#the faratok tree

[hyperpsychomaniac]

The Faratok Tree - sorta ep analysis, sorta rambling discussion of themes

Okay, I want to talk about 'The Faratok Tree'. This is one of the more serious eps of the series. Or at least it seemed pretty intense. A lot of this is down to Hilda's intensity - like she's so desperate to get the giants to stay. This is the girl that stopped Trolberg being destroyed, and enabled the peace between Trolls and humans. You'd think she's done enough. But no. It's not even her world. But a part of Hilda seems to understand that if she can get people to not see the giants as monsters now, that this is going to thread through 'history' (this worlds future), and perhaps mean that the humans won't chase the Troll's away when they finally settle Trolberg. That they'll make peace, and the events at the wall, people like Edmond Ahlberg, and Erik, simply won't become what they were.

Maybe she did accomplish that at least.

Woodman as the voice of reason somehow weirdly worked. (I have to admit when I saw a screenshot of Woodman on the flaming wood pile I suspected this was something he had gotten them into and Hilda was saving his arse.). And what I absolutely love the best about this episode, is the theme that changing things takes time. Our actions may not have an effect for a very long time. People aren't just going to change like that. It takes time.

Honestly, whilst this maybe wasn't my fav ep, as there were other episodes I laughed more at... I think this is actually the best episode of the third season. It gets right to the core of who Hilda herself is. This kid, magical part fae or not, is so bloody persisitant the actions she chooses to take are going to ripple throughout time (look at how much Trolberg has changed. Trolls coming to nighttime events? Not posssible without Hilda). Imagine what this child would be capable of as an adult? But one thing's she's going to have to come to realise is that those changes aren't always going to come right away.

I can't really fault it in and of itself. But what I would've loved to see?

That theme of change to have carried through to the rest of the season. 'The Faratok Tree' was a powerful enough ep to set that up and to push it through.

This does also tie in 'damn there should have been more eps' because that's what this would have needed to happen properly. But I would've liked to have seen that theme carry through such as:

Have a marra ep. They've aged up to. How have they changed? Are they better behaved?

More eps with Louise. I really love this kid. Would've liked to see more of her hanging out with the freaky friends, and how this changed thier dynamic.

Safety Patrol. Hell, there should've been a safety patrol ep, with Gerda and Alfur. How are elves and humans interacting now its more official? Also, how are people responding to how Safety Patrol has changed. Gerda's in charge, and the direction is very clearly making contact with the magical creatures and forging alliances. And as bad as Ahlberg was, organisations do not like change. Show safety patrol officers not really wanting to change things and being a pain. Show the public not liking the change and protesting. 'Things were better under Ahlberg!' Show how the city is responding to the changes Hilda enabled through Safety Patrol, because you know they (ie: GERDA) would be driving this.

Victoria Van Gale. This was an arc that actually did get realised, though I would've liked if they'd linked it up to the change takes time theme (and obviously, though Victoria has changed, there are certain things that she cannot change). This might have worked good as its own episode, rather than tied up in the rest of the finale. (I frikkin love her but she does kinda steal the show as things played out).

And yeah, you know I was coming to it, but if you're going to have the season theme change taking time you absolutely cannot leave out Erik Ahlberg. I know he's a pain in the arse, and not a nice person, but the movie handled him really well. And one thing that got across was this man scared the absolute shit out of himself enough that he has plenty of motive change. But he's going to have to practically change his personality, and that's not going to happen in the the year (2 years?) between the movie and the last season. Have Hilda run into him in an ep, and having him trying and doing an absolutely terrible job of it. He's still much the same guy, but he has changed enough that instead of being destructive to those around him, he's beating himself up everytime he fails. Have Hilda tell him it's okay, change takes time, he's still accomplishing something even if it doesn't feel like anythings changed.

And, finally, that theme should be linked the the series final. Hilda ends up in a world where things are 'perfect' but they also don't change. And no change means no growth. I've got to be honest (and I know there probably weren't enough eps for this) but I would've put Victoria's arc in another episode. Which probably would have meant Astrid had to sacrifice herself... but... well... that would actually have worked and sometimes change does suck. Pretty much the Faratok Tree's themes would have tied really well to the series final - they just weren't quite connected as well as it could've been.

