#nomadic funk

[xxnomadsxx]

So how would the tribes and their leaders react to the grey trolls?

Pacifically Delta Dawn,Queen Essence and King Quincy and Queen Barb.

I read from one of your posts that the grey country trolls were grey because they liked other music genres and were considered criminals resulting them getting kicked out of their home and if I'm not mistaken a few were kids?

How would they react to seeing Delta Dawn since she is mostly likely the one who made the decision.

The (some) funk trolls were researchers that were left behind so how will they feel when they meet Queen Essence and King Quincy,and how will those two react knowing how they became grey.

And how will Queen Barb react to the reasons the rock trolls left and became grey especially since one of them was deaf.

Pop: The Pop trolls try to welcome back the grey trolls with open arms. (They are so happy by the discovery of them Because friendship) Who for some reason aren’t to excited to come back? I wonder why.. (The grey trolls are way to scared of what the pop tribe is like they basically took a break from being “happy”like the others and now see how messed up everything is) The Pop tribe is determined to bring there colors back no matter what (I’m talking loud obnoxious parties, activity after activity, loooooonnnngg hugs that last for days, being braided to another troll who is supposed to be your fun buddy) but after a long time (and tons of reflection) they realize how messed up it all seemed. So they took it slow and let them just get accustomed to everything, a party or two a week and not a lot of loud noises (plus no more tying people together) gradually overtime the grey pop trolls are able to be in the village and not feel overwhelmed (a looooot of insecurity about being grey though)

Techno: Trollex welcomes all the Techno trolls who were lost, left or born in the grey tribe. (He was initially shocked but quickly relieved to find the missing trolls who have been gone for years!! Plus the new editions) He tries to help them as much as he can, ie fixing torn flippers, setting up a new foster system for future trollings, making sure to know who is here or missing every week, overall just trying to help with what he can to make them more comfortable (He didn’t do much wrong with the grey Techno trolls as some of the other tribes besides a few getting separated from the group by currents and no one noticing) but he tries to right whatever wrong there is…..and throw a few raves in their honor he is still a troll he will party. The grey Techno trolls greatly appreciate it and get along well with the other Techno trolls.

Funk: The absolute guilt the royal family has is insane!!! Not only did they leave behind a group of researchers, but they are the ones who asked for them TO BE THERE!!(they did go back and look for them but found nothing) they try to make amends and do whatever to help the trolls, the fact the trolls were grey because of them almost put them in an early grave. They start figuring out ways so that this situation would never happen again (I feel like trackers would be their best option) the grey Funk researchers are a little angry at the royal fam (I mean they left them so it’s a valid response) but they do forgive them on account of why they left (I’m going to say bird attack that forced them to get out of there quickly) and the fact they went back for them🥹 (the fam still does whatever to help like, making therapy a way bigger thing on the ship for others ) they also help the other grey funk trolls get accustomed to the ship and being around more trolls.

Classical: Trollzart would immediately put into action more ways for Symphony Ville to be more accessible for trolls who can’t fly, while also putting in ways for the classical trolls to get around more (I imagine they use walking cane or some form of wheelchairs to get around because like they have the bodies of literal BABIES?!?! Can they even walk on their own?!?) As for the other grey trolls they try to get accustomed to them, maybe put on performances where they show their sorrow and anguish, but also try their best to help them however they can.

Country: Oh boy… Delta is absolutely mortified by her actions. Not only did she kick out a couple of trolls from the flats (sooo much guilt) but they had kids while they were out there, kids who had to survive in the forest for years !!!( I hc that she absolutely loves kids!!) she tried her best to make what she did right (she’s been feeling guilty about it for years) the banished country trolls themselves hold a lot of resentment towards her. I mean who wouldn’t for what she did to them, but after months of holding the grudge and resentment and many many constant apologies and acts of kindness they eventually forgive Delta (there is still awkward tension between the three but they try to put it aside) Delta does absolutely whatever to fawn and show the kids love and kindness since she feels guilty about her being the reason they were grey to begin with. She also helps the other grey country trolls who either went too far away from the flats or got dragged away by predators and got lost cause of it. She tries her best to make amends for all the country trolls and their young. Now she tries to keep track of her people more and has grown a tolerance to all music. The grey trolls greatly appreciate all she does for them and their kids now. (I know I made Delta look like a bad person but this was in the past and to be fair she did lock up Poppy and Branch when she first met them sooooo… I do really love Delta though)

Rock: Barb was angered by the fact some of her people were in the forest surviving for years and grey!??!!! (She seems to be really insecure about being a leader this issue does not help her) she places a lot of guilt on herself because of this and does WHATEVER it takes to make things right!! So she implements a lot of mental health things (more therapy, rage rooms concerts about mental health) anything to bring awareness and to help. For the one deaf rock troll they go immediately to the funk trolls and soon enough hearing aids were made for the little rocker (by the way the deaf troll is like 8, i thought it would make it more angsty that a child left because they felt out of place.. and I was right!!! it makes it sooo much worse) Barb and the rock trolls basically bend over backwards to help their fellow rockers. The grey rockers greatly appreciate what has been done for them and how they got used to their survivalist antics.

[mixamorphosis]

This one goes way back to 2006 and I think this is the first mix I recorded to a PC and not to a 90 minute tape. I only have one (maybe two) other mix(es) saved that are older than this, from around 2003/4. I'm not sure I have it digitised, though if I do, I'll upload it at some point. One of my regrets is that I did not save tapes from the mid-90's until the digital world started to take over as the new norm. I used to drag my decks around with me to friends houses, or the occasional pub where we'd take over a back room for the night and I'm sure some of those would be great fun to listen back to now.

Anyway, as I say, this mix was from around 2006, the image is also from that year and is an edit of a photo I took from my hotel room in New York. I had a bit of a thing for mashing words it seems. Chillcklectica was really a merging of Chill & Eclectic and there's not much more to it than that. I kept that approach even beyond the creation of this blog in 2009 when the name 'Mixamorphosis' came into being Mix + Metamorphosis = what has been since. I've edited the image to reflect the name of the blog just to keep the continuity, it used to be Mark Em-sea... pre-mixamorphosis days.

The mixing maybe isn't great in parts, I was using a pair of Technics 1210's and an early CDJ, I really can't remember the model or what the mixer of the time was, but I think it might have been a Behringer.

Tracklist

1. Up, Bustle & Out - Rain In Tibet (Ninja Tune) 2. London Funk Allstars - Listen To The Beat (Ninja Tune) 3. Luke Vibert - Get Your Head Down (Ninja Tune) 4. The Nomad - Once Again (Sugarlicks) 5. Rhian Sheehan - Garden Children (Loop) 6. The William Caslon Experience - Valis (Upstairs Recordings) 7. Referencered - Evening Plower (Pork) 8. Trabant - Happy Sunny Song (TMT Entertainment) 9. Swayzak with Benjamin Zephaniah - Illegal (Bigga Bush Version) (Medicine Label) 10. The Black Seeds - What We Need (Rhian Sheehan's Selenophobia Mix) (Loop) 11. UNKLE - Back & Forth (Mo Wax) 12. Platnum - Greatest (Sonar Kollektiv) 13. Fila Brazillia - Lullaby Berkowitz (Twentythree Records) 14. Beck - Nobody's Fault But My Own (Geffen) 15. Honey Czars & Verbrilli - Alucidations (Lucid Dream Mix) (Upstairs Recordings) 16. Fat Freddy's Drop - Hope For A Generation (The Drop)

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[twistedsoulmusic]

Once again bridging the gap between the hemispheres, Nomade Orquestra is releasing their fifth album Terceiro Mundo, which translates to "The Third World" in Portuguese. The single "O Nascimento do Sol invencível" is one of the standout tracks on the album.

[shadowgale96]

Hua Cheng: I will become merciless and powerful to better aid my prince.

Xie Lian: Hello, I’m a peace loving nomadic himbo now.

Hue Cheng: FUNK.

[secretpostsposts]

Trolls have tails, fangs (or reliably sharp dentures) and retractable claws.

