Here's to the minor characters. [Part 1]

I'm sure in every fandom there are the 'favorites' and by that, I mean just the main characters of the show. In example? Eren Jaeger from Attack on Titan, who on a flip of a dime his diehard fans will charge at the chance to defend every flaw and every misdoing of this character.

While I'm one to say that anyone is free to like who they like, I would love to touch on the much less 'loved' or respected characters [and ships] of each fandom that I belong to. I will probably divide it into sections, which means that this will make for a very long post. So if you want to bare with me, feel free to.

Let's start off with my current muse's fandom. Black Butler. [Or Kuroshitsuji, if you really want to be that technical.]

It's a no brainer that Sebastian Michaelis is possibly one of the most popular anime/manga characters in the show [and of all time]. I mean, yeah I get it-the guy is devilishly handsome and he can do just about everything! And following in popularity, we get the midget that is Ciel Phantomhive [yes, I just went there] and his angst piled upon angst makes him an interesting character indeed!

So while we are on the subject of the two, let's talk about the most popular [and disturbing] pairing of the series-SebaCiel.

While yes I do have friends that ship it, I don't particularly find myself fond of it for many reasons. The main reason being that it is shota, and that it's highly disturbing considering that Sebastian is an adult [and REALLY OLD] and that Ciel is a child. No matter how mature Ciel is mentally, he is STILL physically a child and should not be put in sexual situations. [that goes for Alois too]

So do I like looking in the Black Butler tag in tumblr? No, and sadly I avoid it.

While I got that out of the way, let's talk about the super under-appreciated characters in this show.

Meyrin

Meyrin is my favorite character in the entire show, from the beginning as a matter of fact! Which you may find odd because when introduced she seems like she's nothing but a bumbling maid who simply cannot do anything right!

She's always so cheerful too! She deeply loves her young master and Sebastian [whom she loves a little too much] plus her friends. That's why I love her! From the moment I saw her, I just wanted to hug her!

And then come to find out the real reason she's at the manor? [Spoiler alert: She's a kickass sniper maid who don't take anyone's shit!]

Now Meyrin is what you might call-my shipping 'whore'. I simply ship her with almost everyone [except Ciel or anyone his age]. Whether it be Bardroy, Nina Hopkins or Ronald Knox. Speaking of Ronald, that asshole owes this maid some tea!

Now Meyrin's past is still iffy, which makes her a more interesting character in the sense that you sort of wonder where she came from and how she found the Phantomhive manor. In a flashback during the Murder Arc, you'll see that she's being held down by Sebastian infront of Ciel. So had she come with the intent to kill Ciel? And what had changed her mind initially?

A possible fear of death by the hands of a 10 year old noble or did she really want a chance at redeeming herself somehow?

Flashback to Meyrin's 'first' encounter with Ciel Phantomhive.

Now in the anime she is approached while on the job, and she's approached by Sebastian [but not as threatening as the above picture]. I usually go by Manga, as it's true to Yana's original ideas and what I see as 'canon' rather than what the anime team put up.

Will we finally see Meyrin's past? Hopefully, as they had already touched on most of Finnian's past and his arrival at the manor. So hopefully this IS a sign that Yana will touch on Meyrin [and Bard's] pasts respectively. And I wonder how she would feel if she found out about her true role in the grand scheme of things?

I don't find that she would take too kindly to being duped, to finding out that she is just a pawn. Or perhaps she will never find out-I simply cannot wait to see her fate! [as long as it doesn't involve death]

Now, let's move onto the loveable chef that is BARDROY.

Bardroy

Now to start things off, Bardroy [or is it Baldroy? I don't know.] is fucking HILARIOUS. I love the little temper tantrums he throws whenever something doesn't go his way, and I secretly think that Sebastian loves it too.

Now how did this 40 something odd year old American come to work for a 12 year old noble? Well, I don't have an answer for that-that is simply something I NEED to find out.

Bardroy is pushed aside as comic relief because of all his antics [and the others too], but there's something deeper resting in this ex-soldiers head and that's why I roleplay as him. To get inside his head a little, to see what truly makes Bardroy tic and why he feels obligated to serve someone like Ciel the way he does.

Like Meyrin, not much is known about his past other than the fact that 1)He's American and 2) He was found amongst the bodies of a battle that was lost. He was said to either be a sergeant or a lieutenant, which makes him very useful in the cases where Sebastian is not there to lead them during a raid.

Sebastian finds Bardroy.

