unfortunately really into black butler

anyway let me borrow the words of sherronda j. brown:

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(obviously mild ch. 227 spoilers ahead)

usually, when it comes to revenge-seeking characters, that purpose is either fully self-imposed ("they have wronged me/us, this is an insult to my/our honour") or or born directly from attachment ("i'm doing it for them, it is unfair, they need someone to avenge them and i love them enough to do it"). and you'd think modri would fit into the latter quite neatly, but... he doesn't. he's not very naturally vengeful it seems?

not only because he doesn't immediately show resentment towards the demon that is very obviously to blame for his suffering, but also because his go-to solution seems to always be to just put his fate into the hands of whatever higher power will take him in hopes that flopping over and behaving well will lead to good things (and that's what ends up leading him to revenge).

whether it's his christ-like old master, the devil, the demon-hunting order, the undertaker, or god himself doesn't change modri's behaviour much. with his master, obviously that mostly went well (and probably set the precedent that makes him behave like that). everything else? yeah, no, no matter how modri seems to accept his circumstances, they're all fucked. and yet, modri's desperation never fails to turn into acceptance through self-abandonment.

like, here he has just died an excruciatingly painful death that had him crawling on the floor right until the end. he has been brought back to suffer even longer still. he's still in so much pain. and yet, what does he think?

god has not forsaken me. all good then! hey, as long as god wants you to suffer, it's fine i guess!!