#ciel x doll x lizzy x sieglinde

[blackbutlerfandomnerddomain]

hcs of if Sebastiian takes care of both Ciels?

Chaos

So initially it's a AU where R!Ciel survived and both twins make a deal with him?

Well, the canon of returning to the manor is still the same just add two

They both take the role of Queen's Guarddog and switch

O!Ciel is the only one who holds the demon mark though

While they solve crime and do Earl things together they opened Funtom together to hold O!Ciel's wish

Okay but I just realized, circus performer and a toy shop owner-

Engagement of Lizzy is still on R!Ciel but he doesn't fully want to

Sebastian is now both their dads

Doll and O!Ciel met during when the circus was in town some time before the twins and Sebastian were sent to look into it

Not much is different than just add the second

[roseunspindle]

black butler meandering

I had the idea that Doll got to the Kelvin manor in time to see/find out everything, and is horrified by what was happening to the kids, and seeing it, she can’t justify it, and all she can remember now is the others always scolding her for being to soft, for not wanting to kidnap children, to murder innocent people, Sebastian also corrects her on who was the one to actually let slip the pertinent information. The fact that Beast was willing to let her shoulder all the blame hurts, and seeing Ciel’s reaction to the basement area, hearing even some of what happened to him, when he shoots Kelvin she feels relieved, and can’t quite bring herself to run to Joker’s side after Sebastian cuts his arm off.

 Doll pulls on Sebastian’s coat, as the Doc is going to kill the little girl and tells him “you can’t let him live” and Ciel gives the order through his panic. Doll’s pretty numb, but manages to stop Ciel when he Sebastian to burn down the manor and killing everyone. She goes with them to find the old orphanage/workhouse long derelict and abandoned, and slips into a slight catatonic state.

She remain that way for quite awhile, after a month of careful tending she comes out of it, surprised to find herself not stowed away in a hospital, kicked out into the street, or even at the very least a back servants room, but instead in one of the guest rooms of Phantomhive Manor, dressed in a soft, fine flannel nightgown. She cries a little, because maybe, maybe Smile, maybe he really meant their handshake, and maybe she’d

She asks Ciel to “give her a new name” as she no longer wishes to be Doll. Ciel decides on Eleanor, with “Nell” as an affectionate nickname. She goes to the Circus once, to explain to the others that she and Joker and the rest will not be returning, appointing a new ringmaster, and collecting Snake, and sadly telling him the whole truth. He chooses to stay with her, “Smile” and “Black” and becomes a Phantomhive footman.

She officially becomes “Eleanor Michaelis” supposedly Sebastian’s niece/cousin/distant relative orphaned and come to live with them (though many, including Lizzy’s brother are positive she’s Ciel’s mistress....)

Lizzy herself is delighted to have a girl her age with whom she can be close and helps “Nell” integrate with the world (and helps design her lovely clothes)

“Nell” and Lizzy become close and so when Ciel is invited aboard to Campania, so is she, Nell is impressed, along with Ciel, over Lizzy’s swordsmanship and (Ciel isn’t sure how the subject even came up) both girls decided that they would both be the future wife of the queen’s guard dog. (when ciel splutters both girls are offended and ask is there is anything wrong with them, does he not wish to marry them?) Ciel gives up at this point and Sebastian is deeply amused.

“Nell” is with them during the emerald witch arc and takes to Sieglinde right away, and after explaining (to Ciel’s horror) how she and Lizzy are both Ciel’s fiancé’s Sieglinde takes a shine to the idea and after things go down, hopes that Lizzy will agree to allowing her to also become Ciel’s fiancé.  

Ciel’s Aunt talks to him about Nell and Sieglinde and after realizing that the girls are the ones going for the idea, decides it might not be such a bad one, as the wife of the queen’s guard dog is a dangerous and lonely position.

She even manages to find old/ancient records that sort of allow for multiple wives and after queen Victoria meets with the young ladies in question, she agrees and gives royal dispensation for the future marriages (partly because ensuring Sieglinde is married to a loyal British subject will be quite useful. Also Nell and Lizzy’s dual ability to ensure Ciel doesn’t go to far is a bonus.

Ciel is rather put out over not actually being consulted on any of this, but it does seem to please the girls and with Nell and Sieglinde to occupy more of her time, Lizzy doesn’t try making the mansion “cute” all that much anymore nor does she harass the servants quite as much.

(it takes quite a bit of explaining to Soma and Agni why a royal dispensation was even needed for having multiple wives during with Ciel’s forehead vein nearly burst and he ends up with Soma trying to get him to also marry one of his sisters)

Sebastian and Ciel do slowly realize they are in love as well, and the ladies don’t really mind, and well, Ciel, Sieglinde, and Nell all agree that watching a sword bout between Sebastian and Lizzy is very, very appealing.

Lord Grey comes around more and more as the years go by, and his attempts at courtship/flirting are so odd that no one actually realizes he’s trying to woo them until Phipps steps in because he’s fed up with the bizarre mooning.

Also, turns out Snake can lay eggs and Ciel is quite glad that he has so many wives as it makes it easier to hide how he ended up with two extra children.

