The Potential of the post-movie Trollhunters alternate timeline
so i def think it is a worthwhile idea to follow up on Jims attempts to alter the past and that things would end up very different. i get that that is sort of the intent but i mean beyond his knowing/plans. like i originally liked the idea that he is attempting to better the world by changing things and making life batter for everyone with his foreknowledge but unintentionally causing new issues. but then i thought, what is his supposed to be that the Krohnisfere is a double-edged sword in that it may send you to the past but that past is not the one you knew, so you're foreknowledge is very limited in use. Jim sorta got what he wanted saving the lives of those he cared about but must now live with the full knowledge of these lives being changed from what he knew. i think it would be a very compelling story to both follow toby's journey as trollhunter, while also following jim having to adjust to this unfamiliar new reality.
here are some of the interesting deviations i think could make for compelling alterations to make this reality feel different enough for viewers and to keep jim on his toes.
-morgana is the good one who created the amulet to create a champion for magical creatures while merlin was the one who let his arrogance and fear transform him into the evil one. would also be more evident that her replaced hand is made of jade or magic. also a bit more heavily implied that morgana also romantically loved Guenièvre. it would also be merlin who later revives arthur as the green knight, in an attempt to build a new, warped version of the knights of the round table
-the arcane order are known to troll-kind but live by a firm belief in noninterference, regardless of the potential threat. they would eventually still take up the same intent for the titans from ROTT based on realizing the damage their inaction has resulted in
-gunmar and bular were actually killed in the past during their failed coup and Orlagk and Skarlagk have remained leading the gumm gumms together up to the present. the dark lands were never a prison and is used as the domain of the gumm gumm as they use killahead bridge as a mobile portal there. possible later endgame plot of the bridge being used to seal the gumm gumms away, as originally, by toby. also as morgana never enchanted the decimaar blade, Orlagk does not brainwash/assimilate trolls like gunmar did, so his army is just of evil trolls that grows and shrinks over time through battles.
-there are less changelings in the world but the ones that are have taken the place of many humans in power, including world leaders. Nomura and NotEnrique would be the leaders of the changelings
-angor rot is more of a very dangerous and unpredictable wildcard the changelings inadvertently unleash
-as the Krohnisfere cannot be in the same timeline twice, it was never with Zong-shi in this timeline, meaning he is part of the council of elders and trolldragons have contact with the other markets
-after setting him up with his mother so early on, jim learns that strickler is not even a changeling in this reality, and jim has to live with him growing as an intrusive father figure early on
-the previous hunter who toby retrieves the amulet from the remains of is not kanjigar, possibly Unkar or gogun. kanjigar is alive but remained in the old world with Ballustra.
-draal would serve as tobys teacher/trainer alongside AAARRRGGHH. draal is less aggressive as he does not have the daddy issues or as damaged pride over the trollhunter position. blinky would be the troll market historian and crackpot.
-as he is in less shape, tobys training would focus on unconventional battle techniques. this timeline would also see the gang delve into the mystery of tobys lost a sea parents.
-jim and claires relationship is not as deep as she is not involved in team trollhunter till later, as her brother was never taken in this reality. she would become involved, just under different circumstances. instead she would begin to start communicating with her/being possessed by morgana, in a different version of what occurred in the original timeline but earlier on, and ends up leading her to discovering jim and tobys secrets
-the romeo and juliet story of the garden troll and river troll would be more prominent and a drawn out story
-jim would also take up the warhammer as toby now had the sword. he would also arrange for douxie to join team trollhunter much earlier
-both jim and toby would stand up more to steve, and toby would have the confidence to start a relationship with darci earlier on, with her eventually joining the team too.
-ursuna is still a traitor and jim is constantly trying to find ways to publicly expose her
-i imagine the events of 3below would mostly proceed roughly the same. one difference would be the changes to the gum gumm/changelings presence in the world result in kubrick having less staff and resources. aja/steve babies would still happen in this timeline, though more of steve would be shown, including the odder effects it has on him based on the concept art