#book of circus made me cry and book of Atlantic was a time

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Sebastian’s looking especially lovely this season 👀🥰

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Gathering FiKi’s Trick or Treat 2021 - Day 13

Trick

The characters from your verse, but... A Magical/mysterious/spooky Circus AU!

“Promise You’ll Write”

Harry Potter AU

A/N: I always wondered about all the other wizards in England. Hogwarts only has 40 students per Year. That’s not really that many witches and wizards. If the average wizard lives to be 100 you would still have less than 4,000 witches and wizards alive at a time. And that is clearly not the case. I don’t think you need a ministry that large if you have the population of a very small town. Do the rest just not go to school? 

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Jim spent summers on the Atlantic coast with his grandparents while his parents dealt with the tourist season of their Lake District Bed and Breakfast. His time was occupied by reading, riding his broomstick, and swiping his grandfather’s wand so he could practice some basic spells. Mostly he terrorized the neighboring muggles by hexing their tires so they ran out of air, but the second they were removed from the car they would be filled with air again. 

In July, shortly after his 11th birthday he got his acceptance letter from Hogwarts. He had daydreamed about the school, but had never mentioned it to his parents. He knew the school was incredibly expensive and that sometimes they barely made ends meet each month as it was. He was content learned what he could from his parents, grandparents, and neighbors back home, but when he held that letter on crisp parchment in his hands he let himself think about actually attending the school.

And so he went. But he did not miss the looks his parents gave each other over the cost of his school robes, his books, and his train ticket. He resolved to study hard and to make their investment worth it. He would also do his very best not to grow so they wouldn’t need to buy him new robes the next year (he was only 11 after-all, and fantastical ideas are common at that age).

He did miss the late night conversations that his parents had about whether Jim should go, not because of money, but because of something they never said aloud even to each other. They talked around it, and they did not tell Jim about it.

He was sorted into Slytherin. 

Some of the older kids made fun of his hand-me-down books and robes, but the prefect set them straight and the kids in his year were decent enough for the most part.

Jim did not make a real friend until a couple weeks in while having Herbology with the Hufflepuffs. A Hufflepuff boy heard Max Lang poke fun and Jim’s gloves and had summarily tripped Max as he walked past. After class he hung around to talk to the other boy.

“I’m Jim.” 

“Ross.”

They were pretty inseparable after that. Ross told Jim about how his cousin did not get into Hogwarts and how he threw a right fit about it—screaming, throwing things—Jim thought he would suffocate because he could not stop laughing at Ross’ impersonation of his cousin and his aunt.

And then Jim went home for the holidays.

And his parents told him about the awful thing.

He went back to school after the New Year, but it was not as fun as before. A niggle worry, a fear, for and about his father was always there.

Ross helped Jim with his homework; sometimes even going so far as to let Jim copy his work when Jim was particularly distracted and worried. 

They promised to write each other before they parted at King’s Cross that June.

And they did.

But Jim did not go back to Hogwarts. 

With his father’s death they couldn’t afford it. 

Jim joined Ross in Diagon Alley when he was shopping for supplies; he saw him off on the Hogwarts Express, Ross visited over the holidays and taught Jim some of the most fun spells he had learned, and they wrote to each other. 

That happened the next year as well.

But the summer before what should have been Jim’s fourth year his mother told him they had to move. They were going to America to live with her family. They could not afford to keep up the business anymore.

Jim tried not to cry when he and Ross said goodbye this time. But it felt so much more final than the previous goodbyes.

They continued to write.

Ross joined in the Wizarding War that happened in the 1990s. 

Jim was taught and learned enough from books to work in Magical Creature conservation.

They still wrote to each other even though they had not seen each other in years.

And then one day Ross Apparated on Jim’s doorstep in rural Maine.

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Putting these behind a "read more" because this got waaaaay longer than I intended.

