(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)
- howl telling michael to get behind him when sophie comes charging in with the weedkiller
- when sophie and michael are leaving to catch stars and calcifer blazes up real loud and yells for them not to go [he does not want either of them to get pulled into a life ruining situation like his and howl's]
- sophie and mrs fairfax chasing the dog man around the yard while michael chases sophie yelling "STOP YOU'LL MAKE HERSELF ILL"
- sophie realized she was expected to admire it, so she managed not to say anything
- howl yelling at calcifer for not telling him about the dog man and saying "this is twice you've let me down" HE GOT SO ANGRY AT CALCIFER FOR NOT TELLING HIM ABOUT SOPHIE'S CURSE idk I'm obsessed with the lot of them
- speaking of
- "this dog is a bespelled human," said calcifer unnecessarily.
- also sophie just. assumes that calcifer won't tell anyone about her curse. making assumptions about what you think calcifer will do is a losing game because he plays by his own rules and they're constantly changing
- michael ended up in the castle because everyone else was scared stiff of it bc they thought it had demons in it (true) and he was like well it may be haunted over here but at least it's dry. I ain't afraid of no ghosts. and fell in the door when howl opened it [michael fisher ghostbuster extraordinaire]
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Yo listen. Most of y’all don’t realize how fucking wild the difference between Howl’s Moving Castle (Diane Wynne Jones, 1986) and Howl’s Moving Castle (2004, Studio Ghibli) is.
Dramatic recreation:
Movie Howl: Teehee, a new cleaning lady? Cool! I see you’re cursed but bet we can deal with that. In the meantime, wouldn’t you happen to know what in the hell happened in my bathroom? Did you try to ruin my life or smth? Ah well, I look better this way anyway.
Book Howl: BEGONE FROM MY SPIDERS YOU FAUL HAG. I don’t do crack, I am the crack, Methany. Now excuse me, while you and Michael will attempt to solve stuff I should be dealing with, Imma do my best to bang Sophie’s sister. BUT IF I COME BACK AND FIGURE YOU HAD TOUCHED MY STUFF SOPHIE I SWEAR ON THE POWER OF TEN THOUSAND CRACKHEADS-
On the other hand… Sophie is like:
Movie Sophie: Ah, so this is the infamous castle… I’ll just clean up… Wait, that Howl guy I’ve heard so many stories about… He’s actually nice and attentive in his own way… I’m in love.
Book Sophie: BICH WHAT DO YOU NEED THEM SPIDERS FOR ANYWAY!? YOU ARE TRYING TO DO WHAT TO WHOM? COME CATCH THESE HANDS I SWEAR TO GOD…. Now that he’s gone, I’ll look for the hearts he’s feasting on, I know that son of a gun has them stashed away somewhere. Whooping ass can wait a bit, I need my elderly beauty nap and I need it now.
Meanwhile Michael and Calcifer are still living thic-ass legends and I can’t appreciate them enough.
howl is like if a gnc scarlet macaw was trapped inside the body of an orange tabby cat. michael is like if a newborn foal could do taxes. and sophie is like if an orca was a woman