In the case of Pop trolls they keep their fangs and claws less sharp, although in case of danger they can use their claws (they are like a cat's), but due to their friendly nature they do not use them much.

Classic Trolls only have tails and their fangs are tiny, they are not much of a threat although in case of predators they are fast with those wings of theirs.

Techno Trolls have claws and fangs, do they live in the Trolls have tails, fangs (or reliably sharp dentures) and retractable claws.

The Funk Trolls maybe don't need that, attributes, maybe fangs only, because they're clearly able to use their technology to defend themselves (I don't see Trollstopia yet so I'm going through the movie) if technology is much more advanced than the other trolls.

The Contry Trolls, only fangs, you know what a horse kick can do to a human?, well damage, a lot of it is horrible punches so if they are fine with just small fangs that sharpen to look more intimidating.

Rock Trolls, fangs and sword-sharp teeth, are aggressive and accustomed to them, so they are not afraid of accidental damage caused by others or themselves.

As for the tails, Los Poperos have very fluffy tail tips, Los Clásicos are more of a small fuzz on the tips which makes them look like a dandelion, Rockeros are tails like a lion's also are full of scars some get piercings in the form of spikes because they look great. (the brothers' tails vary a bit, although only Bruce and Floyd's are still like those of normal Pop trolls, The brothers try to make Branch's tail just as fluffy as when he was a baby, John Dory brags about how soft and fluffy Baby Branch's tail was)

The Putt-Putts, are a fusion of the Pop and the Rock Trolls because of their lifestyle, fearful of the outside, they prepare in case something robs their sanctuary, either fleeing or docking.

Thus Clay has his teeth and fangs (although he changes a bit when he returns to Pop Village) sharp (in BLB's case, he keeps them that way because they are intimidating and helpful), Floyd and Bruce on the other hand are more like the rest of the pop trolls, although Bruce sharpens his fangs more because Brandy likes the way they look (in BLB, Floyd sharpens them as well, but keeps his claws less sharp so as not to hurt Branch); John Dory and Branch with contrary cases, John Dory for his nomadic, "wild" and explorer lifestyle, has his teeth full of teeth naturally sharpened, his claws are big and sharp than the others, so is Branch, although only his fangs are sharp (a lot), his claws not so much but he keeps them taken care of in case he needs to attack.

In Possessive Brozone, the brothers with more affiliated claws use it a bit to intimidate others and keep them away from Branch, some believe that they only do it because they love Branch and care about him (pop trolls, believe that), Floyd smiles and shows his fangs because it is what he has and with a terrifying look he does the intimidation effect very well.

Although they make Branch file his claws, Branch hates him but does it, mostly because of a small "incident" (totally caused by the brothers) where Branch inadvertently hurt one of his friends with his claws.

[fr3nzyvirus]

THE MEETING.

Tw: mentions of maggots. Parasite to parasite contact that should not be seen as sexual, I will kill you, It’s how parasites communicate do research I’m combining two ways parasites communicate.

Edit: grammar

Fresh had just been skating around through AU‘s, humming FUNK the police. He didn’t really feel in the mood to hang out with anybody at the time, he had just gotten a new host and now was trying to conserve energy.

So, he stopped by the bad Sans castle to see what was up.

Fresh found it funny how the Bad Sanses built this evil castle while the Star Sanses were nomadic like wolves.

So why did his parasitic form get all tingly?

Curious, Fresh decided to explore the place. He knew Nightmare was another parasite, but Nightmare had already been assessed as a food competitor.

It took an hour, but eventually Fresh came by a rather large jar that took up half the room.

Then he spotted the thing inside, it looked miserable.

Fresh immediately knew it was another parasitic entity. But all he felt the need to do was rescue first and ask questions later.

„Don’t worry brah! I’ll get you outta there!“ Fresh declared, taking out his whiffle bat.

After two good cracks against the glass, the jar shattered and the thing fell out rather easy.

„Thank you, our name is Maggot…sheepish smile.“ the thing said, clearly unaccustomed to the ways of a Sans au with how they narrated their smile.

„no probs, my names Fresh!“ Fresh introduced, getting down on his knees to get near Maggot.

Then Fresh pressed his face close, his glasses slipping off his face and clattering to the ground.

Maggot Held still, allowing Fresh‘s true form to press against their „face“ and squirm.

Maggot‘s own body began to convulse as the maggots they were made of moved to secrete a special little chemical, a little parasite to parasite communication.

After a hot minute, Fresh pulled away and nodded while putting their glasses back on. „so that’s how you got in this predicament.“

