#black butler se

[sunflower1experiment]

He is not

“What do you mean!?”

“I’m telling you Mey-Rin, Sebastian is not all that. If that were the case then I’d probably be more meticulous with his wants.” [Name] rubs the bridge of their nose while listening to their associate whine about this so called ‘handsome’ butler.

Meanwhile they were still stuck on the fact that they as a human with some peculiar qualities had to be stuck with that man. [Name] dislikes Sebastian, he knows that based on how curt [Name] is with him or how they’ll inadvertently avoid being touched by him.

[Name] would listen to Mey-Rin compliment the tall male, sure his black hair and red eyes were beautiful but want to know what also has those eyes?’: Demons! [Name] just wasn’t having it and the fact that Ciel even ordered them to work with Sebastian was obviously cruel.

‘Master Ciel if this demon kills me, I'm not coming back until I feel he is far away from me.' [Name]’s ability was that they could die and come back, however the only way they’d actually die is through the brain. Luckily no one knew, except the demon, so they can’t trust him.

“My dear please, you work too hard. Here, I’ll handle the rest.”

“I’m alright sir, if you don’t mind opening the door for me please…?”

He chuckles before thinking to himself, without a doubt he held the door, and [Name] was casually carrying the boxes, following them, he grew to admire how easily they go with the flow. Especially with their behavior they display. As they place the boxes down, [Name] starts fixing a few of the materials in the room while Sebastian dusts, wipes and sweeps the room.

At first, [Name] was adamant with the idea of him helping and to be precise he wouldn't comply so [Name] just allowed the demon to invade their space. "[Name] my dear, you've been silent this whole time. Tell me, do you happen to dislike my presence."

"Not really, you're absolutely creepy, you give the vibe that you have ulterior motives. Plus, many women are known to fawn over you. During these past missions together, I've seen your style and I also know you do not find yourself keen with humans."

Sebastian could only close his eyes with a smile, he agreed that his motives were different, but he did intend to serve his master. Even in his past he was known for his intent and died with the said mindset, being called out for it however was amusing. "I guess we both as the supernatural know that humans enjoy the company of something alluring."

"Indeed..."

Continuing with their task they felt him gently brush on their shoulder and [Name] eyes the butler. It was quiet, they enjoyed quiet.

He maybe a demon but he tolerated their existence, and so did [Name]. Not long after they were carefully studying each other's entity being. Sebastian knew he couldn't kill [Name] but to see a being who wasn't attracted, afraid or desiring to kill him. It was rather enjoyable, it felt like a duo pair that understood one another's flaws and motives.

Sebastian not long after was sleeping soundly to conserve his energy, while [Name] stayed awake to crack and pop their bones. "Maybe you aren't so bad.."

As they pop their body to a comfortable standard, the Shikabane Hime lays back to rest their eyes. Feeling the demon hold them close, they return the hug.

[icantdothistodaybruh]

[veduchys]

Grell Sutcliff kuroshitsuji

Idk if you are a girl or a boy but , know that you´re the best character of kuroshitsuji :] i seach it and say you are a girl

no se enfocar lpm :,> la mano le quedo horrible al inicio y la tuve que rehacer

[minakoaiinos]

It's not even a joke anymore I need to see Mey Rin.

[lady-lilly-gray]

also who's going to commit suicide? because you don't just drop a bomb like 105 and expect me to NOT think it's some kind of foreshadowing

[ociel-namesuggestions]

Dunno if y'all are still alive buuut...

"Come se ciameo"

It's (italian)venetan dialect for "what's his name"

Oh yeah, this side blog still exists... sort of.

Today's Terrible OCiel Name Suggestion is...

Come se ciameo Phantomhive

Submitted by an anon.

Mod UT: Ciel and Ciameo (for short) has a nice ring to it, actually. Though I'm not sure how ciameo is pronounced. 🤔

FYI, I tried this phrase in Google translate, and it said "like me hello". For ciameo by itself, it said "bye". I guess this is a phrase that doesn't translate well if taken too literally.

[hotmonkeelove]

It's funny, because she totally would!

Mey Rin: With pleasure, Mr. Sebastian!

No but imagine if Mey Rin speaks Chinese in the manga

Sebastian: Do you know how to say corn in Cantonese?

Mey Rin: 粟米 (suk mai)?

