#get to know gaylen time :)

[yellowmagicalgirl]

This AU was made in April 2023, and is inspired by @emwritesfanfics' Heirs to the Arcana, but with a twist: Krel didn't get Skrael's powers. Aja did.

This doesn't really change anything. The world still ends. Aja tries to protect everyone with her new ice powers and fails.

Krel had been denying his feelings for months. He was standing next to Douxie when Aja was killed. Krel realized that he had lost the person he loved most, and the person he loved second-most would die without ever knowing about Krel's feelings. And so in one last desperate action, Krel kissed Douxie.

Jim wakes up with fire powers and the excalibur amulet. (Whether or not he gets the daylight amulet depends on if I were to use my no-time-travel version of Wizards or not. If I used canon Wizards, it'd be Jim to prevent an unstable loop involving troll!Jim. If I didn't, then Toby or Claire would become the trollhunter so we'd have one more person w/memories, this time regaining their memories the first time they transform in the armor.)

Aja wakes up with ice powers and immediately rushes over to check on her brother. (Also, she and Steve did not have kids. At most, she had been researching if they could ever have kids and if not then how to preserve House Tarron.)

Douxie wakes up with plant powers and the taste of Krel's lips on his own.

Krel's like "sure, this might as well happen" about Aja having ice powers and being from the future. Everyone's always said that Aja was extraordinary, and he was normal. At least she's more mature. Aja's sad that Krel doesn't remember.

The coup still happens, despite Aja's best efforts, and they end up on Earth (maybe even earlier bc Aja's attempts to fix things went badly). Douxie decides not to say anything about the kiss to Krel or Aja, though he had confided in Jim late one night.

They grab Gaylen's core earlier and move it elsewhere for safe keeping. Krel becomes obsessed with it

And then he merges with it

And he remembers everything

Once all the other craziness of "Krel wtf why did you merge w/Gaylen's core and why do you have wings" dies down, Krel has a quiet conversation with Douxie

Krel: I'm sorry I kissed you. Douxie, internally: Yep, it's just what I thought! He panicked at the end of the world and doesn't have feelings for me! This is part of why I never brought it up and now he's bringing it up! Krel: I didn't want to die without telling you, but now that I have context I know I must've made you deeply uncomfortable. I hope you can one day forgive me. Douxie: Uh actually do you wanna kiss me again? Please?

Also, post-Gaylenifcation Krel is more physically affectionate and less grumpy, which isn't actually that much of a change but seeing the rapid change weirds everyone out

[noteverystarisasun]

Asher 'AW' Wilson

"The Fool Will No Longer Be Fun For You."

┏━━━━━━⭒✭⭒━━━━━━┓ Asher Wilson ‘AW’ ┗━━━━━━⭒✭⭒━━━━━━┛

"I don't bow for just anyone."

Before being thrown into Megalopolis, AW resided in the Midwest of The United States of America. By first meeting he seems cut-off and introverted, after a while he'll get more comfortable with whoever he's talking to. He protects his family, or what he deems his family, by whatever means possible, without them he feels lost.

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"My hair's always a rat's nest."

⟹ + Benevolent | Understanding | Clever + ⟹ = Introverted | Amiable | Whimsical = ⟹ - Childish | Impulsive | Blunt/Brutally Honest - ⟹ MBTI: INFP-T

✓ Likes: Music, Being Alone, His Family, Children Shows, Stuffed Animals, Drawing, Protecting His Family, Routine, Rain, Cold Weather, The Stars ✗Dislikes: Being out of Routine, Feeling Lonely, Loud Noises, Bright Lights, Crowds, Being Abandoned, Being Dependent, Hot/Humid Weather Love Language: Touch, Acts of Service/Penguin Pebbling close second

AW Described: AW is described as a young individual characterized by his benevolent actions and clever thinking skills in any stress-inducing situation. He doesn't enjoy getting upset with people, but when angered he does snap back. As much as it would go against his morals, he absolutely can use someone for his advantage, using psychological torture or manipulation, the last time he ever did that was during a hunt. He prefers to stay or to be likeable, normally mirroring another's personality to be in a likeable range, though it sometimes backfires due to the fact AW has poor social connection skills. AW has an hyper-independent mind-state, he does everything on his own without anyone's help. This is likely influenced by his childhood trauma and fear of being abandoned or left alone for long periods of time, being dependent only on himself, but putting others before himself, as a way to 'heal'.

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"I'm stronger than I look, Y'know? I just don't act or look like it."

⟹Age Group: 26 ⟹Gender: Transgender Transmasculine; He/They ⟹Height: 5'2'' ⟹Species: Human ? ⟹Health: Top Surgery, Trauma/C-PTSD, Anxiety and Depression (Medicated), Autism, ADHD, Limp on the Left Leg, Scars, Burn Marks, Emotional Dysregulation ⟹Powers: Inhuman Strength, Leg-Strong, [More TBA]

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"I know I'm the Fool in everyone's story, I follow it instead. At least they'll get a happy ending."

London Springs: AW Sees London Springs as his younger sibling, always providing for them and being near her as much as possible. Never wanting her to be or feel Alone just like he was.

Lexi Rosemary: AW Sees Lexi, or just 'Rosemary' as a close friend or older sister, though a very bad influence of an older sister, Though he likes Rose being around, he isn't Alone anymore.

Khalen Moore: AW see's Khalen, or 'Gaylen' as an annoying little brother, both get into playful arguments and sometimes kicking one another. AW 'Friendly’ bullies him each time they see each other, no he is not apart of the family.

The Six-Eared Macaque: AW knows of Macaque since his world isn't connected to theirs, he uses this information as an advantage to find his way out of this world and get himself home. But it can get him into trouble if he blurts it out when he's upset.

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"It's Nobody's Party, I don't know Why (I don't see You all the time)"

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[crackship-connoisseur]

Tales of Arcadia rework

The Basics

I can't really write a full summary of the plot because there's not much I have to fix about it except for making the major changes make sense with the general follow-through. With that being said, here are the major changes in my rework that you'll need to know about:

Changelings are now Woodtrolls. While they might be frequently referred to as changelings and still maintain their ability to shapeshift from a troll form to a human form, they do not have any connection to a human familiar, and instead have a divine connection to Nari (hence why they will take on a more tree-like appearance in their troll forms, which I have yet to design). This change is due to the parallels between the antisemitic nature of changelings and blood libel, and its portrayal of it in the show.

Goblins either wont exist, or will also be heavily altered like changelings. I haven't decided how much narrative weight I want the goblins to have in my rework compared to the canon, but if I decide they should, they will get as much an extensive revamp as changelings. This change is due to the general antisemitic nature of goblins.

Jim will become a "changeling" instead of a half-troll. I personally just think him becoming a half-troll defeats the entire message of Trollhunters, and completely disregards all of the foreshadowing that was pointing towards him becoming a changeling specifically. It would also just be more interesting and tie The Arcane Order into the plot much earlier. I also think its a good compromise for people who like both versions of Jim.