„Well little bros! Let’s get you outta here!“ Fresh declared with enthusiasm.

~~~~~ days later

Nightmare stood in the room, glaring angrily at the mess of shattered glass.

His tentacles writhed and destroyed a wall in an echo of his rage as he spotted a stupid looking furby left in the corner.

„FREEEEESH!“ he roared, knowing exactly who‘s taken his little hostage pet.

[project-sekai-facts]

are there any (other) instances where a producer has gotten a commission after they have one or more of their songs in game? (ex: yuuyu with shinkai shoujo being covered by mmj, then getting commissioned for regulus for l/n)

oh quite a lot actually! mainly from early game which is kinda obvious but there are other more recent examples. here's a list based on release date bc it's very hard to track the exact dates of when songs were recorded/commissioned (excluding Ayase bc Cinema was part of a tie-in)

JIN (Yobanashi Deceive -> Stella)

neru (Dappou Rock -> potato ni Natte iku)

NayutalieN (Dance Robot Dance -> MORE! JUMP! MORE!)

OSTER Project (On the rocks, Miracle Paint -> NIJIIRO STORIES)

Orangestar (Asu no Yozora Shoukaihan -> Hare o Matsu)

40mP (Ren'ai Saiban -> Color of Drops)

HachiojiP (Gimme x Gimme -> RAD DOGS)

Surii (Junky Nighttown Orchestra -> Kagirinaku Haiiro e)

toa (Tsugihagi Staccato -> IDSMILE)

164 (Time Machine -> 1)

Junky (Sweet Magic -> Ai no Material)

sasakure.UK (*Hello, Planet -> TONDEMO-WONDERZ)

Sasanomaly (Jishou Mushoku -> Kanade Tomosu Sora)

Natsushiro Takaaki & Takuya Watanabe (Near -> From Tokyo)

Kinoshita (Positive☆Dance Time -> Glory Steady Go!)

Eve (Dramaturgy, Oki ni Mesu mama -> Gunjou Sanka)

cosmo-P (Dissapearance, Intense Voice -> Machine Gun Poem Doll)

nulut (Fragile -> Lower)

Yuukisan (Cutlery -> Mirai)

Kanaria (KING -> Identity)

WANOPO (Bouken no Sho ga Kiemashita -> Niccori^^Chousa-tai no Theme)

Nilfruits (Traffic Jam -> Tricologe)

mikitoP (ROKI, 39Music, Shoujorei -> Peaky Peaky)

emon(Tes.) (Dreamin Chuchu -> Metamo Re:born)

balloon (Charles, Ame to Petra -> Nomad)

marasy (Aoku Kakero! -> 88)

YurryCanon (I want to be your heart -> IF)

Kitani Tatsuya (Akuma no Odorikata -> Gekkou)

Harumaki Gohan (Melty Land Nightmare -> Gekkou)

Yunosuke (PaIII.SENSATION -> Awake Now)

Kairiki Bear (Venom, Darling Dance -> bug)

Wada Takeaki (Chururira Chururira Daddadda!, Bless Your Breath -> Teratera)

Yuyoyuppe (Leia Remind -> Voices)

EasyPop (Happy Synthesizer -> DREAM PLACE)

TUYU (Asagao no Chiru Koro ni -> Donna Ketsumatsu ga Onozomi dai?)

rerulili (Kami no Manimani, Noushou Sakuretsu Girl -> I nandesu)

Halyosy (Blessing, Attakaito -> Flyway)

HitoYama (Bad End Night -> Mr. Showtime)

teniwoha (Villain -> Samsa)

Tsumiki (phony -> Kitty)

Koyori (Hitorinbo Envy -> Hakoniwa no Coral)

Misumi (Alter Ego -> Gekokujo)

Nanou (Hello/How Are You -> Engeki)

Daitensai P (Doctor=Funk Beat, Fraulein=Biblioteca -> Kirapipi Kirapika)

Umetora (Ifuudoudou -> CRaZY)

doriko (Romeo to Cinderella -> purpose)

MIMI (Marshmary -> Hug)

Kuriyama Yuri (Pheles -> filament fever)

Kanzaki Iori (Inochi ni Kirawarete Iru -> 25-ji no Jounetsu)

Yuuyu (Shinkai Shoujo, Tengaku -> Regulus)

r-906 (manimani -> JUMPIN' OVER!)

Inabakumori (Relay Outer, Lagtrain -> Watashi wa Ame)

Scop (Irony -> Suresure)

TeddyLoid (Odo -> ULTRA C)

[artbyblastweave]

It's so funny how Cap just COINCIDENTALLY seems to be physically unable to go through a SINGLE Republican presidency without having a crisis of faith that causes him to not be Cap anymore. Nomad with Nixon. USAgent with Reagan. Death and Buckycap with Bush, then HydraCap with Trump. I like to think him dying was the universe's way of identifying "...well he doesn't seem to be changing yet. Better balance this out real quick"

This is true, and moreover this ask dovetails nicely with another Cappost I've been thinking about making. Given the sliding timeline, who should we assume was in charge of the Secret Empire?

Loose, possibly at-least-partially misremembered background for those who weren't aware of this batshit plot point- In the early seventies, concurrent with Watergate, Captain America shut down a scheme by a neofascist group called the Secret Empire to, I dunno, hold the country hostage with a mutant-powered nuke or something, the specifics aren't important, what's important is that Cap cornered the leader of the group in the Oval Office, where he killed himself to avoid capture, and you never get to see the guy's face but it was all but directly stated that the Leader was Richard Nixon attempting a Coup D'état (possibly to get out of being prosecuted for Watergate?). This shakes Cap up pretty badly and he temporarily retired the Cap identity in order to operate as Nomad, The Man Without A Country, it was a whole crisis of conscience situation. Anyway, the whole situation is still vaguely implicitly canon, they refer to the Secret Empire, and there have been successor heroes who've taken up the Nomad identity after Cap got out of the funk. But It also can't have been Nixon who killed himself in front of Cap due to the sliding time scale- the rule of thumb for Marvel is that it's generally only been about 15-20 years at most since the Fantastic Four did their thing, which does hilarious things to the worldbuilding. My understanding is that you're supposed to assume that if the president is depicted in a marvel story you need to just mentally "swap in whoever would have been president 10-15 years before the present day, but given the specificity of this situation that quickly gets insane. Did Bush kill himself in front of Captain America to escape the consequences of the 2008 recession? Did Obama?! Was it just not a president at all at this point- in which case, why did Cap react badly enough to quit and become Nomad? And so on, and so forth. They basically gotta memory hole it, but I will not let them forget! Cap saw a U.S. President off themselves! But to tie this back to Civilwarposting- what I think about a lot is that from a worldbuilding perspective the actual political moment that generated Civil War is perpetually in flux. This is true of every Marvel comic but it's especially notable here because of the extent to which the comic itself is emphasizing the political moment and what created it. It's a Bush-era comic, a reaction to the politics and the rhetoric of the War on Terror and the post-9/11 years, Bush actually personally appears in it. But if it hasn't already, eventually it's going to have implicitly been pushed through Congress during the Obama Administration, and then during the Trump Admin, and then during the Biden Admin, and so on and so forth, and like. setting aside that there's already an entire swath of the marvel timeline that's very blatantly trump-admin-coded, produced in reaction to that atmosphere, The situations and arguments and rhetoric and battle lines that would have gotten that bill through each of those admins looks very different each time! And I'm not gonna say it's interesting to see how they'll resolve this, because they won't resolve it, they don't need to, they're politely asking everyone to let this one go and that's not the biggest ask these comics make of me, so fine. Whatever. But it's very very funny

[xxnomadsxx]

okay, we know how Branch found the feral things and started a grey troll village in your nomads au. And how Creek ended up in the village. BUT, how did the rest of the occupants come to be? Did they willing leave their kingdoms? Were they abandoned? Did they get lost and lose hope of anyone ever coming for them before they met the feral creatures and the others? I really wanna know some backstories.

Oooooo-This is a tough one.

Everyone in the village has there own story for why there their. These are a few examples I thought up of how they got there.

Pop: There are very few Pop trolls in the grey village (mostly due to their toxic positivity of always looking on the bright side for normal Pop trolls ) they basically were separated from the main tribe and didn’t find the putt putt trolls on there way out when escaping. Soon they lost all hope of finding the tribe and went to live in the wood (it went reeeeaaallly bad) a few were eaten and the rest went grey, they were kinda just wandering around for a few years till the (very few) nomads and feral (trolls?) showed up. They were taken in and found Branch there too. The grey pop trolls also were told were the village was but they didn’t go back because they were too ashamed about being grey.

Funk: There is a group of funk trolls in the village who all came in at the same time. They were researchers who were left behind by vibe city and had no hope of getting back to the always moving ship, so they went grey and were later found by a small hunting team and Branch while trying to create some traps to keep them safe (there are more funk trolls I’m just showing off random examples of how trolls got here)

Classical: There are a few classical trolls who can’t fly in the village due to wing injuries. The injuries go from difficult to stay in the air, to broken beyond repair, and looking at how there body is shaped (they have the bodies of LITERAL babies can they walk?) I don’t think it’s easy for them to get around since symphony vill is probably mostly made to fly around. It got too difficult for them and just left going grey in the process. 

Techno: There once was a dead techno troll who had some troll eggs with them beached on a nearby river to the village, they took in the techno eggs (The eggs HAVE to look like fish eggs right.. RIGHT?!) the trolling when they hatched just sorta knew there mother was gone and were born grey. they grew up in the village which didn’t…really help them get better and just sorta caused them more issues.(there have been a few lost techno trolls who had damaged fins to the point of not even being able to go back)

Rock: A lot more rock trolls live in the village then the other genres, mostly cause of their more feral and aggressive personalities (they look like biters) so some just had bad experiences in there lives that it just became too much and they just ended up Leaving volcano rock city. There is a rock troll who can’t hear in the village, and due to his deafness he felt like a freak to troll kind since he couldn’t even listen to music (which is kinda a big deal) he left and turned grey wandering the woods until he was found by some feral(trolls?) who have done the same routine of taking in grey trolls a lot at that point.

