I enjoy Kuroshitsuji, but I don't enjoy the fandom at all. I think we're both rather older than most of the fandom. >_> But it's a lot easier to take, if like Tea House, you don't read the comments. I think we're a lot older than those fans too. I have shared my opinions about TH fandom before, and most of them apply to Kuroshitsuji as well.
One thing I do like quite a lot about Kuroshitsuji is that Toboso makes Sebastian act like the demon he is, corrupting a 13-year-old traumatized child (named Ciel, no less... how could he have resisted?) And all so he could have a tasty snack. I think one thing a lot of fans overlook in the BLishness of it all is that basically what is being depicted is a classic Faustian bargain that will in all likelihood be consummated. There isn't going to be a fluffy happy-ever-after for Ciel, because he will be consumed. I have thought a lot about what is going on, and one of the big themes in Kuroshitsuji is the corrosive effects of revenge and what that does to a person. It would be really interesting to me if Sebastian turned out to be a personification or construct of Ciel himself-- his revenge-- existing simply because of Ciel. We'll see, I guess. She is playing it straight for now though. As far as the BL angle, I think while Toboso flirts with it, she makes it extremely yucky on the face of it by making Sebastian look like Ciel's father.
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One thing I do like quite a lot about Kuroshitsuji is that Toboso makes Sebastian act like the demon he is, corrupting a 13-year-old traumatized child (named Ciel, no less... how could he have resisted?) And all so he could have a tasty snack. I think one thing a lot of fans overlook in the BLishness of it all is that basically what is being depicted is a classic Faustian bargain that will in all likelihood be consummated. There isn't going to be a fluffy happy-ever-after for Ciel, because he will be consumed. I have thought a lot about what is going on, and one of the big themes in Kuroshitsuji is the corrosive effects of revenge and what that does to a person. It would be really interesting to me if Sebastian turned out to be a personification or construct of Ciel himself-- his revenge-- existing simply because of Ciel. We'll see, I guess. She is playing it straight for now though. As far as the BL angle, I think while Toboso flirts with it, she makes it extremely yucky on the face of it by making Sebastian look like Ciel's father.