#castle in the air

[shopwitchvamp]

"People need to read the book to see how dramatic book-Howl is!" True, but on top of that, even people who read the book need to read the sequels..

#i've been thinking about this all day because of that “look how dramatic book-howl is!” post #haha #spoilers??? i guess #howl's moving castle #howl pendragon #sophie hatter #book howl #hmc book #howl and sophie #they don't know #they don't know meme #castle in the air #diana wynne jones #howls moving castle #howl jenkins pendragon #howl x sophie

[bubblesandpages]

Can't believe we're getting non-weird fantasy-core covers

#after a hundred million years #Howl's Moving Castle #hmc #Diana Wynne Jones #Castle in the Air #House of Many Ways #books #Fizzy talks #dwj #hmc's is my favorite

[greengrasscaps]

𝐒𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐄 𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑

𝙷𝙾𝚆𝙻'𝚂 𝙼𝙾𝚅𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙲𝙰𝚂𝚃𝙻𝙴

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#sophie hatter #howls moving castle #howls moving castle icons #howl pendragon #castle in the air #studio ghibli #studio ghibli icons #hayao miyazaki #diana wynne jones

[danskjavlarna]

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My modest collection of vintage ex libris / bookplates.

#ex libris #castle in the air #vintage yearbook #1930s #vintage illustration #yearbook #illustration #cloud city

[spaceteenagers]

What have I done that you will barely look at me and barely speak? Have I not come here, expressly to rescue you? Have I not, alone of all the disappointed lovers, braved every peril in order to reach this castle?

#Castle in The Air #diana wynne jones #abdullah #flower in the night #happy valentines day

[ladymissnose]

The fact that he's Welsh just... I don't know makes everything

#hmc book #howl's moving castle book #howlscastle #book howl #howl series #howls moving castle #sophie hatter #castle in the air #house of many ways #howl's moving castle

[hmcbook]

#howl's moving castle book #castle in the air #house of many ways #mine #polls #listen I meant to post this after the first one is over but. I can't stop. let's goooo

[lenoreamidala]

howl's and moving castle // castle in the air // house of many ways

#howl's moving castle #castle in the air #house of many ways #hmcedit #studio ghibli

[booklover-s]

I finished Howl's Moving Castle years ago and went to start Castle in the Air now without any expectations, suddenly HOWL, SOPHIE, LETTIE, BEN, BABIES, GENIUS, STOLEN PRINCESS, MAGIC CARPETS AND CATS!!! Diana Wynne Jones WAS BRILLIANT HERE

#castle in the air #howls moving castle #diana wynne jones #howl and sophie #abdullah and flower #lettie hatter #ben sullivan #sophie hatter #howell jenkins

[windsroad]

I just want to say—in howl’s moving castle, Sophie doesn’t have the brain cell. Howl is a mess but he’s operating on three different levels of weird gambit while sophie is bumbling around and shouting at stuff.

But, by house of many ways? THERE sophie has the brain cell. Howl is still working hard but it’s overpowered by his antics.

In castle in the air, no one has ANY brain cells.

#pointlesspointless #diana wynne jones #howl's moving castle #castle series #house of many ways #castle in the air

[critical-quoter]

I'm a believer of free will. If my dog chooses to hate the whole human race except myself, it must be free to do so.

Castle in the Air - Diana Wynne Jones

#book #books #booklr #book lover #book quotes #reading #quote #lit #literature #novel #castle in the air #diana wynne jones

[cat-dragoness]

Reading Castle in the Air to out loud to my housemates (pt. 2/2)

Picking up in Chapter 14-ish:

The djinn: "He first ordered me to steal a certain moving castle belonging to a wizard in this land of Ingary."

Housemate #1: "Oh my. Howl is furious right now." Me: "Yes, yes he is."

The genie is afraid of heights! I had forgotten about that detail. I don't think the housemates picked up on it mwahaha.

(I'm actually a bit frustrated now, because I feel certain that it came up in HMC that Howl is afraid of heights, and now I can't find where that was.)

