#changeling Gunmar

[gentleeclipsey]

A commission for @xdeusxmachinax ! Changeling Gunmar and Strickler bein old lovers, can't help the sweet moments qwq no stickers below cut! I had a lotta fun drawing the old couple, I've missed goin ham scribbly!

[ask-madam-ruby]

Marshall visiting Ruby and Richard at the hospital after the triplets are born. With flowers and a baby balloon. And a baby doll for Sasha.

@daylightisminetoconsume

[wicked-by-nature--au]

Hi! If you still interested in au releted art requests, i have some ideas :3

Gunmar interacted with Kodanth/other changelings., even more point if that is not evil Gunmar lol

Gunmar and Orlagk interacting before bad things happen tm

Lilttle Bular and Skarlagk when they were friends

Any idea you like if you want to do it :33

Yes, and thank you for the ideas! I'm adding the rest to my to-do list.

But here's Kodanth and Gunmar

Idk they're coming up with schemes or smth

But Kodanth is pretty much the only few changelings that Gunmar actually respected, and even found some liking to. He was a great advisor before Dictatious ultimately superseded him.

And I should definitely try to draw more of my Kodanth! I have to make him his human form sooner or later.

- HuttuHarakka

[cf8wrk4u-us]

In TCP, how do you picture Jotnar's pre-killahead/before being a changeling stone skin? I know it has been described as black as Gunmar's and Bular's but, would it have those white tears like Gunmar's or fully black like Bular's?

I know some authors describe a Troll's skin as if they were made of real life precious stones so I'm curious about your interpretation of it

Jotnar skin is a dark stone color the same color as his brother and father, but his markings are similar to Gunmar that there both colored.

Only Gunmars are more electric blue while Jotnar are more icy pale blues.

Out of his two sons, Jotnar happens the too look the most like him, something that makes Bular pretty jealous and even paranoid that Jotnar may be his father's favorite. This unfortunately leads to bullying by Bular to his younger sibling.

Art done by @nikeofmars

[enniyart]

My headcanon version of Morgana's story

Well, I want to start with the idea that I absolutely hate the way she was written in Wizards so I've read some information about her in English legends and want to share with you some of my thoughts

Firstly, according to legends about king Arthur there was said that Morgana was older maternal half-sister of Arthur and I decided that it would be pretty interesting if mother left her alone in some village and went to the palace to her another husband (the king and future father of Arthur). Growing up with ordinary people Morgana learned about her magical abilities and began using it. Some time later the acting king was attacked by his wife and some other wizards but with Merlin's help kingdom didn't get a lot of damage. After that incident a decree was issued on the extermination of witches. Morgana was handed over by her fellow villagers and she was supposed to be burned at the stake. But at the start of execution merlin saved her and took to the palace to teach the young witch how to use her magic abilities in the right way. He healed her wounds, but left scars so that she would remember about the possible punishment.

Morgana started her career in the palace as Merlin's first student. At the same time she was conducting experiments on trolls and human kids to make first changelings and was keeping it in secret. Some time later Morgana leaving the kingdom and makes a pact with Gunar to create an army of changelings to start the war between humanity and Gum-Gumms.

And at the end i want to say !!pls give her a lot of white hair!! she is strong witch who is using black magic very often!! thanks!

[urlocalirk]

For anyone who followed me for the D6 content, no worries, I'm still gonna post them, but rn I'm working on a New Au where the D6 are Trolls/Changelings from Trollhunters

[wubblebubbleballxtream]

tales of arcadia... american arcadia.... arcadia...... swap...........

[dragoninahumancostume]

Arguing with characters is so fucking funny

[saturnniidae]

This just reminded me! Strickler definitely wasn't fully correct when he said "when I transform, I go from fully troll to fully human." Seeing as changelings 1) leave behind skeletal remains, unlike all other trolls that just fully turn to stone upon death and 2) when in human form, Nomura coughed up purple blood

I totally forgot that Merlin's potion to turn Jim into a troll required the femur of a changeling. ik Jim obviously couldn't transform back and forth like one, but would that make him at least biologically part changeling?

