#anyways stan troll jim

[lostfieldd]

Hello Trollhunters fandom [said into a dark void].

Take my Troll Jimbo headcanons because I miss my boy (feel free to rt/comment and add your thoughts/own headcanons!)

Sorry if my grammar and spelling sucks I’m writing this late at night running on four hours of sleep 🧍

Cat-like behaviour

I’m completely convinced that trolls have some feline-like nature, especially since some species have controllable tails.

This means Jim can purr (LOVES head scratches idc fiGHt me), and his pupils dilate when he’s interested in something.

He has a tail and it will act like a cats, sometimes it wags when he’s really excited. He has ears that express emotions as well, like AAARRRGGHH’s do, but they’re a lot more expressive.

Bonus: Toby bought a laser pointer just to fuck with him.

Physical changes

As covered in the saga, he had enhanced speed, agility, and strength. I’m gonna go a little further than that. I imagine his senses would’ve been amplified by a LOT when he first transformed, and would sometimes become overwhelming. Claire or Blinky would have to talk him through these sort of things until he got a hold of himself again. Merlin wouldn’t have been much of a help since he’s an ass.

I bet he would’ve been really overwhelmed, being able to hear and smell things that the typical human ear cannot, and hearing things from farther distances. This came in handy on his trek to New Jersey with Claire, Blinky and the others, in case they got separated somehow (for instance, finding shade and places to hide during the day). This means he can track them through both sound and smell, which is something that took him a while to get a hang of.

Chompers. Big teefs. He can basically bite through anything except for really tough metal and diamond. I’m completely convinced that Claire would just buy entire bagfuls of silverware for him to chew on, its his favourite snack.

Night-vision!! This is a headcanon I have for trolls as a whole, but I imagine they’d have amazing night-vision, stronger than your usual animal that has strong night-vision idk I should do some research.

Behaviour as a whole

He can be really aggressive if needed, and of course it will be amplified if he wears a grit-shaka or inhales gravesand.

A lot more playful!! Since he’s younger, he has more of a childish nature, being 16-17 years old. I imagine any younglings who were traveling with them to New Jersey absolutely loved playing with him. Even before he was transformed, I bet he would often make time to watch them play or play with them (with the armor on.

For like, general shows of affection, I imagine trolls do little head bonks like goats. I imagine Jim doing this with Claire a lot, but a lot more gentle and just with their foreheads, whereas with other trolls it will be more with the top of their head, and their horns will often bonk together. He definitely does it a lot with Blinky (because found family trope) and they just grow even closer through the journey to New Jersey. (inspo for the bonks of affection taken from a post from @nattikay, i am too lazy to scroll through her whole blog to find it I am so Tired™️ (if you see this i love your art hello 🧍))

Anyways thanks for listening to my rambles goodbye 🏃

[fill-me-with-your-memes-daddy]

Watching the Rise of the Titans movie and I'll be documenting all of my thoughts/reactions here. [Spoiler Warning]

So instead of reblogging every new update, I'm just going to have this post up on my phone as I watch and type my reactions in a bullet list format.

Nari's human disguise is so cute. As someone who does have a cottagecore aesthetic, I want to cosplay her so bad

Are Skrael and/or Belroc non-binary coded? Regardless, I'm also obsessed and I want to fuck Skrael and be Belroc.

STEVE CARING ABOUT JIM BEING HURT YESSSS!!! My god his redemption has probably been one of the greatest there is because he doesn't just suddenly go from being a bully to a completely good person. You can see the gradual shift in learning better throughout the shows which is awesome.

IN NEW YOOOOOOORRRRRRRK!!!!!! CONCRETE JUNGLE WHERE DREAMS ARE MADE OFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!

The mugshot montage reminded me of season 1 of trollhunters when toby and Jim were arrested at the museum.

STRICKLER PUT A RING ON IT??? HE'S THE ONLY DILF IVE EVER ACTUALLY AGREED WAS HOT WYM I CAN'T HAVE HIM??? well I'm still really happy about his arc over the series probably one of my favorite character growths.

Eli my guy got his growth spurt!!! As an 18 year old who is still 5'0", I'm happy but envious for him

So I went into this movie without watching any trailers or promo, but I doubt anything could have prepared me for the existence of mpreg. In fact, I wasn't going to document my reactions until I saw that.

NAMURA!!!!!!!!! MY BELOVED!!!!!! I CAN STILL THIRST FOR YOU WITHOUT GUILT

The coach teacher just called the kids zoomers so I have to dock one point from my final rating just because of that. Unforgivable

Those husky animation models suck lmao

Oh fuck the titans got power ranger zords!!

God why did they include the mpreg??? This movie would have been perfect without it.... After that plot point being revisited only one time I'm already beyond done with it

Like it's bringing me back to the v*ltron days where they're was a suspiciously high amount of klance omegaverse and mpreg fics and art created and it physically hurts because Steve and Keith's voice actor is the same person meaning this is especially cursed to me since I was unfortunately in the v*ltron fandom and remember all of that

But like on another note, how old are these characters again??? I haven't checked any wikis because of spoilers but is Steve an adult??? I know aja might be technically a lot older than 18 because alien but is whatever age she is equivalent to an adult as far as emotionally and physically in Akaridion development??? IS THIS A TEEN (M)PREGNANCY IN A KIDS SHOW????

