#castle nonsense

[isogenderskitty]

this is destroying me rn in so many ways

[altocat]

Lookin' dapper, Seph!

[promniight]

I HAVE GOT TO POST MY INSANE ELABORATE MIND PALACE WITH THESE STUPID BLOND IDIOTS

[shebsart]

howl's moving castle book but it gets faster every time sophie gets jealous over the black knob and the black suit

bonus brutal sophie:

oh my god and sophie doesn't even know she's affiliated with the Witch . miss angorian's just a random woman to her 😭

[lemonsharkgirlfriend]

alicent, a woman who’s been stripped of all power and agency and has no sway or influence amongst the green council, should have concluded her liberation arc by… coming to the understand that her mistreatment within this patriarchal system pales in comparison to the love she holds for her sons (one of whom she’s disowned in 1x08, the other pre-2x01), and she should have used the power (that she doesn’t have) to continue to support the green claim (that she doesn’t believe in). she should have thrown away her own feelings of (freely chosen) love for rhaenyra, knowing these feelings ‘don’t actually matter’ (they do), and just, again, sacrifice her body, mind, and mouth for her sons (who she 1. doesn’t believe in and 2. knows do not have her own or helaena’s best interest in mind). the driftmark scene (that alicent verbally expresses regretting and which otto tries to manipulate her into believing was justified directly afterward) and alicent standing in front of meleys during aegon’s coronation (yet another example of alicent sacrificing her body to otto’s cause that she’s been manipulated into believing is her only purpose) are definitive proof that alicent should have become a scorched earth mama bear in season 2 that should have not have had any conflicted feelings about her sons’ unnecessary violence and total ineptitude at ruling the kingdom because… the ends (i.e., aegon being in the throne… which she doesn’t believe in) justify the means. alicent could have just used her voice (again, the one that she doesn’t have in this version of the story; let go of book!alicent) to sway her sons’ policy if they were trying to do something she didn’t agree with, and otherwise, she should have just let them do what they wanted to secure the green claim (that alicent doesn’t believe in). turning to rhaenyra (alicent’s only reference for freedom and chosen love) after concluding her liberation arc is out of character (it isn’t, alicent has chosen rhaenyra over her children several times) and doesn’t make sense (i’m just going to assume you weren’t paying attention to the plot, dialogue, set design, editing, costuming, etc., that suggested alicent was seeking out rhaenyra throughout the entire season, starting with her moving into rhaenyra’s childhood bedroom before the season even began). alicent is dumb (sure, i’ll give you that) for trusting rhaenyra (she can’t trust her own sons either, and arguably, to a greater extent). alicent should realize her love for rhaenyra is no longer relevant (it is and always will be, as expressed by the writers about… one million times) because she should care more about her sons (that she doesn’t support anymore and that she cannot control) than her own happiness and securing safety for helaena/jaehaera (her children/grandchildren that she’d like to see no harm come to). also, exploring alicent’s motherhood (alicent ‘switching sides’ still does this lol) would have been more interesting than exploring her repressed queerness/lesbianism (i mean idek know what to say to this bc how the hell do you think this isn’t interesting and novel and worth exploring). ultimately, i have another version of alicent in my head (book!alicent) that i wish had been adapted instead (totally valid opinion to have! though you ultimately shouldn’t project book!alicent onto show!alicent because they have been fundamentally different characters since the very beginning), so i’m going to pretend alicent going to rhaenyra in 2x08 is bad, unpredictable writing (instead of something those ‘annoying shippers’ had been theorizing about since before the season even began because the clues were literally there, even that early).

