jan ✨ NEW ACC: fr0gpie

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[oldfr0gpie]

hi i moved to @fr0gpie !!!!!!

[oldfr0gpie]

so like, idk if howl's moving castle (book) fandom still exist but I'm gonna make a fresh new account and be active on tumblr bc it seems like this is the only place where this fandom has ever really existed here we go

[hmcbook]

the part where Howl finds out the dog they have is actually a man under a spell is so funny because until now he's just thought it's a normal dog that Sophie suddenly adopted. It's like,

Howl: Sophie you can't keep adopting every dog you see, how will we feed all these dogs

Sophie: oh he just changed his appearance, you know this is the same person right? The dog-man, a man who's been turned into a dog?

Howl:

[contradictionaddiction]

I’ve been trying for days to think of a HMC take on the ‘but sir, that’s my emotional support _____’ meme but literally everything in that goddamn book applies

emotional support castle

emotional support fire

emotional support skull/guitar/suit/hair dye

emotional support cleaning lady

[sannartsies]

In which it’s basically Sophie’s fault Howl jilted and got cursed by the witch of the waste.

[sannartsies]

I can’t pick a favorite, so here’s 3 different versions of Howl :^)

[sannartsies]

Some Howl and Sophie scenarios in mind, 80s fashion - Howl trying to instill his ‘modern fashion’ sense into Sophie kind of vibe, like always she thinks it’s bizarre but rolls with it anyway / romantic mood Howl 😉 please♥️

I actually love 80’s outfits so this was a treat to draw :))

[sannartsies]

Hello! I just wanted to thank you for your beautiful art, especially that blue romance pic (i really fell in love with it ;;) and hmc fanarts ** Your style is so great and it makes me feel good just by looking at it ;--; I saw that you take hmc scene suggestions --- would you mind drawing Howl and Sophie's first meeting on that fateful May day? Of course, if you feel like it :>

Ahh Thank you!! :’’’) Here you go!!

[sannartsies]

Howl and Sophie in a rare peaceful moment. 

[sannartsies]

@applebutterbabie suggested the “cone sold stober” scene from the Howl’s moving castle book. 

[callioope]

In an ideal world, everyone has read Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones, and I’m just preaching to the choir.

But if by any chance this post reaches anyone who hasn’t read this marvelous, delightful book, let me tell you what you’re sleeping on:

A perfect example of how to write the most oblivious protagonist while still making things clear to the reader what’s going on

A competent protagonist who still has relatable self-esteem issues

Oblivious p I n I n g she wants Howl so bad and is in SUCH jealous denial

Misunderstandings related to that obliviousness

The most ridiculous Drama King to ever slime his own house

But who also is head over heels for that adorably oblivious protagonist

Like he dotes on her and she just thinks the whole time he doesn’t like her

Okay it’s not exactly enemies to lovers, but like, Sophie has such an impression of Howl’s reputation due to his own efforts to blacken his own name that Howl has a lot of work to do to correct her impression of him

and besides which, he really is a slitherer-outer so you can hardly blame Sophie’s frustration with him

and besides which Sophie does meddle an awful lot so you can hardly blame his own frustrations with her

I mean she basically just barges into his home and insists on staying an indeterminate time, like just tonight or you know, forever?

On that note, it’s not fake dating but these two are essentially living in a domestic relationship before they even kiss

File under: how to write a romance without needing the protagonists to kiss!

When Sophie insists on cleaning all the time Howl is just like “??? why??? do you want to clean when you are so awesome and powerful and could do so much better??? i keep telling you there’s a spell for that and you do not have to clean???? but if it’s what you want to do I guess?????”

like for real he’s just disappointed that she seems to only think she’s good for serving and doing chores and wants her to want more for herself

you can reread the book and try to pinpoint when Howl starts loving Sophie but then you cannot and for sure it just must be a case of ‘he was already in the middle before he knew he begun’

like he cures her aches and pains and he buys her nice clothes clearly trying to cater to her taste and

when he has to redo his whole HOME he asks her what kind of shop she wants to run and he buys her old home like as if they’re already married and they’re building a new home together

and Howl tries multiple times to break her curse, but in the end only SHE can really break it bc like I said this story is brilliant

and the WHOLE TIME, the whole time ALL OF THIS doting and pining is going on, Sophie looks like a 90-year-old woman and Howl is just head over heels for her 

I mean with tropes like these???? what are you waiting for?

PS WAIT TRAVESTY I FORGOT – awesome sisters caring for each other!!

[do-you-have-a-flag]

SOPHIE RAGE masterpost from only chapter 19 of Howl’s Moving Castle

[mafuyuh]

#shit howl says in the book

[poikas]

six fanarts challenge! it was hard to pick which ones to do but i wanted to try something different

[softmeals]

Feeling nostalgic about the grim reaper and his wizard bf

[helloitsbees]

i love looking at TAZ reviews

[fakehappytoga]

y’all see a podcast full of characters that are multi faceted, complex, & nuanced, & ask “is anyone going to minimize these characters to one aspect of their personality or completely fabricate traits in them?” & not wait for an answer.