#this is like the 20th time too

[morgan-fairchild]

I need more content of Kit and the TLH crew. It's my favorite thing, yet so rare to find

[nadiajustbe]

One of my favorite parts about the writing of Howl's Moving Castle is how easy it is to write off all the things from our world at first as him just being a weird wizard™ (also thanks to bestie @jutenium for spotting this I wouldn't put it like that without you!!/pos). Sure, Sophie uses weird descriptions, but readers have every reason to believe them because of the way Howl is presented as a character. When Sophie says he wrote with a quill that doesn't need an ink, you wouldn't think it was actually a ballpoint pen, you would think Howl had just enchanted his quill so that it wouldn't need ink! When she adds that she can't make out a single word, you think he has matchingly terrible handwriting, but in fact Sophie has simply never seen a pen writing. When she sees the mysterious labels on his books, you think he's keeping a lot of obscure magical literature, but it's really just an encyclopedia and a guide like "Top 10 Rugby Tips." When Sophie notices the bottles in Howl's bathtub, you think they're some kind of magical jars where he keeps girl's hearts, but I'm almost certain that they're just 'Dove' and 'Head and Shoulders' that he's enhanced with his spells and put silly labels on. When you read Calicifer singing a song in a language Sophie doesn't understand, you think it's some kind of ancient cipher or code, but it's actually just a rugby song in Welsh that Howl sings when he's drunk. And finally, when you see the terrifying black door, which is completely shrouded in darkness, you imagine a passage to an eerie, mythical place, similar to what Miyazaki showed us - but it's just fucking Wales.

[chemblrish]

20 April 2024

It's raining outside and I'm lying in bed sipping coffee and reading after studying for a couple of hours <333

[simptasia]

LOST: Season One

[zaacoy]

That one dumb tweet has put this outfit that HE ONLY EVER APPEARS IN ONCE IN THE ENTIRE SHOW into the forefocus of my brain for like 3 days now so have this

[hecksee]

im learning i have an intense fondness for historical gays. modern gays are good, but theres just Something about historical queers that hit my brain. bonus points if they're from the 17th-19th century.

[superfallingstars]

wizard fashion: 19th century edition

as a result of my minor addiction to those wizarding fashion meta posts, i compiled this moodboard of (mostly) 19th century fashion that feels decidedly magical to me. there are so many gorgeous capes and opera cloaks from this time period that are super inspiring when picturing the kinds of clothes that wizards (especially those lavish old money wizards!) would wear. deep vibrant velvets, shimmery flowing silks, fluffy fur trims, enchanted embroidery that starts moving when you look at it long enough... gah, i'm in love. i think victorian fashion is simultaneously gaudy and flamboyant while also looking proper and classy, which is exactly what i imagined!

note: a lot of these images are from the met, and i highly recommend checking out their amazingly detailed archive for more! also shoutout to the wardrobe of countess greffulhe (the og influencer), as well as the house of worth (the og haute couture brand)

[sysig]

Oh dang, I really got in at the last minute! Time really flew this year!! Happy requestober, everything I've seen looks amazing so far! Could you please draw something where the Vargases get a Joel kitty but just like... *Not* under terribly sad circumstances? Like maybe after adopting Todd, they get a family cat? Thank you so much! <3

Day 31 - Mutual introductions

[doctorbrown]

DOCTOBER '24 ⸺ 「 7 / 31 * TYLENOL 」

November 10, 1888

When the papers Emmett has been staring at for the last several minutes begin to split themselves in two by their own accord, he blinks, dropping his head into his hands with a weary sigh. The ache blossoming behind his eyes has already started to spread to his temples, making any kind of higher thought a challenge, never mind focusing on the words he’d already put down on the page. 

Despite already cracking the secret of time-travel, replicating that success with less-than-favourable components of the Nineteenth Century was proving to be just as challenging–if not more so–as the first time. 

Only this time, he didn’t have the luxury of time and a family fortune to squander. It wasn’t safe for himself or his family to remain here indefinitely, not with every single day altering the timeline in infinite and unknown ways, and with 1908 rapidly approaching and the arrival of his family in California, Emmett could feel the rope tightening around his neck little-by-little every passing day.