Country: There aren’t to many country (I feel like it would be harder for them to turn grey since they show how sad it can get in Lonesome flats) but the some who do show up have tons of kids, a while back a couple of country trolls were deemed criminals for liking another genre of music and playing it too loud, to which they were promptly kicked out of town, who later turned grey from getting forced to leave there only home. They were found fighting predators by a hunting team. (this was way before world tour so a lot less tolerance for other music)

Subgenres: There are some subgenre groups running around, like indie trolls, steam punk trolls, some grunge too (and many more) they usually are abandoned or just turn grey from living a isolated lonely life or some other reason like family was killed or taken by huge predators or what not.

Honestly most of them stay grey or go darker in color because they live in the village. It isn’t really going out of its way to help them get their color back but is really just a home for them. Growing up there influences many of the kids born there to turn grey or go grey later in their lives.

There are many other reasons why any of the trolls would be here these are just random scenariosthat I thought up to show as examples

[signor-signor]

Trending 27th - November 2024

What are your ideas for filler episodes for S3?

Here’s one I thought of where Ripov gets a chance to shine. If memory serves, @suspendersofdisbelief confirmed that S3 had plans for her.

The Pet Sitter

“Hater, Peepers, and the Watchdogs are taking time getting used to living aboard the Star Nomad, so Ripov goes from hunter to tamer to keep Captain Tim in line.”

I also have idea for an episode that could be tied into the lore of WOY rather nicely.

The Van

Picture, if you will, a sentient vehicle that’s part-A-Team van, part-KITT, part-Herbie, and part-Speed Buggy: IVAN, the Insurgent Van.

Ivan is the Insurgent Generals’ team van, reliable mode of transportation, and mobile headquarters. He’s also capable of space flight. When Lord Hater started rising to power, however, he took the components Ivan needed for flight, impounded the van on a vehicle impound planet, and put those components into his own van (the one from The Funk). The impound had been long abandoned since then. That basically sums up why the Insurgents have it in for Hater. Without Ivan, they’re practically useless. (See image below for specifications.)

As for the episode summary, I have this in mind…

“While cruising aboard the Star Nomad, the Insurgent Generals inform Wander and Sylvia of Ivan, their team van, who had been impounded by Lord Hater during his early days of villainy, so they all get Hater to aid them on a mission to break into the long-abandoned impound and free the van.”

In my 4th Eye on the Galaxy short, I gave the implication that Dracor and Demurra’s kids have their own playground.

The Playmate

“When the triplets, their parents, and their guards get dropped off on their planet, they find the playground partially covered in the lush plants that had appeared after the spores from The Flower were scattered. Among those plants resides a playful plant-like creature.”

Speaking of D&D’s kids, I’d been pondering what their names would be - not only does Frank Angones know them, but also the kid actors who could’ve played them. They’ll have to find new ones if S3 ever comes to fruition. As for the names, here are my guesses: Daintia and Deliquette for the girls, Dorgan for the boy.

I’d put together a picture of the plant-like creature, but maybe some other time.

How about one about the Black Cube and his new girlfriend Tracy… who really happens to be…

The Rainbow Sphere

…in disguise? Thinking back on what Craig’s daughter created and on his response to using this character in S3, I had some ideas jumping around my head. What if this Sphere was a shape-shifter? What if she took on an appearance nearly similar to that of Stacy? What if she did that because she had sympathy for the Cube and thought he’d be more comfortable around a more humanoid individual? Perhaps a brief summary can paint the picture.

“Wander and Sylvia take the Black Cube and his new girlfriend Tracy back to their home planet. Unbeknownst to the trio, Tracy is none other than the Rainbow Sphere of Love trying to keep up her little charade in an effort to keep the Cube happy.”

If there’s a lesson to be learned in this one, you need not hide what you are on the inside to be appreciated, and that’s what the Rainbow Sphere herself would come to understand. Below is an sketch I made of Tracy a few years ago.

[nellynee]

Recently reminded that I never actually completed my series of cultural, biological, and world building Trolls (DreamWorks) meta that I've had sitting in my Drafts since 2021. So rather than finish it, I've decided to post what I had with some minor edits, with a second post to come about some tribe specific meta.

At some points you might see references that don't exist (ala, see "subject on expanding on this idea") where I had planned a series of other articles to be linked back later. Rather than write them all out and burn myself out, I'll probably only address the mentioned topics if someone shows interest, and link them back later then. So yeah, feel free to ask on any of those or for explanations or expansions.

This stuff is ancient, but overall holds up and is still my general headcanons to this day, though the tone is strange to me now after all this time. Most notably I have not watched the third movie. I have spoiled myself for it for the most part, but what I've seen has left me disappointed and uninterested, so all of this is technically canon compliant to a point up through World Tour, colored by the TV shows, and does not account for Band Together at all. Everything below is as written as of 2021, with any modern expansions labeled with an edit.

Reminder to take all this as a “generalization and stereotyping” sort of thing, which of course ignores obvious exceptions and nuances and personal preferences of a sentient species 

General biology and behaviors:

Trolls are a plant based lifeform. All parts of a Troll including hair are digestible, though due to the repeated consumption and internal refinement of excess sugars, their sap is exceptionally sweet. While Trolls come in a variation of shapes and colors, their sap is universally transparent with visible iridescence. Troll sap is known to cause a euphoric high in most species and thus, Trolls are the victims of several natural predators. 

It is believed that the phenomenon known as Harmonic Tranquilizing developed as a direct result, though this is up for debate as other uses have been observed. Known consistencies in this behavior is the use of vocalizations to affect the immediate vicinity of said Troll in a pacifying way. Experiencing these vocalizations causes a much milder form of the same euphoric high produced by consuming the sap. It is unknown how these vocalizations are able to affect their surroundings, though it’s believed to affect the endocrine systems, as they affect low sentience flora as well as all fauna. All Trolls carry this ability, with the only known exceptions being instrumental based Troll mutations. While most mutations of this variety are small communities of nomads who have found alternative adaptions, the most prolific and notable of these exceptions would be the mountain dwelling Classical Trolls, who at some unknown point completely lost the ability to use of Harmonic Tranquilizing in exchange for their highly domesticated local fauna being able to do so instead. (see Trolls as a keystone species, see Troll symbiotic relationships) 

Edit: (sing away the paaaaain. Harmonic Tranquilizing was my way of trying to create a word for the behaviors we see in trolls through singing. I've specifically had some form of this headcanons since movie one, talking about Branch and going grey as a hormonal stress response, and how singing might be used around him as a subconscious attempt to reduce stress and increase health. Also explaining away the end of movie dance sequences, singing when nervous or towards those who are upset. This isn't a word used by the trolls (maybe something made up by some very specific funk trolls doing some very specific research) but it's no more a general word in the trolls lexicon as say a word for "you exude dopamine when eating good food" would for people. Though it is a much more intense phenomenon capable of being observed. Troll societies who have observed with would probably adhere it to some facet of bonding or spirituality when addressed.)

It is strongly believed classical Trolls did have this ability at one point, as their closest known relative, the Operatic Troll, retains the ability. Why they lost this ability is unknown though, as other variations of farmer Trolls, the most notable and prolific being the yodeling Troll, contains specifically strong examples. It is believed that oxygen availability at high altitudes may be a factor in this loss.

(edit: will be discussing Operatic trolls and nomads in my tribe specific posts)

Another notable species that is rapidly loosing the classic example of Harmonic Tranquilizing is the underwater Techno Troll. While examples of vocalization have been found, the majority of the Harmonic Tranquilizing affect seems to come from the rhythmic pulsing of the Techno Troll’s exposed Wishstone (see wishstones in mythology) 

The initial development of this ability is up for debate due to the varied uses that have been observed. Said uses include

pacification of predators

pacification of farmed resources in the form of living creatures from more predatory Trolls

calming of young

encouragement of aggression from other Trolss (notable in that vocalizations can affect other Trolls in ways other than pacifying, and seemingly done with intention) 

encouragement of a lack of aggression from other Trolls

vocalization from nearby fauna and flora (unknown if this is a byproduct of pacification or intent

hormonal balancing in imbalanced trolls (see troll coloration variation vs loss of color)

courting behaviors

