This is a week dedicated to celebrating Netflix's Hilda and all the joy it's given us! It seems apt to celebrate after the release of season three, so this will take place around two months from now to give everyone time to prepare.
This week, running from the 11th to the 17th of February 2024, will focus on a different aspect of the show every day and seeks to give love to that particular bit of the series. This is also not a contest! It's just a time to celebrate what we love about Hilda.
All sorts of appreciation posts are good, no matter if it's art, fic, text posts, heck, even music or mood boards! Any and all are game!
If you participate, please tag your submissions with #hildaappreciationweek2024 and @ this blog directly! I don't want to lose anything in the shuffle, so using both methods is greatly appreciated. If I miss anything, please just drop an ask or a DM with the link to the post so I can reblog it. I'll also be reblogging all the day's submissions in the afternoon of Eastern Standard Time, so don't worry if the blog hasn't updated for the day! I'm just going to be very busy in February :)
And with that done, good luck, and I hope to see all your work in February! I'll also be participating from my main, too! ;)
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HILDA Appreciation Week 2024, February 11 -- 17
Day One: Favorite Character(s)
Day Two: Favorite Episode(s)
Day Three: Favorite Creature(s)
Day Four: Favorite Background Character(s)
Day Five: Favorite Relationship(s)
Day Six: Favorite Location(s)
Day Seven: Free Day/Favorite AU(s) (Yours, someone elseās, or both!)
soo this was supposed to be for @hilda-appreciation-week, i finished it the week after the event, saved it in my drafts and straight up forgot š„²
it was for Day 6 - Favourite Location - kind of a cheat but I just chose Hilda's room and zoomed in on the bit around Alfur's house bc I love looking at all the little trinkets she has and how it changes between seasons. like having the drawings of her friends and the new house in season 2 when she's more settled in Trolberg and new drawings of creatures for every adventure she's been on :) there's so many little details!!! also it was another excuse to draw my beloved peppercorn yayy
it has GOT to be alfur. before i rewatched s1 and 2 before the s3 drop (what a mouthful) i wouldve 100% said twig. but alfur intrigued me a lot!!! i have so many questions about elf society and i realized he was more than just a bookworm after rewatching the whole series RAUGHH i have many thoughts on him
day 2: favorite episode
oh my gawgdjohd you cannot make me choose. the replacment made me feel the most things but both the deerfox and the fairy isle made me sob the most. so it really depends on what iām feeling
day 3: favorite creatures
i have the fucking book yāall yeah the one released around s1-s2.
I LOVE NITTENS!!! AND DEERFOXES!!!!! but if i had to choose iād have to go with GIANTS !!!!! the illustrations in that book i mentioned are SO COOL YALL !!!!
day 4: favorite background character
i wasnt sure if cedric counted SO THIS LITTLE FUCKER !!!!
day 5: favorite relationships
ALFUR AND BARTELL!!!! again prior to rewatching it i couldnt care less but bartell HUGGING ALFUR WHEN HE SEES HIM!!!!! and the entire clan being entirely willing to kill someone to protect him is just so fucking sweet
i wouldve included adeline too but she gets a criminal lack of screen time D: i want to see her more !!!!!
day 6: favorite location
THE LAND OF STARLIGHT!!!! literally the most breathtaking scenes in the whole series take place here its so pretty. i really wish we could know more but i KNOW WHY WE CANT AUGH
day seven: favorite au/free space
there was this one au where alfur left the northern counties to join the lost clan and AUGH that lives in my mind rent free.
but also free space hermm.. above the clouds and sonstanstil by ryan carlson are some of my FAVORITE soundtracks in the entire series
A selection of excerpts from the records, reports and miscellaneous communications of Alfur Aldric from his time as Elven Observer of the City of Trollberg.
Note to the reader: Whilst the contents of certain of Aldricās Trollberg Reports may seem extremely unlikely, even fanciful, it has been independently verified that they are, in fact, true and accurate.
Edited to tag @hilda-appreciation-week as forgot despite the day 1: favourite character prompt being the reminder to post this. Not sure I have a single favourite, but I do enjoy Alfur as a character.
Read on Ao3
Report one: A preliminary report on travelling from the Elven Northern Counties to the human settlement of Trollberg via car
Like many Elves of the Northern Counties, I have restricted my travels thus far to that which is well-mapped and within a reasonable days travel by foot from my home village, with the occasional trip further afield with an overnight stay in order to assist with vital census updates and independent verification of records.
