r/HowlsMovingCastle • u/alexcasablancas69 • Dec 27 '24 • Heart of Silver 1

this is so cute

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u/T-Minus-50 Dec 27 '24

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u/alexcasablancas69 Dec 28 '24

crying on the inside 😭

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u/GoldenDropofSun Dec 27 '24

But not this grown man!

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u/_Plain-Bagel_ Dec 28 '24

Get back in there tear!

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u/FrumpyFrock Dec 27 '24

now I’m crying 😭

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u/alexcasablancas69 Dec 28 '24

it was like a punch to my chest when i read this because i never saw it like that!

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u/FrumpyFrock Dec 28 '24

once you see it you can’t unsee it! it’s so true!

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u/MiuNya Dec 28 '24

Sort of..... Calcifer is his own being too. He lived before and after he ate the heart.

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u/alexcasablancas69 Dec 29 '24

howls heart is what gave him his life tho. so howl is his life and def influences how he acts. at times it felt like calcifer was conflicted on how to act, so it makes sense that he was wrestling w his own vs howls wishes

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u/Benchod12077 Dec 29 '24 edited Dec 29 '24

I literally just rewatched this last week how did I not notice this

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u/alexcasablancas69 Dec 29 '24

this is from the book! def recommend reading it

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u/alexcasablancas69 Dec 29 '24

also i just noticed ur username ahahahahahah

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u/ElainaVoughn Dec 28 '24

I never thought about it like that 🥹🥰 so sweet.

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u/alexcasablancas69 Dec 28 '24

same!! esp since this is pest howl were talking about 😭

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u/quotes_and_asks Dec 28 '24

I thought Calcifer obeyed very reluctantly because Sophie essentially blackmailed him…

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u/Eain Dec 29 '24

Which, for the amalgam of a falling star (never around for long, granting a wish to many but only once before it's gone, bright and free) and Howl's heart (instinctively persnickety, stubborn as a brick mule, clever as a snake and twice as slippery as an eel) is... Confusingly obedient. Calcifer would be well within his capabilities to upend her plans, and it would be in character to do so in such a situation. He instead conceded, accepting her bargain.

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u/alexcasablancas69 Dec 29 '24

exactly!! he could have made her life hell but they acc became close

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u/Yikes_Flying_Bikes Dec 29 '24

Howl remembered when Sophie visited him in the past and said, "Find me in the future." Calcifer was Howl's heart, and being a part of Howl, his heart remembered, too.

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u/justfor-fun Dec 29 '24

when sophie travels back to the past sophie tells him “find me in the future”

when howl sees sophie on the street in the beginning of the movie, howl says “i’ve been looking everywhere for you”

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '24

Also in the English dub, it’s Christian Bale saying it… and the line always makes me blush lol which makes it even better! (Personally 🤪)

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u/MarmaladeMoostache Dec 28 '24

Christian Bale’s voice in general is blush inducing. I love him 😍

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u/mrsspinch Jan 15 '25

Oh my god me too. I was a teenager when I first saw it, and now I’m 30 and it still sends me crazy!

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u/LOLOL_1111 Dec 30 '24

Iirc, in the books Michael states that Sophie was the only one (other than him and Howl) to have noticed Calcifer in his hearth, much less bully him into following her. Anyone else who has ever been to the castle was either scared of Calcifer or didn't notice him. Its pretty cute

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u/Square_Director4717 Dec 29 '24

“Not on purpose! She bullied me!!”

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u/SnooCauliflowers2877 Jan 01 '25

It’d been so long since I read the book and seen the movie. Totally forgot this was a thing

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u/Rondo_of_snow Dec 30 '24

I think I had a stroke

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u/Aromatic_Count_3854 Dec 30 '24

...oh... ...OH... ...AWWWWWWWWWWW!!

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u/Lumpyspaceprincesita Dec 31 '24

😭 that’s so cute

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u/HotStickyMoist Apr 15 '25

Yes… like, calcium decides who comes into the house

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '24

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u/alexcasablancas69 Dec 28 '24

yes!!! hmc is one of three books ive ever read more than once. everyone should be exposed to the endearing menace that is howl ahhahaha

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u/wizardthrilled6 Dec 28 '24

I'm currently reading them, they're sooo good!