Sophie Hatter - Tumblr Posts
I’ve been thinking about Howl’s Moving Castle and how Sophie’s curse is a physical symbol of her self belief of being romantically unlovable (especially after growing up with beautiful, sought after women in her family.) How Howl tries to undo the curse the moment she steps into his castle but he *cant* because Sophie doesn’t want it to be broken. How, in the film, Sophie gets so close to breaking the curse in the field, but hearing Howl call her beautiful went against her self views, so she reinforces her sense of self by turning 90 again.
And the way that her love and kindness make her younger again and again. How film Sophie sacrifices her long hair, perhaps what past Sophie would have seen as her only beauty, for Howl but she’s grown so much that she still remains young, perhaps even confident about her grey hair, showing that Sophie no longer links her appearance to her lovability or worth and she learned to accept herself as she is. In this essay I-
POV you're Sophie and howl is looking at you 🫧♡︎
And here's the last of the fanart. All in all, I actually really enjoyed this.
(Sophie Hatter and Wizard Howl/Howell Jenkins from Howl's Moving Castle, and not the Miyazaki version either.)
Love giulia_blue for capturing these book scenes
Howl’s Moving Castle (2005) dir. Hayao Miyazaki
I'm sorry I took so long. You've been waiting all this time 💫✨🌟
"I'm sorry. Did I come too late?"
When I say I'm high on life, I mean Merry-Go-Round of Life. TURN THAT SHIT UP!!!!!
A lil practice in perspective with this piece mostly, so here's Howl and Sophie, who I designed based 50/50 on their book and movie counterparts! I actually would love to revisit this piece and paring in the future, since the book is one of my all time favs
I swear one of these days I’m gonna dye my hair gray or blonde (or even a mix like Aurora)
Gender vibes
I swear one of these days I’m gonna dye my hair gray or blonde (or even a mix like Aurora)
"Howl's Moving Castle but in the actual 1900s" is brought you by a small bonus drawing with Howl and Sophie doing cute couple sh*t.
Recently re-read Howl’s Moving Castle, here’s my interpretation of the Hatter sisters.
On Redbubble.
yeah. he is the love of my life. what about it?