Howl's Moving Castle - Howl's Moving Castle Forum - FanFiction.Net: "I don't know very much about anime, but one day when I was surfing anime sites I found a discussion of the significance of hair color in anime and manga characters. Grey or silver hair apparently represents wisdom, so in that symbolology it is perfect for young-old Sophie to retain her 'hair the color of starlight' at the end of the film. Interestingly, blond or yellow hair can be associated with a trickster and/or a force for chaos -- seems to sum up Howl in both book and film pretty well, I think. I didn't have time to see if Howl's black hair at the end of the film meant anything, but I'm sure it does.
I just figured out, in a blinding flash of the obvious, that book-Howl, in turning a platinum blond before the end, is fulfilling the line in the curse: 'till age snow white hairs on thee.' I wonder what happened offstage that caused his hair to turn white. I guess someone will have to write a fanfic explaining it. :"
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