Like bruh I saw a singular post on here before going into the movie that was like "rott spoilers without context" and there was a pregnant belly but I was absolutely not expecting the actual context of it. I'll find the post after I finish and edit this post to tag the creator right here: @makoden

This entire post is just gonna be me ranting about mpreg huh

Anyway I love the whole roundtable allusion to the legends of king arthur (not the toa version but the one he's based off)

THERE'S 3 TO 5 BABIES????? I need to take a break bruh this is just too much

Alright I've taken a 30 minute break got some food and did some things i love (decompressed by tactile stimming with some owl plushies and watched some videos on my favorite owl, Garu. He lives in Japan with his owner and is a domesticated eagle owl who basically just acts like a sky cat. If anyone else needs some eye bleach, here is their YouTube channel)

Blinky and ARRRGHHH!!! saying their "if one of us doesn't make it" talk my god one of them is going to die I can see it and I will be utterly crushed. Jim can't lose another father figure and Toby can't lose his wingman again I will riot if this happens

On a similar but unrelated to the movie note, can we just talk about how toa started with Jim having 0 dads and (if strickler and blinky live to the end) will end with 2 dads? Like I just really feel happy for him that he has two dads who actually figured out how to put the past behind them to not have any infighting between them so that both of them are healthy father figures. Jim has already been through literal hell and back losing his actual humanity in the process so if he loses one of them, I'm going to be really pissed because at this point, this is just Jim torture porn. Y'all know how as SpongeBob SquarePants went on, the show just became Squidward torture porn? It's starting to feel that way for toa and I really hope they cut the shit by the ending

Jlaire is such a good ship but like I feel like it's too perfect they never disagree with each other

YESSSSSSS Someone finally doesn't treat toby like a fat waste of space who messes stuff up!!! I think out of all the characters that would have been most deserving of a rewrite, it's Toby. Sometimes I just feel he's only comic relief and any heartfelt moments he's had in the series was also born of stupidity (ie his flour baby project being unharmed was seen by him as divine intervention from his parents but was actually just Eli and Steve behind the scenes).

Ohhhhh yesssssss Archie's father!!! I was hoping I'd see him again because we got so little of him last

Ooooooooooh Asian trollmarket!!!!!

Oh never mind slavery trollmarket

Bruh titanic camelot

I feel like we're not seeing enough of the villains because I completely forgot about the power ranger zord things

NAMORA NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MY LAST CRUSHHHH

STRICKLER NO NOT YOU TOO PLEASE

WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE ONLY TWO CHARACTERS I SIMP FOR ON THIS SHOW DIED WITHIN FIVE MINUTES OF EACH OTHER

THAT WHOLE ASS RANT I WROTE IS COMING TRUE FUCK THIS MOVIE THIS SERIES IS JUST JIM TORTURE PORN

WAIT JIM'S SPERM DONOR INFO?

Oh thank God I don't want to know anything about that person

For the record, I call that man Jim's sperm donor because he has no business being called a father to him. All he did was donate some swimmers to the creation of him and give him abandonment issues

Oh another blind troll elder???? This fucker is just if vendel was a bad guy

Bruh I was grieving

PACIFIC RIM WITH GUN ROBOT VEX AND THE BELROCZORD? I've never seen that movie but I know the reference

Bruh Blinky doesn't read horoscopes? Does he realize conspiracy theories are just the manly version of horoscopes?

NO DON'T KILL VEX STOP KO-ING FOUND FAMILY MEMBERS

Oh thank God he's okay

NO NOT ARCHIE AND CHARLEMAGNE OH MY GOD

oh never mind they're just gonna coup de tat I believe in them :))

But I want to see him again

But I'm glad to see vex

Yay they're in arcadia!

But yeah I wondered why the trolls and Merlin didn't keep the whole "daylight doesn't hurt trolls" feature from the eternal night but now Guillermo del Toro I see you were playing the long con in that just to kill my girl Namora :(((

Oooooh I love the animation of the Narizord over Chihuahua!! It looks very good and realistic (if only they could have put some of that into those huskies from before smh)

Bruh the character designs of the arcane order are so good I want to be them

Nari making sure the Skraelzord doesn't crush the bus

DAMN DOUBLE HOMICIDE

Bruh I'm just glad we finally have an answer on why arcadia had everything going on as opposed to literally anywhere else!! I always found that as a weird coincidence for plot convince.

BRUH WERE BACK TO THE MPREG IM SO JEALOUS I FORGOT ABOUT THAT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS BECAUSE I WAS GRIEVING THE LOSS OF MY LOVELIES.

Oh that's real convenient that the ninth configuration meant all of them. Way to not decide which character gets more attention. Though it probably was a smart way to not have any infighting in the fandom between each character's stan group.

Bruh I just realized where is Barbera did they just ditch her on the Camelot ship???

And where are the other trolls that migrated at the end of trollhunters s3? They said something about new jersey but obviously Jim and the other main characters got on Camelot instead.... This feels like a plot hole

And we never learned the process of how changelings are made and bonded to humans and stuff. We just know it's super painful but I'm curious ffs!!!!

THE DONT THINK BECOME HERO SPEECH ALL SAID TOGETHER!!!

BRUH THEY REALLY HAD TO SHOW HIM GIVING BIRTH??????? WAS THAT AN ABSOLUTE MUST??????

Plus the main audience for this series is little children (the rating for the movie is literally TV-Y7) so even though my adult ass is not in the target audience, I STILL DONT UNDERSTAND WHY WOULD MPREG AND ANAL BIRTH WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT THING TO 7 YEAR OLDS???? THIS IS A LITERAL FETISH HIDDEN IN KIDS CONTENT ITS ELSAGATE ALL OVER AGAIN Y'ALL 😭😭😭😭😭

Though it's probably hypocritical of me to think fetishes don't belong in kids tv when I've openly admitted to thirsting for strickler and namora

HUZZAH

NEW AMULET WAZ GOOD????

STAB THAT BITCH JIM

WAIT NO I SAID STAB NOT GET STABBED

Alright good job just missed the directions at first but you fixed it

SEVEN KIDS?????????

T O B Y ????????????

W A I T NO

N O

IS HE ACTUALLY

OH MY GOD THERE'S HOPE

NO THERE ISN'T

F U C K THIS SHIT THEY REALLY JUST HAD HIM TO BE BULLIED THEN KILLED

Y'ALL IM ACTUALLY CRYING THIS NEVER HAPPENS

I NEVER ACTUALLY GET SO EMOTIONAL OVER MEDIA THAT I CRY IT ONLY HAPPENED ONCE AT THE END OF VOLTRON BUT AHHHHHHHH

W A I T

HE'S GONNA BE BROUGHT BACK?????

