#immediately proceeds to get his Butler killed and is kidnapped

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Throwback to when Senior was actually nice to Artemis for once and Artemis immediately believes he's been brainwashed by magic

[inuyomekag]

Black Butler: Chapter 128

This is getting too heavy

(Link to my post for ch.127)

First, shoutout to Grell for telling us Agni’s full name! And letting us know that we have a birthday to celebrate in a couple months. 

Before I jump into the good stuff, I wanted to talk about this part:

Because A) I’m in a lot of pain, and B) This scene really gives us insight into how Ciel feels about Soma and Agni. 

Ciel is a damn good actor, as we know, and by what he says to Soma in this scene, it sounds like the reason he’s been pushing him and Agni away since he met them is not because he dislikes them and doesn’t want them around, but because he’s been trying to prevent them from getting too wrapped up in his business and getting hurt in the crossfire (which, lo and behold, is exactly what just happened). Now we know, more or less, that Ciel really does/did care about Soma and Agni.

And those last two panels?^ This kid, this literal child, is physically holding himself back from crying because he thinks he has to act strong 24/7. He pulls himself together right after this and slips right back into the role of the “Queen’s Watchdog.”

Can I just take a moment to say how much I love Ciel Phantomhive? Because I do, I love Ciel Phantomhive.

Okay now I’ll get to the good shit. 

I’m gonna talk about the 2CT a lot, so if you don’t like that theory you may want to proceed with caution. I’ve been trying not to put too much weight on the Twin Ciel theory, even in regards to the events of the recent chapters, because it’s always been a pretty far-fetched theory that fans have been developing for quite a while now and I don’t want to rely on it being true. That’s why I always try to think of other possibilities, buts its honestly getting harder and harder to consider other theories.  

The second Soma sees Ciel, he slaps him across the face. We know he would never lay a hand on Ciel without a good reason, and I think believing Ciel had a hand in Agni’s murder constitutes as a good reason. However, it might be that whatever was on the paper that Agni found in the fireplace has something on it that also warrants Ciel getting slapped. But I feel like it’s important that this page gives focus to the moment Soma sees Ciel’s face. 

So either Soma slapped him A) because of what’s on the paper from the fireplace, or B) because he thought the person with the gun was Ciel.

(btw, if the twin was involved, he would be the one who held the gun to Soma’s head. Not the one with the knives who killed Agni. They’re not the same person.)

Next is the WHO STOLE THE CANDY FROM MY TUMMY scene. 

Ciel is absolutely fucking terrified. 

He obviously knows what those words mean and specifically associates them with something/someone.

(I’m about to go pretty hard with the Twin Theory for a bit, brace yourselves...)

(I wouldn’t have thought of this part on my own) I’ve seen people saying that back when Ciel and his twin (who may or may not exist) were kidnapped, the brother had the blue-diamond family ring, (I’m thinking it was given to him because he was named as the heir to the family) and he swallowed it so that the kidnappers couldn’t steal it. Then when Sebastian got Ciel out of the cage, and the twin had just been killed, Ciel went and cut his brother’s body open to get the ring back (or more likely had Sebastian do it) because he needed it to prove that he was the heir to the Phantomhive family. This would explain how Ciel had the ring immediately after he escaped, because I doubt the cult would have let him keep it and I’ve always wondered how he got the ring back. (I would love to credit whoever thought of this but I can’t actually remember where I read this theory...)

This would be what the writing on the wall is referring to. Sebastian doesn’t seem to understand what the words mean, even though he was, presumably, there for the event that the writing refers to. The way it’s worded is probably something that only Ciel and his brother would understand. Also, the panel on the right in the screenshot above is a very clear shot of Ciel’s hands and the ring on his finger. I just feel like that image of the ring was deliberate.  

Outside of the twin theory, I can’t really think of what this could mean, or what would have Ciel so shook (I told you, it’s getting hard to think of anything else!). It’s entirely possible that something completely different will be revealed about Ciel’s past that we don’t know anything about yet. Whether it’s the existence of the twin or not, its obvious that there’s something important we don’t know about Ciel’s past. 

The dialogue in the last scene was kinda weird lol, I had to read it twice to get what happened (the first time I read it I thought the paper revealed something bad that Seb had done). 

When Ciel said this I think he was referring to when Seb said that the papers fell out of Soma’s hand.

Kinda like Ciel wanted Seb to be lying, because he really didn’t want those papers to have been in Soma’s hand. (Unless Ciel is saying that, in which case I’m confused. The placement of the speech bubbles is kinda vague)

(Pause to admire Sebby’s face)

He seems to understand why Ciel doesn’t want Soma to have those papers, which is why he says he’s regrettably not lying.

Which leaves the kid looking the shookest I’ve ever seen him. So we know that whatever information is revealed from those scraps of paper is like....a huge deal. 

(More) About the Twin Theory:

I think if this whole thing is revealed to be true, the person/thing walking around wearing the twin’s face and body is just a walking corpse that our old friend Undertaker (who has been suspiciously absent lately) has created. idk for what purpose...I still believe that at least a part of his plan is to save Ciel from the contract, but maybe his bigger goal is making sure the Phantomhive family doesn’t end with Ciel, so he’s getting desperate and re-animating the dead brother. (a very loose theory...it’s kinda early to think about this lol)

OH and I wanted to mention Lizzy in relation to the 2CT. I realized that if the twin is hanging around with the Blue Sect, then Lizzy might have met him and found out through him that our “Ciel” isn’t actually Ciel, and that Ciel died but is kinda alive again now.....and that whole confusing situation. That would explain her weird behavior and why she keeps running back to the Blue Sect. 

So in conclusion, everything is a mess, Sebastian is really beautiful,

and I don’t think Ciel is about to have a very happy birthday in a couple weeks.