Concerning the twin ciel’s thing I go with Nell especially being positive that Lizzy is on their side as is biding her time, and that she actually had guessed that Ciel wasn’t the original one, as when the spoke of them she always called real!Ciel “the ciel from before” and our!ciel “my ciel” and seemed to be refering to different people.

*I do have a vague idea of future children (okay lots mostly i love names XD)

Ciel/Lizzy - first child and first son Vincent Fredrick Phantomhive

Ciel/”Nell” - Rachel Angelina Francis Vinette Phantomhive

Sebastian/Lizzy - (surprise baby, lizzy found herself craving and eating almost solely raw  meat throughout this pregnancy) Carmilla Esther Adelaide Phantomhive

Ciel/Sieglinde - Wilhelmine Victoriana Emerald Estelle Phantomhive

Ciel/Nell - Leander Granville Phantomhive

Sebastian/Sieglinde - Ambrose Victor Phantomhive

Ciel/Lizzy - Lucian Sebastian Phantomhive

[midnight-in-town]

I feel like people are beginning to catch on with how Seb isn’t a human. Like how Finny was hella confused how the fuck he managed to drag Fin out of the room in Germany, his comment with a Lizzy being good for a human, and Ed heard Blavat’s comment, right? I mean, at first they’d think “nah, that’s crazy/I heard wrong/maybe the floor was slippery and that’s how he managed to drag me out?” But things are starting to pile up. How do you think the others will react once the truth comes out? 1->

Hi Anon! 

Yeah, I definitely agree with @akumadeenglish that Tanaka might have guessed/was told that Seb is a demon, mostly because that would explain why he wasn’t surprised at Seb’s “resurrection” after his funerals…

…especially since we know he’s not as naive as Bard, Mey and Finny can be. :)

Tanaka has always been a real MVP for me, because he’s probably one of the few who knows many answers we’re after (about Claudia, about Vincent and December 14th, about the twins, about Seb) and since I always associate him to Frances in my theories (for the following reasons), I wouldn’t be surprised if she knew too, especially considering the Phantomhive lineage stuff:

As for the rest of them though, I agree some characters (Finny and probably the other servants, Liz of course, maybe Ed, Soma, Sieglinde) are bound to find out at some point about Seb’s true nature and/or about Ciel selling his soul to a demon. 

I don’t think it’s something that’s easy to believe though, even despite hearing some weird sentences or witnessing a strange event, unless it’s on the scale of what Arthur witnessed or if you’re Sieglinde, because as a “witch” she apparently knew about a few rituals. 

Demons in Kuroverse belong with religion and faith, so for most people they’re not “supposed to be real” and mostly, they’re not supposed to be your friend’s/cousin’s butler or even your boss at work. In that aspect, I think that most characters who will eventually find out about Seb will need either a big proof or a huge shock effect, like what happened to Arthur. 

In the end, Sieglinde aside because she saw the seals even if she came to a wrong conclusion, Ed and Liz are the ones who will probably come to the realization more easily since they saw and fought against Bizarre Dolls which was a completely unnatural experience (and besides, they might share the Phantomhive lineage, which seems to make visible at least Shinigamis, if not maybe other supernatural creatures’ true form).

Liz in particular will most likely be heartbroken once she finds out, especially now that she found out about Ciel’s other big secret but…

surely she’ll keep on fighting, no matter what. It’s actually one of the few things I hardly have a doubt about in Kuro. x)

Anyway, I don’t feel comfortable enough to discuss Judgement between Heaven and Hell, so I’ll refrain from theorizing who will go where if/when they die. :)

OtherwiseI hope that I managed to answer your question Anon. Have a nice weekend! ^_^

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Master List of Faustian Exchange Prompts

All prompts, used or unused, that were submitted to the Faustian Exchange! All are posted with permission. If you use someone’s prompts, please credit them for the idea and tag us if you’d like us to reblog your work!

actresque

Grelliam: The first time William calls Grelle a woman or uses her correct pronouns.

Grelle/Angelina: first kiss after a Ripper murder.

Grelle childhood fic dealing with gender confusion

Modern day Grelle after fully transitioning to female, preferably with a tongue piercing.

Madam Red/Grelle with Grelle on one knee putting Madam Red's shoe on her (to mirror the Sebastian images with Ciel).

Adult Ciel and Lizzy, portrait-style.

mikhailis

Sebastian spending a day off with Agni when he's recovering after the Luxury Liner arc

when each servant first begins to suspect Sebastian isn't human

Mey-rin and Ran Mao bonding after Ran Mao discovers Mey-rin also speaks Mandarin.

Sebastian teaching Shiori to dance

Sebastian playing piano with Grelle draped over the back of it like a lounge singer

Doll wearing the Weston College boys' uniform.

pastelsweetart

Crack ship- Tanaka finds out who his true love was all along, tea.

Before the murder of the Phantomhive's and the cuteness of the twins.

Grell's past life? What drove them to suicide?

The real reason Sebastian is a demon. He ate a KitKat by biting it without breaking it first.Grell's eyes.

Elizabeth being a cutie while fencing

Modern! AU with Elizabeth and Grell in the cutest dresses

somniiari

D&D AU with Phantomhive twins and any other main cast on a quest causing mayhem. Are they playing D&D or are they in a D&D world? That's up to you!