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[veeferns]

hey, my copy of the faratok tree has arrived, should I talk about it now? or should I wait until the season releases

[autumnalfallingleaves]

Okay, so I've been thinking. Season 3 gave us so much in terms of magic and the origins of magic, specifically, which got me thinking-- it's stated that all magic originally came from Fairy Country, and, following that, all magical creatures came from there, which should include things like trolls and nisse, right? But young Johanna states that the sun never truly sets in Fairy Country, which wouldn't work for trolls, unless they were constantly in hiding. However, that wouldn't really seem good evolution-wise. Seems kind of weird, right? And nisse are another matter-- they are spirits, which suggests Wild Magic, but are primarily found in domestic spaces, thus suggesting a use of at least some Domestic Magic. Last I checked, Fairy Country doesn't seem to really have any houses (save for Phinium and Lydia's) or uses for house spirits. So what's the common denominator for two species that don't seem to have any common threads? And why do trolls and nisse seem to stand out in particular for being specifically not geared to Fairy Country, evolution notwithstanding?

One word: giants.

What about them? you ask. For that, we need to turn to the original Hilda: Hildafolk's Hilda and the Midnight Giant.

In the back of the graphic novel, we are presented with a visual guide to the mountain giants, which you can find me yelling about here. In that guide, we get this guy:

Who is named Björg, and, according to the book, was "the outcast of the group. He was fearful of the other giants and not well liked. When the others left he went into hiding. Trolls and nisse are descended from him." So this guy is the common link, giving trolls and nisse a common ancestor and a reason for why they may be the outliers in terms of magical beings. The mountain giants are now show canon, per the Faratok Tree episode, and seem to be lifted nearly 1:1 from the book.

From left to right are Halldór, Sigmund, Einarr, Valfreyja (who actually has a slightly different design from the graphic novels), Gertl, Aldinn, Bliða, Heimskr, and Jaðarrok. This basically confirms that all the giants listed in the graphic novel exist in the show, which means that we can extrapolate that Björg also exists, and seems to be in hiding, as the blurb suggests. I'm also thinking, based on the fact that the giants were on Earth really before humans were, that they left Fairy Country thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, of years ago, shaping Earth to their liking through the years. This may mean that, while the other giants stayed together, Björg went off and did his own thing, which, I'm thinking, perhaps may have been creating the species that would go on to split and become trolls and nisse respectively.

With the two species being so well-suited to Earth, my guess, taking all of this, is that they were created and Earth and were never native to Fairy Country-- they've got ancestral roots there, but it was never their true home. That's how we get a species that can only live in the dark, and evolved to do so, and a species that has a symbiotic relationships with humans and their houses, which create Nowhere Space.

Now, to go further, my guess is that nisse evolved into their own species later than trolls, as trolls were likely present before humans. The nisse branched off as their own species likely when a particularly small, particularly hairy, and particularly magical troll managed to get into the newly-created Nowhere Space and made a home out of it, which then became the nisse as we know them now.

Anyway. This magic system. I've got Thoughts™️

[thisbelongsto-nohbodys]

Commission- Hilda meets Hilda

Commissioned by cutebutwrong on DA, who wanted their Hilda OC and Hilda to meet Hilda and Frida via the Faratok Tree

[helgafolk618]

so like if victoria van gale got to the fairy isles because of a nowhere space breach, does that mean that nowhere space is pan-dimensional like the faratok tree? or did victoria really did just create an interdimensional travel device back in the windmill episode?

if it's the latter, then i don't think it's by intentional design since she only wanted to access nowhere space. probably just a consequence from her machine going haywire.

speaking of interdimensional travel... i saw the reblogs on my prev victoria posts and, YES YOU ARE SO RIGHT. victoria would definitely use those abduction crystals as portals to other dimensions. she already manage to teleport across the fairy isles with it AND send radio broadcasts to the overworld, what's stopping her from going beyond that?? kinda funny how she went from weather broadcasts to ripping through the space-time continuum across universes. lol i mean what more can you expect from the mad scientist of trolberg herself?

[blaithnne]

(mini idea sparked from the existence of the faratok tree) imagine a version of Hilda without a Lauren encounters a Hilda with a Lauren (and maybe Lauren as well)

Honestly the idea of Lauren meeting canon Hilda specifically is kind of oddly depressing lmao?? because Lauren's whole thing is that she's dedicated herself to helping her family and making life easier for them, so for her to meet a version of Hilda who doesn't have a big sister in her life and nothing really changes? I think that would crush her SDJBHDF

SO if something like this were to happen it wouldn't be able to be canon Hilda, but more of an... offshoot of canon, where Lauren's absence actually has an effect on the characters, but things are similar enough to where its BASICALLY canon Hilda meeting Lauren, does that make sense lol??

Anyways this is a cool concept and I won't lie it was my first thought when the woodman mentioned multiple timelines being a thing in canon LMAO, but I'm not hugely sure how it would play out? Idk what canon Hilda would think abt having a big sister, but I know Lauren would definitley be weirded out by a universe where she just doesn't fucking exist KMJNBH. I think they'd have some adventure they were doin together within the faratok tree in order for them to bond but, not sure what! I might come abck to this idea some day...