HOLD UP THEY'RE JUST GONNA BRING ALL THOSE DEAD PEOPLE BACK??????

WAIT IS HE

BLINKY CALLED HIM A SON

HOLD ON IS THIS GOING TO BE A CLIFFHANGER???????????

BRUH THEY REALLY JUST CAN'T END THE SERIES WITHOUT CLIFFHANGERS like there's always an open ending

TROLLHUNTER TOBY????? You know what forget the whole rants I had on how toby was written they just redeemed it all

And that's all! I'd rate it a 6.5/10 because it's definitely the weakest of all the sequels but still had amazing animation and some good plot points. It's just really hard to look over the bad stuff enough to rate it any higher.

[ladylynse]

dark, bright, dim for the sentence thing

Thanks!

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He couldn’t feel her weight, so he rolled over and sat up, pushing the silk sheets away and raising one hand to light the room with a dim ghost ray. - Protocol (DP)

There is no clock in this room—no functioning one, anyway—and the dim light filtering in the back window only tells him that full night has not yet fallen. - Unbound (ADJL)

He squinted at it in the dim light before twisting around to look at Gramps. - Secret Trio (DP/ADJL/RC9GN) WIP

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“—so many people are afraid of the dark,” Dipper was saying, and Stan realized he’d been a fool not to pay their conversation more attention. - Forewarning (DP/GF)

“Looks like we’re in for deep dive into the dark truth!” Heidi chirped. - Secret Trio WIP

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To be fair, that was mostly because—despite seeing Jim in his distinctly not human form—Wirt still thought of trolls as those creepy little plastic dolls with brightly coloured hair that his mom had had in a box in the attic. - Down the Rabbit Hole (OtGW/ToA/GF/DP)

It was bright, pink, reminiscent of her Miraculous Ladybug spell but altogether wrong. - DP/ML WIP

He scrambled to his feet and spotted the two ghosts in no time; they were only half a block away, with auras that would have seemed bright even if Jake hadn’t been looking at them with enhanced vision. - Secret Trio WIP

[hayleysstark]

Queenie here! YOU. WATCH. TROLLHUNTERS??!! OH MY GOD I! LOVE!! THAT!!! SHOW!!!! My sis and I are obsessed! We've binged all 3 seasons plus the follow up series, 3Below. I hope to buy the art book when it's released this summer. What do you like about the show? It must be thrilling to have TWO Jims in your roster of "sass master brunette boys who have a heart of gold but who will also definitely THROW HANDS"

Yes!!! I’m not finished quite yet, still somewhere in the middle of S3, I think I just hit episode ten, but I haven’t actually seen it yet, it’s just where I left off!! Merlin’s bein a shady bitch oof he’s,,,,,,,, up to something. bUT i have a legit weakness for any and all adaptations/interpretations of the character of Merlin ((i really don’t know why I decided to stan an old-ass man from 12th century Wales but there we are)) so i don’t dislike Merlin here by any means. he’s just pretty manipulative of Jim so far and im like oh fuck off man this kid is 16 give him a break u know??

@etheriumart actually got on me to watch it a while back, and I really,,,, didn’t like S1 at all, I sat through probably the first ten episodes and it just didn’t catch my interest at all. It felt more like a high school sitcom with fantasy elements than anything, and it really turned me off, so I said I wasn’t going to finish it, but I felt bad ’cause I felt like maybe I just didn’t give it enough of a chance, and Mason’s my friend and I want to explore what interests them just as much as any of my other friends, so I went back to it several months later and binged the remaining episodes of S1 and all of S2 in a BLITZ lmao and then I fucked off and never caught up on S3 so I’m doing it now that it’s on my mind!!

Oof is 3Below any good?? I’m thinking about giving it a shot once I’ve finished out the main series, but I’m not sure yet! Aliens really aren’t my area so I’m,,,, hesitant lmao

Oh, I didn’t know there’d be an art book!! Thanks for letting me know!! That’s super cool, I’ll have to snap it up when I can! ((pls stop me I have,,,,,,,,,, sO many art books at this point lmao))

“sass master brunette boys who have a heart of gold but who will also definitely THROW HANDS” LMAO I KNOW WHAT MY NEXT TATTOO IS GOING TO SAY FOR SURE. listen,,,,,,,, listen,,,,,,, im WEAK for snarky boys who overflow with kindness and compassion but also hostility and aggression lmao I AM,,,,,, A BASIC BITCH,,,,,, DONT JUDGE,,,,,, U DONT KNOW MY LIFE,,,,

 I really love all the imagination that went into this series, to be honest. The designs for the trolls + various other creatures are all so unique and diverse, I think my favorites are Queen Usurna and Nomura’s changeling form!! The little details, like Usurna’s bio-luminescent markings and sharp head quills, or the sleek colors and catlike shapes of Nomura, are just so enchanting, I absolutely can’t stop looking when one of them is on-screen!! Argh is Shaped Like a Friend. Gunmar and Morgana are pretty bomb-ass in their design, too, and I really appreciate the similarities and the subtle distinctions between Blinky and Dictatious. 

AND DRAAL’S DESIGN IS,,,,,,,,,,,,,, SO SOFT????? I WEEP,,,,,, ((my last brain cell tells me he has sharp stone spikes all along his back but I remember nothing but Soft Friend. 10/10 would hug.))

And I like that the series is pretty obviously geared toward kiddos, but it’s not afraid to get serious, it’s not afraid to let the stakes get super high. Like. my jaw pretty much hit the floor at the end of S1, and stayed there throughout all of S2. A cute, forgettable comedic show about an average high school boy gaining magic powers and juggling his responsibilities as a student, a son, and the sole protector of a secret world got so REAL, like I lost my goddamn MIND.

