earl and Sebastian (as Boney instead of the Dark Dragon role) might finally confront Queen Victoria and John Brown (and Double Charles?) just to watch as they are somehow defeated by Undertaker and/or Sieglinde. Extra points if it's Sieglinde using some contraption she invented while working for the queen.

Wouldn't it be wild if Sebastian isn't (directly) the one to defeat his master's main enemies... and then he has to apologize for failing the terms of the contract? Or maybe he covers his demon ass by helping in some roundabout way, so he can still claim the victory for his master? Either way, it could really decrease the sweetness of that revenge.

Sebastian might not even need the ability to shred John Brown. We shall see....

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And I'm completely aware I often compare Black Butler to the Mother game series. 😆 S1 of the anime has some interesting AU parallels. For all of its off-the-rails qualities -- surprisingly -- so does s2. Heck, that joke OVA about making the anime even has a scene that parodies part of Dr. Andonuts' lab under King Porky's control.

Sorry for the long delay in responding. I hope you like the reply!

[rainofzuh]

Ok but what was that substance the white ponytail man sprayed in everyones mouths at the beginning of glass onion?? Did bron just have a vaccine for Covid from the very start????

[brittle-doughie]

I just had an idea. Y/N takes a hobby in tailoring clothes, and the other tailor cookies discover this.

Can I be Hat Anon?

🎩

Howdy to ya, 🎩 Anon

Just her luck, the cookie that runs the kingdom also shared her dedication to the craft of tailoring! You could learn so much from each other, it’s always an honor to have THE Y/N Cookie visiting her Boutique! Mont Blanc cherishes any article of clothing you make for her, she hangs them up around her room and just marvels at your craftsmanship!

Ah! Bonbon is excited to hear about this! She’s eager to get a sense of your style of craftsmanship and see what she can work with! You certainly have more capability to do great in her eyes compared to Sour Belt Cookie. She’s fortunate she got to you first overall, the last thing she needed is to lose you to her. Bonbon is all about teaching you the classics while combining your own style as well. She can already see a permanent partnership between you two~

Sour Belt would also think it was pretty cool that you also were a tailor too! It was all about the street trends with Sour Belt and she wanted you to get the hang of it right away, she was getting antsy to nailing your style down to get that collab proposal moving! She would learn that the both of you flowed pretty well with each other. She was stoked to announce that A.C.i.D had a new mainstay partner pretty soon!

[merelymatt]

I only have one note for you Rian Johnson. In the next one Benoit Blanc needs to be at least 500% more gay. I've now seen Glass Onion twice, once in a cinema and once on Netflix, and both times I had to explain afterwards to the heteros I saw it with that Benoit Blanc and Hugh Grant are husbands. Yes despite the PR push. No I do not know the character's name, Blanc is gay married to Hugh Grant now thank you very much, that is my second note if you'll allow me that Rian Johnson.

Both times! "Oh I loved Hugh Grant's little cameo, but I didn't really get who he was supposed to be?"

You gotta shut these reactions down next time Rian Johnson. The rule of show don't tell is officially suspended. There must be no room for doubt. 500% gayer at minimum. Everything else just keep doing what you're doing, darling, loving your work

[the-chat-who-got-the-cream]

don’t mind me just thinking about how chat blanc is a reoccuring theme for marinette AND adrien now and how in the finale chat might end up becoming chat blanc anyways and it’d be both their worst nightmare coming true and thinking about how ladybug reveals herself to be marinette to maybe try fix it im very normal right now

[cadmuslabs777]

There's just one thing bothering me in Glass Onion that probably has a simple explanation, but I'm too dense: how did Helen pay for Blanc's services? Is the greatest detective of all time affordable? But he can't be cheap enough for a teacher to be able to pay, right? Maybe she inherited something from Andi?

The only time we've seen him get paid was in Knives Out and a rich guy did it, but idk I'm starting to think maybe he really is accessible. He could've done it for free and that would still be in character.

[maleyanderevnshowdown]

Jacob from lurking for love

Submission by @wambamchamp69 !

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Ohoho yes! I've been waiting for this one! :D Jacob is on my list for October candidates :) Thank you for bringing him up!

You can play his demo here!

