#Also Grimm x Ellina is now a ship that I ship

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In our series there is an episode in the first season where Ghost does banish the Grimm troupe and the the ritual is broken.

So the nightmare heart dies, but (because we are so attached to the characters and this is basically an everyone lives au) Grimm and Grimmchild both live, now disconnected from the heart and mortal, they decide to come and stay in Hallownest to repay little Ghost by providing the regrowing kingdom with entertainment through their circus.

Now all of this leads to a very fun character arc for Grimm throughout the series where he has a difficult time adjusting to being mortal after a thousand years of being the nightmare hearts puppet.

There are several episodes that tackle this subject and they are some of my favorite Grimm troupe episodes

These four in particular, the first is the banishment episode, the second is a fun one where Ghost/Shade lord loses some of their godly power and Grimm who is adjusting to a similar change steps in to help (may or may not actually be helpful lol).

The third centers around Grimm's fears concerning his childs mortality after Grimmchild is injured during an adventure,

and the fourth is about Grimm uncovering the stories of his now forgotten past lives with the help of Ellina the chronicler (who returns to Hallownest to make a record of the new kingdom.)

[littlebittyhollowbugs]

Grimm x Ellina

Why do I always ship rare pairs anyway

Reasons why I ship it~

• She is one of the few bugs who seems unbothered by and actually excited about the Grimm troupe being in town.

• They look good together!

• Ellina seems to be an easily intrigued/excited to try new things and pretty easygoing, I can see her being interested. She's also pretty realistic and down to earth to contrast the showy flamboyant Grimm. I just think their personality traits are compatible.

• They enjoy travelling to distant, and fallen kingdoms. (Each for their own, very different reason, but still.)

• They kinda have Howl x Sophie vibes (everyone should know I love studio Ghibli XD but seriously Grimm is so Howl, the nightmare heart is Calcifer, I could make a whole AU about this!)

Ship headcanons ~

• Ellina helps Grimm uncover the details of his past lives, using the records she keeps. (I have a whole episode about this in our 'adventures of new Hallownest series'. It's how I started shipping them lol.)

• Ellina travels all over the place and meets lots of people, she always makes sure to advertise his shows.

• Also Ellina, who is very artistic, draws elaborate posters for the circus. Which he greatly admires.

• Grimm teaches her how to dance, and she is surprisingly very graceful.

• She also loves music. (Which is implied in the wanderers journal!) So she and Grimm bond over their love for music too.

• Also! Grimm gifts Ellina creepy antique figurines and dolls and she adores them. She's an antique lover. I know it.

Now have some doodles!~