Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Follow

Ex-Student. Not a Howl's Moving Castle fanblog but probably should be.

[contradictionaddiction]

big day for phan fans

[fragrantblossoms]

Arnold Genthe. Helen Moeller and pupils, 1921.

[catsharkie-old]

executive function

[robertocustodioart]

Oedipus and the Sphinx by Gustave Moreau 1864

[balaclava-trismegistus]

yknow im thinking about the disappearance of artisan trades as a means of living and how works of art have been reduced to consumable novelties and how it's almost impossible to live as an artist now unless you're incredibly lucky and like. yeah actually yknow the luddites were right.

[costis]

[punkieagainsttheworld]

Joe Strummer

[contradictionaddiction]

I went to the Tower of London Superbloom and all I did was think about Howl's Moving Castle

[candletrails]

@hmcbook been reading the replies with people theorizing when Howl realised he was in love with Sophie and it’s just making me appreciate how romantic Howl actually is when he’s just being himself vs when he’s putting on a show for someone. 

Spending hours trying to to look perfect every single time he goes out to see a person? Fine for a first impression, but not great for anything longer-lasting. vs I Am Terrified That This Person Is Going To Be Hurt So I Must Leave Immediately So I Can Save Them And I Don’t Care That I Look Like Absolute Disheveled Garbage? Incredible. (also a very obvious nod to the fact that he had the same reaction when Calcifer told him the Witch of The Waste found his family, so Sophie is clearly very important to him, just -chef’s kiss-). 

Trying very hard to do things that look or sound impressive to impress a girl? (the friggin guitar)? vs I’m Going To Use Magic On This Person To Try To Make Them Hurt Less And Improve Their Life And I’m Not Even Going To Mention It Until Ages Later Because Getting Recognition For This Isn’t Important? 

Flirting and showing off? vs I Am Going To Give This Person A Whole Business To Reign Over And It’s Purpose Will Be Entirely Up To Them And I’ll Also Provide Everything Necessary To Run Said Business So She Doesn’t Have To Worry About That (giving the love of your life a bouquet is so tired. give the love of your life a HOUSE and a SHOP and a FIELD FULL OF FLOWERS, jfc howl ily) 

(also sending The Love of Your Life and your newborn child (or TLoYL still pregnant with your child, I can’t remember which way it went) away and disguising them so that they’ll be safe while knowing full well you could very well die or any number of other things without them ever knowing, but at least they’ll be okay)

(also also the whole damn Twinkle thing, like Sophie went off on Official Super Serious Business and Howl had to tag along to bug the hell out of her make sure she was okay and also because he would miss her)

anyway, I’m having a full-on Howl Appreciation Hour over here

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Roman. Anonymous loan - Bust of Athena (detail), c. 2nd century a.d.

Photo by Erika Dufour

[cupio-disssolvi]

The Belvedere Torso, Apollonious of Athens, 1st century BC

[contradictionaddiction]

just wanna say that tonight has been absolutely lovely seeing usernames and avatars for the first time in years and I hope u r all ok!!!

also those of u who have changed names/avis... do not think you can hide, I will work out who you are... Some day... Some how....

[issela-santina]

thinking about the way both Hot Fuzz and Umbrella Academy used „Goody Two Shoes“ by Adam Ant to establish two rather constrasting characters

the characters + GIF descriptions:

Nicholas Angel — introduced as the ultimate overachiever in the Met police service. In full tactical gear, he is shown barging into a room and shooting someone down with a gun.

Klaus Hargreeves — self-proclaimed “sexy trash”, ranked Number Four of seven siblings by their rather uncaring adoptive father. He is shown drinking out of a canteen and chilling in a dumpster. There is a white bracelet around his left wrist.

[fishingscam]

that quote like “god gave us transness for the same reason he made grapes but not wine; yeast but no loaves — so we may partake in the divine act of creation”

[genderkoolaid]

- Julian K. Jarboe, quoted in Something That May Shock and Discredit You by Daniel M. Lavery

[victor-the-gay-bitch]

[ID: a picture of a passage from a book, it reads “As my friend Julian puts it, only half winkingly: “God blessed me by making me transsexual for the same reason God made wheat but not bread and fruit but not wine, so that humanity might share in the act of creation.” End ID]

[ignorethepineapples]

me and the girlies watching the government collapse

[sketchinthoughts]

[snailtype]

(ID: a digital illustration of a dragonite, a dragonair, and many dratini in a simple, cell-shaded style. They are all flying above the clouds, out of which the dratini are poking their heads. The dragonite is smiling with its eyes closed, blissful. The whole illustration has a blueish tint. End ID.)

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