I therefore begin my records as the Elven Observer of the City of Trollberg with information collected before I entered the city, with observations on travelling the far vaster distance between my home county to the city itself. As expected, the interior of a human car is highly spacious, with an interesting array of safety features for the comfort of the driver and passengers. Sadly, these did not extend to anything suitable for an elf, and I on several occasions found myself sliding across the dashboard as we went around a corner until Hilda invited me to instead sit on her shoulder, where I could hold onto the collar of her jumper. I am pleased to report no injuries beyond a moderate bruise to my elbow, for which the appropriate paperwork has been filed.
The road in places was poorly maintained, a sad state of affairs for a piece of public infrastructure, but my companions seemed well used to the occasional abrupt clatter as the wheels caught in a crack in the road. Once we reached the more heavily used roads this became less common, suggesting a resource prioritisation effort may be the culprit. We passed an interesting array of signage, some of which was quite obvious to me and others which were inscrutable. Some were even directly contradictory - "Road works ahead", it transpired, meant not a reassuring statement on the continued availability of a road, but in fact was flagging that the road ahead was out of use for major repairs! Despite how illogical and potentially confusing this was, I admit to finding a certain charm in such differences compared to Elvish culture*.
The majority of the journey passed quickly; regrettably, as we drew closer to the gates to Trollberg we encountered what I was informed is a commonplace element of travel via car or other motorised road vehicle - the so called "traffic jam". I am yet to be able to find a reliable source for the origin of this term, but would posit based on observation thus far that it is a colloquialism Ā based on the ability of a large volume of vehicles attempting to utilise the same subset of roads causes you to slow as if caught in a vast swathe of sticky jam**
Once through the gates of Trollberg, late in the afternoon but fortunately before the sun was due to set, we took a meandering route through the city. I commented that the layout seemed somewhat counterintuitive, to which Joanna kindly informed me that city planning was rather ad-hoc, rather than the layout of the city as a whole being considered at the outset. While quite foreign a concept to one used to the clear zoning laws and building regulations of the Northern Counties, one must I suppose account for the necessity of limiting building to within a constrained space (i.e. within the encircling walls) and the impacts this would have on opportunities for building and restructuring. Human buildings, it would seem, are deeply attached to the very bedrock rather than being simply held in place via magic (which is, of course, not available to the vast majority of humans) which further complicates any attempt to impose logical order on their street layout.
Nevertheless, our driver was well aware of where she needed to go and we soon arrived at our destination with no diversions. We left the car on the street outside, with much muttered complaint about "parallel parking" and lamenting the lack of a "driveway", a statement I am yet to receive adequate clarification for. Joanna has promised to find a driver's theory manual for me to investigate to expand my understanding rather than being reliant on her or Hilda's ability to answer my questions.
As they appear to disagree quite drastically on some points, I will be pleased to verify my learnings with the approved instructions before submitting further details to the records of the Northern Counties.
* Statement intended as a positive observation on a novel culture and to indicate an open-minded and non-judgemental approach, not in to be considered in any form as a suggestion for adoption by the Elvish Council
**Hilda, one of my two hosts in the city, has kindly offered to locate a scale model car and drive it through several varieties of jam in order to test the accuracy of this comparison; Joanna is insistent that any such experiments be done with suitable preparation, as is only correct for any scientific investigation. I have included a draft of this proposed experimental design with this report for reference.
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Report one, subset A: A packing list
Shirts x 3
Reading glasses
Underwear x 7
Towel
Toiletries
Books x 3
Woolly hat x 1
Scarf x 1
Mittens x 1 (pair)
PJs x 2
Slippers
Winter coat
Notebook x 2
Pens
Sleeping bag
Note: had I more time to prepare for travel I would perhaps have expanded my packing to decrease frequency of laundry, however there was limited time and a hard deadline for transport, necessitating a rather restricted research period to prepare for my travels.
