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"Prettier in Pieces" by GoodbyeMyHeart (T)
Fandom: KUROSHITSUJI
Pairing: Sebastian/Ciel
Length: 943 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
goodbyemyheart
Author Website: GoodbyeMyHeart at ff.net
Why this must be read:
It's commonplace in Kuroshitsuji fandom to argue that Sebastian holds all the real power in his relationship with Ciel, despite his formal (temporary) position as Ciel's servant. He is, after all, ancient, immortal, and immensely powerful, while Ciel is a mortal child who has promised Sebastian his soul. But both manga and anime suggest that this is too simple a reading: from the beginning, we see hints that Sebastian is as inextricably caught as Ciel, if only by his own unexpected fascination with his master.
In this story, set in the earliest days of their contract, a Sebastian who is both convincingly other and in the process of becoming the character we know struggles to ride the storm of incomprehensible new desires rising within him. There's not a lot of fic written from Sebastian's point of view that works: this one manages it in bravura form. Like a lot of the best Kuroshitsuji fic, it's short, but its length is deceptive. It bears re-reading, and there's more there than might first appear.
Prettier in Pieces
Pairing: Sebastian/Ciel
Length: 943 words
Author on LJ:
goodbyemyheart
Author Website: GoodbyeMyHeart at ff.net
Why this must be read:
It's commonplace in Kuroshitsuji fandom to argue that Sebastian holds all the real power in his relationship with Ciel, despite his formal (temporary) position as Ciel's servant. He is, after all, ancient, immortal, and immensely powerful, while Ciel is a mortal child who has promised Sebastian his soul. But both manga and anime suggest that this is too simple a reading: from the beginning, we see hints that Sebastian is as inextricably caught as Ciel, if only by his own unexpected fascination with his master.
In this story, set in the earliest days of their contract, a Sebastian who is both convincingly other and in the process of becoming the character we know struggles to ride the storm of incomprehensible new desires rising within him. There's not a lot of fic written from Sebastian's point of view that works: this one manages it in bravura form. Like a lot of the best Kuroshitsuji fic, it's short, but its length is deceptive. It bears re-reading, and there's more there than might first appear.
Prettier in Pieces