MASTERPOST.
What is #What If ToA RotT?
A project of 20 dedicated people who invested 2.5 years to rewrite the beginning of the 2021 movie Tales of Arcadia: Rise of the Titans. It became a beautiful 30 min fan animatic.
It was based on @tenebrius-excellium's fix-it fic. (outlined)
What is it about?
Blinky narrates A Brief Recapitulation of Troll Lore No. 48 as an alternative prologue to the movie. Visually, we preferred to use a sepia-colored book-like aesthetic. The og intro, in contrast, was felt to be rather rushed and confusing.
We then open into a scene playing in New York City, which explains the premise and what Douxie, Nari & Archie have been doing since the former events of Wizards: Tales of Arcadia. The scene is meant to pick up the audience where they were left off after the show, since the movie forced a rather abrupt continuation. What was dubbed by us as the #café scene goes at a slower, more comfortable pace, and intends to pay more respect to the world lore, character relationships etc. It then neatly ties itself to the canon follow-up scene which is commonly known among fans as the "subway scene".
What do I do with it?
You can view the scene as an insert into the canon movie. It is placed in the timeline between Blinky's recap of previous events and the subway scene as a slower and more informative opening.
You can see it as the first, animated scene of @tenebrius-excellium 's fanfic idea, which pursues a very different, more satisfying plotline afterwards.
You can use it as a base to invent your own fix-it story for a movie that could have been good but was sadly largely perceived as disappointing. Have fun! :)
Where can I watch it?
On Youtube! Here are the links to the...
...Trailer: Trollhunters Rise of the Titans: WHAT IF [a fandom project] Official Trailer
...Full movie: Trollhunters Rise of the Titans: WHAT IF [fandom project]
...Blooper Reel: What If ToA Rott Bloopers
This is amazing! Who participated in making this?
All credit goes to @nikibogwater @capsulect @bluespiritslight @sopafa @e7y1 @the-fandom-hopping-mage @prismarts @i-am-gun-robot @squabasaurus @livmadart @tempestimes @noperopesaredope @malleepp @honeyxmonkey @bluheaven-adw @azure-za-raid @sweetkever @guardianofideas @jmeestella @tenebrius-excellium on Tumblr!
Have fun and enjoy!
