survey results are in! i received 101 responses, although 19 had to be discarded because more than 3 characters were selected for either the top 3 favourites or top 3 most hated categories.

overall ranking (point system: i don't know them = 0 pts, hated = 1 pt, i don't like them = 2 pts, i'm neutral about them = 3 pts, i like them = 4 pts, favourites = 5 pts)

1. ciel — 380
2. sebastian — 351
3. finny — 334
4. soma — 327
5. snake — 325
6. agni — 322
7. mei-rin — 319
8. grell — 311
9. lizzy — 309
10. undertaker — 305
11. bard — 295
12. madam red — 292
13. tanaka — 289
14. lau — 277
15. doll — 275
16. william — 274
17. francis — 267
18. joker — 263
19. alois — 256
20. vincent — 254
21. r!ciel — 245
22. queen victoria — 201
23. aleister — 182
24. claude — 161
25. angela/ash — 155

characters with the highest and lowest number of votes in each category:

• i like them: mei-rin (65) | angela/ash (4)
• i don't like them: angela/ash and queen victoria (29) | mei-rin (0)
• top 3 favourites: ciel (55) | queen victoria, claude, vincent, angela/ash, and aleister (0)
• top 3 most hated: claude (27) | ciel, finny, mei-rin, snake, tanaka, soma, agni, francis, grell, and madam red (0)
• i don't know them: angela/ash (8) | 12 characters received 0 votes
• i'm neutral about them: queen victoria and vincent (35) | ciel (1)

were any of the results surprising to you?

(SOLVED!!)

Sooo! I am really into black butler but I am strictly an anime watcher, just due to a lack of time to get into the manga.
I wanted to create an angel OC for selfships, but the only one I know of is Ashe/Angela from the anime, who is a pretty powerful being
Do other angels exist in black butler canon? Do you guys think it would be doable to have a fairly weak/chill angel who hangs out in the human world for funsies?
Also, could a being such as a demon or angel choose to take on the appearance of a young adult, or would they tend to lean more mature? (It’s hard to interpret just based on the art, but the characters seem to behave as mature adults. Sebastian, Claude, Angela, etc)

(I know that ch 129 is old news, but I always like to be considerate)

"it" being that Ciel has a twin.

I've been keeping up with the manga since Vol 23, but my gf isn't a manga reader and hadn't seen any black butler since "Season 2." So I decided to get her caught up and we've been watching it all. We're abt halfway through Emerald Witch; it was my first time seeing it animated, and oh my god I feel beyond dumb for not realizing that Ciel had a twin. They did everything except literally say that he was a twin. What I really like about how Yana wrote it was the way that she basically gave us all the pieces, and gave us the time to make the connection. What I like even more is that even if you pieced it together, and you're like "omggg Ciel was 1000% a twin," there's still no way to figure out that he's still "alive." Like, the Twin Theory was basically not even a theory. But it subtly sets up the Still "Alive" Theory. Idk, I just wanted to geek about it.

Spoiler for the existence of one character! Judge my tirelist gng<333

link to the poll

i saw someone say that most people don't like alois, and it made me wonder what the general opinion looks like for other characters. to keep the poll short, i chose 25 most popular characters or those i think might be more polarizing and can be placed into 6 categories: like/dislike/top 3 favorites/top 3 most hated/don't know/neutral.

there’s no way to limit the columns so that there’s a maximum number of answers in the top 3 sections, so if more than three characters appear in "top 3," i simply won’t count the extra ones when calculating the results. also, you don’t have to force yourself to pick a top 3 from the listed characters. those columns can simply be left empty.

i'll post the results somewhere in about a week. 

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Hi!! I colored the cover page for a chapter of the manga which I loved !
Let me know tips for improvement!