Argh was DYING. And then Argh DIED. And they TALKED ABOUT IT. They let it be a THING. They let everybody deal with their grief in different ways, on-screen, right there for everyone to see. 

Jim went into the Darklands on his OWN, and they didn’t let him off easy there, either. They go to pretty extreme lengths to display the psychological repercussions of solitude, imprisonment, constant fear, loss of control, repeated traumatic experiences, like they really DO. Could have gone deeper, I know, it really only JUST scratches the surface of PTSD, but the fact that a children’s show did that honestly left me speechless. It’s a big step. 

Fingers crossed good ol’ Dreamworks makes more shows like that!

Could definitely live without the toilet humor, but hey, again, it’s a show geared toward kiddos. I think it’s safe to say I’m not the target audience here.

Anyways. Thanks so much for letting me scream abt Trollhunters!!! Feel free to keep talking about it, I’m always down!! :3 

[biastrid]

I just finished 3Below!

Overly the show was pretty good. I especial loved the animation! It's really beautiful and definitely the best cgi animation I've seen in a show so far.

I also love Aja with all my heart. She's such a great character! I would literally die for her. I love how noticeable it is that they decided to put her hair up after Trollhunters was animated xd

I also live for the design of the Akiridions. They all look so cool!! Especially the king and queen!

And don't even get me started on the political touch with the racism and everything 👀 I don't wanna get too much into it right now but Guillermo del Toro served some good tea here and we're all Señor Uhl stans from now on. And I'm still not over "Girls are invisible here?"

Buuut to me the story just felt kinda...off? The show had a very slow start and somehow never really seemed to reach its peak. 13 episodes seemed too short but at the other hand the story was just not exciting enough to make more episodes. It would have made the show boring. I can't really explain why but somehow there is something missing. I love the whole story about family and getting used to a whole new environment and everything but the story is still missing something. More action maybe? Or more nervewrecking moments? More seriousness maybe? Or better characters?

Because honestly..except for Aja the rest of the new characters are pretty boring so far. I also like Krel but the story mainly focuses on Aja what is kinda sad. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love Aja but Krel is a great character, too. They just never really focused on him. I also don't really like Vex so I guess that was kinda off putting for me.

Even so I'm always all in for aliens and space I'm not a big fan of the I'm-new-here-I-know-nothing-humor so I barely laughed throughout the show (I cried a few times tho sksks) But when I did I almost died (uncle Marlin I SWEAR I CHOKED) Also Steve was kinda getting on my nerves lol

What brings me to Staja. I like them. They're really cute. Interesting dynamics and everything. But I can't get rid of the feeling that they're gonna break up at some point. And I don't mean "hey I'm going back home" breaking up. I mean "hey um..so I'm gay and I realised I don't like you" or "oh I have no feelings for you anymore" breaking up.

I was more than happy to see all the characters from Trollhutners again! I cried whenever I saw them! And don't even get me started on my halfway breakdown as I saw troll!Jim :') I absolutely loved Aja's and Jim's relationship! They should become best friends thx

AND AJA'S AND KREL'S RELATIONSHIP! THEY'RE THE CUTEST SIBLINGS!! They made me cry too much.

Anyway...I'm just really curious how the story continues and whether I will start to like or dislike certain characters soon! And I can't wait to see more of Aja!!!!

[novantinuum]

Some trans Jim HCs...

Some HCs for your consideration bc I’ve been,,, thinking bout Jim a lot lately and this is such an important HC for me:

Jim chose his name bc as a kid he majorly stanned Jim Hawkins from Treasure Planet. Jim Hawkins, who also had a deadbeat dad and grew up with his single mom, and ended up traveling into space on the adventure of a lifetime. It was his favorite movie growing up, and he watched it so much the VHS tape literally wore out. It was always a name that sounded right to him…

…but of course, there was the lingering hurt of his father’s departure to consider. His own deadbeat dad always went by James, not Jim, but still. Eventually however- after much reflection and discussion with his mom- he decided to chose this name regardless of his father. It wouldn’t be fair to either of them to let one name shadow their lives and sway their decisions forever. And anyways, perhaps he could leave his mom with good memories associated with the name.

Looking back on his childhood, Jim initially began to go “hmmmm” about gender stuff around 11 or so. He finally found the words to describe it when he was 12. 

His ���a-hah moment’ came when some girl in his class was teasing him about how much he hung around Toby, and nagging him if he liked him or something, and Jim’s honest to god just… confused why that’s the first place people’s minds go to. Why should it matter, he’s about to respond, Toby’s just another guy- Another guy. When he realizes the implications of this completely casual thought, he sorta disconnects from reality for a moment, starring off into the distance, spinning the thought over and over in his head. Suddenly, every bit of dissonance he’s ever felt from the girls in his class makes sense. 

Barbara is 100% supportive and just wants her son to feel loved and comfortable with who he is. She helps him find a binder when he begins to need one, and personally writes up the prescription to get him on T.

Before, Jim pretty much exclusively went by nicknames- half of which were of Toby’s endlessly creative invention. Later, when he told Toby he was going by Jim now, Toby was simply like “Oh, okay! Sweet,” and they just went right back to playin’ their video game and honestly, Jim didn’t know why he ever worried about telling his best friend.

Some dickwad at school hears about his cooking hobby and drones on about how cooking is “for women” and Jim’s all “no, it’s not, have you even SEEN any Gordan Ramsey shows?” He leans into his hobby even more after this, out of sheer spite. If he’s going to cook, he’ll be the best damn cook there is. (Shush let’s just pretend Gordan Ramsey is a multiversal constant and exists here)

When Jim becomes the trollhunter, the thing he most appreciates is that trolls have literally no concept of human gender stereotypes, (also no concept of a binary), so everyone just nods and accepts it without question when he says he’s a guy. 

