#oberfriends

If you weren’t aware that there was a Howl’s Musical, here ya go. Go throw money at this production company and hope they release an album or a recording because the show was honestly fucking perfect. We were in the front row and all five of us flailed so hard that the cast thanked us specifically “for our enthusiasm and energy” after the show. 

This Sophie, played by Seattle actress Sara Porkalob, is your new god. 

She has micro-expressions down to an absolute art and the best comedic timing I’ve ever personally witnessed. She exists and was the perfect Sophie and now you know. You’re welcome.

Sidenote but the night we saw it Howl was wearing a NEON PINK WIG and SPRAY PAINTED SILVER JEANS for almost the entire show and NO ONE will ever be a better Howl tbh.

And Lettie and Martha were also great! The entire cast was great! Their physicality on stage was unbelievable!! The writing was superb!!! I can never see another musical as long as I live because of how perfect this one was!!!!!

You’re welcome. 

ETA: you can listen to some of the songs here on the composer’s youtube!! Give him some love! And support his patreon!

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I’ve literally never a book with this many POV characters where I enjoy all of their POVs equally? Every character in this book is great???? There’s so much going on and so much fucking beautiful foreshadowing that I am losing it about what might happen. And THE WORLDBUILDING. I’m gonna rant about how good the worldbuilding is the second I put down the sequel. But it’s also hella nervewracking. The only reason I haven’t already skipped to the end to make sure that no one dies/all the romantic arcs get resolved is that The Team recced it to me and I trust them with my life and my need for happy endings.