[a-estevane]

Fanart I made for @cf8wrk4u-us 's amazing fanfic The Changeling Prince where Jim is gunmar's son, I just loved it so much I had to draw Jotnar, or at least how I interpreted him c:

I originally was going to go for a different shading style but after working on it for quite some time I just didn't like how it was coming along, so I decided to scrape it and start over lol

[gentleeclipsey]

The air was heavy with energy, and the light of dusk had long fallen. Gnasha had spent the day hunting, but had only found meager bones and scraps to eat. The great beast of a she-troll approached the stone, gently cooing as she entered into the naturally hallow heart. Her soft coos gently ricocheted off the humming walls as she approached on all fours. In the center there was a large, freshly turned nest, and within laid the Ancient One. Her fur was thick, luxurious, her mane just as beautiful and bright. Gnasha felt jealousy against Strickler, such a warlord should've known he was lucky to set his hands on such a worthy Queen. It was quite the shock when the winged beast had taken the furred firemane as his wife, but not a day had passed that Gnasha wavered in her diligence.

The carcass was set down gently, and the broad, odd nose softly delved into the recently cleaned fur of the soft troll's neck sniffing deeply and feeling her pulse. Once Gnasha was sure all was well, she laid a gentle kiss onto the fellow she-troll's head, and another on her gently swollen belly. Two wards, for centuries Gnasha had been unwaving in watching over them, and for centuries more she would happily remain. Gnasha slumped gently to sit, beginning to feed as she hummed softly, speaking between bites to the Queen as if she were awake. Neither female had aged since they'd been placed here, and they wouldn't age as long as they remained. In some deep part of Gnasha she felt guilt for eating while the Queen slept, but she also knew to save the best hunts for when the Queen and their Heir would awaken.

But for now, Gnasha ate the scraps, tail gently entangled against the Queen's back, humming softly to her between bites.

[wolfasketch]

Had the random thought of 'what-if I gave Mira a brother?' and drew this guy, as well as re-doing Mira's character sheet. He really was just supposed to be a nice character to draw, but now I'm seriously thinking of adding him to Forgotten by Daylight. I already have so many ideas for this guy and am still figuring things out. Anyway, here's some info:

Name: Mira(felled) Nomura Age: 16 Birthday: June 2nd, 2000 Mother: Zelda Nomura Father: Draal the Deadly Brother: Pierce(monger) Nomura Nicknames/Other Names: Nymph/Little Nymph(Nomura), Secret Charm/Favorite Niece/Young Morrigan(Strickler), Mira-Mira(Toby), MiMi(Mary/Darci), Lady Mira(Blinky), Bat-Wielding Fleshbag/Bat-Wielding Menace/Pebble(Draal), Cousin(NotEnrique), Tainted Troll/Impure Spawn(Bular), Traitorous Whelp/Impure Spawn(Gunmar/Dic), TrollHunters' Pet(Gunmar), my Heartstone(Hades) Nicknames/Other Names for Others: Favorite Brother(Jim), Second Favorite Brother/Walking Blueberry/idiot/show-off(Pierce), Tobes(Toby), Witchie-Witch(Claire), Troll Dad(Blinky), Big Guy/Tiny(AAARRRGGHH), Stink-Ball(NotEnrique), Favorite Uncle/Avocado Uncle(Strickler), Spikes/Wrecking-Ball(Draal), Goat Grandpa(Vendel), Black Death/Dumm-Dumm Prince(Bular), Evil Twin(Dic), Dumm-Dumm King(Gunmar), Bright Eyes(Hades) Other Relatives: Kanjigar(bio-grandfather), Strickler(adoptive uncle) Love Interest: Hades(Bular) Weapon: Bat

Name: Pierce(monger) Nomura Age: 16 Birthday: June 2nd, 2000 Mother: Zelda Nomura Father: Draal the Deadly Sister: Mira(felled) Nomura Nicknames/Other Names: Mongrel/Warmonger(Nomura), Secret Weapon/Favorite Nephew/Young Zeus(Strickler), Peirecing/Bro(Toby), Pecked Pierce(Mary), Master/Sir Pierce(Blinky), Tougher Fleshbag/Cobble(Draal), Cuz(NotEnrique), Tainted Troll/Impure Spawn(Bular), Traitorous Whelp/Impure Spawn(Gunmar/Dic), TrollHunters' Pet(Gunmar), Brother(Hades) Nicknames/Other Names for Others: Jimmy/Sir Jimmy(Jim), Second Favorite Sib/Purple Stick/Purple Scorpion/moron/Lil' Sissy(Mira), Tobster/Tobes/Bro(Toby), Dream Girl/Jim's Girl/Magi Girl(Claire), Troll Dad(Blinky), Tiny/Mossy Muscles(AAARRRGGHH), Cuz/Sock Stealer(NotEnrique), Favorite Uncle/Avocado Uncle(Strickler), Wrecking-Ball of Death/Stoned Sonic(Draal), Goat Grandpa(Vendel) Dumm-Dumm Prince(Bular), Evill Twin(Dic), Dumm-Dumm King(Gunmar), Brother/Newer Brother(Hades) Other Relatives: Kanjigar(bio-grandfather), Strickler(adoptive uncle) Love Interest: N/A Weapon: N/A

