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albentelisa · 1 year ago

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Hi! So here's an interesting ask.

What if Jim was born as a wizard, with Hisirdoux "Douxie" Casperan as his teacher?

Jim's magic woke up at five. Barabra is accepting of Jim's magic, but James Sr is disgusted at his son being a wizard and calls him 'an abominal freak of nature who should be wiped off the earth' which is what led Barabra to divorcing James.

I'll say that Jim's magic power seemingly came out of nowhere in this AU (well, his ancestors possessed magic, but Barbara for example had no idea magic was real). Jim's magic is too strong for someone born in this era. His element is light too, which is rather rare.

After her divorce, Barbara does her best, trying to find a good magic teacher for her son despite having no connections to the magic world. She does so because Jim's magic goes out of control frequently and she's scared he might harm himself. Initially, her attempts are futile as she only finds all kinds of con artists.

Barbara finds out Douxie by accident when she catches a glimpse of his magic and realizes that it's as real as Jim's. Initially, Douxie is reluctant to teach Jim (as he isn't a master wizard), but as he realizes that there is no one to show the kid the proper way to do magic, he accepts the mentor's role.

Jim likes Douxie tremendously, though he thinks of him as his big bro rather than his teacher (and well, Douxie is fine with that - he just fails to be strict or formal).

Toby learns about Jim's secret relatively fast - once Jim starts to believe that Toby will react adequately. After learning about the magic, Toby often joins Jim during his lessons at GDT Arcane Books (though he mostly fools around and annoys Archie).

Jim (and Toby too) tries to join Douxie in his occasional monster hunting, but it's where Douxie is really strict (as they are still kids and he feels responsible). Not that it changes a lot though as those two sneak out and hunt small creatures (like goblins) rather often. During one of those outings, Toby and Jim meet Blinky and Aaarrrgghh and befriend them. Another reckless hunt leads to meeting Kanjigar, who isn't happy about kids risking their lives. Kanjigar also learns that Douxie (who is Merlin's apprentice) is in Arcadia.

Since then Douxie, Jim, and Toby become regular visitors at the Trollmarket. Kanjigar is fine teaming up with Douxie sometimes, but it's a big no for Jim (and especially Toby) to join.

Ironically, that is the reason why Jim and Toby bond with Draal. Those three have a lot of secret missions together, which resulted in several changelings' deaths.

That activity picks up Strickler's attention. He knows that there's a wizard in Arcadia, but has no idea who it is. Still, he decides to awaken Angor Rot and use him as a bodyguard.

Strickler also decides to find and force Angor to train a shadowmancer to counter the unknown wizard's light magic. Angor picks up Claire and Strickler switches Enrique with NotEnrique to force her to cooperate (and have an overseer).

Meanwhile, like in the canon, Kanjigar dies. And in this AU Draal succeeds him as the next champion. Jim is obviously part of his team by that time - those two are basically brothers-in-arms. Draal is also more cooperative as he has learned to work in a team before becoming the Trollhunter.

Unfortunately, Strickler accidentally learns that the mysterious wizard is Jim (they are close in this AU too). He plans to use Claire to convince him to switch sides (as he knows about Jim's crush). Strickler also approaches Barbara to have a backup plan (and ends up falling for her).

Claire is conflicted once she learns that Jim is a wizard, like her. Because of her circumstances, she hates her own magic and sees it more as shackles. Initially, she thinks that Jim is also forced to practice magic, but soon realizes he is free. Since that moment, she starts to hope that Jim might help her to escape and gives him small hints (she cannot tell him openly as Angor is watching her from shadows). Alas, Jim is slow and doesn't catch those right away, but eventually realizes that Strickler is the enemy and Claire is also on the villains' side (initially, he doesn't realize she has no choice).

As for Draal, he discovers that Nomura is also in Arcadia (there is some more bonding between Jim and Draal as both fell in love with an enemy).

Claire manages to have a proper talk with Jim (which Angor deliberately 'ignores') and explains everything. They both have a plan that Claire works as an inside agent and helps the team defeat Bular. However, Strickler catches her and uses her as a hostage to lure Jim (he plans to use him against Draal later).

