#(Like I absolutely ADORE Howl and Sophie they're my most best OTP ever but also LOOK AT THEM)

[nadiajustbe]

We don't talk enough about what a painfully small chance Prince Justin had against the Witch of The Waste, a literal magic holder. There was particularly no chance he could do anything to her, no matter how strong he was. There was a huge chance he would just get himself killed. But he did it anyway, hoping it would lead him to Wizard Suliman.

He knew it was connected to the Wastes. He argued about how he the King shouldn't have let Ben do anything there in the first place, argued to the point he wouldn't even listen anymore, just do whatever he needs and go away.

He bought way more than one searching spell to find him — a dozens from Howl, at least two from Lettie and ms. Fairfax. And he didn't stop until he found something that looked the most right, even though it still missed. Everyone, almost everyone including his own brother and Ben's mentor believed his was long dead at this point, but Justin still spend loads of money and power at the really smart chance he could find him. He was searching for months.

He had to go there himself, clearly, without any additional help from the Royal, because no one believed him — because Howl mentioned that Suliman might be alive along the lines and that made things worse. He went to this scary place miles away from Kingsbury, the spells were leading him the wrong way and the Witch had to use her own magic to show him the right one, but he still knew where he was going.

The Witch used Ben as a bait to lure Justin right to her hands — the exact same strategy she used with Sophie to lure Howl — and it worked perfectly, to the point when ever King himself acknowledged this?

The fact that the first time they actually became separate people and saw each other aftee all this horror with dogs and servants, they were smiling at each other, shaking hand and basically hugging?

The fact that Ben was almost able to recognise Justin, saying he "reminds him of someone he knows" without a doubt, — the same way Midnight were able to recognise something familiar in gennie's bottle — even though the Prince was under a spell and the room was in a horrible haos?

And you're telling me the only fanfiction there is about them is mine?