The best scenes in Howl’s Moving Castle all happen off-screen. That’s why I’m on my third re-read of HMC and still obsessed with every single part of it. I’ve revised my designs since the last time I drew them two years ago. I’m still firm on my “I’m not like the other Howl artists“ stance and I try my hardest to make him look as stupid as possible. Ergo - mustache.
“Most of you seem to favor punishment,” he said. “But you realize it won’t be punishment, do you?” Everyone was puzzled at this. The way we all looked made Antony Green grin. “As far as this lady herself is concerned,” he explained, “she was in the right all along–all her life. Nothing is going to make her see she was wrong. And the only point of punishment is to make someone see the error of their ways. If they don’t see it, then what you are doing to them is vengeance, not punishment. Right? I daresay a lot of you do want vengeance. But if you do take revenge, that makes you as bad as this Mrs. Laker herself. I want to stop the wrong in Cranbury. So I am not going to take revenge. I’m simply going to put her away quietly. She probably won’t even realize I have. Is that understood?”
christopher chant literally the guy of all time. he has so many dressing gowns. he was involved in a criminal empire at the age of like ten. his friends include a double-crossing smuggler with no soul, the living incarnation of a god, and a kid who accidentally killed him in a game of cricket. he’s the most powerful man in the world. he’s infuriatingly vague. he’s a genius. he can’t do magic with silver and never thought to just buy stainless steel cutlery. he calls him chrestomanci because he wants to be the centre of attention. he gets annoyed whenever people summon him despite insisting on being called chrestomanci. and most importantly he’s bisexual
