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i post about fandoms ! you can call me clementine or artemis. i draw sometimes for fandoms and post thoughts about them. if you want to talk about my fandoms, asks are open. british-nigerian !! she/her, but i'm cool with they/them
my art is just tagged "art"
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httyd x trollhunters lore crossover
expanding on troll culture (toa)
firelight!jinx (arcane)
Raise your hand if you’re still salty about the ending of Trollhunters
Look, I get it. I want to like Troll!Jim, I really, really do. It’s a beautiful, heartwrenching narrative, but it undermines the themes of the show. Friendship, teamwork, humanity. The themes of the show shouldn’t have been thrown out for the sake of a plot-twist. For Jim, losing his humanity (ie, The Deep, but thats a whole new can of worms I’m not going to open) was his biggest fear, and it was a huge sacrifice for him. That’s all fine and dandy, but the show was never about sacrifice. Jim deserved a happy ending, and maybe this is just me, but if the writers couldn’t give Jim a happy ending for the character, they at least could’ve done it for Anton.
OKAY but if merlin says it was always jim’s destiny to become a troll, if he really was always meant to be part troll-part human then WHY wasn’t the person the amulet called to a changeling? a changeling would have one foot in the troll world and one foot in the human world, and it would give the trollhunter exactly the edge that merlin wanted against gunmar and morgana. we’ve seen that changelings are almost always used as tools for gunmar, but we’ve also seen changelings become disillusioned by gunmar’s rule (not-enrique, strickler, nomura), so why wouldn’t a changeling trollhunter connect with a few human friends and decide “hey, actually i like these people and i think they deserve to live”?
however the trollhunters lore has always been prejudiced against changelings, what with characters from both sides referring to changelings as ‘impure,’ with the trolls thinking that they’re too human, and with humans thinking they’re too troll (at least only at first with our main characters). the reason merlin didn’t choose to have the next trollhunter after kanjigar be a changeling is because he also deals with this bias, whether unconscious or not. in this essay i will,
Basically my issue with anyone else getting the Amulet, specifically the Sword of Daylight. Mild Rise of the Titans spoilers, but also just frustrated Art Nerd noises.
ok so I understand Jim giving up the Amulet to someone else is very mature of him, making sure they’re protected, while also being confident in his own abilities as a hero.
But the aesthetic!!!
One of the reasons why Trollhunters is so iconic is because of that attention to detail, that coherent style tying people to their shape, clothing and weaponry. Did anyone else get a copy of the Art of Trollhunters? They specifically crafted the Trollhunter sword to be Jim’s. It’s an extension of his shape, his design and style.
Jim is mostly long rectangles in blue, and the sword is a longer rectangle, with silver and blue detailing.
Toby is mostly squares, in red and yellow, and it matches with his hammer’s business end being square and orange.
If you flat out switch them it’s going to look so bad. To get the whole sword in the shot Toby would look super short. Maybe the sword itself would have to be smaller? Toby would rock it in the Eclipse armor though, and the glaives would match his shape better. And Jim would look unbalanced with the Warhammer.
I don’t have art skills worth anything, but please, someone make a Daylight Sword that looks good in Toby’s hands. And while you’re at it, a Warhammer that’s good in Jim’s. Or I could go for an axe, a longspear, a halberd, you know.
I'VE ALSO BEEN SAYING THIS
i'd do it
but
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i don't wanna draw armour and i'm not the best at shape language
love how with the pixies the effected’s visions range from ‘normal teenage fears’ to ‘psychological torture’
THIS!!
I always found it odd that Toby's vision was comparitively shallow when Claire got hit with Trauma™
thinking about it more I think the like, meta reason is because it’s still a kids show they could only smack one character with the Big Trauma Stick™️ per turn and it was Claire’s time up on rotation
Another possible in universe reason could be a reflection on the character’s time based priorities? If that makes sense?
Toby tends to focus the group on the immediate worries in front of them, keep them in the present a bit more with Jim anxieties about surviving next weeks monsters and Claire’s anxieties about the more nebulous need to get to the dark lands
so his pixies latched onto his worried about the next big immediate thing, the dance, as well as some latent self image worries Toby may have about being liked or getting a date
Claire worries a lot about the future ever since the beginning. this may be part because of her natural personality and in part because her introduction into the Trollhunter world was Jim telling her about her brother so that’s always been at the forefront of her association with the magical world and thus the pixies subconsciously?
