#ryan stoker

[undertakerlmao]

The Head Master's Reveal

Anime VS. Manga

Black Butler: Public School Arc - Episode 9

[agoraphobic-artist]

Kuro-Shit (Late August Edition)

Another Haul of Black Butler goods from Japan.

I pre-ordered these "Chibi Style" Acrylic stands and they finally made it to me this week.

They come as a little acrylic slab; You simply pop out the pieces and snap them together.

I didn't buy the entire set this time, as I felt that the two versions of Sebastian were too similar, so instead I bought one of each character available.

However.... I couldn't help but buy the alternative Ciel; in his bedshirt cuddling up with his pillow....

The second and third items, I am over the moon to have found!

The Book of Atlantic glass charms of Ronald Knox and Ryan Stoker.

*I am now only missing Snake from my collection!*

I had honestly accepted that I would probably never find the rarer ones;

The Sebastian and Ciel have been released multiple times and are readily available, Grelle I have found a few times online, not sure about the rarity of the Undertaker. But, the Ronald, Ryan and Snake versions seem to have only been available for one small event in Japan.

Here is the collection so far:

Lastly, I have the second Black Butler Public School Arc DVD.

The extras included in this second box are as follows:

The pamphlet book, which contains overviews of the three episodes and interviews.

Then a mini artbook of designs and 3D Renders.

Lastly, there are two Pop-up art frames included with this volume.

The little upside down Master Michaelis cracks me up! So here is a closer image of him!

[abybweisse]

If the cult tragic event didn't happen to the 10 year old twins and they were allowed to grow up normally, would there have been arranged marriages for both boys? Which twin was Lizzie meant to marry?

Had Lizzie treated each twin boy the same, or differently?

Marriage arrangements

There possibly would have been an arranged marriage for both, but since our earl wasn't expected to inherit, there wouldn't be as much expectation for him to marry. If they'd had a daughter, there would have been more pressure to marry her off. They might have arranged a marriage between their daughter and Edward.

If Madam Red had borne a daughter, as she'd hoped, that daughter could have ended up betrothed to our earl, even though there would be a nearly ten year age gap. But I'm sure they could find someone much closer to our earl's age to match him with, if they wanted to arrange a marriage for him. The only thing is, the way Madam Red obsesses over Vincent, she might plead for them to have our earl wait until her own daughter was old enough to marry him.

Lizzie was meant to marry real Ciel, since he's the older twin, the original heir intended to become earl and watchdog.

She treated (and treats, technically) real Ciel as her betrothed. Our earl, she treats more like a brother or friend. Of course, right now she's angry with our earl and also angry with herself for not being able to tell them apart when our earl was pretending to be real Ciel.

This weird arrangement of marriages between cousins reminds me of the comparison I did between Black Butler and the Egyptian myth about Thoth helping the goddess Nut bear her five children: Osiris, Set/Seth, Horus (the elder), Isis, and Nepthys -- the siblings intermarry and have affairs, leading to Set/Seth killing Osiris, Isis getting Osiris resurrected, etc. Except here, we have Rachel giving us real Ciel (Osiris) and our earl (Set/Seth), Francis/Frances giving us Edward (Horus the elder) and Lizzie (Isis), and Madam Red was trying to have a daughter (Nephthys). Let's not forget that mysterious Osiris group mentioned by Rian Stoker. That might be how Undertaker was introduced by Druitt to Stoker in the first place....

[blackbutlercharacterpoll2023]

Rian Stoker

[christlois]

this will make sense at some point :)

[advent-march]

Season one Jon 🤝 Shane Madej

Having batshit reasons

the supernatural is not real

[plague-of-insomnia]

they cut it out in the anime but i super love how ciel has a gun to the head of this doctor guy and the doctor guy tries to pull that “you can’t kill me, you don’t know how to operate the machine” shit and ciel just goes damn :/ it’s more work but we know crushing the zombies heads work so ig we’ll just have to go w that :/// and cocks the gun

[cantevenbeachhere]

Have you heard the news about Bram Stoker? He is the dude who wrote Dracula

Um…well uh, since I’m pretty sure he existed like a long time before Barbie Land, I don’t think any news I’d hear would be…new, sooooooooo.

