Redcliff

Redcliff is the femslash ship between Angelina Dalles and Grell Sutcliff from the Black Butler fandom.

History
The pair first met after Angelina committed the first murder in the series of murders attributed to Jack the Ripper. Grell, a grim reaper, arrived at the scene of the crime in order to collect the soul of the woman Angelina had killed. When she arrived, she was impressed by the violence of Angelina’s crime. The two bonded over their inability to bear children due to Angelina's accident and Grell's male body. Grell offered her assistance to Angelina, and the two continued their murders, becoming the criminal known as Jack the Ripper.

Red Butler Arc
Grell disguised herself as Angelina's butler in order to decrease suspicion. As a butler, she was not very competent, leading to Angelina scolding her often. In the anime, Angelina sends Grell with Ciel so that Sebastian can teach her how to be a better butler. During this period of time, Grell typically followed Angelina everywhere she went. Once they are found out, Grell is questioned as to the reason for her participation in the murders, to which she replies that she was "captivated by a certain woman" - Angelina.

Grell and Angelina fight against Sebastian and Ciel respectively. Angelina refuses to kill Ciel and Grell states that she's gone soft. Grell responds to Angelina's refusal to kill her nephew by stabbing her through the chest with her death scythe. She says that she is no longer interested in an ordinary woman such as her. Grell takes Angelina's red coat, which she proceeds to wear the majority of the time.

OVAs
In the third OVA of Kuroshitsuji II, "The Making of Kuroshitsuji II," Angelina and Grell are shown arriving to the set together in a red car. Later, Angelina is shown fixing Grell's makeup after Sebastian steps on her face. Angelina is also shown painting Grell's nails.

In the fourth OVA of Kuroshitsuji II, "Ciel in Wonderland Part II," many Grells are shown working as servants for Angelina, who is the Queen of Hearts.

Behind the Scenes
Yana Toboso has likened Grell and Angelina to lovers, and to sisters. Even though they only appear together for seven chapters, Toboso has drawn lots of art of the pair. In the only official Black Butler doujin collection, Rainbow Butler, the sixth chapter of the first volume is a story about Angelina and Grell, from Grell’s perspective. When Angelina is kind to her, Grell appears to fall for Angelina. Although it wasn’t written by Yana Toboso, she would have read it, and she wrote a different chapter of the anthology herself. The tenth chapter of the second volume is another story about the two of them.

Fanon
While the ship is not the most popular ship in the Black Butler fandom, it is by no means a rarepair. Many who ship this pairing like to think that Grell felt some remorse after killing Angelina, or that there were other reasons for their killings. Grell’s statement of love for Madam Red, the potential for angst, and the fact that there isn’t much canon material, leaving fans room to speculate, are all reasons the ship is liked. The ship is also popular for their shared love of the color red, which is a large aspect of why the two became partners in the first place, and the color features itself in many fanarts of the two. Many people also like the partners in crime aspect of the pairing.

Fandom
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FAN ART
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