I dream of vampires. I dream of god. I dream of no vampires. I dream of no god. I dream of nothing. And yet that too is still my dream. - Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

Here's the thing about being a spy: sometimes all you have are your lies.  - Ally Carter, United We Spy

When spies aren't in sewer tunnels, they're usually crawling through air ducts. I'm not sure exactly why this is. It makes you kind of wonder: Are spies just frustrated maintenance men? - M.T. Anderson, Agent Q, or the Smell of Danger

This was how people disappeared from history, wasn't it? They weren't erased, they were explained away. - Kate Atkinson, Transcription

[A]n Assassin without style, everyone agreed, was just a highly paid arrogant thug. - Terry Pratchett, Night Watch

A short while later, as I stare down at the bodies of the six men I have just killed, I cannot help but wonder: Do I love killing? - Robin LaFevers, Dark Triumph

How to throw assassins off balance: cry in front of them. - Leah Cypress, Death Sworn

One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. - Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach. - Aldous Huxley, Collected Essays

History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation. - Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending

Do you really believe ... that everything historians tell us about men – or about women – is actually true? You ought to consider the fact that these histories have been written by men, who never tell the truth except by accident. - Moderata Fonte, The Worth of Women

Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history. - Gregory Maguire, Wicked: the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

Well, that's history for you, folks. Unfair, untrue and for the most part written by folk who weren't even there. - Joanne Harris, The Gospel of Loki

You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words. - Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

“You’re a storyteller. Dream up something wild and improbable," she pleaded. "Something beautiful and full of monsters." - Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer

The universe is made of stories, not atoms. - Muriel Rukeyzer, The Speed of Darkness

We tell ourselves stories in order to live. - Joan Didion, The White Album

I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be. - Diogenes, The Home Book of Quotations, Classical and Modern (1937) by Burton Egbert Stevenson

Men change their gods, and when they have changed them often enough they cease to fear their power. - John Brunner, The Atlantic Abomination

We can never be gods, after all--but we can become something less than human with frightening ease. - N.K. Jemisin, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

--perhaps monsters were misunderstood gods; deities with plans too grand for humans; a phantom of evil that drank from the roots of good. - Roshani Chokshi, The Silvered Serpents

To the dumb question "Why me?" the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply: why not? - Christopher Hitchens, Mortality

We are all subject to the fates. But we must act as if we are not, or die of despair. - Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

Take it from me, Fate doesn't care most of the time. - Dianna Wynne Jones, Castle in the Air

History is filled with brilliant people who wanted to fix things and just made them worse. - Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby

Loki (the god of being a needless prick all the time) - Cory O'Brien, Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes

Please!" yelled Loki. "I am not being noble! - Joanne Harris, Runemarks

Dionysus the god of drinking so hard you wake up with TWO hangovers and then they FIGHT. - Cory O'Brien, Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes

“But I rather thought--I mean, I heard you'd killed Balder the Fair." "I never did," snapped Loki crossly. "Well, no one ever proved I did. What happened to the presumption of innocence? Besides, he was supposed to be invulnerable. Was it my fault that he wasn't?” - Joanne Harris, Runemarks

Only Loki stood at the sides and laughed, a laughter more deadly to the self-important gods than any sword or spear. No wonder they had chained him. - M.D. Lachlan, Wolfsangel

You are only limited by your imagination. - Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

If the multiverse turns out to be the best explanation of the fundamental physical constants, it would not be the first time we have been flabbergasted by worlds beyond our noses. - Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now

According to the current thinking of many physicists, we are living in one of a vast number of universes. - Alan Lightman, The Accidental Universe

Strange as it may sound, if you think of me as a monster, but I can love most passionately. I do not think of myself as evil. - Christopher Pike, The Last Vampire

Does Hallmark make a “Sorry I tried to drink your blood and touched you in a vaguely inappropriate manner” card? - Molly Harper, Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs

You know," he said, "every time a vampire says he doesn't believe in lycanthropes, a werewolf bursts into flames. - Elizabeth Bear, New Amsterdam

This club is for members only. But once you join, membership lasts for an eternity. - Ellen Schreiber, The Coffin Club

Magic is just science that we don’t know yet. - Christopher Moore, Bloodsucking Fiends

Contrary to popular myth, werewolves myth, werewolves are born, not made. No matter how many times they bite someone, that person will not turn, though they will probably bleed profusely and will definitely be annoyed. - Molly Harper, Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs

Because all the monsters have been let out of their cages tonight, no matter what court they belong to. So I may roam wherever I wish until the dawn. - Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

Real fairytales end in blood or tears. - Luna Lindsey, Emerald City Dreamer

A faery’s home, usually shared with others, was often called a haunt, though grander ones might be called a court. There were other fae whose homes were fortresses, caves, dens, or lairs.