The number two thing he appreciates is that all the exercise he gets through his trollhunting duties actually helps him gain more muscle mass, which definitely helps lessen his dysphoria. 

(It genuinely rubs him wrong when initially the trolls don’t think he’s capable of being trollhunter… don’t think he’s strong enough to battle Draal or Bular and survive, but at the very least it’s only because he’s human, and not for other reasons.)

For as crappy Steve is to Jim in literally every other way, he never once intentionally misgenders Jim. He knows how it stings to be told you’re “not a real man" and for all of his rough edges and lashing out, he’d die before he told someone the same thing his own dad told him.

In fact, no villain or adversary ever strikes him with misgendering. It just doesn’t happen. Not in my queer, one horse town.

Jim’s two weeks in the Darklands suck times 2 because he barely got any time to take off his binder. He could never find enough time where he felt safe enough to dismiss his eclipse armor.

His eventual half-troll transformation- while chock full of its obvious other issues and adjustments- does come with the advantage of giving him a lower voice.

Bonus kinda AU thought:

In an ideal world, Barb wouldn’t press Jim to celebrate his birthday- the day his dad left them- and instead they’d celebrate the anniversary of when he fully embraced going by the name Jim. When he’s 14, Barb jokes that he’s finally reached those ‘terrible twos.’

[dreamdragonfics]

Chapter Eleven

"We're going to have to run for it," John growled. "Everyone hold on!" The cart lurched forward and rattled down the road. Everyone hung onto the sides of the cart as John pushed it forward.

Suddenly, it slammed to a stop. A wide cave entrance was in front of it. "We're not going in there, are we?" Brian asked.

"Do you have a better idea?" John snapped.

"No. But it doesn't feel safe," Brian countered.

"I have to agree with Brian," Chuck spoke. "This cave supposedly is home to trolls."

John frowned and stared at the cave. "Cave trolls or normal trolls?"

"Mountain trolls," Chuck replied.

"Hell on earth," John mumbled under his breath. "Well, it's here tonight or out in the open. Both options are deadly."

"We can keep a guard out here," Danny quipped. "If we go in there, it doesn't matter how strong you are, you can't win."

John jumped down. "I'll be right back." He disappeared into the cave.

Jim jumped off and ran after him. "You don't have to do this! We do have a dragon, you know!"

John froze. "That's right. Trolls are scared of fire too."

"Do we need her?"

"Wouldn't it be too dangerous, though? People will see."

"John, we could die either way tonight. I'm taking no risks. I have to see Ray again." Jim turned away and called for the dragon.

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"Alright, we need to plan," Geddy said.

"No matter what, we need to get back to Sar. We're on the fringe of war," Jimmy said.

Geddy nodded. "Right. You and your companions should leave as soon as we get things sorted out."

"We could start a revolution in Lielt," Keith said. "The people will listen to us. We've tried before."

"And were captured," Greg interjected.

"Yes, but Richards is too busy dealing with bigger issues right now," Jimmy added. "He's about to have a righteously angry group of rescuers and former companions storm up to his front door with a dragon."

"It would be best to try a revolution now while he's distracted," Robby said, joining the conversation. "His mind is very one way. Controlling everyone that works directly under him takes a lot of focus and energy. And since he was nearly killed once any skills he stole are greatly weakened now."

"How do you know all of this?" Jimmy asked.

Robby looked away. "He captured us before going to war with Sar. We escaped, but learned how he works before we could."

"Thank you," Geddy said softly. "That must have been hard to remember those things."

Robby nodded. "If there was to be a revolution in Lielt, there are pockets of revolutionists already." He looked at Keith, Greg and Carl. "You need to find Mike. He's in charge of the larger of the five groups. He'll be able to unite them, but they'll need a stronger leader from there." The three nodded. "If Tom was here, we'd easily be able to do this. It will be difficult to do this, but Mike will probably be the one who will listen."

"Okay. We go into Lielt, find Mike and unite the revolutionists," Keith repeated. "Then what?"

"Gain people," Geddy answered. "You gain as many people as you. Tell them that once Richards is out, no one that sided with him against their will will be punished. Those that sided with him willingly will have to pay a price for it, but keep it light."

"You're talking like you want us to take over after this is done," Carl mused.

"Exactly."

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Alex asked.

Geddy nodded. "Of course. If we're talking about the Mike I know, he won't want to take over a country. It'll be better this way." Geddy picked at a hangnail. "Besides. You three are easier to communicate with and have had some leadership ruling a country."

"We were controlled."

"But still ruling. We'll help you. But for now, just start a revolution. We need to stay here and keep order over the people of Rix. We're going to end up in this war too, you know," Geddy explained. "Just go. It'll be fine."

Emerson, Lake and Palmer stood up. "We'll go then. Find Mike, start a revolution, got it," Keith said. "Let's go, then."

The three started out the castle when Greg stopped. "Is there anyway to find Tom?"

Jimmy nodded. "He'll be in Lielt when the time is right."

Greg nodded and ran to catch up to the other two.

"Will they really be able to do this?" Neil asked.

"Of course," Jimmy assured. "I knew them a long time ago. They're capable of nearly anything they want to be. And I get the feeling this is something they want to do." He stood up from the table as well. "Come on, you six. We need to leave and get back to Sar now." He turned back to Geddy, Neil and Alex. "Take care."

"You as well."

With that, Jimmy led his band back to Sar.

 >*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<  

"My ring is gone." Ray hit his head on the wall and cried out, "It's gone!"

"Calm down! Do you want the guards to hear you?!" David snapped.

"Maybe they'll end this misery sooner," Ray moaned. He slumped to the ground. "I need that ring."

"Why?" Richard asked.

"It's special," Syd interjected. "Leave him be, okay?" He walked over to Ray. "It'll come back to you. I know it will."

 >*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<  

"Explain why I have to do this again?" David asked.

