#.゜–– dyn : sophie . * she is half of my heart .

[penddraig]

okay but seriously,   no one understands how important sophie and howl are to me,   and,   namely,   the dynamic from howl's point of view.   how this old woman,   with something very off about her,   is suddenly in his home one day when he returns from being out,   insisting that she's here as his new cleaning lady whether or not he or anyone else here likes it,   and then proceeds to actually clean the entire castle and is mindful of what he's asked of her.   and both michael and calcifer like having her around,   and her constant presence becomes a normal thing for everyone.   yes,   maybe she is very argumentative and hard-willed and won't take no for an answer and they fight like three hundred times a week,   but that's simply their thing.   and somewhere early in this,   he squeezes it out of michael and calcifer that there is a curse on her,   and he starts trying to determine what he can do to get it dispelled off of her,   and even tries multiple times to reverse it for her without her knowing,   of course,   because god forbid she ever find out about that.   but he values her even if she's the one making her curse worse without knowing,   enough that he's getting her things he thinks she'll like,   asking her what sort of shop their little castle should masquerade as when they move,   gets her a whole little meadow on the edge of the waste for her to care for.

and hell,   not even howl knows entirely that he truly loves her,   on account of his falling in love with strangers every other day and courting them for weeks until he gets bored,   and of course he's not courting sophie at all.   no one knows at all that howl loves sophie,   not even howl,   until he flies out of his bedroom after getting 5 hours sleep,   is still nursing a massive hangover,   hasn't shaved or freshened up in the bathroom,   and generally looks like shit when he finds out that fool sophie's gone off the fist fight the witch of the waste herself.

i just think they're neat.   i just think they're the dynamic of all time.   i just think they are both written so wonderfully with their own flaws,   are imperfect,   and both love each other a great deal by the end.

#( ;; i love them so much okay. ) #( ;; he's so whiny but he's a romantic. ) #( ;; even if he never outwardly shows it. ) #( ;; i have 29833 thoughts about them and no one to gush to. ) #( ;; so i will simply gush IN PUBLIC. ) #.゜–– dyn : sophie . * she is half of my heart .

[uizado]

and here we are.  yes i’m missing character idc.   tags 02.

.゜––   i .  *  in which a child prodigy named howell is born . .゜––   ii .  *  he hates being pinned down to anything . .゜––   iii .  *  i shall never be able to love anyone properly . .゜––   iv .  *  a fickle heart is the only constant in this world . .゜––   v .  *  i feel like there's a weight on my chest .

.゜––   howl .  *  you who swallowed a falling star . .゜––   calcifer .  *  i could give you my heart if you let me . .゜––   michael .  *  people will like you if you like them . .゜––   sophie .  *  now i've got something i want to protect .

.゜––   dyn : sophie .  *  she is half of my heart .

#.゜–– i . * in which a child prodigy named howell is born . #.゜–– ii . * he hates being pinned down to anything . #.゜–– iii . * i shall never be able to love anyone properly . #.゜–– iv . * a fickle heart is the only constant in this world . #.゜–– v . * i feel like there's a weight on my chest . #.゜–– howl . * you who swallowed a falling star . #.゜–– calcifer . * i could give you my heart if you let me . #.゜–– michael . * people will like you if you like them . #.゜–– sophie . * now i've got something i want to protect . #.゜–– dyn : sophie . * she is half of my heart .

[penddraig]

don't tell . tags 2 .

.゜––   i .  *  in which a child prodigy named howell is born . .゜––   ii .  *  he hates being pinned down to anything . .゜––   iii .  *  i shall never be able to love anyone properly . .゜––   iv .  *  a fickle heart is the only constant in this world . .゜––   v .  *  i feel like there's a weight on my chest . .゜––   vi .  *  POST CURSE BUT BAD .

.゜––   vii .  *  there is little value on things being natural .

.゜––   howl .  *  you who swallowed a falling star . .゜––   calcifer .  *  i could give you my heart if you let me . .゜––   michael .  *  people will like you if you like them . .゜––   sophie .  *  now i've got something i want to protect . .゜––   megan .  *  with lectures more relentless than a teacher's . .゜––   the witch .  *  every man in ingary is scared stiff of her .

.゜––   dyn : sophie .  *  she is half of my heart . .゜––   dyn : the witch .  *  i thought i was fond of her for a time .

#.゜–– i . * in which a child prodigy named howell is born . #.゜–– ii . * he hates being pinned down to anything . #.゜–– iii . * i shall never be able to love anyone properly . #.゜–– iv . * a fickle heart is the only constant in this world . #.゜–– v . * i feel like there's a weight on my chest . #.゜–– vii . * there is little value on things being natural . #.゜–– howl . * you who swallowed a falling star . #.゜–– calcifer . * i could give you my heart if you let me . #.゜–– michael . * people will like you if you like them . #.゜–– sophie . * now i've got something i want to protect . #.゜–– megan . * with lectures more relentless than a teacher's . #.゜–– the witch . * every man in ingary is scared stiff of her . #.゜–– dyn : sophie . * she is half of my heart . #.゜–– dyn : the witch . * i thought i was fond of her for a time .