Uh no. No, I haven’t heard anything at all, Anon, so what’s up?

[yourfavehaskenergy]

timothy stoker from the magnus archives

Timothy Stoker from The Magnus Archives has Kenergy!

Art by @candlecoo-sideb-art

[soup-appreciation]

so I’m pretty sure that this is relatively specific to my situation, but I gotta say that one of the best things to come out of TMA fandom for me has been the fanart of Jon and Tim with their worm scars.

I have similar scars on my arms (very different reason, obviously), and whenever I feel self-conscious or insecure about them, I’m just like “no!! it’s the mysterious supernatural archivist scars!!!” I’m able to not feel as weird about it cause look at all this sick art where their scars are visible and even look cool.

[a-little-beastie-most-foul]

due to recent developments, i think nikola orsinov and “the professor” would get along nicely

[abybweisse]

I like your idea about Druitt and Unny still in cahoots. It fits well with them both involved in what occurred at Weston. Redmond called on uncle Druitt so he knows the secrets of the Music Hall and the school. And of course none of it would've been possible w/o Unny, and there they both are on the Campania. I never did buy Undertaker's excuse for refusing to reap Druitt or let him be killed. Your idea makes much more sense. Toboso makes us laugh at Druitt so we won't suspect him 2 much, right?

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Undertaker and Druitt connections

I suspect that -- unless they are somehow related, and they might be -- Undertaker first became interested in what Druitt was up to when the viscount began selling off children and young women at auctions, if not sooner (and I'll get to that later in this reply).

If Undertaker was called upon to remove remains from any of the buyers, or from Druitt's estate, he'd want to know what they were doing to those victims/bodies. We know he's picked up remains from Phantomhive Manor on numerous occasions; Sebastian has the other servants pile up the remains from the circus troupe attack and cart them to some back or side gate for Undertaker to collect them. Most likely, this was done whenever there was a failed attack at the manor, even before our "Ciel" became earl and master. The Phantomhives, going back however far they go, would have been common targets to anyone who wanted to get rid of the queen's watchdog. And we know that before other servants were even hired by Sebastian and our earl, assassins and thieves were showing up on a nearly nightly basis. Somewhat regularly, in any case.

We now know quite a bit about how our earl ended up with his current servants, but we've learned very little about how he ended up with his various connections; we don't even know how he connected with Vincent's old, remaining network. I imagine that one of the first reconnections he made (besides Madam Red and Tanaka, of course) would be Undertaker. People would show up to the manor, Sebastian would kill them, and then what? Sebastian would have asked his young master how he wants to dispose of the bodies. At first, our earl might have suggested to bury them on the vast estate. But, as the numbers mounted, this would have taken more time and space, plus it could open them up for investigation, if remains were found (by others) that weren't proper burials in the family cemetery. Another option would be to dump them off the grounds, as far away as possible. This could still become a problem. Our earl would remember the creepy undertaker that popped up around the manor (and possibly also the estate grounds) from time to time, back when his predecessor was in charge. During the instruction both boys received about being earl and watchdog, Vincent might have already explained why he has Undertaker in his network... at least the professional reason, though definitely not the personal reason.

I don't know whether Druitt was ever in Vincent's circle, a member of the evil nobles. They probably attended Weston together, but we don't know if he's the Scarlet House prefect. Either way, Druitt might have actually become a subject for investigation before. There's even a scene during the curry arc that could be a hint to that. The jeweled lady that Druitt recalls might actually be Vincent in drag, at some event years ago, there to investigate Druitt or someone else in attendance.

We have no idea how long ago Druitt started trafficking humans, so perhaps it was related to that... and he just got away to do it again and again... much like we've seen him get away with the things he does while our earl is watchdog. Even when Druitt is arrested, he goes free. Probably bribery to corrupt officials. Some of the higher-up ones might be clients/buyers. Yana-san really drives home how much corruption and fraud and abuse there is in her Victorian England. Sadly, it's not too far from reality.