Also the carpet being so smug that Abdullah is complimenting it while the genie is just wailing irately over both heights and having to listen to Abdullah flatter the carpet is just… it's them. It's very obvious that it's them.

All right, time to finish the rest of the book in one night, because Stuff Is Happening now.

Lettie: *realizes that Midnight is Sophie*. The housemates: "What?!!"

The housemates: "But that means Howl is Whippersnapper!" Me: *actually stops reading for like three minutes laughing uncontrollably*

The housemates: "Oh no, Abdullah's going to try to help with the wards and stuff is going to go wrong."

Sophie: "I have no idea where Howl is." The housemates: "What?!"

The housemates: "Wait, Michael must be Whippersnapper!" Sophie: *immediately clarifies that Michael left before the djinn showed up*. The housemates: *audible confusion*

*magic mirrors show Morgan*. The housemates: "They had a baby?!"

It honestly is interesting, though, because technically the reader has no proof and no reason to assume that Sophie and Howl had a kid between HMC and Castle, aside from the starting assumption that Whippersnapper is in fact Midnight's kitten. I hadn't thought of it but I can see why the housemates got tripped up on that.

Sophie basically scolds the air into letting them breathe properly on the way up to the castle and it's such a Sophie thing to do. Also it reminds me of a post about some old rain-spell that was basically scolding the clouds and about that being a Sophie-esque thing and I need to find that post and reblog it.

Sophie and Howl both hate heights. This is deeply entertaining xD

Sophie's ongoing commentary on which parts of the castle used to be the bathroom, or the broom cupboard, or something else, is just too much fun. The housemates seem to think so as well :D

There is so much screaming in the last few chapters and it is so much fun to read aloud but also my voice is probably going to regret it tomorrow.

After Flower-in-the-Night convinces the djinns to send the cook and his dog to Valeria:

Both housemates: "Wait!"

Housemate #2: "It's Howl!"

Housemate #1: "What? No, it's the squid maker guy!"

(Housemate #2 just really wants Howl back. Frankly I don't blame her.)

"Abdullah thought the metal pulley noise Sophie used to make as Midnight was actually nicer than the noise she was making now." Housemate #2: *promptly starts imitating an angry cat*

Sophie: *talks the curtains into being soundproof*

And she thinks she's not a powerful witch? She basically can make anything true just by saying that it is true.

So, all of the relationships in this books are literally love at first sight, aside from the already established ones like Howl and Sophie. And that's a little… I need to not actually stop and think about that, because if I do I'll inevitably get frustrated about unrealistic relationships. So. Not thinking about that, the soldier/Justin and Beatrice are pretty cute, and I appreciate that, even in what's basically a "love at first sight" trope, they fell for each other's characters and not their appearances. It's refreshing.

The Princess of High Norland hires Jamal! *giggles in Has Read House of Many Ways*

Flower: "And how many young ladies have you kissed by now?" Housemates: "Of course her thoughts would be so simple."

Flower-in-the-Night is extremely dramatic. That is all I will say on that. But I kind of relate, honestly.

Jamal: *patting Abdullah on the head and calling him "good dog"*. The housemates: *dying laughing*

The climax has so much going on. If I thought HMC had a convoluted climax I was wrong. Castle is much more chaotic.

"Finally [Hasruel] folded his great wings and became a dog himself." The housemates die laughing, and I have to stop reading the book to catch my breath, because I barely got through that paragraph.

Just. The dog. Jamal's dog. We love him. He is an excellent dog, even if he bites everyone (because he bites everyone).

It's interesting to see Abdullah's progression from fully adhering to the manners of Zanzib, to the point where he kicks Jamal to shut him up without a second thought.

*not me pinching my nose to more accurately do Hasruel's lines after he gets his nose bitten*

The neices. I do not know what to do with the neices. I am kind of exasperated by them.

"I like them much better than princesses. Why didn't I collect fat ladies instead?" Okay, someone's going to come after me for this, but this is funny.