Both Seklos and Gaylen are all-powerful G-ds. While Gaylen will still be responsible for creating the Akiridions, Seklos will be responsible for creating The Arcane Order, who will go on to create the earth. Otherwise, the story will remain generally the same. This change is to tie 3Below in more with the other installments, and make it much more relevant than it is in the canon.

Merlin will ultimately be the final antagonist. I feel like I don't have to justify this. He is an asshole and I hate him.

The Arcane Order will get a redemption. Whatever I specifically do to fix Rise of the Titans, it will involve a more complex version of The Arcane Order, where their motivations for the destruction of earth will revolve around the grief of losing their parents, Seklos and Gaylen, rather than just destroying it for funzies. They will also get heavy redesigns to remove any offensive depictions of certain cultures.

That being said, I do not consider ANYTHING RotT establishes as canon. Nobody dies, nobody will time travel, and there will certainly be no offensive portrayal of male-pregnancy.

Every character will generally get more fleshed out and will have better character arcs. I will also put more focus on dismantling the idea of destiny, and how trauma affects people.

I MAY NOT CONSIDER WIZARDS CANON EITHER. If do decide to keep Wizards, it will need a complete rehaul to fix all of the plot holes, but otherwise I just think its a dumb premise in general and the plot holes are quite daunting.

With that being said, I may have Jim, Claire, Blinky, Merlin, etc. stay in Arcadia so they're present for the plot of 3Below. Regardless of what I do with Wizards, this will most likely stay the case so there can be more meaningful interactions between the whole cast.

Everything else is pretty much just nitty gritty stuff like world-building expansion and character dynamics. I don't exactly know what my end goal for this project is, so I don't have anything on an episode-by-episode basis by any means, these are just the rules I'm operating by when I make fan content for this franchise.

Patch Notes

Original magic system changes + plot changes (2022)

Characters

Claire + Jim redesigns (2022), Bellroc redesign sketches (2022), Bellroc redesign (2022), Arcane Order Jimtober redesigns (2022)

Fanfics

Links to be inserted

You can find everything else under #toa rework

[akozuheiwa]

How about one of the KRoE au's, whichever one interests you more?

So those are two chapters of the same thing, one of my favourite AUs, Krel Raised on Earth AU. I don't remember if I've talked about it here or not so I'll do it now anyway.

Basically, Krel's parents decide wit his connection to Gaylen's core, it's too dangerous to raise him on Akiridion-5, so they bring him to Earth. They try Fialkov's aunt Iros's communicator since her last known location was Earth, but get Mort instead cause Iros is dead by now. Yes, this is wiz-fic verse based. No, I'm not sorry.

So Mort raises Krel on Earth. He was not told Krel was a royal or that Krel had a sister or, you know, anything helpful like that. Fialkov and Coranda do leave a serrator for Krel that can activate a transduction (temporarily child locked, of course). Flash forward to present day, Douxie is getting strange dreams of the Eternal Night and Aja Tarron has escaped with Vex to Earth and you kick off the actual written part of the AU.

Anyway, a snippet under the cut!

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“You doing okay, Krel?”

Krel manages a half-glance towards his brother. Douxie looks concerned, face still scratched and muddy from the fight with the Zerons. He offers a shrug. “I guess. Why wouldn’t I be?”

“It’s just – well, they’re from your birth planet,” says Douxie.

“Yeah,” agrees Krel.

“You don’t seem as excited as I thought you’d be.” Douxie has always had a way of reading Krel, better than even Uncle Mort, so Krel’s not surprised that he’s picked up on his unease. “Are you okay?”

“I’m… fine,” says Krel. “I just – I’ve always wondered if I’d ever meet someone from Akiridion-5, but then… I’ve always been scared to meet them. Because what if they come here and take me away?”

Douxie is silent for a long moment. “Yeah… I’ve been a bit scared of that, too.”

“I know you were probably wondering why I didn’t tell them,” Krel says. “I just – I don’t want to leave. I’m terrified that one day my birth parents are going to show up and say the danger’s gone and take me to Akiridion-5. I don’t know them. I have a home here, I have a family. I have a brother and – and a dad and – I don’t want to lose that.”

Douxie bumps shoulders with him and smiles. “You won’t. Uncle Mort and I won’t let you go that easily. Even if your birth parents show up tomorrow and demand you return with them, I know I’d fight with everything I’ve got, and Uncle Mort won’t let anyone take you if you don’t want to go. Okay? You won’t lose us.”

“I still don’t want to tell them,” admits Krel. “Just in case.”

Douxie nods. “And that’s fine by me. Now we should probably shut up, there’s Eli’s.”

Krel chuckles. “Right, right – man, Seamus is gonna lose it when he hears this.”

“See, there it is,” Douxie says with a laugh. “Krel knows something, Seamus knows something. I warned them.”

Krel laughs too and smiles at his brother. “And Douxie? Thank you.”

“Any time, little bro,” says Douxie. “Any time.”

[trustmma]

Jimmy flick

#Jimmy flick movie#

#Jimmy flick professional#

#Jimmy flick movie#

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#Jimmy flick professional#

I didn't graduate from school, but I have a hard work ethic and I found fighting was for me."įlick has a professional career of 15 wins and five losses. That was one motivation for me to stay away from that. If the item you received doesnt match the listing description, your purchase may be eligible for eBay Money Back Guarantee. “My brothers and sisters have been exposed to it. "My family was exposed to drugs,” Flick said. The gym and violent sport might not strike you as a safe place, but that’s exactly what it is for Sand Springs native Jimmy “The Brick” Flick.

[eveningmercury]

~ question tag ~

rules: answer twenty one questions, then tag twenty one people you’d like to get to know better

thanks for the tag @meapopinjay !!!

i. nicknames? well, gaylen isn’t my actual name, so there’s one,, cas also calls me j or jj occasionally 

ii. zodiac sign? libra or virgo, i’m right on the edge between the two so it constantly changes depending on who you ask (i’m most like virgo though!)

iii. height? 5′7 or 5′8?

iv. hogwarts house? hufflepuff!!

v. last thing you googled? something to do with the local news :)

vi. favorite musicians? queen, the beatles, the monkees, the rolling stones, does the newsies soundtrack count as a musician?

vii. song stuck in your head? the ymca song is constantly playing on loop in my mind

viii. following? 66 lovely people!

ix. followers? 1734, which is absolutely brilliant thank you all so much i love all of you my friends

x. do you get asks? occasionally, but i would love to here from y’all more!!

xi. amount of sleep? it used to be about 4-5 hours, but i got meds and now i get like ten hours of sleep a night and it is wonderful

xii. lucky number(s)? 23 and 12!!

xiii. what are you wearing? tshirt and boxers :)

xiv. dream job? actress ngl

xv. dream trip? paris with my mother :)

xvi. instruments? piano!!

xvii. languages? i know bits and pieces of a multitude of languages, but i’m only fluent in french and english!!

xviii. favourite songs? you’ve got to hide your love away by the beatles and lean on me by bill withers :)

xix. random fact? uhhhh i have webbed feet two of my toes are partly attached :) i’m a duck

xx. your aesthetic? oh man literally everything is my aesthetic but right now its very cottagecore-esque

xxi. favourite era? the 70s!! (there wasn’t a question for this but it says twenty one so i made one up sks) 

and i will be tagging all you wonderful people who might want to do this, as well as good ol cassie @debthestoner !!

