Breakbert

Breakbert is the slash ship between Xerxes Break and Gilbert Nightray from the Pandora Hearts fandom.

Canon
Break and Gilbert first met when Gilbert was fourteen. Oz had just been pulled into the abyss and Gilbert was distraught. Break approached Gilbert outside of the Vessalius manor with a proposition. He would help Gilbert retrieve Oz from the abyss if Gilbert agreed to help Break in return by being his spy for the Nightrays. Grieving and in a vulnerable moment, Gilbert agreed to the deal. He became Break’s “left eye”.

Gilbert had mixed feelings about Break. At first he seemed to be scared. Extras showed him running away from Break and barely managing to tell him to go away. He expressed desire in being Break’s friend, even asking Reim for advice. Reim shattered the hope by responding with “Just give up.”. It seemed that in the end, Gilbert seemed to be content with hatred, or at least dislike, when admitting he was getting better at shooting because he imagined Break’s face on the targets. Break was less than pleased with this.

Gilbert, being concerned with Break despite his mix of fear and hatred, once asked Sharon why Break was so sickly and barely ate. Sharon repeated part of a story she was currently reading to give Gilbert a traumatic reason as to why Break refused to eat. Gilbert took it upon himself to start cooking for Break because his food would be “safe”. Break didn't learn of this reason for years.

Break wanted to keep Gilbert from getting attached to him. He never truly tried to befriend Gilbert, only doing so to antagonize him. Despite this attitude, he failed. Telling Gilbert to spread his loyalty ended with him being loyal to Break. Once he learned of the reason Gilbert cooked for him, he was disgusted.

In present time, Gilbert still shows concern for Break and fondness for their relationship. He still holds his advice close. While Break is fighting with the Baskervilles, Gilbert arrives to assist, forcing Break to accept the help. When the Baskervilles ask who Gilbert is, he responds “I’m this fool’s left eye.” showing he took the role seriously.

Fanon
Close to canon, Gilbert is normally placed as the always flustered, very embarrassed character while Break is the always calm and in control character. Gilbert is the one to sooner admit to being in love while Break is the stubborn one. Not much changes from canon to fanon except for both characters being more emotional.

Breakbert is a decently liked pairing. It has some, now inactive, fanpages on Deviantart and tumblr. There hasn’t been much discourse with this ship. It seems to be one that is either liked or ignored rather than hated.

No ships really pair with or against Breakbert. There are no ships truly “competing” with it. A character is normally not placed with the two unless Oz is used for a one-sided Ozbert in a work. Sharon can be added in, but not in a way that would be romantic or forcing the two apart. She is mostly to the side as Break’s friend.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Breakbert Community on FanFiction.net
 * Breakbert Community on FanFiction.net

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Trivia

 * Despite being physically older than Gilbert, Gilbert is actually older than Break
 * Gilbert is shown to go to Break for advice in Caucus Race
 * Break first met Gilbert in the abyss, but Gilbert was unconscious