In which Howl’s Moving Castle is full of those Relatable Millennial Feels

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Sophie

• Convinced she’s fated to be a failure by pervasive societal messages
• Depressed and anxious to the point that leaving the house terrifies her
• Constant excuses to not talk to people
• Wears one color and it is grey (like her soul)
• “I’m eighteen but I’m ninety at heart”
• RAGE
• Has to get away from her home so she moves into a terrifying moving castle bc it’s free and at this point why not
• *everything’s on fire* “This is fine”
• I KNOW EXACTLY HOW THE WORLD WORKS o wait shit fuck
• Feelings? What are those? I only know cleaning.

Howl

• Fancy degree that he has to move to another world to use
• Loves his blood family but just… can’t be around them 
• “Why don’t you have a real job”
• Cannot handle responsibility
• Is responsible for things anyway
• “Howl we have no money” “I’m going to buy a skull”
• Embodiment of Do It For The Aesthetic ™
• also “treat yo self” 
• Just Can’t anymore and has a meltdown over his hair (aka everything else in his life)
• “Oh no I care for all these people why”
• Overcharges rich people and undercharges poor people bc the system sucks
• Last night on earth? Time to get wasted.
• “I don’t care” he says caringly, while caring deeply.

Michael

• Anxious bab
• What is happening why this plz help
• Stresses out over his homework only to find out the papers had gotten mixed up and he was doing the wrong thing
• “I guess this now”
• Better at adulting than the actual adults
• Loves his gf so much and is so openly happy about it
• A bit useless in a crisis
• Tries so hard, gets so far
• Found family is the best family

Calcifer

• “I’m being exploited!”
• Complains about everything
• Bored. Just. So bored. Give him attention.
• Used to be literal star but things went wrong and now he’s living in a fireplace
• Eats everything and anything. 
• “Guys I have arms be impressed by my arms”
• Creates a castle for the Aesthetic that also looks like it’s about to fall apart and frightens people.
• Oops he cares about these assholes now time to ride or die for them