Sebastian:

Sebastian: Suk mai nuts

[xxgoblin-dumplingxx]

your post about your husband not being able to cook is so bruce wayne coded. like that man couldn’t make a decent tasting meal if he tried

"Sir," Alfred said restraining a wince with difficulty, "Are you sure you don't want me to come back-"

Bruce huffed a sigh, "It's soup and some bread, Alfred. I'm sure I can handle it."

"As you like," the butler said, amused. The new Mrs. Wayne was a sweet lady. Her list of actual riders was short and entirely reasonable. But Alfred doubted Bruce Wayne, a man who had never had to operate a hob or a can opener would be able to execute even this simple meal.

It was just tomato soup and crusty bread with some cheese melted on top. And a little side salad. Cute food. A sort of comfort meal. After a nightmare few weeks on a set you were drained and just happy to be home. Even if home didn't feel... homey quite yet.

"Feel free to call if-"

"I'm sure I can handle it, Alfred. I've seen what she orders a dozen times."

"Very well, Sir," Alfred said, making a mental note to call in an order from a local cafe that would be able to make it properly when Bruce inevitably burnt, boiled over, or wilted something.

_____________

Bruce stuck his thumb into his mouth and stifled a swear with effort, blood dribbling down his arm from the knife. And black se smoke still billowing around the kitchen.

"Father?"

"Yeah, Damian?" Bruce answered, throwing the offending knife in the sink.

"This arrived at the door," Damian reported, proffering a bag, "the delivery driver said that I'm to tell you next time you should order it BEFORE you set off the smoke alarms."

Bruce sighed and took the bag with his uninjured hand, "Thank you, Damian."

"Perhaps you should leave the cooking to Alfred, Father."

"That thought occured to me about the time I burnt the bread," Bruce said ruefully.

"How did you-"

"I hit broil instead of bake," Bruce huffed, "And by the time I realized it, it was charcoal."

"This is foolish, Father," Damian declared, looking around at the mess. "Why do it?"

"Because," Bruce said simply. "I'm happy that she's home. And she's told me it's getting a little ridiculous buying her gifts just for going to work."

[ceoandslutler]

not to always complain about antis but why do they read/watch kuro if they hate sebastian this much

he's the mc how do u have beef w him so bad, interpret him however u want but if you genuinely dislike him... why put yourself thru the torture of reading his story (and this is about him, no way to argue against that)

like are you just gonna ignore all his development with the other servants... he is the epitome of an allegorical queer coded outcasted non human character who finds kinship in other odd (queer) people. how are you ignoring that lol

you can interpret main characters as morally grey or evil (a lot of times they are) but atp it feels like antis hate him and ignore any changes or developments in his personality, at least acknowledge him as part of the 'phantomfam' he helped to create. there would be no phantomfam w/o sebastian because there would be no o!ciel and phantomhive manor w/o sebastian,,, hell, there'd be no kuroshitsuji w/o sebastian. actually fun fact it's called 黒執事 kuroshitsuji (black butler) not 貴族子 kizokuko (noble kid).

they hate him until they sexualise him into the molds they want, usually within the ships they like [nothing wrong with those ships per se but they're viewed as 'correct' while the most canonical ship is wrong(?)] or they only love him after they take away all his sexual characteristics and turn him into a cat loving spinster, a dad/mom figure with no other characteristics other than (1) love cat, (2) dad/mombastian, (3) cooking and cleaning, nothing else but that ruins him because he's not that flat of a character in the original work... from what we've seen he likes a lot of things, he enjoys playing this butler game with ciel, he likes being mean and flirty, he likes being around certain humans like agni who he genuinely seemed to respect despite being a demon, he likes the concept of death and finds it beautiful, he has an eye for fashion and a lot more.

the way they treat him is akin to how society treated women in the victorian era... either the angel of the house (maternal figure, or in his case, paternal but they do momify him a lot, no sexualised identity or made limited and very 'pure'/'demure') or the hated demonised prostitute (evil evil demon taking advantage of little boy, no parental feelings and no feelings AT ALL, worthless). it's laughable how half of the fandom have such an innate dislike of sebs that they want to deny the changes within him or in the best case scenario, they'd minimise it. not to mention how they want ciel to be the perfect little sex-repulsed victim but other people have made posts about that before. my focus is on sebastian who is so grossly mischaracterised by antis, they are either purposely misunderstanding him or just very obtuse.

you guys have two interpretations of him and both are either dead wrong or at best extremely misinformed lol

[queerliblib]

Do you have any philosophy books or queer philosophy recs for Pride Month? I want to beat my philosophy professors over the head (metaphorically of course)

oooo fuck yeah okay so first thoughts are:

Feminist, Queer, Crip by Alison Kafer - envisioning new futures through environmental justice, reproductive justice, cyborg theory, transgender politics, and disability (oh here’s the audiobook of it)

Neuroqueer Heresies by Nick Walker - link is for the audio book (available) our ebook copy has a 6mo wait time 😬. By a queer autistic scholar, contains notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities

The Queer Art of Failure by Jack Halberstam - about "finding alternatives-to conventional understandings of success in a heteronormative, capitalist society” through an investigation of ‘low theory’ (in contrast to ‘high theory’/‘high culture’)

okay so not all of these are traditional philosophy, per se, however they are heavier on the theorizing so if you’re hungry for more queer theory I also recommend these:

Queering Anarchism

Cruising Utopia

Identity Poetics

Who’s Afraid of Gender (any Judith Butler is worth a read though, also in audio)

Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on our Sex Obsessed Culture (also in audio)

Y’all Means All: The Emerging Voices Queering Appalachia

[akq96618]

[ King ohger soul eater au ]

here it is! the rough idea doodles for other kings! It's just started with giramie (you can find them here ), but i think it will be fun if i added the others too

+ some more trivia below

(warning: big spoiler for soul eater manga, and me nerding over soul eater)

for those who aren't familiar with soul eater, the series revolve around the story of meister and demon weapon (human who can transform into weapons). The students of of Shibusen, school build by 'shinigami' take on missions to collect souls and protect the city from the world's threats.

The school parted into 2 types of class, N.O.T (Normally Overcome Target, class for those who just want to control their powers, pretty much just like a normal class) and E.A.T (Especially Advantaged Talent, consist of the 10% students in shibusen, class for students/agents who use their powers to battle evil)

-this au sets years after soul eater manga ending, where human and witch can already living side by side

-Morfonia used to be in NOT class, but then she moved to EAT class after reunited in shibusen and being partners with rita (they're childhood friends)

-Suzume supposed to be gira's weapon partner, since the Hastie and Dybowski family been on some kind of..bound? relationship? for a long time. But racles don't want gira to be a meister, so he took both of the dybowski siblings as his weapon (welp, gira still finds jera anyway)

-Top 3 EAT class academical rank: Rita, Himeno, Yanma (it's quite a tie with jeramie sometimes), gira is somewhere in the middle, or below-

-Top 3 EAT class physical rank (as in like, PE class): Gira, Rita, Jeramie, (you know where yanma at right)

-yeah i use racs and himeno's p1 hair bcs i love them

-Rita can see someone's soul, while Gira can 'sense' someone's soul perfectly (like, what kind of people they are) and know kishin's soul before they turned into kishin egg (kishin egg: evil souls)

-Sebastian is not a student but he still go to shibusen to accompany himeno as her butler and demon weapon

-before met yanma, shiokara used to be Mayuta's demon weapon partners along with usuba (sniper rifle) and akka (brass knuckle ring)

-Jeramie is a child of demon weapon and witch, his mom run away from the witch realm because she possesses healing magic, which is unforgivable and hated by the witches

-and jera got his black blood from his mother, who didn't know that she was used to be medusa's (antagonist witch in SE) experiment object. Medusa thought she's a failed object, so she throw nephila out of her object list.

-before Jeramie met Gira, he wonder all over death city to find who killed and ate his parents' soul

-Gira don't really like to live in the Hastie's main mansion , so he rented apartments near shibusen together with Jera after decided to be his Meister. As a condition to allow gira living out of the Hastie household, Racles ask Duuga, the Hastie's butler, to visit gira's place from time to time

-Jeramie had this 'madness of hope' that triggered his black blood

-i'm thinking about 'madness of justice' for gira but 'justice' will suit rita more...

i don't think i'll elaborate more about this au, but who knows

here's more giramie in madness + blackblood armor bcs i like to draw them in that

[deusa-astaroth666]

English:

I did a traditional drawing of our desired Countess Phantomhive, Sieglinde Phantomhive Sullivan and her daughter Charlotte Phantomhive. I wanted to make Sullivan completely outside the Victorian beauty standard, I have the impression that Ciel is more attracted to scary girls who deviate from this standard, he doesn't seem to be interested in cute girls who are always crying and pretending to be weak to be saved. Sullivan has dead and scary eyes that make any small child cry, she has big, full lips next to an elongated face, thick, dark eyebrows, she always wears black and green and has a bored smile on her face, she is called of a witch by other children and they say that she can curse you with just one look, stories made by the youngest.