[wildflowers-of-trolberg]

If you had written S3, what would you have had it centered around?

I would have just done Season 1, Volume 2 - a return to episodic adventures with the kids, basically, but with Johanna coming along on more of the adventures - probably including another Kaisa episode, another Bellkeeper episode, and something with the Marra - what I wouldn’t do is do an overarching narrative, include Anders in any way, or anything with Trylla & Baba.

I so like some of the episode ideas in Season 3 on their own, like the Faratok Tree and especially the Young Johanna part of The Fairy Isle. I actually really like the idea of Hilda venturing into a fae realm (including the Victoria stuff) and helping a kid she meets there, but I wouldn’t have tied it into Johanna’s family, or tried to turn it into an explanation for where all the magic in the world comes from. I’d just do it as it’s own thing, a nice adventure (I also want to avoid a repeat of “Hilda goes missing and her friends and family are worried/looking for her” - it’s overdone)

Depending on when that episode takes place in the season, I could see myself amaglamating the fairy girl character with Louise’s role. As in, making her the 4th member of the main group. I feel like that would be neat :))

[thathartleykat]

Hilda and The Faratok Tree - Temporary Cover

Estimated Release Date: 7th November 2023

[skyhighru]

since I can't get any of the Hilda books (because I'm a little broke lol), I decided to read the summary of them on wiki instead

and while I was reading, a thought occurred to me (rare occurrence, I know)

SPOILERS for Hilda and the Fairy Village

while I can't check if all of the summary is actually true or not, since, again, I don't have the books, I'm gonna trust whoever made the wiki page and assume it is

so at one point, it says that, after Johanna spent some time with her parents (who are fairies btw), her hair started turning blue, same color as her parents' and Hilda's, which is "a sign of her fairy heritage emerging"

and as I was reading this, I immediately remembered a certain other character, who also happens to have a little bit of blue hair...

The Bell Keeper

before I, and many other people, used his blue streaks of hair as evidence, that the Bell Keeper was either Hilda's dad or some other kind of relative (like uncle or something). but "Hilda and The Faratok Tree" confirmed that he's not her father and that Hilda's dad is a different guy named Anders (who is a human)

so I've had a thought:

since having blue hair isn't necessarily a sign of being related to Hilda's family, but rather the sign of the person having a fairy heritage, could this mean that the Bell Keeper is also part fairy, simular to Johanna and Hilda?🤔

from what wiki says, it seems like he doesn't appear in any of the 3 new books at all and Johanna's parents don't even mention him, meaning he's still ain't related to Hilda, otherwise they'd probably say something about the guy. but since it's pretty known that the tie-in novels and the show aren't one-to-one in terms of plot progression and have had some differences here and there, perhaps the Bell Keeper could appear in season 3 and play some sort of role or at least be mentioned by Hilda in, like, some sort of conversation between her and her grandparents (assuming she even noticed his blue hair streaks)

but I dunno, maybe, after the 3rd season comes out, it might turn out that I'm completely wrong, and there's some other reason why he has blue hair streaks

or maybe I'm right, but he won't play any role at all and it'll just be like a small detail that some fans might notice and go "oh, that's pretty neat"

or maybe my autistic ass is just interpreting everything wrong again

idk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I just thought I'd share this lil' thing because it seemed kinda interesting to me

(also if Johanna's hair turned blue, does it mean she looks like this now?👁👁)

[onenettvchannel]

#RadyoBanderaEXCLUSIVE: The Final 3rd Season of Hilda is in the works by Fall 2023 on Netflix

(Written by Rhayniel Saldasal Calimpong / Freelanced News Writer, Reporter and Presenter of OneNETnews)

TROLBERG, SCANDINAVIA -- A British-Canadian cartoon show Hilda nears its conclusion with the upcoming 3rd and Final Season. Fans of the show were taken by surprise with this seriously unexpected news.

(CONTRIBUTED ADVERTISEMENT SCREENGRAB COURTESY: Penguin Random House & Reconstructed by: Rhayniel Saldasal Calimpong)

(BANNER PHOTO and VIDEO COURTESY: ReyGGTV via YT Channel & Shorts VIDEO)

In a recent advertisement from Penguin Random House (PRH), who was obtained by an undisclosed digital media insider; including one internet sleuth YouTuber, and also the online media insider individual in Los Angeles, California named ReyGGTV (whose real name as Randy Garita), it appears that the American streaming service called Netflix may have been release the show by Fall 2023 from a screengrab image, which was not independently verified to Radyo Bandera.