large vocalization gatherings of unknown meaning, though observation of behaviors lead the belief as bonding exercises, potentially through said hormone balancing

observations of said behaviors has led to the prevalent theory that trolls of similar genre’s are able to cause a more euphoric sensation in one another, as when placed together, different genres are still prone to grouping

(edit: basically, there is some biological component to what a troll's genre is. Genre is both your heritage, and what you practice, in the way that say, Cooper is a Funk Troll by birth and Pop by practice. Trolls of similar genre have physical responses to their genre's style, and will see different genre's presentations as positive or negative specifically when comparing it to their own reactions. Example, a classical troll might appreciate a hard rock's guitar solo for its technical skill, while the hard rock troll might resonate with the message of the song and loud bodaciousness)

Trolls are an ancient species whose variations have become keystone to their respective environments. How they do so vary, though it is most closely related to community building and food collection, some general trends in environmental changes include domestication of local species to suit the Troll’s needs, large scale housing that directly affects the landscape, waterway redirections, and resource hoarding.  

On Wishstones:

(edit: Wishstones are a completely unaddressed subject in the DreamWorks Trolls universe, but that wasn't always so. For those who weren't around for the original dolls, Wishstones were the little gem at their belly buttons, and trolls were advertised with the perks of rubbing their stones to grant wishes. Watch an old commercial, they are wild.

The artbook for the first movie addresses Wishstones in an early draft that wanted to establish Creek as a villain early in the story. In that version, his sister was a fully acended troll with a working Wishstone that let her float around in a meditative state. Creek was supposed to have one hell of a complex over his not working stone, and it was supposed to be an indicator of his inner darkness and nature. As it stands, the visual gag of him floating only to reveal he's being carried around is a byproduct of that cut storyline)

Wishstones are the core of a Troll that makes them function. Though they are found to beat much like a heart in an animal, it doesn’t appear to have any sort direct biological function as an muscular organ might. Rather, it works closer to a brain, sending out pulses that direct the health and actions of a Troll. The beating of the Wishstone is necessary, and limbs cut from the main body of the Troll immediately go grey while those injured but still connected to the Wishstones will retain color. An otherwise heathy Troll with an injured Wishstone with quickly fade to grey and expire. Studies indicate that the tempo of beats that a Wishstone maintains is related the Troll’s genre. While most are internalized, some Trolls have adapted to a partially externalized Wishstone for unknown reasons. While it has been found that an exposed Wishstone is necessary for a flight capable Troll, an exposed Wishstone is not necessarily indicative of flight capability. Nomadic Gem Trolls, a subgenre of the Instrumental Trolls, are famous for their beautiful exposed Wishstones, which are said to be covered in a layer of hardened sucralose for protection. Common Troll mythology tells of Gemtrolls who are able to grant fortune telling and wishes if the Wishstone is touched directly, which is where the name of the stone originates. Gem Trolls were nearly hunted to extinction by their own kind as a result, and are a common target of bounty hunters.

(I'll probably go into it deeper when I go over the tribes, but I found it *veeeeeeery* interesting that a series ofpreviously completely sequestered series of cultures would need out of tribe bounty hunters....)

On Troll diet:

(tldr: trolls are plants and their heads are flowers, fight me)

Trolls contain chlorophyll and are able to photosynthesize. Trolls come in a large variety of exceptionally bright colors, but their pigment base comes from highly modified pigment chains not unlike anthocyanin, leaving low pigmentated trolls dark in color but still capable of said photosynthesis. (see Trolls and environmental factors for variations)

As a result, Trolls have very small caloric needs, but disproportionately large trace mineral and water requirements. Trolls are capable of consumption and can augment their needs accordingly to environment. In ideal conditions, a Troll could theoretically subsidize entirely on sunlight and mineral rich waters, but such conditions have yet to be found in the wilds. All Trolls are capable of opportunistic omnivorous behaviors, but show poor meat digestion and a marked preference for high sugar content foods. 

(Pop Troll, having only been reintroduced to a moderately rich environment, are not noteworthy, but are a decent comparative control when compared to nomadic subgenres and more extreme mutations)

Closest to the ideal conditions are the Mountain trolls. Rich clean waters and great sun exposure have lead Classical Trolls and their variations to give up much of their darker chlorophyll in favor of the light hair and gold skin camouflage that makes them nearly invisible to airborne predators, but their flying has left them with a much higher calorie and water needs. Classical trolls have adapted a social culture around domestication of the local fauna in a symbiotic train of extensive trade deals. Forming large clans each with their own specializations, the clan’s highly specifically domesticated animals are able to imitate harmonic tranquilizing of very specific kinds, and Classical trolls often form large bands of concerts to make the best use of various specializations at once. Classical trolls use this to control local resources and repel predators to a much greater effect than any other Troll species around. Classical trolls take great pride in their patron animals and live in excess, using said excess to bribe the local clouds for water resources.

(this information above should go into the classical troll shtick, and most will be repeated there, but it's in the original draft so.....)

Trolls do not naturally retain water or excess calories. A majority of waste is exuded out of the mouth as a sort of colorful paste. But excess is refined in the guts and exuded from an orifice at the bottom of the abdomen as a sort of highly nutritional nugget. These nuggets have been observed as being stored for later, given to the sick and young, consumed for large gatherings, and are apparently incredibly sweet to taste. Arguments can also be made of its development as a defense mechanism, in which a startled troll might drop the contents of their stomach to distract a predator with a sweet smelling alternative. While all trolls have this byproduct to some degree (see Trolls and animal domestication, see Country Trolls and gut fermentation) Funk Troll territory is both lavish and lush, and their guts have evolved this refinement to an art. Funk Troll history is filled with periods of rich trade between other Troll Tribes, as well as periodical raids and the occasional territory dispute when they were land bound. 

(edit: look....look. I don't want to think about the poop cupcakes, you don't want to think about the poop cupcakes. And yet here I am, here I was, trying to justify the poop cupcakes. The best way I found was to remove the action as far away from waste production as I could, and perhaps tie the action through Cooper, to some of the excess and opulence of the Funk trolls. The closest real world examples would probably be bees, in that it's the collection of sugars, excreted at high concentrations in times of excess, to be consumed in times of little. And also it's explicitly bug vomit but we do not care cause it's yummy. I almost guarantee that this stuff was a Bergan delicacy in the heyday of Troll domestication, and would be so again if rediscovered and capable of mass harvesting)

Rock Trolls live in a similarly mineral rich calorie deficient environment to Classical Trolls, but have evolved a nomadic lifestyle to compensate. Rock trolls have a very high calorie requirement due to local volcanic activity lowering sun quality in their territories, and have become strip grazers in response. They rely heavily on complex networks of travel routs to survive, to allow new growth to appear as fast as they can get to it without starving. Population growth is leaving them more and more dependent on their local variation of Bug Bus (see Angler Bus. See symbiotic Troll relationships. See great Troll migration theories) to travel these routs at greater speeds. It is believed that the gradual darkening and lack of pigmenting in Rock Trolls is due to the greater need to depend on anthocyanin based photosynthesis, but it’s unknown if the change is happening quick enough to maintain sustainability of the population. Current outlook seems unlikely, as Rock Trolls also rely heavily on their opportunistic diet for their water consumption as well. (Note: Am I insinuating that part of Barb’s motivations in the movie came in part from the slightly farther than beginning stresses of food insecurity in her people and the hope that if all Trolls were rock that would mean more resources?... yes I am

(edit: in fact, that was directly what I was implying. Will get into in much greater detail in the rock troll article)

Techno Trolls are a very unique case as the exclusive deep sea aquatic troll (yet known). Their exceptionally high anthocyanin content insinuates they were once surface dwellers, but its later been found they they do very little in the ways of consumption, relying almost exclusively on hydrothermal vents for their mineral needs. Note that Techno Trolls are not bioluminescent by nature, but rather, have developed a symbiotic relationship with a bioluminescent bacteria that lives on and in the Troll. This bacteria uses heat from the thermal vents to chemically produce energy, which is shared with the Troll. Note that parental Techno Trolls do not partake in the bonding experience known as sunbathing with their young, rather have taken to a much higher level of skinship with offspring in developmental stages to share this bacteria.  Techno Trolls also receive a very high degree of their pigmentation from their bacteria and thus have the greatest child to parent resemblance of all Troll types. Techno Trolls are a rare case of visual identifiers over vocal, and a infant Techno Trolls can pick out a parent in a group using the exact variation of their parent’s glow as an indicator.

