Here’s what happens when you rewatch both Kuroshitsuji and Howl’s Moving Castle over the holidays…
Rant under the cut～
Shout out to the Kuroshitsuji fandom! I haven’t been active here in over ten years, but apparently once that post-gothic phantasmagoria gets under your skin, it never truly leaves.
I was catching up on the latest seasons and the feelings hit me like a freight train. Naturally, I spiraled and rewatched everything from season one and somehow forgot just how delicious the atmosphere was?!! This was the anime that first had me by the throat, the one that inspired me to draw more back then and, somehow, it’s done it again after a long break.
I could've never imagined the paths it would lead me down, like learning the language, moving to Japan, making friends, living whole lives I didn’t even know were possible. Apparently my spirit guides speak to me through fandoms because nothing gets me moving quite like a good hyperfixation...
If you made it this far, thank you for reading. I hope this piece delights you even half as much as I enjoyed making it through blood, sweat, and tears. I have so many Kuroshitsuji ideas, and I hope to slowly bring more of them to life. If nothing else, as an offering to the fandom, and to the endless well of beauty and inspiration this story continues to be.
Remus having some sway/power over Sirius and James and being completely oblivious to it is both so funny and dear to me like
He makes big sad cow eyes when they do something he doesn't like? They immediately drop it and never do it again. He looks disappointed when they're bullying someone? Bye victim, they have something more important to do, namely pat Remus on the head and make him smile again. He isolates himself again? They're going to force him back with them or die trying. Etc etc etc.
He's just their special little princess <3
(in Peter's professional opinion, he could dance the hula naked on their laps and they wouldn't notice it, but Remus gets a papercut two floors away and they would go after him like hounds on a chase)
