#Frances midford

[grelleswife]

Plunging feet-first into the abyss.

[inu-chan-san]

She is i c o n i c

[ignotarts]

🤔

"Phantomhive Family"

[midnight-in-town]

Ao no Exorcist is a Shonen series written by a woman and it shows

Since the latest chapter, I've been thinking about how several usual Shonen tropes are written rather differently under Kato-sensei's pen. No judgement or anything, it's just cool to observe. Some examples :

1) Rin's mentor is a woman

2) Rin's secret, despite being the MC, was revealed in ch13 to the entire cast, meanwhile Shiemi, The Main Girl, who was introduced to be so helpless is only starting to be explained.

3) Also, the Mysterious plot-relevant Shonen Parent is actually the twins' mother. (Of course Shiro is super plot-relevant too, but Satan is still angsting over Yuri and she's a huge part of the reason why he's the big bad)

4) Rin also changed his view about his future throughout the story: from dropping out of school, passing by hoping to become the Order's Paladin (probably to cope with Shiro's death and also to antagonize Arthur), to finally showing way more interest and potential in the (less epic and heroic in appearance) field of talismanic cooking.

5) When it comes to arcs, mental illness is a valid reason to build a character arc around...

6) And so is making an arc about girls being "cursed" to basically "get married and have children before they hit 30, the age where their beauty fade thus they become useless" :

7) ANE is a story about women becoming traitors to protect their loved ones, like Mamushi

or becoming overwhelmed because men toyed with their feelings like Tamamo

8) Older women can be absolute badasses like Shiemi's grandma

or Lucy.

9) Complicated mother-daughter relationship and girl friendships are given as much focus as complicated father-son relationships and sweet bro friendships (like Bon and his dad during the Kyoto arc, as well as the complicated but deep bond between the Kyoto Trio)

10) And one of my favorites: full time single dad, asking for help to do the job as well as he can and finding his true purpose in life by doing so :D

Hmm and now that I think about it, the only other Shonen series written by a woman I've been as invested in is Kuroshitsuji, by Yana Toboso, and similar examples can be found in it too, namely:

1) If Ciel ever finally admits needing a mentor, his aunt Frances will probably play that role

2) Girls can be super strong & skilled (Elizabeth, Mey Rin) and clever (Sieglinde)

3) (one part of) the Big Bad is a woman (Queen Victoria)

4) maybe Ciel's entire revenge stems from a conflict between Queen Victoria and Ciel's maternal grandmother, Claudia.

5) the Undertaker has been a continuously freaking pain in the ass because he probably fell in love with that same maternal grandmother and couldn't mourn properly

TL;DR we love our boys and their spectacular growth and development under women's pens a.k.a shonen series written by ladies are hella fun to read. :D

[princessbutler1316]

RIP ATSUKO TANAKA

Thank you, for being the voice actress of these two strong women ❤️

[hisbutleronhiatus]

It has been 180 days since the Kuroshitsuji hiatus was announced.

Today is, of course, the Phantomhive twins’ birthday! Since his introverted young master is often left drained by boisterous parties, Sebastian tried to keep the festivities to a manageable level, allowing O!Ciel to sleep in, cancelling his lessons for the day, and making him a decadent triple chocolate layer cake—though the demon still insisted that the boy eat a reasonable portion! The servants were ecstatic in wishing the earl many happy returns, as were the Midfords, Madame Red, Soma, Sieglinde, and Alois (plus their respective butlers). After being bundled up by their guardians, the children had a splendid time building a snow fort together on the lawn. Even R!Ciel was able to attend, though he had to leave early to receive his scheduled blood transfusion (Sebastian and Undertaker glared daggers at each other but kept things civil for the sake of the younglings). O!Ciel settled down to sleep that evening in the nightgown that Mey Rin bought for him, which was covered in a fanciful pattern of blue bunnies, and drifted off to gentle reveries.

[abybweisse]

Found this...

And did a thing...

You know she probably also practices it while riding a horse....

[tinykuroshitsujipics]

[undertakerlmao]

Black Butler: Public School Arc // Episode 5

Francis Midford

[chifuya]

Oi, indecent butler. What are you doing here?

Why, Lady Scotney. You've caught me.

What is the meaning of this haircut? I've never seen such a slovenly educator!

poor sebastian

[plague-of-insomnia]

the only freeze frame from ep 6 that matters: Seb and Frances reacting identically to Alexis’ story of Vince and Dee

[grelleswife]

Tragically, Atsuko Tanaka, the seiyuu who played Frances Midford, has died.

Both Yana and Editor K paid their respects to the departed actress, expressing their astonishment at the fact that she was battling the illness that would ultimately take her life while recording for the Public School Arc. They also gave high praise to Tanaka’s portrayal of Frances, with Yana noting that her “strong, gentle, and dignified voice was exactly what I imagined Frances to be like,” and Editor K lauding her as “the world’s strongest female voice.”

May her memory be eternal!

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[thefakeearlhasafancyeye]

The fact that Frances hasn’t tracked our Ciel’s ass down and deal with both him and real Ciel herself lmaoo

[so-bitya]

predecessor gang time!

in modern time, who would have been the worst driver in the group? I'm talking like they pick you up in a beat up sedan. like they are not allowed to pick up the twins & lizzy from daycare ever again. their glove box is stuffed with driver tickets.

(Alexis isn't here, be honest, he would be the most responsible driver there).

[dadbastian-supremacy]

chapter 19 & chapter 23 Coattails!Sebastian be like:

from @pain-in-the-butler 's fanfiction Coattails

I literally made this blog just to share this lololol

obviously, he doesn't blame the midford children for their absence lol I just wanted to fill out the meme format. Despite his feelings, I do think he recognizes that the midfords's help in their own distant way

This might be the best piece of content I think I've ever made about kuro. I really want a strong start to this blog haha

[grelleshighheels]

I HAVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG TO SEE THIS ON SCREEN YOU GUYS DON'T UNDERSTAND