Modern AU Phantomhive twins as fake paranormal investigators, claiming their caretaker Sebastian is a demon.

Sebastian/Agni bonding over taking care of their masters.

Phantomhive twins and Sebastian (and maybe Agni, Sohma, Lizzy and/or Sieglinde) as a D&D party.

Phantomhive twins OR Lizzy and Sieglinde in cute matching/contrasting outfits.

Sebastian/Agni dancing.

hannibalcatharsis-zero

Claudia and Undertaker (pairing/shipping optional, and if that's so, the use of Cedric name is up to you), canonverse. Claudia questions Undertaker about his mourning lockets, and if he would one day make one of hers. Implying/asking if she is important enough for him that her death might affect him.

Sebastian brings a cat home and naturally Ciel doesn't like it. Heartbroken, Sebastian has to let the cat go. But the cat won't go. Crack/funny, either canonverse or modern AU

Ciel twins (I'll address them as Ciel and Astre for convenience), canonverse AU or modern AU, your choice. The twins, as nobles/higher status, shouldn't be alone in this part of the city, but Ciel wanted to show Astre some factories to show how confusing, messy and poluting they are, in a way to dissuade him from his wish to have a toy company of his own - something that would drive the twins apart, with different life goals. In there, they meet an orphan employed in that factory. Alois. What unfolds from there is up to you.

Joker and Beast (shipping preferred), canonverse. Back in East End, Joker tries to find a present to Beast in order to show her gratitude for the care she showed him when he fell ill.

alternatively, Joker and Beast in modern AU. Both of them and Jumbo are legally adults, but Doll, Dagger, Peter and Wendy (regardless of their real ages) are still children under institutionalization and up for adoption. In a hurt/comfort manner, big brothers fashion, Joker and Beast dealing with their fears and emotions of having their little siblings sent into foster care versus waiting a few more years to be of legal age and all of them live together in a new life, after . 

Vincent and Diederich, canonverse, brotp kind of relationship but shipping/one sided pairing is not excluded. Crack/funny. Diederich is positively shocked that Vincent would go full drag to solve a murder case of some sort. And even more shoked to see how well it makes him look.

Undertaker and Othello, canonverse. A conversation, some form of interaction, hanging out, opposing views (nothing aggressive, both seem to be very curious and open to hear other opinions even if they don't change their own). Brotp interaction between the two back in Undertaker's Shinigami days. Anything, up to your imagination. 

Sebastian and Ciel, shipping not intended. Preferrably canonverse. Sebastian thinking of how everyone else sees him as deeply caring for Ciel's wellbeing, which he does with only one intent in mind - seasoning Ciel's soul to add to the 'delicacy' level he desires. Ciel knows this, so even despite living together for three years, he knows Sebastian's 'worrying' and 'affection' are all feints. However, maybe after a particularly bad nightmare, or after Sebastian doing something kind out of apparently no reason, Ciel seems to genuinely be grateful. What are Sebastian's thoughts on this? Maybe something dark and manipulating, kind of in the league of his words in the Green Witch arc when he's burning the laboratory? Or the other way around? Your choice. What I meant with no shipping is because I would prefer if this 'affection' I mentioned wouldn't be taken by you as romantic.

Joker and Bravat Sky, canonverse AU, in which they came across each other when they were young. Bravat was a charlaton, fooling people with fake fortune readings, and they meet by: either Joker is one of the people he tries to do it; or Joker attempts to steal his money and an exchange unfolds.- “Sieglinde, modern AU, rocking Japanese street fashion” (I completely stole this suggestion from the reply post on the blog, is seemed so damn cool!)

Ciel & Astre. Either tender, or dark, whichever you prefer. If it's the later, a classical contrast image, in whichever fashion you prefer. 

Side by side, mirror reflex, bloody Ciel vs Astre, or some better idea in case you have it! 

Joker, Doll or Beast from the Circus. Just one of them, I'm naming the three so you can choose which. Modern aesthetic/fashion look for any of them.

Undertaker and a Bizarre Doll, in a sort of gothic-esque style. Maybe something with like a cameo frame-thingy around it would work if it's not too troublesome?

Cat!Ciels, chibi or otherwise, just being fluffy.  

grelluffandwillsprout

Grell Sutcliff x Reader

William T. Spears x Reader

platonic Lizzy x Sieglinde

Grell Sutcliff

Elizabeth Midford

Soma and Agni (together)

dipothebookworm

ciel/lizzy (ship)-lizzy gives ciel a fencing lesson

lizzy/seglinde(platonic/friendship)-they have asleepover. modern AU

ciel goes christmas shopping with sebastian (no ship) (before current arc)ciel/lizzy (ship) going for a walk, holding hands

lizzy and Earl Grey dueling/about to duel

Sebastian in a seifuku (preferably pink and very cute)

ciel in a dress (again) and very annoyed about it

greenfiredragonfly

Ciel gets sick, and Lizzie and Soma fret over his health; Ciel is either only mentioned, or appears briefly, with the fic focusing on Lizzie and Soma's attempts to help

Before Sebastian can be summoned, Undertaker rescues Ciel (and his twin, if you want to include him) from the cult

Soma/Lizzie (ship) - AU or possibly post-canon where Lizzie is the queen's watchdog1) Vincent and Frances as children, running or playing on the lawn of the Phantomhive Estate

Lizzie and Sieglinde; Lizzie teaching Sieglinde about British fashion: showing her dresses, etc.