Jim seemingly cooperates only for the rest of the team to barge in and defeat Bular. Nomura still ends up in the Darklands (she is close to switching sides though) and Strickler escapes with the help of Angor.

Claire is now free and Jim promises her to free her brother. He is slightly concerned that Draal won't agree to open Killahead only to discover that Draal also wants to go there to save Nomura and kill Gunmar, no matter what everyone else is thinking. Draal asks Douxie to upgrade the amulet (he believes that Merlin's apprentice can do it), but Douxie thinks it's impossible for him. Meanwhile, Jim and Blinky discover the information about triumbric stones and the quest for Eclipse begins.

Strickler never leaves Arcadia in this AU. He lies low though as he's scared that both Claire and Jim will look for him to kill him (and even if those two forgave him, Draal wouldn't). Besides, Strickler doesn't believe that the Trollhunter and his team can defeat Gunmar - he thinks that they will only free him, which will result in disaster (for him as well as he failed Gunmar). Strickler decides to prevent them from opening Killahead and later dispose of the team (even though he regrets that Jim is among them). He also uses a binding spell on Barbara to ensure his safety.

Meanwhile, Angor contacts Claire and makes a deal with her. In this AU Claire knows that Angor is a victim of circumstances and can relate, so she isn't against freeing him.

As for her shadow magic, she is reluctant to use it as it's connected to her unpleasant memories, but as both Jim and Douxie (who took over as her magic teacher) encourage her, she is more willing to give it another try.

The Janus Order betrays Strickler (they also send some stalkings after him), and he is on the run. He has no choice but to come to Jim for help. Jim agrees to help him but asks to free his mother and Angor first.

Actually, Strickler half-expects that Jim won't keep his word so he's surprised when the Trollhunter's team actually gets rid of stalkings.

Barbara in this AU is aware of mostly everything minus the fact that Strickler is a changeling and about the binding spell (as Jim decided to keep it from her so that his mother wouldn't be heartbroken). Strickler confesses everything to her himself, seeking her forgiveness. While Barbara doesn't forgive him at once, she is willing to give him a chance to atone.

Despite the plan, Draal decides to go to the Darklands alone as he feels that it will be tough there for everyone else (and previous trollhunters kept reminding him that the Trollhunter should stay alone). Jim manages to tag along at the last second.

They find Enrique, and Draal sends Jim towards the exit. Jim gets Enrique out (like in the canon), but gets captured and ends the next cell to Nomura. Gunmar doesn't kill him for now as he plans to mind-control Draal and force him to kill Jim (and mind-break him entirely).

What Gunmar hasn't expected is that Jim teams up with Nomura and helps Draal escape. The other teammates arrive just in time to help them too.

Still, Gunmar is out of the Darklands like in the canon. Angor Rot goes alone to fight him and ends up mind-controlled. Gunmar also contacts the Janus Order and Usurna, starting to gather his forces. Gunmar contacts Morgana through Angor's mind as those two have a link and also takes over the Trollmarket.

Everyone who escaped is slightly desperate and decides to contact Merlin.

In this AU, Merlin doesn't destroy Jim's life, but he's pretty much willing to sacrifice Draal if that means defeating Gunmar for good (and Draal actually sees no problem with that until Nomura beats some common sense into him).

Jim and Claire decide to try and power up the amulet using their powers (as they both instantly dislike Merlin). It's rather dangerous for them as both are inexperienced and the power up is temporary, so Draal only has some limited time until it stops working.

Still he manages to win (with everyone's assistance).

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albentelisa · 1 year ago

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Hi! Here's a really interesting ask. What do you think would change if Barabra had been a wizard?

Merlin does NOT trust Jim in this AU since Barabra was one of the Arcane Order allies pre Killahead.

Jim had to remind the team more than once that murder is illegal, despite Merlin making it tempting.

Morgana still creates the changelings, mostly because past Barabra accidentally gave her the idea while talking about their hatred for Merlin.

