Howl Has Such Overdramatic Dumbass Energy. I Mean, Hes The Type Of Guy Who Can Say Completely Reasonable

Howl has such overdramatic dumbass energy. I mean, he’s the type of guy who can say completely reasonable things but then slimes his house and says things like “HORROR! DESPAIR! ANGUISH!” as if it’s no big deal.

Honestly, I’m surprised Calcifer doesn’t drag him more for it, but then again, Howl probably says everything with such conviction that it’s hard to argue.

What really happened at Hero and Claudio's wedding

Hero: Claudio, what are you talking about?

Claudio: *about to play "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" by Panic! At the Disco* Oh, you haven't heard?

Hot take: Masaya is a good person and better boyfriend for Ichigo. Y’all just prefer Kisshu because he’s hotter.

Beatrice and Benedick are NOT enemies to lovers oh my goooosh

In an ideal world, everyone has read Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones, and I’m just preaching to the choir.

But if by any chance this post reaches anyone who hasn’t read this marvelous, delightful book, let me tell you what you’re sleeping on:

A perfect example of how to write the most oblivious protagonist while still making things clear to the reader what’s going on

A competent protagonist who still has relatable self-esteem issues

Oblivious p I n I n g she wants Howl so bad and is in SUCH jealous denial

Misunderstandings related to that obliviousness

The most ridiculous Drama King to ever slime his own house

But who also is head over heels for that adorably oblivious protagonist

Like he dotes on her and she just thinks the whole time he doesn’t like her

Okay it’s not exactly enemies to lovers, but like, Sophie has such an impression of Howl’s reputation due to his own efforts to blacken his own name that Howl has a lot of work to do to correct her impression of him

and besides which, he really is a slitherer-outer so you can hardly blame Sophie’s frustration with him

and besides which Sophie does meddle an awful lot so you can hardly blame his own frustrations with her

I mean she basically just barges into his home and insists on staying an indeterminate time, like just tonight or you know, forever?

On that note, it’s not fake dating but these two are essentially living in a domestic relationship before they even kiss

File under: how to write a romance without needing the protagonists to kiss!

When Sophie insists on cleaning all the time Howl is just like “??? why??? do you want to clean when you are so awesome and powerful and could do so much better??? i keep telling you there’s a spell for that and you do not have to clean???? but if it’s what you want to do I guess?????”

like for real he’s just disappointed that she seems to only think she’s good for serving and doing chores and wants her to want more for herself

you can reread the book and try to pinpoint when Howl starts loving Sophie but then you cannot and for sure it just must be a case of ‘he was already in the middle before he knew he begun’

like he cures her aches and pains and he buys her nice clothes clearly trying to cater to her taste and

when he has to redo his whole HOME he asks her what kind of shop she wants to run and he buys her old home like as if they’re already married and they’re building a new home together

and Howl tries multiple times to break her curse, but in the end only SHE can really break it bc like I said this story is brilliant

and the WHOLE TIME, the whole time ALL OF THIS doting and pining is going on, Sophie looks like a 90-year-old woman and Howl is just head over heels for her 

I mean with tropes like these???? what are you waiting for?

PS WAIT TRAVESTY I FORGOT – awesome sisters caring for each other!!

when renge gets wind of what the host club are up to she shows up but not in her usual fashion— shes actually very shy bc she loves the manga so much? she has cosplayed as mamiko many times and has written and favorited many fics. she doesnt know what to do w herself at first w the many revelations. but kashima is everything tamaki should be, mikorin is a fellow fan, and nozaki is actually very nice? she is thrilled. nozaki is introduced to fanfiction and he loves it so much,

YOU KNOW SHE HEARD ABOUT MISS YUMENO VISITING AND CAME IN MAMIKO COSPLAY WITH A STACK OF MANGA TO SIGN 

So Renge showed up dramatically fashionably late as always

“HAHAHAHA. I HEAR ESTEEMED AUTHOR MISS YUMENO IS VISITING THE CLUB. AS HER NUMBER ONE FAN I CAME DRESSED AS THE LEAD MAMIKO. SO BOYS, TELL ME WHERE SHE IS I SIMPLY MUST MEET HER”

I read that in her voice while I was typing my god

All the mangan and hosts just. point. at Nozaki

Who waves 

After a mild tantrum bc Renge does NOT believe that this is Miss Yumeno she finally believes them and gets all shy

Prompting confusion from Mangang bc wasn't she just loud??

“Wait why is she shy if she-”

“shhhhhh just go with it”

She does end up LOVING Kashima she actually was part of the “welcome haram” when Kashima showed up but she gets hella disappointed when she learns Kashima is a girl bc we know Renge is a straight ™ 

To go over the play that Tamaki wants Hori and Nozaki to help him with Kashima and Hori run a few basic lines to get a feel of the stage 

Hori starts acting and Renge falls in love. 

She’s decided that he’s a poor man with a dream of the Big City Stage™ just like in her stories/games and it’s her job to fund his dream and they'll be together forever

Hori is NOT INTERESTED

He thinks she's batshit insane to the 100th degree and wants NOTHING to do with her

When she starts showing Nozaki fan fiction they head over to the couch where Hori is sitting and she just sits in his lap

And then there's  Kashima loosing her shit in the background and Chiyo waiting for the damn of Hori’s shock to break bc she knows what's coming next

At first Hori doesn't really know what to do bc he’s got Renge on his lap and her arms are around his neck and he’s just in shock

Until he snaps out of it and just YEETS her off of him

“What the hell?! Why would you do that?!”

Cue Renge throwing another tantrum 

“WE’RE SUPPOSED RUN AWAY AND  I CAN FUND YOUR BROADWAY DREAMS AND WE CAN BE TOGETHER FOREVER”

“What the hell are you talking about?”

Kyouya eventually calms Renge down bc he’s really the only one who's good enough with words to get it done quickly and Hori just sulks with Kashima

Mangang is trying not to laugh bc holy shit Hori was shook ™ 

Hosts are trying not to loose their shit because omg someone finally yelled at Renge this is the best day ever

All the hosts gained a little more respect for Hori after that

And Kashima doesn't flirt with Renge anymore totally not out of pettiness nope

Nozaki caught none of this he was reading fanfiction