Lizzie and Agni practicing with swords, Agni looking impressed

Lizzie and Soma, something cute and shippy

thequeensfakedog

Ciel and Astre (Our Ciel) taking care of each other in the cult

Astre (Our Ciel) and Alois (ship) going to a ball together

Vincent and Diedrich (shipping optional) going on a murder case for the Queen together 

Ciel and Astre (Our Ciel) in the cult

Astre ("Ciel") and Alois (ship) doing basically anything together (modern or Victorian era)

Vincent and Diedrich (shipping optional) teasing each other/Vincent teasing Diedrich and Diedrich being angry about it

ifbatmanwereajedi

Grell goes overboard decorating the Reaper Dispatch for Christmas

Ciel finds old letters from his parents

Undertaker holds a comedy show to find the best joke out there

Anything with grell honestly I love them but specifically Grell in the Mean Girls Santa outfit

Claude dressed like Spider-Man

Madame Red and Grell actually happy 

queencamelia

Charles Grey and Elizabeth Midford fencing or dueling. :D

Anything regarding Francis Midford and Vincent Phantomhive. Anything. 

Lizzy and real!Ciel's interactions after discovering the truth about TCT.

Fabulous Lau lowkey shipping everyone of age. EVERYONE. (The Reapers are pissed, Queen's butlers are flustered.)

Ciel and co. thinking Queen Victoria's the true enemy, then Aleistor Chamber reveals he's the main Kuro villain and that he's had a hand in every scheme thus far.

Charles Grey and Elizabeth Midford fencing!

Edward and Lizzy being dorks. Maybe Edward tearing up because his little sister's about to marry? Ahaha I'm not picky. ^^

Claudia Phantomhive, Undertaker, Vincent Phantomhive, and Francis Midford in a family portrait???

easterneuropeswife

Ciel/Elizabeth going on a date

something involving the Prefects from Weston

something involving the Grim Reapers (whoever they want to pick)

Joanne Harcourt

Edward Midford

Doll/Freckles 

hippykattrs

The two nine year old twins, Ciel and Astre, are having trouble sleeping. So, despite being sleep deprived, the two manage to stay up late telling stories and giggling. In their wake, they manage to catch the attention of Tanaka, who sings them to sleep. (Set in the cannon universe.)

A Hogwarts! AU, but set in Weston. The houses are the same, but it's still set in the Victorian Era.

The mourning process had never suited the Spare. He had lost everything, and he knew nothing would ever change that fact. So, despite the world around him urging him to cry, he decides to stand strong. Ciel would be. So he figured he could too. // (Please contact me if I need to specify anything. I'm not that great at writing prompts!)1. Modern! AU. The main characters, but dabbing with fidget spinners everywhere. // 2. Super edgy and dramatic™ drawing of Ciel. // 3. A headshot of Ciel and his brother.

theshadowisanotaku

Grell dressed as madam red

soma eating curry

gregory violet dressed as undertaker.

redrosecrown

Claudia/Undertaker going on a picnic inside a red cave.

Sebastian being Madam Red butler, where Madam Red sold her soul to him for giving birth and raising a child until 18 years old.

Grell baking a cake, and ruining her clothes in the process.

Sebastian getting a birthday surprise from his mother, where she gets him 100 cats, and Ciel gets furious.

Undertaker decorating Ciel's mansion with his own style. Ciel gets angry.

Viscount of Druitt has a half-demon sister. With Undertaker and her, he goes ice-skating.1.Undertaker painting Ciel wearing a violet dress and eating cake.

Undertaker and Claudia decorating a Christmas Tree.

Undertaker wearing Lizzy's clothes.

Undertaker decorating Ciel's mansion with his own style. Ciel gets angry.

Gregory Violet falling in love with Lizzy. He writes her a secret message, and watches her reading the letter.

Grell wearing Ciel's dress, he had worn in the party where he meets Viscount of Druitt.

Viscount of Druitt has a half-demon sister. With Undertaker and her, he goes ice-skating.

anonymous prompts

Modern AU, somehow, Drocell's sessions with a therapist, confronting what he has and doesn't have of his humanity

Sebastian and Agni trying to outdo each other as butlers, friendly competition that's really just thinly veiled flirting

Mindless fluff, Ciel and Elizabeth shopping for holiday presents for family and household

Grell in a green witch arc dress (but properly fitted)

The twins dressed as the prince and the pauper style aesthetic

The twins modeling on the cover of vogue

Cielois (ship) having tea, playing chess, and/or cuddling while reading in the library

Our!Alois and Real!Alois meeting

Lizzie throwing Alois a birthday party bc she finds out he doesn't really have any friends

Alois Trancy, Lizzie being a bad*ss

Fem!Grell in a nice dress

Undertaker babysitting the twins

Diederich babysitting Vincent while he was sick at Weston School.

Sebastian taking care of a stubborn, sick Ciel who refuses to stay in bed (bonus points if you add angst)

Sebastian carrying Ciel is something always good to see.

