#moomin books

[pol-online]

🤨I know what you are...

[thejayness]

Helloooo!! I really like moomins, the books as well as the series, and I also heard tumblr likes the moomins too, so I wanted to try my hand at drawing moomin :D

Anyways, have a good day/evening!!

(I might plan on drawing more moomin characters in the future, also a big moomin and snufkin ship fan, lmk if you guys would be interested in seeing stuff like that ^^)

[itsmedrawpower]

When do we start?

[catocappuccino]

Snufkin and Snorkmaiden hanging out :]

[happyheidi]

𝑆𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑒 - 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑣𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛

“Suddenly Moomintroll lifted his nose and listened! Far away Snufkin was playing his gayest song: ‘All small beasts should have bows in their tails.’ And Moomintroll began to run towards the music."

Down by the river he came upon Snufkin who was sitting on the bridge with his legs dangling over the water, his old hat pulled down over his ears.

Hello,’ said Moomintroll sitting down beside him. ‘Hello to you,’ said Snufkin, and went on playing. The sun was up now and shone straight into their eyes, making them blink. They sat swinging their legs over the running water, feeling happy and carefree.”

- Finn Family Moomintroll, 1948

[thewondersofmoominvalley]

Currently reading Comet in Moominland and then found this! I am obsessed 😭

[belovedapollo]

I wish you all a happy new year and thought to share with you this page from the “Snufkin’s Book of Thoughts” that I got as a Christmas present

reblog is ok, don’t repost/use

[snowwtrapped34]

[moominmamashandbag]

MOOMINTROLL COLORIST CONFIRMED😱/j

But nah i just wanted to share my favorite scenes from comet in moominland that book is full of sone of the most goofy scences ever Tove was a genius , really wish the adaptations would lean into the unhinged blantly honest kid nature the main cast had in the books and comets but oh well i person can dream....

[sundownvalentine]

Moominvalley in November SECURED‼️‼️

[flowerbloom-arts]

A lineup of all the "The Fillyjonk"s throughout the books (plus Mrs. Fillyjonk herself from the comics)

For the love of Booble stop mixing them up and thinking they're the same character it drives me insane.

[sekaiichi-happy]

moomin book series: square fish edition

[mangolepakko]

From the chapter where everyone mercilessly starts beating up Moomintroll

[itsmedrawpower]

Skiing part 1

Been reading Moominland Midwinter lately

[catocappuccino]

Something about when uncle says joke at dinner table I donno

[writers-in-moominvalley]

Do tell me if there is an actual answer to this because I couldn't find such a thing myself or atleast stumble across it like I did with other characters but I do really wonder where Snorkmaiden's character came from.

In a world where much of the cast came from inspiration drawn upon Tove's own life, particular family or partners or memories (Signe is Moominmamma, Viktor is Moominpappa, Tove is vaguely Moomintroll, Atos is both Muskrat and Snufkin [and apparently Lars is Snufkin too?], Tove and Vivica are Thingumy and Bob, Tuulikki is Too-Ticky, Muddler is inspired by Tove's memories of playing with her aunt's buttons, Joxter and the Silk-Monkey are based on Tove's cat) Snorkmaiden feels like a very strange outlier amid all of this despite being an important character in the books and a core family member in the comics.

I suppose Sniff's lack of clear inspiration is something I wonder about too but Snorkmaiden grew into something more nuanced as Sniff became pushed into the background as the original series went on (in the comics), she feels she should be someone or something in Tove's life but I can't tell who or what.

I was in the midst of doing a book report on this realist-era novel called Madame Bovary and I discovered how similar the titular Emma Bovary is to Snorkmaiden's comic characterization; A woman who was bound by the small mundanity of her real life that so contradict her romantic idealism which she absorbed from books, becoming so wretchedly displeased and bored of her milk-toast and simple-minded first love and husband (who married her mostly because of her beauty and a forbidden infatuation and not really anything else) that she can't help but chase after men who she finds more stimulating and exciting and rich, constantly yearning for the romance of the upper class and growing resentful of the quant country life she's made to live in and so she spends lavishly, creating a devastating dept that would ultimately pull her hand to a painful suicide (well, maybe not that last part, but still). And there are arguable parallels between Moominpappa and Emma's husband's father, as he was surprisingly similar to Emma in his lavish spending and scorned his son for how boring he is.

Of course, it isn't a one-to-one comparison persé due to the personal circumstances of their characters, but the strong parallels that Snorkmaiden grew into as a character in the comics is still incredibly striking. It makes me believe she was merely a female love interest tacked on for the male protagonist - simply because that's how adventure stories usually go - who grew into a satire of such a trope, a character confounded by a Bovarism and romantic excitement she wants to relive again and again when things become too stale for her.

But, of course, this is just a theory based on a thought I had while trying to do a book report for my language studies class, I could be completely completely wrong and the answer is that she's based on some other girlfriend Tove had, who knows.