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Report one, subset B: A preliminary proposal for investigation on the coherency of "traffic jam" as a colloquialismĀ
Hypothesis A: Attempting to drive a scale vehicle across a surface coated with jam will result in a noted slowing of movement
Hypothesis B: There will be no significant impact of variety of jam on the deceleration noted
Experimental materials required:
Scale model car with some mode of propulsion
A disposable or easily cleaned surface with sufficient texture for wheels to grip
A disposable or easily cleaned surface larger than the experimental set up
A stopwatch
Measuring tape
Jam (three or more varieties)
Cleaning wipes to clean wheels between trials
Knife or spoon (for spreading jam on surface)
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Report one, subset C: A note on light and sound pollution
Residents of the Northern Counties will be well familiar with the historic conflict with the former residence of the Big People, largely revolving around what was long considered to be unacceptable levels of noise and light during the evening and night. Whilst that situation has been recently resolved, I must note that it is abundantly clear to me quite why the past residents of the cabin would have been fully unaware of this, in counter to one of the the more conservative objections that even if they had not yet completed the required paperwork to be able to interact with their neighbours their behaviour was clearly unruly and unacceptable in any case.
Quite simply, by the standards of the city of Trollberg our neighbours have been at worst consistent in their behaviour with their social norms, and in my experience thus far seemingly were frequently positively accommodating and considerate.
Outside of the windows of the room in which I am attempting to sleep is a light that seems set to be on throughout the night, one of several lining the street. Cars drive past at irregular intervals despite the late hour, throwing more light into the room (despite the drawn curtains) and splitting the night with the rumble of engines. Though at the time of writing this noise has ceased, until several hours after it became dark I could hear music coming from the flat below. While not unpleasant or offensive, it was nevertheless distracting to an elf used to the quiet of the Northern Counties.
I am not alone in finding this all rather jarring; Hilda is sitting up with me as I write, peering out of the window and mourning the peace and quiet left behind. She has just uttered an impatient declaration of "how does anybody get any sleep?" - I hope that we soon discover the answer, lest my reports quickly become unacceptably insensible.
Late to the party, but something for @hilda-appreciation-week Picking a single favourite for any of the categories is too hard for me, but Twig is a strong contender for favourite creature, and the Deerfox for favourite episode
I meant to finish this yesterday, but oh well here it is now!
I learned to play the Life of Hilda on the piano and wanted to make a small animation to go along with it. It isnāt perfect, and the sound is pretty quiet, but I like it. :)
Day Seven: Free Day/Favorite AU(s) (Yours, someone else's, or both!)
Now it's the last day and it's a free one. Specifically about AU's and whatever else. But I'm going to admit this. I don't really have a favorite AU. I don't really delve into many AU's in the Hilda fanbase. But you know, I have read some stuff that is AU related. Even though I mainly read stuff that could be friendly to canon or not. It depends, but again, I don't know every AU and I don't catch up with them. But I want to give praise to @wildflowers-of-trolberg and her amazing "Runaway Hilda" AU.
While I have only read the "Main" story of it. Not any of the side stories from what I know. But I am genuinely impressed with the amount of work Pikablob has done for making this one big AU. She is a very talented person with all of the writing she has done. Even if we disagree on certain things. I'd recommend checking out their account if you like HIlda.
I also need to read @hyperpsychomaniac 's work as well because they are very talented from what I've seen.
But I want to talk about my own stuff. It's something I've thought of before. But it's still in development. I question if I'll continue it. It all started with a...simple story of Eda meeting Johanna in a certain scenario. And I should continue trying to write a cohesive timeline that pretty much contains Hilda, The Owl House and Infinity Train in one multiverse.
I try to make my stories canon friendly where you can imagine they likely happen in canon before or after certain things. But I did change one thing for Infinity Train. Mainly the end of book 3. But everything else before those events are canon. I'm speaking about books 4, 1, 2 and book 3 episodes 1-8.
One of the challenges I know I am going to face is adding Hilda season 3 into the timeline. Because that season revealed some game changing information for the series. But also, I have thought maybe because of season 3, the multiverse connecting these three shows might be so much easier.
Granted, I have nothing major with any huge crossovers. I've mainly written some Joheda stuff. Even though I'd REALLY want to write some major stuff with Infinity Train. My old plans were to include Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur into it. But I felt because of other plans and other things I've been thinking, I'd likely rather not add a Marvel property into it.
Yet I had announced that I would planning to add Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss into this timeline with this meme. https://www.tumblr.com/geekgemsspooksandtoons/740457984559300608/holy-shit-he-hasnt-even-written-a-story-where?source=share
But I genuinely question about deleting that and if I want to go with through with that. Because season 1 is only a thing and season 2 is going to introduce a lot of new stuff. Yet I like the funny idea of characters like Erik Ahlberg, Emperor Belos, Simon Laurent, Amelia Hughes, Adam, Lute, Alastor and the Vee's all exist in the same multiverse. Yet I should say that would be pretty terrifying.
