Breakcent

Breakcent is the slash ship between Xerxes Break and Vincent Nightray from the Pandora Hearts fandom.

Canon
Vincent and Break first met in the Will of the Abyss’ room. While Vincent was injured and nearly unconscious, it’s unclear if he remembers meeting Break. When seeing Vincent for the first time in the real world, it is clear that Break remembers him. Vincent notices Break’s eye and tells him that in the past children with red eyes were considered bad luck and it was lucky they were alive now. Soon Vincent was called to return to the Nightray manor. He called Break his “ill omened big brother” while leaving, showing that the young Vincent had no malice towards him.



After the ten year time skip, Vincent and Break clearly despise each other. With Break having the goal of uncovering the truth of Sablier and to fulfill his promise to the Will of the Abyss, Vincent is doing everything he can to stand in his way. He even goes so far as to kidnap and poison Sharon for bargaining. In doing so, he convinces Break to destroy the Cheshire’s bell which he had so long wanted to obtain.

Vincent’s main goal is to protect Gilbert. Break is a major obstacle in his completion of this. In order to protect Gilbert, Vincent believes he must keep all of Gilbert’s memories, including everything that happened in the Tragedy of Sablier, hidden from him. Even the slightest bit of truth coming out could ruin his plan. In addition, Break also has a close relationship with Gilbert that Vincent dislikes.

During the story, Vincent and Break refuse to use each other’s names. When speaking of Vincent, Break refers to him with the insult of the sewer rat. Vincent uses the name of his chain and only calls him “Hatter-san.” Despite this outward and very obvious hatred towards each other, they put on a façade of politeness when around others. This works best for their reputations, especially Break’s as a servant can’t be seen acting disrespectfully towards a noble.

Fanon
While Breakcent doesn’t have much fanwork, the existing fanworks get a good amount of attention. Tumblr fanart comes mainly from the account of summeroliccc while AO3 fics are from a varied amount of users. Twitter has a small amount discussions as opposed to fanworks. Pinterest has a small section of fanwork but unfortunately it goes uncredited.

Breakcent doesn’t have much discussion going on in terms of opinions of the ship. It doesn’t seem to be a hated ship, rather than a ship most people don’t consider. VinceBreak is far beat out by ReimBreak in fanwork and popularity and at times garners less attention than the controversial pairing of GilVince. Those who do like it seem deeply invested the ship.

When making Breakcent content, or even in discussions, the only character really considered in the pairing is Gilbert. Normally Gilbert is used as an unfortunate onlooker to the situation due to his relationship with the two. Fans find it amusing to "torture" Gilbert with their relationship. Rarely would these three have a relationship together that would be near the realm of romantic or further.

Fandom

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Trivia

 * Gilbert told Vincent he reminded him of something Break said, disgusting Vincent immediately.
 * Vincent indirectly caused Break's eye to be removed by torturing Cheshire.