#rott analysis

Everyone hated the movie in this fandom, but I want to give my own reasons why I didn't like it.

1.-Steve's character. If his development was already bad in 3 Below and Wizards, in Rise of The Titans it was 10 times worse. The writers made him pregnant for some reason I still cannot understand, and instead of making him important to the plot they just reduced him to be the comedy relief. And they failed miserably, because everytime he appeared he made me cringe instead of laugh.

2. Claire's character. In s02e13 of Trollhunters, she opened a portal -with the help of her friends- from the Trollmarket to the woods. And then, her hair turned a little white and she almost fainted. But in Rise of The Titans, she opened a bigger portal to another continent, without the help of anyone, and the only thing that happened was that she felt dizzy for an instant— without having more consequences in her body. Even if she was stronger than in Trollhunters, there's no way opening that portal didn't cause secondary effects.

3. The team selection. Of all the teams they could have chosen, they just had to choose the worst of them. They made Nomura and Aaarrrgghh go with Douxie when they knew trolls were vulnerable to the sunlight and could die. Well, at least they should have known it. Because they wouldn't have chosen those teams if they remembered trolls turn into stone when exposed to the sunlight.

4. The adults. Jim is the leader of the team, so I'm gonna suppose he was the one who chose the teams. And my question is: Why the adults just accepted it? Why didn't they say "No, these teams won't guarantee our victory"? Why they just did what Jim told them to do, instead of thinking about what they really should do? They are supposed to be the adults of the team (Strickler, Barbara, Aaarrrgghh, Blinky, Nomura), and yet, they just put the weight of the world in teenagers' shoulders (especially in Jim). They should have been there to actually support the teenagers, act like the adults they are, and help the teenagers to make the decisions instead of just following their orders.

5. What happened after the time-travel. I understand that Jim wanted to date Claire and wanted Strickler to redeem as soon as possible, but the way it was done felt so rushed. Instead of forcing those two things since the beginning -Strickler being with Barbara and Jim being with Claire-, the writers should have made it feel more natural.

6. Toby being the Trollhunter. Even after all these years, I still hate this. Jim would have never put Trollhunters' weight in Toby's shoulders. "He wanted to protect Toby!". Well, I think that giving him the amulet and made him fight Bular, Gunmar and other enemies is not the best way of protecting him. "Jim would have gotten the amulet back eventually!" Yet, what made special the show for me is Jim being the trollhunter, and it wouldn't feel the same with him not being the only trollhunter. Besides, what happened with the whole "Only Jim can be the trollhunter" of s02e11 Unbecoming? "The world would have been destroyed with Draal being the trollhunter!" I think the lesson to Jim for that episode was "Only you can be the trollhunter. Don't let anyone else be it" not "Draal being the trollhunter will doom the world". Merlin might be manipulative, but I'll decide to agree with him on this. Only Jim can be the trollhunter for me. And I can accept discussions in the comments, sure, but this is just my opinion. As well as I'm not forcing anyone to think like me, don't force me to change my mind.

And I also wanted to talk about how I would have fixed these things:

1.-Steve's character. First, delete the mpreg plot completely. It seemed like a way of saying "I hate these character" from the writers, and I would have respected Steve not making him pregnant. Secondly, he wouldn't have been an idiot like in 3 Below and Wizards. He would have fought in the battle, alongside Aja, and would have supported Jim before he used the Krohnisfere, showing that he matured as a person.

2. Claire's character. The only thing I would change about her in the movie is the consequences of opening a portal to another continent. I would have made her faint, or maybe turn her whole hair white, like in one of the storyboards.

3. The team selection.

➟ Amulet Team (the team to fix the amulet): Krel, Eli and Stuart. This team is the same as canon because it's the only redeemable team.

➟ Camelot team: Strickler, Nomura, Barbara, Claire and Jim. In the canon, this team needed a witch/wizard, and I included Nomura too because she would have been safer there than with Douxie.

➟ Hong Kong team: Aaarrrgghh, Blinky and Toby. Not only because they work well together, but because Toby wasn't very useful in the original team he was and because Aaarrrgghh and Blinky are also safer.

➟ Earth Titan team: Douxie, Zoe, Aja and Steve. Zoe is included here because she could have been a great supportive character in the movie, and Aja and Steve because they work well together and none of them would have turned into stone with the sunlight.

4. The adults. As I said before, I hated how they seemed to put the weight of the world in Jim, Claire, Toby, Aja and Krel shoulders (Of course, they are supposed to be the protagonists of the movie, but come on. They are teenagers, despite everything they went through they need help to make their decisions), so I would have fixed that making the adults actually support the teenagers, and be more involved in the last fight against Bellroc (also I would have made them convince Jim that the election for the different teams is not right).

5. What happened after the time-travel. I wouldn’t have included anything after the time-travel. Maybe I would have kept the scene where Jim and Toby hug, but as they get closer to the canal, I would have ended the movie there to let the viewers imagine what happens next. I also wouldn’t have included Jim talking to Strickler to push the Stricklake, or him joining the tryouts to lay the groundwork for dating Claire. Like Aja said, some things are meant to happen. And if they are meant to happen, it’s better to let them unfold naturally.