Country Trolls are the most vicious, outwardly aggressive, and carnivorous of all Troll genres. They have become almost entirely reliant on Bugfallo for their nutritional and liquid consumption, as Bugfallo are able to to consume the normally toxic to Trolls but prevalent cacti and produce a sweet and far less toxic Honeydew the Trolls can consume in response. The Honeydew is overly processed to the point of little nutritional value, and consumption of Bugfallo flesh is high enough in demand to compensate that Country Trolls are known to subsidize their diet by raiding other genres, most notably the herding tribes of Yodlers to the north and the nomadic subgenres. Direct consumption of local cacti by the Trolls is technically possible and only fatal in the long term, and is often done by the older generations, as the gut byproduct of the cacti are highly fermented and alcoholic. Repetitive consumption of this fluid quickly intoxicates said Trolls as it ferments more and gets stronger, and some Country Troll families boast multiple  generations worth of the same alcohol being re consumed. 

(edit: country trolls make tequila in their guts. Their elderly are almost always piss drunk on it. Pass it on)

On troll biology and hair:

Trolls do not have bones, and maintain their shapes through a combination of stretchy membranes and internal pressure. These membranes deteriorate rapidly after death. Chemical reactions upon expiration cause the rapid fermentation of internal sugars, which upon evaporation, leaves a unique and delicate latticework of internal and external structures. It is unknown if this structure aids in shape maintaining, or is adjacent to an nervous system. Trolls are not animals and do not have a brain, but have something noticeably adjacent in the form of a Wishstone kept in the abdomen.

Trolls do have an organ on top of said abdomen that contains some sensory organs of varying use, but what common observation in mammals would call the head of the Troll is rather it’s reproductive organs. Trolls grow large amounts of long thin filaments around their stigma that are able to extend and retract at will. Excess length is kept within the organ’s cavity, reeled around the internal ovary, and can be reeled out at will to more than 10 times the length of the troll in the most impressive of species. These filaments are very thin, excessively strong, and are controlled by minute musculature covering the entire length of the filaments. Though referred to as hair, these filaments are a living functional organ of the troll and should not be cut under any circumstances. It’s believed that ancient trolls once used these in reproductive behaviors, the most common theories being courting displays, passive pollen collection, or mate capturing, but there is no concrete evidence to support such claims other than the rapid filament growth that comes at sexual maturity. 

Most modern trolls only have vestigial extension abilities and musculature with enough control to allow conception, but there are notable exceptions. Pop Trolls are famous for their unique chromatophores and dexterity, wish allow them to use their filaments as camouflage to a great degree of success. Like most decorative trolls, (see decorative trolls and hair shapes) Country Trolls have very high external musculature for control, but nearly no internal musculature. But Country Trolls have very notably retained this musculature around their forward facing sensory organs in some individuals. Classical Trolls are another ornamental Troll that has lost most internal musculature, but have interestingly enough mutated to have some filaments grow down and out the back of the abdomen. Cursory dissection of filaments has led to theoretical similarities to those of the Techno Trolls and might be responsible for flight. Techno trolls have the greatest relative reeling ability, though it's uses are unknown, as they are relatively young for an aquatic species and such ability would have developed before their time in water. Modern uses see it being employed in current surfing, allowing Techno trolls to travel great distances with little energy (see migratory trolls)

On “Grey” or “dark” Trolls:

Trolls are famous for their wild variations in pigmentations, but occasionally darkened Trolls that don’t fit their genere’s coloration can be spotted. These trolls should not be confused with naturally dark colored Trolls, who normally contain very high chlorophyll concentrations in darker locations (see Techno Trolls, Rock trolls, Punk trolls and grunge variations, Operetic Trolls, and other dark dwelling variations) 

Grey Trolls are Trolls who’s Wishstones have gone quiet (note that a Wishstone can not go silent, as that denotes a dead Troll, but direct correlation has been found between the strength of the beat of a Troll’s Wishstone and primary pigmentation) Trolls can go dark for a large variety of reasons, but it is far more common denotes some sort of long term mental distress. Troll who have received fatal blows do not often loose color as there is no time for the hormonal trigger to take place, though all Trolls lose pigmentation at some point in decomposition. A grey freshly killed Troll denotes suffering or complete separation from the Wishstone.

(edit: This is in reference to Chef's cookbook in her deleated song, a few pages of which can be screen grabbed and read. One recipe calls for thinly slicing the finished product, with a troll still alive in said product, and mentions that a troll that survives a few slices will loose its coloring before it dies, unlike a quickly killed troll, which will retain its bright coloring. The note continues that the cook in question should not worry, as a grey troll retains it's flavor and euphoric effects, it just doesn't look appetizing, and the presentation and filling should cover that up nicely. Absolutely horrific, and has always stuck with me)

Otherwise healthy Trolls might go grey if they have long term medical issues that cause suffering, but this is considered beyond quality of life as it has affected the Trolls mental health. Most common issues in greyed out Trolls is mental distress. It is believed that low pigmentation in a normally pigmented Troll intended to be a visual signal to their community that a Troll is in distress, as other Trolls are often seen using Harmonic Tranquilizing on the affected Troll to great effect, as the euphoric affect of the vocalizations seem to cause artificial stimulation to the Wishstone (see first song stimulation in newborn Trolls) Greying out is commonly very temporary given enough communal exposure. Resistant Trolls most commonly succumb to wasting as they show a resistance to eating and sun exposure and have little interest in personal hygiene or sleep. Long term grey out effects is unknown and untested. Note that grey Trolls do no produce glitter inert or otherwise, do not court or show any other signs of reproductive interest, nor to do they produce seeds/eggs when exposed to glitter, indicating infertility. 

(edit: lot of this is based off of the general reaction to Branch and the very visible physical indicator of his mental distress. And the idea that the best cure for what's ailing him really is music. Poppy's continued determination to pull Branch into social gatherings and songs in the first movie is as close to an instinctual reaction to his physical and mental state as you get for a troll. For those outside his tribe, in briefly meeting him, his coloring is dark enough he might be mistaken for a mixed breed of some kind (*flips off Band Together* you will pry Soft Rock!Branch genetics from my cold dead hands) and those who dont assume might think he's just in chronic pain)

(edit 2: am I also insinuating that Branch's depression makes him both infertile and without sexual desire? Yes I am. I developed this idea in parallel to my own struggles in trying to untie my own asexuality from my depression. The original idea coming from the hilarious idea that Pop Trolls have accidently developed a propensity for giant springtime orgies, which look an awful lot like the world's glitteriest dance party. I had developed 3 separate chapters, one before the movie in which Branch looks on with some bitterness but overall apathy, one in which recently recovering Branch finds himself on the outskirts but without inclination to join, much to his own embarrassment. He spends most of the time with the people helping on the sidelines (hydration, food, childcare, ECT) and talking to *actual asexual* Biggie. The third fallows quite deep into recovery and the discovery of his own desire to pursue Poppy in the fray beyond romantic.)

On reproductive biology and child rearing: 

Trolls are plants and are built very similar to a flower (edit: not similar. They are straight up a flower). The organ on top of their abdomen contains their ovaries, with their stigma terminating in their scalp. There is little visual indication of the stigma compared to the rest of the scalp, but there is a textural change that can be determined with practice.

(edit: in a very tldr short version. Their body is the stem, their head is the ovary containing the seeds (eggs) their hair their petals. Their cheeks are the part that produce pollen (glitter) and the central part of their scalp the place pollen is received and where the seed emerges. Troll sex consists of rubbing their cheeks together, and potentially all over each other, and hoping the pollen is exposed to the stigma.)

(edit 2: I spent a loooooong time contemplating whether the stigma (pollen receiving organ that takes it to the ovaries to produce a seed) should be on the scalp, or in the mouth, adding kissing and licking into the mix, and I'm still really attached the idea of the soft pallet as the exposed part of the stigma. I'm up for debate on either option.)

