#eloise stemhower

I wasnt planning on answering this ask until i started reading the novels properly but as i was skippilyskimming through the book of ga-huel i was absolutely DAZZLED by this “eloise stemhower”s performance!! (What i put under the cut) So here she is! Along with the orange guy

Horror/spooky warning??

Strickler & Jim: Strickler and Jim had moments in Trollhunters, it's true, but I always wanted to see more of them. I wanted to see Strickler apologizing, I wanted to see Strickler saving Jim more times, I wanted to see them fighting back-to-back. I wanted them to have an honest conversation about what happened before Strickler redeemed, and finally heal the wound of the betrayal (that I think wasn't healed correctly in the canon).

Steve & Jim: Steve was Eli's friend and his relationship with him was so cute in season 3 and in 3Below, but I always wanted more interactions between Steve and Jim. Not only because of how they both have bad parents (Jim Lake Sr. and Steve's Father) but because I think they would be a great duo, especially after Steve redemption (yk, if they didn't ruin it).

Darci & Jim: Hear me out- What if Darci was the one who first found out Jim was crushing on Claire, and she acted like a matchmaker between the two of them, only for Jim to discover Darci was interested in Toby and helped her too?

Angor & Claire: Part of this is because I saw a few fanarts of them together, but I love the idea of Angor teaching her how to use magic and them developing a father-daughter dynamic. And I also love the idea of Claire comforting Angor for being controlled by Morgana.

Steve & Claire: When you think about "Trollhunters duos", Steve and Claire is probably not the first that comes to anyone's mind, but I love them. Not only because Claire seems to have problems with her parents and Steve had a bad father, but because both seem to have things in common, for example liking Papa Skull (they went together there so I'm gonna assume Steve also likes it).

Darci & Claire: Like come on, they're supposed to be best friends. Why they just had a few scenes in the canon? Why Darci didn't engage more with the Trollhunters' world since the beginning? Or why didn't they show more scenes about Darci knowing Claire was keeping a secret and Claire not knowing if she should tell her the truth? Some "friends" they were... (I know it was a writers' problem, not a Darci or Claire's problem, but still)

Strickler & Claire: I already said it once, but I love how Strickler could become Claire's father-in-law, and I love the idea of him telling her things about Morgana since he knows Morgana more than OG Trollhunters team did.

Strickler & Steve: If Steve was a changeling in canon like he was in the OG book this interaction would have been more justified, but in the show canon it could have been great too. They didn't interact, but I imagine that maybe after redeeming, Steve could blame himself for hurting Jim and/or Eli and Strickler could be the one to comfort him (let me dream okey? 😭)

Draal & Strickler: Crazy, I know, but imagine an AU where Strickler stayed in Arcadia after season 1 and he had to work with Trollhunters' team (including Draal) to bring Jim back. And imagine if Draal and Strickler bonded because Jim had every reason to despise them but decided to save them instead (in the Hero's Forge in Draal's case and from Angor in Strickler's case).

Toby & Steve: No because when Toby pretended he was Jim so Steve wouldn't discover the truth about trolls/magic existing, I really expected Toby and Steve to have more interactions. And Steve being Eli's friend is cute (and the idea of being Jim's friends is also good), but being Toby's friend would have been meaningful too.

Toby & Nomura: Now they might be a weird duo and it almost doesn't make sense since Nomura doesn't like Toby, but I always loved the idea of Toby being in danger, Nomura being the only one capable of helping him, and them growing fond of each other.

Blinky & Strickler: Don't get me wrong, I love Strickler as a parent figure, but I don't like them fighting over who gets to be Jim's better parent figure. Them having to work together and having to accept each other's morals to protect the son they both love it's a lot better. Working reluctantly at first, of course, but imagine if in the end Blinky becomes a little more like Strickler and Strickler becomes a little more like Blinky.

Blinky & Barbara: Maybe in another world where Barbara remembered the truth about Jim being the trollhunter, she could have helped Blinky and Jim's friends to being Jim back, and they could have bonded because of their love for Jim.

Nomura & Barbara: Mostly because of what happened in the Darklands, but I'm pretty sure that if Barbara found out Jim was trapped in the Darklands and Nomura helped him survive, she would be grateful to her. Besides, the idea of Barbara having a changeling friend is also nice.

Honorable mentions

Rob & Jim: I don't care if Welcome to the Darklands is canon or not, I loved Rob and Jim being allies in the Darklands and I would have given anything to make Rob survive, go with Jim to Arcadia and help his team to defeat Gunmar.

Unkar/Any Other Past Trollhunter & Jim: Not only because interacting more with them in the show could have helped Jim a lot, but because I think they honestly needed screen time in Trollhunters' show. It could have been great to see Jim talking to other Trollhunters apart from Kanjigar.

Eloise Stemhover & Jim/Toby/Claire: I stand by my point that Eloise was an interesting character and I would have loved to see her in the show interacting with Toby and/or Jim, and maybe (just maybe) redeeming.

I am obsessed with changelings, sooo any changeling you want to draw for your au art reqs :3

Or if i can be so selfindulget, more our Kodanths/other changeling interacting i dunno? I just love to see your art so much

Thank you! :D

Design WIP for Eloise Stemhower

Inspired by white cobras and iguanas.

And fun fact: that's not her hair, that's her dorsal crest!

(I shared her design moodboard on the Discord server, so people who are there probably know what things inspired her design.)

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@alenchikova Not Kodanths, but another surprise that I thought would be really fitting right now ;)

Buff Snek Lady & Lanky Snek Lady

(Ellie looks a little weird here, ignore that Dx)

chapter 75

It's been a while since I did anything trollhunters so here's my design for Eloise Stemhower I had in my files for a while.

a) terrible, cranky old book-loving bastards who claim to write historical records, are smaller than the rest of their kind, and are neutral evil at best, who 

b) end up having Tension with spry, adventurous, quick-thinking younger folks who also love books and spend a lot of time in libraries, and 

c) have an age gap on the order of centuries

am i talking about breaok, or bodus/eloise?