Borrowlet

20-Somethingish | A socially anxious awkward individual's blog about Arrietty, Borrowers, and whatever else seems interesting...

[borrowlet]

Introductory Post (last updated 1/12/26)

Hello, I am borrowlet ("^^)!!! You can also call me Bean if you would like! I am 20 something-ish and this is my blog for whatever I am thinking about! My void to scream out into and hope people only half listen to what I say! I mostly post about the 2010 Ghibli film Arrietty and The Borrowers (1952) although there will likely be some other things in the mix. I also post photography and mediocre art sometimes. :) I hope this blog can brighten some days and that people can get some enjoyment out of my random thoughts!

This blog is intended for an 18+ audience!!!!!

More stuff...

STORY DEVELOPMENT BLOG (work in progress):

@beanslonelyhouse

Feel free to send me cool literature, so long as it's SFW! :)!!!! I am always looking for new things 2 read!

Further Considerations:

Please note I am against any and all acts which are hurtful to others! | Also note that while I talk about The Borrowers a lot, I do not agree with every sentiment expressed in those books! They are quite old, so some elements of them are bound to be a little dated...I also have never read the books past the first one, so I am not privy to the info inside of them! | I'm not too comfortable with DMs at the moment, so please refrain from sending me any... My sincere apologies for this :( | I have asks open again, but please be respectful when sending them to me!

Link to the art....

Thank you for your time!

[dumgumgum]

you give us hope, susie

[borrowlet]

I'm tired... but I like Puyo Puyo's soundtrack. What is this. Raw serotonin???? It's so happy?!?!

[borrowlet]

By the puyo way, Puyo Puyo has a puyoing great soundtrack!!!!

I love early puyopuyo. Great puzzle game, characters that make me laugh, OST i listen to a lot. PUYO!!!!!

[borrowlet]

Not sure how long it will take me to do the binge. I am thinking of different ways to document and present my findings, lest I think a really really long text post won't suffice... I want to make it as enjoyable as possible lol

At this point though, I think I'm in too deep to this rabbit hole and sense of commitment to my tumblr audience to not do it.

[borrowlet]

I also want to do my best to somehow preserve some of my raw reactions to them lol, mostly because it might be funny.

Imma talk with a friend of mine who knows a little more about how to do this stuff than I do when they are available.

In other news, I think I have all of the available series/films located...! As for 2025, I believe there is only clips available, so I will do my best to watch all of those as well hahah.. it looks really cute for what that's worth.

Going into this, I am highly and severely doubting that any other adaptation is going to do what Arrietty does in extending the thematic concerns of the original story. I feel like that's what makes for a good adaptation. But, I'll do my best to... Not-think-that-way the whole time. I don't think some of these were uh. Aiming to do that anyway. And that's fine! It's just going to be really weird for a, pun-intended, by-the-books person like me!

Gut feeling here is I might like the 1973 series and 1992 series to an extent since, what I read of those like a year ago they are closer to the books, but will start questioning everything by 1997. LOL.

[simkaye]

Pride prints are back in stock but leaving soon! 🐹🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[borrowlet]

Not sure how long it will take me to do the binge. I am thinking of different ways to document and present my findings, lest I think a really really long text post won't suffice... I want to make it as enjoyable as possible lol

At this point though, I think I'm in too deep to this rabbit hole and sense of commitment to my tumblr audience to not do it.

[three-eels-in-a-trenchcoat]

I am watching so much moomin and i can’t get over how much I love snufkin. he is like the jack frost of springtime.

[mttbrandblog]

Long bacon store

[borrowlet]

Borrowlet Dreams:

Had a dream I went to a theater to watch some sort of movie everyone was talking about. It was about like, two girls, one was a student who always received high marks and became chronically work-oriented in adulthood and the other was Arrietty?!?!?!? and she ran away from school to join a RAT GANG?!?! And she became like, a permanent fixture in the rat gang???

I also had a dream I was on Tumblr and commented on someone's post "It is an action", then they got mad at me.

There was a third dream that was some sort of adaptation of borrowers, except the borrowers didn't know they were borrowers for a bit there (except for Arrietty, the rat gang version from the prior dream) and were very shocked when they realized they are borrowers.

My assessment of these dreams: My brain is now conjuring crazy adaptations of borrowers and comments on tumblr to prepare me for the worst when I do the binge...

[ch-ricegirl]

[borrowlet]

I also like Kirby Super Star Ultra's soundtrack. I remember listening to songs over and over in the soundtest when I was a kid. I like to revisit the ost to this day, with Heavy Lobster, Kabula, Masked Dedede, My Friend and the Setting Sun, and even the Blooper Reel theme being some of my favorites. Same thing with Kirby Mass Attack.

[shencomix]

[borrowlet]

time to get it in gear

plan:

track down where to watch EVERY adaptation

get the squad together (if possible)

do

how soon or how much later will my cohesive thoughts be out? I do not know. but now it is a quest.

[borrowlet]

UPDATE: I now know how to watch 5/7 of these :)! Only ones left are 2011 and 2025, no idea where to access those. I don't think 2025 has released internationally yet anyway... Then uh. Something will happen... I will get going on the journey.

I told one of my friends about this, and she told me this was my "mission". It feels more like a borrowers sidequest lol!!!

[komainucomplex]

pets you on the head, impaling my palm on your horn.

way 2 go aunn i had one shot at beign loved and i fucked it up so bad just like EVERYITNHING ELSE

[borrowlet]

Do NOT watch if you are sensitive to flashing lights or colors!!!!!! Might be loud also I don't think I mixed it right

tryna learn how to use my video editor so here you all go. a compilation of some of the borrowers covers i've seen set to Gladiator Kirby from Kirby Super Star Ultra. might delete later idk

this is like a baby sensory video for me specifically

[borrowlet]

time to get it in gear

plan:

track down where to watch EVERY adaptation

get the squad together (if possible)

do

how soon or how much later will my cohesive thoughts be out? I do not know. but now it is a quest.