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>>41243022
Like this Ciel covered in lipstick.

>>40809889

>>34090552
Nah, I'm an ArcCHAD, but I would defend Ciel as a character any day.
First of all, she was practically proto-Rin, but she became a victim of the worst writing Nasu did in Tsukihime - he turned her into an exposition dispenser. Rin was the same, explaining to you how the world works whenever necessary, but it was paced way better and didn't feel like Rin-sensei was constantly calling you for afterschool teatime with a lecture about Holy Grails. With rewrites and added screentime, Ciel would have more time to show the player who she actually is as a character.
Second, her past is fascinating and we don't get nearly enough of it. Ciel is by far the most tortured character in Tsukihime. She was forced to slaughter her entire family and village by Roa, abandoned by him with memories of her actions still intact, then taken by the Church, where she was constantly brutalized in the most imaginable ways for fuck knows how long, never had anyone to fall back on, and when you meet her, the only wish she has is to fucking die. Considering how much time Shiki spends lamenting Kohaku's past, it's ridiculous that his reaction to Ciel's backstory goes about as deep as "well, she had a rough time", and when Arc literally rips Ciel's intestines out in front of him, my dude gets mad, but not too mad. I guess it's common sense - when someone performs Kano's fatality on your waifu, you gotta keep your cool.
It's kind of obvious that Nasu could not muster enough emotion to write Ciel's route similar to other girls. And I'm sure he realizes that, so I'm interested to see what happens to her in TsukiR.