REFORGED

He's so cool..,

crazyyyyy that throughout the entire show, Jim's humanity is supposed to be his greatest strength. it gives him unique abilities as a Trollhunter, and it influences his choices, like sparing Draal or saving Nomura. everyone tells him at first that being human is not going to be enough to defeat Gunmar (Blinky, Vendel, Strickler especially) but he proves them all wrong! being human wins him almost every battle! he kills Bular! he kills Angor Rot! he survives the Darklands! he saves Trollmarket and Arcadia again and again! he can stay human and still win!

and then Merlin shows up. and in the last three episodes. says: actually, you can't. you cannot defeat Gunmar and save the world as a human. everything else you've achieved, every goal you've surpassed, every way you have made yourself better, it's not enough. you have to give up your humanity, permanently.

it's so crazy. it's almost cruel, actually. you can't escape fate, Jim. hammered in over and over, but he succeeds in pushing back against it just enough that you think, maybe it'll work. and then it doesn't and you realize it was never going to.

Don’t forget to check for intruders in the basement. 

Security systems can’t keep out Trolls. 

But why would you want to keep them out?

Oh how things have changed…

Inside and outside of Jim Lake Jr.’s house

Another beautiful evening… At Claire Nunez’s humble abode. Everything appears to be quite normal. A room with a view. A sweet baby brother fast asleep. The quiet chatter between Mom and Dad.

A young girl headed in the right direction

Until…

Notes: Kanjigar lives via magic intervention – Amulet produces shadow piece that chooses Jim as parallel hunter – One wields Daylight, the other Nightfall (obviously changes the entire course of the story) Or: the epic highs and lows of Trollhunting and Parenting PS: Barbara becomes an active member of team Trollhunters and discovers her magic heritage on the side + featuring she/him femAaarrrgghh :) PPS: The original concepts are mostly from around 2019 and pre-Wizards/ROTT. I've never seen the movie and don't plan to lol.

Next to that, I also had concepts of previous Trollhunters and troll-worldbuilding I wanted to draw back in the day that I'm thinking of picking up again, but can't tell if there's much interest for that these days...

The Art of Trollhunters