I already made a post talking a little about this universe in which I created her relationship with Ciel, but I said little about Charlotte.

Charlotte has heterochromia and is excluded by other children because of it, but she doesn't care, in her perception everyone is too stupid to have a long conversation, the person she most likes to talk to is Sebastian, she sees him as a false prince charming from children's books, he always says what she wants and needs to hear and they both have the same opinion about people. This is no coincidence, as Sebastian educated her and took advantage of molding her personality so that he would like to communicate with her.

As not everything is rosy, she has a normal obsession with stalking the butler around the mansion, always keeping him in sight, which Sebastian deeply hates as he finds it uncomfortable and this prevents him from using his demonic powers to finish tasks quickly.

Charlotte also lives close to her mother, Sullivan teaches her science and witchcraft during the girl's studies. In relation to Ciel, she feels a little fear and admiration for her father, since he is a very serious and busy man, difficult to impress, which makes her see him as a challenge to overcome.

Info:

Charlotte Phantomhive Sullivan, she is 11 years old, she was born on October 1st, international bat day, her favorite animal, she writes everything in cursive as few people can read texts like that (I was shocked when I discovered that many foreigners don't know it and don't know read words in cursive). She doesn't know it yet, but she is an intersex person (hermaphrodite), which also makes her have a voice and appearance of both genders.

Português:

Fiz um desenho tradicional da nossa desejada Condessa Phantomhive, Sieglinde Phantomhive Sullivan e sua filha Charlotte Phantomhive. Eu quis fazer a Sullivan totalmente fora do padrão de beleza Vitoriano, tenho impressão de que o Ciel se atrai mais por garotas assustadoras que fogem desse padrão, ele não parece ter interesse em garotas fofas que vivem chorando e se fingindo de fracas para serem salvas. Sullivan tem olhos mortos e assustadores que fazem qualquer criança pequena chorar, ela tem lábios grandes e carnudos junto de um rosto alongado, sobrancelhas grossas e escuras, ela sempre usa preto e verde e tem um sorriso pleno de tédio no rosto, a mesma é chamada de bruxa pelas outras crianças e dizem que ela pode te amaldiçoar apenas com um olhar, histórias feitas pelos mais novos.

Já fiz uma postagem falando um pouco desse universo que eu criei a relação dela com o Ciel, mas disse pouco sobre a Charlotte.

A Charlotte possui heterocromia e é excluída por outras crianças devido a isso, mas ela não liga, na percepção dela todos são muito burros para se manter uma longa conversa, a pessoa que ela mais gosta de conversar é o Sebastian, ela o vê como um falso príncipe encantado dos livros infantis, ele sempre fala aquilo que ela quer e precisa ouvir e os dois possuem a mesma opinião sobre as pessoas. Isso não é por acaso, já que o Sebastian a educou e tirou proveito para moldar a personalidade dela para que fosse do agrado dele se comunicar.

Como nem tudo são flores ela tem uma obsseção nem um como normal de stalkear o mordomo pela mansão sempre o mantendo em vista, o que o Sebastian odeia profundamente já que acha desconfortável e isso impede ele de usar os poderes demoníacos para terminar os afazeres rápido.

Charlotte também vive grudada na mãe, Sullivan a ensina ciência e bruxaria durante os estudos da garota. Em relação ao Ciel ela sente um pouco de medo e admiração pelo pai, já que ele é um homem muito sério e ocupado, difícil de se impressionar o que a deixa ver como um desafio a se superar.

Info:

Charlotte Phantomhive Sullivan, ela tem 11 anos, nasceu dia 1 de Outubro dia internacional do morcego o animal favorito dela, ela escreve tudo em letra cursiva já que poucas pessoas conseguem ler textos assim (fiquei chocada quando descobri que muitos gringos não conhecem e não sabem ler palavras em letra cursiva). Ela não sabe ainda, mas é uma pessoa intersexo (hermafrodita) o que também a faz ter uma voz e aparência de ambos os sexos.

[pilindiel]

Do you have any kyokao HEADCANONS?? 👀❤️

OH ANON YOU BET I DO I HAVE A MILLION OF THEM. I've been super busy so I didn't get the chance to respond to this right away and I am not sure which kind of headcanons you are looking for, so I am going to go with pet headcanons for fun

Kyoya:

Kyoya isn't really an animal person. The Ootori family never had pets in the house, so Kyoya never really grew up with one. It's not that he dislikes them per se, but he never really saw a reason anyone would want or need a pet. They're too much work (even when you have maids and butlers to do the heavy lifting for you).