[gotmilk5101520]

This is going to be a small hot take. But I feel the Arcane Order didn't fit as the final villains. Like Wizards reveals the backstory and how everything that happened in Trollhunters and partially 3Below was cause of them. But I think they never should have been the cause of everything in the series (Cause of them Morgana became evil, was sealed in the Heartstone, the Eternal Night happening, Morando learning where to find Gaylen's Core etc)

I feel someone else should've been the final villain (I don't know maybe the Genesis Seals contain their Creator and Master who was sealed a long time ago) Besides if the Order are demi-gods, then that means there's actual gods.

So maybe a God went rogue and wanted to reset the Earth and later created the Arcane Order. Then the other Gods came and sealed the rogue God in the Genesis Seals. But the rogue God planted seeds that would eventually sprout and they would be free. What the Arcane Order did was watch as everything was beginning to fall into their Master's place. They just helped speed things along.

Now Jim and everyone have to get ready to face a God.

[troublesometrollhunters]

Could you do headcanons for how Vex and Morando show affection towards their s/o? (If you’re comfortable with doing poly Vex/reader/Morando then that’s great, but if you’re uncomfortable with it then I’m fine with separate headcanons for them)

Redeamed but still a bastard Morando lets goooooooooooo!!!

~ Varvotos Vex shows his love through actions and loud declarations of love. Every touch, every smile, every moment is special to him and he remembers it all. He is not very good with his emotions or being sentimental so he hopes when he picks you up in a hug and kisses you long and passionate or he does something for you, you notice and know he loves you with his entire core. He does say how much he loves you with confidence and gusto but his words aren't always elegant and his declarations sometimes come out sounding wrong.

~ Val Morando has a silver tongue. He uses his words to show someone he loves them. Lots of compliments about their strength, their intelligence, their skills and talents and aspirations. Little casual touches, on your back, your shoulders, and anywhere really. He also uses money as his love languae. Anything his love could want he will get. There is nothing in this universe or the next he can not get his love.

~ This poly relationship started off very rocky and unsure. Val and Vex have feelings for each other but they ignored them for the longest time because they both felt betrayed after they chose their different paths and sometimes even now in the relationship they still do. Varavotos was placed in charge of Vals redemption (he pleaded the Royals to not execute Val since they have a lot of history and he didn't want to watch him die) and the more time they spent together the more they remembered a time where they were friends and more and not enemies.

~ Than you enter the picture and it gets more complicated. You became Vexes friend on Earth when he and the Tarrons first crashed and now with Val on Earth atoning for his mistakes your helping Vex with Val's redemption and rehabilitation program. Your kindness, your patience, and your gentle nature are what make Val fall for you. Your the polar opposite of him and yet you similarities. You care so much but your harsh and demanding when you need to be. A soft heart with an unbreakable will. As you bond and get closer proabbaly closer than you should it's Val casual flirting with you and you shyfully smiling at the attention that makes Vex realize he has feelings for you.

~ Vex is a cockblock to put it lightly. He wants a relationship with you but wont persue that but hes not letting you get a relationship with Morando either. Every time Val makes a move on you Vex is quick to shut it down, doing his best to not raise suspicion on your part. Of course him thinking he's being subtle is him loudly intersecting into conversations and being overly protective of you so you find out somethings wrong pretty quickly. You may not understand Akriddion courting rituals but it doesn't take long to get a grasp on what's happening and how you've been encouraging it.

~ You all sit down with some very strong alien alcohol and have an adult conversation. The longer you talk and the more you drink, you all realize you have feelings for each other. Being adults about it you weigh the pros and cons before deciding together to try and begin a relationship.

~ Val typically plans out the dates while Vex follows his lead just wanting you to be happy. You always are but you'd be happy doing anything with Vex and Val. However Morando being the perfectionist he is must make the dates perfect. He creates a very handsome human disguised form to take you out with and shows it off to you with a smug smirk. Every date they plan is a bit of him and Vex and it's all for you. They love to spoil you and only ask for kisses and cuddles as payment. When you plan dates though they have stars in their eyes. They just love you so much and everything you plan is amazing and memorable to them.

~ Val enjoys sharing stories of the past while Vex looks more to the future. Morando just likes talking about his glory days as a pilot in the Royal Fleet Academy telling tales about him and Vex when they were younger. Vex meanwhile talks about his plans and what he desires for your future together.

~ Morando isn't a fan of the Royal family but since Vex is like a second father to them Morando gets used to the fools blubbering. Hes so proud of these kids and Seklos and Gaylen forbid he ever say a bad word about them. Val gets tired of it quickly but you always look so happy seeing Vex all passionate about the kids so Val learns to be happy about it too. After all the Tarrons are what lead him to find you. And with you and Vex he is the richest most fulfilled alien in the galaxy. His core belongs wholly to the both of you even if he is no longer a King.

~ They like to hear about Earth from you. They both have so many questions and there are a lot of misunderstandings they have about Earth. Morando and Vex want to know how you grew up, they want to hear about your culture, your memories, your life. They want to see where you went to school, your favorite places to hang out before you met them, and they love being told stories. Every memory you share is remembered by them fondly.

~ They're very cuddly, and very protective, and very clingy. Be ready for a lot of kisses and being the small spoon inbetween two muscular giants who absolutley love to dote on you. They'll both lay their lives down for you and more than anything they want you to know their cores are yours. You offered your heart to them and for that they are forever greatful. You ars the glue that keeps them together and you are the love of their lives.

[sundown-draws]

Ramble ahead about a witchy, longer series take on Wizards (1):

(AO is abbreviation for Arcane Order).

Mmm given that Wizards starts with hints about the Arcane Order through what Merlin says, the Green Knight and Morgana...

What if in a more slow series we could've gotten Douxie having dreams with the themes of each deity... Extremely metaphorical and hard to decipher. And even harder to pin a name on them since Merlin’s the only person who wrote about them, and in this case has ignored them and focused on Morgana.

Perhaps these are not just Arcane Order themselves reaching out to Douxie, but Douxie discovering his intuitive side, trying to warn the situation to come. We get to see Douxie on the personal, what other things he's been doing while Merlin was gone, we get to see his relationship with other wizards like Zoe.

Kind of revisiting the themes the Morgana plot in Trollhunters had but without the possession stuff, and more benevolence, or mixed feelings. Addressing Merlin's mistreatment of others. Nari and Douxie finding solidarity in their difficult position of seeing Merlin like family yet he was depriving them of their emotional needs, and messing up the future.

