#trolls r&b

[koppaiterocker]

Goober song stuck in my head all night

[artist-emerald]

Branch to the Future

It was another sunny day in Trollstopia, and Branch had decided to pay a visit to the Funk Troll sister scientists, Rhythm and Blues, or R&B as they prefer to be referred as. He admired their funky ingenuity and groovy inventions, but never got a real chance to get to know them and appreciate the work they do.

Branch: "Thanks for having me over, R&B. It's nice to get to know more Trolls with a spirit for craftsmanship. Even if your work is much more advanced than mine."

Rhythm: "No problem Branch! We're happy to have you!"

Blue: "And we don't want to think of our work as 'more advanced', just, funky!"

Rhythm: "We're actually glad you visited today! We need help testing out a new machine of ours!"

Branch: "Oh yeah? What kind of machine?"

Blues: "A time machine!"

Branch: "What!? No way, that's impossible! You two have made some pretty awesome stuff, but I can't believe you made a time machine."

Rhythm: "That's why we need help testing it! It is only theoretical after all. Who knows if anything will even happen!"

Blues: "Absolutely right, my dear sister! Now, let's get testing!"

R&B led Branch to a small metal pad on the floor. It was hooked up to a nearby console with large, colorful cables. They gave Branch a pair of safety goggles as they put on some for themselves. They then began hitting buttons and switches on the console, causing the machine to whir to life.

Rhythm: "Now, dear sister, how far do you think we should send him?"

Branch: "Not too far! Poppy and I are meeting for lunch this afternoon!"

Blues: "Ooh, lunch with the girlfriend? Okay, Branch we won't keep you too long. 20 seconds should be good."

Rhythm: "Sounds good! Setting parameters now! You ready Branch?"

Branch: "Ready as I'll ever be!"

R&B pulled a big switch on the console, surging power through the machine as lights and sounds filled the chamber. Suddenly, a spark came from the console, and then the pad that Branch was standing on. Before any of them knew what was happening, a bright white flash of light went off, and Branch was no longer on the pad.

R&B celebrated to themselves, thinking that the machine had worked and that Branch would be reappearing in the spot he left, only 20 seconds from when he left.

So they waited.

And waited.

But the 20 seconds were up, and Branch didn't come back.

Worry flooded the sisters' heads, "oh no."

Branch rubbed his eyes after the flash had gone and everything went quiet.

Branch: "R? B? Did it work? Hello?"

Once Branch's eyes adjusted, he looked around and found everything was old, decayed, and colorless. Dust covered the floor, plant overgrowth had covered the machines, and silenced loomed over the air.

Branch: "What happened? Something definitely went wrong."

Branch made his way out of the Funk Trolls ufo, but what he found outside took him aback. It was quiet, desolate, and not a single living soul could be seen. Like the ship, the forest had lost it's color. The standard walking paths were overgrown from the forest. Branch made his to Pop Village. There had to be someone, anyone still here. Someone who had to know what was going on.

As he made his way through the dense foliage, a mist began to settle in, obscuring his vision even more. He began to call out for his friends, for his brothers, for Poppy. He found only remnants of what was left of Pop Village, of Trollstopia. Everything was broken, run down, and abandoned, being overtaken by the forest, the dust, and the mist.

Branch then remembered his home, his bunker. If anyone was around and safe, it would have to be there. He made his way to the main entrance, but before he could head inside, he was met with rustling in the brush behind him.

Branch: "H-hello? Who's there?"

A shadow leaped from the grass, releasing a battle cry as it stood in-between Branch and his bunker's entrance. It held a toothpick as a spear, readying to strike.

???: "I thought I told everyone to stay away! To leave me alone! Who are you!?"

Branch looked carefully at the shadow as he stepped back with caution. He gazed through the mist, peeked through the cloak that the figure wore. He could swear he recognized that voice.

Branch: "Poppy? Poppy is that you? It's me, it's Branch!"

The figure pulled back it's hood, tall and frizzled hair erupting from it. It was Poppy, but she looked older, distraught, and gray. She looked at Branch up and down, eyes full of sadness and fear. Branch held out his arms, expecting a warm and loving embrace, but it never came.

Poppy: "Branch? No. No no no not again. I can't be having these hallucinations again! Why won't you leave me alone!"

Poppy swung the toothpick at branch more like a blunt object instead of a piercing weapon. Branch caught it in his hands. He looked at Poppy with worry.

Branch: "Poppy. It's really me. I don't know what happened, but I'm here!"

Poppy was frozen. The toothpick slipped out of her hands. She felt her arms shake, her knees give out of weakness, and a heavy pain rise in her chest. As she kneeled in front of Branch, staring at him, she couldn't hold back her tears. She wept, she reached out her arms to embrace her lost love. Branch rushed over into her arms to console her.

