y’all ever think about how Ciel was the one who developed an emotional bond between himself and Sebastian
how he went from “he’s just a pawn” and “i want to see him lose” to “I won’t have you making light of my butler” and “you did well today” and “i’m counting on you”
actually genuinely trusting him, worrying abt him, defending him, caring abt him.
Sebastian was probably the one he felt closest to
and then he tries to fucking eat him
which probably made Ciel go oh yeah. guess i got too comfortable
Étiquette : this tho
“There are studies that show that fiction in particular builds empathy—that when you read about characters who don’t look or live like you, you begin to understand them a little bit better. You understand what makes you similar and how vast the differences are, and it helps you to be a little bit more compassionate toward people who are different from you. Right now it seems like—not just in America, but around the world—we need a little more empathy.”
—Gene Luen Yang, in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine (2017)
When people ask why representation is important…
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