#New Arcadia

[md-rizwan-ansari]

Balancing Innovation and Human Connection: A Story of New Arcadia

In the bustling metropolis of New Arcadia, where towering skyscrapers kissed the clouds, the fragility of human connections was often overlooked. The residents lived under the constrain of relentless schedules and unyielding expectations, adhering to the modern adage: “Efficiency above all.” Every year, the city hosted a technological expo to celebrate the tentative advancements shaping their…

[jessenitrogen]

what do i even say. i need him obliterated BY MY HANDS

[weaverofink]

imagine if claire actually had a good outfit during wizards

[flowerprintundies]

screenshots from // Goodbye is Forever // by Arcadia (1985)

[multifandom-nerds-blog]

I'm rewatching Trollhunters in the background right now, and the disfunctional mother son relationship between Jim and his mom is making me crazy.

Like, he's taking care of the household and his mother for years as a teenager and before probably. She is sometimes giving half hearted comments about him not having to do so much, but very obviously she's not gonna make him stop do all the cooking and cleaning. Y'know. Both because they've been living like this for years, and because it's obviously also very comfortable to have someone do all the house work.

Then Strickler comes into the picture, and if we ignore the whole Troll and changeling side of the story, Barabara gets very offended cause Jim doesn't want her to meet him privately. Again, ignoring the whole magic and trolls stuff, STRICKLER IS JIMS TEACHER. If Jim hadn't figured out that Strickler was a changeling he probably wouldn't have a problem with it, but the fact that he does, no matter the reason, should be enough for Barbara to put a stop to the relationship. Her child is clearly uncomfortable with her seeing/dating that guy, for whatever reason, and even clearly vocalized it. But she doesn't care about, or rather, she tells Jim that she "wouldn't expect something like that" from him. Obviously not, cause she may see him like her child/teenager he is, BUT DOESN'T TREAT HIM LIKE ONE.

And then Jim, unknowingly to Barbara, becomes the Trollhunter, and his behavior changes. He's suddenly doing reckless stuff, sneaking out, getting bruises, landing in detention and even at the police station, barely avoiding a police report. What does she do? Asking him what's going on? If everything's alright at school? If he has any other problems? Maybe trying to lower his workload around the house, which again, he's doing most of that as a teenager and longer probably.

Nah. She doesn't do anything until he lands in the hospital. Except for again, dismissing him rather negatively at the one topic he's openly expressing any negative opinions about (Strickler). And after he lands in the hospital she now starts not asking questions, but demanding answers. Demanding answers from a teenager in a difficult situation who is also now acting much more like a teenager than he ever did before, from her point of view at least. Except she obviously doesn't know how to deal with a teenager, cause she has never had to raise or live with a teenager. She instead lived with a child pretending to be an adult for years, that was partly much more of an adult than she was, who did way to much work even before Jim became the Trollhunter. So she throws punishments at him and grounds him, but does he listen?

No. Cause why should he? Not only is he dealing with things much more important than being grounded, yknow, saving the world, he's trying to protect her from the sheer knowledge of the supernatural and physically protecting her from getting harmed. And again, for the majority of the time since his dad left he pretended to be an adult. He was and is the main adult in the household, dealing with important things she doesn't even know about.

The only one's treating Jim like a teenager are teachers, other children and Blinky and Aaargh sort of when they're not in the middle of Troll business. Strickler, in the first episodes where Jim doesn't know about his true identity, is much more of a parental figure to Jim (also after his redemption later on tbh) than his mother.

In summary: Barbara is treating her son like an adult, almost like a partner, instead of a child/teenager. And when that isn't possible anymore she doesn't know how to properly treat him. She also doesn't really care that her son is uncomfortable with her being around Strickler, or Strickler in general. And it takes Blinky telling her (when Jim is 16) that Jim might be affected by his father leaving when he was five years old.

Jim meanwhile is treating his mother more like a child/teenager instead of the adult and MOTHER that she is. Seeing her as his responsibility. Cooking for her. Cleaning for her. Telling her to rest and take breaks.

They obviously love each other other. And their relationship might not be toxic, but it's very much disfunctional. In a way that is mostly negative for Jim.

[finch1pinch]

started rewatching trollhunters out of a need of familiarity when everything in my life is new and bad and hard (college.) and now ive redesigned Claire to make her more of a alternative theater kid with the anger issues that they only hint at in the show

ive given her more of a personality than the #Feminist Only Female character in the group ur welcome lol

[twixnmix]

Nick Rhodes and Julie Anne Rhodes photographed by Andy Warhol at Mr Chow in New York City on December 12, 1986.

[thosetrollkids]

A quick little icon for a slightly older Toby for the TOA roleplay server I'm in- Shattered Heartstone! You can find out more about the server here, but the gist of it is this: A canon divergent story (everything in Trollhunters and 3Below is the same, but major changes in Wizards and ROTT for better narrative flow) where after stopping the Arcane Order for good, a surge of magic on New Years Eve causes the dead to come back to life- allies, friends and enemies alike.

Commissions are also open! Working on new sheets but I am happy to discuss something in DMs :)

[aiyve-rose]

Happy New Year!!!

Hi everyone! It's been so long since I've consistently posted anything on here, so sorry about that (can ya'll believe it I'm in college now what) But I wanted to greet you all a Happy New Year! Thank you to those who still look at my blog every now and then, it really means a lot to me.

[phonographica]

Sunshower - Arcadia (2017)

[geckoodles]

Forest dawn.

[yakitori-queen]

horrible little american arcadia headcanon from yours truly. we already know trevor for sure came out of this whole adventure a lot more mentally ill. it's also not too much of a reach to imagine he'd struggle with paranoia after the traumatic realization his whole life was broadcast without his consent. my hc is that one of the ways this paranoia shines through is that he's constantly terrified that walton media goons are eventually going to abduct him and drag him back to arcadia. he'd get really stressed and sometimes panicked over it especially in crowded places where it would be difficult to spot a potential kidnapper before it's too late

[jessenitrogen]

I need to bite him. i need to rip him into shreds. tear him from limb from limb. i want his remains to be untraceable.

if i do not turn this guy into VISCERA there will be DIRE CONSEQUENCES

[fieriframes]

[The curtain falls on the Unending Night and we in Flavortown remain. Will we see you all again? I lean on this new dawn's hope. You will remain ever in our hearts. Et in Flavortown ego. We are here. We are here. We are here.]

[honeyxmonkey]

Nico would adopt him without hesitation

Besties, actually

Death besties...

Deathties?

[plungol]

favourite @pearlean's gshade preset

i love him