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For those who doesn't know the tempest

About Prospero

With the help of Ariel, his servant spirit, everyone survives and gets separated into different groups, all according to Prospero’s plan. He actually not only plots to regain his title and marry off his daughter to Ferdinand, he also wants to take revenge on his enemies. This is what it looks like, at least. Prospero is one of Shakespeare’s most enigmatic characters, and his motivations are not always clear. His behavior could look superficial, stereotyped, and sometimes rageful, but Prospero might actually be more complex and moral than we think. It seems that throughout the story he acts according to an extremely rational and moral plan; rational processes guide him, making sure the plan does not fail, but we also notice a broad sense of compassion towards his fellow humans, his enemies too, even though he plans to make them understand that what they did was wrong.

About Ariel

Ariel is a spirit who works in Prospero’s service. Prospero first encountered Ariel soon after landing on the island. He found Ariel trapped in a cloven pine tree and freed the spirit from his prison. In return, Ariel promised to serve Prospero faithfully for a year, after which time Prospero would give Ariel back his freedom. We don’t know how long Ariel has already worked for Prospero when the play begins. Prospero has been on the island for twelve years, so Ariel might have been in his service for many more years than their agreement required. Then again, possibly Prospero freed Ariel from the tree only a year prior to the events of the play. Either way, Prospero’s unwillingness to set Ariel free stems from the fact that Ariel possesses immense power. As the spirit explains in his first lines in the play, not only does he have an impressive range of abilities, but he also commands a host of lesser spirits. Given Ariel’s extraordinary magical abilities, Prospero leans heavily on him to execute his complex revenge plot. Ariel has spent a lot of time around humans and he learned a thing or two about them. In Act V, for example, he appears to take pity on the castaways. He tells Prospero that if he were human his “affections” would be “tender,” convinces Prospero to stop using magic and reconcile with his enemies. Ariel effectively manipulates Prospero by appealing to his humanity, and in doing so he ushers himself closer to freedom.

Another analysis about Ariel's feelings

The Tempest suggests that there is a love between Prospero and Ariel that eventually converts the former toward the act of forgiveness. Ariel's relationship with Prospero in the play is necessarily marked by her identity as Prospero's slave. She must obey. But he wants more than this master-slave relationship.

So. After reading this it's pretty clear, that Ariel stands for Sebastian. And Prospero for Ciel.

Even if not hinted, the cover tells us all. Yana couldn't make it clearer by anything, that we reached a new level of Ciel's and Sebastian's relationship.

She may not show us a romance even if this screams like a date Yana just hinted that Sebastian wants to be more than just Ciel's servant, and that he feels love for him.

BUT THESE ARE THE LINES IT HAS PROGRAMMED TO EXCHANGE WITH YOU???? (AS IF YOU WERE CIEL?????)

yana you are TEETERING ON THE EDGE RN

i’d say the entire trip is a reward for him, because not only does ciel allow him open displays of affection in public and let him carry him in his arms even when his life is in no danger, but even when he complains that his legs hurt or that he’s too hot, he never tells sebastian they should go back to the hotel. he loves the excitement in sebastian’s voice whenever he starts telling him obscure facts about a building he helped construct a thousand years ago, or the way he grabs his hand and drags him along after spotting a cat somewhere in the distance.

What they do behind closed door

i love it. absolutely love it. though i think it could be done in two ways.

sebastian, when he saw ciel in the field picking flowers, thought he was more beautiful than any of them, breathtaking from the very first meeting. he grew to love him so much that he decided to kidnap him and force him into marriage, no matter how miserable it made ciel.

“something so beautiful cannot possibly belong to the human world anymore.” “surely no one could cherish you more than i can.”

ciel at first furious beyond words — trapped in some isolated manor or hidden estate where sebastian treats him with horrifying tenderness. every door locked, every path leading nowhere, yet sebastian still kneeling beside him with perfect composure asking what flowers he would like planted outside his window. like a husband already settled into domestic bliss while ciel is still mourning the life stolen from him. and sebastian would never raise his voice. never hurt him outright. he would simply outlast every protest with endless patience.

“you will grow accustomed to this eventually.”

as if ciel’s unhappiness is merely a phase.

as if love, when given enough time, can be forced into existence.

and ciel hating him for it while slowly becoming dependent anyway because sebastian learns every habit, every preference, every gesture. and sebastian genuinely believes he is making ciel happy, not undertanding why his lover keeps crying everyday before sleep.

or

ciel dies and sebastian makes a pact with the god of the underworld to bring him back to life, but under one condition — he must spend half a year with him. sebastian agrees, because six months of absence is hardly bearable, but eternity without ciel is unthinkable. he would crawl through hell itself for even a few borrowed years. but the consequences come afterward.

because ciel returns alive, breathing, warm, speaking to him again — and sebastian can never fully rejoice because there is already a countdown hanging over his head. every smile becomes temporary. every touch becomes something he has to memorize before it vanishes again.

and then the six months arrive.

the estate falls silent in a way that feels wrong. sebastian still sets out tea for two out of habit before remembering midway through pouring. still pauses outside ciel’s bedroom door at night before realizing there is no heartbeat inside to listen to. he's wandering the halls like a ghost haunting a home that no longer belongs to the living.

and when ciel finally returns again, sebastian is almost frightening in the intensity of his relief. unable to stop touching him. his face, his shoulder, the back of his hand — small desperate confirmations that he is really there.

only for the cycle to begin again.

ciel who always commands sebastian not to stray too far from him. ciel who finds himself straying into the kitchen in the middle of the work day just to watch sebastian cook and bake. ciel who wants to be carried rather than walking separately. ciel who can't sleep these days without sebastian sleeping next to him