Story: Managing to steal some of Draal's birthstone while they were a couple, Nomura created Mira and Pierce as pawns against the TrollHunter, counting on Kanjigar not wanting to attack one of his bloodline. What she didn't count on was falling in love with her children. Adorning the whelps in iron and a spell to allow them to change form without a counterpart to keep the twins from changing into their changling/troll forms and swearing Strickler to secrecy, Nomura raised Mira and Pierce in the sun, far from the shadows of the Troll world and Bular, as well as Mira and Pierce's true identities. What she didn't expect was for her daughter and son to befriend the boy who would become the first human TrollHunter.

Sidenotes: • Mira and Pierce find out their mother is a changeling in the 'Waka-Chaka' ep. • They discover their troll sides at the end of 'Win Lose or Draal', after the Draal vs. Nomura fight. • The two find out Draal is their father in the 'The Battle of Two Bridges' ep, before Nomura is sucked into the portal.

[seekerofblades]

Perfectly well-said!! 👏

I agree 100% on everything you talked about in this!

Tired of seeing Strickler's hate from Blinky's fans so I'm making this post to say something (controversial or not): Blinky is not perfect. Strickler is not a perfect character, of course, but Blinky isn't a perfect character neither. No matter what you try to say about Strickler, or how much you hate him, Blinky also made mistakes.

Yeah, Strickler did a bad things in the show:

First, he worked for Gunmar. But while he could have decided other thing, he didn't serve Gunmar "because he wanted to" or because he hated humanity (like Gunmar and other characters did, who btw don't get as much hate as Strickler does), but because he needed to serve Gunmar. Trollmarket hated changelings and considered them "impures", and humans didn't even know about them. So it's not a surprise he and other changelings decided to turn to the troll who was going to "make it better for them" bringing the Eternal Night (and if they got deceived by Gunmar, it's not their fault. Everyone can fell for the lies of another person).

Second, yes, he fought Jim, and that was "wrong" because he could have decided to be on his side since the beginning. After all, Jim not only was a teenager, he was also his favorite student, so he could have supported him. Besides, telling someone "Don't you see? I'm only trying to protect you" and then throwing a knife at him it's not very protective but anyways- Strickler didn't try to kill Jim. He said "I'll kill you if I need to" in Recipe for Disaster, yes, and fought against Jim in season 1 part 1, but he had more fighting skills than Jim. If he had wanted to kill him, he would have done it. But he didn't. Because the only thing he wanted was to keep him out of his way. It was easy to kill Principal Levit, and he could have done the same with Jim if he had wanted to (and no, he didn't decide not to kill Jim because of the consequences, because in Bittersweet Sixteen the stalkling could have killed Jim and Stickler wasn't at all happy with the idea of Jim dying).

Thirdly, he woke up Angor Rot to stop Jim. He shouldn't have done that, and it wasn't "right" (Not only because of what he ordered Angor Rot to do, but because of how he treated Angor Rot), but it was perfectly understandable. Jim wanted to free the familiars of the changelings from the Darklands, and that meant the changelings would have had to keep being trolls forever -without being able to change to their human forms- so it wasn't a surprise Strickler tried to stop Jim (despite he could have chosen to talk to Jim instead of fighting him-).

And fourthly, he entwined his fate with Barbara's. Doing something like that it's horrible. And I'm not justifying what he did. But in that moment, when he was going to entwine his fate with Barbara's, for the first time in a lot of episodes, he showed a little remorse. And that means that he isn't the irredeemable villain some Trollhunters fans want him to be. He wasn't flawless, he wasn't perfect, but he worked to be a better person. He gave Jim Gunmar's eye, he came back to Arcadia in season 2 and helped Jim to defeat Gunmar in season 3, and he sacrificed himself in ROTT for him.

So yeah, while I kinda understand why some people consider Strickler's redemption arc "a bad redemption arc", I don't understand why he is hated by a part of the fandom so much. Specially knowing that some Trollhunters fans are also Star Wars fans and they don't hate Darth Vader as much as they hate Strickler. I also didn't like some things about his redemption, but again I understand that it was because of the lack of episodes, not because he was a bad written redeemed villain.

And it's funny how some people hate him, and adore Blinky, when he isn't perfect either. I can tell Strickler has a lot of flaws, but Blinky is not a troll without them.