Ofc I’m just a fan and frankly I haven’t seen the episodes in a little bit so take this with a grain of salt but i had fun going on a little analysis/thinking bit
i find it really interesting how in ‘a house divided’ his friends and family arrive to try and stop jim just before he gets in the tub, and when they’re hammering on the door he genuinely looks hesitant and willing to not go through with it– but when claire says, “Jim, they’ve freed Morgana!” it makes him go through with in the end, likely because he knows he needs the abilities of a troll to try and stop something of that magnitude. I’m just thinking about the consequences of that one line– would he have gone through with it if claire didn’t say that? What choice would he have made? I just think it’s really interesting
I'VE BEEN SAYING THISSS OMFG I'M SO GLAD OTHER PEOPLE NOTICED
I also interpret nari as the oldest of the order myself. While they’re all Primordial Beings, a lot of people see her as the youngest sibling due to the tropes often associated with them in media. It’s almost always the youngest who is the most malleable, innocent, etc, but i don’t see nari as innocent. naive, yes, and ignorant, but not innocent. They’re often precocious, the friendliest, and the most curious.
I think it’s more interesting if it were turned around. Aside from bellroc’s eyes having white sclera before they were blinded, and thus the most “human” eyes of the lot, and, assuming they aren’t all the same age, it’s a fascinating story to think of bellroc as the youngest. they’ve known nothing but their duty to the balance, nothing but nari and skrael for all their lives. and so when something upsets What They Know, it’s no wonder they lash out and become destructive to the point of mind-controlling nari to get her back.
I think that (if i accept the mind control as canon) it was an act of desperation, not expediency. I think bells was just so desperate to get things back in order to a way they understand that they would go against their own morals (hurting family) to do it.
theyre also the only one of the order to have white sclera before their blinding aka the most human eyes of the three. I’ve got some ideas about their origins and their humanity or lack thereof
also she has big sibling vibes. i’m a big sibling, too, so u just gotta trust me on this one
skrael is the middle child do not fight me on this
i think senor uhl is an excellent example of characters who become likable from alternate perspectives.
like in the majority of trollhunters, he's the terrifying teacher who is harsh and cold towards our protagonists. jim literally has nightmares about senor uhl and it's a running joke that he's practically a robot who cares about nothing but his truck. in trollhunters, senor uhl's ultimatum comes from his terror as a strict teacher.
but when we watch 3Below, senor uhl is one of our protagonists' key allies. it's always senor uhl and the teachers who are defending aja and krel against racists and ensuring that they always have a place in this school and they always defend that place the best that they can. senor uhl even leverages jim so that he can make aja and krel feel more comfortable in arcadia, not out of some personal vendetta against jim.
uhl, in the end, is one of the best examples of characters with disagreeable personalities but strong morals that ultimately draw you to them.
Sort of in-line with my previous post about the erasure of the tween demographic, tech giants Meta, YouTube and TikTok are heading to a massive trial over the addictive nature of their products, with specific focus on how they're getting tweens and young teens addicted.
And my question is, what other content do you want them to watch? Cartoons aimed at 5-year-olds? Sexually explicit, young adult dramas aimed at 15+? Their options are either Bluey or Ginny and Georgia.
So of course they're going to watch beauty gurus on TikTok and pranksters on YouTube. Of course they're going to mindlessly scroll through Instagram.
There's very few Trollhunters and She-Ras and Voltrons and Miraculous Ladybugs and Owl Houses. There's plenty of CoComelons and The Summer I Turned Prettys.
Jim turning into a troll is a metaphor for physical disability
I'm not a fan of the way Trollhunters portrays disability, but that's a whole other post. Coming back to this show years later, after becoming disabled, Jim's transformation into a troll struck a chord with me.
Jim isn't given a choice. Merlin might say he was giving Jim a choice, but he really wasn't. Jim's choices were:
Turn into a troll, or
Watch everyone he loves die and the world he loves burn, and probably die himself.
