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e-riri

Rough sketch, but I've been reading The Mirror Visitor and I immediately fell in love with Ophelia and Thorn.

messy-messi

Me reading men profess love using ornate language in other literature: that's nice

Me reading Thorn saying to Ophelia "I think I'm starting to get used to you":

e-riri

Rough sketch, but I've been reading The Mirror Visitor and I immediately fell in love with Ophelia and Thorn.

expee

threemilk

桃のケーキ&シュークリーム

avvocarlo

no words

xrd

Can't stop thinking about the world's first ethical incel

xrd

Easily one of the images ever

draayder

wait hold on is that the petite and breedable cardigan guy

draayder

IT IS

joyfullllives

Subway Hands, selections of embrace

modelsof-color

Beatriz Machado at Edward Crutchley SS 20

catharinethegreat

wittlecritter

I’ve been thinking about Howl’s Moving Castle and how Sophie’s curse is a physical symbol of her self belief of being romantically unlovable (especially after growing up with beautiful, sought after women in her family.) How Howl tries to undo the curse the moment she steps into his castle but he *cant* because Sophie doesn’t want it to be broken. How, in the film, Sophie gets so close to breaking the curse in the field, but hearing Howl call her beautiful went against her self views, so she reinforces her sense of self by turning 90 again.

And the way that her love and kindness make her younger again and again. How film Sophie sacrifices her long hair, perhaps what past Sophie would have seen as her only beauty, for Howl but she’s grown so much that she still remains young, perhaps even confident about her grey hair, showing that Sophie no longer links her appearance to her lovability or worth and she learned to accept herself as she is. In this essay I-

wittlecritter

This essay is a group project now and y’all are pulling your weight

taqrir-deactivated20210809

[ID: a screenshot of tags, which are: “also in the book sophie was generally insecure not just about being romantically unlovable. she thought that she was boring and plain and while her two other sisters were off doing things she thought were cooler (bc her mom favoured them over her and left sophie to do everything and all the hard work after her dad died). but she herself was actually a very powerful witch and never noticed it because she thought too lowly of herself, its hinted that the witch never actually put the spell on her: sophie accidentally did it to HERSELF after believing something the witch of the waste said to her. and then Howl tries to break her curse but he literally can’t because she’s more powerful than him. we always see Sophie turn young whenever she’s happy or confident and believes in herself, that’s why she’s always young when she’s asleep. HMC is partially about Sophie learning to love herself for who she is and allowing Howl to love her too. Sophie’s arc ends successfully when Howl compliments her and she replies, ‘you think so? so do I!’” End ID.]