Doctors were largely detested during the era because of some shady practices that many engaged in. Practitioners would be hired to have people committed to asylums... or even to examine girls to see if they were still virgins, so their families could prostitute them out and charge more for their first assignations. Surgeons (for practice) and anatomists got their human dissection subjects through various means; some were acceptable and others were downright despicable. They prescribed dangerous substances as medicines; sometimes the "cures" really were worse than the conditions.

Though Druitt doesn't have a medical practice, he has a medical license. Before he even got into selling live humans, I wouldn't be surprised if he was involved with supplying and/or buying corpses for study. It would be interesting if Druitt cut out the grave robbers by going straight to undertakers for a supply, because he seems like the sort of person who would do a lot of studying on his own, particularly since he's an aristocrat with no intention of opening a public medical practice. Druitt's connections to Undertaker might go back quite a long way, maybe even back to Druitt's Weston years... when Undertaker would have likely re-entered Vincent's life. Who knows, but I'd be very interested to find out.

When Sebastian investigates all the people with events for the social season, narrowing down the ones that might line up with Jack the Ripper, we don't know where he gets all of his information. It's entirely possible that some of it comes from Undertaker, particularly about people like Druitt. Which supports the idea that Undertaker might already have a history of dealing with the remains of people who have passed through Druitt's doors.

Well, they definitely meet before the events of the Campania, since they already have some sort of dealings with each other, including the Aurora Society. Druitt could easily be the one who introduces Undertaker to Stoker. I very much doubt it would be the other way around, with Stoker making introductions between Undertaker and Druitt.

I'm sure there was more I wanted to get to here, but this reply has been sitting in draft for ages, and I've forgotten whatever else I'd wanted to say. 😬

But Druitt has got to supply more to Undertaker than simply laughter. Knowledge and/or experimentation that leads to medical technology would be very helpful for his current activities.

And we can't ignore the possibility they are also related. Particularly if Undertaker ends up being Cedric K. Rosewood, Rosenthal, Rosedale or any other last name that would make him sound right at home in Scarlet House....

[moviesandmania]

RENFIELD (2023) Reviews of Nicolas Cage Dracula comedy

‘Sucks to be him’ Renfield is a 2023 American comedy horror film about the character of Count Dracula’s servant R.M. Renfield, based on Bram Stoker‘s novel. It is described as a “modern-day adventure story that is comedic in tone.” Directed by Chris McKay (The Tomorrow War; The Lego Batman Movie). Nicholas Hoult (The Menu; Jack the Giant Slayer; Warm Bodies) is playing the titular character…

[warren-keplers-funk-band]

this!! about every podcast! recently been trying to revert back to my instincts and come up with my own original designs for characters that i've been forced to see in the popular way because of fandom because the best thing about podcasts is that freedom! like i don't want cecil palmer to be a pale blonde twink with a third eye! i don't want tim stoker to be conventionally attractive even though he's described as hot, i just think he's confident! free yourselves

I've seen a bunch of people treat their tmagp character designs as placeholders until the fandom comes up with a "fanon" design and like?????? Stop. Free yourself from the idea that you have to picture a podcast character the Most Popular and Correct way. I want to see some motherfucker on my screen and have to do batman-level detective work to figure out it is, in fact, my most beloved blorbo. Release yourself ftom this prison.

[thenerdsofcolor]

A Los Angeles Theatre Review: 'Cyrano de Bergerac'

It’s not often I encounter a play that clocks in at over 3 hours and when I do, it better be gosh darn worth it with the play’s writing, acting, and directing at the top of its game. Fortunately, the new Pasadena Playhouse production of Cyrano de Bergerac (by Edmond Rostand and freely adapted by Martin Crimp) directed by Mike Donahue earns its long stay by imbuing you with such crackling energy &…

[fearsmagazine]

RENFIELD - First Two Trailers

Count Dracula's pawn Renfield is trying for a new lease on life in modern day New Orleans when he falls in love with Rebecca Quincy, a lively but enduringly bellicose traffic cop.

RENFIELD is based on an original pitch by Robert Kirkman and uses a screenplay by Ryan Ridley. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Nicholas Hoult, Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz, and Adrian Martinez.

RENFIELD is scheduled to be released in theaters on April 14, 2023, by Universal Pictures.