Diligo Victum Nusquam
Diligo Victum Nusquam is a Black Butler Fanfic by Maiden of the Moon. Ciel is dead and Sebastian is at fault. Full of regret, Sebastian (also known as Malphas) is willing to do absolutely anything to bring Ciel back to life. Much suffering and tragedy ensues.
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The fic can be found here.
Tropes used in Diligo Victum Nusquam include:
- The All-Concealing "I": The narrator of the prologue turns out to be Sebastian and not some Mary Sue Original Character powerful enough to kill Sebastian like the reader might at first be led to believe.
- Altum Videtur
- Anachronic Order
- And I Must Scream
- Angelic Beauty: Uriel.
- Ars Goetia: Malphas, Baalberith, and Asmodeus all appear.
- Ascended Demon: Claimed to be possible. It is either tremendously difficult or just a cruel lie by God.
- Balance Between Good and Evil: Strictly enforced by Heaven.
- Being Evil Sucks
- Came Back Wrong: Ciel.
- Cessation of Existence: Happens to dead angels and humans whose souls are eaten by a demon.
- Circles of Hell: Sebastian's home is on the Second Circle.
- Cruel and Unusual Death
- Dark Fic
- Deal with the Devil: In addition to the canonical contract between Sebastian and Ciel, the contract Sebastian makes to revive Ciel also counts.
- Determinator: Sebastian.
- Despair Event Horizon
- Downer Ending
- Dude, She's Like, in a Coma
- Eaten Alive
- Empty Shell: Sebastian's final fate.
- Equivalent Exchange
- Fallen Angel: Sebastian and the other named demons.
- Fate Worse Than Death
- Fridge Horror: Thinking about the story only reveals new facets of horror.
- God Is Evil: The elephant in the living room.
- Guardian Angel: Uriel to Ciel.
- Heaven and Hell
- Deadly Change-of-Heart: Sebastian doesn't get redeemed.
- I Cannot Self-Terminate
- Ironic Hell
- Light Is Not Good: The forces of Good arguably commit worse crimes than the demons.
- Love Epiphany
- Love Hurts
- Love You and Everybody: Played for Drama with utter seriousness.
- Many Spirits Inside of One
- My God, What Have I Done?
- Necromantic: Sebastian.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero
- Original Character: Uriel, Baalberith, and Asmodeus.
- Our Angels Are Different
- Our Demons Are Different
- Our Souls Are Different: Demons only have half a soul. Angels are soulless.
- People Jars: Ciel's body gets kept in one.
- Please Kill Me If It Satisfies You: Sebastian to Ciel in the end.
- Sanity Slippage: Affects Sebastian.
- Say Your Prayers
- Senseless Sacrifice
- Tragic Dream
- Tragic Mistake
- Tragic Monster
- Tragic Villain: Sebastian and the other demons.
- Unwanted Revival: Ciel's.
- Villainous BSOD: Suffered by Sebastian. Twice.