Branch sat with Poppy for what felt like ages to him. He stayed with her, letting her get all the sadness and grief out. Her gasps of breath in-between each sob started to slow as she steadied.

Poppy: "I missed you Branch."

Branch: "I missed you too. But, I need to know what happened."

Poppy wiped her face as the two stood up, and she led them into the bunker. She told him everything.

Poppy: "You never came back after R&B's experiment went wrong. They told me what happened, and they said they'd do everything they could to bring you back. But nothing ever worked. I came by every single day, hoping and waiting that you'd come back. That I'd see your adorable face again. Hear your beautiful voice again. Embrace the love of my life again."

Branch was speechless.

Poppy: "Time moved on, but I couldn't. Soon, I began to ignore my duties as queen. Everyone tried to cheer me up, to make me feel better, and to help me move on but I couldn't. Then dad died. Viva took over, and I shut myself away in your bunker. Then...there was a huge disaster, and everyone else was gone. I lost my colors after that, and I've kept myself alone since."

Branch: "Poppy. I'm so sorry. I would never hurt you like this. The machine, it was an accident!"

Poppy: "20 years, Branch. You were gone, for 20 YEARS!"

Branch had never heard Poppy raise her voice like that. Not with that much hurt, or anger, or malice. Almost like...hate.

Poppy: "I never blamed R&B for their machine. And I never blamed you for helping them out. I put all the blame on myself, as queen."

Branch: "I never thought it would go this way if something were ever to happen to me."

Poppy: "Of course, Branch! You're my best friend! The love of my life! The anchor that keeps me grounded! Losing you, it was like a part of me."

Branch saw the inside of the bunker. It was a mess. The walls and floors cracking, trash and broken jars spread about the place. And there on a table was a small basket, with a round stone painted to look like a Troll egg.

Branch: "Poppy?"

Poppy: "And now that you're back, it's just going to be you, me, and the baby."

Branch: "Poppy, listen to me. I know you're hurt, but this isn't healthy. We can fix all of this! We just need to find a way to send me back."

Poppy: "NO! I can't go through that again, Branch! I can't lose you again!"

Poppy braced herself in front of the exit, her arms and legs quivering, as she readied herself to fend off her own boyfriend. Branch noticed this. He slowly approached, showing no sign of ill intent, and he placed his hands on one of hers and brought it to his face.

Branch: "Poppy, please. I'm sorry that this happened. It hurts me so much to see you like this, to know this is what could happen if you lose me. But I know if I can get back, I can prevent this from ever happening, and talk to you about this so that if something ever does happen to me, that you'd be able to move on from it."

Poppy fell to her knees again as she embraced her love. She felt Branch kiss her forehead as he whispered to her that he loved her.

Poppy let him go, and she watched as he disappeared back to the surface. Branch rushed back to the Funk Trolls ufo. He started pressing buttons, pulling switches, doing everything he could to try and get anything to happen, but to no avail.

Branch then heard a shimmer in his ears, and a white light appear in front of him. He then heard a deep, and annoyingly familiar voice call out to him to step into the light, and that he would be brought back to where and when he belongs.

Branch thought for a moment before leaping through the light. And like that, he was back. R&B standing in front of him with eyes of wonder, but before he could tell them anything. He rushed out to find Poppy. He had so much to say, so much to tell her, and so much to prevent.

The End.

[funktrolls]

[ 2022 ] trolls art log 9

[dialga64bitz]

John dory (and by extension Branch's bros) wasn't there when the Trolls got united-

[crossarrowarts]

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[rocksibblingsau]

Now you got me wondering, How would Funk Branch interact with the royal family, r&b, and lownote jones?

With Quincy and Essence there are some things that are spoilers for Rock Sibblings, but just know things are rocky at first! For outside reasons as well as the fact that Branch simply never really had parents for very long, let alone TWO parents (excluding temporary fosters). He was raised by his grandma. The two are just as patient as Thrash is, so they do eventually make progress with him and by the time of adulthood they're a close knit family.

Quincy and Essence encourage him to explore various interests and they are always great listeners. They love Branch a lot, but Branch doesn't replace what they lost.

As a kid, Darnell didn't initially get along well with Branch. Neither wanted the other as a brother. Branch for obvious reasons and Darnell because he wanted his brother, not a replacement. Over time they warm up to each other under the agreement they're just friends, but that eventually falls away and they're brothers. It's a learning curve for Branch to be a big brother, and he comes to find that he could never imagine leaving D the way his brothers left him. Even the thought of moving out of their parents house to next door feels like abandoning D. He also carries some guilt over the fact that this should be Cooper, but D is always quick to reassure him that he'd never trade Branch for Cooper. He'd love to have both his brothers, but if he can't then... well, he's happy with how things turned out.