...

Bellroc and Sakrael need to be released/invoked like Morgana was, but this is so they take physical form again. Nari was able to keep hir physical form because Merlin "protected" hir from Arthur (yet took part in killing Bellroc and Sakrael).

The Arcane Order were old deities who just started experiencing humanity (as humanity is really young compared to Earth and other species), and when they started opening up, giving Merlin their names and backstories, he broke their trust. Fearful of 'dark magic', death and the afterlife, fearful of being closer to the deep and truth, he antagonized them and took Nari from them. Nari was young and impressionable, and when ze was suffering loss of hir family (as eventually the AO get hunted down like all other magickind), Merlin just reinforced to hir his damaging beliefs.

Nari is who teaches Merlin time travel and general time magic, as ze used it behind his back to see hir family again, and trying to figure out how to move the timeline to the AO being reunited.

The Arcane Order can be killed because they started incarnating more human-like when humans showed up on Earth. They wanted to know what being directly affected by the physical world is, before taking decisions. And to show humanity that they too can participate in magic, that it is inherent in them.

The Arcane Order wasn't evil, but much like humans, they made mistakes like how they handled Morgana, Seklos & Gaylen, Gunmar... Merlin uses these examples to discourage the protags from trusting them.

This story can go on about erasure and colonialism, such as how nobody knew the Arcane Order members' names (not even trolls) yet the AO having ties to helping the protags, being spiritual guides at times.

It is slowly revealed they've helped the protags survive close calls with death, being nudged to make small but important decisions that has literally saved the world before... etc etc.

[the-fanaddict]

Making Jim’s Arc in Rott Better

-tldr: make it unbecoming 2.0

Part 1: Not Worthy

-Instead of Jim angsting over losing the amulet, let him angst over the fact he’s a weak human among friends that are way stronger than him

-Jim’s friends are making a new amulet for him, and are really supportive for Jim (because screw doubting him, they would NEVER). 

-The new amulet is made with Akiridion Tech, Douxie’s and Claire’s magic, and some Creepslayerz flair thrown in. Excalibur’s gem is already in the amulet but they still are unable to pull the sword

-But that’s not the problem to Jim, he doesn’t feel that he’s worthy. They already have the power to stop the Arcane order (or so he thinks). He believes in his friends. 

-Cue planning for Subway scene (basically keep the first 20 minutes of the movie, they were fun and chaotic)

- Douxie still does the body swap and when Jim wakes up he’s dejected that the plan failed and they plan a rescue mission for Douxie (because I refuse to believe they would just leave him) 

-Jim: He never gave up on me, and I’ll never give up on him, or anyone of you guys

-They rescue Douxie, but Nari’s captured and Titans Rise

-Before Nari is back under the Order’s control, she tells Jim 11th Configuration Will Make it Right (because we are not ignoring Creepslayerz in this house)

Part 2: Devastation begins :)

-One by one, each of them die, and I mean every one, except Jim. (because they’re all self sacrificial kids ;--;) but also they don’t die stupidly

-I haven’t come up with proper meaningful deaths yet for everyone but some ideas

Douxie successfully gets through to Nari but dies in the process. Archie dies due to his connection with Douxie (shh let me contradict wizards. the movie does it anyways)

“No more running...”

Nari goes beserk mode when Douxie dies and pretty much dies the same way she does in the movie

Claire also dies via sacrifice for Jim. Pulls an insane dark magic stunt

Now I don’t like splitting up the gang but maybe this is where we bring that Gaylen’s core theory in. They think it would be a good weapon for the titans, but when they find it, It’s corrupted Krel, he manages to weaken bellroc, but basically become another titan. Seklos’ canon 2.0. 

-Everyone keeps reassuring Jim to keep moving forward, never stop trying no matter what happens to them. But Jim tries so hard to protect his friends, yet they still die. 

- Toby’s death is what breaks Jim and we get a scene paralleling the one from Unbecoming

- Jim realizes that he’s a hero, because he’ll never give up, never stop trying, amulet or no amulet, troll or not a troll. 

- Cue the new Amulet awakening we get the same scene from the movie (because it SLAPS) complete with the none shall live music in the background

- Excalibur awakens and flies from the rock

- Jim faces Bellroc alone and is able to defeat them, however is devastated at the loss of his all his friends

Part 3: The 11th Configuration Will Make it Right

-The new amulet, since it was made combining Akridion Tech and Magic, as well as the joint effort of the 10 friends, is able to reset the timeline (fuck the Kronosphere)

-Jim goes to right before everyone starts dying, ready to take on Bellroc and their titan, the new amulet and Excalibur there and ready for him. 

-Second climax where they defeat bellroc as a group (no one gets immediately nerfed either). 

-You know what’s cool about the new amulet? Anyone in the 11th Configuration can use it. Cue badass tossing Excalibur scene to each other (This is so self indulgent I wanted this for so long. They’re all worthy don’t @ me). This battle is a bit more fun/lighthearted and we see each and every one shine (no nerfing involved)

-Jim remembers how everyone died for him, especially Toby, takes one last good look at his friends, who are having the time of their lives, and sneaks away to pull one last Tragic Jim Lake Jr SacrificeTM (I’m sorry). Toby gets the final blow on bellroc. 

-Jim tells everyone it was worth it for his friends. (”I didn’t think. I became” is 10x more meaningful coming from him)

-The new amulet can no longer go back because they already made it right, no matter how much they try. 

-The new amulet is Jim’s gift to them. 

Epilogue: Destiny is a Gift

-bittersweet epilogue with bittersweet taco scene. Montage of all our favorite characters with Anton’s rendition of the destiny speech

[yellowmagicalgirl]

But he did it for me

Krel didn't want to merge with Gaylen's core, so Douxie found another way to stop Bellroc and Skrael.

Krel regrets not having merged with Gaylen's core sooner.

Hi, everyone! I wrote this for day 3 of @krexiweek 2023: Enemies to Lovers/Lovers to Enemies. It takes place after Wizards, and is not RotT compliant.

The design and concept for devil!Douxie came from the lovely tenyai, but I went with an entirely different ship.

CW: references to self-harm

AO3

FFN

"So you merged with the core anyways," said the thing possessing Douxie. He sat on a throne, stone with a siglil carved into the back and a starburst behind him. His beautiful golden eyes had been replaced by a brighter yellow, with red sclera and slitted pupils. Krel didn't want to look at them. He forced himself to. "You should have convinced him earlier that you were determined, just scared. Then your boyfriend wouldn't have reached out to me."

"It's okay, Krel," Douxie said, laying a hand on Krel's shoulder. "You don't have to do this."

Krel tried not to lean into the touch "It's my destiny; it's written in my core."

"So? It was also written into your core that you were supposed to be king alongside Aja. Destiny can go fuck itself."

