diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/Selection/Selection.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/Selection/Selection.cpp
index 51b268749cd..c2cf68f4678 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/Selection/Selection.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/Selection/Selection.cpp
@@ -567,59 +567,54 @@ GC::Ptr<DOM::Position> Selection::cursor_position() const
 
 void Selection::move_offset_to_next_character(bool collapse_selection)
 {
-    auto anchor_node = this->anchor_node();
-    if (!anchor_node || !is<DOM::Text>(*anchor_node))
+    auto* text_node = as_if<DOM::Text>(anchor_node().ptr());
+    if (!text_node)
         return;
 
-    auto& text_node = static_cast<DOM::Text&>(*anchor_node);
-    if (auto offset = text_node.grapheme_segmenter().next_boundary(focus_offset()); offset.has_value()) {
+    if (auto offset = text_node->grapheme_segmenter().next_boundary(focus_offset()); offset.has_value()) {
         if (collapse_selection) {
-            MUST(collapse(*anchor_node, *offset));
+            MUST(collapse(text_node, *offset));
             m_document->reset_cursor_blink_cycle();
         } else {
-            MUST(set_base_and_extent(*anchor_node, anchor_offset(), *anchor_node, *offset));
+            MUST(set_base_and_extent(*text_node, anchor_offset(), *text_node, *offset));
         }
     }
 }
 
 void Selection::move_offset_to_previous_character(bool collapse_selection)
 {
-    auto anchor_node = this->anchor_node();
-    if (!anchor_node || !is<DOM::Text>(*anchor_node))
+    auto* text_node = as_if<DOM::Text>(anchor_node().ptr());
+    if (!text_node)
         return;
 
-    auto& text_node = static_cast<DOM::Text&>(*anchor_node);
-    if (auto offset = text_node.grapheme_segmenter().previous_boundary(focus_offset()); offset.has_value()) {
+    if (auto offset = text_node->grapheme_segmenter().previous_boundary(focus_offset()); offset.has_value()) {
         if (collapse_selection) {
-            MUST(collapse(*anchor_node, *offset));
+            MUST(collapse(text_node, *offset));
             m_document->reset_cursor_blink_cycle();
         } else {
-            MUST(set_base_and_extent(*anchor_node, anchor_offset(), *anchor_node, *offset));
+            MUST(set_base_and_extent(*text_node, anchor_offset(), *text_node, *offset));
         }
     }
 }
 
 void Selection::move_offset_to_next_word(bool collapse_selection)
 {
-    auto anchor_node = this->anchor_node();
-    if (!anchor_node || !is<DOM::Text>(*anchor_node)) {
+    auto* text_node = as_if<DOM::Text>(anchor_node().ptr());
+    if (!text_node)
         return;
-    }
 
-    auto& text_node = static_cast<DOM::Text&>(*anchor_node);
     while (true) {
         auto focus_offset = this->focus_offset();
-        if (focus_offset == text_node.data().length_in_code_units()) {
+        if (focus_offset == text_node->data().length_in_code_units())
             return;
-        }
 
-        if (auto offset = text_node.word_segmenter().next_boundary(focus_offset); offset.has_value()) {
-            auto word = text_node.data().substring_view(focus_offset, *offset - focus_offset);
+        if (auto offset = text_node->word_segmenter().next_boundary(focus_offset); offset.has_value()) {
+            auto word = text_node->data().substring_view(focus_offset, *offset - focus_offset);
             if (collapse_selection) {
-                MUST(collapse(anchor_node, *offset));
+                MUST(collapse(text_node, *offset));
                 m_document->reset_cursor_blink_cycle();
             } else {
-                MUST(set_base_and_extent(*anchor_node, this->anchor_offset(), *anchor_node, *offset));
+                MUST(set_base_and_extent(*text_node, anchor_offset(), *text_node, *offset));
             }
             if (Unicode::Segmenter::should_continue_beyond_word(word))
                 continue;
@@ -630,21 +625,19 @@ void Selection::move_offset_to_next_word(bool collapse_selection)
 
 void Selection::move_offset_to_previous_word(bool collapse_selection)
 {
-    auto anchor_node = this->anchor_node();
-    if (!anchor_node || !is<DOM::Text>(*anchor_node)) {
+    auto* text_node = as_if<DOM::Text>(anchor_node().ptr());
+    if (!text_node)
         return;
-    }
 
-    auto& text_node = static_cast<DOM::Text&>(*anchor_node);
     while (true) {
         auto focus_offset = this->focus_offset();
-        if (auto offset = text_node.word_segmenter().previous_boundary(focus_offset); offset.has_value()) {
-            auto word = text_node.data().substring_view(*offset, focus_offset - *offset);
+        if (auto offset = text_node->word_segmenter().previous_boundary(focus_offset); offset.has_value()) {
+            auto word = text_node->data().substring_view(*offset, focus_offset - *offset);
             if (collapse_selection) {
-                MUST(collapse(anchor_node, *offset));
+                MUST(collapse(text_node, *offset));
                 m_document->reset_cursor_blink_cycle();
             } else {
-                MUST(set_base_and_extent(*anchor_node, anchor_offset(), *anchor_node, *offset));
+                MUST(set_base_and_extent(*text_node, anchor_offset(), *text_node, *offset));
             }
             if (Unicode::Segmenter::should_continue_beyond_word(word))
                 continue;