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Scarecrow: 🙋

Sophie: 😱

#hmc #howl's moving castle #hmc book #diana wynne jones #sophie hatter

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Howl’s Moving Castle - book dynamic

(I think the best part is they would have this conversation but at the end of the day still absolutely be there for each other… albeit with a lot of bickering)

#I used movie images for easy recognition #but this is definitely book!dynamic #howl's moving castle #hmc #hmc book #diana wynne jones #howl's moving castle book #howl pendragon #sophie hatter #michael fisher #calcifer

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Cat Chant would absolutely use the weaselly Matthew Swift strategy of wearing clothes that make him look like gardening staff and showing up to his own appointments like "Chrestomanci? Oh yes, the big boss. I've met him personally once or twice, frankly he's quite a terrifying person. But I'm just the man they've hired to solve the problems the big boss can't be bothered with, you don't need to worry about me"

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Sophie, Lettie, and Martha

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Rip Howl Pendragon, you would’ve loved Korean skincare.

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Cakes Martha would bake at Cesari’s

For Michael because she loves him:

For Sophie and Lettie because it’s like the Ingarian-baking-apprentice equivalent of sending a funny frog meme to your sisters

For Howl, to congratulate the infamous hearteater on ending up with a girl so incredible as Sophie:

For Michael again because really she loves him so much and they’re absolutely going to get married and have ten children someday:

#howl's moving castle #howl's moving castle book #hmc #hmc book #howl pendragon #sophie hatter #michael fisher #Lettie hatter #Martha hatter #diana wynne jones

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Adding lines and color to my sketchbook drawings. We need more Sophie appreciation 👏

#positively obsessed with the Edwardian fashion!! #spectacular! #art #howl's moving castle #howl's moving castle book

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Duplicitous; or, In which there is twice as much Howl as usual

Title: Duplicitous; or, In which there is twice as much Howl as usual Length: 1/1 chapters | 2,145 words Fandom: Howl's Moving Castle - All Media Types, Howl Series - Diana Wynne Jones Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships:  Sophie Hatter & Howl Pendragon Teaser: "Sophie was interrupted by a terrible shriek from the castle. A shriek which immediately filled her mind with visions of green slime. She had seen enough of that stinking slop to last a lifetime. Several lifetimes, in fact. Whatever had caused this tantrum, it would have to be nipped in the bud. She ran."

#can you guess the plot twist from the title lol #howl's moving castle #hmc #hmc book #howl pendragon #sophie hatter #fanfiction #fanfic #my writing

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Mwynder Mai

Traditional Welsh summer carol

Daw dewin mis Mai heb ei weled, fin nos Gan wasgar ei liwiau ar weirglodd a rhos Bydd heulwen y bore yn dawnsio ar dwyn, A daw ar adenydd lawenydd i lwyn.

Bu Ionawr yn greulon a garw fu'r hin, A Chwefror yn chwipio ei fflangell yn flin Daw cywion yr helyg fis Mawrth i'r hen goed A briallu yn Ebrill - daeth Gwanwyn i'w oed

Er oered fo'r eira, er garwed fo'r gwynt Er byrred ei rwysg bydd yr haf ar ei hynt Mewn byd sy’ mor gymysg o fethiant neu fai, Rhyw awr o Baradwys yw mwynder mis Mai

My English translation

The wizard of May works unseen in the night Filling meadow and moorland with colors so bright With soft dappled sunlight that dances at dawn When on wings of joy merry May Day is drawn

January was cruel and harsh with its snow February, wind whipping, did angrily blow In March, little birds in the old trees were born And primroses in April brought winter to scorn

Though cold snow and rough wind may tarry too long Though summer be brief in its splendor and song Though failure and fault plague the world to this day An hour of Paradise we find in sweet May

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This song was the inspiration for my fanfiction Calan Mai; or In which Howl goes Maying (which you can read at that link on Ao3). The concept of May as a wizard filling the land with flowers immediately made me think of Howl. I’ve only just started learning Welsh but I do love poetry and linguistics, and I tried my best to piece together a translation with a lot of help from the dictionary. I did take a few creative liberties for the sake of preserving rhythm and rhyme scheme.

And HERE is a beautiful rendition of the song in the original Welsh.

#howl’s moving castle #hmc #howl pendragon #howell jenkins #cymraeg

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"I look like a pan of bacon and eggs!" "I think it's very nice," Sophie said. "Nice!" screamed Howl. "Despair! Anguish! Horror!"

In which Howl expresses his feelings with green slime

#quote paraphrased from the book scene #i love making aesthetic posts of very not aesthetically pleasing things lol #howl's moving castle #hmc #hmc book #howl pendragon #diana wynne jones #aesthetic #aes #studio ghibli

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Howl: 🚩 🚩🚩🚩

Sophie: 👩🏼‍🦯👩🏼‍🦯👩🏼‍🦯👩🏼‍🦯

#disaster man #and we love him for it #howl pendragon #howl’s moving castle #hmc

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My beloveds!!!! This one is a little old but I forgot to post here 💖 (my version of the main three of Howl's Moving Castle book!!)

#beautiful work op! #i love the facial expressions #art #howl's moving castle #hmc #hmc book #sophie hatter #howl pendragon #michael fisher

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Diana Wynne Jones really made Howl be all that 

#she sure did #howl's moving castle #hmc #diana wynne jones

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Loewe x Howl’s Moving Castle (2023)

#ugh if I had money #howls moving castle #hmc

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Round 3: Match 7 of 16

Why they deserve to be the ultimate wizard according to YOU:

Gandalf:

Vanquished (so far): Saruman, Tom Bombadil

"Big naturals"

“No other wizards shall pass him”

“Codified the wizard trope in modern western literature. You've read LotR. You know this."

“Its Gandalf"

Howl:

Vanquished (so far): Hughie, Moraine

“The DRAMA. the absolute IDIOCY. the fact that he's just a welsh postdoc who just went to another world and did tax evasion”

“*pointing accusingly* this man made me understand genderenvy”

“He's the perfect balance between pathetic man and scarily powerful wizard. When he accidentally colors his hair a shade he doesn't like he gets so upset because he isn't "beautiful" anymore and sees no reason to live, and it leads to him summoning the souls of the dead. He's sweet, cruel, mysterious and hot as hell!”

#why pit two bad bitches against each other etc etc #I admit I had to vote Gandalf #because cmon he’s one of the Wizard of all time #also #I like to imagine Howell Jenkins before he ever found Ingary #reading LotR and dreaming of fantastical worlds

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howl pendragon

>> ruemxu

#ugh these are so nice #how much i would love to have the book illustrated in a style like this #art #howl's moving castle #hmc #howl pendragon

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The black side of the door in Howl’s Moving Castle is the absolute funniest book vs. movie discrepancy.

Poor thing all tuckered out after a long day of hitting on schoolteachers and being the family disappointment.

#great post op #hope you don't mind the addition lol #howl's moving castle #hmc #studio ghibli #diana wynne jones #hmc book #howl's moving castle book #howl pendragon #howell jenkins