He's even less inclined to get a pet when Tamaki gets Antoinette, because wow golden retrievers are sweet but have TONS of energy, and that's not really something Kyoya feels he can tolerate.

Of course, that all changes when he gets Noir when he's in Boston. Despite being exasperated with her at times (as all cat parents are), it does bring him solace knowing there is someone there when he gets home...even if he does have to stop her from eating plastic and scratching his leather couch. (He does not succeed at either of these tasks.)

It's been a while since I read the manga so I can't remember if we saw what Noir looks like, but if there's no canon design I am torn between Noir being this beautiful, sleek black cat or being one of those fuzzy voids like this:

Kaoru:

Kaoru loves animals. I like to think he's kind of an animal magnet like a Disney princess and has yet to meet an animal that didn't like him. Even Antoinette seems drawn to him (much to Tamaki's horror).

Though the Hitachiin family never had pets in the house either, Kaoru was always secretly jealous of other children who talked about their various furry and scaly companions. He was probably the one to suggest to Hikaru they go and catch frogs to release in the house, sort of as a way to give them a pet, too (while also causing mayhem for their staff).

When he finds out Kyoya of all people has a cat, he immediately takes it upon himself to spoil her rotten. Noir is constantly fed treats, catnip, played with, etc. when Kaoru visits Kyoya.

Unfortunately, like most cats, they only attach to one person and that person is Kyoya. Kaoru is DEVASTATED that no matter how much he does to earn Noir's affection, all she does is mildly tolerate him.

After he and Kyoya start living together, they finally realize how much Noir loves him the first time he has to go away for New York Fashion Week. Noir is inconsolable (as is Kyoya). She sits on their bed and meows pathetically, only getting up when Kyoya feeds her. Kyoya sends Kaoru pictures of her forlorn looks and Kaoru replies with a slew of crying emojis.

When he finally returns home, Noir goes right back to mildly tolerating him, as if nothing ever happened. (But they all know better now ;) )

[uwushitsuji]

Reading black butler again as an adult, I find myself thinking a lot the sexualization of Sebastian and Ciel's relationship. I was expecting to feel disgusted but.... Morals aside, I feel from a narrative standpoint, it actually works?

We all know most sebaciel scenes are fanservice, Yana used to draw yaoi, the anime was sold as "shonen-ai" etc etc It's 2024 there's no point to debate that over and over again.

But is that fanservice unnecesary? At least in the manga, I dont think so. For the better or for the worse, it does serve a purpose. It defines the entire relationship of the main characters.

Just to make it clear, I think their relationship is very sexual, but not in a literal *they have sex* way. Sex is associated with love, intimacy, passion, desire, but also with violence, possesiveness, domination.

You could get rid of all the "weird fanservice", but that would destroy the complexity of their relationship. It would become either a story about two characters that don't care about each other, or a bland "wholesome" one.

Ciel, despite all his trauma, feels comfortable exposing his body to Sebastian. Having physical contact with someone. Showing his vulnerable self, because he's absolutely confident he won't be hurt.

Sebastian is always close to Ciel. Even too close. And the weird way he carries Young Master. It's clearly unappropiate and he doesn't seem to care about boundaries. Because Ciel is what he desires the most, and he *owns* him. Ciel is his treasure, his prize, his most precious possesion. Ciel is *his*. He's always being possesive, showing the world Ciel belongs *only* to him, while also being (somehow) gentle and caring.

(The topic of how Sebastian uses his sexuality as a weapon is pretty interesting as well, but not today!!)

Surprisingly, the fanservice does wonders to develop the duality of their dynamics. It perfectly showcases both the "light" and "dark" between them. Intimacy, healing, confidence absolute trust, caring for each other. Codependency, unhealthy desire, possesiveness, manipulation.

They're two sides of the same coin.

On the other hand, in contrast with Sebastian and Ciel's relationship, I think it's interesting how scenes involving real sex are not sexualized at all??

Sebastian and Beast are both really attractive characters, and they could be used in a more "fanservicey" way. However, their scene together it's short and uncomfortable. The intimacy between them feels fake, everything seems off. Beast doesn't look like he's actually enjoying anything. It's pretty clear she's being abused, and thanks Goodness there's no romantization nor explicit borderline fetish content. Instead, it does a great a job creating a "something is wrong here" atmosphere.