"You're short," Roger said flatly.

"I'm really not that short. You're all just ridiculously tall!" David huffed. "I refuse to do this."

"David, please. We don't have any other options. Shorter people around here are overlooked. You'll be able to make it around easier than us," Chris explained.

David thought. "If I do this...no more short jokes?"

"If those are your terms," Michael said.

David scuffed the ground. "Fine." He pulled his hood up and glared at the others. "I'll be back." He turned and disappeared into the crowd.

"Did you just send David out?" Gene asked.

"Yes. Were we not supposed to?" Roger inquired.

"We just need to go now." Gene slipped out into the alleyway. The other three followed behind.

"Where are we going? What was the actual purpose of sending David out?" Roger asked quietly.

"Weapons. We might need them. He knows the rendezvous, right?"

"The square with the raven?" Roger asked.

"Yes. Good. Come on. We don't have a lot of time."

Meanwhile, David was wondering around, admiring the swords. He stopped at a booth. "Excuse me," he said to the man running the booth. "I'm in need of some weaponry. For...elves."

The man cocked an eye at David. "Weaponry for elves. You do know those beasts are outcasts here, right?"

David feigned confusion. "They are? Oh, dear. I'm new here. I guess I didn't learn the rules."

"No one new is allowed to live here," the man said gruffly. He eyed David suspiciously.

"Aah, well... M-my cousin, she..." David stammered. He glanced around. Too many people, I'll get caught.

"Do I need to call the guards?" the man snarled.

Well, if I'm going to hell, now's the day to decide that. David smiled. "No, sir. My mistake." He turned away and pulled a glass jar from his belt. "But this isn't!" he shouted as he threw the bottle down. It shattered and covered the market in thick smoke. David ran over to the booth and grabbed as many weapons as he could before stealing a horse as well. He charged out of the marketplace and arrived at the Square of the Silver Raven.

"There you are!" Roger hissed. "Where'd you get a horse?!"

"Long story!" David gasped. He tossed the weapons down. "Hurry up! I may or may not have alerted the entire marketplace of my presence."

"We said to keep a low profile!" Roger fussed. "David, you-- Augh!" He grabbed a sword and swung it around. "It doesn't matter right now. Just... Come on!"

The others picked up swords as well. David held onto a bow and some arrows. "I'll stick to the horse and pick them off. Get to the dungeons!"

"I'm staying with you," Gene said.

"Don't be stupid. You need to go."

"You have less risk of being caught on a horse than we do on foot. This ring has to get back to its owner, David. No other options."

David frowned. "Then you take the horse. I'll stay behind and pick them off. Just get moving!"

David jumped down and Gene jumped up. They nodded to each other and David readied the bow. A few knives and swords were still around his feet if it came to that.

Just hurry, you four...

He loosed the arrow into the oncoming guard.

 >*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<  

Keith snuck into the marketplace. He looked up when a man shouted and threw a bottle down.

"Smokescreen," Greg whispered, startling Keith. "That's good cover for us too. Mike is supposed to be around here."

"Let's wait for it to clear out and see how many people are gone," Carl muttered. "The less people here, the safer we'll be."

The three stayed low and waited until the smoke cleared. Only a few people still stayed around.

"Look," Keith whispered as he pointed out a group of five men. "Why didn't they leave?"

You should leave.

Keith looked up. Why? Who are you?

The man that was communicating with Keith turned. Michael Campbell. And you're Keith Emerson, an enemy to the Revolution.

"No!" Keith shouted as he stood up. "We were told to find you! We were told you'd help!"

"You were told wrong," one of the other men said.

Keith stormed over. "Robby said you'd help."

"Calm down, you're going to attract more unwanted attention," another one of the men hissed.

"Keith!" Greg hissed as he and Carl ran over. "We need to leave. Now."

"Oh, no. You're a threat," the only man with straight hair snarled.

"Stan, stand down. Let Mike handle this," the last man said.

The only man that hadn't spoken stepped forward. "Who are you, really?"

"You were right in how you named me," Keith said steadily. "And you know who we are."

Mike tipped his head the other way. "Did you have anything to do with that smokescreen just now?"

"No."

Mike narrowed his eyes. I choose to believe you. I can see what you've been through in the past day. "But we don't need help starting a revolution. Or uniting it."

"How about leading it? Growing it?" Greg asked.

"We need their help, Mike. You know that," the first man that spoke said softly.

"I know, Benmont. But they were just controlled. They're still vulnerable to it."

Benmont frowned. "But you can change that, can't you? I mean, you did that with Ron and Howie. It shouldn't be a problem."

"Mike, we do need them. I don't care if they were just controlled, they're far stronger with the people than us. They're the ones that inspired us to revolt!" Stan hissed. "Come on."

"Howie, Ron, what do you think?" Mike asked the other two.

"They are strong," one of them muttered.

"We might as well trust them," the other said.

"You're right, Ron. We might as well." Mike closed his eyes and sighed. "It'd be easier to figure this out with stronger leaders. We've been lost without Tom."

 >*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<  

Tom sat up in his bed. "Where am I? How long was I asleep?" He rubbed his face and tried to remember.

An image of Tom appeared in the room. "It's time, Tom. Get to Lielt as soon as you possibly can. The Southern Marketplace. Your companions are waiting."

Tom nodded dumbly and looked away. When he looked up again, the projection was gone. "Oh, right... I can do that." He smiled and cracked his knuckles. "Time to start a revolution in Lielt!" With that, he disappeared.

 >*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<  

"There's the dungeon! Hurry, Gene! We'll be fine!" Roger shouted. The horse took off faster and left Roger behind. "I hope."

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[awesomenell65]

Been thinking a bit about what I have dubbed the ‘Mad Bad Jim Kirk Problem’ and The 100, particularly re: Bellamy and Octavia, but also a bit on Clarke and @reblogginhood posted about not attributing opinions held by a few to the many, and then we hit round number whatever of “So, just how guilty is Bellamy Blake, anyway?” so I decided to write it up. 