"That's different. Aja could rule alone. She's been very successful at it. That was a prophecy written by my parents." Krel swallowed down tears. "Being Gaylen's heir? No one could do anything about it. There isn't another way. Not this time. We need a god to kill a demigod, and I'm the only one who can merge with Gaylen's core without going mad."

"We don't know of another way," Douxie corrected. He turned Krel toward him, and Krel let himself become lost in those beautiful golden eyes. "We can find another way. Don't worry your beautiful mind over this; I will find another way."

"And where will you find another god? I don't think we're getting out of this." Krel leaned to kiss Douxie. He meant it as a goodbye. Instead, Douxie used the motion to pull Krel away from the Gaylen's core, and Krel went willingly.

"Give him back," Krel said, all four hands balling into fists.

The devil put a finger to Douxie's lips. "And what would you give me? It's not like I can take you over, given the double core you have. Besides, I already fulfilled my half of the deal. Bellroc and Skrael? Dead."

Gently, Douxie disentangled himself from his boyfriend's arms. Even in sleep, Krel didn't look peaceful. Douxie didn't know how to walk into another's dreams, but he didn't need to in order to know that Krel was still thinking about Gaylen's core. Krel didn't deserve all that fear and anguish. He deserved everything Douxie could give him. Douxie couldn't give Krel enough, but Douxie could give Krel this. Douxie had been living on borrowed time, anyways, ever since he fell from the sky.

Gaylen's core wasn't the only thing out there that could kill Bellroc and Skrael. Douxie hadn't even known about the connection until Nari had told him. They had destroyed the physical form of a devil in the decades before Arthur had began his purge of wizards. It had taken all three of them, and it had exhausted them for a year after. The devil had come back several times, possessing different wizards across the centuries.

Silently, Douxie kissed his boyfriend's forehead. He kissed Krel goodbye, and then he left Camelot and made his way to a place in the forest, a few miles away from Arcadia Oaks. Douxie made a circle in salt before he burned the sigils into the ground. Then, he dripped three drops of his own blood into the circle, immediately withdrawing his hand.

"Casperan," the devil said, a spectre of red and yellow. "Now what do I owe the pleasure?"

"You wanted to possess me a century ago."

"Why, are you offering yourself up now? What happened to Archie and Zoe? I remember them not wanting me to have you."

A century ago, Douxie, Zoe, and Archie had met a wizard who was possessed by this very devil. He had willingly left the wizard he was possessing and had gone to Douxie's. At the time, Douxie had never wanted to be possessed ever again. It wasn't like it had been for Claire or Jim; his soul had been trapped with the devil instead of in another world.

"Yes, they fought you out of me, and it was easy for them because I was fighting you to. I'm willing to make a deal this time."

"And what are the terms of your deal?"

"You kill Bellroc, Keeper of the Flame, and Skrael of the North Wind. And you don't hurt my friends afterwards."

"Counterpoint: I don't hurt them if they don't hurt me. Don't tell me you want to leave your body utterly defenseless?"

Douxie frowned. It wasn't like he could get everything he wanted. "Hurting you has to mean direct, physical harm. Insulting you doesn't count."

"Of course not! I'll only commit tit for tat."

"And you can kill Bellroc and Skrael?"

"Depends. Will Nari be with them?"

"Nari is one of my friends."

"Ah, what a change of heart! Well, with your power and mine, I can certainly rid the world of those two."

"Do we have a deal, Mordred?" Mordred merely stuck his hand out to the edge of the circle, smiling.

Douxie took a breath and passed his hand through the barrier of the salt circle, grabbing onto Mordred's hand. As they shook hands, Douxie broke the salt circle with his foot.

And then he screamed. Douxie's screaming eventually died down into Mordred's laughter.

"Um, a new body? I can give you one!" Krel offered. "No other soul to be stuck with, even."

"What, one of your Blanks? Of course not! Not after I finally have such a powerful wizard under my control. You'd have to find me another powerful wizard, willing to take me on, and I'd need to find them better than Casperan. Oh, and the two wizards waiting beyond the door to beat me out of Douxie aren't powerful enough to take me on. In both senses of the word."

Krel woke up alone. He woke up to Zoe and Archie having a furious argument.

Douxie was gone.

His soul remained.

Douxie was gone.

Bellroc and Skrael were no longer a problem, but Douxie hadn't thought too far ahead.

Douxie was gone.

Krel could get him back.

Douxie was gone without a note.

Krel left a note for Aja. He lined up Gaylen's core normal to his own. He then drove it through his chest.

Douxie was gone, and Krel hadn't been able to say goodbye. Hopefully he wouldn't need to.

"I didn't want to do this," Krel said as he drew his serrator.

Mordred looked from Krel's eyes to the blade. "And you don't have to! I could give you a place at my side. You're powerful. We could be wonderful together."

No. Krel and Douxie were wonderful together, not this facsimile. "With Gaylen's power and theirs, we will drive you out."

"Even if it means hurting your precious Casperan?" Mordred said before standing up from the throne. "Well, I believe this counts as an intent to attack. I'll be perfectly within my rights to defend myself. I've never fought an Akiridion god before. I'm sure it'll be fun. Maybe if you fight well enough and beg for mercy, I'll still let you become my general instead of just ripping your cores out of your chest."

Krel charged at the man who once was his boyfriend.

And as he charged, Zoe and Claire opened the doors behind him, making way for a final stand.

A/N: Fun fact: the title comes from a misremembering of a line from TMA episode 159. The misremembering of the line kept bouncing around my head like a pinball. Does that make Mordred a very OOC Peter Lukas? (Also yes I thought I was being clever by naming the evil form of Douxie "Mordred". I will never let the theory die.)

[awakefor48hours]

Talking about ROTT

Since I can’t just keep talking to my sibling about it, I’m just gonna say what I felt about this movie. So I’m going over the things I liked first, then I’m going over the things I didn’t like.

The Good

Since TOA is REALLY good with writing, my expectations were through the roof and it actually started off REALLY good. Claire opening a portal to the subway that she mentions is going 55mph shows that not are the writers considering real life physics but also to show just how strong Claire has gotten with her shadow magic (you have no idea how many times I said “yeah, you girlboss gatekeep gaslight”). The fight was so beautiful to watch, I LOVED it, and it raised my expectations for the rest of the movie. 

The use of an anti magic generator was also very interesting and shows just how good Krel has gotten with developing technology and I’m so proud of him for that. 

Douxie (who needs a break) switching bodies with Nari isn’t something I’ve seen a lot of people talk about but it was really cool to see. Douxie has gotten so much better with his magic and was willing to sacrifice himself for the world (because that’s what heroes do)

Strickler and Barbra are getting married, good for them. I’m surprised that I’m actually VERY happy for them considering how much I don’t like their romantic relationship (I just feel like they’d be better off as friends) but that doesn’t change the fact that I’m happy for them.

“For the good of all” no longer “for the glory of Merlin.”

Jlaire continuing to be a happy and healthy het couple. 