 It isn't known if Sebastian found Bardroy on his own, or if Ciel had any say in the hiring of the chef. Though Ciel does mention that each of the Phantomhive Servants were hand selected by Sebastian himself, based off each skill they possessed in battle. Bardroy's was his intuition, knowing when things will go awry and the butler saw potential in those traits.

Bardroy and Sebastian's relationship is possibly my favorite [next to Bard and Meyrin]. They hate each other apparently, but Bard is simply a brat and won't admit he actually cares about Sebastian.

But he does care about his young master, as seen in scenes during the Murder Arc [stopping Ciel from hitting Sebastian's 'dead' body] and during the recent arc [when he thought his young master was going to die and he couldn't do anything about it.] He also has the upmost trust in Sebastian, which is again shown in the Witch Arc.

 So I could go on about Bardroy, so let's just ease onto the next character.

Elizabeth Midford [Lizzy]

To me I feel like Elizabeth Midford is sort of a metaphor for the 'light' in Ciel's life that he has yet to 'let' go of. In a special AU chapter, she is literally named 'Daughter of the Sun'.

She is too precious for this fandom and she doesn't deserve the hate that she receives almost on a daily basis. She is the other half of one of my top otp's too! [It's Cielizzy of course]

Lizzy is possibly the strongest female character on the show and I am NOT afraid to say that. And how can you not see that? [Yeah I know, arrogant of me to stay that oh well.] She has to deal with a lot at just the age of 14. Though she is older than Ciel by a year, she sacrifices her own happiness to try and accommodate Ciel.

She kept her fencing a secret just so Ciel wouldn't be afraid of her, and so that he could protect her like she felt he wanted. But she'd be damned if she let anything happen to her-not while she's around!

Friendly reminder that she can kick your ass.

Now I'm a hipster in saying that 'I liked Lizzy before I found out she could fence.' There was just so much potential in her character, and even if you took away her fencing she'd still be a pretty cool character by herself.

She's also the most tragic, and I feel so sorry for her at times and how strong she has to act. She made up the story of Ciel finding her easter egg every Easter, and was hurt when Ciel seemed to play along with it. She doesn't pry what happened to him out of him forcefully, but yes there is a part of her that wants to know because she wants to know why he's shut off from her.

Like Bard, I will simply just stop there. Because I will talk for hours about her.

So that's it for Black butler [You: Boooo you only touched on two servants and Lizzy], while there are other characters to discuss-Black Butler would just take over my post and I have to move on sadly.

Let's move on to________

Attack on Titan 

Now I mentioned Eren Jaeger being the super popular character in the show, and that is true. But there are so many of those in AoT [Levi, Erwin and even Jean] so no-none of those characters will be discussed. [Even though I FUCKING LOVE JEAN]

 Sasha Braus

Taking on a titan with just a bow.

First things first, I really hate that Sasha is reduced to one thing that happened in one episode. Yes, I get it-she likes food! But she also comes from a village that has little to no food and she went hungry a LOT.

Also, can everyone agree that Sasha is a bad ass? Not to mention she's also really sweet??? People say she's rude and a bad role model, but I really don't see it???

She fucking saves Samuel from falling to his death [a fan mentioned it was a dumb way and ruined his leg-but REALLY? would you rather her let him FALL???] And aside from another underappreciated character Connie-she literally takes on a titan with just a bow and arrow and NO gear whatsover. Sadly the fandom is happy to overlook that and just see her as a coward and a food-crazed maniac.

She also has a good relationship with just about everyone in her squad [except maybe Levi]. She's best bros with Connie, pretty close to Historia and Mikasa is seen asking her if she's okay. [Or why she's not eating-and SHE HUGS MIKASA] Even her and Jean get along a lot of the time, though they're assholes to each other at times.

She's just bros with everyone. That's what I love about her, she really is a precious cinnamon roll and is too precious for this fandom.

Connie Springer

Connie is also like Sasha, in a sense that he's pushed aside as comic relief and never taken seriously by 80 % of the fandom.

The guy just found out his mom's a 'titan' and I don't know how messed up his psyche can get with that set of information. Not to mention the rest of his family.

Connie joined the military solely to make his family proud, and though he could have joined the Military Police-he chose the Survey Corps because of what happened to them as cadets. It was a difficult choice and I don't think fans give him as much credit for it as they should.

Like Sasha, he seems to genuinely care about his comrades. And that's a trait most of them have, but it's still a good trait to have nonetheless. And yes, he is funny as hell-but he needs to be taken seriously and he's super under appreciated.


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That's it for this part! I would continue, but I'm starting to get sloppy so this is it for part 1. Part 2 might come tomorrow or Saturday.