You didn’t want to go home with anyone who lived in a lair. - Molly Ringle, Lava Red Feather Blue

And even though preternaturals routinely preyed on humans when they were alone or in small groups, everyone sane understood that humans in large numbers were both paranoid and extremely dangerous. Even a single lucky human could slay a mighty dragon. As time passed into the modern era their weapons and technology made them even more deadly. - A.E. Lowen, Faerie Rising

Aight, y'all. I have a request.

One of the things I have to come up with when I'm writing RPG books are chapter quotes. The chapter quote comes at the head of a given chapter in a book and serves as a summary of the mood or contents of a chapter. Like this, from Trinity: Assassins -

I am pretty good at finding these, and often end up supplying quotes to coworkers as well, but! I want to extend and expand my collection of quotes and add in some lesser-known stuff, because it's my opportunity to shine a little light on people's good words.

A few requirements, because I gotta follow a style guide:

Must be from a published work with a title. Like, I don't want pithy quotes from a random Tumblr post, cool as they may be.

Must be attributable to a first and last name, not a username, so unless there's a first and last name on that AO3 story, please no.

Short and sweet. A sentence, maybe two. I can't use a whole paragraph.

No song quotes, period, full stop. I'm not allowed. Plays, books, poems, good. Songs, no.

What I'm specifically looking for are quotes on the following topics:

Spies or Assassins, James Bond, spy tropes

History, especially the manipulation of public opinion or history

Storytelling, the importance of stories, the stories we tell ourselves

Mythmaking, the concept of stories or roles being alive/having the ability to affect people and the world, tropes in fiction and reality

Cooperation or building things as a team

Gods, children of Gods, godhood, becoming divine,

fate or destiny but especially how much it sucks to be pushed around by Fate/destiny/Wyrd

Specific gods/mythic beings (especially Norse gods, but really any pantheon you can think of) and their antics

What we owe to each other, community-building, trust, safety through preparation

Multiverses, alternate realities, worlds outside the known world, liminal spaces

Dogs

Technology and magic, especially where they overlap or cannot be distinguished from each other, and our belief in both

Dreams: traveling inside of them, dreams as another level of existence, dreamcrafting, the power of fae/wizards/ghosts/etc in dreams

Fae, psychics, wizards, vampires, etc.

If you have a cool quote you think I should keep in my quote vault for future use, and it isn't something coming from a Big Name Author*, please stick it in a reply or a reblog of this post with the attributon (name and title) for the quote. I'll be keeping this thread around for whenever I need to grab a chapter quote or give someone else ideas. Obviously, putting a quote on the post is no guarantee it'll get used by me or anyone else, but hopefully people will also check the notes for delightful bon mots which inspire them to check out the works in question.

Please keep the notes of this post relatively clean so it remains a good reference post. 💗

*for the purposes of this post, a Big Name Author is one your mom has probably at least heard of - Ernest Hemingway, Steven King, James Patterson, Neil Gaiman, etc. If the author has a Tumblr, they probably don't count as a Big Name. Spiders Neal is an outlier etc etc. Definitely would love more quotes from marginalized authors - it's easy to find a quote from a middle-aged white man on whatever concept - and from currently-writing authors. The point of this is to be able to give attention to awesome people who might sell an extra book or two from being quoted.

If you don't want to see me reblogging this with whatever cool-ass thing people have put on it this time, mute "chapter quotes post".

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WHISKER TANGO FOXTROT - My Review of CATS (2 Paw Prints)

I have two words for you:  Cats.

But that doesn’t make sense, you say?  Exactly.