Strickler sacrificing himself for Jim was great, it shows just how much he really does care about the Lakes. Also, I love when stories have characters that will sacrifice their lives to help everyone else save the day only for their death to mean nothing. The reason why I like it is because it shows the ugly side of war and how it isn’t as glamorous as movies make it out to be.

Nomura’s death was brutal but also shows just how much she’s changed. She used to loathe Jim and everyone else but in the end she gave everything to try and stop Nari.

An eldritch god and alien mech fight? YES PLEASE! (I even said during that fight “do you livestream or pray when this happens.”) 

CLAIRE, CLAIRE, CLAIRE, CLAIRE

That fight between Nari and Skrael. Yes, yes.

The final battle *chef’s kiss* yes, you go Jim. You go on and malewife, mansplain, and manipulate.

There are so many good things that happened in the movie that it makes me sad to write the next part.

The Bad (I’m very angry so there will be a lot of swearing)

Like most of the fandom, I want to say what the ACTUAL fuck was that ending. No, I need actual answers WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK WAS THAT ENDING.

The Krohnisfere, the WORST thing in this entire series. Jim has been through A LOT and obviously loosing Toby was hard on him but to just erase EVERYTHING, nope, nope, nope. This is even worse than a “it was all a dream” ending, hell, it would’ve been better as a “it was all a dream” twist for so many reasons:

Everything that happened for the past FIVE FUCKING YEARS have been for NOTHING. Every plot twist, mystery, battle, etc have been erased and now have no meaning. Not to mention, Jim is the only person that can come out of this alright. There’s literally no way Jim can stop what’s happening on A-5, so Aja and Krel’s parents WILL be in a status and since Jim was in a different state while 3Below was happening that means he has no way to know how to stop General Morando from stealing Gaylen’s core and therefore has no way to stop Aja and Krel’s parents from sacrificing themselves for the world. There’s no way Jim can stop Merlin from getting killed by Arthur. So in the end, the Tarron kids and Douxie lose their parental figures while Jim gets Toby back. Jim doesn’t really sacrifice or lose anything, he gets everything he wants. 

It undermines the entire purpose of episode 37 (Unbecoming-season 2, episode 11) because the issue is that we SAW what would happen if someone else besides Jim took the amulet. Draal is a very good fighter and has probably been training to be a Trollhunter since Deya (probably even harder when his father was chosen) and even he failed to stop Bular. BULAR. Jim was chosen because he was special and a human which is why I was mad when Jim became troll, it undermines the whole reason why Merlin specifically choosing Jim to be the Trollhunter. So by giving it to Toby, it throws that entire episode in the trash. Merlin chose Jim and Jim specifically.

It doesn’t even matter that Toby is the Trollhunter now because Jim HAS to be the leader no matter what they do. Toby can’t do anything without Jim’s say-so because if anything veers off to the left, it’s over for everyone (tbh, this could be a very cool idea for a bastardization arc for Jim as he keeps getting more and more hungry for control, but that’s not happening).

“The amulet didn’t make me a hero, I already was one” (or I at least I think that’s the quote) just shows that Toby can’t be the Trollhunter. Throughout the entire triology, Toby has accepted his role as a sidekick, he’s never shown interest in being the type of hero that Jim is and has been alright with that. So by forcing him into the hero’s role goes against everything Toby stands for. Hell, AAARRRGGHH!!!’s nickname for him is “wingman”

There’s NO way that my Jim Lake Jr would ever do this. Being the Trollhunter has traumatized Jim and ruined so many parts of his life. If I was Jim, I’d let Toby die his heroic death, being a pawn for Merlin is worse than death anyway.

If they wanted to save Toby, they could’ve just saved him with magic or alien technology bullshit or have him just drive away last minute. Either way, I think killing Toby was the right route. As I mentioned earlier, this would’ve shown more of the ugly side of war and that you can loose anyone at any time. No one has plot armor in real life.

Getting the Krohnisfere was awful too. They got it too easy which is unfortunate because the idea of having to outsmart your enemy instead of just forcefully making your way through is such a scarce thing in action shows. I would honestly pay GOOD MONEY to see this remade and watch how Blinky, Charlemange, Archie, and Claire could think of a way to steal the Krohnisfere from a dude who could see into the future instead of some “Looney Tones bullshit” (my sibling’s words, not mine). In the end, it just felt like it was only there so Archie would be stuck in the trollmarket (which makes no sense). Honestly, I think it would’ve been better if the Krohnisfere was at the bottom of the ocean in like a temple or something or force the gang into combat trials to get it.

Nari. Alright, I’m gonna say it. NARI WAS SO ANNOYING. She couldn’t just TELL Jim “hey, go back like 2/3 months ago and make a better plan.” It would’ve saved us so much trouble. Instead we got “time is like a flower” bullshit that sounds like something that Soren from the Dragon Prince would say when trying to write poetry.

A CANON MPREG. A FUCKING CANON MPREG IN A Y-7 SHOW. It’s disgusting to believe that we have to fight so hard to get just a sliver of gay rep in shows and how hard Nate Stevenson had to work to get Catra and Adora to be able to a gay kiss on screen but a teenage boy kissing his alien girlfriend which resulting in him getting pregnant (without his knowledge or consent might I add) is A-OK. Ever since Steve stopped being a bully the writers have been so bad with him and that makes me sad because Steve is so much fun especially as a CreepSlayer. It just feels like the writers don’t know what to do with him so they took him out of the story in the worst way possible. It had no reason to be there (I think it’s real purpose was just shock value), if they needed to take Steve out of the story, they could’ve had him: spend some time with his family, babysit the kids that Barb and Strickler now have to take care of, send him to therapy to help him get over Lancelot’s death, send him to A-5 to learn about the history/culture because he wants to marry Aja, or HELL send him to college. If kids are going to be confused about anything it’s the fact that a teenage boy got pregnant (once again without his consent/knowledge) because he kissed his alien gf not two people of the same gender kissing. 

(In Red Vs Blue, there IS a mpreg because of an alien and I want to talk about how that differs. Red Vs Blue isn’t a children’s show, the target demographic is for teens-adults and the show has crude humor, it fits in with the show’s established humor VERY well. But TOA’s audience is CHILDREN (literal first graders), the crude humor is usually very cryptic because it’s only there for the adults that are forced to watch the show with their kids can have a laugh. But they outright showed Steve giving birth and it wasn’t even funny, it was so gross. I couldn’t even laugh in shock like I usually do, all I had was a disgusted look on my face.)

To conclude this, I’m going to start gaslighting myself to help forget that the last 10 minutes of the movie and Steve getting pregnant happened. But I really needed to FINALLY just get all my thoughts out there. There were so many good things that happened in the movie but unfortunately, they’ve been outshined by the bad things. Endings are important because not only are they a reward for the audience that have been watching or reading your creation over the years but it also makes-or-breaks any future fans. Therefore because of this, so many potential future fans are never going to watch TOA. 

