Sorry for the late post once again,
I had to take an outing into London to console "her" worries.
Plus,
This cake won't eat itself...
In my defense, it is a lot to cover as far as a fan theory.
So, here today's theory is the "Ciel Twin Theory."
You may or may not have heard of this theory, but basically, many of us have questioned whether or not Ciel Phantomhive has a twin,
Or if he is even the Earl of Phantomhive at all?
Let's start at the very beginning,
It's a very good place to start.
Most people feel that the first signs of the twin theory are apparent in the Book of Circus arc, while others feel it appears in the Jack the Ripper arc.
In the JTR arc, Madam Red is seen referring to Ciel as her "favorite nephew." And to my knowledge, Rachel is the only other sibling that Madam Red has. So why would she refer to Ciel as her "favorite nephew" if he is her only nephew?
It's rather cold if you think about it, because if Ciel really does have a twin, then that means that the twin didn't receive a whole lot of recognition because he isn't the heir to the Phantomhive estate.
What's worse is that Ciel might not even be the real Ciel at all.
So Madam Red literally said that "Ciel is the favorite" to this other twins face.
Now how do we know if Ciel isn't the real Ciel Phantomhive?
Consider in Book of Circus,
Ciel faces a series of flashbacks along with Baron Kelvin telling his own account of his experience with the Phantomhives.
Let's begin with the Kelvin account.
In this scene, Baron Kelvin is being introduced to the Phantomhives.
Now, if Vincent was introducing the future heir to the Phantomhive Estate, why is he looking to his right?
Ciel is clearly on the left.
Vincent is seen in the right panel looking down and extending his hand to someone.
Perhaps a child blocked from the view due to that lady's dress.
The same thing occurs in this scene. Vincent places his right hand on Ciel's head, when there is clearly a child on Vincent's left. The Ciel introducing himself to the Baron is also assertive and confident in introducing himself, unlike the Ciel in the next scene, who is seen throughout this section hiding behind Vincent, and is only referred to as "my child."
Plus, if you look at Baron Kelvin's expression, he seems like he didn't notice the child on the left at first, and is fascinated at the shyness of said child.
Right after these introductions, Ciel sees his Uncle Klaus and runs straight to him and hops into his arms.
Now if he were in "poor health," he wouldn't be able to do a strenuous exercise such as running.
In the next two scenes, look at where Ciel is placed
Here we see the child on the left once again, and is on the ground, not being held up by Unlce Klaus. While Vincent does refer to that child as Ciel, confusing many supporters of this theory, we find that in the Japanese translation, Ciel is substituted with "konoko," which means "this child." So again, the child on the left has not been labeled as Ciel.
And then, we see Ciel back on Klaus' shoulder. Looking at the picture prior to this, a speech bubble is covering his right shoulder, where the Ciel in this picture is sitting.
How can Ciel shift back and forth from the left and right sides, and on and off the ground so quickly?
To sum this section up,
Here's a picture to consider:
Now, Ciel's flashbacks to his time with the cult (includes Book of Circus arc along with arcs afterwards)
The scene above is of the real Ciel being murdered while the sickly twin is watching Ciel being taken away, reaching out for him, calling out to "Ciel," and then making a deal with Sebastian to have vengeance on the people who did that to him.
And then, Sebastian asks for the boy's name.
Ciel not only hesitates to give the demon his name, but you can also see an arm on the sacrificial table, indicating that a body is still on there, aka, the real Ciel.
Afterwards, Ciel and Sebastian have a confrontation
Not only is the blood stain gone from his shirt, but Sebastian calls Ciel a liar. Now, why would Sebastian accuse him of such a thing? Unless he was lying about being Ciel Phantomhive, Sebastian wouldn't have a reason to accuse this boy of being a liar.
Not only this, but consider future scenes with Ciel
I don't see a scar on his chest from being stabbed.
Do you?
I mean, if they can remember to draw a brand on Ciel's back, then why can't they draw a stab wound?
Plus, Ciel would have to take certain measures to bathe in order to not reopen the wound,
But he doesn't have a wound now does he?
Other things to consider about the theory is Ciel hides his sickness. In the Ship arc, Ciel is seen coughing and showing symptoms of asthma.
If he had asthma while he was younger, then Lizzy was bound to know about it. So why are he and Sebastian keeping it from her?
While Ciel is very proud, he doesn't care if his health acts up around others, he made that clear in Book of Circus.
So why would he pretend to be okay around Lizzy?
Ciel was the active, and friendly twin, while the Ciel we know is sickly and shy. When reunited with Lizzy, she thinks about how this Ciel is smaller and thinner than she remembers and assumes that she got taller.
Ciel was only gone for a month, so they wouldn't have grown that much in that space of time.
The younger twin usually doesn't inherit the riches because the oldest usually does. Plus, younger twins are prone to be smaller and thinner than the older twin as well.
In addition to that, Ciel always forgets to refer to her as "Lizzy" instead of Elizabeth. Calling her by her full name would be very informal considering that they would always play together since they were younger
And at Easter...
Since the younger twin can't go outside for Easter egg hunts and stuff, he wouldn't feel nostalgic about things like Easter eggs. Plus, he is not the one that would hunt for eggs with Lizzy. He clearly shows that he is trying to cover up not remembering that childhood memory that is very important to Lizzy, because while he already shows symptoms of illnesses, he can't show that he completely forgot everything that Lizzy and Ciel did together, even though he actually never did anything with them at all.
In addition to everything else, take a look at this family tree
Single branches show that only one child was born from this couple, but when it gets to Vincent and Rachel, the branch splits in two, showing that Ciel isn't the only child born from them.
While the evidence of this theory is endless, I'll leave it with this for now. I may post more evidence later this week.
As far as my opinion, I swear by this theory. It's clearly obvious that the Ciel Phantomhive we all know and love isn't the actual heir to the estate based on this evidence. And he would lie about being Ciel so that way this fortune doesn't all go to waste.
What do you all think?
Credit for this weeks theory:
@Nishkaxx
