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And as we all know, OC was extremely sick the next morning and couldn’t go on the boating trip. Honey might have been in the milk, but I’m betting there was something else in the milk. A lot of poisons are sweet, and are only lethal in certain amounts.  And then, fast forward to much later–   

Why wouldn’t he be coughing and unspeakably ill in such deplorable, utterly filthy conditions? He’s a sickly child, after all. With an Aunt who is a doctor with the best care he could have had he was often sick at home. After all the abuse he was subjected to in such a terrible place for MONTHS– no coughing? Nothing? 

This is the first thing RCiel says to his brother. He scolds him for being outside in the rain and delivers this line.  Theory: Real Ciel was hiding some dark, dark turmoil as a small child. From everyone, even his own family, his twin, and his dear butler. Likely he had a serious case of munchausen by proxy. While RC may or may not be the mastermind behind everything, he had problems well before he became a bizarre doll.  While OC was later shown having asthma attacks, it very well could have been asthma induced by the poisons he was subjected to as a small child, between the ages of five, to ten.  If he was indeed poisoned for five years it surely had some effect on his health and lungs– but it would not be as predictable and as simple to treat as an ordinary case of naturally inherited asthma.  *Edit: Many people are pointing out the circus ark asthma attack, and his diagnosis as “asthma” but remember: This is the 19th century we’re dealing with. Misdiagnosis happens today. If it looked like asthma and his mother had it, there’s no reason for them to call it anything else. I’d like to point out every attack he suffered could have been something else. Lung damage is more fickle and harder to predict than asthma. In the circus ark it could have been a cold that aggravated his lungs. He had another attack while a raging fire was beside him, smoke is harsh.  So why didn’t the bloody mustard gas in the green witch arc pretty much kill him if it was asthma? His eyes and skin were affected first, not his lungs? On another note: RC was not a stupid child. He wouldn’t have done this if he thought he would get caught. And for the record, because this is important: if he was a mentally ill child, that doesn’t make him evil– and I’m not trying to imply that he was/is or label him as such.  Finally, as I and others have pointed out: Sebastian the Dog treated OC differently from EVERYONE in his family, Including Rachel– who had the same illness? Yeah, sorry, I don’t buy that. I don’t buy he hated OC for no reason. I think he was trying to call attention to something and protect him the best way he knew how without hurting RC ; dogs know. 

Edit 8/10/18 - I was talking with @mischief-mage​ - they pointed out that the comfort food that RC gives to OC has ties to fairy tales to being poisonous.  -Mushrooms can be poisonous  -Poison apples? (In snow white?) There is symbolism here. 

And not only that– 

If you recall the time OC was sick in the Circus Arc and recovering in the London Town house, Sebastian made OC the exact same comfort foods.

I’m not sure if anyone has pointed this out yet, but in the Ciel in Wonderland season OVA, there’s a scene where he’s in trial and I feel like it all ties back into the manga. It’s a strange scene to watch knowing it was made far before the twin reveal.

The first important thing to point out is what he says to Madam Red here, because his birth date is brought up. Applied to the manga this reminds me of how Ciel is a spare and how in a way his birth was a mistake.

They tell Grell to bring out the people that Ciel has wronged, which is coming together in the manga with Elizabeth, the police, and the rest of the Midfords arriving.

The first to present her case is Elizabeth, who says that he’s caused her suffering by leaving and lying to her, and in the manga, he’s been lying to her about her identity and they’ve been separated for quite some time.

Soma then comes out, saying that Ciel is the reason he lost Mina. However, when he talks about the person he loved the most, in the manga this can be applied to Ciel being the reason that he lost Agni.

The servants then say that they’ve lost their home, which could be telling the future of Ciel’s earl status, and Abberline (who has just arrived to the manor) says that Ciel took away his future.

Then when Undertaker comes out and gives Ciel a speech about what’s happening, he asks about his true name. In the dub it’s even weirder because he says it doesn’t feel right, which of course applies to him using a fake name to fool everyone.