The chances of meddling in his own family’s history, even inadvertently, was far too great and those consequences would be catastrophic. Should he do something to prevent his own conception—

No, he would have it figured out by then.

But how?

The train was the only reliable vehicle capable of reaching speeds of eighty-eight miles an hour when pushed to the limit, however designing the steam powered engine capable of withstanding the strain and producing the relevant output was almost as daunting as considering the modifications the train itself would need to avoid tearing itself to shreds.

Emmett presses his fingers to his temples and massages small circles in hopes of chasing away the pesky headache. 

“Are you feeling alright, dear?” Clara asks when he groans, looking up from the second shirt of Jules’ she has had to mend just this week.

“I’m fine, Clara. Just a headache.”

“Let me check. There’s that nasty bug that’s been going around the school. Three of my kids have been out the past few days and while I don’t think I’ve brought it home, better safe than sorry.”

Clara sets her sewing equipment down and joins her husband at the table, pressing the back of her hand to his forehead. Emmett doesn’t squirm, though he can’t help the way he feels slightly ridiculous now that the tables have been turned on him. How many times had he done this for Marty or Jules over the years?

He didn’t mind the concern, but after so many years of relying on himself, he wasn’t used to having someone willing to do that for him.

“No, you don’t feel warm.” She pulls her hand away and glances down at Emmett’s Time Machine blueprints strewn out over the table, clicking her tongue softly.

“I told you, it’s just a headache.” Once Clara’s hand is free of his forehead, he resumes the motions, attempting to rub the pain away. What he wouldn’t give for the cabinet back in his lab in the Twentieth Century, stocked with the latest developments in modern medicine.

He’d always made sure to keep the lab well-stocked for the occasional mishap and Marty’s unfortunate run-ins with the local hooligans. 

But with the discovery of aspirin still eleven years away, there was little to be done for quick pain relief without attempting to synthesise it himself. 

 “I’ve hit a wall. If I can only—” 

“Why don’t you put that down for the night and we’ll sit down with it again in the morning? It’s late, Emmett, and don’t give me that look. If you overwork yourself by stressing over this, you will make yourself sick and then what good will that do?”

Emmett thinks twice before speaking, torn between pursuing the thought as far as his pounding mind and double-vision will allow and acquiescing to his wife’s demand, which time and experience had taught him was not a question despite its deceptive phrasing.

She's right, and trying to force himself to continue when it's clear he could use the rest would likely result in him making some easily avoidable mistakes.

[synthshenanigans]

Finally has been a full year since I started listening

Fuckin hate that guy eugh

[stari-hun]

Yeah I mean like sure Forget me not could always end up switching sides to Vertin’s team one day like Druvis and other manus personnel have but Carbuncle Jr’s funniness and evil aura are the best parts of him. If you have him a redemption arc unless he became a cry baby or sumn as intense you’d be ridding him of all seasonings

Yk the funniest part with that too? Like not EVERYONE hated him. He’s SO annoying with his menacing when you read the side content because he’s like SIGNIFICANTLY less unfortunate than some of the people in the game and they never even considered turning evil. Not that I’m down playing the divine right of a person to go apeshit over years of piled in discrimination but like the evil to backstory misfortune ratio is kindaaaaa funny.

[yellow-dejavu]

[californiaquail]

just learned that one of the two people who i could call friends here fucking got married a couple weeks ago and the one other person (the one i lived on the same property with for 15 months) was there and even though i have seen her since it happened neither of them told me about this. and they have also regularly been hanging out without ever inviting me. obviously i don't need to be involved in everything but you never asked if i wanted to hang out even once even though i said multiple times hey we should all hang out sometime. ok 👍🏻

[shitty-check-please-aus]

the problem with trying to remember songs from girl scout camp is that you end up googling insane shit because there are about a billion slight regional differences between different groups of children

[kenzan-kiwami]

to be completely frank i think most of the people i've seen with major complaints regarding RGG 8's story are forgetting that 99% of what they're saying can be applied across the whole series

[ghost-bard]

Watched a playthrough of wylls romance and hes genuinely so cute why does anyone sleep on this mans romance oml genuinely love him so much