[astriiformes]

My sister got engaged today :)

[fromtheseventhhell]

I ignore about 95% of the conversations surrounding Arya having killed people because, outside of Arya stans, people refuse to include the context of the very violent circumstances she experiences + her trauma which influences her actions. She wasn't destined to be a killer and her being forced on the run, having to survive during a war (at times on her own), having to witness countless people being tortured and murdered, being enslaved as a prisoner of war, having to witness the deaths of her family, etc. are all hugely important factors. Not to mention the times when her life is literally on the line and she has to make tough decisions to ensure her survival. The only time her trauma is acknowledged is when people are using it to prove she's "too far gone", otherwise it's essays on how she hasn't suffered that much. It's so boring how people ignore well-developed characters just to reduce them to one or two aspects of their story. And this treatment is only for certain characters; let someone mention Sansa being part of the plot to poison Sweetrobin and all of a sudden, people can understand being forced to make questionable decisions under difficult circumstances.

[agent-jaselin]

I'm a little all in my head about the Book and Movie versions of Howl's Moving Castle after watching this weekend. So thinking if they met, or more importantly if movie Sophie and book Sophie switched places for a second:

Movie Sophie would hit Howl with a broom I think. She might be gentler than book Sophie but she's perfectly willing to fight back and tell people what she thinks. She'd also absolutely tell Howl to his face that the blond isn't nearly as nice as the black and she doesn't understand why he started dying it again. Would absolutely be confused by this Howl being from another world and Ingary lacking horseless carriages and flying machines. Since hers is Steampunk.

Book Sophie would treat movie Howl just like she does her Howl and thinks his quiet charm is all a scam (and it certainly was at certain parts in his life). Confused by their little family of a magic dog, the witch of the waste, and mini "Michael", and as terrified of the steam machines in Ingary as she was by his car. Probably nearly falls to her death leaving the castle without listening about it now being a *flying* moving Castle.

Both Calcifer's think it's hilarious.

[booty-uprooter]

how would chick sexer even work as an rpg class

[sweetchcolate]

rules: without naming them, post 10 gifs of your favourite tv shows, then tag people

tagged by @smolhours~ Thank you for thinking of me! <3 I tried to spice things up by mixing some lesser-known faves with the classics ^^

Anyone's free to try this too! Interested in the series people will pick 👀👀

[misterradio]

dog and i are gonna do a trunk or treat at our church and my mom was like you can be a vampire but DONT have any blood or sharp teeth okay.... and i thouight of the scene at the end of le vourdalak with that guy half soaked in blood and now i want to specifically cosplay that guy covered in blood. but i wont.

[bl0ss0m-dr4wz]

HE’S SO SILLY AWWW I LOVE THEM /POS

[raayllum]

Curious about your thoughts on this. 🤔 I’ve seen Claudia fans express that Callum and Ezren should have shown more worry or concern for Claudia during their underwater fight. That the trio was cruel for taking her potion and leaving her injured. Personally I just saw it as them protecting each other and making sure Claudia couldn’t get to Aaravos no matter what. I know Claudia was a childhood friend..but I feel like that friendship bridge was burned back in season two. I don’t blame them for putting each others safety over her, to them she’s dangerous at this point and can’t be trusted. Anyway..what are your thoughts?

She was Literally trying to kill them and unleash a great evil onto the world, attempting to manipulate the boys by drawing on their prior connection and immediately threatening them when they weren't cooperating, etc etc. Callum and Claudia haven't been friends since 2x03 and the last time Ezran remotely trusted Claudia, illusion Viren nearly murdered him.

People had similar complaints about Callum letting Viren fall to his death in 3x09 (like they hadn't been enemies since 1x03 and like Callum would've had the room/space to catch Viren even if he'd wanted to) and it's like... Just because you knew someone or grew up with someone does not mean you let them treat you poorly or repeatedly threaten your life in dire circumstances just to save them. After all, she didn't exactly Care when she was threatening to squeeze Ezran to death and "I'll destroy all of you!" when they were refusing to give her information, now was she?

[idlespright]

An open window. We have a challenge here.

It is not easy.

But if we set our mind to it we can get up. And up.

And become the perfect

rat-burglar!

[sandcastle-art]

did you know? every possible sound is meant to be music.

[ @rhodesmusic :]