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Author: Nuti

Mar 8th 2018 at 7:14:19 AM

* [[HowlsMovingCastle Howl's Moving Castle]]: Living in a world filled by [[FairyTaleTropes fairy tale tropes]] and their lampshades and aversions, Sophie's step-mother Fanny shows first antagonistic shades before revelation of her best intentions towards both her own daughter Martha and her step-daughters Sophie and Lettie. The thing is, she loves her daughters equally, but her judgement is flawed.
** More specifically; Fanny sends Martha to study magic under a famous teacher, but sends Lettie to work in a bakery and Sophie to work in the family-owned hat store. It first appears favoritism, but turns out that she actually believed them to be the best life choices for her daughters: Martha is the youngest child, so [[YoungestChildWins she is already destined to have most exciting and lucky life]], and having magical skills could help her even more; Lettie is popular among guys, so working in bakery helps her finding a husband quickly; and meek, eldest Sophie can have a secure income in the hat store.
** That said, Martha and Lettie didn't agree with Fanny, causing them to [[spoiler:quietly swap their places using transformation spells]], making her decisions look more antagonistic. Especially [[CallingTheOldManOut Martha is eager to call her mom out]] for trying to decide what is best for each daughter, [[spoiler: and also further bad-mouth her by revealing the issue below]].
** More antagonistic-looking appearance is upon the relevation of that [[spoiler:Sophie's hats are extremely popular in the town, and Fanny lives rich socialite life on Sophie's earnings]]. Turns out, this was not due to malicious intentions; she genuinely thought that [[spoiler: [[ShrinkingViolet Sophie]] was happy working in the hat store]].
** [[MamaBear And she is also ready to stab Howl with her parasol]] when she thinks he caused Sophie [[spoiler:to turn into an old woman]]!