Back in college, it seemed like every performing arts major had that Harvey Edwards “Leg Warmers” photo hanging on their wall. You know the one with the well-worn stockings and the tattered, duct-taped ballet slippers in plié?  It signified a commitment to T.H.E.  T.H.E.A.T.R.E. - a world of over-enunciations, mid-Atlantic accents, treading the boards, finishing lines to the very end of one’s finger tips, and playing to the back row!

I’m convinced Cats was made for them, not only to enjoy but to be a part of in order to hone their “craft”.  I mean this in a loving, celebratory way.  Cats may enter the history books as a gasp-inducing, surreal, plot-free nightmare of gargantuan proportions, but this one’s for all the theater geeks who lived to strut across the stage and put on a show.  It’s that Theater 101 Class which decided to very publicly let the rest of the world in to see its students “be a cat” for a couple of hours.  

Tom Hooper, who turned Les Miserables, a show I genuinely love, into a fish-eyed, overwrought live singing, dutch-angled disaster, expands his repertoire a little bit here, but not enough to convince me he should continue directing musicals.  He keeps things moving along but the script he co-wrote with Lee Hall doesn’t do him any favors.  I found myself entertained by individual moments, but nothing really adds up to a contained whole  

By now, I think everyone knows that Cats doesn’t really have much of a story.  A bunch of felines introduce themselves in song until an elder cat selects one of them for the honor of dying, going to kitty Heaven, and being reborn to experience the next one of their nine lives.  Think of it as American Idol for the meow crowd, replete with its own Simon Cowell-esque villain. Idris Elba plays Macavity, who tries to destroy the competition by turning them into some type of mist and rebirthing them on a barge in the Thames!  Yeah, that tracks.  

It all plays out like some long lost variety special from the 1970s.  Google Shields And Yarnell if you have to, and then imagine them hissing and prancing around a soundstage as the words “Cats” and “Jellicles” bore their way into your brain.  Francesca Hayward plays Victoria, an abandoned cat who acts as our entree into the Picadilly Circus world of our cast.  Rebel Wilson pops in to pulverize a character named Jennyanydots, followed by James Corden doing the same with Bustopher Jones.  Some lesser known actors show the big celebs how to do it right such as Laurie Davidson as the magician Mr. Mistoffelees and Robbie Fairchild as Munkustrap, who looks like a young Stephen Colbert in a cat suit.  Jennifer Hudson oozes snot and phlegm as the tragic Grizabella, who oversings “Memory” but still managed to make me cry.  Jason Derulo appears long enough to put down some outdated funk into our ears. Dame Judith Dench and Sir Ian McKellen appear as elder statescats and commit fully to their Glenda The Good Witch and Mr. Cellophane roles respectively. Taylor Swift appears long enough to convince us that her fake English accent on her hit “Blank Space” was no fluke.  Still, I enjoyed her shimmying and sprinkling glitter down on the crowd from atop a descending moon…and that, my friends, is not a sentence I expected to write when I woke up this morning.  

Many have quibbled about being able to see Old Deuteronomy’s (Dame Dench) wedding ring, but who cares?  Unfinished CGI?  Crew members in the background? Inconsistent proportions?  Furry bodies with human hands and feet?  Cats wearing furs made from other cats?  Bring it!  You’re all literally crying over spilled milk. When nothing makes sense, why should anything?  

In a script where nothing builds from one moment to the next, the emotional ricochet of it all doesn’t do character development or a plot any favors, but it does produce some standout moments.  I enjoyed the Artful Dodger “Consider Yourself” type number by Skimbleshanks, the cat who lives on a train, especially when the cast dances on the tracks across London in an extra wide shot.  Andrew Lloyd Webber, who created the stage musical and clearly has never met a melody he didn’t repeat over and over, cribs from his Jesus Christ Superstar “Hosanna” song with Mr. Mistoffelees’ big number, but damned if I wasn’t singing along to it anyhow.  