A year ago, I persistently begged for weeks to get my sibling to just watch the first episode of Trollhunters but now if someone asks me for a recommendation, I’m never going to suggest watching TOA ever again. I’m so mad at this and need to spend A LOT of time on AO3 before I can think properly again. I just needed to get this off of my chest because I can’t keep pulling my sibling away from her life and job or mumble to myself about how angry I am.

[creephunter]

It’s only a few days until the movie airs but me and my friend were watching 3 Below the other day and realized a few things about the Tarrons.

So we all know that Fialkov and Coranda aren’t the best parents, and they had in mind exactly what they wanted Aja and Krel to become when they were older, but we realized it might not have been to rule Akiridion-5 together.

In the big sleep (s2ep10) Morando watches the memory of coronation day, in which Fialkov and Coranda are talking about Krel, but not about him becoming King or even Aja becoming Queen, it’s about Krel and Gaylens core.

[Photo ID: captions of the King saying: Are you sure that Krel is ready for all of this? end photo ID]

I didn’t want to take the time to get a screenshot off my computer so it’s just captions, but when Fialkov is talking about Krel being to young, for what we think is him being the King-in-waiting, Coranda mentions this about Gaylens core.

[Photo ID: captions of the queen saying: and that is why, until he is ready, Gaylen’s core rests in the hands of its guardian. End photo ID]

The guardian is the Trollhunter on Earth, first given to Kanjigar and Vendel now protected by Jim, but their talking about Krel’s future and only mentioning Gaylens core, nothing about him being King.

This would also explain why they told the story of Gaylen’s core to them so often, and the reason for Fialkov always telling Krel to focus on his lessons and not mechanics or inventing. Because that was Gaylen’s downfall, the power that he used to create Akiridion-5 from stars was also destructive and corrupted him. I don’t know how to word that one properly.

Anyway Gaylen is a identified as a titan and the movie is referred to rise of the titans and now I have a slight fear for Krel.

[autumnalfallingleaves]

I want to know how would Jimven make toy and rott better?

@fandombacon

OKAY SO I was thinking about this, and it boils down to two things: more manpower and diversity of talents for the good guys, and Steven's healing spit.

No, really.

This is how it goes:

How Jimven Makes ToA Better AU/crossover

Trollhunters, s3

Steven's on his road trip that started at the end of Future. He's made his way to California, and he decides to stop in the town of Arcadia Oaks. It's early TH s3.

He decides to stay for a while because it just feels... odd. Maybe there's an uncaptured corrupted Gem there?? He doesn't know, but it's Something.

(It's all the magical beings and rocks in Arcadia.)

So he's out one night, and who pops up? A rogue Gumm-Gumm chased by the Trollhunters

Steven, being Steven, helps incapacitate the Gumm-Gumm with his shield and other abilities, and Jim takes it down

And thus, they meet. It's an instant crush for both parties.

(Yeah, so no Jlaire or Connverse. Sorry.)

So Steven introduces himself to the Trollhunters, and vice-versa.

Steven's actually heard of Trolls- the Crystal Gems have worked with them in the past, and Steven's seen a couple

So the problem gets introduced: Gunmar wants to take over the world

That can't happen! Steven's saved the world himself too many times to let it happen again!!

So the other CGs are called in (let's say there's a warp pad in Arcadia)

So Steven starts to work with the Trollhunters, and develops a massive fucking crush on Jim in the meantime.

It's totally reciprocated

Everyone starts to get real tired of the pining

Eventually, our heroes need to go wake up Merlin. Fortunately, since Steven has Gem magic, he's not affected by Merlin's "no magic" rule in his tomb.

What I'm saying is that Draal is saved a la Steven's shield

So our first change is that Draal's not dead!

Merlin has met the CGs in the past. The CGs do not like him.

And for that matter, I don't think Pearl and Blinky would get along. They have an intense rivalry and everybody tries to keep them separated.

But, anyway, we get to Jimhunters. Jim still gets turned into a half-Troll because I love Troll Jim and I'm not giving him up.

The rooftop scene on the school still happens, but this time, it's Steven confessing he has a crush on Jim

After Jim calms down, he says he's got a crush on Steven, too

It's cute, but-

Morgana is released and the Eternal Night happens.

And so they battle. Jim still kills Gunmar and Angor stills turns on Morgana, but this time, Peridot manages to hold Morgana still with her ferrokinesis so Jim can stab her. So no dead Angor! Yay!

So the good guys win, with Trolls and Gems fighting together. And since the Gems are there, Peridot and Bismuth figure they can use Gem tech to get the Heartstone working again. The Trolls don't have to move, and Steven and Jim start dating. (And Jim gets the armor to deactivate.)

3Below

Merlin still senses a Heartstone in New Jersey, so a team of Trolls gets dispatched to retrieve a part of it to help the Heartstone get back to full power. The team is Jim, Steven, Blinky, Merlin, Draal, and some other Trolls. The Gems in Beach City are close enough so they can help out, too.

Claire stays behind and meets Douxie, who starts training her as a sorceress.

Turns out that Douxie has met the CGs, too, and gets along fabulously with them.

So Aja and Krel's arc starts. They've seen the Gems going around, so they figure it's a good idea to reveal themselves to them. They also actually know Steven and the CGs because of the whole space royalty thing (and since Steven's a Diamond, he's space, royalty, too)

So they secure the Gems' help in retaking Akiridion V- the Diamonds are all too happy to help

So 3B, as a whole, goes quicker

Eventually, Morando still gets his hands on Gaylen's Core, but Aja and Krel's parents don't have to sacrifice themselves- a lot of the fighting is done by the Gems, specifically the Alexandrite fusion, because she's big enough

So Morando is defeated, and Aja doesn't have to become a teenage queen! She can stay on Earth with Krel!

But then Camelot shows up, with the Jersey mission crew

And so starts Wizards.

Wizards

Jim, unfortunately, was still hit by the Green Knight's shard, and is in a crystal for his own safety.

Steven wanted to pull it out so he could heal him, but Merlin insisted that it wasn't a good idea, what with the magic being so new and volatile.

Steven's not happy.

So, anyway. The Arcane Order still confronts the Trollhunters (and Gems), and Douxie, Claire, Jim, and Steve still fall into the time rift. However, Steven fell in, too, so he's back in time, as well.

I sort of want a plot point where Steven meets Rose, but I don't really want to go into the whole intricate specifics right now

But, anyway, it goes a lot like canon, except Steven helps the Trolls escape Camelot and goes with Jim and Deya/Callista, and Claire has a better grasp on her magic.

So Jim, Steven, and Deya get to Dwoza, and Jim gets knocked out and brought to Vendel.

Vendel wants to remove the shard, which is a very good idea. Steven is all for it.

So Vendel gets the shard out, but Arthur's corrupted magic is agitated, and starts to spread fast.

Steven's healing spit isn't strong enough- he has to resort to his resurrection tears, which, thankfully, do work. Jim's healed! He can't be controlled by the Arcane Order anymore.

