Jim: You lying, cheating @&X!&?/X&@! F'ing $@&!$X%£¥}!!!!
Claire: F'k you Jim! You backstabbing tyrant asshole!
Douxie, absolutely aghast at the words coming out of Jim’s mouth: Uhhhhh….. where did Jim learn to curse in Draconic?
Archie: Who thought a game of Risk was a good idea after what happened with Monopoly?? You know Risk is even worse!
Strickler, side eying Claire: Yeah… I admit this was not my best idea… Young Atlas, perhaps you sh…
Jim: F'ing Back off Strickler!
Archie: Uhmmmmmm Douxie?? Maybe we should break this up…..
Douxie, noticing Claires eyes: Oh fuzzbuckets….
I had a thought…. since monopoly gone wrong has been done and banned already. what if… Strickler introduces the team to Risk (which he has never lost) hedging on his many years as a spy, strategist, history teacher, and head of the Janus Order to give him the upper hand, only to forget about how competitive Claire can be, and even more shocking… finding out dear, sweet, good boy, make enemies into friends/family Jim is an absolutely ruthless cutthroat tyrant hellbent on (board game) world domination.
Don’t worry though, in my head, this ends in one of those anger turned to well… you know… make out sessions… where the angry parties get closer and closer and suddenly kissing, like happens in the movies, totally oblivious to the fact that other people are still there and embarrassing everyone.
Fun fact, as this is Strickler’s game, I figured he bought it new when it first came out, so I did the original 1950’s aqua box.
Jim: You lying, cheating @&X!&?/X&@! F'ing $@&!$X%£¥}!!!!
Claire: F'k you Jim! You backstabbing tyrant asshole!
Douxie, absolutely aghast at the words coming out of Jim’s mouth: Uhhhhh….. where did Jim learn to curse in Draconic?
Archie: Who thought a game of Risk was a good idea after what happened with Monopoly?? You know Risk is even worse!
Strickler, side eying Claire: Yeah… I admit this was not my best idea… Young Atlas, perhaps you sh…
Jim: F'ing Back off Strickler!
Archie: Uhmmmmmm Douxie?? Maybe we should break this up…..
Douxie, noticing Claires eyes: Oh fuzzbuckets….
I had a thought…. since monopoly gone wrong has been done and banned already. what if… Strickler introduces the team to Risk (which he has never lost) hedging on his many years as a spy, strategist, history teacher, and head of the Janus Order to give him the upper hand, only to forget about how competitive Claire can be, and even more shocking… finding out dear, sweet, good boy, make enemies into friends/family Jim is an absolutely ruthless cutthroat tyrant hellbent on (board game) world domination.
Don’t worry though, in my head, this ends in one of those anger turned to well… you know… make out sessions… where the angry parties get closer and closer and suddenly kissing, like happens in the movies, totally oblivious to the fact that other people are still there and embarrassing everyone.
Fun fact, as this is Strickler’s game, I figured he bought it new when it first came out, so I did the original 1950’s aqua box.
This right here, this is one of my most favorite scenes in Trollhunters. Jim has so much faith in his favorite teacher that he can’t even fathom the idea that Strickler might be a changeling while Toby is already convinced. The slightly amused look on Jim’s face, the way they both glance at the gaggletack. And then Toby glares at Jim before barreling forward. The ensuing tug of war, and Jim kind of has a point. I’m not sure which of them thought exposing changelings at school was a good idea. Toby is determined though and this we get to the best part of the clip, Toby snatching the gaggletack tack out of a completely shocked Jim’s hands and throwing it at Strickler. We get to enjoy a classic Jimism… the head shake! They range from extremely subtle to very expressive depending on the level of emotion he’s experiencing. It’s one of my favorite Jim things!
Moving on, we have Toby being ‘on mission’ while Jim alternates between angry glaring at Toby and embarrassed, apologetic looks towards Strickler, who is looking quite amused at their bumbling attempt to expose him. Strickler smoothly and suspiciously avoiding picking it up, which finally kicks Jim’s brain into gear, and we get Jim’s quick thinking excuse before Claire throws a wrench in their 'plan’ and gives Strickler an out, and us Jim and Toby’s exasperated looks.
Not in the clip because of file size limits…. Claire giving the gaggletack back to a very embarrassed Jim, Strickler calling Jim Young Atlas (for the first time?), and now Jim too, is quite suspicious of Strickler; So much, that they forget Claire is still there. Finally…. math stuff.
The whole thing is just hilariously glorious. The multiple back and forths, the dialog, the expressions, Jim’s shock. I’m not too embarrassed to admit that I will watch this several times in a row while giggling maniacally every time I get to it. I’m easily amused. Enjoy!
Ok, it’s like 6 am in the morning so you must forgive me, but imagine (~) So, will Draal live in Jim’s basement when Walt will be a part of the family? Would Nomura stop by at her bfs place? Would Walter and Nomura bumping face to face in the kitchen in the dark like “why are u in my house. half-naked???/”
While boarding ROTT we sometimes explored moments in each others sequences. Below is my small take on Stricklers death. The sequence in the film was done by the incredible Ben Choi