Sophie: "Hello. My name is Sophie Hatter. You stole my husband. Prepare to die."

Sophie is just on an entire vengeful streak after she gets un-cat-ified, and it's kind of hilarious.

Sophie: *mentions Howl*. The genie: *starts making a fuss*. The housemates: *audible screams of excitement*

It's Howl!!!

The housemates are just as "what, you didn't realize?" as Sophie is.

Housemate #2: "Man, Howl was a useless genie! Sophie must be furious with him, actively sabotaging his own rescue. Why is she not yelling at him?" Me: "First: this is Howl; what did you expect? Second: you think she's not going to yell at him? This is Sophie."

Howl, holding Morgan: "My word, he's ugly!" Both housemates: "Howl!"

But also I love how nonchalant he is about his kid. I mean, he knew Morgan existed. He probably knew who Sophie and Morgan were as soon as they showed up as Midnight and Whippersnapper. He's had time to get used to the idea. So now he's just casually holding a baby while confronting a djinn. Which I love, for whatever reason.

And now, yes, my dear housemates. Back when you realized the moving castle had been stolen and said that Howl must be furious, you were absolutely correct. Why did you think the genie wanted to ruin everyone's lives?

Howl: "Calcifer must be here somewhere." The housemates: *scream Calcifer's name right along with Howl (and me)*

The carpet: *moves*. Housemate #1's eyes turn to literal saucers because she realizes: "Of course! No wonder he only responded to flattery!"

Howl and Calcifer immediately start quarrelling and, I mean, they've been quarrelling the entire book. And it's hilarious.

*a ton of foreign ambassadors show up*. The housemates: "How did they get there?" Me: "Y'know, I actually don't know that one…"

"'Do you know me?' Howl asked. Abdullah bowed. 'At least as well as you know me.' 'That's what I was afraid of,' Howl said ruefully." Another grand moment of getting the housemates to crack up.

*the Sultan has a fifty-foot stake for Abdullah*. The housemates: "Oh, he increased it by ten feet!"

Housemates think Sophie's responsible for the ever-blooming bluebell wood at Abdullah and Flower's house. I'm inclined to agree.

In conclusion, the housemates were delighted by the book, and I was delighted by the entire experience of reading it out loud. We're going to start House of Many Ways now :D

Wait I almost forgot!

(You can't change my mind on this one)

#howl's moving castle #castle in the air #behold i exist #the horse and his boy

[flowerish-cherry-blue]

howl's moving castle by diana wynne jones

«i think we ought to live happily ever after,» and she thought he meant it. sophie knew that living happily ever after with howl would be a good deal more hair-raising than any storybook made it sound, though she was determined to try. «it should be hair-raising,» added howl.

«and you'll exploit me," sophie said.

«and then you'll cut up all my suits to teach me.»

#diana wynne jones #howl's moving castle #castle in the air #house of many ways #sophie #howl #howl x sophie #books #literature #fiction #fantasy #ya #romance #magic #middle grade #classic #book quotes

[an-idiot-173]

Everyone: Oh, Howls Moving Castle was amazing, I just wish they gave us a better ending!

Me: ...there's a sequel, she wrote a sequel! It's called Castle In The Air! Then after that it's House Of Many Ways! Gods damn, it is a trilogy! Just because Hayao Miyazaki didn't make two other movies, doesn't mean it's over!

#howls moving castle #studio ghibli #castle in the air #house of many ways #diana wynne jones #hayao miyazaki

[danskjavlarna]

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So lovely: vintage castles in the air.

#castle in the air #vintage yearbook #1920s #vintage illustration #yearbook #illustration

[best-fictional-cat]

Round 3 Group 4

Midnight (Castle in the Air, Diana Wynne Jones) vs Sakamoto (Nichijou)

#*whispers* midnight sweep #best fictional cat #polls #cats #competitions #tournament poll #midnight #castle in the air #diana wynne jones #hmc book #sakamoto #nichijou