This is my personal theory by the way, so no one is accountable for it but me. It’s also based off my own personal experiences as a fan. Thus I start - naturally - with history.

When the first Star Trek reboot movie came out - there was great excitment and all kinds of meta and fic and fannish activity. I was particularly keen on the OT3 of Kirk/Spock/Uhura and I read a lot (okay, all, many of them waaaaayyy more than once) of the fic available for that ‘ship over the next many months. Then I got desperate and started reading other Jim shippy fic as well, though a great deal less comphrensively. 

The cumulative effect of that was to create a fannish image in my head of a Jim Kirk so damaged, so intense, so fragile, so mad, so wild, so reckless ---- it was impossible to believe Star Fleet would let this kid even look through the fence at a Star Fleet base, much less touch a star ship, much less COMMAND one. !!

I wanted to protest and argue... with someone. I mean, clearly everyone had got it wrong! Only. There wasn’t ‘one’ with whom to argue.

Each fic writer, after all, had just pushed one element of Jim’s character -- picked out one aspect of Chris Pine’s portrayal and used that as their hook into the new re-boot Kirk, devised their own backstory from the tantalizing bits and pieces dropped in the film, and then set their story in motion. 

Each fic also had plenty of other Kirk stuff that made it, in that singular fic, seem perfectly reasonable (or, well, reasonable enough) that that particular Jim Kirk made it to the helm of the Enterprise,and served in that position with honor and distinction.

Only the things that made it possible for each of those Jim Kirks to be ‘Captain Kirk’.... were unique, while the madness and damage and wild recklessnes (thank you, Chris Pine!) were remarkably similiar fic to fic.

As a result, my collective impression of the new Jim Kirk (fic version) .... was of a man wholly and completely unsuited to anything beyond -- possibly -- light janitorial work in a friendly, supportive, well-ordered environment. Or a life of violent crime. Probably a short one. Then death or prison.

Anyway .... If you did fannish meta about that Jim Kirk - the fannish collective impression of Mad Bad Jim Kirk -  at least among the various varieties of Kirk+? shippers  - any one writer who read it would probably have a fit. “Not mine! That’s not how I read/wrote/think....”

And off to the fannish races you’d go. 

Because no one person thought of Jim that way. No one person had created that ‘average’ Jim from all of the various indpendent, individual and often mutually incomprehensible Jims out there. 

I have begun to believe that a lot of that is happening/has happened around the more polarizing characters in the 100 as well. (Any fandom no doubt. Snape or Dumbledore anyone? How about Ron Weasley?) 

Bellamy, Octavia, Clarke... it’s very easy to fall into the trap of writing meta about them that strawmans the shit out of everything any particular fan/anti has ever been thought to have said about them, all rolled into the center of the zenn diagrams as though it were all one collective thought. But no one person holds the composite average fannish Bellamy (or whomever) in their heads. They only hold their own particular one, who of course isn’t the collective sum of overlapping parts. 

So ‘fans’ don’t hold ‘strong statement X’ to be true, where strong statement X is a collective impression on the part of the person writing the meta - and not what any one person has actually said in good faith. (Shit stirrers and trolls excluded, of course.) And to try and argue against ‘strong statement X’ will get a lot of baffled/upset pushback because --- people feel like they have to defend themselves against holding that clearly false/wrong/silly view. 

Anyway. I have to keep it mind myself. 

It’s so easy to shorthand, especially when feeling grumpy or feeling like you have to defend a character you like against the collective WRONGNESS ... and so you begin -- “All ‘stans say....” some really weird comphrensive thing no one person has ever actually said.

Or - the ‘Mad Bad Jim Kirk Problem.’

[mikecheckshow]

Midnight Rose:…That old mang Colonel Sanders may had ruined my wedding moment…BUT HE’S SURE NOT GOING TO RUIN MY WEDDING! *grabs Mike’s Daughter by the arm*

Mike’s Daughter: What the hell are you doing?

Midnight Rose: Hey! Come on in here chica!

*In comes a member of the infamous “Rose Garden” Mr. Fitness II*

Midnight Rose: You she here my sweet pelican not only is Mr. Fitness II is one of the strongest and healthiest men in the world but he’s also an ordained minister with the Universal Life Church. Make up with the speedy wedding, come on!

Mr. Fitness II: If anyone who does not agree with this marriage let them speak nor or forever hold their peace.

Midnight Rose: Why did you have to–

???: Oh I can think of a few reasons!

*In walks Raging_Demons*

Midnight Rose: Where were you mang? You better have some stuff for my wedding mang!

Raging_Demons: Two things. One I am no longer your representative from wrestlecrapradio.com. And two I brought a wedding gift for the “bride”.

Mike’s Daughter: Oh you’re absolutely frea–

*In walks Mike Check*

Doc Brown: GREAT SCOTT!!! Its Mike Check!

Mike Check: Weeelllll! I don’t like it when a feller treats my daughter there in the wrong way. Let her go or else I’ll do something that I might regret there.

Midnight Rose: OR what mang? What are you going to do there? You’re going to kick my ass?!? You’re 100 and tree years old! I dare you–AW!

*Mike Check throws dirt in The Midnight Rose’s face, then he follows it up with a gut punch, The Midnight Rose goes down. Mike Check then follows up with a swift kick in the crotch*

Mike Check: Leave before I have to do something you will regret there feller.

Midnight Rose (cringing from the dirt in his eyes in the pain): AW! OW! You interfered in my business once too many times there MANG! OW!

*Midnight Rose and Mr. Fitness II scurry off*

Raging_Demons: And you owe me 50 bucks for the Lyft Ride!

Mike’s Daughter: But! Why? How!

Raging_Demons: Easy there Chief Jay Strongbow. Let me explain. STAN was on this from the very beginning.

