I drew it a while back as an illustration for this fanfic by @sebadztianš¹
this made me cry god i love them sm aaa get married already !!
Chapter 12 of the official Black Butler Anthology has Sebastian pretend to be Ciel's childhood friend for the day (the "osananajimi" trope in romance anime, even teases him playfully)
Sebastian, as himself, likes holding Ciel's hand, and walking side by side with the Young Master... But Ciel doesn't think it's possible to hold hands with Sebastian like this because he isn't human... Or at least they can't, because of their current roles and circumstances.
He does not allow himself to succumb to such illusions.
Sobbing hands and knees on the floor rn, once again plugging in Hallucination because I keep hurting myself thinking about how they believe it's not possible for them to hold each other's hands, as master and servant, as demon and human.
Thinking about Sebastian having inner conflict, wondering if it's such a sin as a demon to enjoy holding his master's hand, a simple touch of affection. So unbecoming of a servant and yet indulging in it every chance he gets... Dancing with him, carrying him, helping him into/out of the carriage.. what would it be like to hold his master's hand in his own, without pretense nor necessity?
They can never walk side by side, that's the way things are. And yet...
To want this much...
Is it a sin or a trap?
Yanaās Sebaciel Sketches (Part one)
I thought that Sebastian blushing and drooling in his sleep was quirky enough
But I just read the caption, it says āhehe, bocchanā¦ā with a heart next to it.
WHAT THE HELL IS HE DREAMING
this is the best analysis i've saw about this ending, it's perfect aaaaaaaa <3333
I love the ending for the new anime season very muchāitās sweet and beautiful; and also terribly fitting for the Green Witch Arc.
Cielās mental state is constantly represented by the clothes heās wearing; during his mental escape in GWA, he was wearing these clothesāthe debut costumeāpristine clean and unadulterated right before he was ripped out of them and defiled. Staying in these clothes forever means denying what he went throughātime forever frozen in that moment before he fell from graceāit means denying his past and what has happened to him.
When he wears these; he turns almost childlike and cowardly, clinging to āhis brotherā, crying and sulking in bed, being terrified of adults, and hating Sebastianāthe proof of his sin. But of course heās unable to remain in escapism foreverāand he gets jolted into the cold reality of being in that cage.
In the ending song; he starts the dance in the same clothes he was wearing the night of the ritualāthe height of his misery and the night he lost everything he had left. These are the same clothes he is mentally stuck in whenever he gets a PTSD attackātorn, filthy, and miserable; these clothes brought with them the ghosts of his past.
Even the loving family he used to have only serves to make his current situation even more wretched in comparison. He looks at the ghosts of his parents, Madam Red, and Joker, and he slumps down in misery. For a moment heās lost and adrift in the middle of nothing; missing his anchor. But then he gets up and grabs Sebastianās hand.
Sebastian pulls him into motion. Ciel still wears these miserable clothes, but he no longer seems lost or haunted by the ghosts of his past. These are the very last clothes he was wearing before he decided to become the Earl of Phantomhive. Whoever our Ciel used to beāthe child that he was before he chose to kill himself and took up the name of Ciel Phantomhiveāwas then āburiedā forever in these clothes.
This quiet moment where only the two of them are dancing with wisps of blue represents that moment of transformationāthe last moments our Ciel exists as his past self before he dies and the Earl of Phantomhive was reborn. Sebastian holds him as he looks up for the last time and peacefully, with no resistance, closes his eyes.
The frame expands and then we see him dancing with the servantsāin the same order that they were found: Finnian, Mei, and Bard. The lighting is warm and luxurious, the servants clap and cheer him on, and heās wearing gorgeous, expensive clothesāas he always wears when heās with Sebastianāas the Earl of Phantomhive. This is possibly the cutest footage Iāve ever seen in my life.
And finally; Sebastian holds him up (or more like he climbs Sebastian; which also speaks a lot of their relationship) as he reaches up and grabs the star. This is the role Sebastian has always held in Cielās heartāhe is his support, his closest, most intimate companion, and perhaps the tool (literally being treated like a ladder) for Ciel to reach his goal; while Ciel also trusts Sebastian not to drop him or let him down.
I donāt think Iāll ever shut up about how Sebastian is the one who pulled Ciel out of that hellāit is my Roman Empire and I will write 999 posts about it. I love how; although Sebastian and Cielās relationship may be morally questionable; at the end of the day, Sebastian is still the one who allows Ciel to grow into who he isāto rise and grasp the star with his own hand.
This ending is terribly bittersweet as we watches Cielās journeyāboth his pain, his determination, and the companions he gains and achievement he graspsāas he dances through the waltz.
idk, i wish i knew japanese š
On the cover, the characters are dancing in the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool, England. It opened in 1896.
Each of the pairs is dancing a different dance:
⢠Ciel and Sebastian (Black Butler Couple): Viennese waltz (Yana Toboso originally wanted to make them dance Argentine tango as the dance looks "as if the couple is fighting")
Haha haa haha haha yeah sure "fighting"
In all seriousness, the dance does look like a couple fighting
The cheek grab seems to be a favorite. As if saying "look at me, and me alone." (And we all know how Sebastian is about Ciel's cheeks.)
(x, x)
happy almost black butler day to those who celebrate
What a terribly dull ending this is.