So, in this AU Barbara is another shadowmancer and it's another reason for the friction between her and Merlin as she seeked his protection during Camelot times and got no help. However, Morgana took the younger Barbara under her wing giving her some protection.

During the Camelot times, Barbara was really angry with Arthur, Merlin, and the knights. She went to the Arcane Order way before Morgana (as Morgana still tried to appeal to her brother's common sense). However, Barbara didn't reveal her true allegiance at once acting as a spy from within.

Barbara didn't realize the true extent of the Arcane Order's plans - she thought they would simply kill Arthur and Merlin and let Morgana build a better kingdom. So she tried to talk Morgana into switching sides as well. The idea about changelings came when they both lamented how many innocent trolls had no way to escape, which prompted some research from Morgana.

Barbara left the Arcane Order at the same time as Nari because Nari told her about the true plans of the Order. Barbara was horrified because, despite her hatred for Arthur and Merlin, she still wished to stop the unneeded violence.

Barbara was wandering for centuries, just helping people and magical creatures from the shadows. She avoided getting too involved because of the fear of misjudging another faction. Her relationship with James was one she used as a cover (she had a bunch of those before). Jim wasn't planned, but Barbara was happy to have him (as she was secretly tired of being alone).

Jim is a shadowmancer in this AU too. Toby knows his secret and both of them go monster-hunting occasionally (mostly goblins and other small creatures). Ironically, they never stumble upon trolls or Douxie (as Barbara protects Jim with magic which repels everyone too strong for him). Jim also doesn't know much about the magic world as his mother decided to tell him only once he's older.

In this AU, Barbara started dating Strickler after meeting him at Jim's school. She knows that Strickler is a changeling but hopes he will tell her his secret himself.

As for the Trollhunter, it's Claire here. Unlike Jim, she tries to keep it secret from everyone, but Mary and Darci are nosy and find out themselves. Strickler, however, has no idea for a while.

As for Jim, he finds Claire's actions suspicious (not to mention that he senses some magic from the amulet). Initially, he believes that Claire got into some magic-related trouble and wants to help her (as he has a crush on her like in the canon). But first, he needs to know for sure. So there is a lot of tailing - which leads nowhere as Claire tries to be cautious, especially after dragging Mary and Darci into the trouble.

Jim finds out for sure during the Grit-shaka accident, and Claire tells him everything. Jim also shows her his magic.

Jim is the one who exposes Strickler as a changeling during the search. It hurts him a lot as he thinks that Strickler has some ulterior motive to date his mom (like using her magic) because he has no idea that Barbara knows about Walter's true identity.

Barbara knows that Jim sneaks out for monster-hunting, but she has no idea that he became a member of the Trollhunter's team at some point. So, when Jim comes to her and tells her about Strickler, she says that there's no problem as Strickler isn't her enemy. It creates some friction between the mother and son.

Much like in the canon, Strickler takes control over Angor Rot after Bular's defeat. However, here he doesn't use a binding spell as he knows that Barbara knows about his true identity. He even confesses to Barbara that he uses Angor to fight the Trollhunter (as Barbara has no idea who is the Trollhunter and that her son is in that team).

Angor tries to bargain with Claire and Jim, even giving them the shadow staff as proof of his good intentions. Claire is more suspicious, but Jim decides to give him a chance (besides, he's still pissed with Strickler to the point of being willing to cut his finger to get Inferna Copula).

With the Shadow Staff, Jim's magic progress speeds up tremendously (he even starts to wonder why his mother never made him a staff of his own).

Unfortunately for Angor, there is an accident and Inferna Copula is destroyed. Angor goes berserk willing to destroy everything. Barbara learns that Jim was in the Trollhunter's team all this time and that Strickler knew that. She considers the latter the true betrayal and tells Strickler she doesn't want to see him after that.

After Angor's defeat, Claire goes to the Darklands alone. She doesn't know that Jim and Strickler go there too (separately and at different times). Toby, Darci, and Mary are willing to follow their friends, but Vendel forbids them. Blinky and Barbara try to think out a plan for how to get Jim and Claire back (Barbara secretly considers saving Strickler too, even though she is still angry with him).