Ciel messily trying to decorate a cake (bonus points if you add Sebastian looking both amused and disappointed)

Undertaker and Grell braiding each other's hair.

Lizzy helps Ciel with his studies (ship optional)

Mey-Rin, Finny and Bard preparing dinner without Sebastian

Sieglinde Sullivan and Lizzy discussing about Ciel's work over tea-Lizzy with her hair down

Grey in Weston College uniform

Real Ciel picking flowers with his twin

The household having to take care of Pluto until Sebastian returns home

Ciel being mistaken for a girl by a group of ladies who decide to pamper him

Grell getting lost in the city and being adopted by a group of kids- Grell and/or Undertaker  enjoying a train ride

GrellxUndertaker - Grell lying on the autopsy table trying to flirt with Undertaker 

Ciel wandering the city in commoners clothes, maybe with a group of children 

Vincents life as queen's watch dog

Shinigami dispatch life

Twin ciel angst

Sieglinde (maybe with wolfram)

Shinigami Dispatch/ or trio (william, grell, ronald), or just grell or ronald

Anything Alois related

Madame red and Grell

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UPDATED TAGS TAG DUMP

organizational tags

the Finny guardian !  guardian of the Finny !!  (  OOC.  )

I guess you are a different kind of human.  (  IC.  )

my bones are shifting in my skin.  (  MUSINGS.  )

well I thought that we could sit around and talk for hours.  (  MEMES.  )

bury the tongue between the teeth.  (  ANSWERED ASKS.  )

should I take chances when no one took chances on me ?  (  STARTER CALL.  )

everybody everybody wants to be loved !  (  PROMO.  )

babe I know that it’s your soul ― but could you bottle it up ?  (  HEADCANON.  )

wipe the white golden dust into these broken hands.  (  AESTHETIC.  )

verse tags

can’t complain about much these days !  (  MAIN VERSE.  )

I swear it will get easier.  (  CHILD VERSE.  )

my name is Death and the end is here.  (  REAPER VERSE.  )

baby ― baby ― here we all are crazy !  (  WONDERLAND VERSE.  )

I don’t wanna go to heaven without raising hell.  (  DEMON VERSE.  )

Character Tags

are you satisfied with an average life ?  (  SELF.  )

this is my kingdom come.  (  CIEL.  )

when all is lost then all is found.  (  ‘REAL’ CIEL.  )

no wealth ― no ruin ― no silver ― no gold ; nothing satisfies me but your soul.  (  SEBASTIAN.  )

show me how big your brave is !  (  LIZZIE.  )

you can’t whisper above the thunder but you can fly anywhere !  (  FINNIAN.  )

this is a battle song borthers and sisters !  (  BARDROY.  )

I need an ally to guard the nighttime !  (  MEY RIN.  )

tell me a story with an ending that makes me smile.  (  TANAKA.  )

just a glimpse of the moment they’ll be okay.  (  SNAKE.  )

I had a dream about a burning house ...  (  MADAME RED.  )

all the broken hearts in the world still beat.  (  ALOIS.  )

this is the web that you weave so baby now rest in peace.  (  CLAUDE.  )

destroy she said.  (  HANNAH.  )

oh we don’t own our heavens now ― we only own our hells.  (  TRIPLETS.  )

o Death !  won’t you spare me over another year ?  (  UNDERTAKER.  )

pretty face with two sides ; so what’s it gonna be tonight ?  (  GRELL.  )

don’t you ever wonder how we survive ?  (  WILLIAM.  )

I love cheap thrills !  (  RONALD.  )

people like us ― we’ve gotta stick together.  (  ERIC.  )

we come alone and alone we die.  (  ALAN.  )

did you want the crown or does it weigh you down ?  (  SOMA.  )

you’ve done enough ; take a deep breath.  (  AGNI.  )

some things never change.  (  PLUTO.  )

I hope you find your peace ― falling on your knees ― praying.  (  JOHN & EMILY.  )

we’re the ones with the scars and the stripes.  (  JOKER.  )

she’s laughing in the mirror at her paper dress.  (  DOLL / FRECKLES.  )

let’s raise a toast to a sad story.  (  BEAST.  )

you hit the bulls-eye baby !  (  DAGGER.  )

here’s to never growing up !  (  PETER & WENDY.  )

you don’t have to hold the world in your hands.  (  JUMBO.  )

you may be good-looking but you’re not a piece of art.  (  GREGORY.  )

show me your teeth !  (  CHESLOCK.  )

you are the one you’ve been waiting for.  (  JOANNE.  )

author of the moment ; can you tell me ― do I end up happy ?  (  THOMAS.  )

I can’t imagine any flesh and blood could be his match.  (  DROSSEL.  )

build your home brick by boring brick or the wolf’s gonna blow it down.  (  SIEGLINDE.  )

pick a place ; pretend it’s home.  (  WOLFRAM.  )

you don’t have to feel safe to feel unafraid.  (  EDWARD.  )

forgive me my sins !  (  ASH & ANGELA.  )

come the white wine bitter sunlight.  (  CHARLES GREY.  )

eyes make their peace in difficulties.  (  CHARLES PHIPPS.  )

you’re buying stars to shut out the light.  (  BRAVAT.  )

living restless ; we dance in dark suspension.  (  BIZARRE DOLLS.  )