The Blue Memory flashback. It's disgusting and makes me physically ill, but it's able to do so without being explicit. It's really powerful without being morbid. Absolutely no fanservice here. Thanks Goodness again.

Like in real life, in Black Butler sexuality can be a safe place (Ciel and Sebastian), or a source of violence and pain.

Imo Yana is a better writer than you all give her credit for. She may be a shotacon or whatever, but at least she is coherent with the overall tone of her story and can be respectful when it's due. Despite all the fanservice at some points, I feel she's great at knowing when to do or not do it.

At the end of the day, I find fascinating how sex and sexualization are used in Black Butler. Sebastian and Ciel's relationship has nothing to do with sex, yet is so intense that I could argue that rather than being sexualized, their entire relationship is inherently sexual per se. If you remove that element from the equation, the main characters would be so different that the nature of the entire story would change.

The "fanservice" is not only fanservice, but what moves the characters and story foward.

Is it ethical?? That's up to you.

But for me, even if there are some uncomfortable moments, the result is worth it. A relationship so unique that you can't "tag" it. Both unhealthy and abusive, yet a safe place for Ciel to heal. It's problematic on several levels, but *that*is what makes it interesting.

Anyway, it's just fiction, and it's nice to explore different kinds of stories without hurting anyone.

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Jester Hairston

By Life Magazine via Google Images-Photographer Loomis Dean., Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28896923

Jester Joseph Hairston (July 9, 1901 – January 18, 2000) was an American composer, songwriter, arranger, choral conductor and actor. He was regarded as a leading expert on black spirituals and choral music. His notable compositions include "Amen," a gospel-tinged theme from the film Lilies of the Field and a 1964 hit for the Impressions, and the Christmas song "Mary's Boy Child."

Hairston was born in Belews Creek, a rural community on the border of Stokes, Forsyth, Rockingham and Guilford counties in North Carolina. His grandparents had been slaves. At an early age, he and his family moved to Homestead, Pennsylvania, just outside Pittsburgh, where he graduated from high school in 1921. Hairston was very young when his father was killed in a job-related accident. Hairston was raised by his grandmother while his mother worked. Hairston heard his grandmother and her friends talking and singing about plantation life and became determined to preserve this history through music.

Hairston initially majored in landscape architecture at Massachusetts Agricultural College in the 1920s. He became involved in various church choirs and choral groups, and accompanist Anna Laura Kidder saw his potential and became his benefactor. Kidder offered Hairston financial assistance to study music at Tufts University. from which he graduated in 1929. He was one of the first black students admitted to Tufts. Later he studied music at the Juilliard School.

Hairston pledged the Chi chapter of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity in 1925. He worked as a choir conductor in the early stages of his career. His work with choirs on Broadway eventually led to singing and acting parts in plays, films, radio programs and television shows.

Hairston sang with the Hall Johnson Choir in Harlem for a time but was nearly fired from the all-black choir because he had difficulty with the rural dialects that were used in some of the songs. He had to shed his Boston accent and relearn the country speech of his parents and grandparents. Johnson had told him: "We're singing ain't and cain't and you're singing shahn't and cahn't and they don't mix in a spiritual." The choir performed in many Broadway shows, including The Green Pastures. In 1936, the choir was asked to visit Hollywood to sing for the film The Green Pastures. Russian composer Dimitri Tiomkin heard Hairston and invited him to what would become a 30-year collaboration in which Hairston arranged and collected music for films. In 1939, Hairston married Margaret Swanigan. He wrote and arranged spirituals for Hollywood films as well as for high school and college choirs around the country.

Hairston wrote the song "Mary's Boy Child" in 1956. He also arranged the song "Amen", which he dubbed for the Sidney Poitier film Lilies of the Field, and arranged traditional Negro spirituals.[16] Most of Hairston's film work was in the field of composing, arranging and choral conducting. He also acted in more than 20 films, mostly in small roles, some uncredited. Hairston starred in John Wayne's The Alamo (1960), in which he portrayed "Jethro," a slave owned by Jim Bowie. In 1962’s To Kill a Mockingbird Hairston portrayed the uncredited role of the father of accused rapist Tom Robinson. In 1967’s In the Heat of the Night, Hairston portrayed the butler of a wealthy racist being investigated for murder. In both films, Hairston shot scenes along side men who won an Academy Award for Best Actor in those respective films for portraying white Southerners navigating their jobs through a racially divided culture.

