#ch173

Similar to her most reliable Aquarius ditching her in the Angel fight, her strongest Leo unintentionally ditches her for a date here. Parallels! 

Though this one makes even less sense than before. Like, at least Loke sent Virgo, a competent fighter, in his place... but why are they treating Virgo like a non-combatant? 

I still don’t understand this scene at all. It makes no sense that they’re in trouble just because it’s Virgo instead of Leo. 

Like, okay, Virgo is here instead, so what?

Virgo has been shown to have a great amount of strength to deal with huge amounts of opponents on so many occasions, all the way in her introduction with Daybreak, even! There’s no reason why she just plunks around dumbly instead of being the serious, impactful fighter she was before, and there was no reason for Lucy to send her back right away. She just wasted magic. 

Even in Tartaros, Lucy classifies Virgo as one of her stronger spirits in combat. So what is going on, Mashima? Even Aries managed to deal with a crowd of guards, you’re telling me a combat spirit like Virgo can’t?

So yeah, this scene always baffles me. 

The losing battle feels inconsistent with Virgo’s powerset, she didn’t even try, so when Edo Natsu showed up I couldn’t take it seriously. There’s no reason the situation would have even gotten that bad in the first place, so it was all forced tension to force a dramatic entrance. 

Heck, I get even more annoyed here:

Like this is as usual for Happy, poking fun at Lucy and all... but it wasn’t even Lucy’s fault? Virgo was the one at fault here, and yet, they attribute it all to Lucy. I’m not even saying ‘poor Lucy’ here, don’t get me wrong.  Did they forget Virgo’s a sentient being with emotions and will?

Like, they’re not even finding ways to bully Virgo for being ‘useless’ in the situation like they’re doing to Natsu and Wendy. Virgo was just sent home, end of story, whatever with her, she doesn’t matter, she has no emotions or feelings about the situation at hand,. The spirits are just being flanderized and dismissed as ‘Lucy’s power options’ instead of being characters themselves, and this is why I keep saying I hate the way Celestial magic is written. 

Here is where it all truly goes horribly downhill for them. 

Heck, Lucy forgot she could still call everyone else? Okay, so Taurus can’t be summoned today. If Virgo’s getting shafted, I’m guessing the same excuse is being used for Cancer despite Cancer being shown to literally fight crowds before in Eisenwald and TOH. What about Scorpio, Aries, Sagittarius? Gemini? Are we going to bullshit the excuse of “I don’t have enough magiiccc!” again? Yeah, I’m not accepting that. She suggested Aquarius and Taurus, so she has plenty of magic to spare. 

What do we know about her?

She's a bit eccentric when it comes to calling people other animals (swine, rats, dogs), her apparent dom kink 😆 and her hair/hair accessories

She talks bubbly some of the time but not always

She's okay with being dressed as a nurse (a role that's not high in society)

She's a bizarre doll

She came to the sanatorium specifically to see why they weren't making and sending their quotas of blood

She's not getting enough of her blood type, so she's "hungry"

What do we know about blood types in the Kuroverse?

Sirius (AB) can accept any whole blood, and Blavat seems to know this. Either that, or he doesn't care if the wrong blood harms the renal patients, at least one of them being a Sirius himself but only receiving blood from the left overs of Vega and Polaris. We found that out in Bath.

Vega (O) and Polaris (A) are the most common, and there tends to be a good supply of this blood. So much that there was extra to be given to those renal patients.

Sirius (AB) is the least common, and either Undertaker doesn't know real Ciel can accept any whole blood, or he and/or real Ciel thinks Sirius blood is the only one deemed worthy of giving to real Ciel. Sirius people are said to be genius but often two-faced.

Canopus (B) is also pretty rare, and Lord Canopus was not being sent around to the facilities to help bring back the blood supplies. Canopus is Lizzie's blood type, and these people are said to be very particular about their dress/appearance and interests.

So, what do we know about the lords of the stars?

Real Ciel/Lord Ciel is a Sirius and, since Sirius blood is so rare, he'd be the only Sirius that Undertaker is trying to take care of. He's not able to travel too much or work too hard/for too long at a time. All the blood he gets comes to him, and Undertaker gives him the transfusions (or at least monitors them). His room at Sphere Music Hall was done up to look like a Phantomhive master bedroom.

Lord Canopus had a basic room at Sphere Music Hall, suggesting this person doesn't have a particularly high social status.

Canopus also talks quite seriously, but maybe not always. We've only seen one confirmed speech bubble from Canopus:

Vega had the most lavish room at Sphere Music Hall, and it seems to be appointed for two people. They talk in unison and with bubbly speech patterns, though this might not always be true, either. Because of this, they probably spend very little time apart.

Polaris had a bare room at Sphere Music Hall, much like Canopus' room, but Polaris destroyed their room with slashing and stabbing marks all over the place. Polaris calls themself a butler and tends to speak formally, but sometimes they lose their temper and start yelling and crying... and they have said they lost their master and can't stand to lose another: Lord Ciel (real Ciel).

So, who do I think Layla must be?

If Undertaker created more advanced bizarre dolls than just the "lords of the stars", then she could be anyone (except a Sirius), but I'd say she'd probably be a Canopus, based on her personality. Thing is, there's not much blood to go around for Canopus. In fact, Sirius can accept any blood, but Canopus can only accept Canopus (B) and Vega (O), making it foolish of Undertaker to create more than one advanced bizarre doll who "requires" Canopus blood. I'm not sure Undertaker really knows how blood types work.

If she's a lord of the stars, then her apparently lower station in life, her personality and appearance, and her low blood supply suggests she would likely have to be Lord Canopus. And perhaps Al is a random worker for the Aurora Society who came with her to take care of her, like give her blood transfusions when Ada isn't looking.

I feel like the fandom hasn’t tapped into the full potential that is den-den mushis as animals first and communication devices second. Like, is it possible for a snail to refuse a call from someone they don’t like? Are there lazy snails with shorter calling distances because they can’t be assed to go for their full range? Are there some snails with speech impediments?