Not everything works, of course.  Most of it doesn’t. The creepy CGI will haunt my dreams, replacing images of Linda Blair vomiting pea soup with uncanny valley humanoids shaking their furry asses in my face. I found what choreography I could see as being uninspired, although it’s hard to tell when it gets chopped to bits. The color palette can best be described as Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland threw up on Tim Burton’s Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and out of the ooze came a mutant version of Moulin Rouge and Chicago.  I even take issue with Old Deuteronomy’s choice at the end.  There’s one cat who literally saves her life, yet somehow she doesn’t consider that worthy enough.  Besides, who really wants to win a contest where the prize is dying, hanging onto a Phantom Of The Opera chandelier attached to a hot air balloon and ascending to some place called the Heavyside Layer?  No thanks, I’ll take my chances in hell, Dame Dench!

In conclusion, everyone should see Cats.  I shouldn’t be the only one.  When as the last time you left a movie theater with your jaw on the floor?  When was the last time you have no idea what you saw, but consider the three vodka tonics and discussion you had with friends afterwards to be a life highlight?  When was the last time you saw a musical with only one truly memorable song?  Ok, I know the answer to these questions is The Greatest Showman, but now you have Cats!  Long live terrible movie musicals!  Long live rubbernecking at accidents!  Long live the theater nerds who just wanna show off their can-do spirit and give it the old college try!  Long live Harvey Edwards!  Long live Cats!  Now and forever and probably just for the next two weeks at a theater near you.

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Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (My Review)

Wednesday June 14th, 7pm, English Dub

For those who have not yet seen the movie, I would advise to... PROCEED WITH CAUTION! THIS FOLLOWING POST WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS!! (Fyi, I have not yet read much of the manga... b/c there they don’t have much copies around here *sad face*, but I am well aware that this film is the adaption of the ‘Luxury Liner Arc’)

= I flipping squealed and clapped excitedly the second I saw Sebastian and heard his english dub voice. Again, I LUV J. Michael Tatum’s Sebastian voice. *internally fangirling like crazy*

= My friend was spazzing out in confusion about Tanaka’s super deformed form. Did Koukai seriously forget? Lolz. Boy did I have to re-explain it to him.

= Hello again Rau and Ran-mao. Such a shame this was the only moment we get to see you two in the film.

= Lol, Ciel’s reaction/response to Sebastian wearing a doctor/medial outfit. Really interesting to see Sebastian wearing anything else other than his usual butler uniform. Regardless, he is still ‘one hell of a [hawt] butler’.

= Alexis Leon Midford cheek rubbing and hugging Ciel Phantomhive. FUNNY AND ADORABLE AT THE SAME TIME!

= Edward Midford “Mc Sourpuss”. I can somewhat understand the typical big brother overprotecting a younger sister, but why can’t you be happy for your sister?! At least their father approves of Ciel.

= Sebastian’s slick back hair. One word:... HAWT!!

= Charles Grey referencing Sebastian’s “death” from Book of Murder pt 1 & 2/Phantomhive Manor Murders Arc.

= Ciel in blonde wig... Cute. Sebastian wearing a ponytail... GAUD DAYUM SEXEH!!!

= “We are phoenixes!!”. Ahhaahaa!! Ciel’s reaction is PRICELESS!! [Woah never expected to hear added content of Ciel’s thoughts. Nice]

= Aleister and Ciel’s interaction! *bursting into laughter with Kouhai and audience*

= The entire Aurora society doing the Phoenix Dance pose. Aww darn, where is Ciel’s reaction where you need it?!?!! XD Lolz.

= Undertaker why are you hiding behind the machine...and smiling. What are you up to? [FORESHADOWING]

= Gotta love Snake feeding the snakes.

= Lost count to how many times the audience laughed everytime they hear Snake speaking out what the snakes are “saying”/hissing.

= Jesus! The soulless body ate Lizzie’s cake for Ciel?! RUN!!! [No joke, the sudden pan to seeing the corpse behind them nearly scared the SHEEEET outta me]

= Snake still calling Ciel “Smile”. Totes love the Book of Circus/Circus arc reference.

= Ronald casually rolling away on his lawnmower death scythe like its some sort of an electric scooter and Sebastian’s confused [yet sexy] facial expression. LOVE IT!