And that lack of choice when it comes to your body becoming something you never wanted to choose in the first place sounds an awful lot like becoming disabled, doesn't it? I mean, disabilities don't exactly wait until you're eighteen or knock on the door and ask for your permission. They can appear without warning, without knowing if you'll ever recover--without your choosing.
And it can be terrifying.
It can be lonely.
It can scare everyone around you.
There are so many different emotions you go through when you become disabled, and Jim goes through them all. He experiences grief, and anger, and self-disgust, and so much more.
Grief: He flees during training, winding up meeting river trolls. When they point out that Jim isn't human anymore, he denies this, saying he's still human and is not a troll. When he tries to go into the sunlight, it burns him, and he grows morose and afraid.
Anger: During the first dinner with his mom, his own cooking disgusts him because of his new, troll-ish taste buds. He ends up craving and eating the kitchenware, and grows angry when his mom discovers his newfound appetite. He just wanted a normal dinner.
Self-disgust: The first time he gets a good look at himself, he says he's ugly. Anytime he sees his reflection, he spirals into depression. His body has gone and is going through major changes, and it's difficult to accept his new reality. He can't look at himself the same way, and fears that no one else still sees Jim.
Jim is terrified, and believes he's a burden to and terrifies everyone around him.
He spends his entire time as the Trollhunter being told by everyone around him that he has to do this alone. Be strong alone. Defeat Gunmar alone.
Be independent. Be strong. Be compliant. These are all things disabled people are told. We get told these things so much that eventually, we start to believe them.
But none of us are alone, and neither is Jim. He has a plethora of people who care about him, who love him the way he is. Who love him not because of what he looks like, but because of who he is.
I don't have an end to this meta. And really, there is no end to disability, either. But there is also no end to which your loved ones would not go for you, and no end to the compassion you can show yourself when your body is going through major changes.
IT'S BEEN HOURS. IT'S BEEN HOURS
don't know when i'll finish
wip of day 5 and 6: learning magic and shadows + inner demons
You guys don’t understand how much I love Claire Nuñez. She’s literally me. Her character means so much to me like omg I just love her so much.
I could talk for hours about how much I love her character. There’s just so much to her. She’s perfect. She’s just so perfect, she’s nothing like other female characters in animated shows.
I LOVE CLAIREEEEE 💜💜💜
@noodlecarrot50states @summersells1 @art3m1s-zzz @s-krea-l @aespere @mira0407 @pelus4 would Love this
Claire is my beautiful girl
i swear i saw this on tiktok
Day 6: shadows and inner demons.
of @shadowmancer1215's claire nuñez appreciation week. oh how I love when theirs angst in fandom events.
also. I made a silly version of my drawing for this day.⤵️
why do so many people despise claire's armour? like i'm not the biggest fan of it, but i am genuinely curious to see what you don't really like, and what you'd do better
redesign ideas?
Bular was so small he was three apples tall as a whelp.
(Had to use 1 percent of Gunmars tail to stand without falling.)
Headcanon slop time since I'm rewatching trollhunters (YIPPEE)
-The mark of Angor Rot burned when it was put applied
-It never actually went away, even when Angor was killed, it's just only visible in certain lighting and angles
-Pretty soon after it was first etched was one of those times when the setting sun hit is just right for Barbara to catch a glimpse of it
-Jim was in the kitchen cooking as per usual and Barbara was watching her son and wondering for the nth time what was happening with him when she noticed something on his face
-almost like a tattoo but it seemed like it was glowing in the soft golden rays of the setting California sun
-it was gone almost as soon as she noticed it, it may not have even been there in the first place, she has been working a lot of midnights lately
-but there was something about it that left her with an uneasy feeling and a looming sense of dread, what was going on with her son?
-the mark also glows in blacklight kind of like those white ink tattoos (it would be a cool party trick if it wasn't marking Jim for a fate worse than death ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
-In his troll form it left very thin carvings in his stone skin
Whoaw. Awesomesauce headcanons.
@elymigremlin behold
THESE ARE SO GOOD!!!
someone should force me to draw this but I also should draw my other ideas aswell and- RAH
i'm forcing you