Mike’s Daughter: Yeah I know.

Raging_Demons: No. From the VERY beginning. STAN framed you for embezzlement. He used that as a way to separate Mike from us at wrestlecrapradio.com. I didn’t notice it until we were trying to close your expense account. We had a sudden surge of money for no reason. I used PB’s elite investigators to hunt this down since your expense account was already messed with before. Someone we got into them and there was an evil aura around them. Using PB’s HP squad.

Mike’s Daughter: HP?

Raging_Demons: Harry Potter squad. Who knew that Harry Potter, D & D, and LARPing nerds as magicians can actually be useful? Anyways they detected that something evil was afoot and they directed me to STAN. STAN was in a great mood trolling Vince Russo and Jim Cornette as of late when I confronted him and found out about everything. STAN’s in deep trouble with us. He’s banned from everything from wrestlecrapradio.com. I had to correct the damage that STAN made so I went back to The Probation Board, showed my evidence, and…and–

Mike’s Daughter: What?

Raging_Demons: Mike Check’s back with us at wrestlecrapradio.com! *sob* And I’m back assigned to you two idiots! *cry*

Mike’s Daughter: Well if my dad is back that means…He’s under house arrest here with me at my home! And that means…

Mike Check: Its the “Same Old Song And Dance” by Aerosmith here on…THE MACKER!

Doc Brown: Mike quick, the universe needs–GREAT SCOTT!!! I stayed here too long. I got to leave before Triple H destroys The Ratings Reaper. Mike whatever you do, don’t play any music by The Satellite Sisters!

*Doc Brown takes off in The Delorean and disappear*

[novantinuum]

Jen’s mega list of plans:

Written and posted here purely to keep me accountable, and also bc it’s easier to archive posts than find anything in my thousands of documents on my phone. These are all fan projects, basically.

Gravity Falls

-Draw kiki-kit’s precious flame Mabel, (from the graphic novel), and perhaps a flame Pines Family to go with it. Love her design. It seriously just... is precious <3

-Draw graphic novel like “covers” for @the-ill-doctor and I’s RPs to commemorate our 1 yr anniversary of starting the first RP

-While speaking of RP, push past editing road blocks on The Time We Lost, the Time We Mended so we can finally post TateGate™ (pardon the unintelligible inside joke)

-I genuinely want to continue working on the AU comic I’d churned out a few pages for, and test my ability there more. The graphic novel has inspired me.

-I really want to make a print of that nice piece with three eras of Stan and all the Stan related objects floating over them for myself and hang it on my wall. Simple task, but I know I’ll forget so here I am posting a note to myself. JEN YOU KNUCKLEHEAD, get it done :O

-Just, generally? I want to get more comfortable sketching quick and fast. In traditional. I want to fill up a sketchbook with dynamic poses and expressions and random bullshit and get comfortable getting messy with my art.

-AMVs. Once my brother helps me rip the boxset, I have a special commission to make for @eregyrn-falls , and then after that I had a great, emotional idea for the song Unity by Shinedown.

Trollhunters

-I had a fic I started that I REALLY want to get back into, Death and All That Follows. I just have so many crazy projects rumbling through my head that this is easier said than done XD

-There’s a bunch of dynamic Jim and Toby pieces I have half finished that I’ll prob come back to one day if I’m bored...

-My cosplay prop amulet. Need to get glue and get it all together, plus resin/glow in the dark stuff for the crystal, and maybe paint for some touch up pizzaz.

-Not to mention, if I’m going to cosplay Jim? I need to actually order shoes, a wig, and the jacket. I have a stretch goal for colored contact lenses, but eh if I don’t get there that’s fine.

-I can never draw enough troll Jim, to be perfectly honest.

-I promised @inktheblot that I’d draw Toby in the trollhunter armor at some point and I still aim to do that. I actually kinda have an AU for it too?? So I could prob just make a bunch of sketches for that...

-I also promised myself once that I’d make big two or three inch amulet pins. Mostly one just for myself. But if I had the money to do a small bulk batch, excellent.

-Also mostly just for myself, unless I threw it on like... redbubble or something, I wanted to make a custom Trollhunters shirt with the amulet and some crystals and a quote and shit. Because I’m salty that the only Trollhunters shirts that officially exist are for small children.

AU crossover nonsense

-Write more of A Tale of Two Trollhunters. Probably a given, but I’m behind where I wanted to be. Also, I have a bunch of half sketched out future scene ideas I want to post as one shot snippets bc we all know I’ll never actually get there going chronologically ;D;

-Design troll forms for my changeling Dipper and Mabel

-While we’re at it, make designs for Alex and Gina Pines, my OC Dip and Mab parents who feature in the future stuff for this story.

Other

-Just, in general... develop my OCs more. Make MORE OCs. Challenge myself to just MAKE characters.

-Speaking of that, I kiiiinda wanna make a GF dating sim persona I kiiiinda really do, is it too late for that? XD

So. Anyways. As you might tell from all this insanity, I have a whole hell of a lot I would. Conceptually like to do? I really really love making fandom content y’all, it’s what keeps me going honestly. It’s my one creative outlet in between the stress of trying to pursue a degree in biochemistry, of all the hellishly complicated things I could’ve decided to find fascinating. And there’s genuinely some points where I’m like? What the hell Jen. What the fresh hell, why on earth do you have to give yourself so many project ideas to tackle? Why did you decide to draw AND write AND edit, why can’t you just pick ONE? And I’ve no idea dudes not a s i n g l e fuck. My attention bounces so fast from one idea to the next that sometimes I genuinely marvel how on earth I’ve gotten anything done in the past two years, but eh no matter. Anyways, now I’m just rambling so?

Future Jen. Step your game the fuck up my man. Get some cool fan content done! Stop disappointing your far-too-cool mutuals and followers with a lack of fan content and make something you can be proud of! Be cool, dude.

Be cool.