rydoesartandstuff

Figured I’d do a little introduction post for this!

Pronouns: They/Them🌈

26 y/o American writer, and sometimes artist📖

Currently still obsessed with Trolls🌺

May I perhaps continue my line of questioning and ask you-

What are some of your favorite/iconic scenes you think of for the first movie?

And perhaps, if you are feeling ever so gracious, the in-between movie chapters before and/or after?

Some of mine would have to be Creek getting outed, John Dory jumping to full-on stab Chef, John Dory and his two little siblings (Branch and Poppy) traveling to Bergentown, and the fire on hand scenesssss

Oooo ok! I'll do my best!

This whole dialogue...

John Dory saving some little trollings from impaling themselves, and a couple Pop Trolls from learning what meat tastes like

Branch crawling through the tunnels in the Bunker because he doesn't want to interact with the trolls Poppy let into his home XD

The scene of JD and Branch saving Poppy from the tarantacapuff's, specifically when Branch throws a frying pan at them

JD going feral on that Chamelion

JD's talk with Poppy after (Which, btw, Poppy DIRECTLY references back to when she's talking to Bruce and Clay in Rhonda after Branch fought those Critteryotes)

The entire campfire scene is just so sweet ahhhh, the sleeping bags, Poppy trying meat for the first time, JD comforting both Branch, and Poppy with their nightmares.... ToT

Cloud Guy's nicknames

The whole scene of JD attacking/stabbing Chef, it's so awesome!

Poppy's friends realizing JD isn't the scary guy they thought he was, and hearing Branch's voice for the first time

JD getting grounded by both Branch, and Poppy

This quote:

Poppy and Branch's 'Singing killed my Grandma' reconcilliation, and JD's little, ehem, moment after

JD being incredibly seasick riding a Bergen

Him taming Barnabus

Creek's monologue (One of my FAVORITES)

Branch actually being the positive one trapped in the Bergen pot

True Colors (Enough said), and also JD literally tackling Branch with happiness after

Chef threatening to cut out Bridget's tongue o-O

JD almost being a snack (Ha ha, I'm sure THAT won't haunt him...)

Branch taking out Chef's other eye

JD and Branch watching the candle roll towards Chef... And not stopping it. (Let her BURN!)

Creek and Chef's death, the fact that Creek was eaten, and Chef was laughing as she died (They deserve each other)

Poppy learning about their death and saying "Can't save everyone"

The entire last chapter of the movie, god I just love it so much. Love JD going through their old pod, Branch's breakdown, Moonbloom catching Mr. Bloodloss by his ear and lecturing him, especially this:

JD listening to Branch singing to himself for the first time in years (Imma cry)

And finally, JD throwing the cupcake away. That one hurt me.

Honestly, in Clay's mind, he never LEFT Branch, because he never left the Tree! And he'd planned to go back for him... Eventually. Clay isn't one to think about other people's feelings that much, they're confusing for him, just like they are for Branch. But whereas Branch is tad more emotionally mature, and has time to reconcile with a few things, Clay has been stewing in these same thoughts for years and years and years.

He's not TRYING to be insensitive, he just thinks about everything except the words leaving his own lips, and how they would make other's feel. Its a part of his character I really, really like, and adds some, ehem, instigation to a lot of the plot going forward. Because where Bruce and Floyd have kinda given Branch distance, trying not to piss him off further... Clay doesn't have that emotional awareness. And it's going to lead to some fun interactions in the future!

I don’t know if i’m reading too much into it or if im mis-remembering, i didn’t exactly have time to absorb info when i was frantically spamming the next chapter button bc i was so hooked-

but basically, did the hallucation brothers always refer to JD as an… “us”? I swear earlier on it was a “you” thing, acknowledging themselves separately? but in recent chapters i suddenly noticed them using “us” for situations. like post the hickory and JD ‘confession’ scene.

i guess my question is, is JD starting to (or maybe always has) struggle to differentiate his identity? like, they are his made up brothers, but now they’re talking like they’re 1 person. sure, they technically are, but i swear it wasn’t like that before. might be going crazy

(on another note, dunno if this is intentional but i LOVE how you’ve made JD the sensitive, fun, heartthrob according to everyone he meets. understanding and empathetic (esp to animals), playful like a brother, and extremely attractive (even if he doesn’t see it, ppl wanna gobble him up). like he’s literally just his brothers. it’s awesome.)

anyway have a good day i’m in love with your fic i deadass looked at it and after an hour after finishing reading it i was like “wow i need to go read fics about this” and then it hit me 💔

Eeeee I'm so sorry it took me so long to reply! Mans has been working like CRAZY! XD That is an interesting thing you noticed, because yeah, I would say JD is having a LOT more trouble separating the Hallucination!Bros voices from his own thoughts. He gets like that when he's ehem, doing very badly, mentally. And since that night, he's been constantly doing very badly mentally XD Lmaooo I love it too! Showing pieces of his bros in everything he does... Just another way they haunt him! XD