= Oh gaud dayum, the demonic growl/laugh Bassy made

= Ciel recalling back to when he first saw Sebastian in his demon form.

= Demon butler ONE, Corpses ZERO!

= Wait, did Sebastian inverted his blood covered gloves or did he have a spare in his pocket? Lol, he didn’t realize at first his gloves were soaked with blood after his fight against the group of corpses.

= Grell Sutcliff enters the scene. *cue audience and self squealing in excitement. also, insert Kouhai looks at me with a WTF look on his face*

= Grell and Ronald TITANIC MOMENT!! *cue audience and self bursting into uncontrollable laughter* AHHAHAHAHA!!!! Can’t breathe! I’m dying! Is GrellxRonald canon now?! XD lolz. THIS IS FAUKIN’ COMEDY GOLD RIGHT THERE!! CLASSIC!!!! Grell I understand, but Ronald?! BWAHHAHAA!!!

= Elizabeth, darling, I love you to pieces but please quit worrying about your dress. This is a matter of life and death--oh nevermind, she realizes her action. Still is one of my favorite female characters in the Black Butler series.

= Partly unbuttoned soaking wet shirt Sebastian. *intense fangasming* [to self: AWW DAYUM BABEH!!! I would love to have you in bed with me, LMFAO <3] Kouhai: SHIELD YOURSELF! *attempts to cover my eyes but fails. I bat him away, lolz*

= “Mr. Sutcliff--” Ronald totally confirmed to the audience that Grell is definitely a male.

= Dayum Lizzie! You got some mad fencing skills. 360 NO SCOPE BEECHES! No seriosly! She goes full on ninja on these corpses with ease. Running along the walls and ceiling. GAUD DAYUM! Fave BB female character for sure (tied with Mey-rin, of course).

= AWW!! Elizabeth’s thoughts of self and memories of Ciel is soo heartfelt touching! Elizabeth feeling different than the other girls because of her amazing fencing skills. She is worried about what young Ciel said regarding his dislike towards strong female. OUCH! Right in the feels! And holding her true self back just for Ciel’s sake!

= For some reason, young Charles Phipps almost sounded a bit more closely to Sebastian. Maybe that’s just me.

= Present day Ciel doesn’t care about that anymore Lizzie, especially since he said that he said that was a long time and finds no reason to feel mad at her for recently saving their lives. AWW!! I seriously ship CielxLizzie (it is but one of many of my favorite BB ships)!! Kouhai: Sorry I don’t have a tissue [LMFAO! I wasn’t literally crying!]

= Sebastian laughing. I repeat! Sebastian is LAUGHING! And blushing?! HE IS BLUSHING!?! SEBASTIAN MICHAELIS IS COVERING HIS MOUTH AND LAUGHING WITH A TINY BIT FLUSH OF RED ON HIS FACE PEOPLE!!! *nosebleed* *audience laughter*

= Ciel totally calling Sebastian out to stop it with the laughing. That doesn’t mean you can stop US from laughing now does it, LOLZ.

= Sebastian, Ciel, Grell, and Ronald’s response to Aleister making them reenact his version of the Phoenix pose. *audience roaring laughter* First it was like ‘no, don’t kill him’, then later... ‘skrew dat, let’s just kill him’. LMFAO.

= HAHAHA!!! The Phoenix dance pose, Aleister Chamber style!!

= CIEL’S REACTION TO DOING IT AGAIN!!! PRICELESS!!!

= HOLY SHEEET UNDERTAKER!! MAJOR PLOT TWIST!! DUN DUN DUNNNN~!!!!

= What the heck are the corpses standing around for? Undertaker is explaining his big reveal and those soulless bodies aren’t attacking?!!

= Seriously Grell? Did you forget what happened in episode 18 of season 1 in Black Butler?

= Da heck! Added cinematic records... of Undertaker wearing a fake mustache!?! LMFAO!!

= THE ORIGINAL DEATH SCYTHE?!?! Love the design!

= Sebastian reaching out to grab Ciel’s hand scene...dead silent. Random audience member: “Why is it quiet?” *audience laughs* [to self: SHUDDUP! WE ALL KNOW WHAT’S ABOUT TO HAPPEN!]. *cue all the fangirls shrieking* Me: “NO!! BASSY!!!” [yes I cried that out loud].

