The Captain's Log

Female / 28 / USA

[brandhoekyo]

They were like you can have a ​Fruits Basket trailer in these trying times as a treat.

[lasturlontheleft]

me: *about to look at the merch for an anime I like*

brain: that’s what you want? some fucking anime? some fucking anime merch on your body and in your life? some god damn anime on your walls? fucking anime merch to let everyone know that you like anime? are you fucking kidding me?

[reineables-deactivated20210626]

[atutsie]

meme (2) for renkyoko

[anncedes]

black eagles school phase: a summary

[anxietyproblem]

[phrases]

bold of me to constantly use the phrase “no worries!” when I am, in fact, constantly full of many worries

[reaumantic]

i don’t lose hyperfixations they just go dormant until I hear something about it like a sleeper agent

[dankmemeuniversity]

[veeranger]

every time someone is like ok make your christmas list im like well suddenly it turns out ive never desired anythign in my fucking life

[yonaks]

*hak crying over soowon*

kusa: oh my child he isnt The One

[jedlknight]

“next year’s 2020″ : not terrible

“this decade ends in 2 months” : bad

“1980 was nearly 40 years ago” : somehow the worst thing i’ve ever read

[archivesandcyanide]

trope subversions i love in Howl’s Moving Castle

Sophie’s internalised fairytale gender norms and self-imposed expectations, which Howl later directly challenges her about

Howl initially appearing to be a straight out Byronic Hero until you realise that he’s actually a straight out parody of a Byronic Hero and directly contradicts everything that was ever impractical, one-dimensional, or unbelievable about Byronic Heroes; I can never ever get over this it’s so great

How often in fairytales like Snow White the heroine arrives in a new household and takes up cleaning responsibilities dutifully - Sophie arrives in a new household, bullies everyone into letting her become their cleaner, and then cleans relentlessly, forcibly, and with angry determination

Everyone talking about Howl as if he has a tragic backstory and then it turns out he comes from a middle class suburban family in Wales

[thebaconsandwichofregret]

As someone from a middle class suburban family in Wales let me tell you that this is absolutely a tragic backstory

[batmanisagatewaydrug-deactivate]

that Diana Wynne Jones interview where she’s like “I don’t understand why so many girls are into Howl, it must be because they want the challenge of fixing him” is so optimistic, like DWJ’s out here hoping I at least want to make him a more functional person as if “rogue academic turned melodramatic fashion disaster whose social skills Do Not live up to his own hype” is not a perfectly valid thing to be attracted to 

[batmanisagatewaydrug-deactivate]

@corvidscorpse said: People who aren’t morosexual just don’t understand those of us who WANT a complete dumbass

DWJ, a reasonable woman: behold this undesirable man. look at him, he dresses weird and he keeps emotional support spiders and doesn’t even question people moving into his house without asking and he has to reverse psychology himself into doing anything he’s actually supposed to do. 

every morosexual in a 100 mile radius: oh fuck yeah babey

[batmanisagatewaydrug-deactivate]

god this isn’t even touching on the fact that Howl is??? apparently??? an ordinary-ass Welshman who was studying spells (????) at the doctoral level and then (somehow???) found a doorway into Actual Magic and promptly moved there to set up shop as a wizard with like five different names and two outfits but still goes home sometimes because he loves his niece and likes to hang out with the rugby lads (still working on processing Howl being a jock but?? okay), because PRESUMABLY all of this is supposed to further illustrate that Howl is an absolutely ridiculous sort of person but all I see is a man who made the exact decision I would make in a millisecond if given the opportunity 

[wind-to-your-sails]

Howl Jenkins is what happens when the overpowered ‘thrust into a fantasy world’ man… is not the main character.

[batmanisagatewaydrug-deactivate]

Howl Jenkins is what happens when an a normal man gets thrust into a fantasy setting and is mostly excited to dick around and learn some magic to turn his hair different colors, only to realize to his dismay that being a powerful wizard means that people are going to ask you to actually do shit for them

[synebluetoo]

DWJ, professor’s wife, academic’s daughter, Responsible Eldest Sister who only craves stability and mental acumen: okay so an ABD post doc who hogs the bathroom and lives in filth and is generally five leagues away from recognizing his emotions

Us, disaster bag monsterfuckers: HOT

[batmanisagatewaydrug-deactivate]

I didn’t know DWJ’s background and I have to thank you, this explains everything

[shokou-deactivated20241015]

[ghiblibat]

[takayatweets]

"Huh. So Kyo-kuns story will unfold on Jason Day (Friday the Thirteenth)..."

[akkito]