Sooo… Guess what I finally got around to watching?
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Yup! Trollhunters!
I saw it advertised on Netflix for a while now, but it never really looked interesting.. Until I stumbled across a few posts about it on Tumblr.
It finally caught my interest and WOW! I did not know what I was MISSING! It’s fantastic! So, I binge-watched it in two days, then begged my brother to watch it with me, AGAIN. And now I’ve finally worked up the nerve to attempt fanart!
I’m quite surprised with how well this turned out. Normally, I never attempt to draw CGI characters, mostly because 3D shading is still a struggle for me. But I’m really proud of this! My bro says I should show it to Guillermo Del Toro… buuuuut, I don’t have a twitter or anything like that, so.. Eh.
Retelling of the episode ‘Return of the Trollhunter.’
Jim should be happy that Claire’s not have the same issue that he had when trying to interact with the Trolls. But it was all just to easy…and a little unfair.
Fandom: Tales of Arcadia/Trollhunters Rating: Gerneral Audiences Relationships: Blinkous “Blinky” Galadrigal & Jim Lake Jr. Warnings/Additional Tags: ‘Return of the Trollhunter’, Sort of a retelling of the epsidoe, Honestly I just added more family moments, Because you can’t tell me Blinky is not Jim’s father, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, I wrote this awhile ago, And by awhile I mean YEARS
Tbf this is what Blinky should have done to convince Jim never to use the Grit-Shaka again. Also when Blinky uses the Grit-Shaka he is 100% more psycho-mad + dad jokes.
Hey I came back to Japan. I appreciate my friend @silvermender took me out to Dream Works studio. And introduced me to Trollhunters artists. I met amazing persons a lot. That time was really amazing memories like time in a dream. And special days in my life!! Thank you tons!!
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!
A solitary young lion faces the oncoming storm. If streaming series aren’t eligible for the Emmys, somebody needs to invent an award and bestow it upon the background artists.
Even though he was injured at the time…I feel like because of the small kiss Claire gave Jim just after going into the Killahead battle in Wizards, there could be a “before going into battle” kiss before a large battle with the Arcane Order.
It lifted Jim up so much before going off again into battle, that I just see it happening in the movie once the battle comes.
These are some pictures of our beautiful boy from exactly 4 years ago today. Time flies by fast, and the poor guy has been through so much. But deserves the world
Here’s to an Jim getting everything he deserves by the fifth anniversary!