Steven also uses his tears to fix the Amulet, so no new Amulet is necessary, anymore.

So Killahead still happens and our heroes go home and fight the Arcane Order, yada yada yada. Douxie, Archie, and Nari still go into hiding and Jim is still his half-Troll self.

RotT

This is where things go better. One of the biggest things is that Jim isn't questioning his place as Trollhunter, because that was a stupid plot point.

Maybe Steve gets Excalibur? Hell of a lot better character arc than what he got and Jim still has his Amulet

But the major points are as follows:

Strickler doesn't die. Instead, Amethyst shapeshifts into her helicopter shape so Jim can drop the explosives on Skrael's titan. Like canon, it doesn't work, but Strickler doesn't die

With Douxie, Nomura, and AAARRRGGHH!!! is Pearl. Krel and Peridot have figured out tech so Trolls don't turn to stone in the sun, so that's no longer an issue, so Nomura doesn't die.

Instead, Pearl gets poofed by the mind-controlled Nari.

Since everything is going to be okay in the end, there's no need for the Chronosphere. Thus, Archie and Charlie don't get trapped in the Tokyo market.

When Nari fights Skrael in their titans, she's not alone. Since Pearl is poofed, the CGs can't form Alexandrite or Obsidian, but Steven, Amethyst, and Garnet fuse. They help Nari take down Skrael.

Nari, thus, doesn't die. She is injured, though, but not fatally.

Pearl reforms just in time to take down Bellroc and their titan.

Okay, but I just want to see Obsidian fighting Bellroc's titan

Jim still fights Bellroc, and Toby still sacrifices himself to use the magic-nulling cannon.

Here's where it all gets better: Toby is found in the rubble, but Garnet, Bismuth, and AAARRRGGHH!!! get the rocks off of his legs. Jim is near-unconsolable, but Steven gets there just in time to use his healing spit on Toby, who is then totally fine. Mentally scarred and in need of therapy, but physically fine.

Jim is so relieved.

Thus, no need for time travel! Everyone is fine and not dead!

And so begins the rebuilding of Arcadia. Everyone, from humans to Trolls to extraterrestrials, help out. Trollmarket's fine, so the Trolls can still live there.

Jim and Steven continue dating, and everyone lives happily ever after!

The end

[nyxicnymph]

Oh, I do love writing magic teacher Douxie...

(featuring a self-insert. read with caution, mentions of self harm scars. Douxie fluff tho. self insert can also be read as an x reader if so desired.)

Nyx sighed and returned to her chair, pouting a bit that Krel didn't look like an alien. Her left ear started ringing as she opened her book again. Then a flash of blue light flashed through the bookstore.

"Oh, great Gaylen!" Krel's frustrated voice followed.

Nyx ran to the corner, and stopped in awe. Her head twinged a bit, but she paid it no mind.

Now that's an alien.

Krel was frowning at his extra arms. Nyx wasn't sure where all the extra mass came from, but he was bigger now that he was blue and glowy than when he'd been disguised as a human. Douxie pushed past her to check on Krel.

"Everything cool?" Douxie asked.

"No! My transductor just broke! It's not supposed to ever break!" Krel grumbled, fiddling with something small.

"Hm. Can I see?" Douxie asked, motioning to the transductor. Krel handed it over, still frowning. Douxie looked it over, brows knit together. "Hmm. This might be a good time for a lesson. Nyx, please come here."

Nyx did so, guilt twinging in her stomach. Did I break it somehow?

Douxie showed her the transductor, and pointed to the center of the damage. "Look right here. There's a rune there. Do you see it?" Nyx looked closely, and nodded when she saw it. "Good, good. Now note the color, how it's different from the base color of the transductor."

Nyx saw the color, and looked at her hands guiltily. Douxie gently patted her shoulder. "Here's what happened. Claire told you the whole story yesterday, so you knew Krel was an extra-terrestrial. You were hoping to get proof of that, right?" When Nyx nodded sheepishly, Douxie continued, his voice still kind. "But he came in disguised. Your magic then responded to your disappointment and curiosity, causing the transductor to break and reveal what he actually looks like."

Douxie looked at her when she sniffed. "Oh, Nyx, lovely, don't cry! You only just unlocked your magic, this is normal! This is why we're learning control over it. No one's mad at you, darling."

"I don't know, I'm a little mad," Krel muttered.

Douxie shot Krel a glare as Nyx started sobbing silently into his sweater. He floated the transductor back to the other male, a rune glowing as both the machine and Krel returned to their previous states.

"Take your time with your book," Douxie said as he picked Nyx up. He carried her to the chair she'd been occupying earlier, and sat her down, speaking as he did so. "Listen to me, Nyx. Magic is emotion. When you're feeling strong emotions, magic can happen. Now, I am not going to tell you to bottle yourself up-" here, he gently tapped the scars on her left arm- "but I need you to breathe in. And breathe out. There you go. Two more times. Now, look at me."

Nyx did as he asked, wiping her face as best as she could. "There is a way for you to notice if you're doing unintentional magic. It's different for every wizard, but if you figure it out, you can catch yourself and stop the spell. Personally, my pinky finger aches." Douxie laughed, making Nyx smile a little bit. She let out a half a giggle.

Douxie summoned a box of tissues, and handed it to her. "I'm going back to the counter. Cheer up. We'll grab coffee at my midday break."

[eveningmercury]

tag game :)

i was tagged by the amazing @queen-incorrect-quotes !!!

favorite song to sing/hum? right now, probably let it be by the beatles, since that’s what i’m learning on piano right now, but also love of my life by queen and imagine by john lennon are common :)

favorite flower/plant/tree? uhhh oof this one is hard,,, my favourite flower has always been a bluebell so i’ll go with that sksk

favorite colors? blue!!

what do you always doodle? usually people, right now it’s been paul mccartney a lot oops

favorite candle scent? y’all i have so many candles i can’t choose amongst my children,,, but i usually go for homey caramel scents or very sweet fruity scents

sunrise or sunset? definitely sunset

what perfume do you wear? i don’t usually wear perfume, but i have this one bath and body works one that i bought four years ago in montreal that i sometimes use ooPS

favorite selfcare routine? i usually dedicate my friday nights to selfcare,,, which usually means like a four hour long bath oops

what is your eye color? blue :)

favorite eye color of others? i love brown eyes ngl,,, when they’re gold in warm sunlight?? good shit

favorite season? fall?? i think?? honestly i love all seasons except for the kind of winter we’re having right now cause it’s too hecKING COLD

cheek, neck, or nose kisses? all of the above please i want affection fhdhf

favorite breed of dog? i don’t really know many dog breeds since i’m allergic so uhh all dogs please i love them even if they make me sneeze

do you want to get married, and if so what will the colors be for the theme? i do want to get married!! and as for colours, i dunno, something light and floral maybe?

cursive or print? honestly my print is half cursive so all of the above?

favorite weather? warm and rainy, the kind where you can dance in the rain :)

and i tag everyone who wants to do this!!!!