Ship Tags

they say that true love hurts ― well this could almost kill me.  (  GRELL X MARLOWE.  )

[le-saltimbanque-decrepit]

Challenge (Kuroshitsuji)

Day #1 First Encounter With This Series (i.e. how you discovered it, first episode you watched, etc…): It’s funny. I was dreamed about this anime, because I had seen some pictures on internet. I thought that Kuroshitsuji was about Sebastian, who was a noble man, and Ciel dressed as a girl was his maid (I thought he actually was a girl) and I said: I had dream about these anime whose protagonist is a servant xDDDD

Day #2 The Moment That Made You Fall in Love with this Series: I was fan of Gosick, a detective-mystery anime in the victorian era, and when I finished it, I decided to watch Kutoshitsuji, because it was the same genre and in the same period. When I watched the first chapter, I fell in love with the series.

Day #3 Favourite Female Character: Doll. I love her. I love her voice and her tomboy style. I also love Madame Red, Frances and Lizzy (the badass) ;)

Day #4 Favourite Male Character: So many! Sebastian. Ciel. Bravat. Gregory. Herman. Edgar.

Day #5 Favourite Romance/Rivalry: I love Sebaciel. I also like the relation between the P4 and their fags <3

Day #6 Least Favourite Female Character: None, I love all of them

Day #7 Least Favourite Male Character: Derrick Bitch Arden

Day #8 Least Favourite Romance/Rivalry: I don’t like that Sebastian and Ciel are enemies with Bravat :(

Day #9 Funniest Moment: So many, for example, when Gregory makes Herman make strange poses to “draw him” :P

Day #10 Saddest Moment: The circus member’s death... :(

Day #11 Something You Wish Hadn’t Happened: Same, that the circus member don’t die :(

Day #12 Something You Wished Would Happen But Never Did: Some ships, and that the S4 was not in danger... Also, the 2CT, but soon it wil be true. 

Day #13 A Song That Reminds You of this Series: A demon’s fate by Within Temptation

Day #14 Favourite Villain Bravat. He is a villain, isn’t he? :P

Day #15 A Character Everybody Else Loves That You Hate: I don’t hate them, but I think that the servant and the shinigami are overraterd.

Day #16 A Character Everybody Else Hates That You Love: The prefects, Aleister Chamber, Bravat :)

Day #17 The Character You Love To Hate: Derrick Arden because he deserves to be hated xD

Day #18 The Top Three Things on Your To-Do List if You Suddenly Found Yourself in the Series: Marry the weston boys, Bravat, Sebastian and Ciel, go to a safe place and live happy :)

Day #19 A “Ship” in the Fandom You Can’t Stand: I like all ships

Day #20 The Best and worst Fanfic You’ve Ever Read of this Series: All were good. Herman x Lawrence, Edgar x Herman, Ciel x Sebastian, Bravat x Lizzy, Frances x Sebastian, and my favorite one, Herman x Dahlia. I read a Herman x Edward, but I didn’t like their personallities so much. And one very funny, Gregory ordering Herman to get naked to draw him xD

Day #21 On a Scale from Secret Admirer to Panty-Sniffer, How Obsessed Are You with this Series?: 666 xD

Day #22 The Character You’d Want as a Drinking Buddy: Sebastian drinks so much like we can see in a circus ova xD

Day #23 The Character You’d Want as a Fuck: Muahaha, Ciel is so little for me, and Sebas too old...  Bravat? Gregory? Edgar? Herman? =)

Day #24 The Character You Find Most Relatable: I am like Gregory Violet’ appareance + Edward Midford’ personallity + Lawrence’s brain + Lizzy kawaiiness

Day #25 Favourite Object/Prop: Criquet bat xD

Day #26 Favourite Costume: I love Gregory’s, Sieglinde’s, Bravat’s, Doll’s and Lizzy’s

Day #27 Favourite Quote:  “ Neither white flowers nor plain clothes suit you. What suits you is the red of passion, the color of liquorice burning the landscape” - “Tradition is absolute” and the beautiful quote from Dee to Vincent in a volume cover “The days I spent with you are burning in my memory” ToT

Day #28 Favourite Climax : I like the end of the Weston arc, with the flashback of Derrick’s death 

Day #29 A Moment That Made You Question Whether You Would Continue Reading/Watching…The shit chapters without plot movement

Day #30 Will Anything Ever Replace this Series for You?: no xD

[midnight-in-town]

John Brown as the mastermind behind the Blue Sect and the recent sad events?

Disclaimer: Spoilers and long post. As such, this theory will initially be a little chronological to try and make the explanation simpler. If any point is unclear, feel free to ask @thedarkestcrow or me about it as it is something we discussed together. :)

First of all, here’s what we know about the current arc (ch127 happens mid-November 1889):

Bravat (who’s most likely human) knew from the beginning that Ciel is the Watchdog (”Earl Phantomhive”), that Seb is a demon, that Lizzie is Ciel’s fiancée and that the Starlight Four committed crimes at Weston.

Bravat’s sect is at least one and a half year/two years old (ch125). However, seeing as there was no hint of massive blood collects and death before August/September 1889, we’ll assume for this theory that the 4 star lords were put in Bravat’s care at some point during Summer 1889, which is when Bravat started using the S4 to promote the Sphere music hall in order to collect as much blood as possible.