In 1961, the U.S. State Department appointed Hairston as Goodwill Ambassador. He traveled all over the world teaching and performing the folk music of the slaves. In the 1960s, he held choral festivals with public high-school choirs, introducing them to Negro spiritual music, and sometimes led several hundred students in community performances. His banter about the history of the songs along with his engaging personality and sense of humor endeared him to many students.

During his nationwide travels, Hairston checked local phone books for other Hairstons and reunited many people on his family tree, both black and white. He composed more than 300 spirituals. He was the recipient of many honorary doctorates, including a doctorate from the University of Massachusetts in 1972 and a doctorate in music from Tufts in 1977.

In his later years, Hairston served as a cultural ambassador for American music, traveling to numerous countries with choral groups that he had assembled. In 1985, he took the Jester Hairston Chorale, a multiracial group, to sing in China at a time when foreign visitors would rarely appear there.

Hairston died in Los Angeles of natural causes in 2000 at age 98. For his contribution to the television industry, Hairston has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard. He is interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California.

[blues824]

Imagen the female riddle in the remarried empress but ace and deuce Carter and trey join her.

🌹For the first time I will feel bad for ace because he is a going to be be collared so many times because of rattrash and sovieshit.

🌹Imagen sovieshit having the audacity of be jealous of her dorm mates joining her in the eastern empire to the point he wants to banish them for the stupidest things because he is jealous that she hangs out with them and not him.

🌹Her being frustrated that her dorm members get treated shitty even ace does not deserve it and her asking heinley to move them in the western kingdom for protection because they are the only thing that she has close to home.

🌹Heinley baking with trey and spending time with the other dorm members and how would her react to riddle mc asking for them to live in the western kingdom because she is worried about them.

🌹And how would navier react to her daughter like handmaiden deal with her dorm members her and her ladies in waiting seing her collar the aduese duo a couple of times because of mistakes seeing Carter and trey calming her and seeing that she cares for them.

🌹Imagine navier finding her crying in the rose garden with a hedgehog after she send her dorm members along with heinley and her feeling homesick now she finally got her dorm members back sovieshit and rattrash took them away.

(Inspired by this beautiful art)

🌹How would they react to her being ingaged or on love with kosiar and seeing how protective he is of her and how she is the handmaiden of navier them being annoyed with the concubine .

🌹How would rattrash react to her dorm members joining her and how jealous sovieshit gets because of them her trying to drag her name in the mud like she did to nian tuiana and failing because how serious she is.

(I love how they are reading black butler)

Part 1 here

Sovieshu 

He is most definitely jealous that you would hang around these incompetent fools rather than him (who we all consider an incompetent fool, but moving on). He’s still upset that you turned down his request to make you his second mistress, but your dorm members were on your side and backed you up by pulling up the Queen’s Rules.

It gets to the point where he has half a mind to banish them from the Eastern Empire and force you to become his mistress. However, he knew that both Navier and Rashta would prevent that from happening because the former actually cares about you and the latter would feel that her position is threatened.

This unfortunate Emperor does get a headache because of the ADeuce duo, but it was the first time he was able to see you actually collar someone. Then, the whole thing with Kosair being banished happened, and Sovieshu watched you cry and yell at him for sending away the love of your life. If that wasn’t the verbal equivalent of a slap across the face, I don’t know what is.

So… he lost you to his soon-to-be-former brother-in-law. Your dorm members seemed to support the both of you, and they even started making preparations to leave for the Western Kingdom. However, Navier’s handmaidens left last, and you were one of them.

That meant that he had enough time to try and trap you within the palace walls. Unfortunately for him, you had experience with sneaking out, and you had magic so it really wasn’t that hard. Plus, you had your Heartslabyul comrades, since they hadn’t left yet. So you left behind an Empire and a devastated Emperor.

Rashta 

Ever since she found out that Sovieshu was in love with you, she tried everything to drag your name through the mud. However, your friend Cater, in his short time there, became friends with most of the nobility. Thus, her plans never worked.

But, she could tell that your dorm members were giving the Emperor a headache constantly, so she kind of planted the seed of banishment within his mind. When you found out that he was about to make the executive order, you used your magic to restrain him and the young mistress herself.

Then, Sovieshu banished Kosair. She could tell that you were devastated, and she pretended to be sad for you, but in reality she knew that this was beneficial to her. However, she turned to look at her ‘husband’, and he was sad for you. This really infuriated her because he was supposed to be in love with her… not you.

