Thinking Of The Parallel Between Ciel–Sebastian’s Relationship And Sieglinde–Wolfram’s;

Thinking of the parallel between Ciel–Sebastian’s relationship and Sieglinde–Wolfram’s;

How both Sebastian and Wolf were initially not much interested in taking care of their master—Sebastian was merely killing time and Wolfram was only following orders—and yet, they inevitably form an emotional connection with their young charge; despite Sebastian’s demonic nature and Wolfram’s stiff personality.

Still, Sieglinde and Wolfram also serve as foils to Ciel and Sebastian—Sieglinde wholeheartedly trusted her butler but she was betrayed; Wolfram wrapped her in fancy illusions while hiding his own guilty feelings for lying to her. By breaking her feet, he prevented her from standing on her own two legs and escaping from the people who had manipulated and used her.

Wolfram took away Sieglinde’s chance to learn the truth; with her feet bound and an entire village set up to fool her—if Ciel and the others had never come to her rescue—it’s unlikely that she would have ever found out how she was actually being fooled throughout her life. She would have lived her whole life on a lie.

And in the end, even though he wanted so badly to shield her from the painful truth—he failed.

Sebastian, on the other hand, was the one who allowed Ciel to escape his abusers, establish his position as Earl Phantomhive, and stand firmly on his own feet despite the past abuse and humiliations—despite everything; Sebastian gave Ciel the strength to face the truth.

Sebastian came to Ciel—who had barely been clinging on to life by relying on his twin brother as his last hope; just two little kids fooling themselves into thinking they could somehow escape and survive on their own—and Sebastian’s presence—which could not be here without a human sacrifice—at all times reinstate to Ciel over and over again: “Your brother is dead. And the dead could never return; for all eternity”. This cold and brutal truth gives birth to a lie; Ciel decided to live by assuming the identity of “Ciel” Phantomhive—but he is the one who’s in control and makes up the narrative.

Sebastian is the one who gives Ciel the power to change the lie into truth.