In which Howl’s Moving Castle is full of those Relatable Millennial Feels
Sophie
Convinced she’s fated to be a failure by pervasive societal messages
Depressed and anxious to the point that leaving the house terrifies her
Constant excuses to not talk to people
Wears one color and it is grey (like her soul)
“I’m eighteen but I’m ninety at heart”
RAGE
Has to get away from her home so she moves into a terrifying moving castle bc it’s free and at this point why not
*everything’s on fire* “This is fine”
I KNOW EXACTLY HOW THE WORLD WORKS o wait shit fuck
Feelings? What are those? I only know cleaning.
Howl
Fancy degree that he has to move to another world to use
Loves his blood family but just… can’t be around them
“Why don’t you have a real job”
Cannot handle responsibility
Is responsible for things anyway
“Howl we have no money” “I’m going to buy a skull”
Embodiment of Do It For The Aesthetic ™
also “treat yo self”
Just Can’t anymore and has a meltdown over his hair (aka everything else in his life)
“Oh no I care for all these people why”
Overcharges rich people and undercharges poor people bc the system sucks
Last night on earth? Time to get wasted.
“I don’t care” he says caringly, while caring deeply.
Michael
Anxious bab
What is happening why this plz help
Stresses out over his homework only to find out the papers had gotten mixed up and he was doing the wrong thing
“I guess this now” :/
Better at adulting than the actual adults
Loves his gf so much and is so openly happy about it
A bit useless in a crisis
Tries so hard, gets so far
Found family is the best family
Calcifer
“I’m being exploited!”
Complains about everything
Bored. Just. So bored. Give him attention.
Used to be literal star but things went wrong and now he’s living in a fireplace
Eats everything and anything.
“Guys I have arms be impressed by my arms”
Creates a castle for the Aesthetic that also looks like it’s about to fall apart and frightens people.
Oops he cares about these assholes now time to ride or die for them
