#dwj

[crispy-kitten-princess]

I dived through first audiobook and struggled though half of a second (it was tough to concentrate on plot without Sophie), i love Sophie Hater sm

[tanoraqui]

so I’m reading Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones for the first time, and of course it’s great—it turns out that I highly recommend leaving a couple books by your favorite YA author, especially adult-targeted books, unread in your initial feral middle school rush to read everything they’ve ever written, as a little treat for later in life. I mean, I’m actively struggling to keep reading because she’s displaying a knowledge of sff cons so acute that I feel like I’m being stabbed with a blade of pure fuckor every third paragraph. But it’s great.

What stands out most, in this and in A Sudden Wild Magic, her other adult novel which I also hadn’t read until this week, is how uniquely skilled DWJ is at writing characters who are simultaneously thoroughly endearing and the most annoying, parodical & parodiable person you could ever conceive of meeting. She manages to portray people this way both when the POV is from their own heads AND in exterior view.

I think I’m really noticing this for the first time because these characters are fully new to me, so I’m learning them from the ground up. It may also shine more as she gets into multi-pov books in the 90’s, where it’s emphasized by having the internal and external view. But it IS a hallmark of her writing, and truly, it’s every character, in every book. Nobody escapes being ridiculous, and only the worst of villains aren’t a little bit…not “sympathetic” or “fun”, though they are that. But I really think “endearing” is the right word. DWJ was always down to mercilessly mock someone, but it was usually done with some amount of affection, and recognition of their wholeness as a person.

[moonwalder]

Most protagonists finding out about their abilities: Wait…I have powers? This is crazy. How do I control them? What do I use them for? Why do I even have them?

(Book) Sophie Hatter: Oh. That makes sense.

[hypokeimena]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Fandom: Howl Series - Diana Wynne Jones Rating: Mature    | |    Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Calcifer/Sophie Hatter/Howl Pendragon, Calcifer/Sophie Hatter, Calcifer/Howl Pendragon, Sophie Hatter/Howl Pendragon, Howl Pendragon/Others (mentioned) Characters: Calcifer (Howl Series), Sophie Hatter, Howl Pendragon Additional Tags: Marriage, Philosophy PhD In Love, Hypokeimenon, Things That Aren't Sex That Are Sex Summary: It was Calcifer who married them, in the end.

finally finished my hmc ot3 fic. 6.6k words.

[nayvi]

Something that I love in the novel are Sophie's sisters!

In the movie they mention Martha in the beginning as an acquaintance but not related to Sophie's family, and Lettie was a mix between the two sisters and they only show one scene with her.

In the novel Martha and Lettie are much more important for the plot!!

And of course, I did this drawing twice, the colour one was the first, and only one year later I did it again but just in B&W. The improvement with my drawing skills those years was crazy!

Maybe there will be a 3rd version with the definitive designs 😌!

PS: I didn't forget to post yesterday, I just was dying with the period.

[mikyapixie]

𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐧 #𝟐𝟎 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬

[callonpeevesie]

there can be many variations of this meme but The Weedkiller is the most significant to me because it's such a peak sophie moment and movie fans have such a wildly different idea of sophie lmao

[vertigoartgore]

2024's Absolute Batman Vol.1 #2 variant cover by Daniel Warren Johnson.