Blinky was prejudiced about the changelings, and not just a little. He was very prejudiced against the changelings, and all because of what? Because the changelings were the product of troll babies being stolen and transformed into half-human half-troll creatures? Because they weren't full trolls? Because the human part of them made them impure? You know that sounds awfully similar to what the purebloods of Harry Potter think about halfbloods. That's not a very good reason to hate the changelings honestly. And it's not that I'm biased about Strickler (and want Blinky to be some things he isn't), because Blinky in the show talked about how "bad" changelings were when he told Jim they existed. Besides, even when Strickler came back to Arcadia, the first thing he believed was that Strickler was working with Gunmar. Even after he gave Jim Gunmar's eye in season 1. So yeah, he was definitely prejudiced against changelings and that's a fact.

Apart from that, he wasn't a good mentor at first. Yeah, of course, the destiny of the world was in Jim's hands and the weight of the world was on Jim's shoulders and all of that, but Jim was a teenager. He wasn't a troll like Kanjigar or like the previous trollhunters, who trained for decades after they were chosen by the amulet. Jim was a human. A teenager. A person with other worries: his mother, his friend, his grades. And one of the first things Blinky said to Jim when he talked about the school? "I assure you, the relevance escapes me". This only shows one thing: that Blinky at first only cared about Jim being the trollhunter, and that he probably wanted Jim to leave his past life behind and only care about the trollhunter' duties.

And while Blinky got over the second flaw, he didn't get over the prejudice about changelings. Strickler did fix most of his flaws during the show.

To end this post, I want to say that of course, you have the right to love the characters you want, and hate the characters you want, but don't be hypocritical about it. Yes. Strickler was a villain. Blinky was not. But both have flaws. Both made mistakes. Neither of them is perfect. So ackowledge the flaws of the characters you love when you need to, and don't act as if they did nothing wrong when they did.

[redrockgal]

Putting my hands on the TOA fandoms shoulders.I need you to know this. It came to me in a dream. Source? Just trust me bro. Okay?

The Galadrigals are all actinolite schist. Changelings are all komatiite. Troll saliva smells/tastes like vomit due to strong acidic digestive systems. It's about a 3 on the PH scale. Gunmar is syenite but the haters don't want you to know his ass is yooperlite. Trolls raise their young so communally having more than one active parent is a deliberate cultural practice than a requirement. Stay with me, stay with me now, they don't want you to know this. Trolls can pretty much hybridize with anything, but its considered highly taboo. Troll-human hybrids were extremely uncommon but did exist briefly before being killed and lended inspiration for the expiramentation that would create changelings. Foliage can only be converted into carbon and too much can easily make a troll sick. Okay I'll let go of you now.

[cf8wrk4u-us]

I don't remember if you've mentioned this before in your fic but, how much younger than Bular is Jotnar? :0

Troll ages are pretty tricky given they live a long time and mature both fast and slowly.

But I have to say that Bular is possibly 20 years older, or in human years possibly 6 years older than Jotnar even.

Basically, Bular was young when Jotnar was born but not super young.

But of course this did cause issues for Gunmar, given that he now had two young whelps who needed attention and guidance. Which didn't bode well around Bular who was already feeling fiercely jealous and territorial for his father's attention.

Too many times, Gunmar had caught a little Bular trying to push his sibling out of their shared nest or snap at him while they were eating.

Gunmar was stuck in a precious situation for awhile, he had two young children. He was a warlord, a tribe leader, and now a single father of two.

One who was still a hatchling who wasn't even old enough to master his bowl on his own and his oldest who was already old enough to grip a knife and needed his training.

So he made a decision to have someone else look after Jotnar while he got Bular started on his training. Someone who wouldn't take advantage of the position and twist his sons loyalty. Aaaarrrgh seemed like the best choice, had a good record with training and rearing young trolls. Not to meantion he was loyal too boot.

Though to be honest, Gunmar wasn't in the mood for the "boring" part of raising a young whelp, which is why he prioritized Bular.

Bular was his eldest and heir, Jotnar his youngest and only Ice-Troll.

And together the perfect warriors that would bring their father victory.

[feather-dancer]

Tales of Arcadia fanfic recommendations part 8

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7 - Part 8

If at all interested in my own writing you can find it here! Several of my own are currently getting scrubbed for improvement to make them more readable. Currently goal is for all of Spotlight being completed by the end of the year.

Been a while huh? This has still been sitting in my drafts though even when my brain decided “Nope not reading” for a while. Still got quite a hefty backlog to read through along with authors I’m subscribed to for their most recent works as and when they pop up. Regardless, determined to get back on top of it and unearth things I want to give a shoutout to because it’s cool shit :)

To you, fans past and present and surviors of RotT Tales of Arcadia fandom.