[lionmythflower]

HIIIIIIII!! What’s your Headcanons for Lizzie/Bunny/KittyMaddie. platonic or Romantic?? (Or really your Wonderlandian couple headcanons)

i STARTWD ANSWERING THIS AND THEN IT DIDN'T SAVE-

anyways imma js give u some headcanons if u want me to type what I was gonna put before I can but it was mainly js Abt who kissed who when

(I'm also including Alistair in their polycule bc why not lol)

Maddie rambles so much and their partners are the only ones who can understand them

lizzie made a bag for Alistair that works the same way as Maddie's hat :)

THAT ONE SCENE WHERE KITTY TRIES TO EAT EARL GRAY (Maddie's mouse) HAPPENS ON A DAILY BASIS 😭

(Justice for Earl Gray)

bunny would love graphic novels and Maddie would buy them for her

Alistair can also read an entire novel in a day and Kitty says it's terrifying

Also back to the graphic novel thing bunny's fav graphic novel would be the Tea Dragon Society by K. O'Neill (I'm projecting and I js got the rest of the tea dragon series)

Lizzie is great at drawing and does so many drawings of her partners<3

When ever one of them makes Lizzie flustered, she'll be like "off with ur head" while blushing furiously

Kitty has a very specific tree that they sit in all the time and when their partners can't find them anywhere else they look there

Maddie is genderqueer and Kitty is nonbinary and they both go by they/them pronouns :)

Alistair gives trans vibes idk

lmao there's no way that bunny and Lizzie are cis

I think bunny is genderfluid and Lizzie is bigender or smth like that

Maddie and Alistair both have ADHD

Lizzie is bipolar

And bunny is dyslexic and has autism (they go nonverbal sometimes and all her partners know sign language for when that happens)

Kitty has OCD

And both kitty and Alistair have apd bc I said so

Kitty will js curl up w their head in their partners lap when one of their partners are sitting

Maddie is the most affectionate and bunny is a close second

Bunny likes to turn into her rabbit form and js sit on her partners laps

They all have great music taste

But Maddie can't sing to save their life (but they still try to, bless their soul)

Kitty can't spell for shit and bunny's like "I'm the one with dyslexia? How come u can't spell???" And it's js bc they hardly passed elementary/primary school 💀

bunny is the one w all the half used or not even opened journals

Maddie brings the best snacks on road trips

Kitty js sleeps the whole time while they're on the road

Alistair is the designated driver bc the last time they let Maddie drive they ended up in monster high (how do u get THAT LOST that u end up in another universe mads-)

Lizzie is the the astronomy person in their polycule

She absolutely loves constellations :)

Maddie will js be like oh look at the moon!!! No matter what phase the moon is in at the time

And then Lizzie will inform them what phase the moon is in

The all cuddle a lot

Like 24/7

Thank you for ur time

^ that's the scene I meant (I could only find it in an edits so that's why there's words lol)

[xhanisai]

I will dip my hands in the blood of your enemies and paint constellations on your face

AO3

Pairing - Mariblanc

Prompt - 'Kisses on Injury'

Summary -

"Is this everything? Or are you hiding any more injuries from me?" Chat Blanc muttered into her hair after giving the newly bandaged forehead a soft kiss, his ice blues flickering to the war-torn environment for a second and then back to her. Thankfully, luck was on their side and all of Monarque's brutal sentimonstre titans and Akumas had their hands full with the stubborn resistance (who consisted of selfless Parisians, led by Alya and Nino).

(After successfully stealing all the other miraculous from Ladybug, Monarque wages a war against the heroine, her partner and the rest of the world. He attempted to akumatise Ladybug too however Chat Noir took the hit instead and became Chat Blanc. Though he temporarily fought off Monarque's influence, it's only in a matter of a short time before he succumbs to the insanity of infinite destruction...)

 "Is this everything? Or are you hiding any more injuries from me?" Chat Blanc muttered into her hair after giving the newly bandaged forehead a soft kiss, his ice blues flickering to the war-torn environment for a second and then back to her. Thankfully, luck was on their side and all of Monarque's brutal sentimonstre titans and Akumas had their hands full with the stubborn resistance (who consisted of selfless Parisians, led by Alya and Nino).