(COVER PHOTO COURTESY: HildaTheSeries via FB Photo / Stills from a Final Season 3 opening of Hilda on Netflix)

Additionally, the last opening intro for Season 3 was sought-after in the city of Trolberg and reportedly seen on Facebook's cover photo (which is owned by Meta Platforms Inc.).

In addition to the Final Season, 3 new graphic novels have also been obtained by Randy himself entitled "Laughing Merman", "Faratok Tree" & "Fairy Village", which expected to be released in November 2023. These novels are part of 'Hilda: The Series' provided by a graphic novel publisher Flying Eye Books (FEB).

(FILE GRAPHIC NOVEL PHOTO COURTESY: Google Images)

Before the independent cartoon show on Netflix, there was a novel called 'Aubépine' & 'Aster', which served as a source of inspiration for Hilda. Show Creator named Luke Pearson, along with the animated production companies Silvergate Media and Mercury Filmworks, have granted to secure the streaming rights through Netflix in the United States of America (U.S.A.). The 3rd season of Hilda consists of 13 episodes, each with a runtime of 22 minutes. The actual release date might later change, but it is expected to coincide with the Christmas season or early Q1 2024.

Some reliable sources and insider individuals told exclusively to Radyo Bandera that the British-Canadian animated series on Netflix is fully legitimate, unless there is an accidental statement by default. Fans of the show are so alarming, because of a release date have already been leaked out Friday night (September 1st, 2023).

(FILE MOVIE POSTER COURTESY: Google Images)

Regardless onto this, streaming fans are excited to explore Hilda's adventurous world one last time in Trolberg City, Scandinavia as the 3rd season approaches, leading after a new movie released of The Mountain King late-last December 2021 as a series follow-up -- despite for Season 3 release date is worth the wait before the Holiday season starts.

The new and final 3rd Season of Hilda streams this Fall 2023 at 12 MIDNIGHT (Pacific local time), only on Netflix.

PHOTO COURTESY for REPRESENTATION: Silvergate Media and Mercury Filmworks

SOURCE: *https://old.reddit.com/r/HildaTheSeries/comments/ucrkpz/all_abord_the_season_3_hype_train/ [Referenced Subreddit Post #1 via Reddit] *https://old.reddit.com/r/HildaTheSeries/comments/ueagcj/yes_season_3_is_happening/ [Referenced Subreddit Post #2f via Reddit] *https://www.animationmagazine.net/2021/12/creative-team-behind-hilda-and-the-mountain-king-discuss-her-next-big-adventure/ [Referenced News Article via Animation Magazine] *https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/hilda-season-3-to-release-on-netflix-in-2023/ [Referenced News Article via What's on Netflix News Bureau] *https://twitter.com/TheCartoonBase/status/1697753562409803986 [Referenced Capitoned X Network Photo via Cartoon Base] *https://www.facebook.com/100063782460430/posts/754957926640283 [Referenced FB Cover Photo via HildaTheSeries] *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnyN0zHUAo [Referenced YT Video #1 via ReyGGTV] *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7ni24ATuhY [Referenced YT Video #2 via ReyGGTV] *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umdqL_kA_mY [Referenced YT Video #3f via ReyGGTV] *https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/ReyGGTV *https://reyggtv.bandcamp.com/ [Referenced Biography Location via Bandcamp] *https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/729092/hilda-and-the-laughing-merman-by-luke-pearson/ [Referenced Graphic Novel Listings #1 via Penguin Random House] *https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/729093/hilda-and-the-faratok-tree-by-luke-pearson/ [Referenced Graphic Novel Listings #2 via Penguin Random House] *https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/729094/hilda-and-the-fairy-village-by-luke-pearson/ [Referenced Graphic Novel Listings #3f via Penguin Random House] and *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilda_and_the_Mountain_King

-- OneNETnews Team

[winningthesweepstakes]

Hilda and the Faratok Tree by Stephen Davies, illustrated by Sapo Lendario

Hilda and the Faratok Tree by Stephen Davies, illustrated by Sapo Lendario. Flying Eye Books, 2023. 9781838748777  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4.5 Format: Paperback Genre: Fantasy What did you like about the book? In this ninth Hilda adventure something quite extraordinary occurs:  Hilda’s father turns up to visit her after an absence of three years!  Both are overjoyed to…

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OH NO!!!

IT'S COMPLETE!

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All Hilda Tie-in Novels, so far

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S3 Books sneak peaks (official)

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Be careful out there!

Info on Hilda S3 novels (and by extension, the FINAL SEASON) is starting to go public!