#ugghghhgh waspssss and hornets - bane of my existence!!!

[chibimyumi]

Hello! I know this is kind of a weird question and honestly no matter how I think about it I don't think there is an answer but since you are ( in my eyes) a Sebastian expert I thought to ask . I'm about to paraphrase your words a little, I'm sorry in advance! You mentioned that Sebastian's acts of cruelty towards humans are somehow equivalent of humans cruelty towards bugs since he sees the human race as such. If that is the case ( which I agree it is) who do you think would be Sebastian's fellow human? If human's are insects to him and grim reapers aren't that much better either who do you think Sebastian considers equal enough to reconsider hurting them? I'd say fellow demons but I'm sure he has mentioned his distaste towards demons who don't share his aesthetic.

【Response to: What is Evil in Kuroshitsuji? - Kuroshitsuji’s philosophy and Sebastian’s “humane evil”?】

Dear Anon,

That is incredibly flattering to hear that you consider me a Sebas expert, thank you! I try to learn from the best (☆ゝω・)b⌒☆

Yes indeed, I did indeed compare Sebas’ cruelty to human apathy and cruelty towards insects. But... who do I think Sebas might view as a peer... that is a very good question!

I think so far we have not seen anybody in this series he considers a peer. Sebas did share that he has disdain for demons who form multiple contracts, but that’s a principle-based thing; Clau-uh- those demons would still be Sebas’ human-equivalent. Us humans might disagree with fellow humans with different political opinions, principles, a-certain-pair-shippers, but they’re still humans to us nonetheless.

Grim reapers are ex-humans, and what makes Sebas look down on humans is not just our mortality and fragility, but our inherent ‘foolishness’, our mindsets and obsessions for the most ridiculous things. Reapers are still mostly governed by such human sentiments. So even though they’re sturdy and immortal (to a certain extent), the core that makes Sebas consider humans ‘inferiour’ is present in reapers too. Hence I think Sebas must view reapers also as insects, albeit more pesky and threatening ones. Like wasps! When they have their eyes on you they’re coming for you!!! (Wasps are awful are they not!? Do you - dear readers - live in countries with wasps? I do, and omg.)

Then of course comes Undertaker, the only foe I reasoned Sebas must have ever fought who drove him to such corners. It is indeed tempting to just declare Undertaker to be a ‘peer’ in Sebastian’s eyes, but I personally have a lot of trouble doing so. When Sebas knew Undertaker as just the mortician, he probably considered him an ‘interesting human being seemingly uninterested in money’ and other quirky ‘hobbies’. Interesting, but a “grasshopper” (in Kuma’s words) nevertheless.

Then Undertaker revealed himself to be a reaper as well, but an incredibly threatening one. Sebas already learned a thing or two about reapers, therefore already had a certain image of what reapers are to him; probably wasps. So because Sebas has a pre-established opinion of the reaper race, it is possible he simply translated “weird grasshopper” to the more threatening type of “wasp”, namely “mofo Asian Giant Killer Hornet”.

In conclusion,

So far in the series I don’t think we have seen any individual that Sebas might consider his peer, except probably his own fellow demons. But just like we have with fellow humans, Sebas too can disagree with his fellow demons.

I hope this helps (*´▽｀*)ノ⁾⁾⁾

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