Othello said that, considering the anormal progress of the sect’s technology, a supernatural being is most likely behind it (ch119/ch125). This supernatural mastermind is very probably the reason Bravat knew about Sebastian being a demon (and about Lizzie and Ciel). 

While the reason tying Lizzie to the sect is still unclear, we’re going to assume for this theory that Bravat’s mention of her to Ciel (ch123) might mean that she’s seen as a possible hostage to use against him. 

Lastly, about the 2CT: it seems like it’s almost confirmed.

Lord Sirius being Ciel’s twin (aka Real!Ciel, a “bizarre doll”) is a popular theory

Agni’s reaction when he found the burnt picture of Ciel’s family (ch126) was quite telling that something was unexpected about this picture.

I hope all of this makes sense for you guys! Onto the theory about John Brown...

1) Going back in time...

...To December 1885, Vincent is killed and his sons are bought by a satanic cult that intends on using them as sacrifices in order to summon a demon. In January 1886, Real!Ciel is sacrificed on the altar and our!Ciel manages to summon Sebastian, selling his soul to him in order to survive and get revenge. He then becomes the new Queen’s Watchdog in March 1886.

Fastforwarding a bit, ch125 told us that the old Lords whom Bravat used to transfuse regularly should have died more than one and a half year ago, meaning that Bravat’s sect has been at least existing ever since Winter 1887/Spring 1888.

A possible link to Ryan’s Aurora Society or the mysterious Osiris company mentioned during the Campania arc is possible but we don’t have any hint vouching for it yet.

Fastforwarding again, it’s February 1889 and the Circus arc happens, resulting in a messy ending, with Ciel lying to the Queen about his report for this case, not knowing that the Double Charles and John Brown (as well as the Undertaker) witnessed what he truly did.

As a result, Queen Victoria organizes a grand punishment in March 1889, starring Charles Grey killing an important German lord and trying to have Ciel take the fall for the murder in front of witnesses. This ends rather well though, as Ciel manages to trick Grey and blame someone else for the murder.

In April 1889, it’s the Campania arc, where the Undertaker introduces for the first time his Bizarre Doll project, indirectly mass-murdering many people seemingly without a care in the world. He manages to run away, leaving his chain of lockets to Ciel and with Sebastian concluding the arc on...

They obviously did run into him again though, in June 1889, when they end up facing ameliorated BDs, because of several murders committed by 4 students (the Starlight 4).  At the end of this arc, Ciel makes his report to Queen Victoria, telling her about the S4′s crimes but also about the Undertaker’s Bizarre Dolls. Strangely enough though, she doesn’t find Ciel’s explanation to be senseless and once he left, this discussion about BDs happens between her and John Brown:

So, Queen Victoria seems to find the idea of having BDs as “allies” to be very fancy. And, as the following arc happening in Germany in August 1889 will show, it seems that Queen Victoria finds that idea to be oh! so very interesting because she’s actually preparing for a war against Germany, which is also why she asks Ciel to bring Sieglinde and her latest deadly invention (the SULIN gas) back to England, so that Sieglinde can invent new war weapons that the Queen will then use against Germany.   

At least that was how the clever plan getting Victoria new deadly war weapons was supposed to go. 

Because two slight problems arose:

the Undertaker unfortunately doesn’t happen to be Victoria’s greatest fan (most likely because she’s the reason Vincent, and maybe Claudia Phantomhive, ended up dead thanks to the Watchdog duty), so trying to make friends with UT to get the BDs probably wouldn’t work at all.

Ciel unfortunately saw through Victoria’s plan for Sieglinde and the SULIN and he tasked Sebastian with getting rid of the very deadly gas in ch108, double crossing “his master” by doing so.

Unfortunately though, Ciel’s plan kind of backfired at him, since Queen Victoria and John Brown made it rather obvious in ch108 (late August 1889) that they saw through his little game, which means that it’s the second mistake (or act of defiance) that Ciel made as the Watchdog in less than a year, causing Brown/King Albert to...

...compare him to his very murdered father. 

@thedarkestcrow​ and I (and other readers of course) took this as a rather serious threat against Ciel (something he probably realized as well), perfectly fitting with the theory that the Queen and John Brown might have something to do with the murders of Vincent and Rachel, for a reason that’s still unknown. [x] [x]

In any case, while Victoria saw through Ciel’s little game with the SULIN quite obviously, she doesn’t appear to have punished him (yet?) and anyway, ch114 told us that she was actually visiting Sieglinde often, probably because she hasn’t given up on Sieglinde creating something useful for her war. 

As for her desire to get allies in the form of Bizarre Dolls, if the one who initially had the idea (the Undertaker) can’t be found and convinced to help her, maybe she could ask another supernatural being to make them for her?

One she already knows; one she trusts because he comforts her when she’s sad and missing her husband; one who knows about her war plans and who promised to protect her; one who traveled in record time from England to Germany without riding his horse and without triggering the traps in the forest; one whose eyes are always hidden, hinting that maybe they would give away his true nature should they be seen...

...Or maybe John Brown is making it all a surprise in this arc because he’s very dedicated to her...?