Trolls do not have filaments, and their anther is instead exposed on the apple of their cheeks. Troll Microsporangium is chunky, shimmery, and metallic in color, and is universally referred to by trolls as Glitter. (note that the inferior set of cheeks on the lower abdomen also produces large quantities of glitter, but this glitter in inert). Trolls also produce inert Glitter on the anther from birth, and that inert Glitter is visibly different from viable Glitter, with viable Glitter being discernably more holographic and chunkier than inert Glitter. Trolls can easily tell the difference between and are unbothered by common inert Glitter, though it can be seen as an attractive trait. Other attractive traits vary by genre, but high pigmentation, well groomed hair (see ornamental Trolls) and pleasant vocalizations are universal attractors as well.

Note that Glitter covered mutations have been noted in the wild (see classical trolls, see pigmentation display theory) and artificially (see the Bergan affects on troll biology). Glitter covered Trolls are not more reproductivly viable, but carry a mutation that causes production of inert glitter in mass. 

Reproductive Troll sex consists of courting behaviors to trigger hormonal responses, viable glitter production, and the frantic rubbing of the anthers on each other to encourage cross pollination. Even the most advanced Troll societies are not particularly interested in the sciences behind reproduction, so general Troll society tends to be less than knowledgeable and ascribe some spirituality to the act. But some tribes know more than others, and bathing is almost universally considered the most consistent contraceptive. 

(edit: look. Humans as a species only like, *just* figured out how human reproduction works on a molecular level. The only trolls debatably advanced enough to care might be the Funk trolls. Most trolls aren't going to know how their bodies work in sexual and non sexual ways, and their understanding of how they do work will mostly boil down to whatever mysticism their cultures have attached to it, as well as any correlations they've discovered, and any misconceptions when conflating it with causation

Reproductive sex rarely leads to conception. Unless a Troll accidently or otherwise rubs the Glitter in their hair, the Glitter has a short viability span and must drift into the hair naturally. Conception is less common in small Troll communities as the presence of children suppresses reproductive hormones. Larger communities can afford to sequester children away and thus encourage reproduction in not child responsible adults.

(edit: this was the beginning of a long article attempting to explain the Pop troll numbers vs how much they must have been eaten and needing replaced vs the sustained population down the road, moved to pop troll article)

(edit: and this is where it ends. I had a whole listing of tribe specific diets, courting behaviors, some rough historical events and holidays, ECT, but I'm now choosing to save those for individual posts.

[lanternfields]

Beneath the Mind AU Prologue timeline lore

Heads up this timeline of events is specifically just for this trolls au that I've been making and some of the lore that I put like the bergan ancestors originally being experimented pop trolls is just something I made up! Thanks!

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Ancestral era of the troll tribes

-First troll tribes

-The making of the strings

- an unknown amount time of peace among the tribes

Pop has the largest tribal population and believes they should share their music and happiness with the other troll tribes.

Pop steals all the strings and starts their campaign to unify the trolls under one music, their music.

This campaign was led by a young king at the time.

The other tribes understandably don’t like this and so are openly rebelling to get their strings back. Rock in particular was doing a lot of damage. 

10 long years of open rebellion among the tribes

 - In the first few years pop had internal rebellions trying to stop the campaign for their own reasons.

 - For pop this caused a deep division for the tribe, thus causing some branches of the tribe to split away from their  hidden capital to avoid conflict, their descendents are sub-genre of pop trolls in the present. (Like the K-pop gang)

 - Around the middle of the rebellion, so like 5 years after it started, the pop king at the time started experimenting with the powers of the strings and tested on the captured internal rebels, since well they weren't going to be missed by the majority of the pop tribe.

 - This experimentation meant to mass produce a special skill for the pop trolls, shapeshifting, resulted in failure but made the ancestors of the Bergans. This also gave way for the incomplete theory for the ultimate power cord that King Thrash manages to finish in the main storyline. 

 - The pop king then, decided to get rid of any evidence of the experimentation, this resulted in his closest advisors and warriors having to put the ancestors of the Bergans as far away from the capital. So transporting their rapidly changing bodies away.

 - This whole experimentation debacle started then ended in the span of 3 years, so at this point 8 years into the war, it was during those 3 years did the other tribes finally started gaining some wins against pop and getting inside hints on where pop’s hidden capital is.

 - Around the end of the experimentation part, the little brother of the king of pop, age is like a preteen, started to subtly sabotage the campaign since at this point he’s scared of his brother and had enough of the conflict. 

 -  In the last 2 years of the rebellion was the worst for pop as the tribes were closing in on the pop capital and were putting them under siege. 

In the tenth and final year was when the siege finally broke through the pop capital defences and the other tribes leaders and warriors came through to get their strings back and run. 

During the final battle of the tribal leaders against the pop king they managed to get funk’s string out first but couldn’t get the others.

But during the final battle the pop king did die before he could play the incomplete theory of the ultimate power chord but not at the hands of any of the tribal leaders but by his brother’s hand who at this point was 13 and stabbed him in the back.

It was there the tribal leaders got their strings back with the help of the new pop king and all decided to go their separate ways and call their people back to live in isolation.

In the wake of the siege, the pop capital was just a shadow of its former self due to the two year siege and subsequent final battle that took place within the capital.

The pop tribe’s population had dwindled and needed stability, the ruined capital wasn’t going to cut it.

 - So in the end the 13 year old pop king at the time decided it was best if the pop trolls were to leave their old capital and go nomadic for a bit then find a new place to settle down. 

 - The pop trolls were nomadic for a good decade until finally deciding to settle deep in the forest where the troll tree in the first movie would be found.

 -Now it's been a decade since peace was established through isolation among the tribes. The pop trolls are starting to live in the new troll tree with their now young adult king who wants to forget the whole rebellion happened in the first place. This means keeping quiet about the other troll tribes for generations and only making his descendants aware of the other tribes not the people. As his belief was that ignorance was bliss, as he was at his happiest before he found out about what pop really did to the other tribes, so his people and future generations should to.

(Bergan Era) - A century has passed since separation was established among the tribes

The bergens, a wandering group of species so different and more miserable than their ancestors stumble upon the troll tree, where the pop have been living happily and forgotten their history

The Bergan have only one folk tale that’s been passed among them for a century. It tells how they supposedly came to be from the ground and small creatures of bright colours once watched from afar and they gave them a semblance of happiness but when their ancestors became too scary for the colourful creatures to be around anymore they left without a word thus taking their only source of happiness away. 

When they see the pop trolls for the first time the Bergans connected them to the colourful creatures of their folk story and grew hopeful that they might finally achieve the happiness that the story entailed. This did not happen, at least not at first.

 One day a young Bergan ate a troll and became happy for a day, and now every Bergan wants a troll to eat.

Bergans soon gather any pop troll that leaves near the tree and builds a strong cage so the troll doesn't escape. This cage is heavily fortified with no chance of escaping through the bars for the pop trolls.

The Bergan kingdom was established along with the town in a few years time

The first Trollstice is made

The pop trolls do try different escape routes in the beginning of the Trollstice era but only to result in failure due to the Bergan watching them like hawks.

It was then the pop king back then, Poppy’s great grandfather, to play the long game and start plans on making underground escape tunnels. So the pop trolls start digging with the little resources they have and continue to do so until the end of the Trollstice era, which was a century after they started digging when King Peppy led them out of there.

The end of the bergan era in, year 199, when the great escape happened.

[manysmallhands]

Favourite Songs of 2024: TOP 10!

For the literally seven people who have clicked on these over the last few days, the wait is finally over! And at the end of all that, my #1 is the same as everyone else's! Oh well... (previous entries can be found here, here, here, here and, oh, here!)

10. Magdalena Bay - Death And Romance

I don't know if it's just that i hang on their every word anyway but Magdalena Bay’s psych makeover felt like a bit of a grand statement, a bold and brilliant comeback from one of the best acts around. It’s not so much that Death And Romance is experimental - there’s a lot that sounds stranger on the new album - it’s more about the sense of drama and epic vision that they bring to it all, the sound of a band on top of their game, flinging the doors wide open and confident you'll want to see what's inside.

