At a distance, Ciel is cold, composed, emotionless, intelligent and mature beyond his years. He's a calculating businessman who does not care for trivial things or niceties, and he wants things dealt with swiftly and efficiently. He doesn't seem to hold much thought at all for the feelings, opinions or concerns of others; he wants things done in his way, done well and quickly, and how it affects others does not matter to him. He's determined and ruthless, especially when it comes to winning - he does not like to lose personally, and he always insists on getting what he wants. However, he is quite polite and he minds his manners around both strangers and family, either because that's how he's taught to present himself or simply to project a good image.
When things push beyond first impressions and a business level of things, Ciel becomes even more ruthless. He is cunning and manipulative, going so far to act as an entirely different person or crossdress in order to complete his mission. He has no qualms with using illegal or underhanded tactics to win, and he takes great pleasure in seeing his enemies fall whether he has "cheated" or not. He is cruel, confident and unfaltering in his ways, to the point that he becomes arrogant and egotistical. Ciel is on a high, high horse, and it's very difficult to knock him down for good. He's very quick to recover from blows, overcoming issues with apparent ease - for example, he does not dwell on the death of his aunt after she attempts to murder him, but he bids her farewell with kind words at her funeral and does not mourn for her again. This is likely because of his suppressing of his emotions, and also the ability to rapidly adapt to situations that he has forced himself to master. In fact, he says once as he kills Joker's "father" that he believes, "Only two kinds of people exist in this world: those who steal and those who are stolen from. So then, today I just stole your future. That's all." Ciel's feelings on other humans come down to either indifference or disgust, although he doesn't believe himself to be above them or anything; he's sold his soul to Hell.
Despite the public image he presents, in private Ciel isn't always quite as mature as he appears. He mocks and torments the demon Sebastian simply because he can and derives a twisted satisfaction from that, he's quickly to snap at people who irritate him and insults them without thought, he tries to shirk his work and lessons, and he is an absolute brat. He's rude and pushy and beyond a bare minimum level of interaction, he dislikes strangers and people in general. He's irritated by and uncomfortable with socialising because people get on his nerves easily, and also because his time as a slave has left him with some trauma. The trauma of his time as a slave has stuck with him fiercely, even if it doesn't always show on the surface; physical contact is something he despises from anyone but Sebastian, and sometimes he'll go so far as to slap or shove others away if they get too close, he reacts extremely badly whenever someone sees the slave mark on his back, and the only thing that can really scare or rattle him is if he re-experiences those memories for whatever reason. When he's riled up badly, his composure doesn't simply slip, it crumbles, and he's quite capable of going into a blind rage; when Elizabeth breaks his treasured ring, he's unbelievably furious and attempts to strike her, but Sebastian catches him and calms him down.
earl ciel phantomhive ♚ 7/?
At a distance, Ciel is cold, composed, emotionless, intelligent and mature beyond his years. He's a calculating businessman who does not care for trivial things or niceties, and he wants things dealt with swiftly and efficiently. He doesn't seem to hold much thought at all for the feelings, opinions or concerns of others; he wants things done in his way, done well and quickly, and how it affects others does not matter to him. He's determined and ruthless, especially when it comes to winning - he does not like to lose personally, and he always insists on getting what he wants. However, he is quite polite and he minds his manners around both strangers and family, either because that's how he's taught to present himself or simply to project a good image.
When things push beyond first impressions and a business level of things, Ciel becomes even more ruthless. He is cunning and manipulative, going so far to act as an entirely different person or crossdress in order to complete his mission. He has no qualms with using illegal or underhanded tactics to win, and he takes great pleasure in seeing his enemies fall whether he has "cheated" or not. He is cruel, confident and unfaltering in his ways, to the point that he becomes arrogant and egotistical. Ciel is on a high, high horse, and it's very difficult to knock him down for good. He's very quick to recover from blows, overcoming issues with apparent ease - for example, he does not dwell on the death of his aunt after she attempts to murder him, but he bids her farewell with kind words at her funeral and does not mourn for her again. This is likely because of his suppressing of his emotions, and also the ability to rapidly adapt to situations that he has forced himself to master. In fact, he says once as he kills Joker's "father" that he believes, "Only two kinds of people exist in this world: those who steal and those who are stolen from. So then, today I just stole your future. That's all." Ciel's feelings on other humans come down to either indifference or disgust, although he doesn't believe himself to be above them or anything; he's sold his soul to Hell.
Despite the public image he presents, in private Ciel isn't always quite as mature as he appears. He mocks and torments the demon Sebastian simply because he can and derives a twisted satisfaction from that, he's quickly to snap at people who irritate him and insults them without thought, he tries to shirk his work and lessons, and he is an absolute brat. He's rude and pushy and beyond a bare minimum level of interaction, he dislikes strangers and people in general. He's irritated by and uncomfortable with socialising because people get on his nerves easily, and also because his time as a slave has left him with some trauma. The trauma of his time as a slave has stuck with him fiercely, even if it doesn't always show on the surface; physical contact is something he despises from anyone but Sebastian, and sometimes he'll go so far as to slap or shove others away if they get too close, he reacts extremely badly whenever someone sees the slave mark on his back, and the only thing that can really scare or rattle him is if he re-experiences those memories for whatever reason. When he's riled up badly, his composure doesn't simply slip, it crumbles, and he's quite capable of going into a blind rage; when Elizabeth breaks his treasured ring, he's unbelievably furious and attempts to strike her, but Sebastian catches him and calms him down.