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by unpopular demand and inspired by this post,

the lyrics of girl almighty finally make sense: It Was About Thor

“One explanation for Guenever, for what it is worth, is that she was what they used to call a ‘real’ person. She was not the kind who can be fitted away safely under some label or other, as 'loyal’ or 'disloyal’ or 'self-sacrificing’ or 'jealous’. Sometimes she was loyal and sometimes she was disloyal. She behaved like herself. And there must have been something in this self, some sincerity of heart, or she would not have held two people like Arthur and Lancelot. Like likes like, they say – and at least they are certain that her men were generous. She must have been generous too. It is difficult to write about a real person.”

— The Once and Future King by T.H. White, writing what may be one of the finest defenses of a female character I’ve ever read in a novel

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 

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.

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