2) John Brown (and Queen Victoria?) as the mastermind behind this arc

Starting from here, this is all hypothetical, but maybe I should say now that @thedarkestcrow​ and I started considering that the supernatural mastermind Othello hinted at had to be someone who was not the Undertaker ever since Ciel became targeted in the recent events. For now, it’s unclear whether Soma really was the target of the attack of ch126/127 or if Ciel was, but, even if the target was Soma, it most likely inherently had to do with Ciel. 

So, considering the Undertaker’s attachment to the P family, we tend to agree with Sebastian when he once said that the Undertaker “doesn’t seem to want to cause [Ciel] harm”. Besides, so far, the Undertaker’s BD project mostly was based on alterations of cinematic records, so the fact that the 4 Lords (if they’re indeed supposed to be BDs) seemed to be dependent of blood always made us wonder why he’d change his methods now (especially after BD!Algares who was almost perfect). 

However, John Brown if he’s the mastermind trying to “make things go according to her majesty’s wishes” (no matter what kind of supernatural being he is), wouldn’t know how UT managed to create his BDs, so maybe that’s why the 4 Lords seem to be different, needing blood when UT’s dolls didn’t. 

John Brown could also be behind Bravat’s technology ever since the old Lords started to be transfused at least two years ago, simply because Victoria is preparing for war and as Wolfram put it in ch114...

So after researching about blood transfusion, Brown used these important old Lords to experiment his blood transfusion technique by the intermediary of Bravat’s sect, thanks to the technology he developed as a supernatural being (that device that Othello was impressed with in ch125). 

Brown as Victoria’s footman and as the supernatural mastermind behind Bravat would also be aware of:

Ciel being the watchdog

Seb being a demon

Lizzie being Ciel’s fiancée

the S4 having committed crimes and making for useful pawns.

Finally, if we’re saying that the blue sect is a cover for Brown researching how to make bizarre doll-like beings that will be used as war weapons, I know it does sound strange (if she is aware of what he is doing) that Queen Victoria deliberately put Ciel on Bravat’s trail. 

So, this part is really a wild idea but what if it all was a part of her plan, because no one can know what she and John Brown tried to create using the Sphere music hall as a cover? After all, imagine the scandal if people were to learn that the Queen is indirectly responsible for bleeding to death a part of London, because she’s involved with senseless experiments! 

Which is why she asked Ciel to go investigate the Sphere music hall...

...even giving him the list of these old Lords that were being transfused by Bravat over the last two years...

...maybe hoping that Bravat purposedly endangering Lizzie by making her join the sect at the same time would be a good way for him to focus on settling this case with as much efficiency as possible?

Settling the case might not be what she’s expecting of him at all... Rather she wants him to get rid of Bravat and his sect, Lizzie used “as a hostage” being what should motivate Ciel to do anything to eliminate the ones who endangered her (and obviously Bravat wouldn’t know that he’s expandable). And it’s not such a crazy bet when we see how Ciel solved most of the other cases given to him.

Of course, if John Brown has his own agenda (or if the Queen doesn’t know that he might be supernatural), it’s possible that the Queen might not have known that Brown was trying to create the “bizarre dolls” that they talked about back in ch84, hence why she put Ciel on the case. That being said, considering how she didn’t seem surprised that things as strange as Bizarre Dolls could exist back in ch84, if Brown is supernatural then she might be aware of it.

3) About the events of ch126/127

A really hypothetical part yet again, just to point out that...

...Whoever Agni’s killer is, he’s stronger than a normal human because Agni himself was a very good fighter and he almost couldn’t fight back. So, while we’re not 100% sure of who this man is yet (Lord Polaris? maybe John Brown himself?) and same for the gunman, it would make sense to think that they’re linked to the Sphere music hall.

If the two men who attacked Soma and Agni are Lord Polaris and Lord Sirius then, if they’re really supposed to be equivalents of UT’s BDs, maybe the fact they need a lot blood could also have to do with a possible enhancement of their physical capacities. That would explain the strength of Agni’s killer.

Take Finny for example. Do you remember where Finny is from? A German research institute that the Queen had Ciel raid, for the same reason she sent him to Sieglinde’s village. So if Germany had found a way to enhance physical capacities, it’s not impossible for England to have found it as well, especially since it would be very useful for war. 

In any case, the fact that Ciel’s house was targeted might have been for a simple reason: maybe it was a way to experiment if the “dolls” (Lord Polaris and Lord Sirius in that case) were following orders correctly as well as how they would manage against a strong fighter like Agni (or maybe even Sebastian). As for why choosing Ciel’s house as the target of the experimental attack... well, maybe this (hurting Soma and killing Agni) is Ciel’s punishment for taking the SULIN away from the Queen... Unless it’s an initiative by Bravat of course, because he’s tired of Ciel trying to stop him. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Thanks for reading and sorry that it was so long!

As always, this post could be totally off (the theory about Ciel’s twin wanting revenge still holds, even if I just can’t see UT as the mastermind behind the sect anymore after the events of ch126/127) especially since this theory doesn’t completely explain everything, so please take everything with a grain of salt and feel free to share your thoughts about this theory if you feel like it. 

We’ll see if this will go anywhere next month. :)