= Sebastian’s demonic sounding voice. *nosebleed* They seriously need to use that more often if the series picks in 5 or 10 or more seasons.

= THIS is why many fans believe Sebastian looks closely similar to Ciel’s father.

= Did he originally have regretting second thoughts of forming a contract with a young “brat” who couldn’t remember where his burnt down manor was located? LMFAO.

= Food magically appearing on the table. *sarcasm* Totally not suspicious. Lol, even Ciel called Sebastian out on that.

= Sebastian teaching Ciel to be proper and adult like while Ciel “teaches” him how to be more like a butler... namely making better tasting tea and meals. Seriously love seeing the developmental progress between the two.

= Ciel pouring tea into Sebastian’s hand... as payback for slapping his hands with a stick (or whatever that thing is called, idk). My word!

= A quick few second glimpse of Sebastian’s bedroom!! Sitting at his desk and writing down his own thoughts about Ciel. *internal fangirl intensifies, lolz*

= Is Ciel having a nightmare? I wanna cuddle him soo badly.

= “One hell of a butler”. AHH HE SAID IT!! *nosebleed* I can die happy now...wait, no I can’t, need to watch the rest of the movie.

= Sebastian wincing from the pain. THE FEELS! My little heart can’t take much more of this!

= Uh oh! The luxury ship is sinking quickly now! Time to go everybody!

= Soulless corpses surviving the freezing cold ocean water. [Why do I feel a hint of “The Walking Dead” vibe]

= Sebastian Michaelis vs Horde of Corpses round 2! Liek a bauss!

= Bassy coughing and panting to his injury. AWW!! Poor baby! [Why do I feel so turned on by this?! Answer: b/c of my soft spot for physical or emotional vulnerability]

= What exactly is that thing Ciel took from Undertaker and why is it of much importance?

= Ciel telling Sebastian to rest when they return to the manor. Why do I feel the urging desire to see anime Sebastian ‘sleeping’ or laying down in his bed or something?

= Kouhai blurted out loud “To be continued!” [Lol]

= End of movie scene: WILLIAM!!! Picking up Grell and Ronald with his garden trimmer death scythe... then goes to berating them on their performance and beating the sense out of them, lol.

= Grell, you beautiful silly person you! Swooning over William the second you wake up! He just got hauled you out of the ocean water and you go falling back in once again?! LMFAO! [I don’t know about you guys, but I had a sudden “Notice me sempai!” “Denied!” feeling at the moment]

 My Thoughts: Overall, the animation was utterly beautiful and soo well done. I seriously love the character design...obviously. There were boatloads of hilarious moments from start to finish, along with some heartfelt and tear jerker events particularly about Ciel and Elizabeth’s past memories. So far the only minor thing that bothered me was the mix of seeing both the 3D CGI animation with the 2D traditional hand-drawn animation. Being a visual-learner, I have become rather quick to notice the obvious difference between traditional 2D and cel shaded 3D animation. But that, however, DID NOT STOP ME from watching and enjoying the movie... and LOVING it to pieces. Oh, and additionally I’m a bit sad that it was a one day and one night time thing and only screened in very few theater locations. I understand how many Black Butler fan were sad that they will miss watching it because it was either far away from where they lived and/or were busy with other important matters to tend to such as jury duty, work, stuck in traffic, tending to family, etc. Not gonna lie, throughout majority of the movie my eyes were fixated on Sebastian whenever he was on screen. J. Michael Tatum voicing Sebastian just seriously made me fangasm (I’m obsessed, I know. But I can’t help myself. He’s HAWT!!!).

Rate: 100/10 [And yes I mean one hundred] It was amazing!! I LOVED IT TO BITS! Would so totally love to see it again, if possible. Can’t wait for it to come out on DVD (if it does)!

PS: OMG!! TOTALLY IRREVERENT BUT SOME ONE COSPLAYED AS EREN YEAGER!!

Black Butler Tag: @sebastianshoe