In Which Howls Moving Castle Is Full Of Those RelatableMillennial Feels

In which Howl’s Moving Castle is full of those Relatable Millennial Feels

Sophie

Convinced she’s fated to be a failure by pervasive societal messages

Depressed and anxious to the point that leaving the house terrifies her

Constant excuses to not talk to people

Wears one color and it is grey (like her soul)

“I’m eighteen but I’m ninety at heart”

RAGE

Has to get away from her home so she moves into a terrifying moving castle bc it’s free and at this point why not

*everything’s on fire* “This is fine”

I KNOW EXACTLY HOW THE WORLD WORKS o wait shit fuck

Feelings? What are those? I only know cleaning.

Howl

Fancy degree that he has to move to another world to use

Loves his blood family but just… can’t be around them 

“Why don’t you have a real job”

Cannot handle responsibility

Is responsible for things anyway

“Howl we have no money” “I’m going to buy a skull”

Embodiment of Do It For The Aesthetic ™

also “treat yo self” 

Just Can’t anymore and has a meltdown over his hair (aka everything else in his life)

“Oh no I care for all these people why”

Overcharges rich people and undercharges poor people bc the system sucks

Last night on earth? Time to get wasted.

“I don’t care” he says caringly, while caring deeply.

Michael

Anxious bab

What is happening why this plz help

Stresses out over his homework only to find out the papers had gotten mixed up and he was doing the wrong thing

“I guess this now” :/

Better at adulting than the actual adults

Loves his gf so much and is so openly happy about it

A bit useless in a crisis

Tries so hard, gets so far

Found family is the best family

Calcifer

“I’m being exploited!”

Complains about everything

Bored. Just. So bored. Give him attention.

Used to be literal star but things went wrong and now he’s living in a fireplace

Eats everything and anything. 

“Guys I have arms be impressed by my arms”

Creates a castle for the Aesthetic that also looks like it’s about to fall apart and frightens people.

Oops he cares about these assholes now time to ride or die for them 

Life skill

Learn to kindly but firmly say “that’s personal”.

You owe no one information about your body, your opinions, your family, your health, not even your favorite food if u dont wanna share.

A kinda creepy guy at work asks what u did on the weekend? A well-meaning relative asks abt your health problems? A friend of a friend asks about your partner? Maybe smile for a second and then say “you know, that’s actually kinda personal” and change the subject or give a very general answer if u want.

You are entitled to privacy and to choosing who to share what with.

Shit No One Told Me About My Period

I knew the basics before I got it, but I had no clue…

* The blood wouldn’t necessarily be red. When I first got my period, I spent a few min looking at my underwear wondering how I shit myself. I didn’t know the blood could look brown, or be thick.

* That tampons weren’t a good idea yet. I was 10 or 11 when I got my first period and physically smaller than an adult woman. My first attempt at inserting a tampon was very painful and unsuccessful. I wouldn’t use them until I was around 14 or so.

* That when you use pads the blood can get on your bottom and I’d have to occasionally clean off the toilet seat after using it.

* That getting your first period DOES NOT mean you’re fully developed and fully able to bear children. I could have technically gotten pregnant at that age, but I was still a child and pregnancy would have put my life in danger because I was still physically immature.

* That it wouldn’t be regular for another few years.

* That very painful cramping is NOT NORMAL once you reach your 20s and is cause for concern.

* That the blood and tissue you pass can look chunky or stringy and not like blood from a cut.

* That stress can halt your period for months BUT

* That doesn’t mean you can’t get pregnant

Feel free to add your own

Happy Asexual Awareness Week! Here are some canon a-spec ladies of lit.

Felicity Montague: The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue. Author confirmation.

Ling Chan: The Diviners.

Sandrilene Fa Toran: Circle of Magic. Author confirmation.

Nancy: Every Heart a Doorway.

Keladry of Mindelan: Protector of the Small. Author confirmation on aro rep. Author confirmation on ace rep.

Natalie Oscott: The Tropic of Serpents.

Them: Oh you don’t want this cat. He’s wild and he bites everyone and he’ll never just sit nicely in your lap. He’s a project cat. 

 Me: That’s okay, I’m a project person. 

 Two weeks later:

He won’t leave.

Why You Should Read The Diviners Series by Libba Bray

• 1920’s Fantasy done well, awesome slang, speakeasies, the prohibition

• Shows the reality and how America is chalk filled with just how it is for people who weren’t white people from America, eugenics, police brutality, racism

• Magic, Romance, Mysteries, Horrors, Human Nature

•Libba Bray’s writing, so basically beautiful. (And heartwrenching)

•Ling Chan, who as of of book 3 is a Chinese ace wlw, also a needs leg braces after having infant paralysis, dream walks, and remains kickass and adorably grumpy

• Evie O’Neill, who demonstrates spiraling depression/PTSD and self destructing in a heartbreakingly familiar manner. Sucky past.

• Sam Lloyd, Jewish immigrant, possibly bi see @rinsantago , and someone who goes from being a loner to realizing he’s kind of built himself a family

• Isaiah Campbell, snarky, lovable, diviner, little brother that I really just want someone to wrap in bubble warp and keep him safe.

•Memphis Campbell, The “Harlem Healer”, who’s sewing with the problems of dating a white woman while being black, who has to deal with people treating him suspiciously because of his race. Isaiah’s big brother, and his love for his brother is kind of amazing.

•Theta Knight, a flapper, a diviner, who shows the truth of an abuse victim who escaped but is constantly looking over her shoulder. Strong and sad “Ziegfeld Girl.”

•Henry Dubois the 4th, a gay man who dream walks, intelligent, comes from a (verbally) abusive home he ran away from, a swell musician.

•Jericho Jones, who, while not my favorite (in fact I’m not a huge fan of his, which isn’t the most popular opinion) deals with the fallout of unrealistic insta!love, not really having a happy past (it’s pretty tragic), his life choices are dictated by other people in so many ways.

•Mabel Rose, an intelligent girl who starts as shy and stuck in unrequited love, half Jewish, deals with being in the shadow of busy parents who are revolutionists, a beautiful best friend whose self destructing, and a bunch of stuff (I’m not done with book 3), and by book 3 manages to find her own plot line. She has to deal with morality a bunch.

•to be honest there’s a ton more but this is were my head is at currently

ALSO IF THIS DOESNT CONVINCE YOU, YOU SHOULD READ THE REVIEWS ON

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7728889?source=ebfg_sms

I’d check out Emily May’s Review and Bridget *Flying Kick-a-pow