#Half Troll

[cince-arts]

My little Blood Witch, Yivah ... now Wild Magic Sorcerer (though subclass in necromancy and haemomancy) - with some 3d model work too So I have briefly discussed this over on the bird app that I was writing out of WoW - she is the reason I started writing all my ocs out lol. I wanted to build a world for my trolls that I felt comfortable in. Of course it's a long process and I had major changes from what Yivah was (since she's now half troll/fae) I'll post story stuff when I can

Artwork/characters (c) @cince-arts

[manglednatalia]

Obsessed with her

Edit: pardon me, I'm unable to play and been out of the loop. I immediately fell in love with the haranir, I really hope they're descendants of dark trolls

[azurewildflight]

Beginning designs for ToA Underground

Starting with our protagonist: Brandon

Here we have Brandon through the ages from left to right.

[varulvcomic]

Happy Werewolf Wednesday on a Tuesday from our were-ladies, Wyn and Ragna!

[gentleeclipsey]

Hello hi yes I haven't been drawing much, have this OC I've been obsessing over for days (forgive the shiny table it's all I had, her name is Jackie)

And half troll!

I know, I know, the cleft lip reconstruction scar looks weird I'm still working on it :'3

[dunmeshistash]

Monster Tidbits - Troll

[v-poreons]

Join us and die! Join us and die! Join us and die!

She demanded I draw her it was a physical need LOL

Progress gif + flat colors under the cut 😳

[zivazivc]

my favorite barbie doll

[sandflakedraws]

the perils of reaching out early on

[hey-hey-j]

this started out as me wanting to expand on that headcanon post from yesterday about Bruce and Brandy getting caught hopelessly off guard with their first egg and then it quickly evolved into me getting all emotional about Bruce realizing he's finally at a point where he's happy and healthy enough to even carry an egg in the first place and I aaahhh....

(★ my Kofi)

[bookwyrminspiration]

it took an hour and a half (real time) for them to *checks notes* walk across the carnival. to get frost. they didn't even stop for anything

[coolestzed]

As someone who was looking for Merlin content earlier today only to come across a flood of posts with the tag "merlin hate train", this is extremely cathartic.

Stop the Train!

So, apparently, yesterday was the one year anniversary of this blog. I’ve never done much with it, but on this occasion, I felt the urge to write. Like many of you, I’m a big fan of Trollhunters. I’ve watched it since it came out, my girlfriend and I are currently working our way through Part I of 3 Below (although I’ve already seen it) and it is in fact the show that made me decide to get Netflix in the first place. I adore the lore, the characters, the storytelling… Every aspect speaks to me.

I have been aware for some time that quite a few of you are… unhappy with Part III, mainly for what you perceive as a poor direction to take one of the main cast in and that you are content to lay the blame for this almost solely at the feet of one character in particular. As I have a singular dislike of spoilers (our very second date, my girlfriend spoiled HTTYD2 whilst we were buying popcorn at the cinema), I would ask that you only choose to keep reading if you’re already all caught up (and if you’ve read the accompanying comics).

Stop the fucking Merlin Hate Train. Seriously. Stop it. You’re out of coal, you’re miles from the nearest station. Someone probably should have prepared for the journey a little better and I doubt most of you brought tickets anyway.

I am well aware that this is an extremely unpopular opinion to have and that merely expressing it will likely result in my bombardment from all ten of you who might read this blog. I do not care. This needs to be said.

You do not know better than Merlin. You cannot.

We know that Merlin crafted the Amulet of Daylight. That is fact. As the earliest Trollhunter we know of (a fellow named Spar the Spiteful) was around when mankind was at their most primitive (we were wearing animal skins and hadn’t really developed anything major beyond sticks as weapons), we can surmise that he predates us, as indeed does Morgana if he is correct in thinking that she is older than he is.

This means that their enmity towards one another goes back much further than a cursory glance at the series would suggest, especially since we know for a fact that Merlin crafted the Amulet using Morgana’s hand. This is an undertaking he would not have performed lightly, given that she is notoriously difficult to kill or, I would assume, maim. Even millennia later, he was only able to seal her away and as we know, was not fully aware of the finer details of said imprisonment.

This brings me back to my original point. You don’t know better than he does and the reason you can’t is because he doesn’t know everything. As an example, I offer his first meeting with Jim. Merlin expresses surprise at his youth, mentioning off hand that he expected him to be at least thirty.

Now, we know from ‘The Felled’ that around a hundred years after she was chosen, Deya the Deliverer expressed a desire to know what her larger purpose was. To that end, she sought out Merlin and after much trial and hardship (during which she aided many in need and slew many misguided enough to try to stop her), she found him in what was to one day become his Tomb (literally coming upon him in the middle of setting up the time-displacement trap, Deya’s the reason that bag of beans is just lying on the floor).

Pretty much the first thing she does is punch Merlin in the face and call him out on withholding knowledge of the future. He goes on to defend himself with the Staff of Avalon, saying that he’s impressed with her rather than angry for punching him and then?

That was when Deya the Deliverer picked up the Omniscienstone.