She couldn’t spend too much time on that matter, as the Emperor and Empress were being divorced soon. You hadn’t moved over to the Western Kingdom yet because Navier still needed you, and she didn’t expect anything to happen. But, before you had the chance to leave with the other handmaidens, you were captured and locked away. Even this was a step too far on Sovieshu’s part.

Fortunately, even though Rashta didn’t do much to help, she did point your dorm members in the right direction. She just wanted you out of the Empire at this point. Once you had escaped, she focused on trying to bring comfort to her new husband so that he may forget about you. It didn’t work, but it’s the thought that counts.

Navier

Upon finding out that you collared both Ace and Deuce, she almost spit out her tea from laughing. She gets along great with Cater and Trey as well, since Cater can easily navigate the social scene and Trey makes her favorite meals when she’s feeling particularly stressed by her husband’s actions.

When she heard that Sovieshu was contemplating banishing your friends, she stepped in and put that thought to rest. To avoid you being worried, she kept it from you. But she did tell you that you might need to reel in your subordinates lest they get into trouble.

However, it seems that His Imperial Majesty is dead set on making both you and her sad and stressed, as he banished Kosair from the Eastern Empire. She went to her garden to take a breather when she saw you in the red rose section crying and holding a hedgehog. She knelt down beside you and pulled you into a comforting hug (lucky reader 😭).

Then, she went through the whole divorce process with Sovieshu, and she had a bad feeling about not sending you ahead of time. You assured her that you would be fine, but you weren’t because when you tried to leave with the other handmaidens, a few guards kept you from leaving. She didn’t hear about this until you told her once you made your great escape and fled to the Western Kingdom.

Speaking of, when you both reunited, she pulled you into a tight hug, then she moved on to greeting the rest of Heartslabyul. During the whole sending-off ceremony for the knights, she watched with a small smile as you placed a kiss on her brother’s cheek as a farewell. Truly, you both were made for each other, according to Navier.

Heinrey

He was a bit concerned when he saw that some of the Heartslabyul members had collars about their necks, but Navier told him what happened. Bro made a mental note to not get on your bad side. Still, the whole situation was quite hilarious to him.

Through one of the Empress’s letters to him, he learned that the Emperor was thinking about kicking your friends out of the Empire to back you up into the corner of mistresshood so you wouldn’t be able to escape. As a result, he made preparations in the Western Kingdom to ensure that he would be ready to receive them.

However, he didn’t expect to receive Kosair instead. Heinrey could tell that the man was stressed and worried about you, mainly because you were still in the Eastern Empire, which was ruled by a man who was deeply in love with you. The bird-man understood perfectly, because he constantly worried about Navier

But, you arrived in the Western Kingdom along with your Heartslabyul comrades as well as Navier’s other handmaidens. Upon seeing each other, you both gave each other a hug. You two were friends, as you helped him win the heart and hand of his Queen, so yeah.

Ever since then, business carried on as usual. You were still a handmaiden to Navier, you still collared Ace and Deuce, Cater got along well with the noble families due to his social skills, and he found a new companion in Trey. The two loved to bake, so that’s where it came from.

Kosair

Not going to lie, he was definitely jealous at the sight of you hanging around four men that he did not know. But he got to know them, and he and Trey got along the most. He absolutely despises Ace and Deuce because they are infuriating, and he’s kind of indifferent towards Cater. And we all know that he loves you.

He was the one you went to when you found out that Sovieshu was thinking about banishing your dorm because they were the last line of defense you had to not become his mistress. That’s when Kosair took a deep breath and pulled out a ring from his pocket. He wishes he could have proposed to you under better and more romantic circumstances, but now you had an indisputable reason to not become the Emperor’s second mistress.

Things kind of went downhill when Kosair got banished. You both wrote letters to each other, and you were glad to see that Heinrey allowed him to take up residence in the Western Kingdom. But what you didn’t know is that the man laid awake at night because he’s so scared about what could become of you in his absence.

Then, once you both were reunited, he just about dipped you down and kissed you passionately on the wharf. Your dorm members let out a few gasps, but Cater let out a cheer and Ace let out a loud whistle. Just wait… this happy moment isn’t going to last long once you tell Kosair that Sovieshu tried to keep you trapped in the Eastern Empire. But that’s for a later time.

Your wedding was absolutely beautiful. Trey walked you down the aisle, and Kosair teared up. You looked just like a dream. There were red roses occupying a lot of the space. Once the officiant said ‘you may kiss the bride’, this man wasted absolutely no time. Ever since you accepted his proposal, he has been waiting for this day.