 Marinette and her partner on the other hand were taking a quick break in one of the many vacant apartments, its interior evidencing that it's been rummaged and broken into a little while back by the enemy's army. The heroine wanted to hope that the family who was living here managed to evacuate in time but the congealing bloodstains on the broken furniture and walls said otherwise…

 "No. I got away with just a few little scratches this time around." Marinette sighed, leaning into her Chaton's warmth greedily whilst regarding their hopeless surroundings with bitterness. 'Some hero I am…I failed to protect my city.'

 "That wound on your head isn't just a little scratch. It might need stitches." He was rightfully firm, his grip on her hand tightening and his brows furrowed under his mask. "You'll become a liability if you don't get some rest. We don't want that wretched man to finally get his hands on your earrings, do we?" She hated how right he was, she hated how she couldn't just get everything done on her own terms and,

She hated how much he loved her.

 .

 Because his selfless, neverending love and devotion towards her had him snatch the Akuma butterfly that was meant for her  and now he was constantly plagued with a never-ending mental war against their enemy and against the desire to become one with pure destruction and annihilation.

 He's winning so far.

 But he was also just so, so, so exhausted.

 And there wasn't anything she could do other than defeat their enemies one by one because Monarque had his akumatised item and they were simultaneously on the run from his growing army. The resistance has shrunk in their numbers, having lost over half of their members to the butterflies and feathers and the two tired heroes have been unable to contact their loved ones for a long time now.

 Was there really any point in doing this anymore…?

 "Hey, you're making that face again." His tone was so warm, so Adrien, and all she could see was the internal agony that wailed within his blues on behalf of her sorrows (as well as keeping the insanity of Destruction at bay). "I promise you, I'll find your family. I'll make sure they're safe and sound."

 "They're strong. I know for sure that they're out there fighting against Monarque's army somewhere in the country." She couldn't help the fond smile that played on her bruised lips for the first time in forever and it had her partner soften his features at the rare sight. "I'm worried about you too. You haven't been resting either—"

 He could only silence her with the soft press of his lips against her own, all sweetness and tenderness with the ghost of blood that never left their skin.

 "I don't need rest. I'm strong too." He smiled, only for the sound of explosions close to the area to snap them out of their bubble. "Stay hidden. I'll get rid of them all."

 "A lot of members of Monarque's army are akumatised people just like yourself— don't kill them." Her grip on his wrist was tight and she hoped, hoped that he would listen. That he wouldn't shed any more blood than he already had.

 He's supposed to be a hero.

 .

 "Some of those people were willingly akumatised because they wanted to see your downfall, Marinette." Chills ran down her spine from the ominous glow of his icy, blood-lusting eyes. "I won't let them get away with that."

 And he was gone.

.

.

.

~(x)~

[whatabunchofalices]

i would love to see the class schedules for the eah characters especially characters that aren’t the hero, villain or a princess/prince. what classes does maddie and bunny take? the classes for the wonderland kids are already confusing because in the diaries alistair said he had to take a hero class even tho he’s not the hero in his destiny. does lizzie take princess related classes or villains ones? or both? what classes does blondie or cedar take? or cupid? does jillian take hero classes or do they not allow her because those classes are “for boys”? other then music class what does melody take? what classes does humphrey take? like you don’t need a class on how to fall off something

[oldshrewsburyian]

"#...i had a different headcanon for how they met. however." I humbly request elaboration.

Oh, so, remember that time you asked me to write the intro to the New Yorker profile "The Last of the Gentleman Sleuths"? I think Phillip wrote it. Obviously journalism salaries aren't what they were, even for the New Yorker, so Phillip also has family money. This takes Hugh Grant's star image into account and also sets up The English Christmas Country House Murder film in this franchise. Harriet Walter plays Phillip's older sister. I digress.

Anyway: our Englishman-in-New-York goes down to lascivious old New Orleans, and is fascinated by his subject. He is impolitic about the merits of bourbon vs. aged single malts; this is less a matter of thoughtlessness than of subconscious calculation. So Blanc educates him on bourbon -- it's only polite -- in dimly luminous Art Deco bars and in bars with peeling green paint on shutters open to let in the mild evening air and in a little bar du quartier where they are treated as if they, too, had strolled from home rather than choosing to cook. Blanc seems not to be disconcerted by this at all. Phillip rather thinks he should be.