General Tales of Arcadia

But Everything Hurts - You don’t come back from death with a free pass and Douxie’s fall from the castle cost was chronic pain for an immortal’s lifetime. He was told to learn how to live once, now it is learning to manage.

Of Hunger Pains and Old Habits - Food is hard when you’ve spent a very young life without it until life takes a strange turn and it becomes plentiful. Died in habits are hard though, Douxie will hear the unconvinced whispers for the rest of his life.

almost there - When Jim heads off until the Darklands alone Toby and Claire try to hold themselves together not knowing if he’ll ever return. This is set post season 1 and is wonderfully bittersweet.

Our Little Viginette - Moppet faces the end of an era with the fall of Camelot and (Temporary) loss of Merlin after the Battle of Killahead.

A way to cope - Jim pretends to cope with the trauma of being in the Darklands a lot better than he actually is, as long as he keeps the breakdowns out of sight then nobody can worry right?

dandelion eyes - In which Bellroc discovers the concept of nail polish.

Adieu - The final moments of Angor Rot

Saudade - It’s perfect. They beat Gunmar, nobody died and he can finally enjoy being a teenager again, Thinks Jim. Then why if he stops ignoring the feeling for even a few seconds does it all seem so hollow...?

Rise of the Titans

The Last Changeling - Jim escaped the timeline filled with mistakes in hopes of making things right. He didn’t account for those left behind to grieve or the changeling that suddenly found himself as the last.

I Can't Pull the Sword From the Stone - Jim went back and now Toby is the new Trollhunter which should be smooth sailing right? Except history is refusing to repeat it’s self exactly, little elements are already changing and Jim’s experiences have left him tainted with magic he can’t control along with all the memories and traumas. It’s hard to grieve for someone who is technically still alive but everything you had is gone without a soul out there to understand.

More is all you need - Jim has gone back, something stupid by his own admittance, however in sorting through his thoughts he comes to a realisation.

Stricklake

Comes Around - Post Trollhunters season 3, it’s a struggle to figure out what to do when you have a cradlestone full of babies and a changeling that no longer is but you have to just try and muddle through somehow... Perhaps a chance to try figure out what your relationship is meant to be too now things have calmed down a bit.

Media Consumption - Wholesome fluff that also involves Wally and creating an addict to the HtTyD franchise early on.  

A Measure of Intellect - The goblins are breaking into the stricklake household and they’ve already stolen the blender. The fun part is figuring out exactly what they’re up to. Related to Media Consumption.

enough - Figuring out a normal in the mundane of after everything has happened is quite a lot for a jaded changeling. Very fluffy.

The Wild Hunt - Letting your troll boyfriend hunt is good enrichment but the prize for capture is even better.

The Armour of Daylight - A little glimpse into a high fantasy world where everyone might just be a little bit cursed.

The School Of Janus - This is an AU while also being Stricklake so it lives here. The Darklands are the most prestigious educational process in the world according to their promo material and Jim is prepping to head there while putting off most of his packing as long as humanly possible. Good thing he does really the banter is delightful.

Ink Stains - An AU making an escape in the name of shipping again. Here Barbara married into court politics with her husband being an heir for Camelot and changelings are a secret guard force protecting those important hiding away in plain sight. Incredibly cool world building going on here.

Keen Swimmers 2023 - A collection from last year mostly in AU territory and very tasty. Read the summaries and off you go!

Special Delivery - Very short and sweet, if you’re interested in the ship just trust me and click it.

Locked Rooms - Barbara lost her memory. She doesn’t know how and she doesn’t really know why either. All she does know is that whatever they are seem to be behind a locked door and that strange imagery is leaking into her dreams.

Alternate Universe

Dig your eight graves - It was only supposed to be a fun trek out for Halloween for the Arcadia kids, test out the set up and give feedback so the owner could improve them for when it would officially open the next year. Nobody could have predicted how it’d go so horribly wrong.

Content warning: This fic is marked Mature for character death, body horror, desecration of corpses and for being of the general slasher genre. Please check the tags before proceeding.

Between Daylight and Darkness - The Sunshine AU is back and it’s time for the team to go Trollhunting.So how many spanners can Jim being the nearest equivilent to a were-troll throw into the works of canon? Well hopefully nothing fatal...

Toby's Appointment - Sometimes you need to read very silly things and this is probably the funniest possibility you could find in the dentist waiting room.

The Grave of the Felled Forest - A boy and his familiar go to check out Merlin’s places of power/various stash spots to make sure all is still well. They are not anticipating visitors or his intent to be poked. Part of The Heart of Janus AU.