#labbound

[arcandtwitchyaus]

Trolls are extraordinarily fertile and virile, able to bear dozens of young in a single pregnancy. Because their bellies simply continue to expand to accommodate however many children they produce, and their breasts swell to produce enough milk to feed however many there are, there is no real limit to this. ‘Dozens’ is just a safe estimate. But since every time a troll has sex, they might conceive even more children, this makes them far more akin to broodmother-types. Consider a fully pregnant troll, already bearing twenty-something babies, and has a night with her special someone. The next day, she might have an additional twenty-something eggs, and might have nearly fifty children by this point!

And the voracious sexual appetites of trolls never die off during pregnancy. They could have hundreds of children by the time the first cycle gives birth, and continually do so again and again. Granted this does take a long time; troll pregnancies require far longer times than humans do, without much apparent reason for why this is so. Sometimes it’s based on blood: rustbloods have the shortest, at a few years or so. Cooler bloods might have pregnancies that take decades to come to term, and rumor has it that the Condesce is hiding a pregnancy that has been going on long before the main cast was ever born; it may not come to term until a normal human lifespan ends.

So why they don’t reproduce quickly, when they do, they have population explosions. Human society as a whole doesn’t realize this, and the Lalondes are very careful to make sure that they don’t… at least until a time that troll numbers are high enough that humans won’t be able to just blindly attack trolls in fear of being replaced.

It does remain quite possible that, within the next fifty years or so, sheer numbers will cause the trolls to become the ‘face’ of Earth, and interplanetary travel will be important simply to ease overpopulation concerns. Medicines to artifically curb troll fertility will likely become commonplace, assuming trolls don’t have the ability to simply shut off impregnation.

[arcandtwitchyaus]

The Hiveswap/Friendsim trolls are certainly around! They’re older than Karkat’s generation (and several of them might be seen as role models in an ‘OMG YOU’RE SO COOL’ way), but younger than Kankri’s, and likely don’t harbor much mistrust for humans. They might have been raised largely away from humans, though, unlike Karkat and friends, so humans are kind of a novel thing for them! They don’t generally see them as a threat. Generally they find those strange and tiny soft-bodied beings rather sweet and huggable.

Given the much softer approach Labbound takes, the more violent or unsavory aspects of them are likely not there, or heavily downplayed; Amisia doesn’t need blood to paint, for instance, and the church of the mirthful messiahs is not really a thing so Chahut is not as violent as in canon (and this goes for purples in general, most likely). Konyyl might be a bodyguard for hire, rather than an assassin, and so on.

some general thoughts for them:

Xefros is part of the Harley family in all but name, having been dating the heir to the family fortune, Joey Claire-Harley, and indirectly proving that troll/human relationships are feasible without needing assistance or alteration.

Konyyl is big and thicc even by their usual standards, and forms a kind of loose ‘pride’-type group with Nepeta and Polypa. Nepeta grew up admiring Konyyl as a real role model and heroine, and in turn Konyyl is doing her best not to disappoint her and to be cool all the time. The three of them often wind up extremely pregnant and their resulting grub hordes are about the same age! Usually with their respective boys in tow and at their side.

Bronya is a dedicated broodmother, having spent much time tending to others grubs, and she’s pretty dang fertile herself. She was actually present during the childhoods of Terezi’s generation, and these younger trolls regard her as a warm and maternal figure that has always been a fixture in their lives. She herself greatly admires the Dolorosa and the Signless’ efforts in civil rights for their people, and low-key follows their example.

Chahut lives underground in a huge subway station converted into a commune for trolls, administered by purplebloods; she has been a proper troll mother for a long time and does not intend to slim back down any time soon, often sporting breasts so large she is both able to feed pretty much all the grubs always at once, and would not be able to move easily if not for her immense strength. Amisia is a permanent guest of hers in the lair, and they are rarely seen apart.

Trizza is involved in a complicated and even bitter feud with the Condesce - whom sees her as a potential protege who is too much like her and it just pisses them both off - on one side, Meenah and Feferi at another, and finally against Jane, whom she sees as having usurped her position as Old Meenah’s Favorite.

[arcandtwitchyaus]

In terms of fertility the pyropes, lejions and maryams are the top 3 bloodlines having the largest pregnancys on average

[arcandtwitchyaus]

Among the Friendsim generation... well, the term ‘generation’ may not be strictly accurate. A few of them are older and younger than the others.

For instance, Xefros is probably a bit on the young side (whatever age Joey is, he’s closer to that), and Diemen is definitely one of the babies of the bunch.

As far as older goes, Chahut is the oldest one, definitely nearly as old as some of the Beforan generation; a lot of the younger ones look up to her or are intimidated by her for this reason.

(Gamzee has the biggest, cutest crush on her.)

Skylla is the second oldest of them, and is a bit of a team mom to... well, anyone around her! Bronya, as she oversaw the youth of the Alternian generation, may be in this age ratio as well.