9. Gracie Abrams - Blowing Smoke

While she's been much dragged for her nepobaby origins, Gracie’s album surprised me by being extremely good and Blowing Smoke is the high point, a brooding, pointed folk rocker about an ex who continues to dominate her thoughts. There are some entertaining barbs in the lyrics where a bitter Gracie tortures herself (“tell me is she prettier than she looks on the internet?”) but, as ever, her secret weapon is in the quality of her hooks, creating instant earworms that work on multiple levels. 

8. Remi Wolf - Cinderella

This dayglo funk bop is yet another ultimate summer tune that still plays out perfectly in the dead of winter, each sing-song hook and flurry of brass carrying all of the lightness and energy that it did 6 months ago. Remi herself lends such a infectious joy to her performance that it’s hard for me not to be swept up by her enthusiasm and the timeless line “ME AND THE BOYS IN THE HOTEL LOBBY!” works both as a cheeky wink to the camera and the kind of instantly memorable lyric that I’m never likely to shake.

7. Charli XCX - 360

When Charli said “I’m yr favourite reference, baby!” back in May, it sounded like a bit of characteristic bravado: six months on, this key piece of Brat’s pop culture meta-commentary feels a lot more like prophesy. In truth, my first thoughts on 360 was that it came off a little underdone next to the maximalism of Von Dutch, but it wasn’t long before it stuck on me as one of Charli’s catchiest singles, playful and melodic as well as being 2024’s ultimate piece of manifestation. And it’s true: I do jump when AG made it!

6. Lady Gaga - Disease

Many have pointed out that this return to the sleaze and ferocity of the Born This Way era does not necessarily chart a new direction through its unsubtle pathways. To which I say: yes, but who cares when it sounds this good? Disease is a banger from start to finish, the filthiest and most concentrated encapsulation of Gaga’s desire as sickness vibes for well over a decade, pulled off in such a way as to hit like a sledgehammer to the face and leave you ready to go all over again.

5. Olivia Rodrigo - So American 

Olivia’s only new song this year was this screaming new wave banger, an unusually positive love song where its melodic sweetness is matched only by the fierce holler with which she delivers it. By far the best of the Guts Spilled deluxe tracks, it confirmed to me that her rockier material is the mode in which she truly excels, equally a delight for both her swooning younger fans and the Olivia dads getting all wistful for the 90s.

4. Salute ft Empress Of - One Of Those Nights

One of the standout cuts from Salute’s brilliant album of altpop girl collabs, One Of Those Nights has a soft soul base but soon cranks up the pace for yet another squelching dance banger, pulled along by Empress’s soaring hook. While not especially sophisticated, the thing that makes Salute stand out is that they bring some real character and joy to their material and that signature sound is all over this.

3. Clairo - Nomad

Something of a red herring as the opener to an album of sultry 70s soul bops, instead Nomad picks up the folkier thread of 2021’s Sling but recasts it in a pop context, baited with sharper hooks and a less neurotic sense of self. Ofc these things are all relative - Nomad still offers little romantic relief other than the need to cling onto something that’s already gone - but the lift into the chorus showcases what might be her finest melody yet and the moment this year that’s most reliably brought tears to my eyes

2. Skrillex, Hamdi, TAICHU & OFFAIAH - Push

His chart bothering days seem largely behind him now but at least that gives Skrillex and his pals the time to create filthy basslines like the one that rumbles through Push. Taichu’s whining vocal snaps back and forth to create an indelible hook but its that bottom end that really grabs the attention, something capable of bringing the roof down on everyone but in such a way that you’d feel sure you’d gotten yr money’s worth.

1. Chappell Roan - Good Luck Babe

I had started to think that overplay had ruined this for me but I just put it on and no, it’s still as devastating as it was when it was climbing the charts back in the spring. Obviously it has the full emotional tumult of the chorus going for it but there's so much more too - the intentionally hokey violin flourishes in the second verse, the barely held back rage of the bridge, even the much dragged slow-mo ending - that add little dashes of colour and spirit and contrive to make Good Luck Babe arguably the most unifying pop anthem in over a decade. A key memory from this year for me was how often i'd hear this on the radio and be forced to stop what i was doing when the bridge came in, because i simply couldn't focus on anything else. At a time when there's a good deal i'd rather not be thinking about, i'm always happy when pop music can come to the rescue and this song has never failed to oblige. It might be a predictable winner but it's a worthy one for all that.

So that's that! And all that remains to be done is to thank anyone who read all or any of these posts, or just had a quick look and was inspired to press play on something. Following in the spirit of all the best 90s indie bands, i wrote this stuff for myself and if anyone liked it then that's a bonus.

[cheese-ducks]

Twrp Origins au master list

This is the origin story of one of the greatest bands of all time (at least it's trying to be). The story of five unlikely beings, each from different corners of the universe:

Doctor Sung, a fifth dimensional nomad who's on a mission to bring joy through the power of groove and friendship

Commander Jazzlan Meouch, a jaded former funk smuggler trying to find a way home after being kidnapped by pirates

Lord Phobos of Mars, the embarrassment of the royal family (until their planet was destroyed) hoping to find a new home by taking a chance on the life of a rockstar

Havve Hogan, an amnesiac robot who's as quick with a wrench and a drumstick as he is with a knife

And Jack Lecurno (OC), a Canadian teenager in his older brother's band, who's about to be thrown into the crossfire of the war against boredom.

This is a collection of headcanons, shitposts, and a regularly updated fanfic explaining the backstories and first earth adventures of the twrp boys. If you have any questions/ideas please put them in my ask box.

The Fic

Insanity Wears High Tops (link to the fic on ao3)

Chapter 1: The Fateful Crash

Chapter 2: The Cone Encounter

Chapter 3: Meanwhile

Chapter 4: Jack-isms

Chapter 5: Insanity Wears High Tops

Chapter 6: Adapting to Connection

Chapter 7: I Can't Believe This Is My Life

Chapter 8: It Is Revealed That He Has No Plan

Chapter 9: All Night Forever

Chapter 10: How Did This Happen?

Chapter 11: Totally Cramdangled

Chapter 12: Royally Screwed

Chapter 13: New Perspectives

Chapter 14: They Finally Have A Plan

Side Stories

Pebble Lachismo's Bummer Summer

Gay people stay winning

Lore dumps

Dr Sung's name

Phobos' voice

Dr Sung headcanons

The catalyst for this au

General information about the boys

Phobos angst

SeX-rays members names (+squirrels)

Write a headcanon!

Phobos voice claim

Fanart

The Cone Encounter by @jenbarb

The Sung Saga (crossover art) by @kathybluecaller and @justice-acolyte

Twrp memes: art edition by @kathybluecaller

Incorrect quote ANIMATED by @kathybluecaller

We putting you in The Device™️ by @kathybluecaller

Star Collision by @justice-acolyte

Lord Phobos Commission by @kathybluecaller

Shitposts

Phobos' skin

An easy joke about Meouch

Brotherly shenanigans

Brotherly shenanigans pt.2

He was genuinely surprised to find out

Phobos facecanon

Brother of the year, everyone

Obligatory John Mulaney

Stupid

Main boys picrew

Bystander to the horrors

Mailbox QnAs

Sung's family

Sung's appearance

How the boys met

The ship's (general) layout

How the boys got into music

Who was the most culture shock

Ever hit your head on a doorframe?

The hardest part of sharing a body

Hi Stan!

Everyone's favorite thing about Earth

[champmorado]

waittt i just came up with a cursed au

poppy - azula

viva - zuko

peppy - ozai

branch - mei

satin & chenille - ty lee

mr dinkles - uncle iroh

king trollex - aang

prince d - katara

cooper - sokka

barb - toph

hickory - jet

in which the pop trolls are the fire nation, the techno trolls & the classical trolls are the air nomads, the funk trolls are the water tribe, and the rock trolls & the country trolls are the earth kingdom

[randomvarious]

1998 San Francisco Playlist (YouTube)

Folks, you can't have a playlist with 90s San Francisco-made dance tunes on it and then not include the city's most popular dance outfit, Dubtribe Sound System. That's like trying to make a pizza without cheese or any kind of cheese substitute. So now this playlist is a pizza with the addition of Dubtribe's psychedelically silky-smooth "What You Feel in Your Heart," a deep house beaut that anchors itself with a super resonant tribal drum and funk-groovy bassline. Typically, I'm not very much a fan of the house sound of 90s San Francisco, but while Dubtribe were the most famous dance act to ever come out of there, their sound wasn't really representative of the place as a whole—they were kind of an entity unto themselves who perpetually toured all around the world while performing live for multiple hours. In a sense, they were definitely from San Francisco, but since everyone has to come from somewhere, a better way to describe them might be as nomads.

Dubtribe - "What You Feel in Your Heart" (19.7K+ plays)

And this playlist is also on YouTube Music.

So with the addition of this Dubtribe track, this playlist now sits at 14 songs that clock in at a total of 79 minutes. Maybe one day, as I plumb the depths of my collection further, I'll find enough tunes to constitute a Spotify playlist for San Francisco in 1998 too, but since a bunch of these selections aren't on there, I don't have one just yet.

Another city next week though!

Enjoy!

More to come, eventually. Stay tuned!

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