In a nutshell, I have thought I basically made my own MCU using shows that you need to watch to understand this timeline if I were to ever crossover more of them.
I'm getting distracted and should post this. This is the last of my Hilda appreciation week posts. Thank you all for liking my previous posts. :) I really liked that this existed. It's a great way to have the fandom talk about what they love about the show.
wanted to do a digital art piece to celebrate hilda appreciation week! twig and the deerfoxes are sooooo cool, i love them so much. their magical extra planar habitat is so beautiful and visually stunning. it was so fun to draw! there is so much great magic in hilda :3
for @hilda-appreciation-week , thank you for putting this together! love to celebrate such a wonderful, loving, magical show.
only just found out about hilda appreciation week!! i love this show so much. the creature and character designs are so delightful. these are two calendar doodles i did inspired by hilda. the first is the lindworm and the second is the giant from the first episode.
This one isnāt officially ālaunchedā yet, I suppose even the name is subject to changing, but it has been slowly but surely brewing in dark and mysterious corners (mine and @blaithnne ās discord chat). Wish I could have done something more serious and elaborate bc the girls deserve it, but honestly this idea struck me and I just had to see it to the end š
It's Day Seven: Favorite AU(s), and that means it's the final day!! It's been awesome to get to run this and see what everybody's been talking about, so I'm so excited to see what you guys have for today. I just wanted to give a shout-out to everybody who has posted something and to everybody that's liked, reblogged, and/or commented! This wouldn't have been possible without all of y'all and it's so cool to see how much everybody loves the show. I'll be reblogged submissions throughout the day, and, as always, if I miss something or mistag something please let me know! I'll rectify it as soon as possible :)
And additional reminder that submissions will continue to be accepted for another week, up to the 24th! If you wanted to get a submission in but didn't have time this week, don't worry! Just tag this blog and use the #hildaappreciationweek2024 tag and I'll do my best to get it onto the blog!
Hilda Appreciation Week Day Seven: Free Day or Favorite AU(s)
For me, it's my (and hold it down) 'verse, of course!! This AU started with my wondering what Hilda would be like if she retained the ability to turn into a troll, then it spawned a fic, then a series, and now a whole 'verse I love to play around in. I'm still planning to work on it because I still love it so so much, but internship be wild and I'm so tired (and stressed) these days so that's probably not going to happen for a while :(
I decided to include my teen and adult designs for Hilda and Frida, with Hilda's troll forms included, as that's the time frame in which the majority of AU takes place (also ft. Arch-Sorceress Frida) and also included Frankie because he's also a part of the AU! Beloved child :)
reblogs are highly appreciated, and please do not repost my art
As if I would pass up the opportunity to draw the kiddos š drawing ref (& rambling) under the cut
Right, so I found this reference on pinterest and not only was it cute, it also played into my "Kaisa calls Mattie 'starlight'" agenda, so I decided to give it a try! Considering Mattieverse canon it would probably make more sense to have Mattie bringing Arwen along? But I just felt like the placements worked soo well with Harvey as the sun & Arwen as the moon (see, I can do sun/moon dynamics platonically, apparently), so here it is! I really love these characters and drawing them was so fun. The definetly deserve the appreciation, and I'd highly reccomend checking out the tagged blog to get to know them if you don't!
It's Day Seven: Favorite AU(s), and that means it's the final day!! It's been awesome to get to run this and see what everybody's been talking about, so I'm so excited to see what you guys have for today. I just wanted to give a shout-out to everybody who has posted something and to everybody that's liked, reblogged, and/or commented! This wouldn't have been possible without all of y'all and it's so cool to see how much everybody loves the show. I'll be reblogged submissions throughout the day, and, as always, if I miss something or mistag something please let me know! I'll rectify it as soon as possible :)
I chose Cauldron Island and the Land of Starlight!
I love the lindwormās garden, a far away island of nature and solitude sounds very nice to me (disregarding what happened in the beast of cauldron island lol). And the Land of Starlight is so beautiful! The life of the deerfoxes is really intriguing. Up there in the sky, I wonder what they do all day, haha.
Theyāre both drawn so well too, the colours in Hilda never cease to amaze me. :)
It was hard to narrow it down to two, all the backgrounds are gorgeousss! Eugeneās cave where he lights everything up neon is an honourable mention.