In the Darklands, Gunmar captures Strickler first. Claire manages to save Enrique and get him out safely, but she goes back at once, after learning that Jim is still there. Meanwhile, Usurna's goons destroy the bridge, refusing to listen to common sense.

As for Jim, he also gets captured and Gunmar gives him the proposal to join his side and start the Eternal Night instead of Morgana. Jim obviously refuses, so Gunmar decides to use mind control. Luckily for Jim, it seems not working as good as Gunmar expected as Jim manages to snap out of it after some seconds. Gunmar is enraged and promises Jim to break his mind first.

Jim ends up in the cell next to Nomura and they bond. They both have no idea that Strickler is also captured as he is kept at a separate location (Claire also ends up there when she is captured). Gunmar plans to keep Jim and Claire separate to break their resistance. He makes a mistake though when he allows Claire to fight Nomura because Nomura tells Claire about Jim (and later informs Jim about Claire). All the captives start to plan their escape.

As for the rest of the team, Barbara uses shadow magic to recover the Killahead and Kanjigar possesses Aaarrrgghh to open the gates (much like in the canon). They save everyone, but Gunmar gets out.

Another horrible consequence of the trip to the Darklands is that Decimaar's mind control actually had an effect, just not the one Gunmar wanted or expected. It allows Morgana to take over Jim's mind every time she wants and she uses it to act independently. Morgana resurrects Angor, contacts changelings she can trust, and gives Gunmar the shelter. Gunmar wants to take over the Trollmarket, but Morgana stops him and asks him to wait until she recovers Merlin's staff. She uses Jim and Angor to track down Douxie and uses him to get to Merlin's tomb. Douxie escapes (together with Merlin who is also awake) and informs the Trollhunters about the state of things. Both Barbara and Claire are furious and wish to go and save Jim. Merlin is against the idea, telling everyone it's pointless. He survives only because Barbara is more invested in saving her son. Claire joins Barbara and they capture Jim together and then travel inside his mind to break the possession. It's more tricky than in the canon because of the Decimaar's influence. Barbara only manages to temporary block Morgana's influence.

Jim is back with the team, but Merlin isn't happy. He believes that Jim is unstable even if Morgana's control is gone for good (which is not the case here). Merlin thinks that Jim might pick the Arcane Order's side like his mother during her young years, so he decides to trick Jim into self-sacrificial scheme which will both deal with Morgana and Jim. And Jim agrees, believing that he is doing the right thing.

Luckily, Mary overhears the conversation and tells the team. That is where the team is on the verge of commiting the murder, but Jim stops everyone.

Claire asks Jim at least wait until she gets Decimaar and breaks its hold on Jim's mind. She travels alone in the hope that no one is hurt, but Jim catches up to her (as he felt she might try something that stupid). They encounter Gunmar and Angor Rot, but Angor refuses to interfere, so Jim and Claire fight Gunmar alone. It's a long fight, but they manage to outwit and kill Gunmar. Now, Jim is free from the Decimaar's control, but it's not the end.

Usurna still starts the conspiracy. Without Gunmar she plans to become the troll empress herself. She contacts Angor Rot and promises him to let him inside the Trollmarket. Meanwhile, Usurna keeps stirring discord, asking trolls if they are ok with living in hiding and letting humans rule the surface. Vendel is against those ideas, but Usurna finds quite a number of allies.

Otto and other changelings infiltrate the Trollmarket and free Morgana. Vendel is injured but manages to get away and warn the rest of the team.

Morgana starts the Eternal Night (she isn't too satisfied with Usurna as her ally, but she thinks it's better option than Gunmar). There is a clash between Usurna allies and trolls who support the Trollhunter. Claire goes to fight Angor, and Merlin attempts to fight Morgana, but loses. Jim comes to help Merlin together with Douxie (mostly to help Douxie), but Morgana is stronger than two of them. Only Barbara's intervention saves the situation. Morgana is upset with her old friend, claiming that Barbara lost her mind, but Barbara doesn't care about those harsh words. Together with Jim and Douxie she defeats Morgana and seals her magic.

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