It transpires that Merlin’s ability to see the future is not inherent to him or at the very least is greatly enhanced by the Omniscienstone. He warned Deya not to use it, saying that to do so without preparation is to court madness. She ignored him.

She saw.

She saw the creation of the Amulet itself.

She saw a human battling Gumm-Gumms.

She saw the death of Blinkous Galadrigal.

She saw a strange creature, a hybrid of human and Trollkind.

She saw Draal the Destroyer bearing the Mantle.

She saw the bones of a human, encased within her Armour.

Deya saw what was. Deya saw what is. Deya saw what might one day be. 

Deya the Deliverer saw all and when she was done, she tore the Amulet off and begged the Wizard’s forgiveness. To all those riding the train, I ask. Do you know what he did?

Merlin apologised to her. He explained that he did not withhold the information out of spite or capricious intent. He did it to spare his Champions of the terrible, overwhelming dread that comes with true Understanding. He does it to preserve their sanity.

The Omniscienstone does not show you what will happen. It shows you what may happen and it shows you all of it. We are given only a brief glimpse into the things Deya saw, the things that Merlin must see whenever he uses it and although he seems capable of predicting things with a high degree of certainty (presumably greater clarity does come with preparation), it is not always perfect. Not by a long way.

Merlin knew for centuries that a human would one day bear the Amulet. He knew that he would not always remain so. But what people seem to fail to understand is that he was expecting Jim to be older.

An older man would be far better suited to handling the transformation and the accompanying side effects. An older man would have had a chance to live his life.

But the fact that he was not an older man does not change things. Jim was the Trollhunter and the Trollhunter was needed. Only the Trollhunter could slay Gunmar and in doing so, aid in the defeat of Morgana and keeping the world from being cast into an eternal night.

I agree that Merlin was manipulative, that he stacked events very much in his favour and that he pressured Jim into using the potion. He used the ends to justify the means. But I would remind you that if he had not done so, Jim would have failed. I’m sorry, but it’s true.

Every other time he went up against Gunmar, he barely survived. He defeated Angor Rot only through trickery and the aid of his friends. If Jim had not made that choice, he would have died. He may have killed Gunmar in the process, but he certainly would have died.

Merlin even went so far as to create armour for Toby and Claire, greatly increasing their own chances of survival, when he could have just as easily not.

I know that a great many of you (if a great many read this) will likely respond with arguments along the lines of “Yeah, but he destroyed Jim’s Vesper to do it!” or “He’s a total jerk, so fuck him!”. To you, I say firstly that he didn’t have any idea as to the emotional significance Jim ascribed to that moped and was merely working with what he had, under the very reasonable assumption that Jim would rather have living friends and secondly that just because he’s a jerk doesn’t mean he’s wrong.

We’re talking about a Wizard of immense power who predates mankind as a recognisable species and who has been battling evil longer than we have had language to describe it. He has seen countless conflicts and has more often than not come out on top.

You do not know better than Merlin. You cannot know better than Merlin.

I’m not asking you to love him, only to stop hating him. Given everything he knew about what was to come, everything he couldn’t have known, this was the best he could do.

So, does anyone still want tickets?

[tgcg]

TG: over hill and yonder dale the brave sir karkat rides TG: slayin dudes and coppin feels of salacious buxom brides TG: posterior pert at any sign where malignance derides TG: brave sir karkat

CG: WOW.

CG: SOMETIMES I REALLY THINK TO MYSELF THINGS CAN'T GET ANY WORSE. ALL AROUND PARADOX SPACE I HAVE SLOGGED THROUGH SOME OF THE MOST RIFE AND RANCID SHIT YOU COULD EVER BELIEVE. YOU WOULDN'T. IMAGINE!!!! SOME OF THE MOST FECULENT OF SHIT I'VE DEALT WITH. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS TAKES THE PROVERBIAL DEFECATIVE CAKE!

CG: THIS IS BY FAR, WITHOUT ANY SEMBLANCE OF FUCKING DOUBT, THE MOST EGREGIOUS, DELIRIOUS, ETHICALLY FUCKED UP "BIZNASTY" MY PISS-POOR JOKE OF "FORTUNE" HAS EVER HAD THE AUDACITY TO SITUATE ME IN.

CG: AND I HOPE YOU'RE PROUD OF YOURSELF, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY FUCKING SAYING SOMETHING! GRADE A WORK, STRIDER! THE CROWD GOES ABSOLUTELY MILD!

TG: his dudely bard a witness to the power of his claps TG: what claps you ask the rugged cheeks of his hellacious ass

CG: OH MY GOD, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT SOMETHING OTHER THAN MY ASSCHEEKS FOR A SINGLE SECOND?! YOUR MATERIAL IS AWFUL!

[azurewildflight]

Have you ever thought of Troll designs for Claire and/or Toby?

I’ve only thought of a design for Troll Toby once him being a Krubera

Haven’t really thought about one for Claire but if I had to choose it probably be something like Nomura’s tribe

[eugeneplace]

Half Pop BroZone

JD: country

Bruce: classical

Clay: techno

Floyd: funk

[skidmarkeater]