Branch is the first one that D tells about his idea for Hip Hop. If anyone would be open to a subgenre, it's his adopted Pop-turned-Funk brother. Branch of course supports him, and even dabbles in Hip Hop himself, maybe even being Hip Hop as well.

When Cooper does reunite with D, that fear of abandonment is there again. The fear that Branch was just a replacement that D doesn't need anymore. D however grabs Branch's hand and pulls him over to Cooper and introduces them. Cooper's surprised on all fronts, but especially that Grey Branch was a good older brother to his twin. Hearing about how good of brother Branch was to D makes Cooper feel bad for how Branch was treated by Pop Village. Cooper was an odd one out, and if he had only tried, the two could have been friends. It's clear that Branch wasn't AGAINST caring about people like he'd thought.

The three become a little trio, with Cooper happy to go from 0 brothers to 2 in the span of a day.

Lownote Jones is used to everyone adoring him, normally just from his voice alone or his charms. While Branch can certainly notice both of those, he doesn't act like other people around Lownote, which he really likes. Branch actually becomes interested in Lownote due to Lownote's reputation as a scientist and pilot. Lownote isn't aware of this at first, and is kind of disappointed by the change, but in a 'oh well, it was nice while it lasted' kind of way before he realizes Branch is actually just more interested in the things he says rather than the "smooth cadence of his voice". The two are VERY good friends and Branch is introduced to Funk science by Lownote. Branch gives a very interesting outside perspective...

Which ties into how he interacts with R and B! He reins them in when they get too ahead of themselves and reminds them of the basics. He doesn't always get along with them, often finding some of their stuff too over the top. ("Why does the machine that opens a bottle have to be this big? Can't it be bottle opener sizes?" "How else will it fit the boombox?" "Why does a bottle opener need a BOOMBOX?" "Why not?") Though he can get wrapped up in it as well (See Holiday in Harmony and his gift to Poppy) sometimes.

Lownote shakes his head in disappoint at BroZone, meanwhile R and B contemplate the ethics of a machine that either 'removes jerkness' or 'squashes washed-up boy band members into ball shape and knocks them into space with a mallet'.

[secretlizzycookie]

some trollstopia characters in their teenage version

and archer pastry because he didn't appear on the show again, that was a good character redemption 😔

[citric-acid-rain]

What it looked like when my partner’s pfp was Branch and mine was Pace LMFAOO

[ezhiaray]

Thank goodness for shrink rays.

[not-neverland06]

I need to start remembering that I’m just not meant for the internet. I’m just way too ready to fight someone.

I posted on r/ao3. Just a little discussion. I was talking about how I use dividers in my fics on ao3 and wondering if anyone else did the same. I was told that’s not inclusive enough for visually impaired people and I need to be more considerate and not selfish bc I think something’s pretty, that it’s distracting, gaudy/trashy.

I get if you don’t like it but there’s polite ways to go about that. I didn’t even know about visually impaired people reading off ao3. It’s not something that crossed my mind. And if they told me how to make it easier for them, I would. But they didn’t, they were just rude about it.

I had to take it down like fifteen minutes later bc I was about to get really pissed off. I am not patient enough for the internet and especially not for Reddit.

[strawberry-clownie]

Okay why I’m in a hyper mood and its on the mind, there’s something I wanted to discuss. So as I got into the second movie, something bothered me from it that I haven’t really found, probably because TBT is everywhere currently and I am late, but, every other species of Trolls were different with mythological elements. Classical Cherubs, Country Centaurs, Techno Mermaids……Llama Funk? Yeah idk about them but moving forward, the Rocks being so much like the Pop Trolls bothered me. Like yeah I get that wasn’t even in the minds of the guys making the first movie when they did, but like…. :( I hate it. So there’s one I thought would be interesting in concept that fits with Rock to me; Vampires. But more specifically, vampire bats. I mean they had Ozzy and he bit the head off of a bat COME ON.

I have a Barb redesign in the works with that concept but like, its there. They were what looks like in a cave at the Rock concert at the end, and imagine the cool gem aesthetics that go in caves? How different they could look? Its mostly tying into my adopted Branch au, but like. Whats more rock then being winged bat vampires?

[keepurselfself]

Ermmm... i drew emo branch

I actually really like this 👍

[funktrolls]

[ 2022 ] Trolls art log 3

[kadieeverfree]

Ya no estoy en el fandom boys.

Solo vengo a revivir esta cuenta con dibujos viejos xd

[crossarrowarts]

Gonna be posting these on my Etsy soon!!

They'll be $3.50 each and 3in/7.62cm big!

[tri-stay-doodlin]

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